Chapter 189

Chapter 189
Walter&Amy’s POv
Walter’s part
On the other side of the corridor, in the "sender's" room.
I was beaten black and blue. Both my nostrils were bleeding and one of my fingers was broken.
"Stop, stop fighting..." I begged for mercy. "If you kill me, no one will deliver letters to you... Spare me, please..."
"Old dog!" Jackson grabbed what little hair I had left and said viciously. "Wasn't I good to you? The money's been given to you, and so has the trust! How the hell do you dare to smash my key?"
"I'm really sorry..." I forced a bitter smile. "I already delivered the box and only then realized there was still a key left... I was gonna deliver it right away, but there were only three seconds left in the three-minute countdown. If I didn't throw the key into the shredder, I'd die..."
"You think I'd believe you?" Jackson grabbed my hair and slammed me hard against the wall.
This hit my eye socket and blood started flowing nonstop from my eyebrow.
"Ow... stop fighting..." I hugged my forehead and wailed on the ground. "If you keep fighting, you're really gonna kill me..."
Jackson calmed his breathing a little and slowly let go.
"Old dog... lucky I didn't fully trust you." He slowly stood up and took out a letter from his chest.
"What..." When I saw that letter, I froze on the spot. "You didn't put the letter in?"
"Your little tricks are like kids' games to me." Jackson squatted down beside me with a furious smile. "Old dog, I'll give you one more chance. If this letter isn't delivered to the other side this time, I won't care what kind of 'punishment' or not. I'll rush to the corridor right now, poke your eyes out and bite your throat. You understand?"
I nodded, trembling all over.
Jackson could definitely do this.
He was a real fugitive. Even if he lost the game, he'd never let me go.
"Lady... this old bone of mine has helped you here," I muttered to myself.
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Amy's Part
On the other side, I was holding a box to buy time.
I had no other way out.
I never expected that lady to be surprisingly smart.
It was only a matter of time before the box with two locks in my hand got cracked. The only thing I could do now was try to delay the process and hope Jackson could take advantage of this time to win first.
As time ticked by second by second, with only ten seconds left until the countdown ended, I knocked on Lila's door.
Lila seemed not to have expected to receive a "return" again, looking completely puzzled.
She'd just sent out the box with the lock. She must have hoped Eve would have some handy tool to open it, but now the box was not only intact, but Eve had even sent it back with two locks.
"Take it quickly! I have no time left!" I said.
Lila hurriedly took the box. She was afraid no one would deliver the letter after the "spy" died.
She looked at the two locks on the box and slowly widened her eyes.
"So that's how it is... so she has a second lock? I see!"
Lila hurriedly took out her golden key and unlocked the golden lock.
Now there was only a silver lock left on the box.
"Quick!" Lila handed the box back to me. "Hurry up and return it to the 'recipient'!"
I gritted my teeth and glanced at the box in my hand, knowing something was seriously wrong.
The woman before me saw through this tactic in just a few seconds. Clearly, she was no ordinary person.
"Hey... let me join you..." I said awkwardly. "Let's cooperate. Only through cooperation can you win."
Lila stared intently into my eyes and quickly smiled. "It's strange. If you really wanted to cooperate with us, Eve probably wouldn't have come up with this plan."
"Eve...?"
"Things have come to this point. Even if you don't cooperate with us, we won't lose the game." Lila smiled apologetically. "Sorry, I can't do it this time."
I stared at Lila.
"Amy, the only thing you can do now is buy time." Lila slowly closed the door. "I'm sorry."
When I reached the corridor, I no longer had the expression from before. I slowly walked to the center of the corridor, muttering softly to myself.
"So she's Eve Cheney? This came without any effort."
In an instant, my mind sank into some mysterious place.
"Yes, I can die. But what's next?" I said.
"Okay." I nodded. "Do you need me to leave her a little surprise?"
"Got it."
This was the law of this world, and I had to abide by it, even if I had to die.
This was God's game.
I held the iron box and walked slowly forward, heading straight to Eve's room door.
I closed my eyes slightly and reached out to knock.
Eve opened the door and immediately looked at the box in my hand, smiling contentedly.
There was only a silver lock left on that box.
"What? Give me the box right now? Or are you gonna delay a little longer?" she asked.
I slowly opened my eyes, but suddenly a huge bell rang in the distance.
"Clang!"
She was taken aback for a moment. She quickly looked around but found nothing unusual.
"I'll give it to you right now." I said. "You should know that even if you get this thing, you can't open the door right away, can you?"
"Sure." Eve cautiously reached out to take the box and still stared at me carefully. "Walter on the opposite side should have delivered the letter long ago, but we haven't lost yet, which means even if the 'recipient' saw the content of the letter, they couldn't open the door immediately."
"Let me see your methods," I said.
Eve looked at me suspiciously. "If you witnessed my methods, you might lose your life."
"It doesn't matter." I smiled. "Who will lose is still uncertain."
"Exactly."
Eve took out her silver key and successfully unlocked the last lock left on the box.
She took out the envelope, opened it and looked. There was no change in her expression. Then she went to the large microwave oven and carefully watched the prompts on the display screen.
This was a very advanced touchscreen that supported handwriting input.
I stood beside her, watching her operation.
The space left for writing the password was four spaces. The only uncertainty now was whether four numbers, letters or characters needed to be entered.
Eve turned back and took out the encrypted letter again.
The next thing to do was crack the password.
She unfolded the letter, revealing a solitary line of letters on it.
"orqj olyh wkh xqgehzwruog"
Apart from this line of letters, there were no other hints on the letter.
After seeing this line of letters, I was also a bit puzzled. It seemed I didn't quite understand the principle of this password.
"Every game has a way out," Eve muttered to herself. "Setting an overly complex password would deprive the contestants of this 'way out,' so the way to crack this password won't be too difficult."
Among the simple password cracking methods I knew, there was only one that didn't involve numbers.
"Caesar cipher."