Have You Ever Watched TV Dramas?

The sudden loud crash made the smile on the young man in white stiffen slightly...

The hunched old man and the others' expressions changed abruptly!

Because this undoubtedly meant that something had indeed gone wrong upstairs, and judging from the current loss of contact, it was most likely their own people who had come out worse.

The young man in white glanced at his watch, then said to the hunched old man, "Blood Lotus Blossoming will take about another twenty minutes. As long as we hold out for those twenty minutes, we can leave. Then we can retreat to the Old Soil via Three Waters Bridge, and no one will be able to do anything to us!"

"Alright!"

The hunched old man gritted his teeth, then began picking people in the hall. "You, you, you... and you. Come with me!"

After selecting four subordinates, the hunched old man headed straight for the stairwell.

In the third-floor corridor.

Afraid of drawing the attention of any possible dangerous individuals, the group led by Manager Shi and Agent Ma did not use the brighter emergency lights. Instead, they each set their phone flashlights to dim and used them to light the way beneath their feet.

"Wait! There seems to be something ahead. Is there anywhere we can hide?" Not long after leaving the restaurant, Agent Ma suddenly asked Manager Shi.

Manager Shi panicked as well and hurriedly said, "There's a conference room on the left. There's a large conference table inside. We can hide under it!"

As he spoke, Manager Shi led everyone toward the left.

Very soon, under Manager Shi's lead, all eight of them had hidden inside the conference room.

Manager Shi carefully closed the conference room door, then finally let out a breath of relief.

However, the moment he turned around, the scene behind him gave him a fright—

"Dad!"

Lin Long suddenly cried out softly.

Without any hesitation, Lin Hai grabbed Agent Ma by the neck and smashed his head viciously against the conference table!

Bang!

Agent Ma's head had an intimate encounter with the conference table.

The sudden development badly startled the others in this makeshift team. They all backed away and began accusing Lin Hai.

"What are you doing?"

"Let Agent Ma go! How dare you attack a Public Security Bureau agent?!"

"I knew it! This father and daughter must be among those dangerous people too. Everyone, be careful!"

The group quickly reached a consensus, deciding that there was something wrong with Lin Hai and his daughter.

Only Manager Shi did not take sides so easily. He looked at Lin Hai and said, "Mr. Lin, is there some misunderstanding here?"

"What, you don't suspect that there's something wrong with me?" Lin Hai did not care about the others' accusations. Instead, he was somewhat surprised by Manager Shi's attitude.

"I don't have any other talents, but I do have a pretty good memory." Manager Shi said cautiously, "If I remember correctly, Mr. Lin, you came here with your whole family, didn't you? Forgive my lack of experience, but I've never seen anyone bring their family along to commit a crime."

The others calmed down somewhat after hearing Manager Shi's words.

The middle-aged man in the tank top, who had mocked Agent Ma earlier, simply tried to play peacemaker and said to Lin Hai, "Brother, whatever it is, we can talk it out. This is a critical moment. We should be united against the enemy!"

"Aren't I facing the enemy right now...?" Lin Hai asked. "Do you really think this guy is a Public Security Bureau agent?"

"If I'm not, are you?" Ma Kun demanded angrily.

"Me? I'm indeed not anymore. After all, I became an inspector two years ago," Lin Hai said calmly.

Lin Long then pulled up a photo on her phone of Lin Hai wearing an inspector's uniform and showed it to Manager Shi. After seeing it, Manager Shi immediately believed more than half of it.

After all, Lin Hai had never revealed this identity before. Logically speaking, there was no reason for him to have prepared a doctored photo in advance just to fool him.

Besides, Manager Shi had never thought Lin Hai was suspicious in the first place, because among Lin Hai's children was a little darling who looked only two or three years old.

What kind of bad guy brought a baby along to commit a crime?

Combined with the photo Lin Long had produced, Manager Shi immediately realized that Lin Hai might be the real Public Security Bureau officer!

"Inspector Lin, please forgive my earlier rudeness." After seeing the photo, Manager Shi immediately stated his position and apologized to Lin Hai.

Lin Hai nodded and did not make much of it.

Ma Kun suddenly laughed and asked, "How did you figure out that I'm not a Public Security Bureau agent?"

The moment Ma Kun said this, everyone else immediately confirmed that he really was the one with a problem!

The middle-aged man in the tank top, who had wanted to play peacemaker, was the most embarrassed and angry of all. He had been intimidated by Ma Kun's identity as an agent.

Now that he saw the man was a fake, he flew into a rage. "Damn it, I knew from the start you were no good! Believe me, I'll chop you to death!"

Still pinned to the conference table, Ma Kun did not even spare him a glance. He merely waited for Lin Hai's answer.

"Have you ever watched TV dramas?" Lin Hai suddenly asked, seemingly ignoring the question.

"You're trying to humiliate me?" Ma Kun frowned slightly.

"No. I just want to tell you that when agents reveal their identities in TV dramas, they always voluntarily state their agent number. That isn't made up—it's a regulation," Lin Hai said.

"Didn't you fail to state yours too?" Ma Kun asked in astonishment.

"Because I no longer work for the Public Security Bureau." Lin Hai spoke as if it were only natural. "Let me introduce myself again. Lin Hai, field assistant at the Crimson Flame Longjiang Branch... Well, Crimson Flame doesn't require registration numbers."

"..."

Ma Kun was immediately speechless.

He truly had not expected to be exposed for such a basic reason.

But on second thought, he had just happened to run into Lin Hai, who had once been an inspector. Otherwise, none of the others had clearly noticed that detail.

Thinking that over, he accepted it.

"I didn't expect that even after deliberately avoiding those big hotels on the island, I'd still run into someone from Crimson Flame. Sigh." Ma Kun let out a sigh.

"Who exactly are you people? Answer honestly, and you may still receive lenient treatment. Otherwise..." Lin Hai said in a low voice.

"You're a Gene Warrior, aren't you... As a field assistant, I'd guess you've received one or two injections of Level One Gene Serum?" Ma Kun asked.

"What are you trying to say?"

"The Crimson Flame Longjiang Branch may not be inferior to the Skysea Island Branch. If you were an official member, I really wouldn't be certain I could defeat you. But you're merely a lowly field assistant. Who gave you the courage... to think you can deal with a servant of the great Scarlet Lord?"

By the end, Ma Kun's tone was filled with indifference!

However, the chilling atmosphere he had just created was quickly shattered by a clear, lively voice.

"You can let him go now, Dad."

"Are you sure?"

"Mhm, mhm!"

"Alright, then."

Lin Hai nodded directly at those words and released the hand pinning Ma Kun down.

Everyone beside them was badly frightened by this and raised their hands, trying to stop him.

"Don't!"

"Inspector Lin, calm down!"

"You can't let him... Holy shit, you really let him go?"

Seeing that Lin Hai had actually released him, they all raised their weapons at Ma Kun, looking ready to strike at the slightest disagreement.

For instance, the middle-aged man in the tank top held the kitchen knife Manager Shi had found for him earlier, raising it in the air and pointing it at Ma Kun.

From Ma Kun's earlier words, they had already gathered that he was probably no ordinary criminal. He was most likely a superhuman!

How could they not panic when facing such a vicious person?

What they could not understand was why Lin Hai, a Crimson Flame member, would release a dangerous criminal like Ma Kun just because his daughter said so.

But... they soon understood.

The moment Lin Hai released him, Ma Kun braced himself against the conference table and pushed himself upright.

The next moment—

Thud!

Ma Kun, who had just straightened up from the conference table, suddenly went weak at the knees like a spineless shrimp and dropped to his knees directly in front of Lin Hai!

"..."

Ma Kun fell silent once again.

Everyone else was dumbfounded as well, staring blankly at the scene.