Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Chapter 550 Temporary Team (3)

"If that's what you said, then your identity might not be what we know?"

"There are some discrepancies, but some of the details are correct."

Adenauer answered many questions for Frank and Liz in Liz's apartment. The heavy rain, which had stopped a few hours ago, started to fall again. In the middle of the conversation, a flash of lightning brought a loud thunder. At the same time, all the power in Liz's apartment went out.

"We have to go."

Although power outages occurred during severe rainstorms, they were rare in Oak City and not something worthy of note. However, Adenauer obviously did not think so. The moment the power outage occurred, Adenauer immediately stopped talking, stood up from the sofa, and immediately took out the two submachine guns.

After hearing Adenauer's story, Frank and Liz stood up and instinctively wanted to draw their weapons. After all, the incident in the town had started with the power outage. However, they came up empty-handed. After all, they immediately remembered that their weapons had been confiscated by Adenauer.

"It must really be a normal power outage. Look outside."

Frank glanced out the window and found that there was a light on in another apartment opposite Liz's apartment. It was not an emergency light, but normal lighting. In a restaurant on the right, there were still many customers, and they looked normal.

"Zizzi."

After just over ten seconds, the lights in Liz's apartment came back on, returning to normal. Under Adenauer's watchful eye, Liz called the apartment manager. After learning what had happened, she realized the outage was caused by a blown fuse in the building, automatically shutting off the power to the apartment. The manager, who happened to be on patrol, replaced the fuse. Nothing unusual had occurred.

"It's just a coincidence."

"I don't think there are that many coincidences in the world. Someone just wanted to..."

"Tuk-tuk-tuk."

"Liz? Are you home? Liz?"

At this moment, another situation occurred. There was a knock on the door again, and this time, the voice coming from outside was Frank's voice, which made Liz stunned for a moment. After all, Frank was standing on her right.

"Beep beep."

Liz didn't know how to react, so she had to take the simplest approach, which was to do nothing. She didn't make a sound, but the password lock of her apartment rang. Someone was opening the door. Liz then remembered that Frank was the only person besides herself who knew the password of her electronic door lock.

Liz suddenly realized that Frank next to her had brought a large backpack when he came to her house. Now the backpack was thrown in the corner of the wall near them. Liz often went to Frank's house, but she suddenly remembered that she had never seen Frank with such a bag. After all, Frank was not a guy who liked to carry a backpack.

"You're home, I... Adenauer?! I'm here too... What the hell??!!!!"

Frank, unlocking the combination lock and entering Liz's house, was wearing different clothes than he'd worn the previous night. They were heavily wrinkled, suggesting he'd scrambled some clothes from his closet. His pants looked like a police uniform one size too large, a fitting attire. Frank wasn't one to pay attention to his clothes; he usually wore only a few outfits. He'd been wearing his detective pants since becoming a detective, and they were already worn out. His current pair was actually something he'd picked up at Lugosi's house a few years ago. Liz had bought him his current outfit a few months earlier, but he'd barely worn it because it was a light color and Frank didn't want it to get dirty. If he hadn't been completely out of clothes, it would probably still be in his closet.

On the other hand, Frank next to her was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but the high tension made Liz more sensitive. She found that although Frank's clothes were the same as last night, they were obviously much cleaner, as if new clothes were deliberately made to look old. Liz immediately looked at Frank's cuffs. She remembered very clearly that when investigating the hotel yesterday, Frank had eaten a lot of food in Benny's room and got some oil on his cuffs, but the cuffs of the Frank next to her were very clean.

"What did Lugosi fall into?"

"Pool!"

"Didn't I kick him down?"

Liz immediately shouted out something seemingly unrelated, but in fact, it could be used to verify the truth. Liz used the wrong result to reveal something that only Lugosi knew, besides Frank and Liz. This happened two weeks ago. It was Liz's birthday, and she was celebrating at Lugosi's villa on the outskirts of the city. The only people present were Lugosi (Liz's mother and Lugosi had been divorced for several years and currently lived outside Oak City), Frank, Liz, and Liz. Because Liz didn't like large crowds, Lugosi was not happy about Frank's arrival. After drinking and having sex, Lugosi and Frank, under the influence of alcohol, started arguing like two children. Frank took advantage of Lugosi's inattention and kicked him in the butt, kicking him into his own swimming pool. If you weren't an eyewitness, you would never know this little secret.

Liz used the wrong statement. She asked if Lugosi fell somewhere. With Frank's personality, he would definitely say that he kicked Lugosi down instead of saying the swimming pool. Although the "Frank" next to Liz answered the location correctly at the first time, he failed to pass Liz's test.

"Adenauer, this is next to me...!!!"

“Da da da da da da!!”

After hearing what Liz said, Adenauer turned the gun without hesitation and made a big hole in "Frank's" chest. This situation surprised the real Frank who had just come in, and he couldn't help but screamed, but Liz suddenly mentioned the incident of Lugosi being kicked into the swimming pool, which made Frank understand that Liz seemed to be using this method to identify the real him. So although he was shocked by the shooting in front of him, he still closed the door of the apartment the moment Adenauer pulled out the gun, so as to prevent the gunshot from being heard.

"Can someone explain to me what the fuck is going on?! And why are you two hanging out together??"

"It's a long story. Frank, go to the kitchen and get the cleaver and the boning knife... Oh, I already got rid of them. Frank, go to my room and get my forensic tool kit, and the hammer from my storage room."

"What...isn't that what you guys are doing..."

"Go! Frank!"

Frank was shocked and confused by what was happening. Although he was puzzled, he still did what Liz said. After getting the things, Adenauer took the hammer and smashed the fake Frank's skull with force. Liz used the tools in the forensic tool kit to dissect the other's brain, and then found artificial hippocampi in its head, which were of different sizes but the same shape.

"Isn't this an artificial seahorse?! I've seen it before in a previous case! What the hell is going on here?"

"I don't want to repeat it. Tell him, preferably on the way, and you'd better inform Lugosi of the situation here."

"Will he not be replaced?"

"Lugosi holds a high position of power, interacting with a vast number of wealthy and powerful people every day. Replacing him wouldn't be easy. Furthermore, if something were to go wrong, and the military were involved, it would be a serious matter. The people who created the synths wouldn't allow that to happen. After all, judging by their actions, they haven't reached the point of being able to cover the sky with one hand; at most, they only have half a hand."

"Synthetic humans? Covering the sky with one hand? What the hell are you two talking about? Someone explain it to me?!"

Seeing that Liz and Frank had obviously gotten along much better, although he was confused, he did not draw his weapon against Adenauer. From the few words they exchanged, Frank had roughly guessed that things might not be as simple as they had thought before, and that Liz must have gotten some inside information from Adenauer.

"Frank, I know you're confused right now, but I'm pretty sure Adenauer isn't what we thought he was. I'll tell you everything on the way, but we'd better get started. Help me dispose of this synth's body, and I'll tell Lugosi about this."

"I see."

Frank still trusted Liz very much. Although he felt that the matter was tricky, he still helped her get rid of the fake Frank's body as Liz requested. In the process of cleaning up, he found a large suitcase piled up behind the kitchen bar. Out of curiosity, he opened it and took a look. He found that inside was Liz's body with her head and body separated and her limbs twisted and broken. Seeing the chopped-off skull, Frank guessed that this Liz should also be fake.

Perhaps because Adenauer felt that Frank's movements were too slow, he came over to help. His movements were quicker and more professional, and it was obvious that he often did this kind of thing. But at the same time, it was also certain that the body in the other suitcase was not handled by him, because the bent limbs were not as large as his. It was probably done by Liz or the fake Frank.

"We're done here. What about you? Have you informed Lugosi?"

"The call didn't go through. He should still be at the police station dealing with those reporters and preparing for the press conference. I just checked online, and he's still answering interviews from the news station."

"Then what do we do next?"

"Frank, what about the blocked highway?"

"You mean the one outside the city? I checked the news when I got here, and it seems like they've cleared an area large enough for cars to pass through, but it's still pretty congested. Are you guys leaving Oak City?"

"Yes, you can see that Oak City is not safe anymore."

"Let's go to the airport."

"A warrant for Adenauer's arrest has been issued to the entire state. The airport can't..."

"I know, but don't forget who we met this morning."

"You mean Fabulon's second son-in-law? His status is enough to avoid those inspections, but can he help us?"

"He might not necessarily help us, but if it's someone who helped him get revenge, maybe he'll show some mercy."

"Then let's try it, but first we have to get rid of these two bodies."

Although he didn't hold out much hope, Frank still managed to get through to Fabron's second son-in-law. Sure enough, he was transporting Fabron's body to his private plane and he declined Frank's request.

"Well, sir, what I meant to say is, we found... the person who avenged Mr. Fabron... If..."

"Is that so... I understand. I'll be waiting for you in Hangar C7 on the right side of the airport."

"Thank you for your help, sir."

Frank's suspicions proved correct. Upon hearing the news, the other party actually agreed to Frank's request. Grabbing their two packed suitcases, Adenauer, Frank, and Liz immediately left the apartment and drove out of town in Liz's car, carrying the two suitcases. While driving, Liz recounted the events that Frank hadn't heard, and Frank finally understood the whole story. However, upon learning this, Frank's expression changed noticeably as he looked at Liz, who was driving.

"I know what you're thinking Frank. This Liz is real. I've been following her. There's no chance of her being switched."

"But if it was before..."

"Liz's status is not insignificant. If it weren't for you two investigating me, they wouldn't have taken the risk of replacing Liz with a synth."

"I'm a little disappointed, Frank. You actually doubt me too."

"Sorry Liz, I..."

"I'm just teasing you. It would be abnormal if you didn't doubt it."

"So where are we going to deal with those two fakes in the trunk? We're almost at the airport, and we can't take them on the plane, right?"

"There's a wasteland near the airport that no one ever goes to. There's an abandoned pond there that stinks. If you dump a body there, even if someone passes by, no one would suspect anything."

"Oh, now I remember, it seems that place has always been like that since we were teenagers."

"We're almost there, just around the corner."

Arriving at the edge of the stinking pond in the wasteland, Frank and Adenauer took advantage of the rain that started to fall again to tie two suitcases to a pile of stones and throw them into the stinking pond. What Liz said was indeed right. Not to mention two corpses, even if there were 20, the smell of their decay could not exceed the original stench of the pond.

"What was this place used for originally? Why is there such a pond?" Adenauer was very curious about the existence of the pond.

"Don't look at me. Although I came to Oak City when I was very young, I don't know the specific situation."

However, if even Liz, a local of Oak City, and Frank, who came to Oak City a long time ago, didn't know, then it was even more impossible for Adenauer to understand.

"Let's go, don't keep people waiting."

After dealing with the bodies of the two impostors, the three got in the car and continued to rush to the airport, where they found Fabrown's second son-in-law waiting there. He obviously didn't care about the identity of the "benefactor" who helped him take revenge, and of course he didn't care about the gun on Adenauer. The law was almost useless to people like him, so there was no hindrance. Half an hour later, the private plane took off from the airport and took the three away from the heavily blocked Oak City. However, after all, they were asking for help, so they couldn't ask for too much, so they could only follow the plane to another city 1,500 kilometers away from Johor Bahru.