At that moment, the fisherman's hat ninja's right hand flashed with cold light, and the blade was less than a foot away from Qingxuan's throat.

"Hey!"

At the critical moment, Qingxuan, the old Taoist, no longer cared about his image and rolled on the ground, rolling several meters away like a round gourd.

The fisherman's hat missed its target, and he turned around to try to strike again, but it was too late.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The last three bullets in Yamada Tomoko's pistol stopped him in his tracks.

He landed, paused briefly, and narrowly avoided the bullet.

But the real killing blow came from the side; a sharp gust of wind brushed past his ear, and Yamada Tomoko's poisoned dagger had already severed his carotid artery...

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The following day, the top floor of the Dragon Tower on Hong Kong Island.

Lin Dong, who had spent the night dozing in the office, was woken up by the ringing of a satellite phone.

Qingxuan's slightly tired voice came through the microphone: "Mr. Lin, I have arrived in Jakarta safely."

"Thank you for your hard work, Daoist Master. Once things are settled here, I will make a special trip to Indonesia so we can talk again when we meet."

"Okay, by the way, the intelligence Ms. Yamada intercepted indicates that those people in Tokyo have a backup plan..."

"It's alright. As long as the safety of the Five Elements Breaking Array Beads can be ensured, everything else is a minor matter."

"Well then, I'll be waiting for your good news."

"No problem, Daoist Master, we'll meet in Yinni..."

"Inkpad, please!"

......

After hanging up the phone, Lin Dong stood up from the sofa and stretched comfortably.

He walked to the window, gazing at Victoria Peak as the dawn broke in the distance, his fingertips stroking his chin:

"Some debts should be repaid, and some things... should be returned to their rightful owners."

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the first rays of morning light illuminated the hazy summit of Victoria Peak.

Hong Kong at the foot of the mountain is awakening.

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(End of Volume 2)

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PS: Volume 2, "The Rise and Fall of the Storm," has come to an end. Starting from the next chapter, we will officially enter Volume 3 of this book: "Dominating the World," where the novel is about to usher in a new climax.

What exactly is Lin Dong's meticulously planned "Thousand Islands Project"? Besides nuclear weapons, what other insidious and vicious methods and weapons do hostile forces have to deal with Lin Dong?