Chapter 369: Chapter 369 Lin Fei’s Weakness (Third Update)
Late at night, all was silent, the sky was covered by a blanket of dark clouds.
Two business vehicles stopped in front of the city police department, the doors opened, and nearly twenty masked individuals in black, wielding Samurai swords, leaped directly into the department’s gate.
“Who goes there?” A shout erupted from a guard in the courtyard.
Swish, swish.
Two cylindrical objects emitting red smoke were thrown into the courtyard, followed by the sounds of intense coughing and people collapsing.
Twenty masked individuals in black rushed into the police department building.
Inside the building, it was pitch-dark. These masked individuals took out mini flashlights, but before they could turn them on, the lights in the first-floor lobby suddenly blazed to life.
Dozens of armed police, with rifles and pistols, wearing chemical masks, appeared around the lobby, their guns aiming directly at them.
Seeing dozens of armed police in the lobby, the twenty masked individuals in black showed visible panic.
“Not good, we’ve walked into a trap!” shouted a person who seemed to be the leader of the masked individuals, angrily.
With dense footsteps approaching, two or three dozen more armed police, also wearing chemical masks, rushed in from outside the entrance, knelt on one knee, aiming their rifles at the twenty masked individuals.
Chen Xinyi appeared behind the armed police, wearing a chemical mask, and coldly said to the twenty masked individuals, “Surrender now and drop your weapons!”
“Dream on if you think we’ll surrender!” the leader of the masked individuals said to all of them, “Let’s break out!”
“Yes, boss.”
Swish, swish; the masked individuals threw cylindrical chemical weapons emitting red toxic smoke.
However, all the armed police were equipped with chemical masks, so they were not poisoned or knocked down.
At that moment, the sound of swords being drawn echoed, blades gleaming in the light.
The twenty masked individuals charged outward.
Chen Xinyi’s eyes flashed with determination, coldly she said, “Refusing to surrender and resisting with violence, brandishing weapons against the police — armed, open fire!”
Bang, bang, bang.
In unison, the police in the lobby opened fire, shooting at the twenty masked individuals from several directions.
Screams filled the air.
The masked individuals fell to the ground one by one.
After ten minutes, the battle was over.
A police officer reported to Chen Xinyi, “Director Chen, ten assailants were killed, ten were wounded, and two seriously injured managed to escape.”
Chen Xinyi nodded with satisfaction, “Very well, immediately send people to pursue the escaped criminals, and send the seriously injured to the police hospital.”
“Yes, Director Chen.”
The police department was bustling, with armed police pursuing the escaped masked individuals, and the injured and dead criminals being sent to the police hospital.
As the director, Chen Xinyi appeared relaxed, picking up her mobile phone to call Lin Fei.
In the district, within a high-end villa complex, Lin Fei was soundly asleep in a bedroom.
The ringing phone woke him up.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes, picked up the phone, and saw the call was from Chen Xinyi.
He answered the call, “Hey, Director Chen, waking me up from my sleep, do you have good news?”
“Lin Fei, sorry to wake you, but today you mentioned that somebody was tailing you on your way here, suspecting it was the Du family’s enemies, requesting me to prepare heavy defenses tonight in case Du family’s enemies attempted to rescue Du Wenqi.”
Chen Xinyi continued happily, “You were right, they indeed came, we killed ten assailants, wounded ten, and two escaped.”
Lin Fei said, “Congratulations on another achievement, Director Chen, but was the mastermind behind the Du family massacre among them?”
“We don’t know yet if the mastermind was among them, but we will verify through interrogation,” Chen Xinyi said.
“Alright, you carry on!” Lin Fei asked, “Has Du Wenqi been moved to a safe location?”
“He’s been moved to an absolutely safe place, the Du family’s enemies won’t find him,” Chen Xinyi said.
Lin Fei said, “That’s good, I’ll hang up now.”
“Okay, bye-bye.”
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Huadu District, Dongye Group building.
On the top floor’s spacious office, East Yixiong sat on a leather sofa.
In front of his desk, stood two individuals in black, with bullets embedded in their shoulders, dripping blood.
A man in his forties, his face grimacing in pain, spoke to East Yixiong, “Young master, our mission failed, the police had set a trap. Half of our men were killed or wounded, only Higashii Matsuichi and I escaped.”
East Yixiong’s face was somber, his gaze sharp, “East Yitian, as the leader of the death squad, you should know that those elite warriors are the most capable fighters of the East family.
Now that only two of you returned, while the rest fell to the police, how will you answer to me?”
East Yitian’s face showed panic, lowering his head, he said, “I deserve death, this failure, which led to such a heavy loss by the police’s trap, must be Lin Fei’s doing.”
East Yixiong fixed his eyes on East Yitian, “What makes you say that?”
East Yitian said, “It was after falling into this trap that I realized the issue; surely it was when Lin Fei left with Du Wenqi from the Xiao family, he must have discovered us trailing them and informed the police, resulting in our ambush.”
East Yixiong’s voice turned icy, “From what I gathered, Lin Fei and Du Wenqi were once enemies, yet he intervened to save Du Wenqi, implying Du Wenqi must have offered Lin Fei information about the golden treasure, promising him benefits; otherwise, he would never have assisted Du Wenqi so willingly.”
East Yitian looked at East Yixiong, “Young master, are you saying Lin Fei knows where the Du family’s gold is? Or has he already obtained it?”
East Yixiong said, “It’s highly possible.”
“Then young master, should we capture Lin Fei?” East Yitian said.
East Yixiong shook his head, “You’re no match for him, the eldest of the Capital City’s Du family, Du Qiubai, and a Ninth Layer master both perished at his hands. To handle him, we should hit where he’s weak.”
“And his weakness is…?”
“Target the woman by his side,” East Yixiong’s eyes flashed with a cold glint.
East Yixiong continued, “There’s no rush, you two should get your injuries treated first, and bring all our operatives from the Capital City to Huadu.”
“Yes, young master.” East Yitian and the other operative exited the office.
The next morning, major newspapers across Huadu reported as headline news about last night’s raid by over twenty masked individuals on the police department, attempting to rescue Du Wenqi, who were ultimately killed, wounded, and captured.
“Brother Fei, is this the big news you mentioned?” As soon as Lin Fei got in the car, Li Qing handed over the newspaper and asked.
Lin Fei nodded, “Yes, this is indeed the big news.”
“Brother Fei, you really are insightful, actually predicting they would try to rescue Du Wenqi,” Li Qing said, full of admiration.
Lin Fei mildly said, “Since the news is out, we should head to school. Otherwise, we’ll be late again.”
Li Qing agreed, started the car, and with a roar, the Bentley sped away from the entrance of the residential area…