Chapter 395 Liquidation
That night.
In a nursing home in the central area of Tianhai City.
A gray-haired old man was slowly closing a book and preparing to turn off the bedside lamp.
After retiring ten years ago, he went straight into a nursing home. Now he is eighty years old, but he still can't let go of his previous job.
It’s not that the job was that good, it’s just that he made some decisions against his will when he was in that position.
"Even if I don't do it, someone else will, and they can completely skip my part."
Although he always comforted himself in this way, he never felt truly at ease even for a single day during his ten years in the nursing home.
Whenever he turned off the desk lamp and lay in bed staring at the dark ceiling, he would think of that day.
That day, he sat on the leather chair in his luxurious office, holding the heavy execution document in his hand, and finally signed his consent to the execution.
His fingers slid lightly across the paper, and every word felt like a needle piercing his heart.
Although the case was full of doubts, key evidence and motives remained unclear, and the man's past and those unconfirmed explanations were like a tangled mess in his mind.
He is old and his brain is not so sharp anymore.
That child seems to love to laugh...
He is polite to everyone and loves to joke with people. No matter what danger they encounter, he can always say a few witty remarks to ease everyone's tension.
Especially his eyes, which always seem to be full of hope.
But now, those memories are covered by cold facts, and all the good things are torn apart by cruel reality.
"Alas." A low sigh echoed in the empty room, as if it was a helpless lament against fate.
In that instant, a dark shadow quietly appeared in the corner of the room, like a ghost lurking in the night.
The black shadow silently approached the bedside and slowly squatted down. His face was close to the old man's trembling ears. His voice was low and cold: "Zhong Rulin...you should die..."
The old man was awakened by the sudden sound. Just as he was about to call for help, a strong hand covered his mouth tightly.
He opened his eyes wide and saw through the darkness those eyes burning with the flames of revenge. They were like two deep black holes, devouring his peace.
"Ten years ago... Tianhai City Special Management Bureau... Director of the Adjudication Court... Zhong Rulin..."
The man's voice seemed to come from the depths of the underworld, and every word was filled with a chilling chill.
“Ugh!! Ugh!!”
The old man struggled hard, but the opponent's strength was too great to allow him to move. The man continued to whisper in his ear in that devilish tone: "...Zhong Rulin...you are the first..."
"Ten years ago...the Court of Arbitration...Zhong Rulin...you were the first..."
Just as he finished speaking, a chill came from the old man's neck, and a sharp blade cut his throat.
In the quiet night, only the old man's silent wail and the cruel melody of splattered blood remained.
The old man's struggle gradually became slower and slower, and his eyes began to lose focus.
But in the end, he did recognize the man's eyes...
Yes, that kid...
Finally, when the old man's hands fell down weakly, the blood from his neck had stained the quilt and sheets.
The shadow was still kneeling on the ground, tightly gripping the black double blades and pressing them to his forehead, as if praying: "...No one... can escape..."
......
Ten minutes later, at the reception desk of Tianhai City Special Management Bureau headquarters.
Although it is a reception office, the majority of people received here are from sister units. People who are not from the Special Management Bureau are basically not allowed to enter.
"What's going on?"
"I heard that more than ten people from the execution team were injured and are now lying in the medical department."
"Is this the same person who attacked Lin Ziyu from Team 7?"
"It seems so. Anyway, the captain of the seventh team and Yan Yu from the execution team look like they want to eat people. You'd better not provoke them."
"I must be crazy, why would I provoke them?"
As the black shadow quietly passed by one Special Management Bureau member after another who were busy with recent events, no one noticed his presence.
He came to the counter. The girl on duty was still playing with her phone until the man quietly said, "...I'm looking for someone."
The girl was so startled that she almost dropped her phone. After seeing the man, she was obviously a little suspicious: "Excuse me, which department are you from?"
The man took out an old Special Management Bureau badge from his pocket with his black-gloved hand and placed it on the front desk.
"Huh? Your badge is so worn out, why don't you go to the logistics department and apply for a replacement?"
The girl took the badge and looked at it, and then the man spoke again.
"I'm...looking for someone."
The girl rolled her eyes at him, feeling that he was very strange, but still asked, "Okay, who are you looking for?"
"...Team Seven...Team Aliens..."
"Team Seven? The alien team member. Oh, are you looking for Captain Li?"
“…”
The man didn't say anything, and the girl seemed to be still looking at the badge, and the more she looked, the more she felt something was wrong.
"...Wu...Zhi...Qi." Just when the girl was about to compare the identification number on the badge, the man spoke again.
"The seventh.....team's alien member....Wuzhiqi."
"Wuzhiqi? Wuzhiqi is no longer in the Seventh Squad. He defected a few years ago. Are you from out of town, sir? The current captain of the Seventh Squad is Li Muhan, and the alien member is also Captain Li Muhan."
“…”
The man didn't say anything more after hearing what the girl said, and the girl lowered her head to enter her identification number into the system.
But when the system showed that the Special Management Bureau member did not exist, the man had already left the counter quietly.
"Where is the person..." The girl stood up blankly and looked around, but there was no trace of the man.
"What's wrong, Xiao Deng?"
At this time, Cen Lin came over with a bandage on his arm. He had just finished an examination in the medical department.
After Lin Ziyu was attacked that day, the black shadow also found Cen Lin in the hotel atrium and approached Cen Lin silently.
But Cen Lin noticed something unusual at the last moment and opened the boundary to stop the man's actions, but his arm was also cut. Although it was treated, the black aura from the wound has not dissipated until now.
"Section Chief Cen." Xiao Deng handed the badge to Cen Lin. "Just now, a strange man came to see Wuzhiqi from Team 7."
"Wuzhiqi" Cen Lin took the badge with confusion.
"Yes, and his badge looks different from ours. I've checked the identification code on it, and there's no such person. Do you think this badge is a fake?"
"No..." Cen Lin fumbled with the badge, seeming to realize the seriousness of the problem: "...This badge is indeed from the Special Management Bureau, but it was a Special Management Bureau from ten years ago, and..."
Cen Lin frowned, as if he had some guess about the identity of this uninvited guest.
"This is the captain's badge from ten years ago."
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