Hidden Assassin 171

“So… she suddenly collapsed?”

In the room, James’ fingers lightly waved twice, looking at the two people in front of him, his gaze as cold as frost. The two looked at each other, one of them stammered and spoke.

“Uh, because… Mr. James, you said that maybe she could be kidnapped back, but you can’t hurt her. We were afraid that she might have some illness, and if we delayed her medical treatment… Please rest assured, she shouldn’t have noticed our intentions…”

“But I didn’t say to do it now.”

“Uh… We thought, that… We thought, after observing for so long without any results…”

Coldly staring at their faces, James adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and after a moment, a smile finally appeared on the corner of his lips: “Well, forget it. Thank you, you are not needed anymore.”

As they left the room, night had fallen on Jiang Hai City, and under the lights, they looked at each other, and both saw the cold sweat on each other’s foreheads.

“My God, the way he looked at us when he said we were not needed, I thought he was going to kill me…”

“Me too…”

Shaking their heads with lingering fear, this foreign man seemed gentle and refined, courteous and amiable, and he was generously extravagant to those who worked for him, but no one would forget that just last week, a hall master who liked to cause trouble made a sarcastic remark about this “newcomer” of the gang, and it escalated into a fight. It was just James, but he knocked out more than ten of the strongest thugs in the gang, filling the entire courtyard. All of them had fractured wrists and ankles. On that day, the gang’s private clinic was overwhelmed, and it was also on that day that everyone realized that this man was absolutely ruthless when it came to fighting.

Slightly calming down, the two of them then went to the room of the gang leader, Li Yongsheng.

The order to capture Liu Huai Sha safely was not actually issued by James; the one who gave the real order was always Li Yongsheng, the gang leader.

Involving power struggles and intrigue, the reason for all this had to go back to more than half a month ago.

When James Cook arrived at the Yongsheng Gang, he claimed to be an ordinary researcher from a certain biological genetics institute in America. He made friends with Li Yongsheng’s son, Li Ming. Because he was very interested in the murder photo from that rainy night, he stayed to advise the Yongsheng Gang on these matters. However, as time went by, Li Yongsheng realized that the true situation might not be that simple.

“… After a detailed investigation of the residents of Xinghua Street, we discovered a name that might be sensitive. This Miss Liu Huai Sha, who rents a room with others, is currently in the 11th grade at Sacred Heart Academy. Her father, Liu Zheng, is the leader of the Shazhu Gang in Jiang Hai. Based on this clue analysis, Mr. Li, the incident on Xinghua Street might be an act of sabotage by your current enemy, the Shazhu Gang. If the Shaxiu Gang already has such a master, Mr. Li, the situation you face might be very difficult…”

After two days of investigation, the first thing James Cook reported to Li Yongsheng was the information about the Shaxiu Gang’s involvement. If the Yongsheng Gang had always acted in their usual way, they would probably have immediately chosen to kidnap Liu Huai Sha as a hostage. Although they could not really win against the Shazhu Gang at the moment, they still had to abide by the principle of not harming the wives and children of their enemies, but it would not hurt to give Liu Zheng a warning. However, according to James, since the other side had a mysterious master, they could not act rashly. In order to find out their true abilities, Li Yongsheng asked him to arrange for some people to investigate and monitor. After that, things began to make him feel uneasy.

James’ methods were too skilled, his arrangements too professional, and his level of concern for this matter seemed to go beyond mere interest. He taught a group of people the basic surveillance methods, bought some advanced surveillance equipment with his own money, and the small amounts of money he casually gave to those who worked for him were all astronomical figures, in the thousands and tens of thousands. What did everyone in the underworld do for? Of course, it was to make money. Such extravagant behavior quickly made him the focus of the Yongsheng Gang.

Having been able to make a living in the underworld of Jiang Hai City for half his life, Li Yongsheng was certainly not a simple novice. James’ behavior quickly made him feel that the man might have a powerful backer. He had approached him from the beginning to use the Yongsheng Gang to achieve his own goals. Because of this, he was not worried about the other party trying to usurp the Yongsheng Gang. Since the other party’s investigation involved Liu Zheng’s daughter, while James was using him, he was also planning to use the other party’s power to eliminate the Shazhu Gang, his rival.

However, what made Li Yongsheng feel strange was that although he had said beforehand that it might be necessary to kidnap Liu Huai Sha, James had never arranged for any formal action, instead repeatedly emphasizing “the enemy in the dark.” After a while, Li Yongsheng couldn’t help but worry. What if there was no one behind Liu Huai Sha that James was looking for? Would he be wasting his efforts? It was for this reason that he secretly instructed two of his subordinates to simply kidnap Liu Huai Sha, so as to escalate the conflict sooner.

But at the time, he could never have imagined what kind of outcome this well-laid plan would lead to…

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“…What? The girl named Liu Huai Sha got hit with a stick? She went to the hospital?”

“Yes, two members of the Yongsheng Gang seemed to have intentions of kidnapping. We originally planned to intervene, but before we could reach her, the girl had already fallen to the ground, clutching her stomach. The two gang members immediately gave up their kidnapping attempt, presumably because they had received orders beforehand not to actually hurt her…”

In the eyes of the girl, it might have seemed like a simple accident, but after it happened, it simultaneously alarmed several big figures and then became the prelude to a major incident that almost shook the world. If Sha Sha knew about this, she would probably feel honored and consider it her greatest achievement. At this moment, after dusk had fallen, in the Dongfang family’s villa, Lei Xiaoyuan and Dongfang Linghai received the report and were both stunned for a few seconds, pondering the implications of this incident.

“Then… how is the girl now?”

“It is said that her stomach ache is very severe. When she arrived at the hospital, she was immediately sent to the operating room. We don’t have anyone in that hospital, so we probably won’t be able to get any further information until the doctors leave the operating room. However… it probably has nothing to do with the blow she received from the Yongsheng Gang. It might be the girl’s own illness…”

“Alright… Stay at the hospital. I want to know the girl’s news as soon as possible.”

After hanging up the phone, Lei Xiaoyuan and Dongfang Linghai looked at each other, then smiled helplessly. Dongfang Linghai shook his head: “This is a huge problem. I’d rather the girl be kidnapped, and then our people can directly rescue her. There would be fewer problems…”

Lei Xiaoyuan nodded: “Heh, Yu Jin Xiang is too sensitive. Our investigation hasn’t even begun, and she has already started setting time bombs as a warning. Now someone has really stepped on her turf… Who can tell me what condition a girl might have that causes severe stomach pain? It can’t be dysmenorrhea, my wife also gets dysmenorrhea…”

“Ah Mei once had an ectopic pregnancy before she conceived Xiaolu…” Dongfang Linghai shrugged and looked at Lei Xiaoyuan for two seconds, “She was seventeen that year, I was eighteen, we were both young and ignorant. She almost died… How about that? Don’t you think it’s similar to the current situation with Gu Jia Ming? Although he is better than me, I’ve never seen anyone who can have one man and two women and still be so harmonious…”

“Ectopic pregnancy… You damn it, you just know how to pick high-risk things to say.” Lei Xiaoyuan shook his head and laughed, “If the girl dies tonight, Jiang Hai City might be engulfed in bloodshed. If nothing happens today, but tomorrow if people mention that she was hit with a stick, it’s probably the same thing. This kind of incident has too bad of an impact…” He paused, “Anyway, we came here to do what we prepared to do. Today, I’ll call Fang Zitian.”

Dongfang Linghai nodded: “Ok, I’ll call the organization members and contact the armed police. I thought we could just keep a close eye on her for a few days before shuffling the deck, but this time the Yongsheng Gang… they really brought it upon themselves…”

Half an hour later, the Jiang Hai City Armed Police Brigade’s courtyard was brightly lit. With the sound of the assembly alarm, hundreds of fully armed armed police officers assembled in the large parade ground in front of the building. Dozens of large vehicles were ready to go, a solemn and murderous atmosphere. People passing by on the road in front were curiously looking.

“What happened? Is there a riot somewhere?”

“Is it a drill?”

“I saw this kind of formation during the crackdown a few years ago…”

“We didn’t hear any news about it this time. The crackdown… wasn’t it just to show the authorities after something happened. I guess it’s a drill…”

Also at this time, at the Jiang Hai City Public Security Bureau, two blocks away from the armed police brigade, the female police officer Mu Qingqing, who had received the emergency assembly order, had already arrived. She hurried to the large conference room with her equally clueless colleagues. At the front of the conference room, the bald-headed chief lightly dusted his cap and frowned.

“Since everyone is here, let’s not waste words. From now on, all of your communication devices will be handed in, and you will be mutually monitored to prevent any leaks. This is not a drill. Today, we will cooperate with the armed police to carry out the arrest of the major criminal gang, the Yongsheng Gang. Anyone who can be arrested will be arrested. Lower-level figures and above will be sentenced as much as possible. In short, after this arrest, there should be no more Yongsheng Gang in Jiang Hai City… I said this is not a drill, and it’s definitely not a joke. Don’t mention balance to me. The higher-ups have already made plans and preparations. This order is said to have been directly pressed down by the National Security Bureau through the highest authority. If we can’t do it, they even have the authority to mobilize the army. Alright, no more nonsense, let’s begin the operation…”

This long speech stunned everyone for a moment. Those who knew the inside story from years of sweeping away crime knew that it was impossible to completely eradicate it. As one of the three major gangs in Jiang Hai City, if the Yongsheng Gang suddenly disappeared, it wouldn’t really be a good thing. Who knows, in the past, they made such a big fuss and only cracked down on the peripheral small forces. This time, they actually issued such a thunderous and swift order quietly. Moreover, the Yongsheng Gang has existed for so long, and they also have close ties with the police. If this incident is thoroughly investigated, I wonder how many people’s promotions and demotions will be affected.

Like the eve of a storm, the Yan Huang Jue Xing’s sudden and thunderous action plunged half of Jiang Hai City into a murderous atmosphere. Meanwhile, upon receiving the news, Lingjing rushed to the hospital. She didn’t even have time to put down her backpack. Jia Ming was sitting in front of the operating room, slowly rubbing his hands, his expression calm as water.

On the other hand, in the dark office building of Sacred Heart Academy’s teaching department, Ya Han pulled up a chair and sat quietly by the door, waiting for the student who had been punished to come and clean.

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