Chapter 148
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Chapter 148 Captured Alive
Zhang Weiping and his team had searched very carefully, confident they hadn’t missed any corner, but how could this figure appear here?
Actually, while Zhang Weiping and his team were searching thoroughly, this figure had silently walked through the laboratory’s main door, then using some unknown technique, spread his limbs and clung tightly to the ceiling above the laboratory door, just like Spider-Man in the movies!
After leaving, Zhang Weiping was preparing to return to the duty room to rest and naturally wouldn’t turn back to check again. After all, someone was in the monitoring room, and all cameras could cover the laboratory from every angle. If anything unusual happened, they could rush over immediately!
However, the person intently staring at the monitoring screens in the control room didn’t realize that their surveillance footage had already been frozen. The seemingly motionless laboratory image had actually been replaced with a still picture!
Naturally, whatever was happening in the laboratory now wouldn’t appear on these monitoring screens!
After landing, that light figure made no sound and crept toward the main computer in the core testing lab.
This person’s footsteps were very, very light. If you closed your eyes, you wouldn’t hear anyone walking in this laboratory at all.
His companions Aikema and Grete had already confirmed that this computer contained all the experimental data, and he had been watching all day, certain that Lin Aoxue hadn’t come to transfer the data after what happened in the morning!
In other words, he only needed to open this computer to obtain the latest technology on Tri-Amylin!
After Grete’s failure during the day, this person didn’t seem overly concerned. Grete didn’t know of his existence because the two people from the morning were just cannon fodder, used to attract attention—professionally speaking, a feint.
The morning’s events, with smoke bombs and assassination attempts, were intense and dramatic, but they were merely a diversion to attract attention. The real main attack was planned for the night!
His name was Mata, and in the art of concealment, he was absolutely the number one in the organization. However, his lock-picking skills were even more formidable than his stealth!
Mata was once a master thief, scaling walls and picking locks, until his greed led him to attempt stealing from an ancient castle where he was captured by the owner.
When he learned the castle owner’s identity, Mata was nearly scared to death. From that point on, Mata pledged loyalty to the castle’s owner and accomplished many feats in theft.
This time, Grete didn’t know about Mata, this ace thief. If the two had succeeded in the morning, then Mata wouldn’t have needed to appear at night. This served as a double insurance, showing how meticulously the mastermind had planned.
Mata crouched quietly in front of the main computer, opened his small laptop, and after entering several numbers, the digits on the scroll bar began rolling frantically.
At the same time, his other hand was placed on the password lock of the computer case! He was preparing to start calculating as soon as the results came out!
Of course, even with his tools, he would need at least two to three hours to complete the task! He was mentally prepared for this!
However, despite Mata’s careful planning, just as he was about to try unlocking the first digit of the password, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder!
In the dark and quiet laboratory, where only he existed with just a tiny bit of light leaking from his mini flashlight.
At this moment, with a hand suddenly on his shoulder, Mata felt his entire body tremble with a bone-chilling sensation from deep within!
Yes, it was like having a ghost right behind him!
Mata had absolute confidence in his abilities. He believed that in stealth and infiltration, no one could do better than him!
He hadn’t let his guard down while cracking the password due to arrogance. His ears had been constantly alert to his surroundings! Indeed, he hadn’t heard any footsteps or the sound of clothes rustling, yet a hand had reached his shoulder!
What did this mean?
He had heard that the ancient East was haunted, but Mata hadn’t believed it. Today, however, he truly felt chilled to the bone—almost believing he had encountered a ghost!
Mata didn’t even look back. His right hand pulled a dagger from his waist and stabbed backward!
Whether it was human or ghost behind him, his survival came first!
This dagger thrust wasn’t meant to injure the other party, but to create space for him to escape to safety!
However, what he never expected was that his dagger didn’t hit any target. Instead, his own hand was caught! Like an iron clamp, it held him firmly!
Freeing his other hand, Mata pulled out another dagger, intending to stab backward again!
But he met the same fate this time!
Both hands were clamped!
Crouching on the ground, with his hands pinned behind him, he couldn’t move!
Su Rui applied force with both hands, and Mata could no longer hold onto the daggers. His grip involuntarily loosened, and the gleaming daggers clattered to the ground!
“Who are you? Let me go! Whatever you want, we can talk!”
Mata spoke in English!
“Still trying to negotiate with me?” Su Rui delivered a heavy slap to the back of Mata’s head!
After this slap, Mata felt as if his entire head had been penetrated by a powerful force!
Countless little stars rose in his mind, and the whole world seemed to turn upside down!
Mata’s vision darkened, his body lost balance, and he fell to the ground clutching his head! His entire body seemed to have lost strength!
He couldn’t understand how a seemingly simple slap could make him so dizzy. His brain felt like it had been turned to mush!
After slapping him, Su Rui didn’t bother with the so-called master thief anymore but walked to the electrical switch and turned on all the lights!
In an instant, the entire laboratory became brightly lit!
However, since the laboratory was sealed and separated by several doors, even with all the lights on inside, nothing could be seen from the outside!
Mata, holding his head, remained dizzy on the ground for quite a while before opening his eyes.
Seemingly unaccustomed to the intense light, he shielded his eyes. When he clearly saw the figure before him, he exclaimed in surprise: “It’s you!”
“You know me?” Su Rui raised an eyebrow.
“Of course, I’ve seen you often recently,” Mata said in a deep voice.
As he spoke, his hand was secretly reaching for the dagger nearby!
When he had dropped the dagger earlier, Su Rui hadn’t kicked it away!
“How have you seen me?” Su Rui stood five meters away from Mata, seemingly unaware of his small movements.
“I’ve seen you frequently at Bikang Group recently.”
Like Grete and Aikema, Mata had disguised himself as a researcher to infiltrate the laboratory and locate where the core data was stored. These days, Su Rui was practically a celebrity at Bikang Group, discussed by everyone up and down the company, so Mata couldn’t have missed him.
Especially this morning, when Grete and Aikema were both taken down by this man. Though the smoke was thick and Mata couldn’t see clearly, he could definitely sense how powerful Su Rui was.
Aikema was extremely skilled in stealth assassination, with few able to surpass him in this field. His concealment skills ranked among the top in the Western underworld, let alone in China. The fact that Su Rui could severely injure Aikema in just a few seconds demonstrated how formidable his abilities truly were!
Therefore, when Mata realized it was Su Rui who had subdued him, he understood that escaping this predicament would be extremely difficult!
If Aikema was no match for him, Mata certainly wasn’t either!
But he wasn’t ready to die yet. He needed to seize any opportunity to fight back with all his might!
While speaking, Mata’s right hand had already gripped the dagger, and he said, “Will you let me go? I can give you anything you want.”
Su Rui’s face bore a slightly mocking expression as he sneered, “You? Give me anything I want? Can you afford it?”
“Can you afford it?”
Su Rui’s tone when saying this was very casual, but to Mata, it carried an inherent authority.
Rubbing his eyes, Mata felt he might be overly sensitive.
“Of course I can afford it. In my warehouse, I have many priceless treasures. If you need them, I think we can make a pleasant exchange. Rest assured, I definitely won’t let you lose out in this deal.”
“Oh? Is that so? Tell me what you have, let’s see what interests me,” Su Rui asked with apparent interest.
A barely noticeable gleam flashed in Mata’s eyes: “I have Louis XVI’s crown, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s gold mask, a Chinese emperor’s jade seal…”
All these items Mata mentioned were stolen from collectors using his extraordinary thieving skills!
As Su Rui listened, his eyes seemed to show signs of shock, an emotion that appeared genuine and not feigned!
“How about it? If you like, I can pick a few to give you, and we can become friends in the future, which means even more such items.”
“I need to think about this carefully,” Su Rui said with an ambiguous smile.
This was the moment!
Just as Su Rui showed a contemplative expression, Mata’s right hand gripping the dagger suddenly flung upward, sending a cold gleam shooting toward Su Rui’s heart!
“Dare to trick me? Die!”
As the dagger was about to pierce Su Rui’s heart, Mata shouted excitedly!
