Epilogue Inglourious Basterds(1/2)
When Ah Xiu woke up, she found herself fixed on a chair.
The device and chair that fixed him were made of metal, and Ah Xiu didn't know whether this was a net alloy. He only knew that he had worked hard for a few times and could not get it away.
He looked around and found that it was a room of about fifty square meters. Apart from the four walls, there was only one door, no windows at all, and there was no vent to see.
The room is divided into two parts. On the side close to him, there are only two metal chairs fixed to the ground, locking him and Yan Wushang respectively; while the other side of the room looks like a simple operating room, with many special medical equipment and an operating table.
At this moment, Yan Wushang's head was naturally lowered down, his eyes were closed, and he seemed to be still sleeping.
A Xiu tried to call him a few times, but Yan Wushang did not respond.
At this moment, the door of the room was opened.
A "monster" came in.
At least in Axiu's opinion, this guy is definitely not a human. If you have to say something, he is probably an iron-blooded warrior.
"Hello, Mr. Yuexiabu." Unexpectedly, the other party spoke as soon as he entered the room and greeted Ah Xiu in very standard Chinese.
"Who are you?" A Xiu thought about it for a while, but in the end he didn't say such impolite words as "what are you".
"You can call me Nini." Nini replied, "Also, you can see that you are very curious about me, so I will tell you by the way, I am an alien."
"Ha..." A Xiu smiled, "So that's it." He quickly accepted this setting. For an open-minded person like him, there was nothing to worry about.
A few seconds later, A Xiu continued, "In other words... are there even aliens in the Counter Cross?"
"Yes." Nini knew that the other party was spying on him and was caught by which force, but there was no need to hide it. "You should be able to guess the reason why the superior sent me to negotiate with you, right?"
"Is it because you are not affected by my 'cognitive correction' ability?" Ah Xiu did guess immediately.
"Well, that's one of the reasons," Nini continued. "Of course, if you don't believe it, I don't mind you experimenting first."
"No need, I tried it as soon as you come in." Ah Xiu said, "So when you said you were an alien, I knew you were not nonsense."
"Okay." Nini nodded, "Then, let's talk a few words?"
"Don't you wait for the person next to me to wake up before chatting?" A Xiu said, and glanced at Yan Wushang, one meter away on his left.
Nini replied, "But I don't know when he will wake up." He paused and explained, "Because Yan Wushen's god system can quickly metabolize various chemicals, including but not limited to alcohol, hallucinogens, anesthetics, and various poisons... So, the way we make him faint is different from what we use on you."
Hearing this, A Xiu seemed to understand why Yan Wushang couldn't wake up no matter how much he screamed.
"Ha... OK, let's talk." Although he has become a prisoner, Ah Xiu still seems calm and unhurried, neither humble nor arrogant. "Since you choose to capture me alive, you must have something to ask me. I am also a self-aware person. I understand... There are only two things you are interested in: one is information about Lord Changzun, and the other is my ability. If you want to get these two at the same time, the method is very simple, which is to directly pull me to the reverse cross."
"Well, it's reasonable and well-founded." Nini looked at him and responded with a slightly changed expression.
Another advantage of sending Nini to negotiate with A Xiu is that even if the alien has any emotional ups and downs and changes in his expression on his face, A Xiu can't tell what it means.
"Actually... this matter can be discussed." A Xiu said, "As the 'winner', I just need to guarantee that I will still be the winner in the end. So, if you can prove that the Counter-Cross is more valuable to make me loyal than the Ching Zun, then I don't mind 'striking another lord'."
"Then what do you think we should do to convince you?" Nini said again.
"You can put this topic aside..." Ah Xiu said, "Before this, in order to show sincerity, don't you feel obliged to explain what happened in the hotel to me first?"
He is very good at negotiating.
He is even a little too good at it.
There is no doubt that the name of Mitsuhide Shizuki was not only due to his superpowers, but also his eloquence and wisdom.
From the beginning, he calculated his chips and the other party's rough bottom line clearly, and then turned his back on the spot and guided the conversation by himself. Without sending out any useful information, he wanted to get the other party's intelligence.
So, will Ah Xiu really betray the Lord?
The answer is no.
Axiu was firm in his loyalty to Changzun because he was a man of faith.
Most of us shout slogans all day long, standing in teams, shouting nonsense that we don’t understand at all. Some of them are particularly stupid guys who will climax again and again when they are illusions of being a fighter of justice.
However, such low-cost groupings, suppressing, and venting... do not mean how noble you are.
After stripping away layers of disguise, people’s final bottom line is nothing more than personal interests.
When you need to pay real money or time cost for what you stand in line, when you need to stand out from the crowd to show your privacy and put yourself at risk, when you need to "actually" and "sacrifice", are you still the fighter?
No, you will be silent, or take a look that you have won and think you are cleverly getting out. You are not even as stupid as those particularly stupid fools; you are not noble at all, on the contrary, you are despicable and feel that your despicable is a wisdom, because the whole world is filled with people as despicable as you.
This world is composed of a large group of such people and a very small number of real fighters, and we are all the former.
But the latter was the latter. The words he said to Nini were just for the sake of handling and temptation. The moment he found out that he was arrested, Ah Xiu had already made the awareness of becoming an undercover agent when necessary, but whenever he had the chance, Ah Xiu would immediately run away and bring all the information he had obtained back to the Ching-Zun.
Even if he is destined to die in the end, he will still be the Lord of the Lord before he swallows his last breath and do something for his faith. Even if he leaves a piece of intelligence or a word, he can be considered a contribution.
"Do you want to know who suppressed you?" After thinking for a while, Nini continued, "or... do you still have doubts about the death of 'Sakaya'? Or do you think Masako's whereabouts and Sanada's ambush make you more confused?"
"If possible, I want to know all of these." A Xiu's answer was expected. After all, the more detailed the information, the better.
"Well..." Nini pondered and continued, "that's what we have to start two years ago."
"Oh? Do you need to start talking about it so long ago?" A Xiu said suspiciously.
"Don't worry, although time has been back a lot, there is actually not much to talk about." Nini responded, "Simply put... at that time, Yan Wushang was already working for the Cross."
This sentence was like a hammer, hitting Axiu's temple, making him feel dizzy.
A terrible, ominous feeling gradually emerged in his heart...
"Yan Wushang, Kaijiu, Gun Ghost, and Langke were all working for the Anti-Cross before the trial." Nini's words continued, "They made a lot of preliminary preparations and layout work for the 'judgment'. When these tasks were almost completed, Yan Wushang received the next task... and in order to complete this task, he voluntarily asked Langke to wash away all the memories of the Anti-Crosss in his mind."
When A Xiu heard this, he turned his head and looked at Yan Wushang, who was still sleeping.
"After that, Boss Tian let Yan Wushang return to his original mercenary life and moved on his own for a year and a half. During this period, it was obviously enough for the organization to erase the various traces of action left by Yan Wushang when he was doing the reverse cross." Nini continued, "In this way, it was last autumn, and the good show in Kitchener City was staged...
"At that time, Lance deliberately used the false code name of the "Oxa Club" that had been used many years ago to sell a flaw, allowing you to find clues to the organization's connection with Yan Wushang; and you also captured Yan Wushang as the organization expected. Of course, there was also an unexpected situation, that is, you actually replaced him with Sui Bian to participate in the "trial".
"But that's okay, because using tricks is a specialty to reverse the cross...
"You know most of the things that happened later, such as what Yan Wushang experienced with you, even better than me. As for the things in the hotel..."
When Nini said this, she also turned her gaze sideways and glanced in Yan Wushang's direction: "He can't pretend anymore, why don't you ask him directly."
Upon hearing this, Axiu turned his head and looked at it dumbly.
At this time, Yan Wushang had "awakened", or he no longer "pretends to be unconscious"; and the metal shelves on Yan Wushang's body seemed to be unlocked and were easily opened by him.
"You've been awake all the time?" A Xiu asked coldly at Yan Wushang, who was smiling all over his face.
"Yes." Yan Wushang replied, "I'm pretending pretty well, right? I can't even hear the problem of heartbeat and breathing, right?"
"Is it fun?" A Xiu said.
"It's okay, mainly to test how much Nini can deceive you." Yan Wushang replied, "From the results, it's really good... It's true that I can't understand the expressions of aliens, which is a flaw."
"When did you recover your memory?" Ah Xiu didn't want to talk about those irrelevant things to him, so she asked the key points immediately.
"Ha..." Yan Wushang chuckled, "Do you still remember the taxi driver?"
A clear look of surprise flashed across A Xiu's face, which means that he instantly understood Yan Wushang's implication: "That driver is the 'Langke'?"
This was indeed beyond A Xiu's expectations, because there was no trace of energy from the uncle's body, and he did not feel anything abnormal when he used his abilities to the other party; the most important thing was... A Xiu did not notice when the uncle used his abilities to Yan Wushu.
"Yes, it's him." Yan Wushang continued, "From the perspective of ability, Uncle Lang's 'lie Wujie' is a kind of superior ability that completely destroys your 'cognitive correction' in all aspects. Your superpower is at most a small part of his ability. As long as he uses his ability to "cover and correct" it, your ability will lose its effect without you personally removing it. To sum up... When I was in the taxi, I already remembered that I was a member of the Cross."
Ah Xiu's eyes flashed, she thought for a few seconds, and then said, "So... when she was in the hotel room, you sneaked into me; before that, you didn't even shoot six shots, not because Suichi used some ability, but because you deliberately missed..."
"What? Are you so sure that that person is 'Su'?" Yan Wushang asked back.
"What?" Ah Xiu fell into chaos.
At this moment, he seemed to be trapped in the vortex of the deep sea, and a strong sense of suffocation and powerlessness surged towards him; he began to question everything, because he realized a possibility - perhaps Yan Wushang was not only used by Langke in the taxi, but also himself.
"No need to think randomly, it's not that complicated." Yan Wushang's voice pulled A Xiu back from his distracted mind. He smiled and continued, "The person in the hotel who was shot to death by you was Sui Bian."
As soon as this said, A Xiu's eyes flashed immediately before her eyes, and her state of dying without any sign of words...
At this time, Nini spoke again and explained: "This morning, Sui became commanded and became Sui. Then he was modified by Langke's memory and cognition, and regarded himself as Sui's illusion from the conscious level. It was not until the moment before he died that he was freed from brainwashing. Unfortunately, he had no time to say anything to you...
"As for the real Shizuka and Masako, I had already left Ise with Solid last night, and you just stepped into a trap from the beginning."
After he finished speaking, Yan Wushang took the conversation and said to Ah Xiu: "By the way... your gun will go off fire, it's not accidental. In addition to restoring my memory and covering your corrections in the taxi, Uncle Lang also implanted the plan of this action into my mind, so I had already tampered with your gun in the car, and you... did use too little guns, just like a layman, and didn't notice anything I did."
They sang together, shattering Ah Xiu's calmness and confidence.
But Ah Xiu finally calmed down and it didn't take too long.
"So why are you doing so much? Just to capture me alive? And let me kill Sui Bian with my own hands?" A Xiu said, "Is it necessary to do so many troubles to do these two things? Especially the latter thing, what is the meaning?"
"The result of Sui Bian's death is not important, what is important is the process and form." Yan Wushang replied, "At present, the hotel and the surrounding surveillance cameras have captured you and me entering the room together, and the weapons that killed Sui Bian also have your fingerprints... This information will definitely be found by the Lord."
"Do you think that Master Cheng Zun will believe that I have betrayed?" A Xiu said, "The more you spare no effort you spend to create evidence of my rebellion, the more you trust me and realize your importance to me."
"Yes, that's what we want." Unexpectedly, Nini continued, "We just wanted to make the Lord think that you... Mitsuhide Shinobu did not betray him. But after we designed it, we went with the flow and became an undercover lurking in the cross."
"Then you will pass on false information to Lord Changzun in my name?" A Xiu asked according to the other party's words, "Ha... do you think he will be fooled?"
"He will." Yan Wushang said, "because the one who helps us cheat on him at that time is you're 'self'."
"You want to brainwash me like you would when dealing with Sui Bian, and use false memories to make me work for you?" When Ah Xiu said this, his face showed a ruthless look.
"No, you can't use that method." Yan Wushang replied, "Although your ability is not as good as Uncle Lang, it is the same type after all, so the ability of both of you cannot take effect on each other; when you were in the car before, you actually did not successfully rewrite Uncle Lang's perception. He just simply ignored our words and deeds."
"What do you want?" A Xiu said this and sneered, "Ha... Could it be that he intends to convince me with reason?"
To be continued...