At that moment, the older policeman also noticed something was wrong.
He walked toward the van.
As he passed the young policeman, he casually patted him on the shoulder.
But the young policeman stood motionless, his eyes blank, holding the ID in his hand.
The older policeman took the ID and brought it closer for a look.
He froze, then looked at the Special Operations Soldier in the driver's seat and immediately gave him a military salute.
"Please go ahead!"
The soldier nodded, put both hands back on the steering wheel, and drove off.
The van continued to weave crookedly along.
After watching the van leave, the older policeman nudged the young policeman beside him.
Thud!
The young policeman dropped to the ground.
The older policeman froze at the sight of him lying there with his eyes rolled back.
It took him a long while to recover. He helped the young policeman up and pressed his thumb hard into the groove above his upper lip.
Only after five full minutes of pressing did the young policeman's eyes slowly regain their focus.
"Ugh!"
The moment he woke up, the young policeman bent over the ground and began dry heaving.
The older policeman rubbed his back.
"What's wrong with you, kid? Why did you suddenly faint?"
Only after he finished retching did the young policeman look at the older policeman with tears in his eyes.
His eyes filled with bewilderment, he shook his head.
"I don't know what happened either. I just suddenly passed out!"
Hearing his answer, the older policeman's expression grew grave.
"You haven't been possessed, have you?"
At those words, a trace of fear appeared on the young policeman's face.
Outside the Manor, in a secluded spot.
An ambulance marked "Magic City No. 1 Psychiatric Hospital" was parked there.
Inside, Xiao Yu held a tablet and spoke gravely.
"Captain! Are the attackers our people?"
Dart shook his head.
"No! Other Prison Warden squads have intervened!"
Xiao Yu's fingers swiped rapidly across the tablet.
"According to the satellite feed, three squads are attacking the villa!"
Dart spoke gravely.
"Can you trace their identification codes?"
Every member of a Prison Warden squad had a unique identification code.
The Prison Wardens' satellites could detect their identification codes and determine which Containment Facility they came from.
Xiao Yu's fingers flew across the tablet, her two pretty eyebrows knitted tightly together.
"Captain! I can't find them! Their identification codes have been blocked by special means!"
Listening to the gunfire outside, Dart wore an ugly expression.
"Bastards! They're using live rounds!"
There was a subtle difference between the sound of live rounds and tranquilizer rounds.
Dart heard that tiny difference perfectly clearly.
At those words, Sly immediately spoke up indignantly.
"Captain! Why are we only allowed to use tranquilizer rounds while they get to use live ones?"
"Which Containment Facility are they from? I'm filing a complaint when we get back!"
By now, Dart's brows were knitted together.
"I'm afraid they aren't Prison Wardens from Huaxia!"
Within Huaxia's Prison Keeper Organization, there was an unwritten rule.
Live ammunition was not to be used against civilians.
Combined with the information the Doctor had provided, Dart could be certain that none of those three squads belonged to any unit of Huaxia's Prison Wardens.
Liuguang's gaze darkened.
"Captain! Are you saying Prison Wardens from another country have infiltrated the country to seize the target?"
Dart nodded and said gravely.
"That's the only possibility!"
Sly could no longer sit still and said angrily.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go fuck them up!"
Dart shook his head.
"The Doctor's highest-priority mission objective is to disrupt their operation. Containing the target comes second!"
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry up and disrupt it!"
Sly stood up, cradling his gun.
Dart shook his head.
"They're still attacking the villa's perimeter. This isn't the best time to act yet!"
At Dart's words, Sly sat back down in frustration.
Liuguang patted Sly on the shoulder and said gravely.
"Follow orders!"
His expression appeared calm, but his trembling hand on Sly's shoulder completely betrayed his emotions.
Without a word, Sly picked up a cloth and wiped the gun in his arms.
The other squad members also stared silently at the guns in their hands.
Off to one side, Lu Xiao looked curiously at the tablet in Xiao Yu's hands.
"Hey, miss! What's that thing called?"
Lu Xiao pointed at the tablet in her hands.
Xiao Yu paused, but answered anyway.
"This is called a Smart Brain!"
Lu Xiao grinned.
"Can I play with it?"
Xiao Yu shook her head.
Lu Xiao wasn't annoyed. He wasn't determined to play with that Smart Brain.
He simply thought it looked a little like the tablet computers he remembered and wanted to take a look.
But since Xiao Yu refused, he let the matter drop. After all, as a five-star model citizen, forcibly taking it was obviously wrong.
Meanwhile, the battle inside the Manor was nearing fever pitch.
By now, dozens of bodyguards' corpses lay in the garden.
The three Prison Warden squads were clearly working together, and they coordinated well.
They had not suffered a single casualty so far.
Some bodyguards had already fallen back inside the villa.
Even more had taken advantage of the chaos to flee the Manor.
After all, they were only here to work. It wasn't worth losing their lives over.
"Captain! They've started attacking the villa! It's expected to fall in another five minutes!"
Xiao Yu's voice rang out.
Dart pondered for a moment, then gave his orders.
"Check your gear. We'll intercept them once they come out of the villa!"
Liuguang spoke gravely, his gaze cold.
"Tranquilizer rounds or live ammunition?"
As he spoke, he had already ejected the tranquilizer magazine.
He had clearly made his stance known.
For a moment, everyone except Lu Xiao turned their eyes toward Dart.
Dart swept his gaze over the squad members, then gritted his teeth.
"Live ammunition!"
At Dart's words, everyone seemed to find an outlet for their emotions.
For a moment, nothing but the clicks of magazines being changed filled the ambulance.
Sly even threw his discarded tranquilizer magazine onto the floor, stomped hard on it twice, and spat.
Just then, Lu Xiao caught hold of Dart.
"Buddy, do you need me to lend a hand?"
He pointed at his own nose.
Dart thought for a moment.
"Mr. Lu Xiao, I hope you'll follow my orders!"
Lu Xiao nodded, then gave him a friendly smile.
"I have one more question!"
Dart met Lu Xiao's dead-fish eyes and spoke gravely.
"Please go ahead!"
Lu Xiao stuck out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth.
Moonlight fell through the window onto his face, making those dead-fish eyes look utterly terrifying.
"Then can I kill people?"
At Lu Xiao's words, everyone's eyes turned toward Dart once again.
Dart's gaze was dark as he spoke coldly, enunciating every word.
"No killing people!"
"But they aren't people!"
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