The emotions of extreme grief were spreading. Da Xiong, Yao Doudou, Tang Yao, and Sun Wei all lowered their heads silently, tears streaming down their faces.

Su Tianyu reached out a trembling hand and lifted the white cloth, seeing Lao Hei's damaged body. Scenes from the past flashed through his mind.

From Lao Hei's debut, joining as Lao Lei Zi, then joining the Tongji Association, and finally entering the Quan Tong Bureau... he had been with them for five or six years.

Fighting all the way, doing his best...

Su Tianyu looked at him, feeling an unbearable tightness in his chest. He gritted his teeth and said, "Cn"

After speaking, Su Tianyu didn't dare to stay there any longer. Alone, his figure desolate, he walked towards the military vehicle.

The battle was over, and he really didn't have much time to grieve or be depressed. A lot of things were waiting for him to deal with.

...

An hour and a half later, Su Tianyu finished arranging the troops and got back into the helicopter.

"Dilingling!"

Before the plane took off, Jiangzhou's call came in.

Su Tianyu answered the phone, his voice hoarse, "Hello?"

"Xiao Yu, how did you handle things over there?" Jiangzhou asked.

"Everything is arranged," Su Tianyu said softly.

"That's good." Jiangzhou continued, "The Gustav family has already contacted me, wanting to negotiate. I'm preparing to accept the challenge."

"Okay." Su Tianyu's face was gloomy. "You stall them for now. I'm going back to Jia City."

"Okay." The two briefly exchanged information and then hung up.

The helicopter then took off and flew towards Jia City.

On the way, Su Tianyu contacted Gu Baishun again, instructing him to spread the news, letting all forces know that Gustav had been defeated and was completely finished, and was currently being escorted to Panama City along with Huo Dongsheng.

...

District One, Qingyi Bureau Headquarters.

Kang Dinghuang sat in his office, his hands folded, waiting for information from the battlefield.

"Knock knock knock!"

The secretary knocked on the door, quickly entered, and said with a somewhat flustered expression, "Director, the situation is very bad! Gwen is missing, Huo Dongsheng of the Huagong Association has been captured, Gustav and his group of generals have been defeated and captured!"

Kang Dinghuang's face immediately darkened, and he remained silent for a long time.

The secretary stood beside him, not daring to disturb him.

"Knock knock knock!"

Just then, the office door was knocked on again, and an intelligence officer quickly entered and said to Kang Dinghuang, "Director, the higher-ups have sent a message, notifying you to return to Washington immediately for a meeting."

Hearing this, Kang Dinghuang slowly got up and said in a low voice, "Arrange a car."

The secretary thought for a moment and asked, "Director, should we continue to connect with Gustav? The Gustav family just contacted me and wants to request a call with you."

Kang Dinghuang sighed deeply and said, "The Huagong Association is gone, and Gustav and his generals have become prisoners of war. What is there to talk about? No matter how much I insist, the higher-ups will no longer support St. Paul's City."

The secretary nodded and said nothing more.

...

The next morning, almost all of the troops had withdrawn from St. Paul's City, with only the main force of the Third Division and Fei Pingsheng's independent brigade still stationed in the southern urban area.

Su Tianyu arrived in Jia City and was sitting in his office waiting for news.

The office curtains were tightly drawn, and the room was very dim.

Su Tianyu had hardly slept all night, and his eyes were dull. His inner anger and anxiety were evident.

Since learning of the deaths of Lao Hei and others, Su Tianyu's face had not shown the slightest smile.

The ashtray on the table was full of cigarette butts, and the smoke in the room was very choking.

"Knock knock knock!"

There was a soft knock on the door, and Su Tianyu didn't react for a moment.

"Knock knock knock!"

The door rang again, and Su Tianyu finally came back to his senses and said in a hoarse voice, "Come in..."

"Creak."

The door was gently pushed open, and a familiar figure walked in.

"Cough cough..."

An Qiqi coughed twice, choked by the smoke, and couldn't help but wave her hand to disperse the smoke in front of her. She quickly walked to the window, reached out and pulled open the curtains, and pushed open the window to let fresh air in.

"Much better." An Qiqi took a few breaths, then turned to look at Su Tianyu. Seeing the bloodshot in his eyes, she couldn't help but gently bite her lip and asked, "Another sleepless night?"

"Yeah." Su Tianyu nodded woodenly.

Hearing Su Tianyu's hoarse voice, An Qiqi walked to the coffee table next to her, picked up the kettle, and poured a cup of hot water.

"You still need to rest when you should." An Qiqi held the teacup and gently placed it on Su Tianyu's table. "There are still many things waiting for you to deal with later. Don't exhaust yourself."

"I'll rest well when everything is done." Su Tianyu picked up the teacup and took a sip. "What about Qiu Ge and the others?"

"They have returned to Panama City smoothly." An Qiqi sat down in front of Su Tianyu and said softly, "After finding the city defense headquarters, they found a place to hide nearby. After the war ended, they contacted me, and I arranged for them to come back with Brigade Commander Yang."

"That's good." Su Tianyu's expression softened slightly. "Qiu Ge really deserves the credit for being able to win against Gustav so quickly this time. We should pay the pensions for his brothers."

"Okay." On this point, An Qiqi didn't argue with Su Tianyu. "Huo Dongsheng has also been sent to Panama City by Brigade Commander Yang and secretly imprisoned. However, the whereabouts of his family are currently unknown. Huang Peishan is dead, Liu Tao is missing, and only Dong Ke has been captured by us. The Huagong Association... is basically completely finished."

"Hmm..." Su Tianyu lowered his head, thinking about something.

"Okay, stop thinking. Clean up and get ready to go out with me." An Qiqi added.

"Hmm?" Su Tianyu looked up at An Qiqi. "Something's up?"

"People from the Gustav family are here. They have already communicated with Jia City." An Qiqi said, "Jiangzhou and Wu Han want you to go there."

"Got it." Su Tianyu slowly got up, tidied up simply, and left the room with An Qiqi.