Chapter 26 Lone Wolf, "We," are immeasurable. If I don't feed you some more...
After learning where Yuan Jianxing and Fu Ze were staying, Du Yang didn't even turn on the navigation. He simply pushed the gear lever and sped off with the two of them towards their destination.
With his thorough understanding of the city, he successfully avoided many congested sections of road during peak hours, and even gave Yuan Jianxing and Fu Ze the opportunity to see the overall landscape of L City.
Given the many painful examples of modernization in old cities in the past, in order to avoid being criticized by future generations, the leadership of L City simply made a bold move and, while preserving almost all the old-style buildings in the city, funded a major renovation to restore them to their original state.
This initiative has indeed achieved its initial goal, not only preserving the original features of the city at various stages while improving the living comfort of residents, but also making tourism one of the pillar industries of L City after the development of other infrastructure in the new urban area.
This can be described as achieving three goals at once.
As for the drawbacks...
Watching the car next to him make an extreme lane change once again with bated breath, Fu Ze quietly moved a distance away from the car door, and also checked whether the door locks were closed.
This time, he truly witnessed firsthand the chaotic traffic situation in L City, a situation he had only heard about online before, caused by outdated and extremely narrow road planning.
Therefore, this is the only city where no major autonomous driving car rental companies have been able to successfully establish a presence.
Meanwhile, Du Yang, who had no way to demonstrate his status as an executive officer, mingled with drivers who changed lanes without signaling and weaved in and out of traffic, successfully blending in with the public in a less-than-honorable way.
Fu Ze had good reason to suspect that if Yuan Jianxing hadn't been sitting in the back, Du Yang would have been even more uninhibited.
However, speaking of which, wouldn't Yuan Jianxing's behavior of turning a blind eye be considered aiding and abetting evil?
Thinking of this, Fu Ze tilted his head slightly to observe the other person's expression.
At this moment, Yuan Jianxing frowned as he looked out the window, seemingly seriously considering how to solve L City's chaotic traffic problem at its root.
During that time, the everyday life and neon lights of L City entered his eyes and flowed onto his body, as if silently responding to Yuan Jianxing's thoughts.
Just then, the car, which had been speeding like a runaway horse, finally came to a stop at a red light. Du Yang, who hadn't stopped talking, suddenly turned around and looked at the two people in the back seat, asking, "Senior, was this the rule back then?"
Considering that this person addressed Yuan Jianxing as "commander," then this "that" must be Fu Ze.
Fu Ze's pupils constricted as he quickly recalled the glimpse he had taken of Bogdan's resume in Yuan Jianxing's office.
This is strange. In his memory, Bogdan came from the Executive Officer Selection Group, which is a different training path from Du Yang's Executive Officer Academy. This address of "senior" is really out of the blue.
But Fu Ze had never been to any of those systems, so he couldn't possibly know what the rules Du Yang was talking about were or whether they had changed.
Damn it, after Du Yang introduced himself, he lowered his guard and, believing that "the more you say, the more mistakes you make," he didn't consciously guide the conversations Du Yang brought up along the way.
And so, you just suddenly fell into a pit?
Seeing that Fu Ze did not reply immediately, Du Yang thought he had said something wrong, so he tried to make amends: "Ah, maybe I was a little offensive. After all, I only stayed in the special selection group for a short time before I was sent back to the academy because my grades couldn't keep up, so I can't be considered your junior."
While he was apologizing, Hara Mihoshi, who had been focusing on the view outside the window, suddenly turned his attention to the two people having a conversation.
"I don't mind, I was just a little distracted and didn't hear what you said. Could you say it again?" Under Yuan Jianxing's gaze, Fu Ze had to be extra careful to avoid the disaster of being exposed right after changing his suit, which would cause the entire plan to use Yuan Jianxing's influence to get closer to Kangming Group to fail.
Du Yang readily accepted Fu Ze's explanation, repeating his earlier rambling: "Every year during L City's founding day, the organizers would select some high-achieving and good-looking students from the executive officer training team to fill the ranks of the parade and honor guard. These selected students were responsible for 'smuggling' some delicious food and daily necessities back, while the others would help hide these 'contraband' items."
How could Fu Ze possibly know about something like this...?
But with Harami Hoshi sitting next to him, he couldn't lie and could only give a vague answer: "I don't know, and I don't really remember."
Unexpectedly, Du Yang, who had been given the cold shoulder, laughed heartily: "You truly live up to your reputation as the legendary 'Lone Wolf' senior. Even the most lively festival in L City couldn't attract you."
Fu Ze's heart stirred, and he was about to entice Du Yang to say a few more words when Yuan Jianxing suddenly intervened in the conversation.
"So what does this 'lone wolf' usually do?"
Logically, this question was directed at Du Yang, but Yuan Jianxing was facing Fu Ze.
Repeatedly reminding himself that Yuan Jianxing was now his superior, Fu Ze took a deep breath and politely said, "No comment."
On the other hand, Du Yang, a die-hard fan of Genshin Impact, did not hesitate to offer his idol the information he knew: "Training in target practice, various extra training sessions in target practice, and even illegally climbing over the wall to go out and practice target practice."
Yuan Jianxing nodded knowingly.
Fu Ze: ...
Even I, the person directly involved, didn't understand, so what do you understand...?
“But his other grades weren’t great, which dragged down his shooting performance, which was a lopsided grade.” Du Yang said enthusiastically, even his gear shifting speed improved. “But when it came time to select trainee executives for V City in their senior year, he suddenly stood out.”
"That's when everyone realized that the senior had been controlling his grades all along."
"That's understandable. After all, with his looks, if they didn't control the score, he would probably have been taken away as a mascot long ago."
Yuan Jianxing neither confirmed nor denied the mascot explanation, but pressed further: "You said he climbed over the wall to go out and shoot targets? Where exactly did he go?"
“This is a very strange place.” Du Yang repeatedly looked at Fu Ze in the rearview mirror, trying to get the person involved to talk about his glorious history. “Everyone knows that the senior will go out, but no one knows where he will go. Everyone knows when the senior will come back, but no one can catch him.”
"Oh, I see. What a pity." It sounded like Yuan Jianxing was expressing his regret sincerely.
Seeing that Du Yang had started talking about other topics, Fu Ze, who had been anxiously worried that the other party would reveal some "anecdotes," finally felt relieved.
I should take the opportunity to investigate Bogdan's past in reverse, so as to avoid creating more troublesome legacy issues for myself in the future.
"We're here!" Du Yang turned the steering wheel and parked the car in the parking space in front of the hotel, turned on the hazard lights, and said apologetically, "It's hard to park here. You go inside to complete the procedures, and call me when you're done, and I'll drive the car back."
Yuan Jianxing and Fu Ze were not the type to put on airs, and both expressed that they had no objection to the decision. They immediately picked up their luggage and got off the bus from either side.
As Du Yang restarted the car and drove away from the hotel, he glanced at the two figures in the rearview mirror. He thought they were both tall and strong, with broad shoulders and long legs, and they walked with a lot of presence, making the professional models on the huge seasonal advertisements hanging on the luxury building in the distance look pale in comparison.
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L City's thriving tourism industry has driven the upgrading of hotel services within the city; now, guests can check in on their own simply by going through machine verification.
Everything was so smooth until Fu Ze saw the word "double room" pop up on the screen.
His hand, which was suspended in mid-air, paused for a moment.
The screen also displayed "double room". Yuan Jianxing remained very calm and pressed the confirmation button directly. "According to the accommodation standards of the Adjudication Bureau, two executive officers of the same gender can only book a double room unless there are very special circumstances."
This is clearly reasonable.
However, after going upstairs and looking around the double room, Fu Ze couldn't help but ask, "Are we going to stay here from now on?"
It wasn't that he couldn't accept sharing a room with Yuan Jianxing, nor did he have any objections to the travel regulations of the Adjudication Bureau, but the almost completely transparent glass bathroom with only a frosted section at the waist was really beyond his imagination.
Following Fu Ze's gaze, Yuan Jianxing, who had entered later, also fell into a brief silence before adding, "Let's familiarize ourselves with the environment for the first few days, and then choose a more suitable place to live based on the situation."
Knowing that he wouldn't have to maintain this state for a long time, Fu Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he reached out to turn on the overhead light switch, Hara Kensei's hand reached out from behind and stopped him.
? !
The current position really stirred up some unpleasant memories for Fu Ze, especially since the memories happened just over thirty hours ago, when he had just woken up from the body of that little internet celebrity.
"About the question you asked before," Yuan Jianxing's voice rang close to Fu Ze's ear.
After a brief pause, Fu Ze immediately realized that Yuan Jianxing was referring to the questions he had asked about the mission on the submarine.
Although he didn't understand why Hara Mihoshi insisted on discussing this issue with him in this state, he immediately adopted a posture of listening attentively.
Yuan Jianxing said, enunciating each word clearly, "I want to destroy the Kangming Group."
The airflow from his words hit the skin on Fu Ze's neck, making Fu Ze feel a little itchy.
However, Fu Ze was so shocked by what Yuan Jianxing said that he didn't know what to say, and naturally ignored the slight unease he felt.
In his speculation, it was true that Yuan Jianxing came to L City to deal with the Kangming Group, but the handling was divided into many levels.
Considering that the two are alone, even if they are outstanding in individual combat, it would be extremely difficult for them to even thoroughly understand the inner workings of the Kangming Group, let alone "destroy" it.
Moreover, there is another very important issue now—the key.
If we consider the case before Kangming Group possessed the illogical and devastating "key," then Yuan Jianxing's goal still had a very slim chance of success.
So now, that possibility is practically zero.
Just as humans cannot defeat gods, but can only become martyrs on the path of challenging them.
Due to his position, Fu Ze could not question or refute Yuan Jianxing's ambitions, so he could only express his doubts indirectly: "So what is our plan?"
Upon hearing Fu Ze mention the word "we," Yuan Jianxing's already lowered gaze darkened even further.
"Find weaknesses, sow discord, lure the enemy in deep, and swiftly kill them."
If the four words spoken by Yuan Jianxing were spoken by other executives, each one would probably be taken out and expanded into a plan with hundreds of branches, eventually forming a storyline with thousands of branches.
Yet this person so effortlessly brought them together and casually remarked about them in an ordinary room.
For some reason, Fu Ze suddenly felt that the future was very bright, and he felt refreshed after the long journey.
Fu Ze, now feeling cheerful again, suddenly remembered the unease he had felt before and decided to retaliate in kind.
"receive."
As he spoke, he tilted his head slightly, his enunciating motions resembling tearing at the air that had just been exhaled from Yuan Jianxing's mouth.
At times like this, taking a step back means losing.
Unlike the usual reaction after receiving a positive response from a subordinate, Hara Mihoshi actually asked in return, "Do you really think you're ready?"
As he asked the question, he suddenly leaned forward, his chest almost completely pressed against Fu Ze's back.
Although Fu Ze immediately sensed the ominous hostility emanating from the other party, the two were too close together at the moment, leaving him no room to maneuver.
He tried to block the opponent with his arm, but Hara Kensei's arm perfectly blocked the angle of his force.
Clearly, all of Yuan Jianxing's previous actions had already taken into account the consideration of making a move at this moment.
He hooked one foot up, pulling Fu Ze's ankle back a bit, and then, taking advantage of the other's loss of balance and fall, he lunged forward and precisely pressed his knee into the numb spot on the outside of Fu Ze's thigh.
At the same time, the weight of his entire upper body pressed down heavily, using the angle of his lower legs to firmly fix Fu Ze's lower body to the ground.
He moved his fingers, which were originally gripping the back of the other person's hand, down to clamp Fu Ze's wrist, and twisted it to pin the other person's arm behind his back, completely locking him out of his ability to resist.
With his free hand, he used brute force to control Fu Ze's remaining arm.
"At the very least, we should be able to subdue the enemy even without a gun," Yuan Jianxing's voice was deep and steady, without a trace of emotion.
It sounded like mockery, yet it also seemed like a genuine lesson.
Fu Ze squeezed out two words through his clenched teeth: "Indeed."
However, just when Yuan Jianxing thought Fu Ze was about to surrender, the man suddenly turned his head and bit Yuan Jianxing's tiger's mouth.
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Having experienced countless battles, Yuan Jianxing would not release his enemy just because of an attack that was only a bite, but he was indeed shocked by Fu Ze's subsequent actions.
Fu Ze licked him.
!!
Yuan Jianxing was distracted for just one moment, and Fu Ze seized the opportunity.
Fu Ze suddenly twisted his waist and, risking a dislocated arm, delivered a headbutt to Yuan Jianxing's collarbone.
Knowing the consequences of being hit in the collarbone or chin with such force, Yuan Jianxing naturally couldn't let himself be attacked. So he raised his body and leaned back slightly to precisely avoid Fu Ze's attack.
Being able to dodge means relaxing the locking action.
Fu Ze immediately seized the opportunity, rolled over to pull his legs out, and then kicked hard on the bed leg to use the momentum to widen the distance between himself and Yuan Jianxing.
The previously one-sided situation has been drastically reversed.
Although Fu Ze's actions were not very dignified, at least he was freed from a situation where he had no chance of escape.
He adopted a defensive stance, raising an eyebrow slightly. "As the chief, you should at least be able to subdue the enemy from beginning to end, even if they launch a surprise attack."
Yuan Jianxing remained in a half-squatting, half-kneeling position, his gaze sweeping over the teeth marks on his tiger's mouth that were still slightly slick with saliva.
It has to be said that Fu Ze's behavior inexplicably reminded him of someone.
The images in Yuan Jianxing's mind switched rapidly like a montage, finally settling on a splash of orange-red that was flamboyantly blown by the night wind and projected into the air.
If this Fu Ze really does resemble that person in some way, then my worry that the other party will suffer a loss is indeed somewhat unnecessary.
“Let’s go.” Yuan Jianxing was the first to stand up, as if the fierce battle that had just taken place had never happened.
After confirming that the other party was not trying to deceive him in order to launch another surprise attack, Fu Ze got up and moved his wrist, which had been twisted so painfully, without making it obvious.
"Getting into mission mode so quickly, the leader is indeed a leader." His tone was still as light as ever, as if he had already put the previous embarrassment behind him.
“…We’re going to eat.” Yuan Jianxing took out a tissue to wipe his hands and showed Fu Ze the clearly visible teeth marks on them. “If I don’t feed you something, the consequences will be unpredictable.”
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Author's note: Brother Xing, is this what you're feeding Fu Xiaozhe?
Bro, I'm so disappointed [smiley face]
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