Volume Two: Naked Primitive Accumulation of Capital - Chapter Five: The Immortal Apprehension Office (Part Two)

After seeing Qi Ren off, Luo Qian gathered a great heap of food and climbed back onto the roof.

He had yet to enjoy a single benefit of being a first-rank Secret Stinger, and already he had to do the man's bidding, stuck guarding a rooftop. Luo Qian muttered under his breath, feeling thoroughly cheated. In the time this took, he could have gone down, picked up two laptops and sold a couple of little discs. Even if he used the money to buy Qi Ren underwear, the return would beat what he was doing now.

He set down the food, lay flat on the roof and looked through the Sniper Rifle's scope. Several new customers had entered Ge Yi Zhang's shop. They examined the cloth, chose a few pieces, paid a deposit and left together. There was nothing suspicious about them.

After they left, Luo Qian kept his dreary watch for quite a while. The sky gradually darkened. Fortunately, the Sniper Rifle's scope had infrared capability; he could see his target even in pitch-black night.

Zhang Laocheng was preparing to close. Luo Qian kept him in sight as he lowered the shutters. Suddenly, a brilliant light flashed through the scope. Blinded by the glare, Luo Qian saw nothing but white for a brief instant.

By the time he rubbed his eyes and looked back at Ge Yi Zhang's shop, Elder Zhang Laocheng had crushed a Communication Jade Talisman in his hand and was hurriedly packing his things. The flash had come from the talisman flying in from outside. Its glow had gone unnoticed in daylight, but stood out sharply in the dim light of dusk.

Luo Qian had not been discovered.

Elder Zhang Laocheng was pulling things from a hidden compartment in the wall and stuffing them into a