Luo Zheng did not imdiately respond to Lan Xue's question. Instead, he watched the video with a pensive look. After watching it, he replayed the scene where the person squatted down and realized that the person's shoelaces hadn't co untied. Why squat down to tie them? Luo Zheng's face grew increasingly grim, and beside him, Lan Xue noticed the issue during the replay and looked at Luo Zheng in surprise.
"Don't rush, let's watch it first." Luo Zheng said softly, signaling Lan Xue to stay calm to avoid alerting the snake hidden. He replayed the video again, but this ti focusing not on the shoelaces, but on the surroundings. Quickly, Luo Zheng noticed the box was placed on a drainage cover made of welded steel bars, rectangular and hollow in the middle, allowing water to flow down while debris was kept outside.
"You an?" Lan Xue pointed at the drain mouth in surprise.
Luo Zheng nodded, carefully watched the video again, then returned the computer to Lan Xing, saying coldly: "This person definitely has issues. The venomous snake possesses a certain cunning and can't be treated with common reasoning. I suspect the snake is hidden in the drainage channel. Let's not forget that last ti, the snake erged from the drainage pipe."
"The problem is, how did the snake make it onto the plane? We've watched the video throughout and never saw the snake appear. Without sufficient evidence, acting hastily would arouse dissatisfaction," Lan Xue softly reminded.
"I suspect there's sothing wrong with the box, but we need to locate the box first to verify. anwhile, the danger must be contained to prevent any mishaps. I'll go bring him in while you back up," Luo Zheng said in a low voice as he got up.
"Okay," Lan Xue agreed.
The two walked one after another towards the cabin. Through the corner of his eye, Luo Zheng quickly locked onto a suspicious target seated by the window. It's inconvenient to take action from here, as any mishap could harm innocents, but the danger needed clarification. Who knows what changes might occur if it escalates? Luo Zheng gave Lan Xue a glance, and the two continued to walk forward.
Soon, Luo Zheng and Lan Xue arrived beside the suspect. Instead of taking action imdiately, they continued walking towards the back of the cabin to talk with Mountain Eagle and Snow Leopard in low voices. Luo Zheng gave Lan Xue a glance, then walked back towards the front.
Approaching head-on would easily catch the target's attention, but this way, Luo Zheng could suddenly attack from behind. As he reached the target, Luo Zheng unexpectedly lunged from behind, delivering a chopping hand strike to the target's neck and knocking him out on the spot.
The sudden change startled everyone nearby, causing them to stand up and look over with shocked expressions. If Luo Zheng hadn't been with the chairman and appointed as deputy leader, everyone might have doubted his intentions. After all, these were social elites, and despite the sudden event, they managed to control their emotions without shouting or panicking.
After efficiently knocking out the target, Luo Zheng quickly asked the two company representatives seated nearby to get up and check on the situation. Ensuring that the target was knocked out, he quickly searched the person, finding no weapons, which relieved Luo Zheng. He stood up, opened the suitcase, ignoring the curious inquiries of those around him, and examined its contents.
Soon, Luo Zheng found the box. Upon taking it out, he saw a fist-sized hole at the bottom of the box. The box was very light, which raised Luo Zheng's concerns; he dared not open it rashly. He gave Lan Xue a glance, and she understood, fetching a rope to bind the suspect.
Those around also saw the box's bottom hole and instantly guessed sothing, their faces changed drastically. They looked at Luo Zheng with more respect and cleared the path for him. Luo Zheng carried the box to the back, laid it flat on the ground, stepped back a few strides, and drew his pistol, gesturing to Snow Leopard and Mountain Eagle.
Although Mountain Eagle and Snow Leopard didn't know what was happening, they also drew their pistols and aid ahead. Those around them looked puzzled and began whispering about sothing. Lan Xue quickly gestured for everyone to be quiet. The people at the back of the cabin left their seats, waiting in the front. Lan Xue swiftly tied up the knocked-out target, pulled out her pistol, and stood on a chair, aiming coldly at the front.
Upon seeing this scene, everyone imdiately realized sothing was wrong. Those at the back stood up and moved forward, while those in the middle stood on tiptoe, curious but none dared to speak for fear of disturbing sothing.
After a while, Luo Zheng keenly noticed a finger-thick, foot-long snake quickly darting from under a piece of equipnt, lightning-fast as it entered the box. Its movents were too fast for the naked eye to discern. If Luo Zheng weren't highly trained, his sharp vision allowed him to identify it as a venomous snake.
Indeed, as Luo Zheng had suspected, the venomous snake entered the box and did not co out. Luo Zheng was delighted and quickly lunged forward, setting the box upright with the bottom firmly pressed against the ground. This way, the snake couldn't escape from inside. Lan Xue, seeing the snake captured, also excitedly ran over to inform Ghost Hand to report to the chairman and protect him while she crouched down, looked at the box, and said, "It's one heck of a mystery box. Too bad, but at least things are safe for now."
"It's not bad for this venomous snake to die in such a high-end mystery box," Luo Zheng said comfortably, instructing Mountain Eagle to fetch so heavy objects to weigh down the box to prevent the snake from flipping it over and escaping.
"How did you know the snake would enter the box?" Lan Xue curiously questioned.
"The snake must be hidden in the drainage. Since it can move from the drainage into the box, it's not that the snake truly has cunning but that the box is peculiar. According to the elders in my village, ancestors would use certain herbs when catching snakes. These herbs emit a strange odor that humans can't sll, but snakes can. When snakes sll this odor, they will co running and can't be stopped. So I suspect this box contains a scent that the snake is attracted to."
"Makes sense; otherwise, the snake entering the box is hard to explain. Based on this reasoning, is it possible that there's an odor on the chairman that people can't sll, but snakes can? When sensing this odor, they attack," Lan Xue analyzed quietly, showing excitent. With the snake captured, she was also relieved.
Luo Zheng was intrigued by Lan Xue's analysis, invigorated. "It makes sense; only this explanation fits! If not, why would the snake specifically attack the chairman out of nearly a hundred people here? I guess those three people who died earlier also had this odor, which attracted the snake to them and caused an attack. This hypothesis sounds sophisticated, but it's the only one that makes sense."
"I heard you captured the culprit. What's the situation now?" Hong ihua's voice ca: "The chairman says once everything is settled, go over to him. Explain things to him lest he be worried." Saying this, he patted Luo Zheng's shoulder.
"You ca at the right ti." Luo Zheng saw it was Hong ihua, knowing he was experienced and knowledgeable, he explained Lan Xue's reasoning once more and finally asked, "Does this hypothesis hold up, given the diverse thods used by spies for killing? If agreeable, I'll report it truthfully."
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