Enforcer's Handbook

"Dr. Lucy, if you didn't lie to me, and all this is an illusion in my imagination, then you won't be hurt, right?"

As he spoke, Allman raised his right hand, which had been transformed into a pistol, and aimed it between Lucy's eyebrows. He seemed completely unable to hear the approaching law enforcers, nor could he see those who jumped off the armored hover vehicle and were about to rush. Members of the Terrorist Mobile Team entering the first floor of the hospital.

"Wait a minute, Allman."

"I can't wait any longer, they are rushing me!"

Allman raised his tone and pressed the trigger without hesitation, "Dr. Lucy, you are right, the scene when a person's head explodes is too depressing! Oh, by the way, this is just a dream, I am not here, and you are not here either. I will wake up in a while..."

"boom--!"

The members of the violent terrorist mobile team who rushed into the first floor responded to Allman with more gunshots. They followed their usual style. The dense bullets left his body full of holes, and no intact part could be found. .

And Lucy's thoughts seemed to stop at this moment.

She is going to die.

The violent terrorist mobile team was a step late, and she clearly heard the sound of gunshots and the tongue of flame spitting out from Allman's pistol.

The gun was already aimed at her head, and in the next moment, her head might explode like Allman's boss did.

But……

Was she going to die so simply at the hands of a patient?

"Time starts to flow, get out of the way!"

The voice in her ears brought her back to reality. Whether it was an illusion or not, Lucy seemed to see Hogg completing the teleportation from the corner of her eye, teleporting from a few steps away from her to her side. , and pushed her away with all his strength.

The bullet that was originally shot at her head hit the body of the member of the violent terrorist mobile team, and only a tiny spark was rubbed on it.

Lucy found herself lying on the ground in a panic, but Hogg had turned into a serious expression. He turned to look at the members of the Terrorist Mobile Team and said in a deep voice, "You guys came too late!"

If he hadn't activated his substitute ability at the critical moment, the new friends he finally made might have been in danger.

The members of the violent terrorist mobile team obviously recognized Hogg, and they did not dare to refute after being lectured by him.

They didn't expect that the powerful leader of the Foster family would appear here. What's even more incredible is that at the moment when the criminals opened fire, he actually knocked away a psychiatrist with his body. To know the meaning of Allman's transformation, The body pistol was equipped with an explosive warhead, and Hogg might have been injured as a result.

This was not the Congressman they were familiar with.

Faced with this crisis situation, they would like the people around them to be their human shields and help them block every shrapnel.

Is it possible...

Is this psychiatrist Hogg's mistress?

But judging from their ages, they should be more than forty years apart.

The members of the Terrorist Mobile Team all came up with this idea, but then they thought about it. This age difference is very common in District 1. It is not uncommon for the council members to hide their beauty in a golden house. They work in the bureau every day. You can hear a lot of tidbits about congressmen.

"Go and finish your work."

Hogg gave them instructions, bent down and helped Lucy up, and helped her into the elevator while she was still in a dazed state.

Lucy's office was designed in an apartment-style style, with warm colors throughout the room. The living room was transformed into a small library, and the first bookshelf was filled with books on psychology.

She usually lives here, using the living room for working and going directly to the bedroom to rest after get off work.

She sat on the sofa exhausted, still not recovering from the incident just now.

This is the place where she usually chats with patients. Allman had also sat next to her before, confiding to him all the unfair treatment he had encountered in the workplace. The last time she saw Allman was at the elevator door. Before closing, he fell in a pool of blood and was put into a body bag by members of the violent terrorist mobile unit like they were disposing of garbage.

The criminal died on the spot.

His name might appear on the entertainment-style evening news in District 1 and become the target of ridicule from the host.

She didn't resent Allman. He was a poor man who was overwhelmed by work, and there were many such poor people in District One.

"I didn't expect that being a psychiatrist is also a dangerous profession. Have you often encountered this kind of thing before?"

Hogg was a little curious. This was the first time he had observed the lives of other people through his own eyes. In the past, his understanding of other professions was limited to work reports or data provided during meetings. For MPs, this world Everyone else is just cold data.

It is difficult for people to empathize with data, so even those death reports involving crimes, diseases, and accidents will not involve too many emotional fluctuations in his heart.

But this time, he thought about his new friend Lucy.

If she died at the gunpoint of that psychotic patient, it would only increase the number of people in the crime report by one person, and it would not even be able to shake the percentage of the death toll. This is really too... insignificant.

This was the first time in Hogg's life that he felt heavy because of those cold statistics.

"No, this is the first time."

In the past, the most serious patients usually embarked on a path of self-destruction. They almost never dragged others to the funeral like Allman did when the disease struck. This made Lucy fall into deep self-blame. She provided the other party with Adding fuel to the fire was the suggestion, “I thought he was cured.”

She remembered Mr. Allman being in good spirits the last time they met.

His whole mentality changed. He no longer focused on his boss's harsh criticism of him and the unpleasantness he encountered at work. He began to think about his future life. He said that as long as he persisted for two more years, he would be able to bring a new life with him. Make a large deposit and return to your hometown to live a slower life.

He can buy a big house and move his family in. Recently he is studying artificial intelligence and asked her to help provide advice.

At that time, Allman was full of hope for his future life.

It seems that because of Hogg's intervention, they were quickly notified by the law enforcement department.

The whole thing doesn't sound complicated.

It was simply because of the company's recent downturn that a group of employees needed to be laid off. Allman was included on the list because he had taken leave to see a psychiatrist, but later Allman discovered that all of those were excuses, and soon there were A new employee took his place. He wanted to argue with his boss, but was beaten up by the security guard and thrown into the street.

In a rage, Allman went to the prosthetic hospital, transformed his hand into a pistol, and shot his boss in the head on his way out.

"This is the company's usual tactic."

Hogg commented that he really understands the company, and they don’t need many reasons to fire people. When they think you no longer have value to the company, they will find many legal and compliant means to fire you.

It happens all the time, and Allman is perhaps the most special of them all.

Because others will just swallow this dumb loss and leave the first area in despair.

"Unemployment caused a sharp deterioration of his condition. He had just repaid the debt he owed for the prosthetic transformation not long ago..."

Lucy muttered.

She understood Allman's behavior, but she didn't understand the inexplicable words he said when he pressed the trigger gun - someone was urging him.

Who is urging him?

Why rush him?

Although auditory hallucinations are a very common symptom for mentally ill patients, Lucy still felt that something was wrong. She had to suspect that someone might have said something to Allman that caused his condition to deteriorate sharply.

After being laid off and unemployed, Allman never contacted him again. When he reappeared, his condition was so severe that he pointed a gun at her head.

But then Lucy discovered something more important.

"Thank you Mr. Hogg, if it weren't for you I would probably be dead."

Theoretically, she approached Hogg to treat his mental illness, but she never expected that she would be saved by Hogg instead.

She felt that Jock would not believe what just happened on the first floor.

When facing a criminal armed with a gun, Hogg even risked being shot by knocking her away at the last moment.

Perhaps this was a symptom of the illness, but it made Hogg gentle and empathetic.

"You're welcome. Substitutes should help each other."

Hogg said, "And even without me, your stand-in will help you avoid bullets in times of crisis. Someone has said that the stand-in is the embodiment of human spiritual power, so it will definitely protect you."

"...Is there anyone? Do you have any other companions?"

Lucy felt she had captured an important message.

"It's not convenient for him to show up."

"I understand."

Lucy nodded thoughtfully, and she realized that just like what happened to Allman, the reason why Hogg was so convinced of his identity as a substitute messenger was probably the product of someone's guidance, and what happened just now incident made her view the concept differently.

She still couldn't explain how Hogg, who was a few steps away from her, knocked her away faster than a bullet.

unless……

Hogg can really stop the time of the entire world for 2 seconds as he said.

"You'd better have a good rest and we'll contact you later."

Hogg noticed Lucy's poor mental state and said proactively, "You have my contact information. I should be staying in the first area recently, so keep in touch at any time."

………………………………

After waiting anxiously, Jock finally received a call from Lucy.

"What is the diagnosis result? When can he return to normal at the earliest? More medicine can be used appropriately, at least to ensure that he can stay awake during next week's meeting."

The moment the call was connected, Jock's rapid-fire tone came over.

"Mr. Jock."

Lucy waited patiently for Jock to finish and gave him a few seconds to calm down before saying, "After meeting Mr. Hogg, I changed my mind."

When she spoke, she was standing in front of the window, looking at the familiar night scene in District 1.

Night had come and the whole city was brightly lit. She saw that there were countless people like Orman on the opposite side of the building.

After this night's encounter, she developed a strong interest in Hogg.

"Maybe the substitute messenger is real."

When she said this, there was a long silence on both ends of the phone.

Jock thought for a long time, as if sorting out his words.

But after more than ten seconds, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Lucy, are you sick too?"