Villain Boss Chapter 181
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 181: Threat
Someone opened the north gate and let the zombies in.
The patrol guy didn't even need to explain much, as all kinds of rumors were already coming from outside.
Shen Lang's expression changed drastically, and his graying beard shook nonstop, as if he was angered by the news.
"Su Qin, you and Gu Yunqing go over and take a look. "
Glancing at Shen Lang whose expression was inscrutable and the pale-faced participants, Si Xu gave the order directly.
Now that they could leave the conference room, Su Qin pulled Gu Yunqing and walked briskly, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
When the two captains of the superhuman team went over, the others heaved a sigh of relief, looking at Shen Lang, waiting for his instructions.
Subtly observing Si Xu's expression to make sure he hadn't discovered their plan, Shen Lang's eyes flickered with a fleeting smile. He assumed the airs of a leader and boomed, "Investigate it! Find out who opened the gate and let the zombies in! Once you find out, I'll chop that person into pieces!"
"Yes!"
It was very easy to find out who had committed the sin. There were surveillance cameras every hundred meters in the base, and there was 360-degree, all-weather monitoring under the city walls. Soon, someone copied the footage from the control room.
There weren’t many zombies. When Su Qin and Gu Yunqing arrived, the zombies had already been dealt with by the patrolling superhumans.
Seven ordinary people were bitten by zombies and sent to the infirmary.
"This is crazy! Who would do that? " Su Qin muttered to Gu Yunqing, checking the mechanical function of the north gate. "Letting a few zombies in won't do anything. They can't tear down the base..."
Gu Yunqing was equally baffled. "We'll know what's going on once we check the surveillance footage—maybe the guy who bombed the laboratory a few days ago is still lingering in the base."
Su Qin scoffed, sharing his thoughts. "He's miscalculated then. Seventh Brother almost wiped out all the zombies around here during the last zombie wave. Even if he opened the gate, it won't be of any use."
After confirming that the mechanical mechanism for opening the gate was functioning normally, Gu Yunqing told Su Qin to return to the office to report on the situation while he stayed behind to conduct a detailed inspection.
……
In the conference room, as the surveillance footage played, the once noisy room gradually quieted down. Eventually, not even the sound of breathing could be heard; there were only the flickering lights and shadows on the large screen.
"This... this is..." As if greatly shocked, Shen Lang suddenly stood up, overturned the teacup beside him, and said in a trembling voice, "How could it be Ranran?!"
On the big screen, a slender figure entered the control room and the gate was opened. Not long after, a girl wearing a hood came out from inside. When she walked out of the control room, her face was captured by the surveillance camera on the side.
Jiang Ran.
As the young lady who returned to the Shen family and Professor Si’s girlfriend, this face was familiar to everyone present.
The old man's roar directly confirmed the identity of the criminal.
Some people lowered their heads and pretended not to hear him, while others secretly glanced at Si Xu who was sitting lazily in the chair.
It turned out to be Miss Jiang... Now, how was this going to end?
After the old man finished roaring, the conference room fell into a dead silence again. The unanswered accusations felt like a staged drama, adding an inexplicable touch of awkwardness.
"Grandpa." Shen Yang had been watching the drama until the girl in the video appeared. He looked at his elder coldly, and for the first time, his tone was unkind. "That person isn’t Ranran. You've seen it wrong."
He knew very well that if the old man confirmed Jiang Ran's identity, there would be no place for her in the entire base.
"Isn't it Ranran?" The old man looked back at his eldest grandson, his eyes filled with unconcealed disappointment. "Yang, I know you and Ranran are close, but..."
The old man pondered, thinking about what to say next to directly convict Jiang Ran without involving his eldest grandson.
He was still racking his brains when light suddenly shone into his eyes when someone turned on the lights in the conference room.
At the same time, slender fingers closed the computer and unplugged the USB flash drive.
"So, this is why you suddenly called for a meeting today, Marshal Shen? " Si Xu calmly put the USB flash drive into his jacket pocket, his smile gentle but his eyes cold. "To deal with your junior, Shen Lang, you’ve really put in much effort. "
Si Xu never minced his words. Shen Lang ignored the sarcasm in his words, stroked his beard, and had a shrewd and profound expression on his face. "Professor Si, you’re Ranran's boyfriend. You should know better than me where Ranran is now. If the person in the video isn’t Ranran, you might as well let her come here and explain it clearly."
"Why does she need to explain anything? " Si Xu smiled faintly as his eyes swept over everyone present. "What did you just see?"
"..."
No one spoke.
"That girl did enter the control room, but did anyone see her open the gate herself?"
Indeed, no one saw it.
No images were captured either.
But as soon as she went in, the gate opened. Wasn't that evidence?
Everyone thought the same thing, but no one dared to speak.
"Si Xu, are you threatening us?" At Shen Lang's cue, Fang De, the head of the Fang family, who was closest to the Shen family, stood up. "We all saw clearly that the person in the footage was Jiang Ranran! There's no point in threatening us. Justice is in the hearts of people!"
Si Xu's smile didn’t diminish. His eyes fell on Fang De, as if he was thinking about something.
Before anyone else could understand the meaning of his smile, Fang De suddenly howled miserably, and was pulled off the chair by an invisible force.
"Crack!" The bones in his right arm made a crisp sound and twisted into a strange shape.
Blood splattered.
"Ahhhhhhhh!"
The man's screams became more miserable.
After twisting Fang De's arm, Si Xu smiled and looked at the others, his eyes narrowed.
"Swish!" Everyone except Shen Yang left their seats and retreated to the corner.
"Prof-Professor Si, calm down, calm down. We naturally believe Miss Jiang..." We had no wish to be twisted! Don't be impulsive!
"Justice is in the hearts of people? Humph." Si Xu snorted, glanced at the pale-faced Shen Lang, and sneered. "The hearts of people?"
Shen Lang roared, "Si Xu, you!"
"Click." A crisp sound interrupted the old man's roar.
Fang De's right leg, caught in the twisted space, snapped in two.
"Ahhh!" he howled miserably, calling for help from his companion. "Marshal Shen! Save me! Save me!"
The noise gave Si Xu a headache. "Shut up!"
"Boo-hoo-hoo! " Having learned his lesson, Fang De dared not put on a tough front anymore, biting his lip tightly to prevent himself from making any sound.
"Shen Lang." Si Xu chuckled. "I know he's on your side."
"W-what are you going to do?!" Shen Lang forced himself to stay calm, holding up his trembling legs. "Do you think you can silence all of us?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately said, "Professor Si! We believe Miss Jiang! We can swear that we didn't see anything just now! Really!" Darn it! They just wanted to watch the fun. they didn't want to lose their lives!
Marshal Shen must have lost his mind. How could he be so confident that Professor Si couldn't silence them? There were only a few people in this conference room! He could freeze them all into ice sculptures with just a flick of his finger!
Being humiliated on the spot, Shen Lang's aged face darkened, and his beard quivered with anger.
However, calculating that the time was almost up, the old man took a deep breath and calmed down.
He frowned. "Si Xu, the specific situation is still unclear. Can I assume you have a guilty conscience when you hurt your companions like this?"
Guilty conscience? Did Marshal Shen mean that Jiang Ranran opened the north gate on Si Xu's orders?
Si Xu didn’t answer.
Amid the eerie silence, the door of the conference room was pushed open.
The little girl stood at the door, with green vines swaying behind her.
The vines curled up and wrapped around a person.
Her gaze swept across the conference room and stopped at Si Xu.
"Here," the little girl said coldly.
After receiving the order, the vines threw the wrapped person in front of Si Xu.
Everything happened so fast that when everyone snapped out of their shock, Si Xu had already leaned over and held the unconscious girl in his arms—the gentleness of his actions formed a sharp contrast to the ruthlessness when he twisted other people's hands and feet before.
Upon a close look at the girl's face, Shen Yang stood up subconsciously. "Ranran?"
The girl’s eyes were closed. Her breathing was weak and she leaned motionless in Si Xu's arms.
After confirming that Jiang Ran wasn’t in danger, Si Xu carried her and stood up.
The temperature in the conference room seemed to drop to below zero in an instant. The onlookers couldn't stop shivering and cowering in the corner of the room—they wanted to be as far away from Si Xu as possible.
Fang De, who was torn in the air, was thrown down and hit Shen Lang. The old man couldn't dodge in time and was knocked down on the table, unable to get up for a long time.
Si Xu's gaze fell on the little girl. "It's you." He paused, then smiled thoughtfully. "A117."
