Chapter 244: Enemy Information
“We do business in the dark. Employers mostly want us to kill and rob people for money. The other tasks are about revenge.”
The gangster coughed and spat out two mouthfuls of blood. His expression was self-deprecating. “Employers all have high status in society and don’t want their hands to be covered in blood. Our lives are cheap. We hide in the dark and be their knives for them, helping them solve their problems.”
“It’s common for employers to hide their identities, but when I received this deal, I instinctively felt that something was amiss.”
The gangster looked at Qiu Tong and waved his fingers weakly. “Can I have a cigarette?”
Jin Yang nodded at Shao An. Shao An lit a cigarette and stuffed it between his fingers. After taking two deep breaths, he regained his composure and continued to recall his strange experience that night. “The voice on the phone was clearly processed. They said that as long as I kidnap the child, they will give me a seven-digit fee.”
“And they can create a new identity for me so that I can leave the black market and be an ordinary person.”
The gangster’s hands were trembling. He clasped them together and before placing the cigarette in his mouth.
“I was suspicious at the time. Someone who can create a fake identity must be a high-ranking official or someone with power! Why would they kidnap a child?”
“They probably knew that I didn’t really believe them. Without asking for my bank account information, they transferred a deposit of $15,000 to my account. I was shocked and asked if they weren’t afraid that I would run away with the money. They said that they would be able to find me no matter where I went…”
These threats made the gangster afraid. He knew that he had gotten himself into something nasty, so he had no choice but to agree to the other party’s request.
Qiu Tong had investigated the gangster in front of her in advance. He had a reputation in the black market. It was said that he had a wide network and sinister methods.
He had never failed a mission before.
Perhaps this was the reason why the other party chose him… but they did not expect the gangster to fail with Ye Luan.
The gangster quickly finished his cigarette and crushed it with his foot. “While I was looking for traces of that child, I was also looking for my employer. I wanted to know who they were, but as you can see, they are very vigilant. The numbers they used to call me were all fake, and their voices cannot not be identified.”
“But on one call, I heard the whistle of a cruise ship in the background.”
“I have a lot of connections. According to the time and date of that call, I searched for the harbor and cruise ship. There was a particular pier that aroused my suspicion. All the surveillance footage had been deleted, but I sneaked over and found that there was a surveillance camera installed at the back of the garbage truck that collected trash there every night. I saw them there…”
The gangster felt a chill run down his spine. He still could not forget the effect of seeing that scene.
In the dark rainy night, a man wearing a long black suit had his hands in his pockets, his eyes cold and indifferent.
He looked on emotionlessly at the person kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy. He took out a pistol and aimed it between his brows.
Bang! The pistol was equipped with a silencer. Accompanied by the sound of thunder, no one noticed. Several bodyguards had appeared beside the man. They dragged the corpse and threw it into the sea. Their actions were so swift that even the gangster felt afraid.
“Can you imagine? Some people have very strong auras! I could feel his aura even through the camera…”
Even though he was a gangster who had killed many people, at that moment, he still regretted accepting the deposit from the other party.
He had no way of escaping now. All he could do was chase after Ye Luan and complete the mission his employer assigned him.
The gangster suddenly gaped. He seemed to be pulling at something from his mouth.
Qiu Tong was so nervous that she wanted Shao An to stop him. In the next second, the gangster dragged a thin thread from his throat. He retched a few times before finally pulling out a SD card stained with blood. He threw a tooth he had plucked out to the ground and handed it to Shao An along with the SD card.
“This is the surveillance footage I copied. Although you can’t see their faces clearly…”
Shao An took it and immediately handed it to a tech staff to deal with.
Qiu Tong frowned. She hesitated for a moment before walking up to the gangster. She placed her hand on his shoulder and activated her supernatural power.
A warm current slowly flowed into the gangster’s body. He looked up at Qiu Tong in disbelief.
“You may have done wrong, but there will be laws to punish you. You will not die here, and you won’t die in their hands.”
The gangster suddenly smiled and looked at the woman in front of him. “Are you kind or cruel?”
She had tacitly agreed to Shao An’s torture methods and she attacked him in the black market, but she also wanted to save him and let him be punished by the law? The gangster’s eyes lost their luster. He stared at the ground quietly. “I almost caught up to them before.”
“But I lost them in the end.”
“They parked their car near 730 Guangming Road. You can look for them there. You might be able to find other clues.”
The gangster refused to speak again.
In order to ensure his safety, Qiu Tong arranged for the mercenaries to guard the basement door and temporarily keep him in the villa..
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