The Overworked Beta and the Paranoid Alpha 91

Chapter 91

The elevator reached the top floor, the aircraft hangar.

From beginning to end, Qiuyue and Charlie never looked up.

It was not until the elevator doors opened and Qiuyue and Charlie walked out that Wen En and Romeo breathed a sigh of relief.

“There’s a passage for maintenance personnel in front of you,” Della said in their ears. “You can get out of the elevator shaft through that passage and go to the hangar.”

After turning on the night vision function of his mask, Wen En looked up and saw that, just as Della had said, there was a dark passage there. He and Romeo did not hesitate and rushed over. Wen En reached the platform in front of the passage first, and Romeo followed close behind.

Just as Romeo’s back foot had just stepped onto the platform, the elevator suddenly plummeted dozens of floors at an extremely fast speed. Romeo felt a strong suction force from the elevator shaft behind him, as if a black hole had opened. He lost control and fell backward.

“Romeo!” Wen En shouted in shock.

Wen En’s back was covered in cold sweat, and his heart jumped into his throat. The moment Romeo disappeared, his soul seemed to have been sucked out, and he could no longer be as calm as before.

Until he heard a voice, “I’m fine!”

Wen En rushed over to take a look and saw an arm-thick iron chain below the platform. The two ends of the chain were embedded in the concrete and were very sturdy. And Romeo’s hand was tightly gripping the chain.

If he had been a step slower, he would have probably been smashed to a pulp.

“Grab my hand!”

Wen En reached out and tightly gripped Romeo’s wrist. At the same time, he used his core strength and steadily pulled Romeo back onto the platform.

“Phew~” Wen En breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at Romeo, his tone inevitably a little angry, “Are you trying to scare me to death?”

It seemed that Wen En was really scared. Romeo lowered his eyes and looked at Wen En’s hand, which was still trembling unconsciously. He reached out and grabbed Wen En’s palm. “I’m sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Romeo said in a low voice, “The elevator was moving too fast. I was too close to it, and I was almost sucked down by the high-speed airflow generated by the elevator’s movement.”

That’s right. Wen En’s tone was still unfriendly. “Are you the only one who knows physics?”

“That’s not what I mean.”

Romeo placed Wen En’s palm on his chest. The beating of his heart, with an Alpha’s higher body temperature than a Beta’s, was transmitted to Wen En’s palm through his skin and clothes.

If it weren’t for the mask, Romeo would have really wanted to hug Wen En’s waist and kiss his face wildly. But they were still working, so he held back.

“It’s good that you’re okay,” Wen En finally said.

“So did he die or not?” Della interjected at a very inopportune time.

“…He’s not dead,” Wen En said.

“Oh, what a pity,” Della tapped the keyboard and said, “I mean, that’s good. By the way, I just checked. There are a total of 7 aircraft in the hangar. Have you decided which one to take when you escape?”

“Of course not,” Romeo said. “We’ll take whichever one is convenient.”

“Do you have any suggestions?” Wen En asked Della.

“Yes,” Della said. “To the right of the exit, there’s a new aircraft, the P-93. The official introduction says it’s a high-end product specially customized for the Planet T27 market. As a commercial aircraft, its selling point is that its performance is infinitely close to that of a T27 military aircraft. It can withstand a level 70 sandstorm at most, and has a super-high level of impact resistance. If you accidentally encounter a sandstorm during your flight, this aircraft will give you a 99.8% survival rate, and a 30% chance of minor injuries. Of course, a broken leg is also considered a minor injury.”

“You know, I rarely agree with you Capital Star people’s ideas,” Tara suddenly interjected. “If you crash while escaping, this aircraft can at least ensure that you’re still alive when I find you.”

“Then thank you,” Wen En said.

“You’re welcome,” Della accepted his polite thanks frankly. “I’ve already successfully unlocked the internal system of this aircraft, the P-93. There are still some unlocking procedures that need to be done on-site. Hmm, I think Romeo should understand what I mean.”

“Of course, I can handle it,” Romeo said. It was nothing more than fiddling with wires, twisting screws, and tampering with circuit boards and programs.

“I have nothing more to say,” Della said. “I wish you a successful escape and return to the hotel.”

The discussion was over, but Wen En’s expression became serious.

He looked down at the bomb and tear gas at his waist.

This plan seemed simple, but it contained many complex details and various unknown uncertainties. If they were not careful, he and Romeo might…

He took off the tear gas and said, “Roy, listen carefully. Our plan is this.”

“The moment I throw the tear gas, you run to the P-93 aircraft. I’ll cover you from behind.”

Wen En looked into his eyes and said seriously, “After you’ve taken care of the aircraft, if you turn around and don’t see me behind you, you must not hesitate to fly the aircraft and leave this place.”

“…”

Wen En’s words were like a super-cold wave, and Romeo’s face instantly froze.

Even Tara, who was in the aircraft outside the building, drinking coffee and slacking off, was stunned for a moment and exclaimed:

“Wen En…”

“No,” Romeo eagerly refused. “Either we leave this place together, or I’ll die with you. There is no third choice!”

“Roy, that’s enough!” Wen En also became anxious. “At least one of us has to leave this place. Of course, it’s better if both of us live. But if we encounter a special situation and have to choose one, I’d rather you leave here safely.”

“Then what about you?” Romeo said in a low voice. He tried to control his emotions so that his voice would not sound so agitated.

“Maybe they won’t do anything to me either,” Wen En smiled, his tone very relaxed. “After all, I’m the best agent of F.I.A.D. They will definitely want to get a lot of information from me. They won’t let me die so quickly.”

“That’s not funny at all,” Romeo said.

“Yes, yes, not funny,” Wen En echoed Romeo’s emotions.

Romeo didn’t say anything more, but just reached out and hugged Wen En’s waist. He had wanted to rest his chin on Wen En’s shoulder, but the damn mask was in the way.

Wen En patted Romeo’s back and said, “So, just do as I say.”

Romeo only felt a tightness in his chest. He would rather be scolded by Wen En than listen to him speak so gently and forcefully here. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. Every word he said was like a punch on cotton. He couldn’t change any of Wen En’s thoughts.

Wen En’s mask touched Romeo’s head. Seeing that Romeo was like a koala, not responding to him, but just hugging him and not letting go, he sighed helplessly.

Romeo suddenly said, “Actually, the unlocking procedure of the P-93 aircraft is very simple. I know the designer of this aircraft. He told me that you just need to remove the fiberboard in the middle of the steering wheel, unplug the blue and green wires, and then reconnect them. Then connect the red spare wire.”

“Oh, I see,” Wen En echoed, but in his heart, he thought, Why is he telling me this?

“I also want to say the same thing to you. If only one of us can survive, Wen En, I’d rather you leave here safely,” Romeo said.

Wen En: ???

Wen En had a bad feeling. He suddenly pushed Romeo away, first looked down at his waist. The bomb and tear gas that had been there were gone, leaving only two guns. Only then did Wen En look up and stare at Romeo’s hand.

“Sorry,” Romeo said, holding up the bomb.

“Roy, don’t be like this.”

Wen En’s face instantly changed. He was about to step forward to snatch the bomb and gas back when he heard Romeo say:

“Don’t move,” Romeo’s other hand was holding a gun, the muzzle pointed at him.

“Give. It. To. Me,” Wen En gritted his teeth, not afraid of the muzzle at all, and approached step by step.

“Do you think I don’t dare to shoot?” seeing that Wen En was not falling for this, Romeo’s face turned pale, and he said angrily.

“Then you shoot me and see,” Wen En said coldly.

Romeo pursed his lips and said nothing. Wen En was right. He would rather shoot himself in the head than pull the trigger on Wen En.

In the end, he lowered the hand holding the gun and said in a low voice, “I can’t, Wen En. Seriously, I can’t just watch you get hurt and leave this place as if nothing happened.”

“I…” Wen En’s heart was also aching.

Could he do it?

“So, forgive me, Wen En,” Romeo took a step back, as if it were a final farewell to Wen En. “Remember the method I taught you to deal with the aircraft’s unlocking procedure,” Romeo said. He thought, Wen En is so smart. He’ll know what to do after I say it once.

Romeo no longer hesitated. He turned and walked quickly towards the hangar.

“Wait!” Wen En was furious and quickly followed.

Della was about to fall asleep. Until two prompts interrupted her slacking.

She stretched. It turned out that she had received two text messages. She opened them. The sender was Tara.

Tara: [Is the morning soap opera over yet?]

Tara: [I saw that the plot was so long and boring, so I took off my earpiece.]

Della: [Let me see.]

Della: [They’ve finally stopped arguing and started to act.]

Tara: [OK]

Just as he came out of the maintenance passage, Romeo bumped into one of Charlie’s subordinates who was on patrol.

“Hey, the target is here!” Charlie’s subordinate shouted while raising his gun. He was about to pull the trigger, but Romeo was a step faster, firing four shots at his throat and chest.

At this moment, Wen En also came out of the maintenance port and met the eyes of Charlie’s subordinate, who was lying on the ground, no longer able to make a sound.

“Roy!” Wen En looked at Romeo and called his nickname softly.

But Romeo did not turn his head to look at him. He just stared at the corpse on the ground. Bright red blood gushed from the corpse’s chest and throat, like erupting lava. This subordinate died with his eyes open. His dilated pupils were like two dark, talking meteorites, looking at the ceiling without a single glint of light. The whites of the corpse’s eyes had turned a light gray, while Romeo’s eyes were so red they were about to drip blood.

“Roy!” Wen En stopped. His obsidian-like, calm eyes were now filled with a worried light. He stared at Romeo.

Romeo heard Wen En call his name. He did not look at Wen En, but he seemed to feel a light, rainy, and extremely painful emotion fall into his heart and eyes.

“Run,” Romeo said.

Wen En heard the footsteps of the opponent approaching. He pursed his lips. Although his heart was in tearing pain, reason told him that there was not much time left.

He no longer hesitated and said, “Give me a minute.” Then he ran towards the P-93 aircraft in the diagonal front.

Qiuyue, Charlie, and the other subordinates heard the commotion and had just arrived. They happened to see Wen En’s figure flash by. Charlie’s subordinates were cruder. They cursed a few times and raised their guns to aim at Wen En.

“Idiot, get down!” Charlie shouted.

Qiuyue’s reaction was a little faster than his. He had already hidden behind a nearby aircraft, temporarily avoiding the laser bullets. Charlie was as lucky as him and was not harmed.

One of Charlie’s subordinates was different. The subordinate’s left kneecap was directly blown up by a laser bullet. Only blood vessels, muscles, and polyester fiber pant legs were left holding his lower leg, so that his lower leg and thigh were not completely separated.

The intense pain stimulated his survival instinct. So he screamed and dragged his injured leg, trying to crawl behind an aircraft. The moment he was about to succeed, two laser bullets, one after the other, hit his back.

His face hit the ground, and he could no longer make a sound. The red liquid seeped through his clothes and flowed on the ground like a stream polluted by reddish-brown minerals.

“Damn it,” Charlie cursed angrily. “Two useless people! You can’t even beat a cop’s running dog.”

Romeo hid behind an aircraft. His face was pale, and he was so disgusted by the smell of blood that he wanted to throw up. But he couldn’t make a loud move to attract the enemy’s attention. He held back his nausea and observed the situation.

Charlie was still furious. Qiuyue, on the other hand, was expressionless, coldly watching this bloody beast fight.

“Don’t kill Charlie and Qiuyue,” Tara’s voice sounded in his ear. “If you kill their leader, you will completely enrage them. Then all the employees in this company will be purged.”

“Got it,” Romeo forced himself to calm down and said.

“Hmph,” Tara said in a tone that was either mocking or praising, “Pretty boy, you finally look a little like an Alpha.”

“Thank you for the compliment,” Romeo said, taking out the two tear gas canisters, pulling the switch, and quickly throwing them in the direction of Charlie and Qiuyue.

“Damn it!” Charlie cursed again. He covered his mouth and nose with his tie, but it was not enough. The irritating white gas not only attacked his retinas, making him unable to open his eyes and cry, but also made it difficult for him to breathe, and even caused an allergic reaction, with red, itchy rashes all over his body.

“Ahhhhh—”

Charlie felt that he had never been so embarrassed in his life.

“You sit down quickly. Do you want to be shot into a sieve?!” Qiuyue’s situation was not much better than his. Seeing Charlie stand up, the usually calm him was also startled and quickly told him to sit down.

Fortunately, Charlie seemed angry, but he was really angry, but he still had a part of his reason. Under Qiuyue’s somewhat perfunctory comfort, he quickly calmed down.

“They probably don’t want to kill us either,” Qiuyue said, covering his eyes.

Charlie felt that Qiuyue was right. They probably wanted to buy time, otherwise they wouldn’t have used such a harmless but uncomfortable thing as tear gas.

“They want to escape,” Charlie said through gritted teeth. He thought of something and said again, “The aircraft. They want to steal an aircraft and leave this place.”

“Then they’re already halfway there,” Qiuyue said. “Have I told you that the Alpha named Romeo is a habitual thief?”

“Heh,” Charlie was so angry he sneered. “Just a petty thief who can’t be brought to the table.” Charlie lowered his head and kissed the corner of Qiuyue’s mouth. He looked at Qiuyue’s surprised eyes and said, “Wait. When I cut off his head, I’ll use his skull to make a candle craft for your birthday gift.”

“…”

Qiuyue lowered his eyes and only said, “The hangar is a no-smoking area. I think the building’s fire protection system should have detected this smoke.” The moment he finished speaking, the smoke sensor on their heads sounded an alarm, and water splashed down.

Fortunately, these irritating gases were soluble in water. Under the action of the air filter and H2O, they quickly disappeared.

Charlie wiped the water from his face. He half-squatted, raised his gun, and prepared to blow Romeo’s head off. He had already forgotten the promise he had just made to Qiuyue to use Romeo’s skull to make a handmade candle.

He glared with bulging, angry bull-like eyes. The muzzle of the gun was already in front, but he did not pull the trigger.

He saw that the door of the hangar was already wide open. The most luxurious, limited-edition aircraft on T27, the P-93, was preparing for takeoff outside the hangar.

The rear cabin door of the P-93 was not closed, because Romeo was standing in the rear cabin, looking at him with a meaningful expression.

Charlie stared at the string of bombs in Romeo’s hand and was silent.

If he pulled the trigger at this time, he would definitely detonate the bomb.

The problem was: the current wind direction was from the outside to the inside of the hangar. When the bomb detonated, the super-hot fire waves and shock waves would definitely come in with the wind and blow him into fried chicken wings.

Charlie’s face was as black as a dark cloud. In the end, he lowered his gun and watched as the aircraft took off, watching Romeo’s face with a victorious smile get further and further away.

When the aircraft had risen to a high altitude and was about to leave the building, Romeo said:

“I’ll give you another gift.”

With that, he dropped the string of bombs.

“Damn it, run!” Charlie’s face changed drastically. He pulled Qiuyue and ran into the building.

The bomb free-falled in the air for a few seconds. Romeo then raised his gun and pulled the trigger at the bomb.

The bomb exploded in the air in an instant. Although the fire wave from the bomb did not hurt anyone, the violent shock wave it caused shattered the glass of several floors of the building.