Chapter 51

The man in gray saw the man in black with sunglasses and, without a word, turned and ran.

This man's speed was extremely fast, almost as fast as a professional 100-meter athlete. In less than five or six seconds, he had already dashed out forty or fifty meters!

However, the man in black with sunglasses and a flat head behind him was even faster!

It was as if this man started to stride, not seeming to exert much effort, but each step covered seven or eight meters, like a shadow gliding on the ground. He quickly caught up to the man in gray.

At this moment, the two figures were blocked from view, and Su Peng, using his binoculars, could only vaguely see a struggle. It seemed both men had some martial arts skills.

However... in less than ten seconds, the two had already determined the winner.

After about ten seconds, the man in gray was already on the ground, and the man in black bent down, made a gesture, and then slowly walked out from the blocked position, holding something in his hand...

The head of the man in gray!

Su Peng's pupils instantly contracted. Through his binoculars, he saw the man in black with sunglasses and a flat head holding the head of a man with not short hair. The head had just been cut off, and red blood and yellow fat were still dripping from the bottom. A piece of the spine seemed to have been forcibly pulled out, with about ten centimeters of white vertebrae exposed. The eyes of the man in gray were wide open, as if he died with his eyes unclosed!

"Really ruthless..." Su Peng's palms began to sweat...

The man in black walked to a trash can, swung his hand, and threw the head of the man in gray into the trash can. Then, he suddenly looked up, toward the overpass.

Su Peng squinted his eyes; the appearance of the man in black was already deeply etched in his mind.

At the same time, the bird enthusiasts on the overpass, though a few were scared and crouched down, most of them seized this moment, continuously pressing the shutters of their long-lens cameras, capturing the man in black.

The man in black's closed lips revealed a hint of a cold smile. He turned his head coolly and then used his inhumanly fast speed to dart away into the distance.

Su Peng took a deep breath and watched the direction in which the man in black left...

...

Below the overpass, chaos had erupted. Su Peng didn't want to wait for the police to arrive, so he quickly left.

After walking for about ten minutes, Su Peng arrived in front of a building that wasn't too tall. He adjusted his mood and entered the building.

There were quite a few people walking around inside, most of them holding several similar books. Upon closer inspection, they were mostly psychology textbooks. On the first floor, there was a large meeting room where a lecture seemed to be taking place. Su Peng didn't stop but went directly up to the fifth floor.

From the stairs to the fifth floor, the decoration had changed. The fifth floor was clearly better decorated than the first floor, very refined, giving a sense of both luxury and comfort.

Walking down the corridor, Su Peng came to an office door and knocked.

"The door is not closed, please come in," a reassuring woman's voice came from inside. Su Peng pushed the door open and entered.

The office was elegantly decorated, with many calligraphy and paintings on the walls. There was a desk and a comfortable-looking chair, and on the desk were some paperweights that looked like jade or emerald. Behind the desk was a multifunctional shelf with some small art pieces, and on the other side was a bookshelf with some books. Behind the desk, a woman with a rosy complexion and a tall, curvy figure was sitting, seemingly reading an English book.

"Auntie San, you look more and more graceful. Yes, as you would say, you have more and more presence," Su Peng said with a smile to the female doctor.

The female doctor smiled slightly and said, "Your aura is a bit chaotic. What happened just now?"

Su Peng, impressed, said, "Auntie San, if I didn't know you were a psychologist, I would think you had learned fortune-telling... There was a car accident outside just now, and I happened to witness it."

The female doctor nodded and said, "Sit down and calm down."

Su Peng nodded and sat in the comfortable-looking chair.

The female doctor just sat quietly, and Su Peng felt very comfortable. The stress from his friend's mysterious death, the pressure of being an undercover agent in the company, and the stress from Fu Kang's death and what he had just witnessed all gradually disappeared. Su Peng felt increasingly comfortable...

When Su Peng realized that he had come here for a reason other than to sleep and woke up, he found that the sun was already setting.

"Sorry... I fell asleep. Auntie San, how long did I sleep?" Su Peng, who had just woken up, moved his body and found it very relaxed and comfortable, as if he had just undergone a deep relaxation.

"About an hour. Now your aura has improved a lot. We can talk about what you want to know," the female doctor said with a gentle and kind smile.

Su Peng shook his head. Apart from the necessary one hour of sleep each day, he had never dozed off. But every time he came to Auntie San Zeng Na, he would relax and sleep for an hour. This was different from the sleep he got when his body was at its limit; it was a very relaxed sleep.

Shaking his head to clear his mind, Su Peng said, "Auntie San, have you heard of a reverse hypnosis technique? Specifically..."

Su Peng described the effects of the game pod in the company and mentioned some of the explanations given by Shi Qianjun, including statements from the American Psychological Association and others.

Zeng Na listened quietly without interrupting. After Su Peng finished, she paused for a moment and said, "The similar techniques you mentioned, I know of some research, but they are still in the early stages, far from being mature. Moreover, as far as I know, my mentor has also told me about participating in similar projects. Personally, I believe that the research proposed by the other party is somewhat unrealistic, both from a technical and a political perspective."

Su Peng listened and was silent for a moment. This answer was not entirely unexpected.

After a moment of silence, Su Peng thought of something else and asked, "Auntie San, you once said you had done in-depth research on hypnosis techniques. If the depth of hypnosis is deep enough, can it cause the following effects..."

Su Peng deliberated for a moment and described the state of Xiao Lin's death.

"Such effects are currently unachievable with hypnosis techniques," Zeng Na said, shaking her head. "This is a mythologized or demonized hypnosis technique. Although there are a number of studies in the field of psychology on the physiological effects of hypnosis on the human body, they cannot achieve this. What you're describing sounds more like a horror movie."

"Um... like... 'The Green Monkey' (Note 1)," Su Peng thought of a movie and said.

With his questions answered, Su Peng stood up and said, "Auntie San, I have no more questions. I have some work to do at the company, so I'll go back now."

"Okay," Zeng Na nodded and said, "Work is important, but it's not everything. Try to come home more often when you have time."

"Okay," Su Peng nodded, bid farewell to Zeng Na, and left.

In the building, Su Peng checked his phone and saw that it was already past five in the afternoon. He was a bit puzzled, as he had probably come here between two and three in the afternoon and had only slept for an hour. How could it be so late?

"Maybe my sense of time is a bit fuzzy..." Su Peng smiled and didn't worry about it. The traffic jam had ended, so he called a taxi and headed back to the company.

Entering the Tianpeng Building, he went to the seventh floor and then used the dedicated elevator to the eighteenth floor. Su Peng first went to the dining hall for a meal, then to the lounge, where Sun Shijia and Ji Ming were. Su Peng took a bottle of beer and sat on the sofa, seemingly watching them play pool...

In Shi Qianjun's office, the wall-mounted surveillance video was on, showing the image of Su Peng in the lounge.

Shi Qianjun sat behind his desk, and next to him... a man in black with black hair and sunglasses was standing.

He... was the man who had killed the man in gray earlier!

"That's him. I saw him on the overpass at the mission site, and he seemed to have seen me."

The man in black with sunglasses looked at the image on the monitor and said to Shi Qianjun.

Shi Qianjun looked at the image of Su Peng on the monitor, nodded slightly, and said, "I see. You can rest for a while."

The man in black nodded, retreated to the corner of the room, and his figure became blurry, slowly disappearing.

Shi Qianjun then pressed a button on his desk and said, "Lei Ming, call Su Peng from the new team to come to my office..."

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Note 1: The original work of the Japanese horror film "Hypnosis."

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I don't know what's wrong. I feel unwell and have been vomiting even when drinking cold water. I've been feeling listless all day, and these two chapters don't feel good.

I hope to recover soon.

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