Just two hours after the fire on the roof of the Four Continents Hotel was extinguished, the police finally completed the investigation of all the survivors. When the fire broke out, the Four Continents Hotel was surrounded by the police, and there was no second way to leave. Therefore, by subtracting the survivors from the people who entered the hotel, they could get the list of casualties in the fire.
In the end, the police determined that the four members of the special operations team and the emergency response team, including Zhang Heng, were all buried in the fire. Other than that, all the guests on the twelfth floor and some of the guests on the eleventh, thirteenth, and fourteenth floors died in the fire.
The specific death list was still being compiled. It was estimated that at least 60 people had died in the fire. Some of the bodies might never be found, while the others would be difficult to identify even if they were found. Their identities could only be confirmed through DNA testing.
After various newspapers received the news, they immediately sent reporters to the scene. This was probably the biggest fire in New Shanghai 0297 since it was built. Generally, after an accident, the public would want to find someone to take responsibility for it. As for this fire, it was still unknown who the arsonist was. However, one party was definitely to blame, and that was the second floor's fire control system. For some reason, the usually efficient fire brigade took almost an hour to arrive at the scene.
Therefore, many media outlets had already come up with headlines about the fire control system the next day. However, these were all in the future. After another hour, the lockdown of the station was finally lifted, and the central shuttle began to resume normal operations.
Zhang Heng bought two tickets with a forged citizen ID and set off on the journey back to the first floor with Feng Zi.
Before arriving at the first floor, Zhang Heng sent an encrypted email to Mr. G, informing the latter of their whereabouts in advance.
As soon as the two left the arrival hall, a black MPV stopped in front of them.
After that, the door opened, and a group of heavily armed men in black got out of the car. Without saying a word, they surrounded the two. Other than that, the people who were wandering around the station also stopped what they were doing and gathered around them. Conservatively speaking, there should be more than a hundred people in the crowd.
Feng Zi looked around, then raised her eyebrows, "Didn't you already get what you wanted? I thought the people here would welcome you."
"They are welcoming us. It's just that the way they welcome us here is a little special," Zhang Heng said. Unlike Feng Zi, he did not look at anyone else. Instead, his eyes fell on the man who got out of the passenger seat.
The latter was none other than one of Mr. G's bodyguards, and he seemed to be Mr. G's most trusted bodyguard. In addition to protecting Mr. G, he was also responsible for managing other bodyguards and helping Mr. G complete some very important tasks. The people around Mr. G called him Director Zheng.
Director Zheng bowed slightly to Zhang Heng and Feng Zi, "Mr. Zhang, Miss Xia."
"You know my name?" Feng Zi was a little surprised.
"You're our guest. Since you've come to our territory as a guest, it's impossible for us not to investigate in advance. Besides, your name has spread throughout the second level tonight. It's hard for people not to know about you," Director Zheng replied.
"Really? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
"It depends on how you look at this problem," Director Zheng said.
"How should I put it? I'm now wanted by the entire city, and I can't return to the second level anymore. Is there anything positive that I can do?"
"You may have been abandoned by the old world, but it's also because of this that you were able to board the ship to the new world."
"The new world? Where is it?" Feng Zi rolled her eyes.
Director Zheng made a gesture to the black MPV behind him. "We have been working hard to build it. If you want, we can show it to you later."
Feng Zi looked at Zhang Heng when she heard that. After getting the latter's permission, the two got into the black MPV together. After they got in the car, the large group of people around the station dispersed again.
"I've heard someone mention Mr. G's name before. I heard that he is very powerful on the first level, so powerful that even Shengtang Morgan Group can't do anything to him. I thought he was a hero, but I didn't expect him to act no different from a gang leader. He still relies on numbers to intimidate people," Feng Zi said straightforwardly.
Director Zheng was not angry when he heard that. Instead, he patiently said, "From ancient times to the present, no matter what you do, you can't do it without people. So the most important thing for people to do great things is to unite and organize people first. The more people you can gather, the more capable you are."
Feng Zi was speechless.
After that, Zhang Heng continued, "If numbers really work, Mr. G doesn't need to see me tonight. He can just wait for his people to bring the memory encoder back for him."
This time, it was Director Zheng's turn to be silent. After a while, he spoke again sincerely, "We did do something wrong this time. Whether you believe it or not, Mr. Zhang, I have persuaded Mr. G to let you be in charge of this express delivery. However, Mr. G … also has his own difficulties. In his position, he must be cautious in everything he does. There are very few people he can trust because betrayal is everywhere these days."
Zhang Heng was too lazy to argue with him on this issue, so he said straightforwardly, "Let Mr. G talk to me."
"Of course, we came to the station to pick you and Miss Xia up tonight to send you to see Mr. G. But before that, I wonder if you two mind if I take a detour and pick up another passenger?"
"Up to you," Zhang Heng said lightly.
Fifteen minutes later, the black MPV stopped at the gate of a community. Director Zheng bowed to Zhang Heng and Feng Zi and excused himself. After that, he and the driver got out of the car, pulled out their pistols from their waists, and walked into the community.
After a while, Zhang Heng heard two gunshots, followed by a woman's hysterical scream. After another gunshot, the scream disappeared, and the community returned to its previous tranquility.
Five minutes later, Director Zheng and the driver dragged a man with his hands and feet tied out of the darkness. Together, they threw the man at Zhang Heng and Feng Zi's feet and clapped their hands. "Everyone is here now."
Zhang Heng looked down and found that the unlucky guy lying on the ground turned out to be another bodyguard who often followed Mr. G. Judging from his attire, he should have just fallen asleep in his own bed. He did not expect his colleagues to break in, kill his family mercilessly, and tie him up.
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