Chapter 8 chapter eight

Magnolia came to the tenth floor and stopped going downstairs.She walked in the corridor covered with carpets, came to the elevator, waited for a minute, the elevator came down from above, and Magnolia entered the elevator. When Magnolia was in the elevator, she was alone. The elevator didn't stop on the ninth floor, and stopped when it reached the eighth floor. At that moment, Mulanhua couldn't help but feel very nervous, because she knew that if her deduction was correct, then when the elevator door opened, it must be the professional murderer who came in! However, when the elevator door opened, Mulan was stunned!

The person standing at the door of the elevator was an old woman! The old woman looked very old already.Her movements were also very slow. When the elevator door opened, she hesitated for a moment before walking into the elevator and standing with her back facing Magnolia. At that moment, Mulanhua was extremely confused. What she was waiting for was a professional murderer who killed without batting an eyelid, but in the end, it was an old lady who walked into the elevator. What the hell does this happen? The elevator continued to descend. It didn't stop on the seventh, sixth, and fifth floors. It didn't stop until the fourth floor. A man and a woman walked in. The old woman didn't move until then. .

Magnolia also took the opportunity to take half a step, and looked at the old woman with unconscious eyes.At that time, the distance between her and the old woman was only two feet. At such a close distance, she is as shrewd as a magnolia flower, in fact, one glance is enough.After taking a look, she couldn't help but feel amused in her heart. She can turn into a gloomy middle-aged man, so why can't a professional murderer turn into an old woman?The slow-moving old woman is the least noticed, and the best cover for a professional killer.Magnolia is certain that the woman is a man in disguise!

"That old lady"'s makeup skills can also be said to be the pinnacle, but Magnolia saw a flaw in a glance, she saw the old lady's hand! It is easier for a woman to disguise herself as a man, because she can wear extremely soft flesh-colored soft rubber gloves on her slender hands to make her hands look thick, and she can add a soft rubber pad on her neck to make it look like she has a neck. nuclear. However, if a man wants to disguise himself as a woman, even if he can cover up his neck very well, there is absolutely no way to change a pair of thick hands into slender hands!

The hands of the professional murderer have also been deliberately disguised. It looks like a pair of old women's hands with blue veins, but it is so thick, obviously it will not belong to a woman! Magnolia remained calm, and it would be very easy to further prove whether the woman was a professional killer in disguise, as long as she followed after leaving the hotel. The elevator quickly landed in the lobby of the hotel, and the four people in the elevator came out together. Mulanhua deliberately walked in front, but the old woman suddenly called out behind her: "Sir!" Magnolia froze suddenly, which was unexpected to her.

She thought that the professional murderer was just following her secretly, but she didn't expect him to call her openly.Magnolia turned around and said impatiently, "What's the matter, old lady!" Although she knew that the other party would not strike at the hotel, she still focused on it just in case.The old woman said: "Sir, I want to go to a place, can you take me there? Because I came to this city for the first time, and I am so old that I can hardly recognize the way. The place I want to go is in the downtown area. ……opera." Magnolia gave a "hmm" and said, "Of course not, you can go by yourself!"

The "old lady" said: "Sir, you lack manners." Magnolia suddenly turned around, turned to the side of the old woman, lowered her voice, and said, "There is no need to be polite to a professional murderer. Go out in front of me, and walk slowly!" As Mulan said, she had already pressed a small pistol against the opponent's waist, but the "old woman" was stunned suddenly, and Magnolia said again: "The one at your waist is a modern weapon that you don't like, but As long as I move a little finger, it can end your career as a murderer, so it's better to listen to me and move forward slowly."

The "old woman" took a breath, and without saying anything, she walked forward, this time his steps were very big, Magnolia immediately warned him: "Go slowly, don't forget that you are an old lady !" The "old lady" slowed down again, and they walked out of the hotel gate together without anyone being suspicious of them. After leaving the hotel, Magnolia still forced the "old lady" to move forward.At the same time, Mulanhua said coldly: "You have broken our rules, do you know? If you hadn't suddenly intervened, they would have agreed to my conditions!"

"You're crazy!" replied the old woman, whose voice had recovered from a man's. "You asked them for five percent of their total annual profits, and you thought they would agree?" "Of course they will. If Magnolia's plan is successful, the stock in their hands will only be worth one-tenth of what it is now. Think about it, what will happen to them then?" The professional murderer laughed and said: "Actually, the price I want is not low. I think I can cooperate with you. I heard that Magnolia is really not easy to deal with. Many famous people have fallen into her hands. "

Mulan only thought it was funny, but she said seriously: "If we cooperate, I will take 90% and you will take 10%." The professional murderer yelled strangely: "What did you say?" Magnolia stretched the pistol forward, and said: "Don't yell like that, you are an old lady now, old ladies don't know how to yell, I think, you don't want to attract attention, do you?" The murderer didn't dare to say anything more, Mulanhua sneered and said, "Go forward, we can negotiate terms in a calmer place ahead." "If I only account for 10%, then there is no need to talk about it!"

"Really?" Magnolia asked back while pulling the trigger. An anesthetic needle was shot into the body of the professional murderer immediately, he straightened up, Mulanhua quickly supported him, walked a few steps quickly, and turned into a very quiet street, then, she put the The murderer's body was dragged behind a mailbox. If someone hadn't deliberately walked around the mailbox, it would be difficult to find someone. And in such a quiet street, at such a moment, I am afraid that no one will deliberately go around behind the mailbox. Mulan quickly left, and in the nearest public telephone booth, made a call to the police officer on duty. , told him that after going to the post box on ×× Street, he could find a professional murderer disguised as an old woman. She didn't leave until she heard the sound of a police car. Ten minutes later, she knocked again in front of the big suite of the Blue Sky Hotel. The door is closed. It was still Baldy who opened the door. When the bald man saw the magnolia flower, he had a strange expression on his face, which was already indescribable. He said, "You...why are you here again? Isn't there nothing wrong between us?" "Yes, it's all right," Mulanhua pushed open the door forcefully and walked in, "However, I have some news that I want to share with the two of you." "What... news?" The fat man and the bald man asked at the same time. "The professional killer hired by Mr. Bridger is the one disguised as an old woman. He wanted to kill me, but I stopped him beforehand. Now, he is in a police car!" The more Mulanhua talked, the more ugly the expressions of those two people became. When Mulanhua finished speaking, their faces turned a dead gray. Magnolia smiled secretly, sat down on the sofa, and said: " I think your chairman, Mr. Bridge, must not be a very shrewd man, because he hired such a man!" The fat man opened his mouth wide and said, "You...are what you said true?" Magnolia spread her hands and said, "Why should I lie to you? I think you should hurry up and make a phone call with Mr. Bridge. If the murderer confesses his name, then you are all finished!" The fat man and the bald man looked at each other. The fat man took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "He...would he disregard professional ethics? Would he do that?" Magnolia said: "That's hard to say, but I'm asking you to leave this city as soon as possible. Although the international police may still come to you for questioning, it's better than being arrested here!" The bald man hurriedly said, "Thank you, thank you for reminding me." Magnolia raised her hand and said, "Goodbye!" She stood up and walked out of the room.At this time, Mulanhua's mood was indeed very relaxed, because she knew that this matter could be said to be resolved! The diamond consortium must not dare to use the method of bribing the murderer to deal with her, but will use other methods to save the diamond crisis that may arise, so it has nothing to do with her! Mulanhua found it very funny, because the whole matter was solved so easily, which was beyond her expectation, especially when she thought that she was being watched all the time, the situation was still very bad! After half an hour, Magnolia returned home. As soon as she entered the living room, she heard Annie's screams coming from upstairs. Annie was shouting, "Sister Lanhua, come up quickly, Sister Lanhua!" Magnolia was stunned for a moment, Annie's call was sharp and short, which meant that she was terrified in her heart, but Magnolia couldn't figure out why Annie was terrified. Because, the matter has been resolved, and there will be no more murderers in the future. Magnolia took two steps and went up the stairs. Annie was already at the door. Annie's face was terribly pale, and her body was trembling slightly. It doesn't have to be an experienced person like Magnolia, anyone can tell at a glance that Annie is in extreme panic!Magnolia hurriedly said: "Annie, what's the matter? What happened?" Annie's voice showed that she could cry at any time, but she had to hold back her crying before she could explain to Magnolia what happened, so her voice was very ugly. She said: "Sister Lanhua, I was very bored just now, I thought...it's night here, and it's morning in America, I want to make a phone call with Sister Xiuzhen, she will be very happy to hear my voice." Magnolia immediately asked, "What's wrong with Xiuzhen?" Annie finally burst into tears. While crying, she said intermittently: "I don't know, Sister Lanhua...I don't know...I got a call from the school, and from Sister Xiuzhen's department: but the answer I got was that there was no such thing at all." This person, Sister Lanhua, in the past two days, this department has not had any new students, Sister Xiuzhen, she..." Mulanhua also froze abruptly. After a while, her mind was still very confused, and she said, "Did you ask clearly? Maybe Xiuzhen doesn't want other people's phone calls to spare her?" "I asked clearly, I... said, I'm a long-distance caller, I asked them to check and they also checked, there is sister Xiuzhen's name, she can enroll at any time, but she didn't go!" Without saying a word, Mulan picked up the phone and dialed Yun Sifeng's number. After waiting for two minutes, she heard Yun Sifeng's voice. Magnolia immediately asked, "Sifeng, where did Xiuzhen go, do you know?" Yun Sifeng was completely confused, and asked, "Didn't Xiuzhen go to America?" "No, the school said that she didn't show up at all. Sifeng, put down your work and continue to inquire about Mu Xiuzhen from the Wiscons-Lee University in the United States. If you have any situation, please contact me again." Mulanhua said. "Yes, yes." Yun Sifeng also panicked, "Then how could it be? Where did she go? Okay, I will immediately order the long-distance call and report that there is no news of the plane crash!" "Don't worry, I think Xiuzhen must be hiding something from us," Mulanhua comforted Yun Sifeng, "I'll inform Gao Xiang again and ask him to go to the airline to check." Magnolia put down the phone and paused for a moment. Annie said: "Sister Lanhua, she—" But Mulanhua immediately dialed the number again, and when he talked to Gao Xiang and told Gao Xiang that Mu Xiuzhen was not in the United States, she said again: "I see, Xiuzhen must have got off the plane halfway, the first stop of that flight was Hawaii, you go to the airline to check if Xiuzhen got off the plane in Hawaii, and then further investigate where she went." "Okay, I'll come as soon as I have the result." Magnolia put down the phone, Annie wanted to ask her something again, but seeing Magnolia's unusual angry look, she didn't dare to say anything, Magnolia just paced back and forth. Yun Sifeng and Gao Xiang arrived almost at the same time. Gao Xiang had found out about Mu Xiuzhen's connecting flight from the airline company. Mulanhua slapped the table hard and said, "Xiuzhen went to Dahuo to find Professor Ke and the others!" Mulanhua had guessed Mu Xiuzhen's whereabouts, that she was going to the big volcano, but she never expected that Mu Xiuzhen was in danger at the crater. The hook has come off! When the front button of Mu Xiuzhen's fireproof jacket slipped out of the hook of the steel cable, Professor Kirk, who was standing by the crater, immediately closed his eyes, unable to bear to watch the tragedy happen. And at that moment, Mu Xiuzhen herself didn't seem to be falling downwards, but it seemed that there was a sudden "boom" in her ears, and she flew up into the sky at once! She slipped off the hook and fell! Mu Xiuzhen's hands were on the control panel of the manipulator in the fire-proof clothing at this time. In an instant, her hand instinctively lifted up, and the manipulator of the fire-proof clothing also raised up. In the meantime, the fingers of the manipulator hooked the steel cable. Mu Xiuzhen didn't know what happened. In less than half a second, she really tasted the horror of death. She couldn't think about it at all, and she didn't know how to deal with it. It wasn't until she heard Professor Kirk's voice again that she gradually came to her senses. She could only hear Professor Kirk's voice trembling, and she didn't know whether it was happiness or nervousness. Professor Kirk was shouting: "Thank God, you are saved. Don't move, hook the steel cable tightly, hold the control panel of the manipulator firmly, and I will ask Meng Si to lift you to the edge of the volcano." Mu Xiuzhen had almost fallen into a half-consciousness at that time, but she still heard what Professor Kirk said to her, and what Professor Kirk said to Meng Si later.She couldn't recall, she gripped the control panel tightly, her palms sweated unknowingly, and then, she felt her body swaying again. At that time, she had calmed down a lot. She saw that the manipulator outside the fireproof suit hooked the steel cable, and there was only a very small place, and she could still fall down at any time. However, the helicopter had started to fly outwards, taking her away from the crater, and when she slowly descended again, she landed beside Professor Kirk, at that time, she had completely recovered her composure. She turned the control panel to loosen the steel cable. When she heard Meng Si and Kirk, they both breathed a sigh of relief. Mu Xiuzhen couldn't help but burst into tears, and said, "I didn't expect to die!" Professor Kirk panted, and said, "Don't mention it, don't mention what happened just now again, just pretend that what happened just now didn't happen, let's take a closer look at the situation in the crater." Mu Xiuzhen took a deep breath. The experience just now is something she will never forget in her life. She almost fell into the crater of a volcano!The temperature of the crater: enough to turn her into gas! Mu Xiuzhen tried her best to stay calm, and asked, "Dangerous situations like just now are often encountered in your work? I really never expected such a thrilling scene!" Kirk said slowly: "Mu team, when our exploration work is officially launched, we will enter the crater in the thermal insulation bag. I can't express the danger of that work!" Although Professor Kirk couldn't say it out, but to Mu Xiuzhen, it was also conceivable. She agreed in a low voice and looked forward. At this time, the place where they were standing was a tall and large rock, about seven or eight yards away from the crater. Since the boulder was high, they could look down and see the crater. Professor Kirk said: "This big rock is where we park all the equipment. The heat-resistant bag that enters the crater will be suspended here by a huge bearing shaft and a special metal cable that can withstand high temperatures. There are two people in the bag, one man controls everything with the robot hand like we do now, and Meng Si is in charge of the helicopter. Of course the two people in the bag are the most dangerous!" Mu Xiuzhen didn't make another sound. Kirk continued: "We still don't know how high the temperature is at the center of the crater. What we know now is just a rough figure. If the magma contains a certain kind of metal, the If the metal emits high heat when it is burning, then the temperature will be higher than our estimate." Mu Xiuzhen was shocked and said: "Then what?!" "Then, special metal cables cannot withstand high temperatures and may be melted." When Professor Kirk said this, his voice was still very calm, but Mu Xiuzhen's voice was already trembling slightly. She said, "Then... so what?" "Then, the entire heat shield will fall downwards, sinking into the magma, as if falling into a swamp, but the mud in the swamp has a high temperature of several thousand degrees." Although Professor Kirk was mentioning the high fever of thousands of degrees, Mu Xiuzhen felt chills all over her body, and shivered cleverly!She didn't ask any more, because it would be superfluous to ask any more. She looked at the crater where the magma was churning, and thousands of spots of fiery red lava burst out from time to time. After a long while, she sighed and said, "Mr. Kirk, I think Magnolia's words make sense." Professor Gouk didn't answer, but just said "hmm".Mu Xiuzhen said again: "That's not worth it, professor, are you taking such a risk just to get the diamonds in Taiyuan? It's really not worth it. I advise you to give up this plan." "Miss Mu, aren't you here to participate in our plan?" Professor Kirk asked, "Why did you persuade me not to carry out this plan?" Mu Xiuzhen said truthfully: "Indeed, when I came, I thought your plan was not only novel, but also very exciting, but looking at it now, it's really... really..." "It's too dangerous!" Professor Kirk went on to say, "It can also be said, Miss Mu, you were scared away by the accident that happened just now, weren't you?" "I'm not a person without courage, but just now, I almost died in the crater and turned into gas. If you say I'm scared, I can quit by myself. I'm just thinking about you, your life, They are all valuable lives—" Before Mu Xiuzhen finished speaking, Kirk suddenly interrupted her, saying: "You are wrong, Miss Mu, the most valuable things in the world must be eternal , measured by this standard, life is the least valuable, because life is so short, its average number is less than sixty years, but diamonds are eternal!" Although Kirk was also in the heat shield, through the special glass, Mu Xiuzhen could see that when Kirk said that, his eyes shone with a kind of fanatical brilliance! That made Mu Xiuzhen secretly startled, because from that kind of perspective, Kirk's nerves were obviously abnormal, and he was completely addicted to his plan! Mu Xiuzhen took a breath slowly and said nothing, while Professor Kirk kept explaining to Mu Xiuzhen the steps of how their plan would be carried out. After a full twenty minutes, Mu Xiuzhen brought it up and said: "I think we should get off the top of the volcano and go back to the camp. I'm... quite tired and want to rest." "Okay." Professor Kirk replied immediately, and at the same time, he called Meng Si. Not long.They saw the helicopter flying up again, and the two steel cables were hanging down. Using their manipulators, they fastened the steel cables to the rings in front of the fireproof suits. The helicopter flew high, hoisted the two of them into the air, and then dragged them into the helicopter In the cabin of the helicopter, this time, there was no accident until the helicopter landed before the camp. The helicopter stopped before the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt brought Mu Xiuzhen and Kirk into the house. They walked out from the heavy and bulky fire suits, and the other two were busy checking the two heat suits. Si tightly held Mu Xiuzhen's hand and said, "Miss Mu, I will never forget that moment just now. You are so brave." Mu Xiuzhen quickly shook her head and said, "I'm not brave at all. I was so scared that I didn't even know what I was doing." "But you hooked the steel cable with the manipulator in time!" "It's just my luck!" Mu Xiuzhen brushed her hair, "If possible, I would like to take a rest. The shock just now makes me desperately need a rest." "Of course." Meng Si replied, "Please come with me, we have prepared a place to live for you, Miss Mu, don't be surprised if the volcano erupts intermittently." Mu Xiuzhen smiled wryly, and said, "After going through the panic just now, I'm afraid there's nothing to be afraid of." Meng Si brought Mu Xiuzhen into a small room, the room was only about six square feet, with a small window, looking out, you could just see the oven-like crater. Mu Xiuzhen thanked Meng Si and lay down on the bed.