Chapter 116 Eagle Claw Appears, Dead End Turns into Life
The wooden door to the interrogation room creaked shut behind me, isolating me from everything inside.
The dim lighting in the corridor cast long shadows of the two people.
Lu Jingyan turned his head, his deep eyes swirling with emotion as he looked at the woman beside him.
“Hong Kong Island…” Lu Jingyan’s voice was a little hoarse. These two words were the end of his ten-year investigation, and also a new beginning.
Bai Shu didn't speak, but leaned against the wall, her eyes slightly lowered, her long eyelashes casting a shadow under her eyelids.
She got the clue, but the unease in her heart grew wildly like weeds.
Something's not right.
Su Yuting's last look was so strange.
There was a sense of utter devastation, resentment, but more than anything, there was a sense of... liberation?
A sinister, mocking laugh as she watched herself fall into another trap?
What did she miss?
“Sir.” Bai Shu suddenly raised his head, a sharp light flashing in his peach blossom eyes.
“I forgot to ask ‘sir’ for clues.”
Su Yuting knew far more than just Lu Jingyue.
The "Eagle's Nest" organization, and the mysterious "Mr."—are they individuals or organizations? These are the largest icebergs hidden beneath the surface.
She was so blinded by Lu Jingyue's clues that she overlooked this biggest flaw!
"I'll go back and ask again," Bai Shu said, annoyed.
......
At the same time, inside the interrogation room.
As Su Yuting watched Bai Shu's departing figure, two extreme emotions—resentment and relief—were wildly intertwined in her eyes.
She lost.
They suffered a crushing defeat.
But she was also free.
She no longer needs to bear the halo of "goddess", no longer needs to live in fear of that mysterious "gentleman", and no longer needs to face Su Wantang, the devil who makes her unable to eat or sleep.
Mental hospital...to spend my old age in peace...
That's fine.
That's fine...
She forced a bizarre smile that looked even uglier than crying.
A man in a police uniform walked over carrying a glass of water.
"Comrade, please make way, I need to bring water to the prisoners," he said to the policeman guarding the door.
The police officer guarding the gate nodded and stepped aside.
The man pushed the door open and quickly closed it. He walked up to Su Yuting and slammed the water glass down on the table.
Just as the two brushed past each other, a tiny poison needle, thinner than a cow's hair, hidden between his fingers, swiftly and silently pierced Su Yuting's nape.
The entire movement was fluid and incredibly fast.
"you……"
Su Yuting's body suddenly stiffened, and that eerie smile froze on her face.
She only had time to utter one word before an indescribable pain exploded from the back of her neck, instantly spreading throughout her limbs and bones!
"ah--!"
A piercing, distorted scream, unlike anything a human could produce, shattered through the wooden door and echoed through the silent corridor!
Lu Jingyan and Bai Shu's expressions changed drastically.
"Bang!"
Lu Jingyan didn't even open the door. With a fierce kick, he smashed the heavy wooden door and frame into pieces!
Amidst the flying sawdust, the two rushed inside, only to be utterly stunned by the sight before them.
Su Yuting fell to the ground, her body convulsing and rolling violently, her hands scratching frantically at her face and neck, tearing off strips of flesh and blood.
Her skin was visibly breaking out in large patches of red spots, which quickly turned blackish-purple and even emitted wisps of white smoke with a burnt smell, as if strong acid had been poured over her head.
The air was filled with a nauseating, burnt smell of decaying tissue.
This isn't poisoning at all, it's... melting.
She looked like a demon that had just crawled out of a sulfuric acid pool, making her last struggle on the ground.
The traitor who delivered the water stood to the side, his face deathly pale.
The moment Lu Jingyan and Bai Shu burst through the door, a resolute glint flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth!
"Crack!"
With a soft sound, the poison sac between his teeth shattered.
Black blood instantly spilled from the corner of his mouth. Before he could even utter a groan, his body fell straight backward, crashing heavily to the ground, where he died instantly.
He used his own life to cut off all the clues.
"Protect the scene!"
Lu Jingyan roared and rushed towards the fallen traitor to check the situation.
Almost at the same time!
"Smack!"
The main power switch for the entire farm seemed to have been directly disrupted from the outside by something.
All the lights went out instantly.
The whole world was plunged into a deathly silence and darkness.
"Splash—!"
The interrogation room window was smashed by force from the outside!
Glass shards flew everywhere.
Several lithe black figures burst through the window like cheetahs!
Their tactical movements were precise and ruthless; the moment they landed and rolled, they had already formed a battle formation.
In the darkness, they completely ignored Lu Jingyan and Officer Wang, who were armed, and their target was clear—
They snatched the still convulsing, melting "corpse" from the ground!
"court death!"
Lu Jingyan's anger was completely ignited.
On his turf, right under his nose, they killed and stole corpses!
This is no longer a provocation, this is a blatant slap in the face!
He charged towards the dark figures.
The force of the punch was so strong it seemed to shatter the air!
"Bang! Bang!"
In the darkness, there were muffled thuds as each punch landed squarely on the flesh.
Lu Jingyan delivered a fierce elbow strike, sending one of the men in black at the front flying backward and crashing heavily into the wall.
But the other party just grunted and sprang to his feet again!
Lu Jingyan felt a chill run down his spine.
Top-tier special forces level!
And there's more than one!
The opponent didn't engage in a prolonged fight with him at all. One person launched the main attack while two others provided cover, and the other two pounced on Su Yuting on the ground.
One person on each side, lifting the still-smoking, foul-smelling body, and began to drag it out the window.
The coordination was exquisite!
"puff--"
A smoke bomb exploded on the ground, and thick, acrid smoke instantly filled the entire room.
"Cough cough!"
Bai Zhu, who entered a little later, was choked and had to retreat repeatedly, her vision completely blocked.
In the chaos, she could only hear the muffled thuds of fists and feet colliding, and Lu Jingyan's suppressed growl.
There was more than one enemy, and each of them was a top-tier special forces soldier!
Using the smoke as cover, the shadowy figures avoided prolonged combat and retreated as quickly as possible.
"Trying to leave?!"
Amidst the thick smoke, Lu Jingyan, relying on his terrifying ability to pinpoint sounds, once again located one of the men in black.
He grabbed the other person's arm, his five fingers like iron clamps, and twisted it hard!
"Crack!"
The crisp sound of bones breaking.
The man didn't even let out a scream. With his other hand, he swung his knife straight at Lu Jingyan's ribs!
Lu Jingyan dodged to the side, and with his other hand pulled him away!
"Sizzle—"
He forcibly tore off a piece of cloth from the man's waist.
But in that less than one second of delay, those dark figures had already carried Su Yuting and leaped out of the broken window, instantly disappearing into the boundless night.
It comes quickly and goes even faster.
In the chaos, someone switched off the power.
The lights came on again.
When the thick smoke cleared, the interrogation room was a mess.
A large hole was broken in the window, and cold wind rushed in, chilling everyone to the bone.
On the ground, only the corpse of the traitor, with black blood dripping from the corner of his mouth and already dead, remained, along with a pool of dark purple blood that reeked of burning.
Su Yuting, body and all, is gone.
Wang Gong'an was deathly pale, and he leaned against the wall, barely able to stand.
What the hell are these monsters?!
Bai Shu stood behind Lu Jingyan, his face ashen, his beautiful peach blossom eyes now filled with nothing but ice.
The trail has gone cold.
No, it was snatched from her in the most brutal and direct way!
“Eagle’s Nest… sir…” she practically spat out the words through clenched teeth.
Lu Jingyan slowly opened his palm.
What he just tore off wasn't fabric.
Instead, it was a cold object that gleamed with a metallic sheen under the light.
It was a cufflink.
It's made of brass and feels quite heavy in your hand.
The cufflinks are intricately carved with a soaring eagle, its eyes fierce and aggressive.
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