At this point, all his strength was exhausted, and his body suddenly fell backward, face up, pupils dilated, mouth opening and closing as he murmured, "He's not a traitor!"
Sun Jiacheng knelt on the ground. Upon hearing this last sentence, his eyes narrowed. He had previously learned from Ji Hongyi that Qi Jingwu and Yu Li had died and been injured at the same time a few nights ago. Everyone had made some judgments, including the conjecture that Qi Jingwu had defected. He did not expect that Yan Kaiding's words today would confirm it!
At this moment, seeing that all the targets were lying on the ground, Ji Hongyi finally spoke and ordered, "Immediately count the number, see if anyone has escaped, and finish off those who aren't quite dead yet. Be quick!"
Everyone quickly checked the condition of all the targets. Several team members dragged two bodies out of the kitchen, which were the cook and the waiter. As for the manager, Kurihara, he was with the Japanese agents at the time and had already died when the assassination was first carried out.
Seeing that Yan Kaiding had breathed his last, Sun Jiacheng got up and went to the side of Watanabe Daichi, whom he had assassinated immediately. Seeing that he was dead, he felt relieved.
This man was a Japanese spy who had seen the team leader in person and posed a deadly threat to him. He never imagined that he would die at his own hands today.
Soon, all the targets, a total of fifteen corpses, had been identified. Sun Jiacheng said, "Operation complete. Before we started, I put up a 'Closed for the Day' sign outside the tavern and locked the door from the inside. Everyone, quickly change your clothes and shoes and leave in batches through the back door of the tavern."
All preparations had been made beforehand; everyone had changed out of their blood-stained clothes and shoes and left in batches through the back door.
Ji Hongyi specially prepared two cars for Sun Jiacheng and his group. The eight people got into the cars and sped towards Nanwu Bookstore.
Thus, the operation to eliminate the traitors was finally a great success!
Ning Zhiheng and the others got out of the car near the Nanwu Library. Ji Hongyi had already arranged for his men to wait there. They got in the car and drove away quickly.
Ning Zhiheng and the Zuo siblings walked quickly under the cover of night and soon arrived at the entrance of Nanwu Bookstore. Ning Zhiheng opened the bookstore door and left Zuo Qiang to guard it. Ning Zhiheng then led Zuo Gang and Zuo Rou into the bookstore and had Zuo Rou start removing the traces of makeup.
Twenty minutes later, Zuo Qiang at the door gave a signal, and Sun Jiacheng led the action team in.
"Team leader!" Sun Jiacheng was finally relieved to see that Ning Zhiheng was safe and sound.
Ning Zhiheng asked with a smile, "Did the operation go smoothly?"
Sun Jiacheng nodded with a smile and said, "Everything went smoothly. All targets have been eliminated, Hongyi's people have all been safely evacuated, and our people are all here."
After saying that, he added urgently, "There's something else. Before he died, Yan Kaiding said that Qi Jingwu was feigning surrender; he assassinated Yu Li and then took his own life!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Zhiheng's heart sank. Just as he had expected, Qi Jingwu and Yu Li had fought each other that night, resulting in one death and one injury.
His face was somber. After a moment, he said, "This situation must be reported to the section chief. Qi Jingwu endured humiliation and risked his life to eliminate traitors. We should give him justice."
Everyone remained silent. Ning Zhiheng then spoke up, "Now that Yu Li has been beheaded, Lieutenant Qi Jingwu's spirit in heaven should be at peace. Traitors should meet this end, as a warning to those who come after."
Everyone nodded in silence, and then Sun Jiacheng asked, "Team leader, shall we cross the river now?"
Hearing his words, Ning Zhiheng nodded. He looked at everyone and said, "It's late now, you should cross the Suzhou River immediately."
Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback. Sun Jiacheng hurriedly asked, "Team leader, aren't you coming to cross the river with us? The mission is complete, what are you still doing here?"
The Zuo siblings also looked at Ning Zhiheng with suspicion. Of course, they also wanted Ning Zhiheng to evacuate with them and leave this dangerous place.
Ning Zhiheng shook his head; he naturally had his reasons.
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