Steady, Don't Rush

Chapter 2 [Go Offline]

Chapter 2 [Go Offline]

Chapter 1 [Go Offline]

December 23, 2021.

London.

The street outside the headquarters of Barclays Bank.

A middle-aged man with gray hair walked out of the bank's main entrance. He was surrounded by a group of men in black suits. The Mercedes-Benz car by the roadside had already opened its doors, and several security guards were standing at key positions, keeping an eye on the surroundings.

The middle-aged man walked towards the car. As he walked, he mumbled to his deputy beside him quickly: "Tell those bloodsuckers in the fund that if they don't take action, we will do it first. This is a grand feast. I don't care about any crisis. An expected profit of ten billion is worth going to hell for..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a loud bang! The middle-aged man's head suddenly exploded like a watermelon!

The deputy beside him had white and red splatters all over his body and face. After a second of stunned silence, he let out a scream!

The well-trained security guards rushed up frantically. Some with even better professional qualities quickly judged the bullet trajectory and the direction of the gunshot and dashed off...

A few minutes later, in a building in the distance, the shooting position was found, and a sniper rifle set up with equipment was discovered.

"Damn it, it's remote-controlled."

In a café on a street behind the bank, a woman dressed in a leather jacket and boots slowly walked out. Her black hair and black eyes indicated her Asian descent. The woman walked to the roadside. Her S-class long legs were wrapped in knee-high leather boots. She quickly walked into the alley and casually pulled out a trench coat that had been hidden behind a trash can. After putting on the trench coat, when she walked out from the other side of the alley, she had already turned into an elite-looking woman wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, exuding a heroic air.

She opened the door of a Land Rover parked by the roadside, got into the car, and took out a mobile phone and a car key from inside.

The woman dialed a pre-stored number on her mobile phone.

"Firefly reporting. The target has been eliminated. By the way, the little toy you made is good, but there's still a slight flaw in judging the wind speed. Improve it next time, Fox."

A woman's voice with a hoarse and Latin-accented English came from the phone: "Received. Evacuate immediately along the prepared route." "Don't assign me this kind of task next time. Just a heartless vulture in the financial world. I was even made to interrupt my vacation to do this. It's so boring."

The woman stretched lazily: "What's my next task?"

"There's no more task. The latest order is that everyone enters the silent mode."

"Silent? For how long?" The woman frowned.

"…Permanently." On the other end of the phone.

The woman suddenly slammed on the brakes!

The Land Rover stopped directly in the middle of the road!

"Silent mode? Permanently?" The woman's voice trembled slightly.

She was silent for a second. Then, uncontrollably, she roared into the phone wildly: "Who gave the order!! I want to contact the BOSS!!"

On the other end of the phone: "It's the BOSS who gave the order. It was issued an hour ago. It's a recorded message personally conveyed by him."

"You're lying!! You damned Fox! You must be lying again!!" The woman roared frantically: "If you tell me such lies again, I'll kill you!!" On the other end of the phone, that hoarse voice was very cold: "It's a pity. You don't need to do that! After all these years, you know me very well, and you also know him very well!"

The woman sat in the car, letting the cars blocked behind her honk their horns wildly.

She said in a trembling voice: "Did he really... leave?"

The voice on the other side was very cold: "His last words: He hopes that we can all go to heaven in the future, and for hell... let him go alone, that's all." After a pause, she continued: "Okay, execute the order, Firefly! This is our last conversation, so... see you in the next life." The phone call ended, and there was a series of dial tones.

The honking of the horns behind her became more and more urgent, and there was the sound of police sirens in the distance, getting closer and closer.

The woman suddenly picked up her mobile phone and sent a message to that number.

Then she threw the phone aside, got out of the car alone, and stood in the middle of the road. She took out a pistol and pulled the trigger continuously towards the sky, shouting wildly. Then she emptied the magazine in one go!!

Bang bang bang bang bang...

The pedestrians on the street screamed in fright and fled in all directions. The car owners who had been honking their horns wildly behind also got out of their cars in fear and ran away.

A moment later, police cars swarmed in.

The woman, however, lit a cigarette and stood in the middle of the road.

She took a deep drag on the cigarette and then threw the cigarette butt on the ground. "Hell? I really want to see it too!"

Looking at the police cars that had stopped in the distance and the policemen approaching with their guns drawn.

The woman sneered, and a silver dagger appeared in her hand.

She stabbed the dagger fiercely into her own heart!

In the mobile phone in the car, the content of the last sent message was:

Firefly, go offline!

At an altitude of 20,000 feet, a special parachute training aircraft was flying.

Inside the aircraft cabin, a woman with short blonde hair and a stunning figure listened to the last words on her mobile phone.

"…His last message… Execute the order… See you in the next life." The blonde woman hung up the phone and slowly sat down. Her beautiful face became dull.

In front of her, a man who was checking the parachute equipment stopped his movements and frowned: "What's wrong, Alice? Is there any problem? We're about to reach the scheduled parachute jumping location, and you look a bit off. That phone call just now..."

Slap!

The blonde woman suddenly took out a g*n from her bosom and slapped it in front of the man!

The man's face changed, and he jumped up with a cry of alarm.

"Sit down, Mr. Pierre." The blonde woman opened her eyes. There was indescribable sadness in her blue eyes.

"Alice... you..."

The blonde woman took a deep breath.

Her speech was calm, and her voice was as cold as if it were mechanical:

"First of all, my name is not Alice. This is a false name. My task was to get close to you, be your skydiving instructor, and then... According to the original plan, during this parachute jump, I would directly kidnap you. Of course, you are very valuable."

Pierre's face turned pale, and his eyes quickly scanned the surroundings: "What are you talking about? I don't understand..."

"No, you've already understood. Your pupils are dilating. You're scared."

The blonde woman shook her head, and her tone was still terrifyingly calm: "Mr. Pierre, we spent a month formulating the plan for today's k********g, and then..." "First of all, my name is not Alice. This is a false name. My task was to get close to you, be your skydiving instructor, and then... According to the original plan, during this parachute jump, I would directly kidnap you. Of course, you are very valuable."

Pierre's face turned pale, and his eyes quickly scanned the surroundings: "What are you talking about? I don't understand..."

"No, you've already understood. Your pupils are dilating. You're scared."

The blonde woman shook her head, and her tone was still terrifyingly calm: "Mr. Pierre, we spent a month formulating the plan for today's k********g, and then..."

"I think we can talk." Pierre stammered: "I can pay more..."

"No need." The blonde woman said indifferently: "You're very lucky. Just a minute ago, I decided to cancel this task. Now, you can leave." "…Leave?" Pierre widened his eyes.

The blonde woman pointed at the cabin door with the muzzle of the g*n: "Pick up your parachute pack and jump by yourself."

Pierre wanted to say something more, but the blonde woman made him shut up directly by the action of c*****g the g*n.

A minute later, Pierre, who jumped out of the cabin door with his parachute pack on his back, opened the parachute pack in mid-air.

In the cockpit of the aircraft, the blonde woman let out a sigh and seemed to be talking to herself: "Hell? I've always wanted to see it."

In the mobile phone beside her, there was a sent message.

"Hummingbird, go offline!"

Pierre in mid-air saw a scene that would be unforgettable for the rest of his life! That training aircraft suddenly rushed wildly towards the distant mountain peak...

Then, there was a brilliant explosion like a firework!

In the dark room, only the computer screen was shining with light.

On the screen, one avatar after another, and one name after another, had all turned black and white.

The hands in front of the keyboard, because they were clenched too tightly, had their nails pierce the palms, and blood was dripping profusely!

On the screen, the dialog boxes behind each name received the last messages, which all seemed very similar...

"Oxhead, go offline!"

"Hummingbird, go offline!"

"Blueberry, go offline!"

"Iris, go offline!" "…Go offline!"

Go offline!

Go offline!!

Go offline!!!

In front of the screen, a woman with obvious Latin bloodline features on her face gritted her teeth and sneered.

Her hands stained with blood calmly took out a g*n from the drawer.

One bullet after another was loaded into the magazine.

The magazine was inserted.

The safety catch was turned on.

With every movement, these hands completed the actions extremely steadily.

The Latin woman smiled and suddenly pointed the muzzle of the g*n at her own forehead.

"Fox, off line!" Bang!

There was a gunshot.

Sometimes life is like a stream, and sometimes it's like a river. Most of the time, drops of rainwater and streams will eventually merge into a river, and then...

Eventually, they will rush into the sea!

Life is like this.

Just like time and space.

Just like all things in the universe!

And on the afternoon of December 23, 2000.

Chen Nuo, who had just returned to this timeline and knew nothing about that magnificent life farewell ceremony like fireworks, was now standing outside the classroom door, wearing an ugly and oversized blue-and-white school uniform.

Not surprisingly, he listened to this math class standing outside the classroom door.

Even more unsurprisingly, having not touched these high school textbooks for decades in his life, he looked at the math problem on the blackboard as if he were looking at a book from another world.

"Alas, the world isn't worth it."

Chen Nuo sighed with a pretend air of sophistication.

There were students playing football on the playground. The young boys, sweating and full of hormones, deliberately roared and ran wildly, as if they wanted to attract the attention of the girls in this way.

From his position, he could just see a certain boy in the last row of the classroom hiding a Jin Yong novel under his math book.

From his position, he could also just see that on the pencil case of a certain girl in the first row, there was a sticker of Nicholas Tse.

Chen Nuo raised his head and looked up at the sky. Although it was winter, the sunlight was still a bit dazzling.

"So, God, is this a punishment or a reward for me?"

Chen Nuo smiled bitterly.

Then suddenly, a shadow fell from the sky, and his face directly collided with...

A scream came to his ears.

"Come quickly!! Someone has jumped off the building!!!"