The Baby I Lost Is Actually with My Ex-Husband!-Chapter 165 - She Has No Choice
Chapter 165: Chapter 165 She Has No Choice
Chapter 165: Chapter 165 She Has No Choice
The tall man threw some bread to a few cages, then turned around and said to the outside, “Chase them! Where could they escape to? We’re at sea; they must still be hiding on this ship!”
“Yes!”
Several subordinates immediately rushed out to pursue.
The tall man furrowed his brow, standing in place, eyeing the empty cages…
Just at that moment…
He only felt a chill on his back and suddenly, a sharp wooden stake pierced through his chest.
The abrupt dull pain left him unable to react. Lin Qi kicked him into a cage, searched his body from behind, and found a gun and a password device.
“Bang bang,” two shots.
She didn’t hesitate at all and shot his wrist and leg consecutively.
The sound of the gun, having been silenced, was not very loud.
The man slumped completely in the cage, unable to struggle.
Lin Qi decided to spare him for the time being; she had questions to ask him.
Everyone gasped.
No one had anticipated that the frail Lin Qi, at this critical juncture, would act so decisively and swiftly, giving the man no chance to react.
He also hadn’t expected to be ambushed by this seemingly weak woman, glaring at her with eyes wide with rage and grinding his teeth.
The little girl was frightened a couple of steps back by his ferocious look.
Lin Qi tore off a piece of cloth from her body and stuffed it firmly into the man’s mouth, then said to the little girl, “You continue to hide back in your original spot.”
The little girl nodded fearfully and snuck back into the dark corner.
Soon, several subordinates searched around and returned with nothing.
Just as they entered, the hiding Lin Qi behind the door raised her gun and fired four shots at the men’s necks.
The four men fell, their necks and hearts pierced, dying instantly.
Lin Qi set down the handgun, her hand clutching the gun sweaty.
She had killed someone.
It was her first time killing someone…
But she had no choice.
She knew that at this turning point, any hesitation meant death.
She didn’t want to die…
Lin Qi locked the door from the inside, checked that everyone was not breathing, and then went back in front of the cages.
She called out, “Lili, come out!”
Lili came out holding the password device.
Lin Qi took the password device from her hand and unlocked the system.
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The system required a password command.
Lin Qi looked at the man caged up, pulled out the cloth from his mouth, and demanded, “What’s the password?”
The man cursed, “You whore!”
Lin Qi drew her handgun and thrust it fiercely into his mouth, “click-clack,” chambering a round.
Her tone frosty, Lin Qi asked, “Are you going to talk, or shall I shoot?”
The man struggled a bit.
Lin Qi withdrew the gun, but heard the man arrogantly say, “You don’t dare…you don’t dare to kill me!”
Lin Qi raised an eyebrow, “What makes you think that?”
The man said, “If you kill me, you won’t crack the password device! You’ll all die!”
Lin Qi replied, “So you’re being tough?”
She didn’t want to waste time on him.
Lin Qi crammed the grimy cloth back into his mouth and searched him, swiftly finding a dagger on his body and gouging a piece of flesh from his chest.
“Ugh…”
The man jolted in pain, his leg and hand convulsing, his forehead even bursting with veins.
Lin Qi questioned, “Will you talk? If you don’t, we’ll all die, and we might as well die together! But I swear, your death will be more painful and ignominious than mine. If you speak, I’ll let you live.”
The man glared at her hatefully, clearly not believing in her words.
Lin Qi gouged another piece of flesh from his wound.
Such ruthless tactics made everyone once again gasp.
But…
There was a sense of vengeful satisfaction!
After all, this man had committed heinous crimes, treating them like animals.
Lin Qi’s actions could be seen as a form of vicarious revenge for them.
“Will you talk? If you’re willing, then nod. If not, I’ll continue!”
The man shut his eyes and nodded in desperation.
Lin Qi then pulled the cloth out again.
The man muttered unclearly, “6, 5, n, y…”
He rattled off a sequence of numbers and letters.
Lin Qi keyed them into the device, and soon, the password was unlocked.
System access was granted, a page popped up, and she pressed “1,” bringing up a small window.
Lin Qi hit the backspace key, walked to a cage, and attempted to enter a collar tag number, but the system displayed an error message.
Lin Qi asked the man, “How do I unlock this neck collar?”
The man answered, “Red digits, press the ‘#’ key followed by the number; for blue digits, press the ‘*’ key followed by the number.”
Lin Qi tried again.
Hearing a “beep,” the person’s neck collar unlocked.
She memorized the command password, then returned to the man, searching him for the keys.
“Where’s the cage key?”
The man said, “The key isn’t on me.”
Lin Qi frowned, “Are you lying to me?”
The man said, “I’m not lying to you! There are too many cages and keys; I can’t possibly carry them all the time!”
Lin Qi scrutinized him intently, suddenly holding a knife to his throat, “Don’t lie to me. Otherwise, my next move will be even harsher.”
She saw through his lie.
After all, just earlier, during their act, his subordinate had taken out a key and opened a cage without looking.
She surmised they must have master keys for so many cages.
Panic-stricken with the shining blade against his neck, the man knew he couldn’t deceive this astute woman and said, “On my subordinate… there’s a… master key…”
Lin Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
She had gambled correctly.
Lin Qi flipped the man over, tied his hands behind his back, and turned to search the dead subordinates, finding the master key.
With the key and the password device now in her possession, everything else should be much smoother!
Lin Qi handed the key to the little girl, asking, “Can you unlock it?”
The girl obediently nodded.
Lin Qi first unlocked the neck collar on the little girl with the password device, then said to everyone, “I’ll have this little sister unlock your cage doors. After that, line up near me, and I’ll unlock your neck collars one by one.”
Lin Qi entered her own collar tag number only to discover her neck collar didn’t unlock.
She frowned and tried again, but it still wouldn’t budge.
Did the password device stop working?
At this moment, the little girl had unlocked several cages, and some people approached Lin Qi.
“Red, number 15.”
“Blue, number 42.”
Each person orderly reported their collar color and number.
Lin Qi succeeded in unlocking for two people.
Only hers…
She tried once more, still, it wouldn’t open.
The password device seemed ineffective on her collar.
