Enforcer Manual
Chapter 211: Dancing with the Killer_1

Chapter 211: Chapter 211: Dancing with the Killer_1

This time, Su Li did not refuse Song Lan’s invitation and walked into his temporary apartment with complete composure.

Song Lan had no choice but to stiffen up and select what seemed like the most expensive bottle of liquor from the cabinet.

He merely intended to be polite at the door, but surprisingly, the other party really did come in. Fortunately, the liquor wasn’t purchased by him, so he didn’t mind using it to entertain guests.

He took out two wine glasses and poured half a glass for each of them.

In a sense, both men possessed the potential of a leading actor.

In reality, Song Lan didn’t welcome Su Li’s arrival at all. He didn’t even understand why a murder suspect who was arrested for suspicion of killing would visit him just two hours later. This was not Lu Xiang’s style.

Upon reflection, this was absolutely terrifying for a whistleblower living alone at home.

The reported murderer had escaped and now, with a smile, was knocking on the whistleblower’s door.

He was starting to feel afraid.

At the age of 2X, to have the suspect show up at his door,

he feared Mr. Killer might feel too lonely alone at the bottom of the lake.

For Su Li, his reason for visiting his neighbor was to find out whether he had said something during his groggy state that led to the other party reporting him.

If Song Lan had shown a look of panic upon seeing him, Su Li might have already been thinking about how to deal with the body by now.

This was different from the woman who had died accidentally at his hands. He believed Kolo Film and Television Media would surely understand his actions—the silence was to ensure the persona they had worked so hard to build over these days.

Although The Third Law of Rescuers and Infinite Defenses existed, he wouldn’t be sanctioned by law, but if someone exaggerated the story about his use of banned substances and his suspected involvement in murder, it would definitely affect his future career.

Of course, this was just what Su Li had come up with on the spot, the explanation he gave to the legal representative.

The real reason that drove him to act was quite simple.

Anger.

And for a rescuer, that was enough.

So, while he was doing his best to maintain a smile and decency, he was also assessing in his mind whether Song Lan was indeed the one who reported him.

As the two actors sized each other up, a phone call interrupted their conversation.

Song Lan glanced at the mobile phone on the coffee table; the incoming call showed Lu Xiang’s name.

The not-far-off Su Li clearly also saw the "Director Lu" note. In Zone 17, there aren’t many people with matching identities and names.

These three characters explained everything.

"Why don’t you answer the phone?"

Su Li drained the wine in his glass with one gulp. His smile brightened, becoming extremely unnatural. The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, a mix of excitement, anger, and realization blended together, making this smile incredibly eerie, as if he was both laughing and raging at the same time.

Song Lan felt that if Su Li took on the role of a deranged serial killer, he could undoubtedly create a classic character that would go down in movie history.

"Excuse me for a moment."

Since Su Li had already seen Lu Xiang’s name, whether he chose to answer the call now would result in the same outcome.

He suddenly recalled a scene from a thriller he had seen in a movie—victim and killer together in one room, and just as he was about to deceive the killer, a call from the police undid all his previous efforts, a transition from hope to despair that deeply affected every audience member.

Song Lan still remembered that in that movie, the way the victim died was particularly gruesome.

He picked up the phone and walked to the bed, then pressed the answer button.

"Hello?"

"Do you have time now?"

"Yes, go ahead."

Song Lan glanced at Su Li, who was leisurely sitting on the sofa, and then began to speak.

"A legal representative from Kolo Film and Television Media paid a visit because of ’The Third Law of Rescuers and Infinite Defenses.’ I had no choice but to let him go back. However, I found some clues at Gold Diggers’ Bar. Su Li has only recently gotten involved in the entertainment industry. Before this, he had always worked for an executive department whose routine tasks were to go to various places to solve problems for the United Government."

When Lu Xiang learned of this from Ophir, she realized that this matter was by no means simple.

Because in the world of rescuers, there was also a subtle disdain chain.

People from the executor department looked down on those in the entertainment circle, believing that only those who were either incapable or too cowardly to be on the battlefield would become actors.

Even if rescuers involved in the entertainment industry had a multitude of fans, it was difficult to change the reality that they couldn’t hold their heads up high in front of their counterparts from the executor department, because their merits were never on the same level.

The former entertained the masses, while the latter were truly eliminating enemies for the United Government.

An executive department three-star rescuer suddenly changing careers was definitely indicative of something having happened.

Eventually, through some intelligence trading, Lu Xiang got a tip from Ophir, "Su Li had developed a severe drug addiction due to long-term use of drugs to alter his body. During his last operation for the department, although he took out the target, he ended up killing his comrade, the contact, and nearby pedestrians in a drug-induced hallucination. Kolo Film and Television Media went to great lengths to smooth things over."

After such an event, it was certain he could no longer stay in the executor department.

Su Li’s good image was precisely what Kolo Film and Television Media was looking for, and after helping him get out of trouble, the company extended an olive branch to him.

The reason it was considered a tip was that the informant who provided this information to Ophir had now vanished off the face of the Earth.

When someone reveals a shocking secret and then goes missing for almost a week, their fate is self-evident.

However, this also confirmed the reliability of the information.

"You need to be careful."

Lu Xiang advised from the other end of the phone—if she had known Su Li was living next door, she wouldn’t have offered this sealed apartment for Song Lan to temporarily stay in, "You should avoid dealing with him as much as possible. He’s not just a former actor, but a real member of the executor department, and he’s already killed many before."

"Yes, I will."

The call was disconnected.

The atmosphere in the living room instantly fell into a deadly silence.

Finally, Su Li broke the unsettling silence. He stretched his limbs and stood up from the sofa, "That was indeed an accident, I didn’t expect the aftereffects of the drugs she provided to be so potent."

As potent as during the last operation.

He had no memory at all of killing his comrade and contact.

"To be honest, I admire your courage, I really do."

Su Li clenched his right fist, and his entire right arm swelled in an exaggerated fashion, "To think that after reporting me, you still invited me in for a drink. You almost had me fooled."

If it wasn’t for Lu Xiang’s untimely phone call, his good neighbor might have actually got away with it.

"But, if you look at it from a different perspective... this could have been your plot. Maybe you’ve already poisoned the drink, intending to use it to kill me."

Therefore, his personal safety was now under serious threat.

Su Li stepped toward Song Lan, but what puzzled him was that his neighbor’s face showed not a hint of panic, despite his "serial killer" approach.

"Since you’ve seen through it, there’s nothing I can do."

What replied to Su Li was a sentence that he found cryptic.

"However, there’s one thing you got wrong."

And when he came back to his senses, the neighbor’s voice was already behind him, "I didn’t poison the drink, because the moment I thought of doing it, the action was already completed."