A Fine Performance

10 p. m., Changning Road in the District 5.

A young man was strolling leisurely down the street, a lollipop dangling from his mouth, enjoying the city's night view with great interest.

He joked into the headset, "Sir, it's definitely more interesting in the city! Could you please be kind enough to transfer us to the Garrison Troops in City No. 10? We're always stuck in the wilderness, and there aren't even any female soldiers in the barracks! Or you could send us to the front lines, let us go up against the special forces of Kamishiro and Kashima, that would give life some excitement!"

The voice of Qing Shi's shadow came through the earphone. "After you finish this job, I'll give you a two-month vacation."

Another person's lament came through the earpiece. "Sir, stop making empty promises. Last time you said I could take a long vacation, but you dragged me back the very next day."

Shadow laughed, "With great power comes great responsibility. You are the most capable and battle-hardened under my command. If I don't use you in a critical moment, who will I use? Qing Ye, are you in the designated area yet?"

With a lollipop dangling from his lips, Qing Ye strolled along nonchalantly. "No, no, it's not your planned time yet. I expect to arrive in 13 minutes and 20 seconds... By the way, sir, why is it that Intelligence Department One leading this deal? Are they even capable?"

Qing Ye is a true elite under the shadow of the Qing clan, Awakened.

Over the past nine years, after the Qing family's shadow recruited him from the Federation Group Army, he carried out 131 secret missions, large and small, without a single failure.

In the eyes of such people, it is no exaggeration to describe the Intelligence Department One puppet in name only, as "useless".

To Intelligence Department One is a living devil, but to true elites, it's nothing but child's play.

After all, the agents' skill level limits the intensity of the events they can participate in...

Moreover, just six months ago, one of his secret missions almost failed because the previous inspector of the Seventh Group of the First Intelligence Division accidentally leaked the Intelligence Department One.

The inspector also died during that mission.

This made Qing Ye's impression of the Intelligence Department One even worse.

Qing Shi's shadow laughed on the communication channel, "Perhaps this time, the nickname 'Living Yama' of Intelligence Department One might actually come true."

Qing Ye was taken aback. He had a blind admiration for Mr. Shadow, so when he heard Mr. Shadow say this, he immediately became serious. "Did you put some kind of monster in the Intelligence Department One?"

"I see you've gotten too carried away since you came to City No. 10, and you haven't been paying any attention to the outside world," Shadow said.

Qing Ye choked for a moment. "My name is Qing Ye, you know, I just got wild while playing around..."

Qing Shi Yingzi said with a smile, "This operation plan was entirely formulated by this Seventh Group Inspector. I just assigned tasks to you according to his requirements. So whether he is capable or not, you will all know after this operation is over."

Qing Ye raised an eyebrow. "You're entrusting such an important matter to him? This isn't like you at all. You used to make all the plans yourself."

"Let's play around and see how far the kid can go," Qing Shi's shadow laughed. "This time, I'll be a true bystander and see what he's up to. Trading the Kamishiro Jingbian is a small matter. When it comes to bringing Qing Mu home, that's when I'll need to plan. So, let the kid handle the small matter."

Another person on the communication channel asked, "Sir, is this Qing Chen someone you want to train? I can see what you're planning. You just want to use Kamishiro and Kashima as training grounds for him."

A soldier who has never actually been on the battlefield, seen blood, or heard cannon fire exploding nearby cannot be considered a true soldier.

Similarly, a commander who has never actually made and implemented a battle plan, nor experienced failure and success, cannot be considered a true commander at all.

Qing Shiying said that for small-scale operations, the children should handle it.

It was clearly an attempt to create an opportunity for Qing Chen, to hone his skills through real combat.

But Qing Ye and the Qing Qu who was speaking couldn't understand why the Qing family's shadow was so interested in a boy and why he had spent so much effort on him.

Qing Qu seemed to realize something. "He is..."

Qing's shadow sneered, "Shut up. If you bring this up again, you'll be sent to the wilderness to feed the pigs."

"Oh..."

But at that moment, Qing Ye, who was sucking on a lollipop, suddenly stopped. "Sir, this is getting interesting."

As Qing Ye walked along the road, four assassins suddenly blocked his way from both the front and the back. They stood in the crowd, staring at each other.

Qing Ye wanted to disarm these people immediately, but found that the black guns in their hands were all carbon fiber guns, which were not under his control at all.

Qing Ye said over the comms channel, "Sir, I have something to take care of here."

Another voice on the communication channel asked, "Wait, what if the inspector from Intelligence Department One dies if you can't reach the target area within the designated time?"

Qing Ye raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you afraid I'll die even faster than him?!"

"Wait, I've run into a bit of a problem too."

Qing Shi Yingzi laughed, "The opponent is better prepared than we thought. Now, Group Seven is going to have something to worry about."

Qing Ye calmly said on the communication channel, "Sir, do you think this Seventh Group Inspector might be deliberately using Qing Qu and me as bait? Not many people know our whereabouts."

The shadow chuckled, "Don't you find that even more interesting?"

Qing Ye spat the lollipop out of his mouth onto the ground. "This is fucking funny."

On the road to success in the District 5.

The agents from Team Seven, dressed in plainclothes, had dispersed throughout the long street, pretending to be unrelated passersby.

However, they weren't the only ones pretending to be passersby.

Yang Xuyang had just found a clinic specializing in prosthetic limbs and was about to go in for a look when he saw Chen Sai and Chen Zhen, inspectors from Intelligence Group Six, earnestly inquiring about the functions of prosthetic limbs...

The two men also saw him, and the atmosphere between them immediately became awkward, but they continued to pretend that they did not know each other.

The next moment, Yang Xuyang turned around and was shocked to see Li Yunqu, the second group inspector across the street, watching the show with great interest, seemingly wanting to see how embarrassed Chen Sai would be.

But when Yang Xuyang turned around, he met Li Yunqu's gaze. Li Yunqu quickly coughed and turned to look away.

"Boss," Yang Xuyang said in the communication channel, both amused and exasperated, "Isn't this a secret operation? Why do I feel like everyone from Intelligence Department One is on this street?"

Qing Chen calmly looked at Kamiyo Changming opposite him and replied, "Normal."

Today, almost the entire Seventh Intelligence Group was mobilized, which is clearly unusual.

As a result, almost all the other intelligence groups in the Intelligence Department One Division also mobilized. They were too curious to know what kind of person the Seventh Group was going to trade with Kashima tonight.

Instead of waiting to go back and get secondhand information, it's better to come and observe firsthand information directly.

But this was exactly what Qing Chen wanted to see. He had Qing Hua lead almost all the agents away from the Intelligence Department One in a swaggering manner, hoping to lure out the other intelligence groups.

The muddier the water tonight, the better.

Just then, Qing Chen's phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Shadow calling. The other party had a big smile on his face, "The people we sent to protect this transaction were intercepted on the way by assassins who appeared out of nowhere. You may need to be careful."

Qing Chen: "Can't you be a little more reliable???"

He was about to say something when he saw that Shadow had already hung up the phone.

The other party didn't seem to want to listen to his performance; they just wanted to quietly be an observer and watch the drama unfold tonight.

At this moment, a man in a black trench coat approached Qing Chen and asked, "Qing Chen, Inspector of Group Seven? I am Park Chang-ho from Kashima. Shall we proceed with the transaction now?"

Qing Chen looked at Park Chang-ho: "I'm Qing Chen, where are you?"

Park Chang-ho, dressed in a black trench coat, gave him a deep look. "I've brought the person. Where is the person I want?"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and pointed to a black minivan parked there, its windows completely covered.

As Park Chang-ho pointed, someone opened the car door and pushed out a haggard-looking person.

It wasn't Kamishiro Jingbian, but Qing Zhou.

This is an intelligence agent who was arrested by Kashima in the north a long time ago.

Qing Hua was stunned when he saw this scene. Wasn't it supposed to be a trade for Kamishiro Jingbian? Why is it Qing Zhou?

It's not that Qing Zhou isn't important, but this is completely different from what was said in the plan.

Qing Hua looked at Qing Chen, but was surprised to find that the other party did not seem surprised at all, as if he had known about this all along.

Qing Chen looked at Park Chang-ho; now that the other party had brought everyone, this deal was inevitable.

While he was thinking, his phone rang again. It was a message from Qing Zhun: "We have retrieved the Kamishiro Jingbian."

In fact, from the very beginning, Qing Chen had no intention of trading Kamishiro Jingbian in public, and Kashima also disagreed with trading in public.

Qing Chen's reasoning was that if Kamishiro Jingbian appeared, it could drive the Kamishiro Family into madness, and the other party would immediately guess what the Qing family planned to do with Kamishiro Jingbian.

At that time, the only thing the Kamishiro Family had to do was not save people, but kill them.

In the midst of chaos, killing someone is easy, but protecting someone is difficult. A dead Kamishiro Jingbian is of no value to the Kei clan.

Therefore, Qing Chen used the public transaction as a cover to lure all the intelligence personnel in City No. 10 to Struggle Road, and then the real transaction was completed by the Shadow side.

Kashima's reason for not wanting the transaction to be public is even simpler: they don't want the Kamishiro Family to know that they also captured someone as important as Kamishiro Jingbian...

This deal was a charade orchestrated by the Qing family and Kashima. All Kashima had to do was give up Qing Zhou, which was a good deal for them.

At that moment, some of the intelligence agents on the long street recognized Qing Zhou, while others did not.

But in any case, if the Qing family is just replacing Qing Zhou, then it's not something worth paying attention to at all.

It's not exciting at all.

It's like someone telling you a story, "There was a beautiful widow in Guoyuan Village..."

He started with this story, then piqued your interest until you were itching to know what to do, and then continued, "This beautiful widow had athlete's foot."

You'll immediately feel bored and even a little nauseous.

The reason Qing Chen was willing to come to Fendou Road to draw attention away from Qing Zhun's side was precisely because he knew that once everyone saw Qing Zhou, they would lose interest in the deal.

The only thing to be careful about is...

What if the Kamishiro Family members come all this way for nothing and then think, "We've already come all this way."

If the other side thinks, since they're already here, they might as well kill this troublemaking inspector from Group Seven.

What should Qing Chen do then?!

Something's not right. Qing Chen looked around and suddenly asked over the comms channel in front of Park Chang-ho, "Is there anything unusual about the sniper position?"

"No abnormalities found in A1".

"No abnormalities found in A2".

"No abnormalities found in A3".

However, the agent who was supposed to be stationed at the A4 sniper position did not respond.

The next second, Qing Chen suddenly pulled Park Chang-ho to the left. At their original location, a sniper bullet whizzed through, creating a small crater in the concrete pavement.

Qing Chen frowned and looked at Park Chang-ho: "Aren't you guys allies with Kamishiro? This 12.7 caliber sniper rifle is clearly meant to kill us both!"

Park Chang-ho's face was ashen, and he remained silent.

"Did you leak intelligence from within, letting the Kamishiro Corporation know that we were dealing with Kamishiro Jingbian today? Otherwise, why would there be this retaliatory firing?" Qing Chen asked coldly, "Speak up!"

Park Chang-ho gave Qing Chen a cold look. "Why couldn't it be that the leak came from your side?"

"I'll investigate this thoroughly, and you'd better find out the truth too, or you can forget about any more deals!" Qing Chen said, standing up and yelling into the comms, "Qing Hua, lead your team to A4 sniper site and kill that sniper! Also, be careful of the Kamishiro Family, watch out for them. Everyone else, hide in the shops along the street."

As if in response to Qing Chen's words, a loud roar and gunshots suddenly came from several streets away.

The explosive noise was like a sudden clarion call to attack.

All the intelligence personnel, who were already on edge on the road to struggle, became excited as if they had been wound up when they heard this voice.

After losing sight of Park Chang-ho and Qing Chen, who had taken refuge in a shop on the street, the sniper at A4 turned his attention to the Kashima intelligence personnel. Not only that, but other intelligence groups in the Intelligence Department One also suffered the consequences.

For a time, the intelligence agents on the road to struggle were all in a state of fear.

Li's men seized the opportunity to fire at the agents of Kamishiro, while Chen's men hid in the shadows waiting for their chance to strike. Kamishiro's side launched a swift counterattack.

The road to success has become a complete mess!

Qing Chen looked at Park Chang-ho: "Your men are almost all killed by Kamishiro. Is this what you call an alliance?"

Park Chang-ho picked up his phone and made a call, quickly muttering a few words in Korean.

A short while later, a fully armed eight-man squad appeared at the end of the long street and entered the area, firing accurately at some people.

Qing Chen watched silently from a shop on the street. The eight-man tactical team was highly skilled and strong, just like the Secret Intelligence Department and special forces led by Qing Ye under the Qing family's shadow. Kashima also brought their elites with them to this transaction.

However, these people did not fire on the other intelligence groups, but instead precisely killed the members of the Kamishiro Family.

It seems that this tactical team had already identified all the targets before taking action. After receiving orders from Park Chang-ho, they began to carry out the purge of the members of the Shindai on Fendou Road.

Qing Chen looked at Park Chang-ho: "You guys really don't hold back when it comes to killing your allies."

Park Chang-ho looked at Qing Chen: "When the Kamishiro traded Kashima's 'Jeju' to me, they should have thought this day would come. Besides, we were already prepared to break off relations when we traded the Kamishiro Jingbian, so the Kyung family doesn't need to worry about this kind of thing."

"Alright," Qing Chen asked, "By the way, how do you plan to repay me for saving your life? How about giving us another Qing Clan intelligence agent in return? What about Qing Qi? I know he's in your hands too."

Park Chang-ho sneered, "We belong to different factions. It's pointless for you to save me at a time like this. I won't be grateful."

Qing Chen was taken aback. "What an ingrate!"

With the arrival of the Kashima Tactical Squad, the battle on Struggle Road quickly subsided.

The eight men arrived at the shop where Park Chang-ho -Park Chang-ho was hiding, surrounded him, and then broke out of the area.

However, as he was leaving, Park Chang-ho looked back and suddenly wondered if he should take this opportunity to help Lee Jong-heon of the Intelligence Department One Division get rid of the inspector who was so fond of causing trouble.

Anyway, a lot of intelligence personnel have already died tonight, so one more won't make a difference.

However, just as Park Chang-ho turned around to look for Qing Chen, he found that the other party had disappeared.

Park Chang-ho frowned. What was going on? Could it be that the shadowy figure had intervened and used the Shadow Gate to take Qing Chen away?!

Inside the building where the A4 sniper position was located, Qing Hua was leading six agents, taking the elevator to the top floor.

When everyone arrived at the top floor, Qing Hua walked in front and pushed open the door to the room where the sniper was.

The sniper turned around in surprise.

Qing Hua said, "That's it, that's it. Leave the sniper rifle here. The inspector told us to retreat immediately."

The sniper stood up cheerfully, removed the black hood from his head, revealing himself to be an agent from Team Seven.

In fact, the Kamishiro Family had already planned to retreat when they saw that the trading partner was Qing Zhou.

Whether they retreat or not is irrelevant; Qing Chen is determined to pin the blame on them.

The transaction location was chosen by Qing Chen, and the sniping point was also determined by Qing Chen. From the very beginning, the A4 sniping point was never taken over by the Kamishiro Family. This was just a drama directed and acted by Qing Chen himself.

This sniper's technique was a bit rusty, but fortunately, the A4 sniping point was only 380 meters away from Fendou Road, which was a distance where it was still easy to kill someone.

Qing Chen made a pact with the sniper: he had to fire the instant Park Chang-ho, making the sniper believe that Kamishiro intended to kill them both...

Therefore, from the moment Qing Chen hung up the trading whiteboard on the third floor to the current hostage exchange on Fendou Road.

Qing Chen's core idea has never changed: to truly tear apart the intelligence alliance between Kamishiro and Kashima.

Previously, the Intelligence Department One had only managed a partial rupture, but today it has finally reached the right point.

Tonight, dozens of people died on both the Kamishiro and Kashima sides. The two families can no longer pretend nothing happened as they have in the past.

Qing Chen originally wanted Park Chang-ho to be grateful and remember the life-saving favor he had done, but he never expected that Park Chang-ho would be such an ingrate.

Tonight.

Although it was tough for Qing Chen and Qing Ye Qing Qu, who were sold out by Qingchen, to help draw the fire, those were Shadow's men, so what did they have to do with Qing Chen?

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