Hidden Coordination

"Just wandering around?" Qing Chen asked curiously. "The Federation Group Army here is waiting for your next orders. You're just going to wander around? You're not going to go into the building to rescue me again, are you?"

"No," Li Changqing said aloofly, "I really just went in for a casual stroll... How did you get down here?"

At this moment, even though Li Changqing had to pretend he hadn't gone to rescue Qing Chen, he couldn't help but wonder why this young man had gotten out faster than them.

Wang Bingxu's hearing is not wrong!

Qing Chen said frankly, "I came down in the elevator."

Upon hearing this, Wang Bingxu was visibly taken aback.

The boy spoke of taking the elevator down as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Yes, taking the elevator down 12 floors is definitely faster than him and Li Changqing walking up the stairs. Besides, they have to check each floor as they go down to prevent anyone from hiding in the shadows and launching a sneak attack.

But Wang Bingxu was both amused and exasperated. In such a dangerous environment, who would bother to take the elevator?

This young man not only took the elevator, but he took it both when he went in and when he came out. He was both bold and careful!

Many people come up with wonderful ideas and visions when making tactical plans.

However, when it came to implementation, everyone still opted for the safest approach.

Because you only have one life, and no one can afford to gamble with it.

At this moment, Li Changqing looked at the injury on Qing Chen's arm and asked with concern, "What happened?"

Not far away, Xiao Ying, wounded by a gunshot but ignored by everyone, silently watched this scene, tears of grievance streaming down its face.

He made up his mind: once he returned to the Outer World, he would apply to Boss Zheng for a position. He also wanted to find a wealthy woman from a conglomerate and infiltrate her organization.

If all else fails, he'll go undercover in Qing Chen and Nan Gengchen's organization to experience their unique organizational culture.

At this moment, Qing Chen took the initiative to explain to Li Changqing, "I was accidentally shot by an assassin while escaping, and my skin was grazed."

Li Changqing then looked at the gauze on his forehead. "What happened to your head?"

"After being shot, I fell down the stairs during the chase and hit my head on the wall. I feel dizzy and nauseous now. The doctor said I might have a mild concussion. They'll take a headcount of the wounded and then send us all to the hospital," Qing Chen said.

Since the time-travel incident, he felt that he had suffered more injuries than in the previous seventeen years combined.

However, compared to the gains, this minor injury is nothing.

The Puppet Master has now branched out by 1.54 meters and is growing at a visible rate.

Although the bifurcation needs to reach 50 meters to control a second person.

But Qing Chen believed that even if he didn't deliberately meet the containment conditions of the Puppet Master, he would eventually be able to control two puppets at the same time.

Beside him, Old Liu lay on a stretcher, the blood from his leg wound staining the white stretcher red.

Li Changqing walked to his side and asked, "How badly are you injured?"

"It's not serious, just three bullets in my right leg. The first bullet went in a centimeter, and the other two grazed my skin," Old Liu described his injuries in detail, trying to sound strong.

Li Changqing patted him on the shoulder. "Take good care of your injuries. When you come back, you'll continue to be in charge of the special operations team and take care of my safety. From today onwards, you won't be called Old Liu anymore, you'll be called Old Nine."

Qing Chen thought to himself, "Does this conglomerate give people nicknames so casually?" But when he looked at Old Liu, the other man clearly seemed very happy.

He suddenly realized that this might also be a difference in thinking. The Old Liu... no, the Old Nine, under the protection of the conglomerate, genuinely regarded Li Changqing as his master and was extremely loyal.

Qing Chen, a person from the Outer World, cannot accept being given a name by someone else, but Old Nine is happy to accept it.

He remembered what his master had once said: the emperor had never disappeared; they had simply changed their clothes.

In this world, aren't conglomerates like emperors?

The problem is, this nickname is currently "Old Nine," but will it change to "Thirteenth," "Twenty-Seventh," or "Eighth Brother -Oneth" in the future?

It shouldn't be that high a number; that old guy probably won't last that long.

Normal people can't survive until that time.

At that moment, an officer from the Federation Group Army walked up to Li Changqing and said, "Boss, the blockade is complete. We're ready to conduct a thorough cleaning of the building."

"I asked you to arrest them. Did you catch them?" Li Changqing asked.

"We caught him. He's in that high-rise building 300 meters away," the officer said. "When you carried out the beheading inside the building, his communications signal was captured by our information technology vehicle. He's now in custody."

Upon hearing this, Qing Chen began to ponder. Li Changqing had mentioned before that the Kashima Family had a powerful figure who secretly infiltrated City No. 18 after losing the struggle in City No. 1.

The first thing Li Changqing did upon returning was to arrest this person, but he was unable to find him.

Qing Chen thought that the one who had just been knocked off the building by Li Changqing was the real person, but it turned out that there was another person involved, and Li Changqing had successfully captured the real person as well.

But Li Changqing said calmly, "First, pry out all his teeth and take him to the secret prison so Yue'er can interrogate him personally. Also, Wang Bingxu, go to the black market and give the message to Su Xingzhi so he can spread it."

Yue'er? Qing Chen thought that Yue'er, who was by Li Changqing's side, was just an ordinary secretary, but now it seems that she is also a ruthless person.

Wait a minute, there's another Yue'er in the chat group...

Qing Chen fell into deep thought. It couldn't be that much of a coincidence, could it? The key question is, who would use their name from the Inner World as their ID in the Outer World?

He was also very familiar with the name Su Xingzhi.

The person Li Shutong had sent Qin Cheng back to City No. 18 to find was this person, and Qing Chen even knew the other person's address.

Qing Chen hadn't paid attention to this name before, but now it seems he's a very important figure in the black market.

Looking back now, I realize that his master had actually left him with many clues, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

At this moment, Li Changqing looked at the federal officer and said, "You finish up here as soon as possible and end the battle inside the building within 20 minutes."

The federal officer calmly said, "Boss, based on our observation of the assassins' firepower, there are still many assassins inside the building. Please allow me to play it safe and give me a little more time."

Li Changqing shook his head. "I know you care about your subordinates and don't want them to suffer unnecessary casualties in the rush, and I don't want this situation to happen either. I'm only giving you 20 minutes because the assassins in the building have been almost all killed."

The federal officer paused for a moment, then looked at Wang Bingxu: "Was it Mr. Wang who made the move?"

"No, no," Wang Bingxu shook his head, "It was Qing Chen who did it. He almost wiped out all the assassins in the building by himself. The boss and I..."

He wanted to say that neither he nor Li Changqing had been able to find any trace of each other, but then he realized that this might make his boss lose face, so he didn't continue.

Wang Bingxu thought for a moment and said, "When we went in, many of the assassins were already dead. I barely had to do anything before I came down to meet you."

The other bodyguards in the special operations team were quite surprised.

They initially thought that Qing Chen was just a black market boxer who didn't know how to use firearms, and that his entry into the special operations team as a bodyguard was entirely due to Li Changqing's influence...

But now the bodyguards realize that the boy is far more complex than they thought.

They knew best when they were suppressed by fire on the long street that there were at least dozens of assassins upstairs. If they had entered the building, they would have been lucky to come out alive!

Everyone searched for Qing Chen's figure in the crowd...

Li Changqing asked curiously, "Hey, where's Qing Chen?"

Wang Bingxu replied, "He was injured, so he left with the first ambulance just now."

"Didn't you tell him that the Banshan Manor has a more complete team of doctors and the best medical equipment?" Li Changqing frowned and said to Wang Bingxu in a low voice.

"It's normal that he didn't know anything since it was his first day with the special operations team," Wang Bingxu said. "Besides, the other injured members of the special operations team all went to regular hospitals for treatment."

Li Changqing was silent for a moment. "Go to the hospital and see if he is receiving proper treatment there."

"Boss, you suspect him?" Wang Bingxu asked, puzzled.

"Just confirming," Li Changqing said calmly.

At this moment, Qing Chen sat in the ambulance, calmly watching it drive further and further away.

From the moment they were ambushed on the long street, Qing Chen clearly realized that no matter what happened to Heng Society tonight, Li Changqing would definitely not interfere again.

Or perhaps the other party never intended to get involved; it was just a show.

Therefore, Qing Chen had to find an excuse to leave the group so that he could go to Hesheng Society and clear Liu Dezhu.

The injuries on his arms and forehead were all self-inflicted.

Just so I can leave now.

When the ambulance arrived at the hospital, Qing Chen did not leave immediately. He patiently waited for a full examination before being admitted to a ward with the other wounded members of the special operations team.

Twenty minutes later, Wang Bingxu arrived. He glanced into the ward silently, and when he found that Qing Chen was already asleep, he quietly withdrew.

Wang Bingxu didn't leave the hospital either. He hid in a corner and secretly observed everything, trying to see if Qing Chen really did anything unusual, just as the boss had predicted.

However, more than an hour passed, and there was still no movement from the ward.

Moreover, Wang Bingxu visited the ward multiple times during this period, and he was very certain that Qing Chen was lying in the hospital bed.

Wang Bingxu called Li Changqing: "Boss, it's been an hour, and he hasn't made a move yet."

"It seems there's nothing wrong. I thought he was planning to slip away and get involved in Heng Society's affairs, but it seems that's not the case. Heng Society's affairs are over," Li Changqing said calmly. "But just to be on the safe side, you should continue to stay at the hospital... This time, it's not to check on Qing Chen, but to check on the doctor to treat his injuries properly."

Wang Bingxu: "..."

No sooner had the phone call ended than another group of injured people were brought into the hospital. Wang Bingxu grabbed a doctor and asked curiously, "Who are all these people?"

The emergency room doctor said impatiently, "There was a gang fight in the Fourth District just now. These are all the gang members who were injured, and half of them are from the Hesheng Society."

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