Chapter 988: Wanted By The Entire City
“Oh, that email is from the trade union. There’s an 80% chance the email is talking about the distribution of labor insurance supplies or changing my working hours.” Feng Zi didn’t seem to care too much about it.
“Does your union usually send these messages to the entire group of people?” Zhang Heng asked afterward.
“That’s how they usually work. What’s the matter?” Feng Zi was a little confused by Zhang Heng’s question. She looked up, only to discover that almost everyone’s bracelets were vibrating right now. Through the bar’s glass window, Zhang Heng could see that the Singularity Bar’s patrons were looking at their bracelets and checking the email that they just received.
Feng Zi frowned. “What’s going on?” She then clicked on the email that she received and instantly froze.
There was a video attached to the email.
The video showed her leaning onto Zhang Heng’s body, pressing her thigh against his, and stroking the latter’s chest while saying something.
“That’s what I did to you at the bar earlier.” Feng Zi did not blush after she watched the video. Instead, she was rendered speechless. “Whoever that recorded us must’ve had nothing better to do. Why did the person send the clip to the union? And why did the union send it to everyone?”
On the other hand, Zhang Heng had located the camera’s location from the shooting angle. It was the seat where Red sat on. Zhang Heng then looked at Feng Zi. “Do you really like your current life? I am afraid you are about to say goodbye to it completely.”
“What do you mean?” Feng Zi received another email from the union as soon as she finished asking. This one had an emergency tag on it.
Subject: Looking for the man and a woman in the video
To: All workers
Contents: This man and woman stole our factory’s trade secrets and hid them on the second level. We are now requesting all second-level employees to find out the whereabouts of these two people. Those who can provide us with any leads will be rewarded a three-story apartment, your current salary doubled, and a one-off, 100,000 credits will be awarded to the person that locates them. (Note: They are both extremely dangerous. You should not approach them once you find them. The targets may have the ability to disguise themselves. You can check their true identities through your bracelet)
The citizen IDs of Zhang Heng and Feng Zi were posted at the bottom of the email.
Feng Zi’s eyes bulged after she read it.
“We are wanted?! What kind of trade secrets did you steal from the factory? It seems serious enough for them to issue a reward. And it’s a huge one at that. I am afraid the workers from the entire factory will come looking for us.”
“Not just the factory you work at. All the factories from the second level will come looking for us,” Zhang Heng corrected. “Some people on this street are not from your factory, but I bet they received the same email like everyone else.”
“Have you stolen trade secrets from other factories?” Feng Zi was surprised.
“The trade secrets they mention are just a cover. It’s better for you not to know about the details of this matter. Also, we’d better leave here now.”
Zhang Heng noticed that passerbys were already glancing at them suspiciously, constantly comparing them to the man and woman in the video. Other than that, customers from the Singularity Bar were also looking at them through the glass window.
Zhang Heng had to admit that he had underestimated the emergency response team. After he fought Red, he did a comprehensive evaluation of the latter’s abilities. He thought he knew them well enough. Little did he expect that they would coin up such a plan.
Zhang Heng recalled the scene of his fight with Red. When he slit her throat, Red did not subconsciously cover her neck with her hands to stop the bleeding like most would’ve done. Instead, she decided to take a short walk forward. She then dropped the knife in her hand to the ground, and Zhang Heng quickly held onto her and covered her mouth to prevent her from calling for help.
Unfortunately, Red’s bracelet was out of Zhang Heng’s line of sight. She had probably sent out an SOS signal at that time.
The other members of the emergency response team responded in mere seconds. Earlier, Zhang Heng wondered why Shengtang Morgan did not utilize the second-level police force to capture them. Now, he finally got the answer. Almost all the residents from the second level were blue-collar workers. Therefore, no organization here was more powerful than the union.
Shengtang Morgan knew very well that no matter what the police did, they would never be as effective as mobilizing the entire second-level. They didn’t want to let anyone know about the memory encoder, so they told people that Zhang Heng stole some trade secrets.
“Uh, well, we have to leave now.” Feng Zi also noticed the bystanders who had started to surround them.
Someone took pictures of them with their bracelets. Feng Zi immediately covered her face and hastily followed Zhang Heng to the other side of the alley. The moment they started to run, they exposed their true identities. The bystanders immediately became very excited. In the face of irresistible temptation, they even forgot that the two were supposedly extremely dangerous. The crowd of people then started to go after them. The two people in front of them also stretched out their hands to prevent Zhang Heng and Feng Zi from leaving.
In the next moment, Zhang Heng grabbed one of their arms and broke his ulna. The latter let out a scream like a pig for slaughter. The scream calmed the people blinded by the rewards a little. The other person that tried to stop them from leaving quickly took a step back. He then watched as Zhang Heng and Feng Zi ran past him. However, he did not want them to run away just like that. He continued taking their pictures and sent emails while trying to keep some distance behind them.
“What should we do?” Feng Zi asked while looking at the people that were coming after them.
“Since you work here, do you know any complicated terrain nearby?”
“Complicated terrain?” Feng Zi thought for a while, “There is a night market in front of us, with stalls that sell all kinds of things. Usually, the place is crowded every night.”
“Very well. Lead the way. We will go there.”
Five minutes later, the two arrived at the night market. Not only did they fail to stop the people from chasing them, but they started to attract more and more attention.
“No way. Did the people here also receive the email?!” Feng Zi asked in disbelief.
“As I said, I estimate that all the workers in the entire second level received the email,” Zhang Heng said. “But it doesn’t matter. We will get rid of them soon.”
As he spoke, Zhang Heng plunged into the night market with Feng Zi. While running, he picked up two wigs from a small stall. After that, Feng Zi saw the items in Zhang Heng’s hands constantly increasing, from shirts to knee pads. However, those things did not stay in Zhang Heng’s hands for too long. The two hurriedly slipped on all those items as they went along.
After that, Zhang Heng used makeup brushes, eyeliner, and powder puff to change their appearances. Then, he threw away the guitar case and transferred the contents to his backpack. He also held the Shrouded Sheath in his hand. The two had completely changed their appearances, and they finally temporarily getting rid of the people going after them.