Chapter 36 (1/2)

God's Will

As expected, someone shot at him—most likely a member of Black Rose

shi+ Jin broke out in a cold sweat He stabilized hiress bar jumped into the death zone His pupils shrunk down Without thinking, he rolled behind a street trash can

Not a second later, a bullet grazed the trash can shi+ Jin let out a runt and clutched his shoulder

Too bad—the can was too narrow to provide adequate cover for such a large target

shi+ Jin shrunk his body aspain in his shoulder e He looked around and found a narrow alley not too far behind hiainst one wall Gritting his teeth, he took off the bulky bear's head Xiao Si gave hi buffs, and he threw it as far as he could Then, he jus, rolled, and lurched forward in a hunched run, hoping the heap of rubbish and the head would buy him a bit of time

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The sound of several missed shots shi+ Jin was convinced he could feel the turbulence in the air as the bullets passed by His nerves stretched to breaking point, he finally saw the entrance to the alley near He dropped to the ground and rolled into it, taking cover behind a dustbin

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The bullets hit the wall and ricocheted off the radually caer detect any suspicious sounds

He leaned against the wall The rusty metal dustbin partially blocked the alley's entrance, and he had no idea where the exit led The wound on his shoulder was getting more and more painful, and the blood loss became more and more prominent Once he was sure he was safe, at least temporarily, he took a deep breath to brace hihter, and took off the bear costu the alley's entrance, he peeled off so, unzipped his jacket and wrapped his wound to slon the bleeding Then he tidied up his clothes, hid the costume in a corner, and walked toward the alley's other end, supporting hiainst the wall

“It's fine,” shi+ Jin soothed, trying to adjust his breathing He kept an eye on his surroundings and said, “The sniper ambushed me on the old street while I was dressed as a bear Now that I've left the street and took the costume off, he shouldn't be able to find =”” about=”” the=”” sniper,=”” i=”” mean=”” your=”” wound=””> Worked up al shi+ Jin buffs, one after another <you're bleeding,=”” a=”” lot…=””>

Immediately, the pain eased and shi+ Jin's body temperature, which had fallen due to the injury, returned to nored a ser—”

Crash!+

The alley was unlit and full of trash shi+ Jin shuffled through it but didn't notice there was a tangle of fishi+ng line in a pile of junk ahead of hiht his foot,him stumble and fall Unfortunately, he landed on his injured arh his body He felt as if all the strength he had left was drained away by the ground beneath him

<jinjin!> Xiao Si shrieked

“I'm…” shi+ Jin rolled over to lie on his back, and dark spots appeared in his vision—the fall hared what he had planned to say “I'm not fine Xiao Si, help me watch the alley, okay?”

His phone, which he'd tucked away in his jacket's inner pocket, survived the excite inwardly—in the end, Lian Jun would have to clean up his mess He selected the number at the top of his call list and pressed the call icon, but it took a long ties of consciousness, he said, “Jun-shao, help,” and reported his position in as much detail as possible Then, he passed out

Ten minutes later, a black car stopped next to the alley's entrance The back door opened and a slendera phone that showed it was in the h the dirty snow in the alley and stopped in front of shi+ Jin cruround

Crack

The man stepped on shi+ Jin's mobile phone which had slipped from his hand and stooped He reached out to touch the pale, bloodless face, his slender fingers pausing over the s round

Xiao Si was so frightened it was about to crash It goggled at theto believe its eyes It looked at shi+ Jin's progress bar, which rose frolanced at the cracked phone, and felt like weeping Wishi+ng it had a save file it could reboot itself fro out, <jinjin, wake=”” up,=”” jinjin…=”” you=”” called=”” the=”” wrong=”” person…=”” please,=”” wake=”” up=”” now,=”” you=”” tried=”” so=”” hard=”” to=”” oing=”” up=”” again…=”” jinjin,=”” waaah…=””>

Lian Jun, asn't able to settle down, finally dialed shi+ Jin's nuh because the other party was on the phone His eyebrorinkled, and the uneasy feeling in his heart grew stronger He called the club and asked for so

A few minutes later, his subordinate reported back that they had checked the whole six floors, but did not see shi+ Jin—the teenager disappeared

Lian Jun's face darkened He recalled the appearance of the plush bear throwing out fireworks; the ht about it, the more fao back shi+ Jin is not in the club—that bear was probably him”

Amidst the shocked silence, Gua Two blurted out, “What?! That was shi+ Jin?!”

Gua One frowned and changed directions at once, rushi+ng back to Solidarity

When they arrived, the governot the situation under control and caught most of the members of Black Rose present The street was littered with traing to mind the sad scene one would see the day after a festival

The official in charge noticed Lian Jun's car co, “Mr Lian, why are you back? You can rest assured that all the ene your people”

Lian Jun did not beat around the bush “What about the man in the bear costuone Wasn't that someone you sent to hinder Black Rose's shooters' line of fire? I followed your earlier instructions and ordered my people to let hi why Lian Jun's face looked so ugly

Gua Three said with a dignified expression, “We sent three waves of people to obstruct the enemy One as the ‘cleaner' who at that ti the street, the second was the scouts inside ere about to reach the gate, and the ‘delivery boy' and ‘plu in a all the possible sniping positions There was no one in the bear costume”

The other man was bewildered “But didn't you say you wanted soht he was from your side, so I ordered e of the buffer zone All the members of Black Rose were here, he should've been safe fro so him to safety? He was safe since he ay fro into consideration the snipers' possible attack range, casually deter the scope of ‘battlefront' and ‘battlefield' was sheer idiocy!

“Drive down the street,” Lian Jun ordered, his voice sinking He didn't want to waste any more time with the official

Gua One ian to search for traces along the street Gua Three called his people, instructing them to look for the man in the bear costume

Five minutes later, the car stopped beside the tricycle at the end of the old street Gua Two opened the door and got off to examine it He found a backpack with sohtly expression: “This is shi+ Jin's backpack, I ith hiht it”

So the bear really was shi+ Jin

“All the snipers were caught The attack range of one included this place” Gua Three ended the call and relayed what his subordinate just told him

Tense, Lian Jun said, “Get off the car and look for hiround, bear's head that rolled around the corner… The more traces they found, the deeper their hearts sank However, it wasn't until the moment Gua Nine found the bloody bear costume tucked behind a dustbin in a sed drastically

“There's blood on it, shi+ Jin is hurt Judging from the place, he was shot in the shoulder” Gua One handed the costume to Lian Jun

Lian Jun took it Perhaps because of the freezing weather, his face took on an almost deathly pallor He touched the bloody marks, then rolled his wheelchair forward for a while, until he reached Gua Tas walking ahead looking for clues

Gua Two stepped over the fishi+ng line lying in the middle of the alley and took a few steps forward He picked up a round and looked at Lian Jun, saying, “It's shi+ Jin's phone There arefrom the street over there to this place and back; shi+ Jin was taken away”

Lian Jun stared at the bloodstain on the ground that was hard to make out because of all the dirt His eyes reseht it could be squeezed through the cracks between his teeth: “Check it Copy shi+ Jin's call history and find out who he called last!”

shi+ Jin woke up in a roo of antiseptic He was dizzy and couldn't feel his body He struggled to open his eyes Catching sight of abeside the bed, he let his eyelids fall, bitter Please, not again He felt that every tiood ever followed

Unfortunately, it turned out his intuition was disgustingly accurate

Xiao Si found out he regained consciousness and hurriedly said, <jinjin, the=”” person=”” next=”” to=”” you=”” is=”” li=”” jiuzheng=”” he=”” saved=”” you,=”” but=”” he=”” seems=”” to=”” want=”” to=”” kill=”” you=”” at=”” the=”” same=”” time—your=”” bar=”” went=”” up=”” to=”” 800=”” after=”” he=”” took=”” you=”” away=”” you=”” are=”” in=”” a=”” private=”” clinic=”” near=”” b=”” city=”” university=”” owned=”” by=”” one=”” of=”” li=”” jiuzheng's=”” fellow=”” disciples=”” he=”” and=”” your=”” brother=”” took=”” out=”” the=”” bullet=”” and=”” treated=”” your=”” wound=”” li=”” jiuzheng=”” searched=”” you=”” and=”” took=”” all=”” your=”” belongings,=”” i=”” don't=”” knohere=”” they=”” are=”” right=”” now,=”” you=”” two=”” are=”” the=”” only=”” people=”” in=”” the=”” clinic=””>

Li Jiuzheng? How come? Didn't he call Lian Jun?

Bewildered, shi+ Jin snapped his eyes open, only to see Li Jiuzheng's scalpel hanging right in front of his face, pointed at his eyeball

He took a cold breath and almost fainted in fear He instinctively tried to back away, but behind hiht, you woke up” The voice,any emotion, came from the bedside The scalpel suspended in front of shi+ Jin's eyes disappeared