Rabbit almost exclaimed when she heard the riddle. It was too simple!
However, she managed to restrain her strong desire to shout the correct answer. She then spoke into the walkie-talkie, "I have it."
"Wrong answer. You have two more chances." The Sphinx's reaction made Rabbit breathe a sigh of relief. She was most worried that the Sphinx would see through their plan to capture it tonight and escape. But now, it seemed that the Sphinx was strictly following a certain pattern of behavior. Like a programmed artificial retard, it would not make any moves until she answered the riddle correctly or answered the wrong answer within the timeout.
"Roger that. Who is the nearest to Rabbit?" Shen Xixi's voice came from the walkie-talkie. Her orderly command made Rabbit feel a little relieved.
"Me! I'll be there soon. " The woman with the choker on her neck said. Zhang Heng finally knew her code name — Black Swan.
"I'll be there soon. Don't be afraid." It was Li Bai's voice, with a hint of anxiety.
"Idiot, who's afraid?" Rabbit blushed when she heard the Sphinx's words, and she quickly defended herself.
But then she heard the Sphinx's emotionless voice again. "Wrong answer. You have one more chance."
Rabbit quickly shut her mouth, not daring to speak again.
About forty seconds later, Black Swan rushed to Rabbit's side, raised the tranquilizer gun in her hand, and aimed at the Sphinx on the vending machine. "How much longer?"
Rabbit rolled her eyes, stretched out her fingers, and made a gesture of sixteen, and then a quick gesture of fifteen.
Black Swan did not shoot immediately. According to the description of the third victim, once someone attacked the Sphinx, the Sphinx would begin to fight back. Tonight, their plan was to try to maintain their advantage in numbers against the Sphinx. Since there were still fifteen seconds left, Black Swan did not mind waiting to see if anyone else could arrive.
At this moment, both of them were very nervous, especially Black Swan. She was now pointing the tranquilizer gun at the Sphinx. She did not know if the Sphinx would feel threatened, attack her in advance, or turn around and run away.
Therefore, these fifteen seconds seemed extremely long to her.
Fortunately, the Sphinx's mind seemed to be focused on guessing the riddle. It turned a blind eye to the tranquilizer gun pointed at it, still squatting quietly on the vending machine. Its eyes did not even look at Black Swan.
About three seconds later, Li Bai's figure appeared on the other side of the street.
He was like a cheetah, gritting his teeth as he sprinted, the veins on his forehead bulging. Logically speaking, he should not be the second closest to the rabbit, but he ran ahead of the other person. The red-haired Sakuragi Hanamichi really made him feel a little hot-blooded.
However, considering the calculation error, Rabbit did not dare to wait any longer, and gave Black Swan an OK gesture. The latter pulled the trigger. A tranquilizer dart flew out of the muzzle and accurately hit the Sphinx in the chest.
The amount of anesthetic in the dart was enough to knock out an elephant, but the Sphinx did not react to the shot. It just looked up at the black swan and then pounced on the rabbit.
Rabbit had been prepared for this. She rolled on the ground and avoided the Sphinx's attack. At the same time, she pulled out the military knife that she used for self-defense. However, she only had time to block the Sphinx's attack, and the weapon in her hand was slapped away by the Sphinx.
Fortunately, Li Bai arrived at the next moment. He shouted, and the rabbit immediately rolled again. At the same time, a fishing net was thrown over the Sphinx's head.
Li Bai was overjoyed when he saw this. "Quick, hold it down!" he said.
However, before he could finish his sentence, the Sphinx suddenly burst out with great strength and continued to chase after the rabbit.
Li Bai staggered from the force and knelt on one knee. However, he did not loosen his grip on the fishing net. As a result, his entire body was dragged three meters away. His pants were almost torn apart, and he was still yelling at the top of his lungs.
"That's weird. Why is this yellow dog that's neither human nor ghost so powerful?!"
"That's not a yellow dog. It's a Sphinx. Even if you're uneducated, there should be a limit." Black Swan complained and took the opportunity to fire another shot. But this time, like before, the tranquilizer dart had no effect on the Sphinx.
"Target's resistance to anesthesia is very high. Requesting support." Black Swan said into the walkie-talkie while throwing away the tranquilizer dart in her hand. She then helped Li Bai grab the fishing net. Although the two of them still failed to stop the Sphinx, they did manage to slow down the Sphinx.
In the case of the third victim, there was actually a problem that no one had figured out. When the victim took the initiative to fight, was the Sphinx's target the person who attacked him or the person who failed to answer the riddle? For the third victim, both were the same person. However, the answer was obvious now.
Although Black Swan attacked the Sphinx first, the Sphinx's target was still the rabbit after the battle began. It seemed to be determined to punish the rabbit.
Rabbit was scared out of its wits. "Tangerine, Tangerine. The answer is Tangerine."
However, the Sphinx did not stop attacking the Sphinx after hearing the answer. Fortunately, 1810 arrived at the same time. The crew-cut man snorted coldly, swung his hand, and threw a medical scalpel straight at the Sphinx's head.
However, the result surprised everyone.
18/10's scalpel made of stainless steel bounced off the Sphinx's head.
"So hard?" 1810 was taken aback.
"Physical immunity? I'm afraid we're in trouble now." Black Swan frowned.
Fortunately, the Sphinx was now completely entangled in the fishing net. With 1810's help, the three of them finally overpowered the Sphinx in terms of strength. They temporarily restrained the Sphinx's movements, and Rabbit was out of danger. However, the good times did not last long. It did not take long for the sharp-eyed Black Swan to notice the Sphinx's claws glinting coldly.
The Sphinx seemed to have finally realized its situation. It temporarily gave up on chasing Rabbit and began to try to get rid of the net. And its efficiency was amazing. After a while, a small hole was made in the net, and half of its body was squeezed out.
"What should I do? I don't want to be scratched!" Rabbit was so anxious that she almost cried.
"Change of plan. Help Rabbit out of danger first." Shen Xixi's voice came from the walkie-talkie. Because she was far away, she had not arrived yet. Although the two people who arrived later were armed with crossbows, they still failed to do any damage to the Sphinx.
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