Bai Ruoxue was in trouble!
Someone wanted her dead!
Those were the only two things Lin Dong learned before Zhou Gong hurriedly dragged him to the hospital.
"Anyone who lays a finger on my sister today dies!"
The moment Lin Dong reached the ward corridor, he heard an icy, resolute warning!
He looked toward the voice and saw a mature beauty sitting in a wheelchair outside the ward, her pretty face frosty as she argued her case.
Her features bore a strong resemblance to Bai Ruoxue's.
But her alluring eyes were filled with frost, exuding a chill that kept everyone at a distance.
She looked like an ice goddess.
"Who is she?"
Lin Dong looked at Zhou Gong, who was still panting heavily.
"Bai Ruobing."
"Bai Ruoxue's older sister," Zhou Gong said between gasps.
"Captain, let's get over there! Someone's going to die if we don't!"
Instead of moving, Lin Dong looked at the masked people in front of Bai Ruobing. "Who are they?"
"People from the Bai Family!"
Disgust flashed through Zhou Gong's eyes, and he spat viciously. "A bunch of cowards who only know how to hide behind women!"
"What do you mean?"
Lin Dong frowned.
"Bai... Ruo... bing... don't... push... your... luck!"
Before Zhou Gong could answer, an electronically synthesized voice rang out in the corridor, sounding awkward and ridiculous.
Lin Dong glanced over and saw the masked people take a step forward, clearly losing patience.
"A bunch of useless trash who can't even speak like human beings!"
Seated in her wheelchair, Bai Ruobing said coldly, "You think the likes of you can steal merit earned in the Special Affairs Bureau?!"
"This is the entire Bai Family's decision."
An old woman leaning on a cane stepped out of the crowd and said evenly, "Ruobing, the Bai Family promises to save Ruoxue, so her injuries cannot be reported!"
Bai Ruobing sneered without saying a word.
Lin Dong looked curiously at Zhou Gong. "Other people can steal merit earned in the Special Affairs Bureau?"
"In theory, no one can take the merit earned by our colleagues in the Special Affairs Bureau!"
Anger written across his face, Zhou Gong quickly explained, "But the Bai Family's situation is a little different."
"The Special Affairs Bureau actually works with a lot of families. The Bai Family, and our Zhou Family too, are among its regular partners."
"Our families supply people to work for the Special Affairs Bureau."
"And the Special Affairs Bureau deposits the rewards into the family's account."
"To improve efficiency, the Special Affairs Bureau also has a system of rewards and penalties..."
As Lin Dong listened, he finally understood where the problem lay.
Every year, the Special Affairs Bureau compiled a comprehensive assessment of each family's attendance, mission completion, and casualty rates.
Families whose overall performance met the standard received an additional, substantial allocation of supplies!
The supplies were supposedly enough to support an entire family for ten years!
But the Special Affairs Bureau handled the most dangerous incidents. Even families with inherited traditions couldn't guarantee their mission completion rates.
So some families resorted to crooked tricks with their casualty rates.
As long as they didn't report casualties or redeem Special Affairs Bureau merit for treatment, those casualties wouldn't count, keeping their casualty rates very low.
That allowed them to meet the Special Affairs Bureau's reward requirements and receive more generous allocations of supplies.
"Ruobing, this concerns the entire Bai Family."
Looking troubled, the old woman with the cane said, "Even if you won't think of the Bai Family, you should think of your parents and your younger cousin, shouldn't you?"
"Could you really bear to see the entire Bai Family lose its support because of your stubbornness alone?"
"How will your parents hold their heads up in the Bai Family then? How will your cousin keep going to school?"
"The whole Bai Family is counting on this support."
"Could you bear to watch the entire Bai Family go hungry because of you?"
"Ruobing, we mustn't be selfish, must we?"
Standing a short distance away, Lin Dong couldn't help raising an eyebrow at those words. What a classic older-generation tactic!
Labeling someone, then using moral blackmail!
The old woman had mastered that combination.
Bai Ruobing stared coldly at her and sneered. "Don't think I don't know about the Bai Family's dirty dealings!"
"Even if you make the whole family kneel before me today, don't think you can guilt me into this!"
"My sister's merit must be used to treat her injuries!"
"The Bai Family's casualty rate? Why didn't you consider that when you assigned this mission to my sister?!"
Smack!
A slap rang out without warning!
The old woman looked hunched and frail, but she moved surprisingly fast, lashing out with a slap!
Bai Ruobing's pretty face visibly reddened and swelled!
"I was merely explaining my reasons, not asking your permission."
The kindness on the old woman's face vanished instantly, replaced by utter venom. "How dare you two juniors interfere with the Bai Family's support?!"
"You little bitch, you don't get to call the shots in the Bai Family!"
As she spoke, she slammed her cane against the floor and ordered, "Carry Bai Ruoxue out! Our Bai Family will treat her!"
The masked members of the Bai Family immediately moved.
"Don't you dare!"
Unable to hold back any longer, Zhou Gong roared and rushed forward to stop them.
"A brat from the Zhou Family?"
The old woman gave Zhou Gong a contemptuous glance, then turned to look at the man beside her.
He immediately understood, stepped forward, and pulled down his mask, revealing the distinctive snake eyes and fangs. Then he abruptly spoke:
"Kneel!"
His voice exploded like thunder, charged with overwhelming heavenly might and an irresistible authority!
Boom!
Zhou Gong's towering two-and-a-half-meter frame instantly dropped to half its height. His knees shattered the floor, and he remained pinned there, unable to rise.
The Bai Family members all smiled in contemptuous mockery at the sight.
"Captain!"
His features twisted together as Zhou Gong shouted with all his strength.
Lin Dong stepped into everyone's view, his expression calm.
"What stray mongrel is this?"
The old woman with the cane calmly glanced at the Bai Family member who had just spoken.
He grinned viciously, his snake eyes and fangs flashing. "Kneel!"
Boom!
Before the word had even finished ringing out, Lin Dong felt a force of heavenly might repeatedly commanding him. The immense pressure demanded that he kneel!
This was Curse Words!
Words became law!
No one could resist!
As pressure surged toward him from every direction, Lin Dong's gaze turned utterly cold!
The next second!
His lips moved slightly, but every word carried immense weight, like the roars of ten thousand beasts tearing through the heavens!
"Myriad Forms Chant!"
A sneer curled Lin Dong's lips. "Tiger Form: Mountain-Ghost Roar!"
In an instant!
A gigantic, dark-red tiger with slanted eyes and a white forehead materialized behind Lin Dong. Its mane swept upward like raging flames, its eyes shone with a savage scarlet light, and its enormous body nearly filled the entire corridor!
Its murderous aura churned like a tangible substance, instantly scattering the heavenly might of Curse Words that permeated the air.
The next second!
Heaven-Shaking Tiger Roar!
Roar!
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