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When she saw this person standing in front of the gate for the second time in just one day, not only those people under her started whispering to each other, but Lindsay herself doubted her eyes.

When the secret whistle at the door came back to report, she was repairing the big car parked in the backyard. When she heard Ghost's name from the mouth of her subordinates, she paused the movements of her hands, kicked her feet on the ground and slid out from the bottom of the car. Slowly took off the gloves: "Say it again."

The subordinate didn't dare to look her directly in the eyes, and lowered his head and said in a low voice: "It's Ghost, he came again, and brought a person with him, but the wolf didn't follow him."

Lindsay thought for a few seconds, stood up on the ground, and strode towards the door.

Lu Ze followed Ghost all the way, without saying or asking, even when he saw this so-called heavily guarded factory building, at this moment he watched the iron gate slowly slide open, revealing the darkness A group of people walked out of the room, and their eyes only flashed subtly.He also wore a thin mask similar to that of Ghost, which covered his expression well.

"I didn't expect to see you again so soon." Lindsay walked in front of the two of them, separated by a half-person-high barbed wire, and the four or five subordinates behind her were all standing About 4 meters away from them.

Lu Ze's eyes fell on Lindsay, and then he glanced at the row of people behind her calmly: the clothes of these people were clean and tidy, and they all wore strange masks with different expressions on their faces, which made their facial features Block it tightly.He didn't hold a weapon in his hand, but judging from his physique, he should have something in his hand.The only thing that made him feel a little strange was that these people had more or less dark tattoos on their exposed body parts.Some were on the arms, some were on the neck, and one even spread to the back of the ear.The patterns of these tattoos are somewhat blurred, but the color is exactly the same gray and black.

There was even a hint of a smile in Ghost's voice: "You said you wanted to see my sincerity, and I brought it here."

Lindsay's eyes fell on Lu Ze, looked at him for a while with some scrutiny, then turned her head to signal the people behind to move the barbed wire away: "Come in and talk."

The two people on the right behind her stepped forward, one left and one right moved away the barbed wire, revealing a gap that only allowed one person to pass through.

Ghost walked in first, and Lu Ze noticed that the two people didn't wear any protective gloves on their hands, and the tip of the barbed wire had begun to rust after being exposed to the wind and sun. He let the sharp iron thorns pierce his palm indifferently, as if he felt no pain at all.

"Your companion, is this the first time you've seen such an 'infected body'?" Lindsay noticed the subtle pause under Lu Ze's feet, and spoke to Ghost with a hint of teasing in his voice.

"He came from outside." Ghost glanced at Lu Ze.

"Outside?" Lindsay narrowed her eyes, and the next moment, she pulled out a handful of silver Beretta 92F from her waist like lightning, pressed it against Lu Ze's forehead, and said in a cold voice, "Ghost, you should remember My rules here?"

Lu Ze didn't even shake his eyes, and quietly fell on the person in front of him.

Ghost seemed to have expected such a situation, he turned to face Lindsay with a calm voice: "I said, this is the 'sincerity' I brought, if you think there is no room for discussion, then you can shoot, I'll pretend I haven't been here today."

Lindsay stared at him for two seconds, then his eyes suddenly fell back on Lu Ze, with a gloomy ruthlessness in his eyes.

After a while, she put down her gun, strode past Ghost and walked into the iron gate.

Ghost didn't look at Lu Ze, and walked in after her.

The corners of Lu Ze's lips twitched under the mask, and he followed Ghost.

Walking two steps forward, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the figure who had half-opened the barbed wire behind him and on the right hand side paused, a second behind the movement of the opposite companion, and his eyes seemed to have just turned from their direction open.

At this time, it was too obvious to look back, but fortunately, there happened to be a convex mirror with a dirty mirror on the ground next to the gate, which happened to accommodate the movements of the two "infected bodies" behind.

His gaze stayed on the mirror for half a second, then turned away as if nothing had happened.

The infected body wore the mask of a glaring arhat.

The front half of the entire factory building is very spacious, and the disused machines that were originally placed here have been piled up in the corner. In front of them is a somewhat messy table with three or five chairs beside it. Beer bottles, the light shines in through the high windows on both sides, and you can see bunches of fine dust flying in the sun.The second half is hidden in the dark and cannot be seen clearly.

Lindsay was sitting on one of the chairs, with his legs on the table. Seeing them coming in, he raised his chin at his subordinates: "Close the door."

Then he turned to Lu Ze, his voice was a little colder than before: "I don't know if Ghost has been introduced. Lindsay, the entire northern part of the old city is under my control."

Lu Ze nodded: "Lu Ze."

——At the gate at the back, the two infected bodies who just walked in stood behind Lindsay, one on the left and one on the right, and the one wearing the Arhat mask was just facing the direction of Lu Ze.

"I didn't intend to cooperate with outsiders, but since it was brought by Ghost... tell me about your conditions."

"Jacques' men took a prisoner yesterday, and I'm going to take him out of town." Ghost moved the two empty beer bottles in front of him and sat down opposite Lindsay.

Lindsay's eyes became playful: "No wonder there was such a big commotion in the East District yesterday. It turned out that a prisoner was taken." Her eyes swept over Lu Ze, "But since he is on his side, you should be very happy. Be aware of the possible end. If after a lot of effort, you find that there is only one corpse left, um—"

"There are always exceptions to everything." Ghost's voice was still calm.

"I'm relieved that you can think so." Lindsay's tone was a little casual: "What do you want me to do? Lead a team to the Upper West Side to help you snatch people?"

Ghost leaned back in his chair, put his fingertips together, and smiled: "You know I never do that kind of business."

"Oh?" Lindsay raised an eyebrow.

"What do you think of the oil depot along Route 4 on the outskirts of the city?" Ghost changed the subject without warning.

Lindsay stared at him for a while, then suddenly laughed: "Ghost, I didn't know you were so ambitious."

Ghost shrugged: "I just want to achieve my goal, and this is the simplest solution I can think of so far."

"For more than six months, the situation in the old city has been maintained in balance. Lao Wei's South District, Jacques' Upper West District, and here. Why should I be the one who broke the balance? What's more, the oil depot is the old Wei's survival in the South District. Do you think the people under him are vegetarians?"

"Believe it or not, Jacob is more concerned about the troubles around that oil depot than anyone else?" Ghost leaned forward: "For nearly a year, the situation in the old city has become very clear. After that round of cleaning, the remaining There are not many available resources, and you will face integration one day. To be honest, this situation can be maintained until now, which has exceeded my expectations. Lindsay, have you considered these issues yourself?"

Lindsay put her feet on the table back, put her arms on the table, and moved closer to Ghost, her pupils were cold: "Why should I trust you?"

"You have no choice, just like I have no choice."

Lindsay stared at him for a few seconds, the corners of her lips curled up slowly, she leaned back on the back of the chair, and her posture returned to her indifferent attitude: "Indeed. I forgot that you have always been uncomfortable with Jacques' behavior, but On Lao Wei’s side, as the saying goes, a big family has a big business, so I guess you don’t have much bargaining chips. As for me, I am the weakest of the three parties, but you can see my ambition clearly. What should I do? I don't want to let you go back."

Ghost's expression remained unchanged, and there seemed to be a faint smile in his eyes all the time.

"What are you going to do?"

"It's very simple, it exploded." Ghost's tone was as normal as saying "I'll go get some water".

Lindsay pondered for a while: "You take your people to fry the oil depot, and you want me to help you rescue people when Jacques can't sit still?"

Ghost snapped his fingers: "Bingo."

"I can promise you, but that's the question. How can you be sure that Jacques will do it? After all, there are only so many people under my command, and I can't bear to let them die for nothing." Lindsay played with an iron beer in hand corkscrew.

"It's impossible for him to sit still." Ghost's voice was flat, "I've dealt with him so many times, I know exactly where and what kind of trap he will fall into."

After a pause, he met Lindsay, and his tone became playful: "In the end, this is just a bet. You bet that I can successfully muddy the water, and I bet that you can bring out the person I want. In terms of bargaining chips, we don't seem to have any, it depends on whether you dare or not."

Lindsay pondered for a while: "Deal. When will you act?"

Ghost showed a satisfied smile: "Tomorrow morning."

Lindsay thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, my people will ambush in the Upper West Side in advance. After the end, we will meet at the gas station 20 kilometers east of the core radiation area. I will bring you the people you want."

Ghost stood up and stretched out his hand: "It's decided. By the way, that person's name is Wu Zhuo, and he also came from outside, so he should be easy to recognize."

Lindsay reached out and shook his hand, and his eyes became a little complicated for a moment: "I will try my best, but...you'd better not have too much hope."

Ghost nodded and said nothing more.

When going out, it was still those two people who came to carry the barbed wire.This time, Lu Ze could clearly feel that Arhat's face was looking at him all the time, but every time he tentatively looked over, the other party's eyes could always be perfectly staggered half a second earlier.

Until he walked two blocks away, Lu Ze had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Why, Captain Lu, the idea of ​​frying the oil depot doesn't scare you?" Ghost's voice came from half a step in front of him.

Lu Ze laughed, and raised his hand to touch the mask on his face: "I didn't realize you were so brave."

Ghost shook his head: "I dare to mention this condition because I believe you can do it."

The corner of Lu Ze's mouth curled up, but he didn't answer.

After a while, he seemed to think of something: "That Lindsay, what are the so-called "infected bodies" around her?"

Ghost's footsteps stopped, and after a long time, his voice came: "It's a human. Or, it used to be an ordinary person."

Under the midsummer sun, there was an indescribable pity in his voice.

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A little rationale for the context of the characters:

Lu Ze's first team: Chen Xin, Wu Zhuo, Fang Luxian, Zheng Guanqi

Old city forces: Lindsay, governing the North District; Old Wei, governing the South District; Jacques, governing the Upper West District, forming a three-legged situation

Ghost: I'm just a ghost