Chapter 257
Having said that, it looked at Texas:
"You can go now. We'll meet at the hotel tonight. If anything happens, remember to call me."
"OK."
Seeing that the boss was treating her differently, Exusiai pouted to express her dissatisfaction, which looked a little cute:
"I protest!"
"Protests are invalid. If you don't want to visit any attractions, you can go back to your hotel to rest later."
The Emperor rejected her request and continued his tour of the Grand Cathedral with Lisa. He looked back and suddenly realized that someone was missing from the group!
After Texas met up with Shi Lei, they got into the same car they had come in. Just as she turned on the engine, a green figure quickly opened the back door and got in. She looked in the rearview mirror and her expression became somewhat subtle.
"Miss Nian? What are you doing up here?"
The bosom beneath Xi's Qipao rose and fell with her breath:
"Please, take me with you. I might be able to help in some special circumstances!"
Upon learning that Shi Lei had gone out, she immediately chased after him.
If Xi stayed to travel with the Emperor and the others, she would feel very awkward and wouldn't want to interact with them.
Moreover, she noticed that the tourists and the priest were secretly glancing at her. Those frivolous looks disgusted Xi. Naturally, she wanted to run to people who made her feel comfortable and safe.
Having witnessed her ability to summon the Ink Specter, Shi Lei hesitated for a moment before agreeing. The battlefield situation could change in an instant; perhaps it would come in handy?
"Okay, then fasten your seatbelt."
Texas saw that he agreed, a fleeting hint of resentment flashed in her eyes, and then she drove away.
On the way, Shi Lei recounted what he had overheard to the two men and offered his personal analysis:
"This matter was originally supposed to be over by last night. I never expected that because of me, this prison break operation would escalate. Since I caused it, I should be the one to put an end to it."
The man had mentioned earlier that the Gendarmerie had recently bribed some infected individuals.
What does this tell us?
This means there are bad people among the masses!
Since they were willing to betray once, they certainly wouldn't mind betraying a second time. As long as the reward is high enough, there's nothing they won't sell out.
Shi Lei never harbored any illusions, nor did he hope that the military police hadn't found Azazel Clinic. Instead, he prepared for the worst, assuming the clinic was already surrounded.
In this critical moment, I can no longer travel around with everyone. Getting to Wellington Avenue to help Hegre out of this predicament is the most important thing right now.
After hearing Shi Lei's assessment, Texas didn't give it a second thought. Having spent so much time together, she unconditionally trusted the man sitting in the passenger seat.
Texas was unfamiliar with the roads, so she used her phone's navigation to locate Wellington Avenue.
During the journey, Shi Lei noticed a large number of military police gathered on the street. They were heading in the same direction as him, indicating that Azazel's location had been exposed.
Texas didn't dare to slack off, knowing that every second counted. She floored the accelerator like she was on the Lungmen, and arrived at Wellington Avenue on the outskirts of the city a little over ten minutes later.
Before the three even got close, they could see dozens of military police surrounding a three-story residential building. More than a dozen military police lay sprawled in pools of blood, their fates unknown.
After suffering heavy losses, the military police ceased their assault. They used vehicles as cover and aimed their Mechanical Crossbow at different windows of residential buildings. At the same time, they used telephones to summon military police from other areas for reinforcements.
As Shi Lei had predicted, events unfolded exactly as he had foreseen. Infected individuals betrayed the location of the black market clinic that had treated them, leading to its siege.
"Texas, park the car further away."
During this time, a detachment of military police arrived from the west and a detachment from the east, totaling thirty or forty men.
They seemed indifferent to the lives of the civilians, making no attempt to evacuate the area. After the three military police squads met and briefly discussed the situation, they decided to launch an attack.
Besides the main gate, the military police also tried to break in through the windows on both sides. The Wooden Plank used for reinforcement had already been kicked open with their boots by the previous batch of military police who had been killed.
Inside the room, the white-haired Hegre held a samurai sword of the Higashi style, its blade dripping with blood.
He never expected that the location of Azazel Clinic would be exposed so quickly. The fact that the military police came directly to his door indicated that they knew the clinic was located beneath the residential building.
This also proves that there is a traitor in the team!
The situation was urgent, Hegre didn't have the extra energy to investigate. If he ever found out who had betrayed them, he would personally eliminate that traitor!
This foolish decision will result in all those infected in Chernobyl going untreated. Some seriously ill patients may even die.
As an infected person, leading the way for the military police who are harming their fellow citizens, this person is truly insane.
Patients at the Azazel Clinic are currently being transferred via underground emergency passages. However, the incident occurred suddenly, requiring them to remain on the surface for a sufficient amount of time.
Hegre guarded the main gate alone, leaving the other rooms to the infected who were in slightly better condition.
He knew that the fighting abilities of those young lads varied greatly, so he kept encouraging them:
"Listen up, everyone! Killing the enemy is a last resort, so don't resist it. Only butchers crave blood. We are fighting for ourselves and for the other innocent infected!"
The infected responded far worse than the Ursus soldiers that Hegre had previously led.
"They're here! They're charging in!"
Hegre prepared to engage the enemy, but suddenly heard fearful shouts from the military police outside:
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
"Damn it, run!"
He didn't know what was happening, but through the peephole he saw military police getting into a car and preparing to flee.
After confirming that there were no ambushes outside, Hegre pushed open the door and went out to check the situation.
The once clear sky became overcast.
No, wait!
Hegre looked up at the sky, his pupils dilating, and witnessed a scene he would never forget.
A huge rock was suspended in mid-air, its shadow covering the entire sky above Wellington Avenue, as if it might fall at any moment.
What is this?
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As the saying goes, "Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?"
Shi Lei summoned the enormous Planet Befall merely as a deterrent. The intention was to make the military police abandon their target and flee immediately upon seeing the colossal object suspended in the air.
It definitely won't fall. If Planet Befall were to fall vertically to the ground, this entire area would be reduced to ruins.
As soon as Shi Lei's thought flashed through his mind, the giant Planet Befall disappeared in an instant.
Countless rock walls appeared out of thin air on the ground, trapping the fleeing military police and onlookers in different areas.
A hail of Rock Spear rained down, riddling the military police and their vehicles with holes. Some vehicles exploded, but the flames were blocked by the walls.
In no time, the rock wall vanished. It was as if it had never existed, leaving no trace.
Only the corpses of military police scattered on the ground reminded everyone of the horrific scene that had just unfolded.
"Aaaaaaah!"
Without the rock wall obstructing their view, the Ursus residents who were standing on the edge watching the spectacle were able to witness the horrific scene.
Some screamed and ran away, while others chuckled and approached. They spat a few more times at the immobilized military police before leaving, satisfied.
Seeing that the middle-aged woman was behaving strangely, Shi Lei stepped forward and asked her, knowing the answer already:
"Hello, excuse me. We're here as tourists. What happened just now?"
The middle-aged woman looked up and sized up the three people. After confirming that they were not infected, she shook her head and said:
"I don't know, maybe it's a divine intervention, anyway I didn't see anything."
"Those people look like the city's military police, right? Why do you seem to dislike them?"
"Whispering sound."
The middle-aged woman got angry just thinking about these guys:
"You're from out of town, so it's normal that you don't know these thugs. Don't be fooled by their clothes. They're utterly inhumane; after bullying the infected, they're now bullying us ordinary people. They deserve to die!"
My son was running a late-night food stall, and everything was fine. They racked up a ton of debt, and when my son asked for his money back, they beat him up—it was utterly lawless. Even if I, an old man, fought them, it would be useless. Today, heaven helped teach them a lesson, proving they deserved it!
Shi Lei felt that the reputation of the military police was similar to that of those lackeys and Enforcement Team. They were all about infected people bullying other infected people, and uninfected people bullying ordinary citizens.
"Auntie, this is too outrageous. Is there not a single normal person in the entire military police force?"
"No normal people can't hang out with them; they'd be ostracized long ago. Anyone with a conscience would join the City Defense Army instead of the Gendarmerie. You'd better leave now, or you'll get caught by the other military police. Even if you're innocent, they'll still skin you alive."
After saying this, the middle-aged woman turned and left, not wanting to linger. Judging from her cheerful steps, she must have been in a good mood.
"We should go too."
Shi Lei had dealt with the military police here, buying enough time for the Azazel Clinic. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Hegre running over from the houses.
The other party has ancestral feathers on its head and eyesight as sharp as Great Eagle's.
Hegre was startled when he saw the giant rock in the sky from inside the house. But it disappeared in an instant, indicating that there was a master nearby.
Hegre looked around and quickly spotted a familiar figure three or four hundred meters away, and immediately ran over.
Clearly, they were the ones who stepped in to help get out of the predicament.
Shi Lei and his two companions were almost at the intersection of Wellington Avenue when they were discovered. There was no point in trying to escape now, so they stayed put and waited.
Hegre ran up to him and thanked him sincerely.
He didn't know who had helped him, but it must have been one of those three.
The person who created the hard gold last night must have been Doctor Zhong. The boulder we saw today isn't gold; it might be one of the remaining two women.
In comparison, the dragon clan beauties wearing Qipao seem more like benefactors offering help than the Lupos beauties.
"Thank you so much for your help. Azazel owes you another favor."
Shi Lei didn't care about these things and spoke with perfect discretion:
"It's alright, this is all our fault. If we hadn't broken into the prison last night, the military police wouldn't have bothered you."
"Doctor Zhong, you can't say that. Even if you hadn't intervened, we would still have done our best to rescue the two Doctor. If a conflict broke out with the military police, they wouldn't have let us off the hook either."
"I didn't see anyone come out of that room. Did they move from underground to somewhere else?"
Hegre would keep it a secret from outsiders. But Tai He to do that to them:
"Yes, the patients were transferred from underground in batches, but I cannot disclose the specific locations."
Shi Lei had no intention of asking further questions; finding out where the underground passage led was pointless.
As the saying goes, if you're going to help someone, help them all the way; if you're going to see someone off, see them off to the end.
The informants within Azazel's organization who have been bribed should be eliminated as soon as possible. If these threats remain, the exposure of the stronghold will only continue to occur.
"Mr. Hegre, you probably guessed it. These military police were able to appear here so quickly because of a traitor in your ranks who leaked information. What I want to know is, do you have a way to find them?"
Hegre frowned, pondered for a moment, and said:
"I'm sorry, I can't help it. Azazel is only responsible for medical treatment and care, and he doesn't monitor patients' movements outside the clinic. I can only check each case one by one and try to find some clues."
Shi Lei shook his head, disagreeing with this approach:
"Mr. Hegre, your method of searching such a large area is too slow. Moreover, there may be more than one traitor among the infected."
If they give false testimony against each other, you will never be able to find out the truth. Repeated questioning will only exacerbate the patient's resistance. In the long run, this will inevitably lead to mutual suspicion between doctors and patients within the clinic.
This matter needs to be resolved quickly; it can't be delayed. Don't worry, I've already figured out a way to find the traitor. Leave your phone number; I'll contact you again once I find him.
Upon hearing Shi Lei say that he had a way to find the traitor, Hegre paused for a moment before replying:
"Doctor Zhong, you've been a great help. Please wait a moment, I'll go back and get the roster right away. It records all the infected people who have received treatment so far."
He didn't know what methods the other side would use to uncover the traitor hidden within the team. But their strength was unfathomable, and they might bring him a pleasant surprise.
"No need. I'll call you to confirm once I get the list of traitors. Keep the list with you at all times for easy verification."
"All right."