Chapter 17 Reasons to Join
Su Xue, a tall girl with light pink hair, came over with a wine glass and sat down next to Li Muhan. She had an impressive figure and a delicate face.
Even though she is wearing business suit pants, her long legs are still very eye-catching.
"Li Muhan, I heard that you had a fight with the captain. Our captain's cerebellum develops faster than his brain, so he only thinks with his muscles. Please don't bear a grudge against him."
"Little Peach! How can you talk like that!"
Although Huo Tian's face was red from drinking, he still heard what Su Xue said, and he started shouting in a loud voice.
Li Muhan guessed that the reason why Su Xue was called Little Peach was probably because of her cute pink hair.
This party was a welcome party held by Team 7 for Li Muhan, and his strength was recognized by Huo Tian.
These team members also seemed to trust Huo Tian very much, so they also accepted Li Muhan.
Li Muhan also learned that this team was in a rather awkward situation.
"Damn it! Why don't you assign us a mission?"
Huo Tian, who was already drunk, pounded the table and roared.
Lin Ziyu, the young man in charge of logistics, comforted him and warned his captain not to break the table, as the team's current funds were running low.
"Captain, if you keep destroying things, we'll have no choice but to sell our team's old car. Yin Qi, you too, stop eating and talk to him."
Scout Yin Qi was rather silent and didn't say much during the party. She was petite and wore a hat, making her look a bit like a child. Her big eyes would glance at Li Muhan from time to time.
This made Li Muhan a little confused.
"Our team's situation is somewhat special."
Su Xue looked at the drunken Huo Tian and said to Li Muhan with a wry smile.
"Generally, the members of a combat team are all combatants from the Special Management Bureau, but there will also be one outlier. This can reduce the combat pressure of the team and prevent them from being wiped out due to lack of combat power when necessary."
"Doesn't Captain Huo Tian hate aliens?"
Li Muhan asked.
Su Xue took a sip of wine, and a hint of bitterness flashed in her eyes.
"Yeah, but he can't go against the rules of the Special Management Bureau."
"So, Team 7 has never had any alien members?"
“There was one before.”
This time it was Yin Qi who spoke, her voice was soft, like a kitten.
"But during an operation six months ago, he betrayed us."
betray?
Li Muhan was slightly stunned.
He was not unfamiliar with this word. Li Muhan had experienced countless betrayals since he was a child. Just recently, he was severely backstabbed by his childhood sweetheart, Gu Ruoxi.
But he knew very well that the betrayal that Yin Qi talked about was definitely more painful than what he had experienced.
"That was originally just a simple investigation mission. A Chaos-level alien was detected in an old factory building. It wasn't registered under supervision, so our team went to investigate. Of course, we also went with the alien. She was our companion at the time."
Su Xue spoke in a calm tone.
"Everything went smoothly. It was a vampire that had just awakened and was completely unaware of the world. It hadn't hurt anyone and was just hiding in the abandoned factory, shivering."
When he heard the word "vampire", Li Muhan became a little alert. Su Xue seemed to have seen through his thoughts and smiled and waved her hand.
"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with your guarantor. That vampire was very weak and belonged to the low-level vampire clan. We tried to contact her and comfort her emotions. It turned out that she was fine. We were ready to take her away..."
Having said that, Su Xue's hands tightly grasped the cup, her eyes full of confusion and puzzlement.
"But our alien team member suddenly deployed a domain, injuring the captain and Yin Qi from behind, then fled the scene with the vampire. Her whereabouts remain unknown to this day."
"The alien's defection was a very serious matter. All the responsibility was placed on the captain's head. Our team has not been on a serious mission since then. We have only assisted the police in solving trivial cases that have nothing to do with aliens. And the defected alien has never appeared in our sight again."
"The captain never gave up on searching for him. After that, he refused any aliens to join him. His most common muttering was, 'Aliens are indeed beasts. They will never truly help humans.'"
"So, Li Muhan, if the captain says or does anything extreme to you during the next operation, don't take it to heart. It's not easy for us to get out of that shadow."
"That's not necessary."
As a result, Huo Tian, who was supposed to be drunk, pushed Lin Ziyu away and said to Li Muhan.
"We're in the Special Management Bureau, a job that's on the edge of life and death. Don't be so hypocritical. This isn't some mutual aid society. Everyone has a past."
He looked at Su Xue, Lin Ziyu and Yin Qi.
"You have no right to ask Li Muhan to be tolerant of anyone. You have also read his information. Should he just swallow his anger?"
Then he looked at Li Muhan again and said.
"I looked down on you before and thought you were just a little brat. I apologize to you if we have any disagreements in the future."
He clenched his fists, shook them in front of Li Muhan, and said after laughing heartily a few times.
"We are all men, and we use this to solve the problem."
Li Muhan also smiled and said half-jokingly.
"Okay, Captain Huo, we haven't finished yet, how about we continue?"
Huo Tian's smile froze and he quickly waved his hand.
"Get lost! I can't beat you right now! Show me some respect."
Li Muhan was speechless. Captain Huo Tian's expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book.
After the party, Su Xue and Yin Qi left together, while Li Muhan helped Lin Ziyu help the drunk Huo Tian into the car.
"Mu Han, could you please come with me to send the captain back first, and then I can send you home."
Lin Ziyu said.
The child, who was younger than himself and might have just turned eighteen, looked at Li Muhan timidly.
Li Muhan knew that he was afraid of his identity as a devil.
So he smiled and nodded.
Because he guessed that Lin Ziyu must have something to say to him, otherwise he would not let him get in the car with him.
Sure enough, Lin Ziyu said this as soon as the car started.
"You must be wondering why our captain hates aliens so much."
"Indeed, I am a little curious."
Lin Ziyu said with a wry smile while driving.
"Our captain used to be the chief of the Tianhai City Police Department."
This surprised Li Muhan a little. He didn't expect that Huo Tian was such a big shot.
"He's been in the Special Management Bureau for five years. From the first day he joined, he's been training like crazy, nearly losing his life several times. Oh, and I heard these things from others, since I hadn't joined yet."
Lin Ziyu scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and Li Muhan reminded him not to drive with one hand.
So Lin Ziyu continued.
"Don't look at Captain Huo Tian like this now. He used to have a family. He had a wife and a son. His son even became a policeman with the highest grades in the school."
Although Huo Tian looks strong, he is actually in his fifties.
So Li Muhan found him even more incredible. What was the point of him trying so hard to join the combat unit at this age?
But he had a vague feeling that he would soon get the answer from Lin Ziyu.
Lin Ziyu glanced at Huo Tian through the rearview mirror and found that he was sleeping soundly and snoring, so he continued.
"But just five years ago, before he joined the Special Management Bureau, a shocking series of disappearances of young girls occurred in Tianhai City. The victims were all young female college students or newly employed white-collar workers. The police took this matter very seriously."
"The captain couldn't sleep all night long because of that case. In the end, he actually caught a clue. All the clues pointed to a taxi driver named Zhou Zhiguo."
Li Muhan didn't say anything. He sat in the passenger seat and listened quietly to Lin Ziyu telling about the past.
Huo Tian had just become the director that year and had a bright future, so it was extremely painful for him to see such an incident happen in his jurisdiction.
He neglected his appetite and worked all night to sort out clues. With the help of everyone, he finally locked the target on a taxi driver named Zhou Zhiguo. Just when he was about to close the net.
However, a call from the provincial department warned him not to investigate the matter any further and that someone would handle the incident.
Although he was very unhappy, Huo Tian suppressed his inner restlessness and asked everyone in the department not to interfere in this matter anymore.
There was only one person who firmly opposed it, and that was Huo Tian’s son, a trainee police officer who had just reported to the criminal police team.
Because of this, Huo Tian had a big quarrel with his son, and they ended up parting on bad terms.
That is, early the next morning.
Huo Tian received bad news.
His son died in an abandoned warehouse with his internal organs removed.
And that ruin was exactly where they planned to close their net.
"After that, Captain Huo Tian completely collapsed. He went after Zhou Zhiguo with a gun more than once, and in the end, he even lost his job. The strangest thing was that all the missing girls returned overnight, and they seemed to have been brainwashed and had no memory of anything."
Having said that, Lin Ziyu turned and looked at Li Muhan.
"You should know who did it."
"Special Management Bureau."
Li Muhan said it directly without hesitation.
"That's right. The Special Management Bureau intervened in this matter and found the missing girl, but they had no evidence to prove that Zhou Zhiguo was responsible. In the end, they could only strengthen their control over him, and the matter ended there."
"But for Captain Huo Tian, this is just the beginning."
Li Muhan said.
Lin Ziyu nodded.
"The second month after he lost his job, the Special Management Bureau found the captain and informed him that his son had died at the hands of aliens, but they couldn't prove that Zhou Zhiguo was responsible."
Having said that, Li Muhan already understood the answer to the question he had asked Huo Tian before.
Why join the Special Management Bureau?
He wanted to avenge his child with his own hands.
"Don't think too narrowly of the Captain. Revenge is certainly one of his motives, but after learning about the existence of that monster, the Captain felt that as a former police officer, he had to shoulder the responsibility of protecting the people. So he resolutely joined the Special Management Bureau and became a combatant capable of using the realm."
If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response.
Perhaps only someone with such obsession could pass that kind of special training that is almost like hell.
At this moment, Huo Tian, who had been sleeping in the back seat, slowly opened his eyes, and a rare sadness flashed in his eyes.
......
at the same time.
The top floor of the Zhao Group's building in Tianhai City is brightly lit even late at night, as if declaring that even the night cannot bring silence to this city.
Zhao Zhijiang was smoking one cigarette after another at his desk.
He is waiting, waiting for a result.
Soon, there was a knock on the office door.
Zhao Zhijiang stood up suddenly.
"Come in."
A bodyguard walked in and said timidly.
"Mr. Zhao, we can't find any information... Uncle Chen and the bodyguards are all missing. The villa in the suburbs is also very clean, without even a trace of blood."
Zhao Zhijiang sighed.
Chen Yun had been his confidant for many years and had helped him do many shady things.
The reason why he valued Chen Yun so much was because this person was flawless in his work and was absolutely loyal to him. If Zhao Zhijiang spoke, he would even kill his own mother.
But this time, he was just asked to inquire about the orphan's situation, so how could he just disappear?
"What about that organization from before? The one that found Li Muhan's intelligence. Go find them and check it out. I'll pay any amount. Chen Yun is my old subordinate. I want to see him alive or dead."
After Zhao Zhijiang said this, the bodyguard did not move.
He looked at the bodyguard with some confusion: "Why are you standing there?"
"Boss Zhao...that organization...was destroyed."
Zhao Zhijiang stood up suddenly.
Although that organization was an underground force, it was also an old organization that had taken root in Tianhai City. They had been cleared out several times without causing any harm to them. How could they be wiped out just like that now?
He was so smart. These things might not seem like anything when viewed individually, but when they were put together, Zhao Zhijiang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
More than ten people died, but it was covered up as a car accident.
A powerful underground intelligence organization was destroyed the day after it checked Li Muhan's file.
Chen Yun, who had never failed before, now had no news because of that orphan?
"Boss Zhao, I'll contact other organizations to investigate immediately."
When the bodyguard saw Zhao Zhijiang's face turned pale, he immediately wanted to leave.
Zhao Zhijiang quickly raised his hand to stop him.
"stop!"
"Boss Zhao, do you have any other instructions?"
"No...don't check it."
The bodyguard thought he had misheard, so he walked back to Zhao Zhijiang and asked, "Mr. Zhao... aren't you going to check Uncle Chen's whereabouts?"
"Don't investigate anymore. Not just Chen Yun, but also that man called Li Muhan. From now on, don't touch anything related to him. Do you understand?"
The bodyguard was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately.
Just then, another bodyguard rushed in happily.
"Boss Zhao! Good news! Good news!"
Zhao Zhijiang was still in shock, but after hearing the good news, his mood calmed down a little.
"What good news? We won the bid for the Dongshan Park project?"
"No, it's a bounty for an underground assassin! 50 million, someone has already accepted it!"
"Ah?" Zhao Zhijiang's eyes widened, and an ominous premonition filled his heart.
"What killer bounty? What fifty million?!"
"It's, it's... a bounty on the head of that person named Li Muhan. No one took the five million offer before, but now someone has taken the fifty million. It's for a female killer from abroad."
“Huh?!? Who the hell issued the bounty?! Why didn’t I know about it?!?”
Zhao Zhijiang's almost roaring voice scared the bodyguard so much that he sat down on the ground.
"Mr. Zhao! It's Madam... Madam said you gave her permission..."
Zhao Zhijiang felt his eyes go dark.
There is no doubt that the lady this person is talking about must be Zhao Qiankun's biological mother.
"Fuck him! ￥! You didn't even ask me about such a serious matter?! Go and revoke the bounty! Get the mission back for me!!"
That stinky bitch!!
Zhao Zhijiang made up his mind that after he was done with his work, he would throw her into the sea to feed the fish.
He has four women in total. Zhao Qiankun was born to his fourth wife, making him the youngest son, but also the least promising one. His domineering behavior since he was a child has caused him a lot of trouble.
Zhao Zhijiang had been able to use money to help him settle all the previous problems, but this time something was obviously not normal.
If you continue to indulge that stupid son and his mother, you might end up getting yourself into trouble.
This mother and son will always cause trouble for themselves.
Zhao Zhijiang was so angry that he punched the table.
Just when the bodyguard was about to run away in fear, Zhao Zhijiang's phone suddenly rang.
He picked up the phone and saw that it was an unknown caller, and was a little confused, as few people knew about his phone.
"Which one?"
After picking up the phone, Zhao Zhijiang asked coldly.
"I want to confirm the work with you, Li Muhan, right?"
A cold girl's voice came from the phone.
"Ah? Who? You fucking..."
Suddenly, Zhao Zhijiang thought of something.
"Are you a killer?"
"Fifty million."
"Are you fucking crazy? An orphan's life is worth 50 million?"
"Fifty million, I'll take it."
The other party's cold voice made Zhao Zhijiang feel a chill down his spine.
Fifty million was nothing to Zhao Zhijiang. It was just that this person's origins were unknown, and the recent events surrounding the orphan named Li Muhan were too bizarre...
Zhao Zhijiang no longer wanted to take this risk.
"Forget it, I plan to cancel this job."
"I'm sorry, I've already accepted the 50 million. If you plan to withdraw it, then according to the rules, I will come to you."
"You want to fucking die, don't you!?"
"Mr. Zhao, I dare to accept it, which means I have the ability. Please prepare 50 million, otherwise..."
Beep beep beep——
The call was hung up.
A trace of cold sweat broke out on Zhao Zhijiang's forehead.
What the woman said just now was very clear. If she canceled this mission, she would become her target.
Zhao Zhijiang sat down on the sofa and lit a cigarette.
"Mr. Zhao...what should we do?"
The bodyguard asked cautiously.
"Let's see. If she can really get the job done after taking the money...we'll kill her as well. Don't let anyone know it's our Zhao family who issued the bounty."
Although he said so, Zhao Zhijiang always had a very ominous premonition.
This time, this stupid son seemed to have really gotten himself into a lot of trouble.
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