Chapter 285 : My Eyes Are My Ruler
Outside the bustling Su City Stadium.
The screen displayed promotional CG for 'Zhang Jie's' concert, showing fans cheering and dynamic music that just watching made one's blood boil.
Outside the stadium, security personnel had already organized concert-goers into long queues for ticket checking.
While waiting in line, excited 'Zhang Jie' fans would occasionally shout slogans in unison like they were rehearsing.
"Brother Jie, Brother Jie!!!"
Hearing these excited and lively sounds, Su Mo, who was also a Zhang Jie fan, found it quite interesting.
But recalling the police notice displayed on the big screen just now, and thinking about how she had already been targeted by three plainclothes officers.
At this moment, Su Mo not only felt no excitement, but actually shivered hard, her heart beginning to panic.
I've been targeted by the police? How did they discover me?
No, the problem now is, what should I do?
Escape? The police were right beside her. With her 2-point constitution, even An Xiaoqian could outrun her, let alone trained police officers.
Just as Su Mo was biting her cherry lips, at a complete loss while thinking of ways to break the situation.
Her teammates who had spent the day searching for 'Su Mo' with her couldn't help but discuss.
"Our Su City police are really honorable. They could have just surprised Su Mo with a sudden arrest, but now they actually issued a notice first, announcing they'd make the arrest in one hour."
"Sigh, it's over. With the police taking action, Su Mo will have no escape this time. 10 million down the drain."
"Wait, so many of us couldn't catch Su Mo, so why are you so certain she'll definitely be caught? I think Su Mo still has tricks she hasn't used."
"Heh, you don't know how powerful the officers are these days. They can not only use the surveillance system's monitoring facilities, but also have phone GPS tracking functions. Su Mo posts summary posts every day, so she definitely carries a phone. Plus I heard the officers can even identify a person through pupil recognition... blah blah blah..."
Listening to her teammates' heartbroken exchanges about missing out on the 10 million reward.
Su Mo caught some very important points—the police might have found her through phone positioning, surveillance facilities, pupil recognition and other means.
Besides this, what made Su Mo slightly relieved was that the honorable Su City police planned to arrest her in one hour.
Although Su Mo was now certain she had been targeted by the officers.
In any case, as long as she wasn't captured and heard the Challenge System's mission failure notification, there was still room for maneuvering.
Gently clenching her small pink fists, Su Mo encouraged herself internally.
Looking at the fans queuing outside the stadium to enter the concert.
Su Mo, wearing thick glasses, couldn't help but think of a good plan.
Because she had already been targeted by the police.
If she ran toward the stadium exterior, she'd obviously be a sitting duck, and would be caught when the time came.
Rather than running toward the sparsely populated stadium exterior.
If she mixed into the brightly lit, crowded stadium where a concert was about to be held, wouldn't that mean the arrest difficulty would be harder for the officers, and her escape probability would increase?
After all, she wasn't a fugitive—there was no need for a massive operation, and besides, the police would need tickets to get into the concert too!!!
After thinking of this idea, Su Mo began considering another problem—how could she, without a ticket, sneak into the concert venue?
"Zhang Jie~ Zhang Jie~ Zhang Jie~"
Just as Su Mo was thinking, neat cheering came from the right rear of the main ticket gate.
Amid the cheering, a medium-sized commercial vehicle slowly stopped at the stadium's side door.
As the car door opened, countless camera flashes lit up. After briefly answering a few questions, star Zhang Jie walked into the stadium amid security escorts and fan cheers.
After Zhang Jie left, his team's staff members also showed their work passes to the security guards at the door one by one before entering the venue.
Looking at this side door that was obviously less defended compared to the main ticket gate, after some thought, Su Mo's lips couldn't help but curve up slightly as she thought of a good idea.
So far, among the items drawn from the 'Golden Treasure Box,' two props had never been used.
One was Su Mo's life-saving trump card—the Time-Stop Ring. The second was the traditional Chinese medicine outfit Su Mo had drawn.
Although wearing the TCM outfit could activate powerful traditional medical skills,
Considering that practicing medicine in China required a medical license and corresponding academic credentials, which the not-yet-graduated Su Mo lacked and wouldn't be recognized,
So during the Heartbeat Hide and Seek ② challenge, Su Mo had never used this clothing item.
Now looking at this back door and the two security guards,
Su Mo finally felt this outfit could come in handy.
"I feel Su Mo will probably be caught by the police, so I'm heading home first. Bye~"
"Bye~"
After briefly saying goodbye to the teammates she'd spent the day with, Su Mo with a clear direction headed toward the stadium restroom.
Her teammates weren't surprised by Su Mo's departure.
After all, in their view, Su Mo would indeed be caught. Going home to sleep now wasn't a bad option.
As Su Mo began moving, the nearby teams also had some subtle changes.
When Su Mo was looking at the big screen earlier, she had vaguely only noticed three plainclothes officers.
Since she was now alert, as Su Mo walked toward the restroom, she also began carefully observing her surroundings.
What surprised Su Mo was that she had originally thought only three police officers were targeting her.
But as she moved, facing the many gazes directed at her, some people also subtly followed her movement.
Roughly estimating, Su Mo felt there were at least 8 people, possibly more.
Realizing this, Su Mo couldn't help but want to cry.
Wuu... so TV dramas don't lie.
These police officers were too good at disguising!
If she didn't take action, she'd definitely be arrested on the spot in one hour!
However, after silently marveling at the officers' superb disguise abilities, Su Mo also made a new discovery.
Although there were many undercover police officers lying in ambush, it seemed that today all those coming to catch her were male officers, and men couldn't enter the women's restroom!
Perhaps because the concert would last 3-4 hours, and going to the bathroom after the concert started would be a waste of the ticket price.
Although Su Mo chose this women's restroom at the back door of the stadium, which was already in a remote location, it was still packed with a long queue.
If it were any other time, facing such a busy restroom, if it wasn't urgent, the somewhat socially anxious Su Mo wouldn't go in.
But now looking at this overflowing restroom, Su Mo only felt reassured.
After all, in such a closed space with so many girls, if she changed outfits and makeup, she should be able to confuse them no matter what!
After queuing for ten minutes, it was finally Su Mo's turn.
Upon entering the restroom, Su Mo didn't immediately change clothes, but first tiptoed to place her turned-off phone on top of the drain pipe where no one would notice, then summoned the 'doctor outfit' from the system space.
Perhaps due to frequently applying makeup recently, practice makes perfect—Su Mo's makeup speed had greatly improved.
After applying 'mature, dignified' makeup to her face and changing her twin tails to a single ponytail, Su Mo had transformed from a gullible cute girl into a mature, refined female doctor.
After packing the Utena outfit into the doctor outfit's bag, Su Mo walked out of the restroom.
Su Mo in her white coat doctor outfit was quite conspicuous among the casual crowd coming to relax at the evening concert.
Watching Su Mo walk slowly toward the stadium's back door, the officers who had been observing the restroom were all slightly stunned.
Had a doctor-dressed person entered the restroom earlier?
But this person's figure, especially the front curves, weren't too different from Su Mo's.
But was this really Su Mo?
Under the puzzled gazes of the police officers, Su Mo had already reached the back door and said apologetically.
"Hello, security uncle. I'm the attending physician for this concert. I just went to the restroom. Sorry, but could you please open the door again?"
Facing Su Mo's sweet smile, the security guard remained unmoved, simply extending his palm toward Su Mo coolly,
"Just show me your credentials. Every concert, people try to sneak in—pretending to be agents, actors, all just trying to dodge the ticket fee. I, Old Li, won't be fooled so easily. Though this is my first time seeing someone pretend to be a doctor. Really novel."
Although Su Mo wasn't a concert staff member.
But security uncle, why did you say I was pretending to be a doctor?
Thinking of this, Su Mo, who had no work permit, didn't pretend to search for credentials.
Instead, she directly took the security guard's extended right hand and began diagnosing.
Faced with Su Mo's serious pulse-taking without warning, Security Guard Uncle was slightly stunned.
After all, the market was mostly Western medicine nowadays—traditional Chinese medicine was quite rare.
While the uncle was surprised, Su Mo slowly spoke.
"Uncle, do your ears ring a lot normally, and do you have trouble sleeping?"
Hearing Su Mo's diagnosis, Security Guard Li was slightly stunned, then unconsciously nodded. These were all his chronic problems.
He hadn't expected this little girl to be quite accurate.
Just as Security Guard Uncle was about to praise her, Su Mo continued without explanation,
"Stick out your tongue so I can see."
The middle-aged Security Guard Uncle, who treasured his life most, obediently complied.
"The tongue edges and tip are red, leaning toward red and dark. Uncle, you should have liver and gallbladder heat. Your sweating isn't from the kidneys, but from the heart and liver-gallbladder. Red tongue edges and tip indicate heart yin deficiency and liver yin deficiency. The liver-gallbladder can affect the mother organ, and yin deficiency can't control yang, causing hot flashes and night sweats. To prevent this, uncle, you should go to the hospital's cardiac and hepatobiliary departments for a check-up."
Hearing Su Mo's diagnosis, Security Guard Li's eyes lit up.
Whether it was the professional terminology or Su Mo's diagnostic results, they largely matched what the hospital had said.
Security Guard Zhang, who was watching the door with him, seeing Old Li's 'amazing' expression, directly opened the door for Su Mo and said with a grin,
"Little miracle doctor, we believe you. Could you also take a look at me?"
The police officers who had been following at the door were all slightly stunned seeing this scene.
So this person really wasn't Su Mo?
Really was a staff member?
Watching Su Mo enter through the back door, two suspicious officers also came to the door.
To prevent the suspicious target from showing credentials and wanting to enter,
Security Guard Li frowned slightly, then patted the officers' shoulders earnestly,
"Heh, young men, I know you have no money and want to chase stars, but forging these credentials isn't right."
"Uncle, these are real. Please look carefully."
"Heh, really unrepentant. I'm 62 years old—my eyes are my ruler. Old Zhang, call the police!"