Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 217: Red and Blue

Chapter 217: Chapter 217: Red and Blue

At nine in the morning, a police officer saw a woman walking into the branch through the surveillance.

Her walking posture was very strange, her body stiff, moving forward bit by bit.

Someone wanted to come over and ask if she needed anything, but she stopped them with a loud shout.

"Don’t come near!"

"Miss, do you need help?"

Gao Fei, having changed his clothes, looked at this somewhat familiar woman. He always felt she resembled someone, but couldn’t remember who.

"Don’t come closer... Don’t come closer, I have a bomb on me!"

As she said this, she was already trembling with fear.

Just then, Bai Yanliang also entered through the branch’s door, and he immediately saw this strange scene.

"Are you... Uncle Yang’s daughter, Miss Yang Zhirong?"

Bai Yanliang approached her from behind and recognized her from the side profile as Yang Wanlong’s eldest daughter, Yang Yiyi’s sister, Yang Zhirong.

"Bai!"

Bai Yanliang’s appearance delighted Gao Fei. He had been buried in work at the dissection table these past days, unaware of recent events. By the time he knew Bai Yanliang was a suspect in this case, the arrest warrant had already been issued.

At this moment, there weren’t many officers inside the branch, but quite a few leaders, and soon, the commotion drew out Director Liang and others.

"What’s happening?"

Director Liang and several high-ranking officials from the city appeared together.

Due to the case’s significant impact, the city’s top leaders had personally come to inquire.

Scanning the group, Bai Yanliang realized the true purpose of the bomber.

He wanted to round up all the high-ranking officials of Ye City... in one fell swoop.

The usual dense police deployment made this challenging, so he created a distraction.

Gao Fei quickly realized the situation. He immediately stopped Director Liang and others from approaching, shouting, "Don’t come near! She has a bomb on her!"

At the same time, Gao Fei quickly called Yang Wanlong to inform him of the news.

From the other end of the line came Yang Wanlong’s furious voice, "What?!"

"Damn it, I’m coming back now!"

Yang Wanlong hung up the phone in a hurry, and Gao Fei glanced at Bai Yanliang.

Despite not believing Bai Yanliang was responsible for this incident, current circumstances made it seem like he was the one controlling Yang Zhirong to come here.

Yang Zhirong wore a trench coat, looking bulky, still shuffling forward bit by bit.

"Yang Zhirong, what are you doing? Stop now!"

Gao Fei attempted to halt Yang Zhirong’s progress.

"Zhirong?" Another officer appeared, whom Bai Yanliang remembered as Officer Wang, responsible for the Li Degang case.

Officer Wang knew both Yang Yiyi and Yang Zhirong, and it was clear he had a good relationship with the Yang family.

"Zhirong, don’t move forward anymore, stop now!"

Officer Wang also shouted.

Yang Zhirong appeared desperate, struggling forward step by step, shouting hoarsely and trembling, "I can’t stop... I can’t do it... I really can’t..."

She was being controlled.

Bai Yanliang’s mind raced. Yang Zhirong’s current state didn’t seem like she was hypnotized, as she spoke logically but her actions were uncontrolled.

This was more like... a puppet on strings.

In his mind, Bai Yanliang quickly associated a name.

Dark Abyss, Puppet.

Was it that organization again...

Bai Yanliang asked, "Who strapped the bomb on you?"

Everyone’s attention immediately turned to Bai Yanliang.

After all, in their eyes, he was the most suspicious person.

Yang Zhirong replied hoarsely, "I don’t know... I don’t know... When I woke up this morning, the bomb was already on me, and I started walking uncontrollably. I walked for over two hours, from Jiangnan District to Jiangbei District, until I entered the police station, then I could speak..."

Bai Yanliang listened silently.

She was indeed being controlled, and it wasn’t because she entered the police station that she could speak. Rather, the person controlling her wanted her to speak at the police station, to seek help, to cry out.

Yang Zhirong continued to approach, and now, there was no more time to waste.

No one remaining at the station had the ability to defuse the bomb.

So, Captain Wang made a seemingly ruthless decision.

"Everyone listen, leave the police station immediately! Leave the police station immediately!"

Yang Zhirong, like a wound-up puppet, came to the Jiangbei Branch with purpose, stubbornly walking over two hours from Jiangnan District to Jiangbei District, then to the branch entrance.

The fear of not being able to control her own body, only she knew how terrifying it was.

Bai Yanliang remembered that it was Yang Zhirong who led the way when they went to meet Ren Wudao. She was a very independent and self-sufficient woman, with less innocence and more intellect compared to Yang Yiyi.

Yet even she was now nearly breaking down.

Quickly, everyone evacuated, leaving only Gao Fei and Bai Yanliang at the branch.

Yang Zhirong also stopped, standing motionless.

The three of them heard a strange sound.

"Beep—Beep—Beep—"

The sound appeared suddenly, and Bai Yanliang, disregarding gender etiquette, stepped forward to unbutton her trench coat, revealing what was inside.

Wrapped around her was a vest entangled with wires, with no explosives or detonators visible yet, indicating they should be inside the vest.

Hanging from her chest was a rectangular device with a continuously flashing LED light, emitting a beep with each flash.

Two wires connected to the sides of the device, one red and one blue.

Typically, cutting the correct wire would disable the bomb.

If cut incorrectly, causing a circuit feedback, the bomb would immediately explode.

Sweating profusely, Gao Fei looked at Bai Yanliang and asked, "What should we do?"

Bai Yanliang shook his head. Completely unfamiliar with bombs, he had no idea what to do.

However, from his observation, the bomb’s construction seemed much simpler than the fake bomb in the school.

If Wu Kuifeng were here, he might easily solve it.

Perhaps this was the criminal’s intention, to make Yang Wanlong regret, to make them all mourn.

At this moment, Bai Yanliang suddenly looked up at Yang Zhirong and asked, "Red or blue, you choose."

Clearly startled, Yang Zhirong hadn’t expected Bai Yanliang to let her make this choice.

After a moment of silence and internal struggle, Yang Zhirong seemed to finally decide.

"Blue, cut the blue!"

Bai Yanliang nodded knowingly.

He quickly seized the pliers from Gao Fei’s hand, moving swiftly towards the wires.

A terrified Gao Fei shouted, "Wrong! She said blue!"

"Snap—"

Bai Yanliang cut the red wire with a snip, staring intently at the frantically changing expression of Yang Zhirong, saying:

"I know, so the answer is red. Right? Mr. Puppet."

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