"Aside from waiting for negotiators to arrive at the scene, what alternatives are there?" Deng Huailing glanced at the countdown, and there were seventeen minutes left.

The kidnapped woman began to beg continuously, and her daughter covered her mouth and screamed when she saw this, which caused commotion at the scene.This aggravated Jason's irritability, he grabbed the woman tightly, the muzzle of the gun pressed even tighter, his face was covered with sweat and fountain water, shining under the red and blue lights.

"The police have been trying to communicate with Jason, but he has always refused, and he is full of hope to die. And when the police approach, he will become agitated. In order not to hurt the hostages, we temporarily keep a distance." Yuya Takasaki also wroteHe glanced in that direction, "I will try to talk to him, if it doesn't work, or the negotiators can't come, I can only be forced to give up the hostages."

Deng Huailing knows what "giving up" means.Takasaki's attitude was very clear, as if he believed that there was no possibility of reversing the situation. Once the countdown came to an end, the police would order Jason to be shot regardless of the safety of the hostages.

Anyway, the bomb disposal team is always in place at any time, which is also a solid card in Takasaki's hands, so he has time to communicate with him.

"You can't do this." Deng Huailing looked at the crying little girl and said without thinking.

He immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, because Takasaki showed offended, although it was not obvious.The highest command here belongs to Yuya Takasaki, he is an outsider, and the other party just told him relevant information out of respect.

"I'm sorry, I was impatient." Deng Huailing apologized, "I mean, can I replace the negotiator and talk to Jason?"

Takasaki hesitated: "But..."

"There seems to be no other plan at the moment." Deng Huailing pointed out, "The worst outcome is that the hostage dies in the hands of Jason, and my plan will not bring about a worse result. And I got Mary backEllis' memory pump, no one here knows more about their past than I do."

"Okay." Takasaki pondered for a long time before making a decision, "Actually, you helped us a lot in the last case. I would like to believe you, Mr. Deng. But you need to wear earphones, and I will control you on the communication channel at any time.Action, when you are told to leave, you and the android must obey."

He looked at Deng Huailing questioningly, "If there is no objection, you can start your action."

"No objection." Deng Huailing spread his hands, asked the police officer to connect earphones for himself and Rosie, and walked forward.

The late night wind blew through their clothes, Deng Huailing and Rosie approached the pool without haste, until the voices of the surrounding police officers disappeared, and the sound of water from the running fountain completely enveloped them.A burst of water vapor hits the face, and they are already too close.

"Don't come here," Jason warned sharply.However, Deng Huailing could see that the opponent was stern, his teeth were chattering, and he couldn't even hold the pistol firmly.

"How can the hand holding the paintbrush hold a weapon?" He said jokingly, ignoring Jason's warning, and took another step forward, "You're not good at this, painter."

"If you get any closer to me, I'll blow her head off." Jason Ellis said hoarsely, his finger pressing on the trigger, but still trembling, "They sent you to negotiate? I won't accept any negotiations... II just want to die, and drag everyone in this building to hell by the way."

"Just chatting like a friend, aren't you waiting for the bomb to explode?" Deng Huailing stopped and put his hands lazily in his pockets, "Although you don't know me, I know you very well.Jason Ellis. In Mary's sea of memories, I have met you many times, so you can be regarded as an old friend."

He observed the expression on Jason's face calmly. When the word Mary was mentioned, the other person's eyes blinked unnaturally, as if a cluster of fires had been ignited, illuminating Jason's stagnant eyes.

"Have you seen Mary's memory?" Jason asked aloud, "You know about us?"

Deng Huailing smiled: "Yes, it also includes a lot of things you don't know about. Do you want to know what Mary thinks of you?"

He was persuasive and guided the conversation about Mary, and Jason's expression really began to waver.This is the crux of the matter, Deng Huailing thought, Jason killed Mary Ellis and took hostages, it was hate born of love, as long as the other party believed that Mary was committed to him, the hatred would dissipate.

Yuya Takasaki's reminder came from the headset: "There are still twelve minutes before the set explosion time, and the alternative plan will be enforced when there are three minutes left. Please pay attention to the time."

"No...she's a liar." Jason moved his lips, shook his head dully, his eyes that had just been lit up dimmed again, "Androids can only deceive people with clever words fabricated by programs, they have no emotion at all."

"I've been cheated before," he suddenly became agitated, his tone raised, "I was almost cheated into thinking she really loved me! But that's just a programmed setting, who would fall in love with a poor painter? SheRun away after getting free status, just because I am no longer her administrator, she humiliated me and laughed at me as wishful thinking!"

Deng Huailing said: "This is not the original appearance of the matter—"

"I know what you're thinking, but you're just trying to make up another lie to lie to me, and suggest that I stop. Cesina's police are so stupid and low-spirited, I won't believe it." Jason interrupted him,While discreetly hiding himself behind the hostages.

"It's not me who lied to you, but 'Shu'." Deng Huailing said calmly, "You have been used."

Jason was silent for a moment, and said: "I'm not being used, this is what I want to do with all my heart. The 'art' just inspired me, they said..."

"They said that the ground floor of this building is the CyberRose bionic store, and the bionics are liars, so you plan to destroy this place, right?" Deng Huailing raised his eyebrows, "If I guess right,They feed you gangster logic like that."

Yuya Takasaki suddenly realized in the channel, he had never thought about this aspect, why "Shu" chose a shopping mall, and how Jason was persuaded.

Deng Huailing continued: "The Jason Ellis I met in the sea of memory was not so 'stupid and low-minded'. I don't agree with many things you do, but to be honest, when you are in the galleryThat speech at the door—even though no one listened, I really admired you at that moment.

"If you are worried about the revolution brought about by bionics and the life and death of all human beings, why do you turn a blind eye to this innocent lady in your arms and everyone in the building? Is hatred blinding your reason? Or do you not deserve it?Such a great worry, is a downright selfish person?"

Deng Huailing said sarcastically that as he asked questions, Jason's face turned gray inch by inch, and he just kept talking to himself in a low voice.

"No... The people from the 'Art' told me that their ideal is to create a new regime without bionics, so I..."

"Do you really believe the nonsense of those terrorists?" Deng Huailing pressed on, "They don't even care about human life, so how can they care about human beings. As for your dedication to the great ideal, it is based on your dedication to Mary Ellis.But if this kind of hatred no longer exists, how will you regret your actions today?"

Jason was shocked, "What do you mean?"

Deng Huailing hooked Rosie and introduced to Jason: "This is my bionic Rosie. We saw something in Mary's memory, so he will present it for you."

"Seven minutes countdown." Yuya Takasaki spoke again.

Rosie knelt down and placed a tiny projector on the ground.He just borrowed this from the police, connected to his own memory center, and the holographic image appeared in the void.

"I don't quite agree with what you said about the android, Mr. Ellis." Rosie lowered her eyelashes, looking very sad, "Mary loved you very much until she died, she was just in the whirlpool, trying desperately to get youJust push it away. Bionics are not liars, and we... can love each other."

The night was dark, everything was silent, the hustle and bustle faded like a tide, and the air was filled with the rustling of the fountain.Rosie's holographic projector began to play, which he had screened and briefly processed, fragments of Mary Ellis' memory.

"Please help him heal!" Mary's vague voice sounded over the viewing platform, and Jason shrank in pain as if he had been stabbed by a needle.Mary knelt in front of the killer, and Jason lay unconscious on the operational hospital bed not far away. His injuries were extremely serious, blood stained the bed sheet and dripped down.

"The mayor issued an order, no hospital is willing to treat him now, please..."

"It's your own fault, honey." The killer crossed his arms and looked down at her leisurely. "If you didn't get out of the car to see him and let the mayor's desire to control get in the way, he could have been treated in the hospital."

"I can do anything for you!" Mary walked forward in embarrassment, "as long as you save him."

The killer suddenly grabbed her by the collar and said coldly: "Then don't meet him again, idiot! You are pushing him to death and destroying our plan. If you want him to live on,You know what you have to do."

Immediately after the screen changes, the scene where Mary accepts the control technology flashes past, and finally freezes on the promenade, the hurtful words that Mary said to Jason against her will.

But this time, Jason heard her heart clearly:

not like this.not like this.

From the bottom of her heart, she never thought of hurting him.She just doesn't know how to love him, her consciousness, her body, her soul - if androids are allowed to have souls too, have been crushed and reshaped too many times, humans have taken too much from her,She looked at her empty self, and there was nothing precious left to give Jason.

"After I said that to you, the sea of memory collapsed," Rosie said, "This is a manifestation of the original owner's extreme emotional fluctuations. She was controlled by the company, and she was tortured until the terrorist attack.Went to your date one night when she was sober and happy to see you."

In the last scene of the picture, Mary Ellis walked into the "banquet" with a smile on her face, unaware of the fate waiting for her.Jason shoots her behind the paper door before he even hears a word from her.Mary crawled on the ground and crawled towards him with difficulty, but he ran out the door, and the hacker sent by "Surgery" shot her in the head, causing blue blood to splatter.

The projector went out, and there was no sound at the pool.Jason was trembling all over, tears streaming down his face, staring fixedly at the place where the holographic image had appeared.

"She cares about you more than she cares about herself, and she only did it to protect you." Rosie said softly, "After the terrorist attack that night, the streets were blocked, but she came to the appointment regardless of the risk, I guess she wants to treat you personallySay she loves you."

Jason's fighting spirit was finally completely destroyed by these words. He began to cry sobbingly, and then cried wantonly like a child who made a mistake.But nothing can be redeemed. No one picks up the painting tools and wine bottles scattered on the ground and tidies them up one by one.behind him.

"The countdown is three minutes." Yuya Takasaki said, "This is the end of the negotiation. Mr. Deng and your bionics please leave. We can only give up the hostages."

"Give me another half—" Deng Huailing hurriedly turned his head and said anxiously.They're almost done, Jason looks distraught, and the hostages are going to be released soon, so it's settled and no one has to die.

"Mr. Deng, don't forget what you promised." Takasaki shook his head disapprovingly.

"I..." Deng Huailing still wanted to fight. From the corner of his eye, he saw that all the surrounding policemen had already aimed at the fountain, waiting for the officer to give an order.His eyes suddenly changed, and he smiled playfully at Gao Qi: "Officer, do you think I'm the kind of person who keeps promises?"

Before Takasaki could react, the bounty hunter disappeared.Jason was in a daze when a shadow suddenly appeared on the right side, controlled his wrist with fighting skills, and snatched the gun from his hand.

He didn't resist, which caused Deng Huailing to be startled, but soon came back to his senses, grabbed the hostage and pushed it out, shouting: "Bomb disposal team!"

Luo Fei led his team members to file forward, Deng Huailing held Jason down, and the other party closed his eyes in despair, without any further struggle.

"Have you given up yet?" Deng Huailing breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the painter, "Well, maybe your charges are not so serious, and you should stay in prison for a while before being tried..."

His voice was interrupted suddenly, and a gunshot exploded in his ear, and the bullet whizzed and rushed over, hitting Jason's head.The hot brain mixed with blood splattered on his face in large swaths, Deng Huailing subconsciously wiped it with his hands, and the thick scarlet gray and white stained his hands.

Yuya Takasaki kept raising his gun, with blue smoke coming out of the muzzle.Raindrops fell among them, one drop or two, and finally turned into a torrential rainstorm.

Deng Huailing stood up slowly, the rain did not wash off the blood on his face and hands.The bomb goes off and the countdown ends, stuck just at 00:00, the moment Monday's rainy day begins.

A new day has come as promised, but nothing has changed, just like yesterday.