450 A citywide search! (1/2)

Li Xiang knew that the Intelligence Department must have found some evidence against him and somehow intercepted his relaying of information to their enemy. Otherwise, they would not arrest him right during the war. As such, he did not bother to explain himself.

Zhang Jinglin also did not say anything else. ”Take him away. As of today, Zhou Yinglong will concurrently serve as the commander of the 103rd Infantry Brigade.”

Zhou Yinglong's promotion had been fast-tracked because of the war. On one hand, it was due to the Razor Sharp Company's contributions that the Forward Strike Battalion accomplished many great things. On the other hand, this war had so far been tragic. Fortress 178 had fought to the point where there was barely anyone left to deploy to the battlefield.

Zhang Jinglin frowned as he watched Li Xiang get taken away. He was only worried about whether the intelligence leaked by Li Xiang would inconvenience Ren Xiaosu greatly.

Next to him, Wang Fengyuan lowered his head and said, ”Commander, I wasn't observant enough and allowed him to relay the intel. If I had discovered it earlier, Ren Xiaosu would not have to—”

”It's not your fault.” Zhang Jinglin shook his head. ”There are too many tasks waiting to be done in intelligence gathering, so it's great that you sniffed him out. When we were cleaning up and purging the Zong Consortium's elements, Li Xiang was clearly on our side. It was inevitable that he confounded your judgment as even I find it hard to believe.”

”But for Ren Xiaosu to infiltrate into Stronghold 146 alone…”

Zhang Jinglin replied, ”Don't worry, he isn't a reckless person and will only act if he is confident. All we need to do is wait for a miracle.”

…

Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu was still trying to figure out Stronghold 146's layout as quickly as possible so he could capture all the Zong Consortium higher-ups in one fell swoop.

But when he went out onto the streets again that day, he realized the garrison troops of Stronghold 146 were putting up wanted posters everywhere. All of the electrical poles in the stronghold had several posters pasted on them, and all of them were for the arrest of the same person: Ren Xiaosu!

Before anyone could gather around to have a look, Ren Xiaosu found an electrical pole with no one around it and went up to have a look. He was surprised to see a portrait of himself on it.

As the portrait was a sketch, there were some differences. But it was still really well-drawn. Although there were some differences, anyone who saw the wanted poster would definitely find him extremely familiar.

As described on the wanted poster, Ren Xiaosu was currently likely to be in the vicinity of the stronghold or might even have infiltrated into the stronghold alone. If any residents discovered the whereabouts of this person and reported it to the garrison brigade of Stronghold 146, they would receive 200,000 yuan as a reward for the tip.

Ren Xiaosu pouted. Was he only worth 200,000 yuan?

While he felt unhappy about that, his thoughts turned to, 'There must be a spy in Fortress 178 that told the Zong Consortium about my location.'

He did not know if the troops of Fortress 178 were aware of this spy, but if the spy were allowed to continue relaying intel to the enemy, it could be disastrous for Fortress 178.

Suddenly, a platoon walked in the direction of Ren Xiaosu. He immediately lowered his head so they would not notice him. But when the platoon walked past him, the platoon commander at the front of the group sensed something was wrong. He turned to look at Ren Xiaosu and said, ”Hey, you, raise your head!”

In that instant, Ren Xiaosu took off in the opposite direction. With a leap, he jumped over a wall and landed inside a small yard.

Before the platoon could even raise their guns to shoot at him, Ren Xiaosu had already disappeared from their sights.