Direct Confrontation

Guan Tong arrived at the Public Security Bureau to find Director Li Meng leading a large group of police officers who were rushing out.

Upon seeing Guan Tong, Li Meng paused and asked, "Why are you here again?"

"I just called to report a crime. Someone kidnapped a friend of mine. The operator told me to come explain."

"So that call just now was from you," Li Meng said, realizing. "Don't worry, I've already sent a team of officers to track your friend. They won't get away this time!"

He looked at Guan Tong and paused before asking, "I'm about to lead a second wave of support. Do you want to come along? Since it's your friend who was kidnapped, it'll be easier for you to identify them if you're there. You can just sit in the car."

"Okay." Guan Tong had come to the Public Security Bureau precisely to figure out what was going on.

He got into a car with a few officers. Then, the second wave of support, a total of six vehicles, set off in a large convoy. Reports from the first wave of officers came through the car's intercom.

"Report, Director Li, we've spotted the target vehicle. It's a black Wosang with license plate ST7739. It's currently driving along Qingchi North Avenue and can be stopped at any time."

"Don't stop them," Li Meng's steady voice came through the intercom. "Keep following the car, don't reveal yourselves. We're going straight for their lair this time!"

"Yes, Director Li."

Guan Tong heard that the target vehicle had been tracked and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

This way, Xu Xiaotian should be saved.

He wasn't too worried about the criminals killing them. From any perspective, the purpose of these criminals kidnapping High Mind Power Users was definitely not simply to kill them.

After that, the first wave of tracking officers continuously updated the location of the criminal vehicle. About twenty minutes later, they reached their destination.

"Director Li, the target vehicle has entered an abandoned construction site. We were afraid of being discovered, so we didn't drive in immediately."

"Good," Li Meng said. "Hold your positions, we'll be there soon."

The second wave of six vehicles sped up and arrived at the construction site entrance a few minutes later, meeting up with the four officers from the first wave who had been tracking the vehicle.

Click!

Director Li Meng got out of the car, drew his service pistol, and released the safety. He said sternly to the officers, "Get your weapons ready. The targets could be ruthless gang criminals. Don't be careless!"

"Yes!"

"Xiao Zhao, Xiao Qian, you two stay by the entrance. If anyone tries to escape, you must stop them! And Guan Tong, it might be dangerous inside the construction site. You stay in the car by the entrance, don't wander off."

After giving his orders, Li Meng led nearly thirty officers, guns drawn, into the construction site. The two officers guarding the entrance, Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qian, also gripped their pistols tightly, warily scanning their surroundings.

Inside the construction site, in a foreman's office, Brother Hu's expression changed drastically as he saw the surveillance footage on the screen.

He suddenly stood up, slapped the long-haired youth behind him to the ground, and cursed, "You useless bunch, you let the cops track you?!"

The long-haired youth sat on the ground, covering his face, his expression terrified. "How is that possible? Could it be... because of that call, the one that kid made..."

"You managed to let them make a call while you were kidnapping someone? And you didn't tell me about it immediately after you got back?" Brother Hu said through gritted teeth, killing intent practically radiating from his eyes.

The long-haired youth and the others were afraid of Brother Hu's anger, which was why they hadn't dared to tell him that Xu Xiaotian had made a brief call before being captured. Now that the matter was exposed, they could only beg for mercy. "Brother Hu! It was all that kid playing dirty. He had some kind of instant noodle artifact, and we didn't dodge it, so it splashed on our faces--"

"Shut up!" Brother Hu immediately pulled out his phone and dialed. When the call connected, he said, "The cops are here. If I get caught, tell your boss to bail me out! Otherwise, if I go down, your boss won't be far behind!"

After speaking, Brother Hu pointed at the long-haired youth and the others. "You guys immediately take that kid hostage. With a hostage in hand, the cops won't dare to act rashly. Go!"

"Yes, yes!"

The men quickly ran out. Brother Hu spat a few curses and glanced at the surveillance footage again.

After a large group of officers entered through the main gate, they quickly dispatched a team to secure the back gate, making it clear they didn't intend to let anyone escape.

Brother Hu pondered for a moment, then opened a case in the room and took out a white police uniform that fit him. He put it on.

This was a disguise he always kept prepared and with him, meant to fool people at critical moments and blend in.

Then, while his subordinates were engaging the police outside, he took a secret path connected by concrete pipes and headed towards the construction site entrance.

Having been in the underworld for many years, Brother Hu knew that at critical moments, one had to be willing to sell out their teammates. You could always find new subordinates, but if the boss went down, that was the real end.

Moreover, based on his years of experience dealing with the police, he knew that there would be the fewest officers guarding the main entrance. As long as he could sneak out and steal a car, he would be long gone by the time the police reacted.

At the construction site entrance, Guan Tong sat in the car. He felt that shortly after Li Meng and his men entered the site, within three to four minutes, several shouts could be heard from inside.

"Don't move!"

"Get on the ground!"

"Put down your weapons immediately!"

Following the shouts, a burst of gunfire erupted. It seemed someone had resisted arrest, and the officers had no choice but to open fire.

Hearing the gunshots, the two officers guarding the construction site entrance, Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qian, tensed up, worried about the safety of their colleagues inside.

At this moment, an officer walked out of the construction site entrance with his head down. Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qian were startled and asked, "Why are you..."

Thump!

The "officer" suddenly attacked. A knuckle duster appeared out of nowhere on his empty right hand, and he landed a heavy punch on Xiao Zhao, knocking him to the ground!

Xiao Qian next to him was shocked. Before he could even raise his gun halfway, the attacker's fist was upon him again! The thick fist, fitted with a knuckle duster, smashed into Xiao Qian's abdomen. Xiao Qian was in so much pain he couldn't even cry out, his face contorted as he doubled over and fell.

The attacker's assault was too sudden. Not to mention Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qian, even Guan Tong, sitting in the car behind them, didn't have time to react.

This attacker, dressed in a police uniform, was ruthless and decisive. He took down two officers with just two punches. His strength was extraordinary, clearly not that of an ordinary person.

Furthermore, the knuckle duster appearing out of nowhere on the attacker's right hand clearly indicated it was his Mind Power Artifact!

Just then, Brother Hu also spotted Guan Tong sitting in the back seat of the car. His fierce gaze sharpened. "There's another one?"

Guan Tong knew conflict was unavoidable. He watched the thug run towards the vehicle he was in and immediately took out the [Wordless Book] from the storage compartment.

Shadow, come out!

Crack!

The thug smashed the car window with his right fist, which was fitted with a knuckle duster, and reached in to grab Guan Tong's collar, intending to drag him out of the car.

But just as his palm entered the car, two pure black arms suddenly emerged from behind him and fiercely clamped around his neck!

"Ugh!!!"

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