Turrets and Slaughter

"Arrange for everyone to take a break. There are still three days until the transaction, and all the agents in Group Seven must be back to their best condition," Qing Chen said. "Let everyone go back and get some rest. Qing Hua, go and tell Kashima that we will choose the transaction location in City No. 10."

"Okay, I understand." After learning about Qing Hua 'Qing Chen plan to take Qing Mu home, Qinghua couldn't help but feel excited, as if she had a burst of energy.

It wasn't just because Qing Mu held a high position in the hearts of the Qing clan's intelligence personnel; also, Qing Hua had never dared to imagine that he could participate in such an important event.

It's dangerous, but it also presents opportunities.

Before leaving the office, Qing Hua glanced back at Qing Chen. The new boss had already taken out a map of City No. 10 and seemed to be seriously choosing a transaction location.

In fact, Qing Hua had been a probationary inspector for eight years. He knew very well that he could be an adjutant and carry out other people's orders, but he could not be a commander.

The previous inspector was a boastful person who, in the internal power struggle within Intelligence Department One, was ultimately framed by the Chen family and forced to resign.

The new inspector doesn't talk much, but he manages to outmaneuver the other intelligence teams.

At one point, Qing Hua thought that perhaps his chance had finally come.

In a lifetime, one may not have many opportunities to seize, but if one seizes just one, one can rise to great heights.

Qing Chen studied the map for a long time and finally identified seven suitable locations for the transaction.

We'll need to go and see it in person before making a final decision.

It's already midnight, and there are still 8 days until we return.

Qing Zhun walked into the office with a lunchbox in his hand. "Inspector, have something to eat. You spend all day in the office, you need to take a break."

In the past few days, the detectives of Team Seven have discovered something: this new boss seems to never need to sleep.

Whenever they looked toward the office, Qing Chen was either analyzing case files or sitting in a chair with his eyes closed, resting.

Even the sleeping bag that Qing Hua bought for him has never been unfolded.

That's really strange.

Just then, Qing Chen received a message on his phone.

He glanced at Qing Zhun in surprise. It was Shadow who had sent the message, asking him to return to the Utopia Tower to discuss the hostage exchange three days later.

Qing Chen sighed and said to Qing Zhun, "I'm leaving for a while. Call me if anything happens."

Qing Zhun asked, "I'll arrange a car to take you back."

"No need, I'll walk back myself," Qing Chen said.

Outside the Intelligence Department One, Qing Yi was asleep in his car, his arm hanging limply at his side, while he held a cell phone that was on a call for 3 hours and 42 minutes. The caller was Li Ke.

He seemed to fall asleep while chatting with Li Ke, and strangely, Li Ke didn't hang up the phone.

Qing Yi was half asleep when he suddenly woke up with a start.

He subconsciously turned his head to look at the gate of the Intelligence Department One. The small iron gate under the large iron gate was slowly opening, and the gentleman he was waiting for was slowly walking out.

Qing Yi quickly said into the phone, "I've waited for you, sir. I'll talk to you later."

Li Ke, sounding groggy on the other end of the phone, said, "Well, just tell the man directly, don't try to outsmart him."

"Okay, I understand."

After saying that, Qing Yi wiped the sleep from his eyes and chased after Qing Chen.

Before he could run two steps, Qing Chen stopped helplessly and looked at Qing Yi: "Do you wait here every night?"

At this moment, Qing Yi's dark circles under his eyes were extremely severe. He had been sleeping in the car for the past few days, just to wait for Qing Chen to come out.

Qing Yi stood in front of Qing Chen, looking at him expectantly.

Qing Chen reached out and patted his head. This time, the boy didn't instinctively shrink back, but he forgot to say what he originally wanted to say.

"Is there something you need?" Qing Chen asked with a smile. "If there's nothing else, I'll head back now?"

Qing Yi moment. "I'll accompany you for a walk, sir."

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

Qing Chen walked ahead, while Qing Yi followed cautiously beside the man. He turned his head to look at the man and suddenly noticed that the man also looked somewhat tired.

On the upper floor of the Intelligence Department One, Qing Hua and Qing Zhun were standing by the window.

"Wait, isn't that the Shadow Candidate, Qing Yi?" Qing Hua looked at Qing Zhun in disbelief. "Did you see the boss pat Qing Yi on the head just now? Am I seeing things?"

Qing Zhun shook his head. "You're not seeing things, he did pat me twice, and Qing Yi didn't dodge."

"So, the boss has already chosen his supporter in the Shadow Struggle?" Qing Hua asked, stunned. "But why Qing Yi?"

"Maybe it's because of their relationship," Qing Zhun thought for a moment and said, "If the inspector chooses Qing Yi, then Team Seven will definitely stand with Qing Yi."

But actually, Qing Hua doesn't care who the boss supports right now, since the Shadow Struggle won't end anytime soon.

According to past practice, the third and fourth rounds will take at least six months and sometimes one or two years.

Qing Hua is concerned about now is why Shadow Candidate like Qing Yi would willingly let someone tap his head without any resistance.

However, just as Qing Chen and Qing Yi were walking towards the District 5.

Qing Zhun and Qing Hua were standing by the window when they suddenly saw two people following their boss silently.

"The crows," Qing Zhun said calmly, "The crows have come, in April and May."

"The Tribunal of Taboos? What are they doing here... Oh no, the boss is in danger!" Qing Hua turned to run outside, but Qing Zhun grabbed him. "Have you forgotten? The inspector specifically told us not to follow them."

Qing Hua recalled Qing Chen's instructions before he left, and it was indeed so.

"Could it be that the boss didn't want us to come along because he foresaw the danger and didn't want us to get involved?" Qing Hua thought for a moment and said.

"Probably," Qing Zhun replied expressionlessly. "After all, although the Intelligence Department One has an official status, it doesn't have any real experts, so following him wouldn't be very useful. However, it's a bit unexpected that the inspector did this. If it were any other boss, he probably would have to bring a few cannon fodder to protect him before daring to go out. He's quite considerate of his subordinates."

"I feel like you haven't fully accepted him yet? I call him boss, but you still often refer to him by his job title, 'inspector,'" Qing Hua said.

How one person addresses another can often reveal their true thoughts.

Qing Zhun glanced at Qing Hua and grinned, "I agree, who said I don't? Don't you dare slander me."

Qing Hua fell silent. When the crow appeared just now, Qing Zhun recognized its identity at a glance.

However, these two crows were not wearing the black linen cloaks, Qing Zhun recognized their appearance from a distance of over a hundred meters.

This shows that Qing Zhun has excellent eyesight.

Within the Kei clan, those with exceptional eyesight are usually the ones who have been rewarded with Jingshan Tea by the Kei clan's shadow.

For a moment, Qing Hua was unsure of what exactly Qing Zhun's identity was.

Qing Hua suddenly said, "Are we really not going to follow the boss? The crows have shown up, which means that either Jindai or Kashima will probably make a move against him tonight."

Assassination is a rule-breaking act devoid of political wisdom, and it is precisely because of his fondness for assassination that he has been criticized by all conglomerates.

Gradually, the Gods rarely used this method anymore, except when dealing with particularly important figures.

As an inspector in the PCA's Intelligence Department One, Qing Chen was naturally not a really big shot.

However, Qing Chen's recent display of ability has likely already attracted the attention of the Divine Era.

Many people may underestimate Qing Chen because of his youth, but the God Era's intelligence agency, "Yamata," certainly won't.

On the contrary, the other party will pay more attention to Qing Chen.

An old and feeble enemy—there's no need to kill him; he's lost all ambition and will die sooner or later anyway.

If a 17-year-old boy who has already shown his talent and is running the Intelligence Department One pro, how many years will he rule the entire intelligence community if he is left unchecked?

At this moment, Qing Zhun and said, "Even if we don't assassinate him, we will find a way to thwart him once and undermine his confidence. There's no way to avoid it."

There are too many corporate geniuses in this world who show their talent and high spirits in their youth, only to be deliberately targeted by other corporations and have their ambitions crushed.

Many people think that they can get back up after they fall down, but getting back up is not that easy.

Many geniuses, after being severely defeated once, never recover.

Not only are they geniuses from conglomerates, but they are also geniuses in various sports competitions. When they win, they can keep winning, their confidence grows stronger with each battle, and their aura becomes more and more powerful.

However, once they suffer a major setback, they will quickly fade from the stage of history.

This is a very subtle psychological tactic, but it is extremely useful.

Qing Zhun turned and walked towards his dormitory. "I'm going to sleep."

Qing Hua glanced at his retreating figure and said, "No, I still have to take my brothers with me. Maybe they can be of some help."

"Aren't you afraid of dying? Is this something we can get involved in?" Qing Zhun turned around and asked with interest.

"We can't just do nothing," Qing Hua said, calling Yang Xuyang and the others out. Qing Zhun ultimately didn't follow, but a cryptic smile played on his lips.

Inside the buildings on both sides of the Kamiyo Style Street in the District 5.

The melodious singing of the dancers downstairs drifted through the window and into the room.

The red and gold holographic neon lights also made the unlit room look magnificent.

Beside the floor-to-ceiling window, several men in black stood silently, gazing out the window like timeless sculptures.

Through the earpiece, someone calmly said, "Target is approaching. Note: Do not kill the Shadow Candidate next to him. Note: Do not kill the Shadow Candidate next to him. Break both of the target's legs and then withdraw according to Plan A, leaving one alive."

"Receive."

"Receive."

"..."

More than a dozen replies came through the communication channel in the headset, which meant that there were more than a dozen groups of assassins hiding in the Kamiyo Style Street, ready to make their move at any time.

These people weren't there to kill him, but to cripple Qing Chen, forcing him to stay in bed to recover for a short period and demoralize him.

They didn't want to fight the Qing family to the death at this time.

Just then, a sudden voice in the earpiece laughed and said, "Good evening, everyone. Thank you for your hard work. It's so late and you're still trying to assassinate our Qing family's intelligence agents."

These words sent a chill down the spines of all the assassins.

The assassins who were standing by the French windows suddenly turned around and saw a Shadow Gate open behind them, from which a young man walked out.

In an instant, all the guns in the assassins' hands flew out of their grasp, as if they had encountered a giant magnet.

The flying guns hovered around the young man, their muzzles pointed at the assassins.

The mysterious young man, with a firepower matrix behind him resembling a battleship's close-in weaponry, and his ability to manipulate metal combined with modern technological weapons, looks exceptionally terrifying.

The guns behind them resembled the hundreds of longswords that were integrated into the Iron Throne in Game of Thrones.

An assassin urgently shouted into the communication channel, "Qing Ye! The Qing Clan's Shadow has opened the Shadow Gate and sent his secret forces in! Retreat!"

The young man named Qing Ye laughed, "Looks like I'm quite famous now, huh? You can even tell me my name just by looking at me. Who leaked the news?!"

The young man who passed through the Shadow Gate was not a shadow. In fact, many people do not know that the Forbidden Item ACE-008 Shadow Gate can not only teleport the host, but also other people.

This means that the Shadow has the ability to send his troops to any place he has been at any time.

"This is a trap," someone said on the communication channel.

They realized that the Shadow Gate could be opened directly inside the house, which meant that the Shadow had been there before, and tonight was a trap set by the other side.

Looking at the unsuspecting assassins, Qing Ye laughed and said on the secret unit's communication channel, "You all had a great time tonight."

Qing Chen took a lollipop out of his pocket and put it in his mouth. He looked at Qing Yi with a smile, only to see that the other party was also prepared and took out a lollipop from his pocket.

The two exchanged a knowing smile and then continued walking forward.

The two people, one tall and one short, looked remarkably harmonious from behind.

Just as the two entered the Kamiyo Style Street, gunshots suddenly rang out from behind a window covered by a white wine banner.

Qing Yi a moment, but then heard Qing Chen beside him say with a smile, "Don't worry about what happened, let's keep moving forward."

Gunfire continued incessantly, and it seemed as if a fierce, yet unseen, battle was taking place in the buildings lining the wide road.

Qing Chen felt something was off; the gunfire was too intense, as if someone had set up a six-barreled metal storm machine inside the building.

It's completely different from the frequency of normal shooting.

Wrong.

It's not Metal Storm.

Qing Chen was a gun master, and he could tell that there were dozens of pistols and automatic rifles coming from the building, and that the types of guns were all different.

That's strange.

Pedestrians in the Kamiyo Style Street fled in panic, looking for a place to hide.

Only Qing Chen remained calm and continued walking forward.

Qing Yi was initially a little flustered, but seeing his master's calm demeanor, he suddenly calmed down.

The next second, a pane of glass on the building to the right shattered, and two people fell from the seventh floor.

The next second, glass shattered on the left as well, and an assassin was thrown from the building.

Broken panes of glass fell to the ground, making a crisp, clattering sound, like the unique sound of rain.

Qing Chen and Qing Yi walked nonchalantly under the red holographic neon lights, with goldfish with huge tails hanging overhead, and a chaotic crowd, fluttering white wine banners, and a girl in a shop window looking panicked in the window.

The chaos revolved around Qing Chen and Qing Yi, but the long street was too chaotic for anyone to know that the chaos was caused by Qing Chen.

Qing Yi turned his head and asked, "Sir, you knew there was danger, which is why you didn't want me to come along just now, right?"

"Hmm," Qing Chen said calmly.

He suddenly received a message from Shadow in the middle of the night, and he felt that something was wrong.

At that time, he only guessed that the other party intended to use him as bait, but he had no evidence.

It now seems that Mr. Qing's shadow is very well prepared, and he probably intends to clean up the demons and monsters before trading with the Kamishiro Jingbian.

Qing Yi turned to look in the shop window by the roadside, only to find the girl he had seen a few days ago sitting pitifully in the window, looking out with tears in her eyes.

Behind the shop window was a locked backdrop. If there were no customers, the girl had to sit inside kneeling all night. This was a form of punishment from the boss, designed to motivate her to keep smiling and attract customers in the best possible way.

Just then, an explosion was heard from a building ahead.

The enormous tremor shattered all the windows on the street.

Xiao Yu was originally a light drizzle seemed to turn into a torrential downpour.

However, Qing Chen remained unfazed.

He believed that if Shadow dared to use him as bait, he must have made thorough preparations. If fishing resulted in Qing Chen's death, it would likely be a stain on Shadow's life.

However, Qing Yi saw this scene differently; he felt that his master was incredibly mysterious and calm.

Just then, Qing Yi finally mustered up his courage and asked, "Sir, can you help me win the third round of the Shadow Struggle? If I become a Shadow in the future, I will definitely..."

Qing Yi had prepared a lot of lines and spoke them fluently in one breath. She didn't even know how many times she had memorized them in private.

But before he could finish speaking, Qing Chen turned around and smiled, "Alright, I'll help you win this third round of the Shadow Struggle."

Qing Yi was stunned. He felt that his master seemed to be bathed in a radiant glow in the noisy and bustling street, making him extremely dazzling.

He never expected that the other party would agree to something he had hesitated and prepared for for so many days, something he still found difficult to say.

Qing Chen said to Qing Yi, "Starting tomorrow, come directly to Intelligence Department One and cultivate alongside me."

"Ah..." Qing Yi was momentarily stunned. "Okay, okay!"

The next moment, Qing Chen turned around and smiled at April and May behind him, saying, "You two have worked hard."

But then they saw that the two crows had somehow changed into black linen cloaks and were standing in the middle of the chaos with dejected expressions, seemingly worried about having to work overtime that night.

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