Chapter 504 - A black swan even (1/2)

Would the gunshots affect the A-rank mission?

The short answer would be “yes.”

Zhou Yingxue waited on the rooftop while Wu Tong and the others blended into the crowd on the street below. They had planned on pretending to be pedestrians to observe their surroundings. But when the gunshots rang out, all of the stronghold residents headed home. Only Wu Tong and the others were left standing in the streets as they continued to stubbornly pretend to be pedestrians.

Someone shouted at them from a window, “People, hurry on home already. Don’t be wandering around out here! It’s dangerous! Didn’t you hear the gunshots?”

Everyone else had left after they heard the gunshots. As such, the few who remained out on the streets stuck out like a sore thumb.

Quick-witted, Wu Tong gave some hand signals to the hitman beside him and pretended to be deaf and mute.

Wu Tong was embittered. He did not know what was going on. The missions he usually did would proceed quite smoothly, but why was nothing going well this time?

Zhou Yingxue was rejoicing up on the roof with the brick in hand, thinking of how fortunate she was to not be downstairs.

However, the gunshots did not only affect Wu Tong and the others. It also affected Zhou Xilong’s schedule.

The target, Zhou Xilong, was a very cautious person to begin with. He would usually take seven bodyguards with him whenever he went out in the stronghold. If that wasn’t being cautious, what was?

Of course, the most cautious person Ren Xiaosu had ever met was still Qing Zhen. He went as far as moving into the military barracks and living there.

Ren Xiaosu also did not expect the gang to possess guns. Even though the strongholds in the Southwest and Northwest were chaotic, gun control measures there were still quite strict. It would be fantastic for a small gang to own knives.

But of course, this gang only had two guns in their possession. In normal times, the deterrent of guns was much greater than their actual power. Actually, the members of the gang did not dare to fire the weapons either. At most, they would bring it out to the wilderness to feel its might. These guns were actually secretly bought from the private troops.

If it weren’t for the fact that the situation called for the guns to be used, they would probably not get to use them again in the future.

But unfortunately, the first time the mob boss fired his gun in the stronghold, nobody but him ended up dying.

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was making his way to the meeting place. He did not know that Zhou Yingxue and the others had already headed over to Red Pine Lane.

A vehicle from the Public Order Division drove past him, but it did not notice him. From his appearance, he was just a normal young man who did not look like a hitman.

Ren Xiaosu turned around and looked into the distance. The sunset cascaded in the evening sky as the golden glow enveloped his skin like warm seawater.

He did not care how great a commotion he had caused in the stronghold. All he felt was that everything was going pretty smoothly today!

…

Wu Tong and the others did not see Zhou Xilong’s convoy returning home even late into the night. It was as if the gunshots that rang out earlier had caused their target to quickly move to another location.

Furthermore, his informant even called him on the satellite phone to inform him that someone had already picked up Zhou Xilong’s daughter an hour ahead of schedule while she was still attending class. It seemed that Zhou Xilong was already alerted.

Seeing that they could not complete the mission today, they decided to retreat. Zhou Yingxue waited until more pedestrians reappeared on the streets before leaving the rooftop with the long case slung over her back.

When they arrived back at the outside of the safe house, they saw that the lights were on. Wu Tong frowned. “Could someone have leaked the news and compromised my safe house?”

“I don’t think so.” A hitman said, “I can hear someone cooking inside….”