Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Before this, Liu Xing had been pondering a question: should he take advantage of the special mechanism in the second phase and arrange for a few NPCs to infiltrate Bai Hecheng’s side?

After all, players from both sides could interact with NPCs, and NPCs wouldn’t formally decide to join either side until a week later.

Of course, Liu Xing knew that Bai Hecheng was probably thinking the same thing.

At that moment, Liu Xing heard the sound of dice hitting the ground.

Then, Liu Xing saw Zhang Jingxu take out a walkie-talkie, tune it to a channel, and say, "Mr. Jack, can you hear me?"

After about ten seconds, a somewhat weary voice came from the walkie-talkie on the other end, "Oh, I didn’t expect you, Zhang Jingxu, to know about this channel."

Zhang Jingxu chuckled and said seriously, "Well, before this, I noticed that your walkie-talkie was on this channel from the beginning, so I tried to contact you through this channel as a test. But now, the main issue is urgent. Mr. Jack, you’re with William now, right?"

After a moment of silence, Jack laughed and said, "Since you’ve figured it out, there’s no need for me to conceal it. Yes, William is with me. But I won’t disclose our current location because both of us, abandoned by Scotland, don’t want to become pawns for your advancement."

At this moment, Buke suddenly took the walkie-talkie from Zhang Jingxu’s hand and said with a smile, "Jack, can you still recognize my voice?"

"That’s not important now. What’s important is that you should know I serve England, so the reason I’m here should be obvious. So, I’ll say it straight: tell me where you and William are right now. We’ll come to pick you up immediately and then leave Scotland together, heading to England for refuge. You should know better than I do that if your fellow Scots catch you, it’s certain death," Buke said seriously.

After pondering for a moment, Jack sighed and said, "Buke, you’re right. If we want to stay alive, we have to rely on you now. So, Buke, come to the utility room on the third floor of the hospital. But you’d better bring a doctor and a First Aid kit because William’s condition isn’t looking too good right now."

Buke put down the walkie-talkie and said, "Jack used to be my comrade-in-arms. We served together in the Iraq War. Although there were quite a few unpleasant incidents at the beginning due to him being English and me Scottish, after going through some things, we became close brothers. But I never thought we would meet under these circumstances."

Rhodes then made arrangements, "Okay, William’s condition isn’t great right now, so let’s set off immediately. By the way, Mr. Mendez, have you prepared the cars?"

Mendez nodded and smiled, "I’ve prepared two cars in the parking lot. Once we get William, we can leave immediately."

"Okay, let’s go," Rhodes said, pushing open the morgue door.

So, Liu Xing and the others began to head to the hospital.

On the way to the hospital, Mendez also grabbed a First Aid kit from the emergency room and made sure to inform the senior officials of the Scotland police about the autopsy results.

Of course, Mendez naturally portrayed the identity of the corpse as an assassin.

On the way, Alice curiously asked Zhang Jingxu, "Zhang Jingxu, how did you know Jack was still alive?"

Zhang Jingxu chuckled and said, "I was just taking a gamble this time. Since it was confirmed that the body was the assassin’s, Jack should still be alive. And coincidentally, I had noticed the frequency on Jack’s walkie-talkie before, so I thought I’d try my luck."

However, Liu Xing knew that Zhang Jingxu wanted to take a gamble because he believed William might be with Jack.

At this time, downstairs from the hospital, Liu Xing saw many disheveled police officers leaning against the wall, all with various scratches on them.

As for the top floor of the hospital, a gap had been blasted open, and debris would occasionally fall.

Soon, Liu Xing and the others arrived at the utility room on the third floor of the hospital and finally saw Jack and William.

At this point, William’s face was pale, and blood was seeping through the bandages on his body, indicating that his recently healed wounds had ruptured again due to excessive movement during transfer.

Seeing this, Mendez immediately opened the First Aid kit to treat William. "Give me five minutes. If we don’t treat William’s wounds now, he might die from excessive blood loss during the transfer."

Rhodes nodded and said to Alice, "Alice, take someone to the parking lot and start the two cars. We’ll be ready to leave shortly."

Alice nodded and took Ryuzaki to the parking lot.

At this moment, Jack sighed helplessly and said with some emotion, "I really didn’t expect that you all were from the English side."

Buke shrugged, smiling, "And you probably didn’t expect that your beloved Scotland would mercilessly betray you. But that’s within my expectations because I know you’re a tough nut. Although your abilities are good, you’re not good at managing interpersonal relationships. It’s easy for you to offend your superiors, which is why you’ve remained just a small leader for so many years."

Jack lit a cigarette, nodding, "That’s right. On the first day I joined the Scotland police force, I offended the Chief of the Glasgow police department. Later, I also casually arrested his son and kept him in custody for a few days. So, that fat pig despises me to the core, and I’ve been suppressed by that damn fat pig all along. And this time, I was probably targeted because I investigated the financial dealings between that fat pig and a secret organization. So, he wanted to take this opportunity to have the assassin kill me."

"A secret organization?" Liu Xing raised an eyebrow and quickly signaled to Zhang Jingxu.

Understanding the signal, Zhang Jingxu said seriously to Jack, "Mr. Jack, do you have specific information about this secret organization? If things go as expected, this shooting of William and the riots in Glasgow are both orchestrated by that secret organization."

Jack thought for a moment and said, "About this secret organization, I discovered it about half a month ago. Because I knew that fat pig had been wanting to find an opportunity to kick me out of the police department, so I wanted to investigate that fat pig’s dark history. That way, that fat pig wouldn’t dare to mess with me. So, I started to track that fat pig’s son, because that fat pig’s son was a troublemaker in Glasgow, always causing trouble."

"Then one night, I followed that fat pig’s son to a nightclub. It happened that the head of security at the nightclub was a close comrade of mine from before. So, after hearing about my situation, he voluntarily helped me install a bug in the private room. That’s how I heard that the fat pig’s son said his dad recently made a fortune and bought him a new luxury car."

"Upon hearing this, I knew the fat pig had taken a bribe from someone and was preparing to help someone get someone out of jail. So, I focused on this and found out that the fat pig did indeed release someone from the detention center. However, this person was just an ordinary thug detained for fighting. But this thug happened to be my informant, so I asked him about the situation."

"Then the thug told me that the fight was just a show, arranged by a rich but eccentric black man. So, I investigated this black man and found that he had close ties to many high-ranking officials in Glasgow. But when I checked his identity through the registry system, I found out that this black man had been dead for three years. So, I realized that this black man must have joined some mysterious organization."

After listening to Jack’s account, Liu Xing was certain that the black man was also a follower of the Cult of the Cadaver, and now the upper echelons of Glasgow, even Scotland, were likely cooperating with the Cult of the Cadaver... Of course, Liu Xing even suspected that the Cult of the Cadaver had already taken control of their partners.

At this point, Zhang Jingxu also informed Jack about the Cult of the Cadaver.

"I see. No wonder the assassin who came later looked so strange. I thought I was seeing things, but it turns out this guy is really a ghost, a Ghoul," Jack said with a laugh.

Zhang Jingxu nodded and pointed to William, "By the way, Mr. Jack, how did you and William end up hiding here together?"

Jack shrugged and said, "At that time, I was lying in wait. After ambushing and killing the assassin, I found a C4 bomb that had already been activated in the assassin’s backpack. There was only half a minute left before it exploded, and I didn’t have any handy tools to disarm the bomb, so I had no choice but to escape. At that moment, I found William waking up, so I took him and fled here, then I told William about the situation."

Buke raised an eyebrow and whispered, "So, what does William think now, Jack? You should know what William means to us in England."

Jack nodded, sighed again, and said, "Don’t worry, now William has realized the truth and knows that he’s been made a scapegoat by those ambitious Scots. So, now he’s decided to seek revenge for himself."

At this point, Mendez spoke up, "Okay, William’s wounds have been treated. Let’s hurry to the parking lot."

As soon as Mendez finished speaking, Liu Xing heard the sound of dice hitting the ground.

At this moment, Alice’s voice came from the walkie-talkie on Zhang Jingxu’s waist, "Zhang Jingxu, you guys need to find a chance to come to the parking lot as soon as possible. Because I’ve seen a lot of police cars entering the hospital."

Jack frowned and said, "It seems that fat pig is coming to the hospital. But there shouldn’t be a problem because that fat pig is just putting on a show. But he’ll probably start his performance directly downstairs in the hospital, so we have to go around from the back of the hospital."

Rhodes nodded, had William sit in a wheelchair, and put a mask on him. "Let’s go. If we encounter any obstacles, we’ll break through forcefully."

"Okay, let me lead the way." Mendez left the utility room first.

Everyone successfully arrived at the ground floor of the hospital, but they also heard noisy conversations outside the main entrance of the hospital. It seems that the fat pig mentioned by Jack had arrived.

So, going through the main entrance was definitely not an option now.

Therefore, Mendez led everyone to the back door of the hospital and then proceeded around the perimeter of the hospital towards the parking lot.

During this time, the sound of dice hitting the ground was incessant, causing Liu Xing’s forehead to be covered in sweat.

But fortunately, Liu Xing and his group successfully reached the parking lot without any accidents.

Sitting in the car, Liu Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that luck was on their side this time.

Once everyone was seated, the two cars left Glasgow Royal Hospital, one after the other.

At this moment, KP Li Shunchan smiled and said, "It seems your luck is pretty good. You managed to leave Glasgow Royal Hospital with William unscathed. So, I congratulate you on successfully rescuing William. If you can safely take William to England, then you will have successfully prevented the major riots in Scotland and will receive the reward for this emergency mission."

Liu Xing thought for a moment, took out his mobile phone, and started searching the news.

"Glasgow Royal Hospital rocked by a major explosion, suspected terrorist attack."

"Patriot William targeted in two assassination attempts, assassins believed to be from England."

"Glasgow riots have resulted in hundreds dead, thousands injured, and economic losses in the tens of millions. Who will bear this responsibility?"

...

Obviously, most of these news headlines were pointing fingers at England, but these media outlets hadn’t reported William’s "death" yet. It seems that the Scottish side had already taken care of these media outlets.

At this time, Alice, sitting in the front row, received a call from Chris.

After a brief exchange, Alice hung up and said, "Chris is very happy that we managed to complete the mission smoothly, so he has prepared a celebration for us in Manchester. We just have to return tonight. But at the same time, there’s also some bad news. Half an hour ago, the royal family suddenly summoned many doctors to Buckingham Palace. It’s feared that Her Majesty the Queen’s time is running out..."

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