Feeling that Zhang Lisheng, who did not know anything at all, made him gain nothing, Harvey put away the pen and paper with a blank expression. "Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Zhang, even though you almost didn't say anything."
"I'm sorry, Captain. I've said just now that it involves my privacy, so I might not be able to answer you." Zhang Lisheng spread his hands and smiled before turning his gaze to the bed.
Looking at Effiny who was in a coma but had a rosy and lustrous face, he said to Steven in relief, "Professor, Professor Effiny's condition is much better than I imagined. I thought she'd stay in the ICU …"
"Oh Lisheng, if you're old enough, you'll know that a patient lying on an ordinary bed is not necessarily better than a patient lying in the ICU.
There's no danger to her life, but she'll lose consciousness and wait for death for the rest of her life. How much better do you think it is than dying directly, child? "
"There's an old saying in China that goes' living is better than dying a good death '. As long as she's alive, there's hope for a miracle. Besides, the doctors have not made a diagnosis on Professor Effiny yet." Zhang Lisheng pondered for a while and walked to his supervisor who was sitting on the plastic chair next to the bed, looking at his sister with eyes full of affection and sadness, before comforting him.
"Thank you, child." Steven became silent for a while before replying in a low voice. "Go find your girlfriend and be happy. The hospital is not a place where a young man like you should stay. Just leave me and Effiny alone."
"Alright, then I won't disturb you anymore, Professor. If you need any help, just contact me at any time." Zhang Lisheng sighed and turned to look at Harvey. "Captain, can I leave now?"
"Of course, Mr. Zhang. You can leave at any time." The NCIS agent personally opened the door for Zhang Lisheng. "I'll ask you one last question that will not involve any of your privacy.
Why do you think that young and promising Mr. Justin would betray his supervisor and commit such an irrational crime? "
"To be honest, Captain, the mysterious Gold Core was first discovered by Justin, but Professor Effiny excluded him from the future experiment due to various considerations.
You've been exposed to many criminal crimes so you should know that sometimes, when people feel unbalanced and unfair but can't think of a solution, they would often do some extreme and terrible actions. "
"It's Justin who discovered the target of those thugs' operation and such an inside story …" Harvey said in astonishment.
"This is not an inside story, Captain. Even though it's Justin who discovered the 'experimental material', he made the discovery on the property of the US government by using the instruments in the laboratory when he was ordered to assist other scientists.
For this reason, he had no ownership and exclusive research rights to the materials. As the leader of the laboratory, it was completely reasonable for Effiny to not allow him to participate in the experiment due to his lack of ability.
Because of this, he hates Effiny. Hurting his own mentor is simply insane! "Upon hearing the NBI agent's words, Stephen suddenly said without turning his head.
"Professor Stephen is right. According to the academic practice, it's completely reasonable for Justin not to participate in the experiment but just like what I said, this person is very, very extreme. He's purely a crazy lunatic, so for this reason, he has committed an irrational crime." Zhang Lisheng hurriedly echoed his supervisor's words and nodded at Harvey before walking out of the ward.
In the hospital corridor that smelled a little bad, he breathed a sigh of relief. When he was about to take out his phone to call Tina, he was suddenly blocked by a young white man with a big nose and a companion with thick eyebrows who had the same skin color and was about the same age and had a reluctant expression on his face.
"Do you need any help, gentlemen?" Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before asking with a frown.
Upon hearing his fluent New York accent, the young man with thick eyebrows who had a reluctant expression on his face immediately muttered in Mandarin, "Listen! How can such a standard and fluent American language that's exactly the same as the US TV series be spoken by a Chinese?
Just look at his face and look at his temperament! Can't you tell that he's a pure foreigner? Black hair and black skin means that he's a Chinese? Then, there are just too many Chinese in the US!
Let's go! Stop blocking the way! Otherwise, we'll have to 'transform' again and I really can't stand it anymore! "
"Judging from his accent, he doesn't sound like a Chinese at all! I know now! This is our witchcraft's overseas inheritance!" The eyes of the young man with a big nose who was blocking Zhang Lisheng lit up right away. In pleasant surprise, he stuttered in American language that was a little out of tune, "Hello! Good afternoon!
I-Is there something different about you? A wizard? A wizard? A wizard's sacrifice and death? And medical skills … "
"Haha …" Zhang Lisheng looked at the two strange yet unscrupulous white young men in front of him and widened his eyes in astonishment. His gaze was cold but he had a smile on his face. Switching to Mandarin, he said, "My two brothers, you obviously have a white face but you're practicing witchcraft? Not only that, you can even speak a foreign language like this! How funny!"
"Y-You're really a Chinese!" The two people in front of him shouted at the same time with their eyes wide open in surprise.
Zhang Lisheng, on the other hand, no longer spoke to them at this time. Instead, he bypassed the two of them and strode forward.
"Brother, I've already said that I'm going to ignore him. W-What does he mean by this?" Upon seeing Zhang Lisheng's strange behavior, the white young man with a thick eyebrow looked at his gradually disappearing back and said in a slight daze.
"He must have been confused by my question just now and regretted it after he blurted it out. Let's go after him!"
"W-Why are we going after him?"
"Since we're from the same witchcraft as him, we're a family. Let's go after him and ask what he talked about with that US soldier just now and report it to our superiors. That'll be the information!" The big-nosed young man explained in a low voice and pulled his companion forcefully to chase after him.
"What if he's not willing to tell us?"
"Hmph! If he doesn't care about our friendship as fellow disciples, then we'll have no choice but to give him the hard way. He's also a wizard so we have no taboo to use witchcraft to deal with him. No matter what, it's not against the rules."
"T-This is not a good idea."
"What are you afraid of? We're both Rank-4 Wizards. You can command strange insects while I have the Wind Tiger's soul with me. Even if he's …" The two of them ran out of the hospital as they chatted.
When they saw Zhang Lisheng turning into a dark alley on the street from afar, they also hurriedly rushed over. However, they realized that there was no one in the long alley at all.
Instinctively feeling that something was wrong, the big-nosed young man still dragged his companion into the alley.
"That guy must have entered the fork. He's a local, so he must be familiar with this place. Let's look for him carefully. If we can't find him, we'll just make a move first and subdue him first …" He muttered as he walked forward carefully. All of a sudden, a pair of invisible cold giant claws appeared from the empty back and grabbed his head, stopping him from speaking.
Then, a cold voice resonated in both of their ears at the same time. "Brothers, you're looking for me, right?
I thought that you must have some ability since you're so unscrupulous, but I can't believe that you're actually such a good-for-nothing. Forget it, let's walk on the roof and I'll send you on your way. "
The instant the words left his mouth, the big-nosed young man felt as though he was being pulled out of a radish and flew up into the air while grabbing his head.
In midair, he cast the Witchcraft's Gate of Sacrifice's secret method, causing yellow and black stripes to grow on his body. A piercingly cold wind blew around his body as he struggled with all his might. However, he still could not escape from the demon's palm that was pressing down on his head. Drifting from side to side in the narrow alley, he rose to the top of the building and was grabbed by the giant claw behind him. With a shake, the joints of his entire body were dislocated and he was thrown on the rooftop.
As for his companion, due to the reason that he cultivated the Witchcraft's Gate of Death and did not undergo the transformation, his neck was bent at a strange angle right now. Gasping for air, he looked like he was going to die soon.
Looking at his companion's miserable look, the young man's gaze gradually went blank. Unconsciously, he began to shout, "W-Who are you? W-Who are you? Where are you …"
In the air, a tall and thin monster covered in black scales with nine peacock-like scorpion tails fluttering behind its back appeared. "You asked me who I am? I also want to ask you who you are! How do you know our Chinese's witchcraft's secret method and why do you have to block my way in the hospital?"
"W-Who are you? W-Where are you? W-Who are you …" In the face of the monster that suddenly appeared in front of him, the young man seemed to have turned a blind eye to it as he kept repeating his words with a dull gaze.
"You're already scared into a fool just like that? You're 100% arrogant, but you only have 10% courage that's not even comparable to an ordinary person. Do you really think I'll believe you?" Zhang Lisheng, who had transformed using the lizard's power to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, had a ferocious smirk at the corner of his mouth. With a stomp of his foot, he stomped the feet of the high-nosed young man into a pile of meat and bones.
"Ahh! Ahh! Ahh …" The young man whose joints were all dislocated squirmed violently like a maggot on the roof with his blue veins exposed. However, his eyes were still dull and lifeless.
When Zhang Lisheng saw this, he could not help but believe that the enemy who came looking for him out of the blue and acted aggressively was actually a bunch of trash who would lose all of their courage in the face of adversity.
"Could it be that they've just obtained their power, so that's why they're acting so unscrupulously but still retain the mentality of an ordinary person?
But witchcraft cultivation is not something that can be mastered in just one day, "Zhang Lisheng shifted his attention to the other thick-browed white young man, only to find that he had already stopped breathing. He could not help but smile wryly as he muttered to himself," If I'd known this earlier, I would've used a more moderate method to deal with them.
Looks like I can't get anything out of them now.
What two trash! If they had yellow skin and black hair, they'd be comparable to the group of Chinese young wizards I met in South Africa last year who went to Cape Town to die as though they were on a trip. "
As he was speaking, he suddenly noticed that the thick-browed white man's corpse on the ground had suddenly shrunk by more than ten centimeters. His face was distorted into an Asian appearance with single eyelids and a flat nose. His hair had also turned black.
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