Night Walk

"Why does a rich second generation with 500,000 savings only buy cheap headphones worth 100 yuan..."

The girl's voice echoed softly.

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The sound quality was a bit rough, mixed with a very faint static current.

Gu Shen had just plugged in his earphones and put on his baseball cap when he heard Chu Ling's complaint.

He had always communicated with the girl through text messages.

The first time he heard her voice in the carriage, it was like a dream, and he couldn't remember it clearly.

Chu Ling's voice was very pleasant, ethereal and melodious like an elf, but unlike her delicate appearance, her voice sounded powerful and substantial, making people feel grounded and secure.

This time, Gu Shen didn't feel like he was dreaming.

"You connected so quickly."

He earnestly explained, "It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. And there's the matter of the 'Electronic Bill'..."

Even if he had known that there were 500,000 in that card, he would have made the same choice.

"I've been waiting for this." The girl smiled, a little helplessly, "Have you forgotten what I do?"

"I can help you settle the Electronic Bill issue, just erase some accounts. Next time, buy a better set of equipment. Actually, the first pair of glasses you had was pretty good."

Gu Shen was a little surprised.

Chu Ling saw him picking and choosing in the supermarket? But it made sense, she had such powerful connection privileges, it wouldn't be strange for her to see anything.

"But for this operation... you did buy the right equipment." Chu Ling said, "There are too many places that need real-time monitoring, just be careful not to expose yourself. I'll help you keep watch."

As night fell, the dazzling neon lights gradually faded away from the city center.

The old city district was like a silent, faded painting, with distinct colors. After sunset, the streetlights lit up one by one, only illuminating a corner. Black and white were like ink dividing the scene.

Gu Shen stood in a secluded corner, just outside the range of a streetlight. He wore a loose black tracksuit, like an upright shadow, silently staring at the cordon a hundred meters away.

10:45 PM.

15 minutes before the operation.

He arrived an hour early and chose a good spot, located in a blind spot of surveillance, with a clear view of the entire front of the old building's cordon. He could see the patrolling security guards standing by the cordon, and a minibus drove up and parked beside the cordon.

"The replacement personnel arrived early?" Gu Shen was trying to adjust his breathing, calming himself down. "The plan never keeps up with the changes... Are we going to move now?"

Generally speaking, they would arrive 5 minutes early.

"Perhaps that's part of the plan?" Chu Ling chuckled softly, "Take a closer look."

Gu Shen had good eyesight since he was a child. He narrowed his eyes and saw several workers in bulky protective suits and masks getting off the minibus. One of them stepped forward to communicate with the security personnel at the cordon.

"These are the research institute personnel responsible for extracting on-site information." Chu Ling said slowly, "Because the bodies of the two Transcendent attackers who attacked you were severely damaged, their identities can no longer be identified... so they need to rely on some technical means to restore the scene."

Gu Shen asked in a low voice, "So, these researchers are all from the Tribunal?"

"It should have been." Chu Ling responded, "With such a big incident involving you, Zhou Jiren will definitely investigate this case thoroughly, following the clues to investigate those two Transcendent ones and root out the assassination organization behind them."

Gu Shen nodded, agreeing with his previous thoughts. He suddenly paused, "Wait..."

"It... should have been?"

"Being at someone's mercy is no fun, might as well struggle a bit."

"Zhou Jiren is about to make a move, and those people don't want to wait for death obediently. As long as they destroy the crime scene and eliminate the evidence, they can make it untraceable." Chu Ling's voice sounded somewhat mocking, "The real researchers haven't arrived yet; they are imposters."

Cold sweat broke out on Gu Shen's forehead.

These fake researchers had already taken out their credentials. It seemed that the security personnel responsible for patrolling were completely outsiders, dispatched to guard the area due to the sudden incident... They hadn't recognized the forgery of the credentials, nor had they realized that someone would impersonate the replacement personnel.

Someone had already opened the cordon, preparing to let them pass.

"Don't worry, the show is just beginning. This group won't succeed so easily."

Chu Ling's voice became serious at this moment, "Do you remember the infiltration route? The operation is about to begin."

Gu Shen nodded.

He stared intently into the distance.

Just as the security personnel were about to let them pass, a dark figure slowly emerged from the dilapidated darkness of the old building, reaching out to stop the researchers wearing bulky protective suits.

"Hold on."

When this voice sounded.

Not only were those researchers stunned.

Even the security personnel responsible for patrolling were stunned.

Most of the security personnel here had arrived at the scene as soon as the fire broke out, evacuating the crowd and protecting the victims... Because of the emergency, they were dispatched from nearby. After completing these tasks, they followed their superiors' orders and set up this cordon.

Twenty-four hours, strictly preventing outsiders from entering, all to protect the crime scene and wait for the subsequent takeover by the working staff.

They were certain that no one had entered the scene.

But this voice clearly came from inside the cordon... Damn it!

A thin young man walked out of the dark shadows of the old building, with handsome features and a complexion as pale as a vampire, looking weak and frail, as if he would fall over with a gust of wind.

"Mr. Zhong... Zhong Wei!"

The captain responsible for protecting the scene recognized the young man's identity, and he immediately stood at attention and saluted.

This sudden fire seemed to involve a great deal.

The only order the security personnel who arrived at the scene received was to protect the scene, and they knew nothing else. They only knew that after the shift change tonight, this case would be taken over by a very powerful task force.

The captain knew a little more information, just one more photo than the others.

That was Zhong Wei's photo.

The rumored project team that was about to take over, the so-called person in charge... was this seemingly frail young man before their eyes.

"Mm."

Zhong Wei nodded politely to the captain as a greeting, then took out his credentials and gave a brief self-introduction to the other security personnel, "Project Team, Zhong Wei."

"You... arrived early?"

The captain gave a wry smile. That voice just now had scared him half to death; he thought something had gone wrong.

Luckily, it was one of their own.

"Just arrived." Zhong Wei didn't explain, simply saying blandly, "The colleagues who are taking over haven't arrived yet, so I took a quick look around the site first."

In fact, he had been guarding this place all along.

It was just that these security personnel hadn't noticed.

This case was related to Transcendent ones. Zhong Wei had come to the old building as soon as he received the notification, to prevent accidents from happening before the Tribunal specialists arrived.

After Zhong Wei appeared.

With the cordon as the boundary, the people on both sides became unusually silent.

The movements of the accompanying researchers wearing heavy protective suits and masks visibly stiffened.

Only the leader showed no abnormality, remaining calm, slowly retracting his hand and putting away his credentials.

"Mr. Zhong Wei... just checked their credentials... the seal is fine..." The captain noticed the abnormality and signaled the team members to pull the cordon back.

"Oh? The seal can't be faked..." Zhong Wei came to the lead researcher, "Since it's real, I'll check it again."

He reached out, signaling for the credentials to be handed over.

The other party slowly handed over the credentials.

The moment their hands met—

A muffled laugh came from inside the soundproof mask.

With a "chi" sound, the credentials instantly burst into flames, blooming like a magician's fireworks.

The flames exploded out of nowhere!

This scene was completely unexpected. The surrounding security personnel didn't even see what happened, only seeing a burst of bright light scattering, like a starting gun being fired—

The researchers wearing large protective suits began to charge forward. Beneath the thick protective suits, their bodies were as strong as oxen, knocking down the security personnel in front of them, then breaking through the cordon and rushing into the old building.

"Bang!"

Zhong Wei's face was gloomy, and he was prepared, kicking the fireworks in front of him to pieces.

His speed was astonishing. His seemingly thin body contained considerable fierce power. He turned and delivered a whip kick, overturning a strong researcher who was breaking into the building.

The "magician" who created this chaos turned and ran backward.

Zhong Wei turned his head and shouted angrily, "Stop them!"

More than a dozen security personnel swarmed up, throwing the strong guys who were desperately breaking into the old building to the ground.

These men are just physically strong, they are not Transcendent!

He had to catch the leader... Zhong Wei's eyes were cold as he instantly locked onto the fleeing figure. The other party was very cunning, escaping into the minibus, preparing to drive away.

Zhong Wei took a deep breath. He started running, his speed inhuman, more like a cheetah!

At the instant the minibus started, Zhong Wei jumped, his hands grabbing the roof. Immediately, the medium-sized bus kicked up dust, roaring as it accelerated, the body swaying like a snake, drifting wildly. Zhong Wei, however, was like a nail, firmly fixed in place.

A violent U-turn.

Zhong Wei regained his balance, using the momentum to roll sideways, kicking the glass to pieces, landing inside the minibus.

He spoke coldly.

"Now that you've dared to come, don't even think about leaving."