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Chapter 36 Ghost Runner

In the middle of the night, Tianlu picked up Tong Yiru and Brother Qi to go to the marathon together.

Tong Yiru dressed up as a leopard girl, with tights covering her exquisite body from neck to toe, with red lips and starry eyes, glamorous and seductive.Although makeup concealed her star face, she was still a charming stunner when she stood in the crowd.

Cheng Tianlu shook his head secretly, it is impossible for this beauty to bury herself, it is really troublesome to carry such a self-illuminating body.She asked, "Why don't you two dress up?"

Brother Qi yawned and said, "I'm a star without feet, and I'll run behind my back all day long."

Cheng Tianlu patted his forehead, and said with a smile, "Don't think about it! Be smart, I heard that this award is really awesome."

Brother Qi put his arms around his broad back, "If you send me a spaceship, I won't run away, you carry me on your back."

"Okay, just back five kilometers."

"I don't even want to run 100 meters."

One of the two acted like a baby, and the other indulged. They were bored there, but Tong Yiru was angry and took the lead to walk ahead.

The starting point of the marathon is simply grotesque, and a hundred ghosts travel at night.In the darkness before dawn, the starting point that occupied the entire street was lit with countless strong lights, like a UFO discovery scene, reflecting various aliens, superheroes, and anime cosplay.

Looking at it with the naked eye, Cheng Tianlu must have tens of thousands of people, and wondered: "It's not a formal marathon, why are there so many people!"

Vegeta next to him said: "Dude, this is more fun than a formal marathon. The first prize can go to space. Are you a ghost runner?"

"Go to space?!" Cheng Tianlu and Brother Qi were taken aback.

"Yes, the sponsoring company is SpaceX. If No.1 is in good health, he can participate in a space trip. Although it is only a few minutes, the price of a ticket is 10,000+ US dollars. The key is not money, money does not necessarily buy a ticket .”

Cheng Tianlu did not expect that the "broken network company" that Xiao Dongli was talking about turned out to be Musk's space exploration company, so he turned his head and said to Brother Qi: "Your mouth is really good, and you said give it away..."

Seeing that Brother Qi had already taken off his velvet cap, he took out a highlighter that he had hidden somewhere, handed it to Cheng Tianlu, and said seriously: "Help me draw a lightning bolt on my forehead, I want to be the first."

Cheng Tianlu laughed to death: "The one with electricity on his forehead is not The Flash, but Harry Potter."

Tong Yiru asked, "What is a ghost runner?"

Cheng Tianlu took out a ghost card and stuck it on her back, "It's you. Ghost runners are participants who have not registered. It doesn't count either."

She didn't care, she didn't come here for running.She wanted to relax and walk among the crowd. With the road by her side all day long, she felt very at ease.Glancing around, she suddenly burst out laughing, "There's someone dressed as a rabbit over there, isn't it weird?"

The two were surprised again, and turned their heads to see that the fat rabbit with black hair turned out to be Lin Yizhong, a transnational corruption criminal wanted by the FBI.

"Hey, hasn't Rabbit Lin been arrested yet?" Cheng Tianlu couldn't figure it out: "I didn't hear the news of his arrest, so I thought he had fled back to the country. Brother Qi, let's turn off all our phones, why not?" There are extraterrestrial probes, all of them have to be turned off to avoid unnecessary complications.”

He scans the surroundings bit by bit with the keen eyesight gained from his work experience. Everyone's face is hidden in makeup, villain or hero, all are masks to confuse people.And there are surprisingly many ghost runners.

"Brother Qi, why don't we run away and go home and sleep."

But he saw Brother Qi stretching his arms and kicking his legs resolutely, getting ready to sprint.

here we go.They walked slowly behind the crowd, stretched like a rubber band, and finally had a gap to run.

He has never run a marathon all day long, so he reckoned that half of his physical fitness would be fine. As for Qi Geer, he is not weak from the stamina on the bed. He should be able to survive 10 kilometers. The problem is that the big star next to him——

Looking back, Tong Yiru was walking slowly, with a graceful gait, attracting a circle of men to follow from near or far. It seemed that as long as he moved his lips, there would be eight strong men carrying him to the finish line.So he planned to ignore her and ran after Brother Qi.

As soon as he lifted his leg, Tong Yiru chased after him and held his hand tightly. "Heavenly Road!" There was panic in her eyes, "The people over there have been staring at me!" There are not many men here who do not stare at her.But when Cheng Tianlu looked to the side, his heart beat suddenly quickened.

Seven or eight men were wearing red masks one after another, with wide eyelids and flat noses, a large mouth at the bottom, huge black diamond-shaped earrings on their ears, and colorful tropical bird feathers on their masks.Even the uninitiated could guess that it was some ancient religious image, African or Latin American.Chengtianlu is well-informed and knows what it is at a glance:

"Aztec priest."

"What? What company?" Tong Yiru was very nervous, "It's from Mexico, right?"

Cheng Tianlu didn't want to scare her to death, so he held her hand and said, "Let's leave here immediately."

He called Brother Qi, but the phone was turned off.It was only after Cheng Tianlu remembered that he had told Brother Qi to turn off the phone when he was starting the race, it was good, the two lost contact.He couldn't make up his mind, should he take Tong Yiru away first?Even if this group of people were not Mexican drug lords, they were looking at Tong Yiru.

After a moment of hesitation, the masked man has already formed a semi-circle, like petals that are about to wither, loosely surrounding the stamens in the center.Cheng Tianlu said in a deep voice, "Don't look at them, let's run forward."

He pulled Tong Yiru into a run at a leisurely pace, thinking: What do these people want?They should have no weapons. There is a strict security check at the entrance of the marathon, and even a fruit knife cannot be brought in.There are people in all directions, and there are many volunteers and policemen on standby by the roadside. It is safe to stay in the brigade, or to find a crossing to escape safely?

The masked men pressed harder, and one of them suddenly came to them, grinning and said: "Leopard Warrior, fighting!" Then he ran in front of them.

Tong Yiru turned pale: "What is a leopard warrior? Is he running ahead to prevent us from escaping?"

Cheng Tianlu thought to himself, is this even a question?Running is harder now.Tong Yiru's leopard suit fits perfectly with the Aztec leopard warriors—soldiers in leopard skin.

There is such a coincidence, I am afraid that it is destined and doomed.

When his heart was fluttering, Cheng Tianlu caught a glimpse of a fat rabbit running slowly not far ahead.

A light bulb lit up in Cheng Tianlu's mind, and he asked the masked man in front of him, "Dude, do you know where this marathon is going?" He wasn't very interested in the marathon at first, but came here just to date Qi Geer, so he didn't pay attention to the details at all. .

The man smiled sinisterly behind the mask: "Of course I'm going to meet the Sun God and fly to eternal life."

Cheng Tianlu thought for a while, "No, I have the impression that if you run south, you will arrive at the suburb of Fengtai. Why did you run this route? Yes, because there is Nanyuan Airport over there."

Lin Yizhong wants to run away!The wealthy businessman didn't know why he wasn't arrested, but he must have been monitored by the FBI, so he wanted to use this marathon to escape their sight.Nanyuan has probably parked his private jet, so it is estimated that the fake identity has been done.This is really a good and unconstrained strategy. No matter what kind of transportation he uses to travel, there are countless portrait recognition cameras installed on the roads in Beijing, and he will definitely be tracked immediately.What could be more concealed than designing a marathon with fair makeup, hiding in the faces of tens of thousands of demons, and going to the airport with your own feet?

The huge prize marathon will not fall from the sky. It is estimated that the whole event was secretly sponsored by Lin Yizhong, and there should be many bodyguards around him.

Thinking of this, Cheng Tianlu immediately grabbed Tong Yiru and ran to Lin Yizhong.Lin Yizhong was taken aback, and the surroundings seemed to be in a turbulent vortex, and many people started commotion.Several ghost runners and the masked man bumped into each other and looked at each other.

Cheng Tianlu smiled and said, "Hello."

"Hello," Lin Yizhong said with a pale face, "You... who are you?"

Cheng Tianlu couldn't find an excuse for a while, he didn't have the imagination to make up stories, but he understood human nature, so it's better to be direct with men.So he pushed Tong Yiru to him: "My friend wants to know you."

Tong Yiru was smart, and immediately showed a reserved and soft smile: "Hello, your rabbit fur is so cute, can I touch it?"

Lin Yizhong's legs softened: "Of course, ma'am. Well, your tail is also very cute."

The two chatted quickly.Lin Yizhong is a lustful person, he was so dazed by Tong Yiru that he forgot all his vigilance.

Cheng Tianlu did not relax his vigilance.The group of masked men followed persistently, but with the intervention of Lin Yizhong's bodyguards, the encirclement relaxed a lot, and the distance between them and the masked men became farther and farther.

"We can't follow Lin Rabbit to the airport," Cheng Tianlu thought to himself, "What about reporting to the police? Could it be that the masks of these people are too scary? Anyway, we must get rid of them and send Yiru to a safe place."

"Look, that tree is really special, what kind of tree is it?"

"Tassel tree, it's rare to see it in Beijing."

Not far away, the Darth Vader from "Star Wars" and the lobsterman from "District [-]" were chatting, and the word "tassel tree" came to Cheng Tianlu's ears.He looked up suddenly and saw the window of his office.

Come to your place!Cheng Tianlu has worked here for eight years, and he knows everything within a kilometer radius like the palm of his hand. If you want to run, this is the most suitable place.

So he tugged on the leopard's ears, and said softly: "Big star, say goodbye to your rabbit friend, we'll leave!" He took her hand.Tong Yiru's hands were sweaty, soft and wet.

"Are you with Brother Qi?" Tong Yiru said suddenly.

Cheng Tianlu was ready to go, and was taken aback when he heard this. "Sister, are you asking this at this time? It's important to escape, and it doesn't matter whether I'm with Brother Qi or not."

But Tong Yiru didn't want to let him go: "Whether we're together or not is a matter of a word. You haven't made up your mind yet, right? Do I still have a chance?"

Cheng Tianlu held her hand firmly, "Run now!"

The two immediately accelerated, passed the players one by one at a sprint speed, and ran towards the intersection on the left.The sky was blue, and it was almost dawn, but it was still dim and blurry when I stepped out of the range of the street lights.Chengtianlu ignored the volunteer's reminder and took her to the small road in front of the office building.

Tong Yiru's lips trembled: "They...they are here!"

Of course, Cheng Tianlu heard the hurried footsteps, and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, follow me."

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you," said another voice.

The two were startled and turned their heads together.Lin Yizhong actually followed!His fat body ran light and fast, and neither of them noticed.

I couldn't do anything all day long, so I had to say, "Go to my office."

The author says:

This article was written two weeks ago, and it was conceived a year ago. I didn't expect SpaceX to be a hot search today.