After he entered the room and closed the door, Feng Bujue's expression immediately turned serious.
"This is bad …" he said to himself. "It really is Zuo Yan and Vidocq …"
Obviously, Brother Jue recognized the man and the cat.
"Even though I know that the scenario is sometimes randomly generated based on the player's memory and various images and writings that exist in the real world, but …" Feng Bujue leaned against the door and continued to read, "For me to run into the characters from my own novel … this is rather strange …"
Indeed, the Zuo Yan and Vidocq that appeared before Brother Jue were the main characters from his novel, The Second-rate Detective and the Cat. Therefore, when he saw the two, he felt a sense of deja vu, but at the same time, he had never met them before.
"Then, here comes the problem …" Feng Bujue mumbled to himself as he walked toward the bed. "With these two … how am I supposed to survive until Chapter 33?"
This was indeed a serious problem because each case of The Second-rate Detective and the Cat was about fifteen to twenty thousand words long. If converted to the chapters of Thriller Paradise, even if each chapter was short, it would at most be able to last eight to nine chapters.
"How about …" In the few seconds that he walked from the door to the bed, a bad idea formed in Brother Jue's mind. "How about I try to capture Vidocq first?"
As an author, Feng Bujue had a great advantage, and that was that he knew his characters like the back of his hand. Therefore, the first idea that came to his mind was to deal with the 'cat' first.
Brother Jue knew very well that Zuo Yan was not that big of a threat. After all … the kid was just a 'Second-rate Detective'.
But Vidocq was different …
When Feng Bujue wrote this character … oh, no … when he wrote this cat, he not only gave him the title of 'King of Detectives' (Francois Eugen Vidocq was a real character, a real legend. Many famous detectives in later literary works borrowed the image of Vidocq's image), but he also spent a lot of effort to give this cat the detective ability. In fact, the character of Vidocq existed as a kind of 'cheat' for the main character, Zuo Yan.
This British Shorthair cat was basically the 'apex of detective'. He was a master of infiltration, a tracking expert, and a master of lie detection. He was proficient in criminal psychology, forensic anthropology, forensic science, and many other professions. In short, he had reached the level of a master of knowledge and ability that was helpful to the profession of 'detective.'. If he lived in the DC universe, he would have most likely exposed Batman's identity, arrested him on the spot, prosecuted him for many crimes, and finally thrown him into a mental hospital to serve his sentence.
If you asked him why he was so heartless to Bruce Wayne, he would answer, "Because I am the world's greatest detective, meow."
"Anyway, as a cat … his weakness is obvious." When Feng Bujue sat down on the edge of the bed, he took out a can of tuna from his shirt pocket and brought it closer to his eyes to study. This can of tuna was something that he had picked up from a roadside stall when he was gathering information on the island that afternoon. Without a doubt, this was a can of tuna produced by Herbert Company. "Use this as bait to capture him …" While he was thinking, Brother Jue's eyes moved to the small freezer in the room. "Then lock him inside the freezer, pull out the power, and lock the door … As long as there is a small gap for him to breathe, he should not die."
His plan seemed simple and crude, but it was actually very feasible. However, there were still some technical problems.
For example, how to lure Vidocq away from Zuo Yan, and how to ensure that Vidocq would not be discovered after he was imprisoned?
According to the setting of the novel, among the humans, only Zuo Yan could have a "mental conversation" with Vidocq. Although this kind of communication was limited by distance, other than distance, their conversation would not be affected by other "factors that impede the transmission of sound".
For example, if Zuo Yan and Vidocq were placed in two soundproof rooms with only a wall between them, they would still be able to talk normally. However, if the distance between them was so great that an ordinary person would have to shout to hear what the other person was saying, then even if there was no barrier between them, they would not be able to communicate mentally.
"Hmm … If we ignore the wall and the door, the distance between the freezer and the corridor is only about five meters." Feng Bujue quickly figured out the problem. "If I were Vidocq, after I was captured and imprisoned, I would immediately start to use mental communication to shout for help. After all, it would not take much effort on my voice. Considering that Zuo Yan lives on this floor, he would definitely pass by the corridor outside the door. At any moment, as long as he gets close to this room, he would hear me calling for help. "
With this in mind, Brother Jue's "freezer plan" had basically been overturned.
"What if … I bring him to a place further away and make sure no one can find him before I finish the script …" Feng Bujue thought. "Or … I can just …" With this thought in mind, he almost instinctively shook his head. "No, no, no. That would be too risky …"
What he meant by "risky" was, of course, killing Vidocq. This would save him a lot of trouble compared to imprisoning Vidocq. Even if he was exposed, killing a cat would not be a crime. The police would only ask him to pay compensation to the cat's owner.
From an objective point of view, killing Vidocq was a simple and extremely effective strategy that could help Brother Jue clear the scenario successfully.
However, this was also a strategy that Feng Bujue would never implement.
No matter how the world defined it, in Brother Jue's heart, Vidocq was not a cat, but a detective. So far, he was one of the two most challenging opponents that Brother Jue had ever met in the field of intelligence. The other one was Woody. He was also one of the few characters that Feng Bujue would put himself in the position of the "weak" to come up with a strategy.
Now, Feng Bujue had the advantage of being the author. He had a lot of information about his opponent, and he had the upper hand. Under this premise, if he took advantage of his physical strength to kill Vidocq … To Brother Jue, using this method to win would be worse than losing. It could even be said that it would be a great humiliation.
"Ah … So … Forget it …" As he thought about it, Feng Bujue gave up on the idea of imprisoning Vidocq. He showed an eager expression and said softly, "This is a rare opportunity. Let me use all my strength, throw away my integrity, and give it my all … to fight it out with the two of you."
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