Chapter 970 Kidnapping

November 15th, eleven o'clock in the morning.

In city S, in a residential building, a seventeen-year-old boy was gradually waking up from a coma.

After taking a few seconds to adjust to the lighting in the room, he took in the sight before him.

The first thing that catches the eye is three figures...

It was three men wearing dark jackets, jeans, and ski masks on their faces. At the moment, they were sitting around a table smoking and playing cards.

Seeing the boy wake up, the three of them just glanced at him casually without much reaction.

But the young man... immediately fell into panic.

Because he immediately realized... that he was being tied to a chair behind his back. Not only his hands, but also his waist and feet were also firmly tied to the chair, making him almost unable to move. In addition... His mouth was also taped shut and he could not speak.

"Where am I? How did I get here?" The young man asked in shock, "Who are these people? Kidnapped?"

Soon, accompanied by a wave of dizziness, fragments of memories flashed through his mind...

"That's right! In that toilet!"

This young man's name is Ma Junxiao. A year ago, he was an ordinary high school student with average academic performance, a love for playing games, an average appearance, and an anxious height. But now, he is a star-level professional player, and one of the top players in the largest studio in the industry, with the ID - [Tiantian Guixiao].

Recently, due to competitions, Gui Xiao has been working the "night shift" every day. Of course, I say I'm "working", but I actually spend most of my time sleeping in the game cabin.

During the day, he does not need to stay at the company, as long as he remains online for more than three hours a day (real time, non-sleep mode), he can also work from home.

But in the evening... he still had to check in at the order headquarters around ten o'clock and do some pre-match preparations. Then lie down in the company's equipment and compete.

At seven o'clock this morning, Gui Xiao left the company building as usual... bought some breakfast on the way, and took the subway home.

Although it is still the morning rush hour around seven o'clock, and it is well known that the subway in S city can squeeze people into juice, Gui Xiao does not "go to work" at this point, but "get off work". The line he takes is different from the crowded one. On the contrary, there are only about seven or eight people in a carriage on average.

Therefore, there was an empty seat for him to sit in as soon as he got on the bus today.

However...it only took two stops. Gui Xiao suddenly felt unwell. Maybe the breakfast I bought today was unclean... A severe abdominal pain hit me without any warning.

Fortunately, the transit time on the subway was not long, and there was a toilet before leaving the station, so he rushed out of the carriage at the next stop and went straight to the public toilet in the subway station.

This trip... took nearly two hours.

Two hours later, Gui Xiao, whose legs were weak and almost collapsed, walked out of the toilet cubicle.

In fact, in the last twenty minutes... his diarrhea symptoms had basically eased, otherwise he might have called an ambulance. It's just that... it took him another twenty minutes to massage his legs before his numb legs regained the ability to stand.

After coming out, Gui Xiao came to the sink in the public toilet. He took a long breath, washed his hands, and then lowered his head to wash his face.

But as soon as he lowered his head...he lost consciousness.

He couldn't recall the last memory, but he wasn't stupid... Judging from the situation in front of him. Either he was knocked unconscious from behind, or his mouth and nose were covered with anesthetic.

"I don't feel any pain in my neck or neck, but my head is a little dizzy..." After calming down for a while, Gui Xiao began to think, "It's probably because he was knocked unconscious by ether or something..." His eyes glanced at that place again. On three people. "These three... are obviously adults based on their size. It would be easy to carry me away."

Thinking of this, he looked around again.

Where he is at this moment. It seems to be a rough room. There is almost no furniture in the empty room, but thick curtains have been hung around the windows; the walls and ceiling are simply painted with white paint, and the concrete floor is beneath the feet.

As far as the eye can see, the only furniture that can be seen is a simple folding table, a few armchairs, and fluorescent lamps in the corners of the ceiling. The light was on at this time, indicating that at least there was electricity in the house. According to Gui Xiao's reasoning... there should be water, otherwise these guys couldn't run outside to use the public toilet while taking hostages, right?

"It's not good...these people actually remained calm after seeing me wake up..." After looking around, Gui Xiao said in his heart, "According to what was shown in the movie...it's not desperadoes who would react like this. He's a professional criminal, or both..." He broke out in a cold sweat, "Speaking of which... what did they want to do by kidnapping me? I'm not a young girl, so it's unlikely..."

It is indeed impossible... because if the other party really wants to rob him, he will probably not "wake up naturally", but wake up in another situation.

"It's not right to rob wealth..." Gui Xiao then thought, "My parents are ordinary working-class people. Although my current annual salary is not bad, it is not enough to be kidnapped. That's the point..."

Yes, the "for ransom" inference... is also unreasonable.

In terms of difficulty, kidnapping a child is obviously much easier than kidnapping a high school student like him; and in terms of profit, if you really want to kidnap an adult... you should at least choose someone whose family is relatively wealthy, such as Jin Fugui...

No matter how you think about it, kidnapping Gui Xiao is a difficult and low-return job; it is obvious that the three people who attacked Gui Xiao... have other purposes.

"Wait... could it be..." After a few seconds, a more reliable idea flashed through Gui Xiao's mind, "Is it related to my early morning game?"

He finally thought of the idea.

But... even if he knew this, he had no ability to escape.

At this time, there were still... twelve hours and fifty-three minutes before the game at midnight on the 16th.

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At the same time, Order Studio, headquarters office building.

"Well... still can't get through..." Meng Jingchan listened to the sentence "The user you dialed cannot be connected" coming from the mobile phone, and his face showed suspicion.

Brother Zen is a person who doesn't like to take work home, so he didn't leave the company in the morning like the other people in the team, but switched to non-sleep mode and completed today's online requirements before preparing to leave work.

"This is troublesome..." This is the fifth time Meng Jingchan has called Gui Xiao in forty minutes, but he just can't get through.

Coincidentally, when Gui Xiao came to the company last night. I forgot to bring my locker key, so I borrowed Zen's locker. As a result, this kid forgot to leave the key at the front desk when he went home this morning, and took it away without knowing why...

As for Zen... his car keys, house keys, wallet and other trivial items were all placed in his coat, and the coat was placed in the locker...

Of course, the company must have a backup key for the locker, but because of personal privacy issues, the administrative process for applying for this thing is very troublesome (there was a period of casualness, but after several thefts and violations of personal privacy, it became stricter), and it may take half a day.

At this moment... Zen has nothing with him except a mobile phone. He naturally wants to call Gui Xiao's phone... to ask this kid.

But... he just can't get through.

"Well... or ask the team leader what the phone number of this kid's home is..." Zen didn't think about the bad side at this time. The first thing he thought of was whether the other party would throw the phone to a place with poor signal or lose it.

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Afternoon, 4:49.

There are still... seven hours and eleven minutes until the match at midnight on the 16th.

Woo-woo-

After hearing the vibration, Feng Bujue, who was browsing the web, glanced at the screen of the mobile phone on the table and saw an unfamiliar number.

"Another kind of sales or fraud..." Brother Jue muttered, picked up the phone and answered it.

Although he thought it was probably a harassing call. But he would still answer it. Basically... Feng Bujue only listened to the other party for five seconds to know the general nature of this call, and then he would hang up without saying a word. And add the number to the blocked list.

"Hello, who is this?" Brother Jue said after picking up the phone.

"Uh... Hello, is this Feng Bujue?" A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

Brother Jue quickly searched for the source of this voice in his mind: "Chuhetang?"

"Hello... Even if you don't know my name, you can call me by my game nickname..." Brother Zen was not angry. It was just a bit annoying. "What the hell is Chuhetang?"

"How did you get my number?" Feng Bujue didn't respond to the other party's complaints, but directly asked a question that he was more interested in.

"I'm in the Public Security Bureau now. The police told me." Meng Jingchan's answer was quite surprising.

"Oh..." Feng Bujue responded casually, and then continued, "You got caught soliciting prostitution and you want me to protect you?"

"Brother... I really have to call you brother..." Meng Jingchan said, "How did you come to that conclusion?"

"It's very simple. From the way you smoke and drink, I feel like you often visit low-end entertainment venues." Feng Bujue replied in a lazy tone, "Then you said that you called me from the Public Security Bureau, so it's probably bad luck to catch up with the crackdown on prostitution? In your case... Notify your family, basically there is no way out; ask the unit leader to pick you up, or ask a friend to protect you... Not to mention that you can't hold your head up in front of others in the future, the news will leak out sooner or later; so you thought of me."

Hearing this, Meng Jingchan on the other end of the phone was silent for a full thirty seconds.

"Brother Feng... your reasoning is okay, but your prejudice against me is too serious..." Brother Chan held it in for a long time and said this.

"Okay, then tell me, what's the matter?" Feng Bujue said.

"Well... it's like this..." Meng Jingchan said, "Gui Xiao... seems to have been kidnapped."

"Huh?" Feng Bujue was stunned for a second after hearing this, "Did you call the police?"

"I called the police at noon." Meng Jingchan said, "At first I thought it was a missing case, and since he was a young man, the police didn't take it very seriously... But you know, we have an important game tonight... So, our company leader used some connections to 'push' the progress of the investigation... An hour ago, the police had retrieved the surveillance..."

"Stop~ Thank you!" Feng Bujue interrupted him, "Just answer me 'call the police', that's all... You don't have to tell me so much."

"Brother Feng..." Brother Chan continued, "I called you... just to ask for your help."

"Ask me for help?" Feng Bujue sneered, "Heh... What can I do for you?" He then said something shameless, "Although I, a great writer, also have the ability of a famous detective... But this kind of case is obviously more suitable for the police to deal with." He paused, "Don't worry~ Our public security officers are very powerful if they are 'serious', and their investigation and execution capabilities are..."

"Brother Feng." At this time, Meng Jingchan suddenly lowered his voice and said to Brother Jue in a very serious tone, "It's not that I don't trust their ability... But there is something wrong here."

"Oh?" Feng Bujue keenly caught something from the other party's tone, "What do you mean?"

"It's inconvenient to talk on the phone... Can you come to the Public Security Bureau?" Meng Jingchan replied.

"Well..." Feng Bujue thought for a few seconds, "Okay..." Before the other party responded, he continued to ask, "Give me the address."

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Thirty minutes later, a silver Porsche stopped at the door of a public security branch in S City.

Two men got out of the car, one was Feng Bujue and the other was Wang Tanzhi.

Because they had contacted each other by phone in advance, Meng Jingchan was waiting for them outside the reception hall.

"I say... two of you, come to the police station, drive a Porsche or something..." As soon as the three of them finished greeting, Brother Zen complained about this matter.

"You don't have to say it, I understand, we have always been so low-key." Feng Bujue responded calmly.

In a sense, he was right... Compared with other cars in Xiao Tan's family, this one is very low-key in both color and price...

"Hehe... OK... OK..." Brother Zen really didn't know how to respond to this, so he simply changed the subject and said, "By the way, time is limited, let's talk about business first..."

After saying this, he mysteriously pulled Brother Jue and Xiao Tan aside and stood in a corner outside where there were not many people.

"I'm only telling you this..." Meng Jingchan was obviously a smart man. He knew that what he was going to say at this moment must not be heard by Gui Xiao's family or any police officer. "In fact, I also believed in the police, but... just before I called you, I accidentally heard the deputy director here talking on the phone with someone in the toilet..." He said here, and looked around cautiously, and lowered his voice, "The sound in the toilet is muffled, and I can hear the voice on the phone..." He paused for half a second, stared into the eyes of the two people, and said, "I don't know who is on the other end of the phone, but... I clearly heard that he instructed the deputy director to try to delay the investigation... and said that it should be delayed until at least after 2 a.m. "(To be continued...)