HCB Chapter 19 The capital city was shaken! Zhao Lichun broke out in a cold sweat, and the captain deliv
Chapter 19 The capital city was shaken! Zhao Lichun broke out in a cold sweat, and the captain deliv
That drop of blood, at the edge of the flashlight's halo, was as dazzling as a red agate.
Ye Cunxin's heart was gripped tightly by that splash of red.
He's injured!
This thought made her forget her fear, her exhaustion, and that she herself had just crawled back from the brink of death.
"You're injured!"
She gasped in surprise and almost instinctively wanted to rush forward.
Because of her urgency, a sickly flush appeared on her originally pale face, her chest heaved violently, and her eyes, washed with tears, were filled with anxiety.
"Don't come any closer!"
Qi Tongwei didn't turn his head, but let out a low shout.
The voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable authority.
Ye Cunxin's steps froze on the spot.
She could only watch helplessly as the man leaned against the rock wall with his back to her.
He pulled a military first-aid kit from the pocket of his tactical vest.
Then, using his uninjured hand and teeth, he tore open the gauze and disinfectant pad.
On his left arm, there was a wound ripped open by a stray bullet; the flesh was turned inside out, and the wound was so deep that bone was visible, with blood still seeping out.
This is a penetrating wound.
But he didn't even flinch when treating the wound.
His movements were practiced, calm, and even somewhat numb.
It was as if that hideous wound wasn't even on his own body.
Ye Cunxin watched his back, which remained as upright as a pine tree despite the excruciating pain, and felt as if her heart was being gripped by an invisible hand, aching in waves.
Her eyes welled up with tears again.
What exactly is this man made of?
……
After several hours of arduous trekking, the team finally escorted all the prisoners back to the temporary command post of the Southwest Anti-Drug Brigade.
When Qin Chuan saw Scorpion, who was bound hand and foot and looked disheveled, and the two undercover agents and hostages who were unharmed.
This tough man's eyes welled up with tears of emotion.
"Bang!"
He slammed his fist hard on the command post's table, making the water glass on it bounce.
"good!"
Qin Chuan let out a roar that he had suppressed for a long time, his voice filled with wild joy.
He strode forward, patted Wang Meng on the shoulder forcefully, and then looked at the team members who were exhausted but in high spirits.
Finally, his gaze fell on the young man who was standing alone in the corner, rinsing the blood off his face with water.
Qin Chuan's eyes were filled with undisguised admiration, relief, and a hint of lingering fear.
He knew he had made the right bet this time.
No, we won the bet!
He not only won back the honor of the brigade and the lives of his brothers, but also dug out a huge treasure from that pile of nonsensical files!
Just then, a cold, mechanical voice quietly rang in Qi Tongwei's mind.
【Ding! 】
[Congratulations, host, for choosing the god-tier option "Lone Wolf Raid, Decapitate the Scorpion" at the crucial juncture of "Ghostly Sorrow Valley," perfectly upholding the dignity of the police!]
[Overall Rating: S+! Dignity Points +500!]
[Host has been detected saving a key figure, triggering a hidden reward...]
[Hidden Connections: Guardian of the Capital, Now Activated!]
[Bonus Special Item Received: Interrogation-Specific Truth Agent (High-Tech Version) x1, already stored in system space.]
Qi Tongwei paused slightly while rinsing his face, then resumed his normal movements.
He turned off the tap, letting the cold water droplets slide down his sharply defined jawline.
Guardians of the capital?
In his mind, Ye Cunxin's face, covered in mud yet still stubborn, flashed by.
It seems that this girl's identity is more complicated than I imagined.
"Qi Tongwei!"
Qin Chuan strode over, his voice booming.
"Come with me! I need to report to Secretary Zhao of the Provincial Party Committee in person!"
Qin Chuan pulled Qi Tongwei into the private communications room.
He picked up the red secure phone and dialed a number etched in his heart.
The phone rang three times before being answered quickly.
"I am Zhao Lichun."
A calm and authoritative voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Secretary Zhao, this is Qin Chuan from the Southwest Brigade!" Qin Chuan's voice was trembling with excitement. "Reporting, Secretary! The Ghost Sorrow Gorge mission is complete!"
"Where are the hostages?" Zhao Lichun's voice was noticeably more urgent.
"Hostage Ye Cunxin is safe and sound! The two undercover agents have been successfully rescued!"
"Where is the main culprit, Scorpion?"
"Alive! Captured alive!"
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, lasting more than ten seconds.
Qin Chuan could even hear the other person's long, relieved exhale.
"good!"
"good!"
"good!"
Zhao Lichun said "good" three times in a row, his voice filled with an irrepressible joy.
The heart that had been hanging in suspense ever since receiving the call from Beijing finally settled back into its belly.
"Comrade Qin Chuan, you have made a great contribution to Handong!"
……
Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away in the capital city.
Inside a heavily guarded courtyard house.
An elderly man, dressed in a Zhongshan suit and looking quite spry, put down his phone.
He stood by the window, gazing at the old, leafy locust tree in the yard, remaining silent for a long time.
The middle-aged man standing behind him didn't dare to breathe.
After a long while, the old man slowly spoke, his voice not loud, but with a quality as solid as metal or stone.
"Send my private jet to pick them up."
The middle-aged man's body stiffened, and he immediately replied, "Yes!"
"Furthermore," the old man turned around, his gaze sharp as lightning, "find out the officer in charge of that team. I need all his information, everything."
"Yes! I'll take care of it right away!"
……
Inside the command post.
Qi Tongwei refused the team doctor's request to treat his wound immediately.
He walked straight into the makeshift interrogation room.
Scorpion was tied to the interrogation chair, and although his wrists and knees were in excruciating pain, his eyes remained fierce.
"Officer, don't waste your energy."
He grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and laughed like a hyena ready to devour its prey.
"I won't say a word about what you want to know."
"If I die, my family will receive a large sum of money. I've said it before, my whole family will sink to the bottom of the Chao Phraya River."
"Do you have that ability?"
He was incredibly arrogant, certain that the police couldn't do anything to him.
Qi Tongwei ignored his shouts.
He simply walked up to Scorpion, reached out, and seemingly casually straightened his disheveled collar.
The instant his fingers touched the scorpion's neck skin.
A tiny injection needle, thinner than a hair, was silently inserted, injecting the entire vial of [interrogation-specific truth serum].
The entire process took less than 0.1 seconds.
The scorpion only felt a mosquito bite on its neck and didn't pay any attention to it.
He was still laughing wildly.
But as he laughed, his smile slowly froze.
His eyes began to become unfocused, empty, and devoid of any sparkle.
Like a puppet whose soul has been taken away.
Who is behind you?
Qi Tongwei sat down and spoke calmly.
"It's...it's the 'General' of the Golden Triangle..." Scorpion's lips opened and closed mechanically, uttering words devoid of emotion.
"Where is his base overseas?"
"exist……"
The next hour.
Qi Tongwei asked, and Scorpion answered.
Those shocking secrets buried deep within—about foreign armed groups, drug trafficking networks, and even certain border warlord forces—were thus revealed without reservation.
When Qin Chuan held the freshly completed interrogation records, his hands trembled uncontrollably.
His expression shifted from shock to horror, and finally to an almost fanatical excitement.
The value of this confession is beyond monetary measure!
Any one piece of information here is enough to trigger a magnitude 12 earthquake across the entire southwestern border region!
The way he looked at Qi Tongwei could no longer be described as "appreciation".
That's looking at a monster!
A monster capable of creating miracles!
"This...this is too much credit..."
Qin Chuan muttered to himself. He knew that, let alone a single brigade, even the entire Southwest Military Region where he was stationed was almost too big to contain this great figure.
He picked up a pen and wrote the four characters "promotion without regard to precedent" on a blank military merit application form.
He wanted to recommend Qi Tongwei for commendation!
At all costs!
The sky was already beginning to lighten.
A loud engine roar, growing louder as it approached, shattered the tranquility of the border morning.
A military transport plane, painted in gray-green with no civil aviation markings, landed precisely on the corps' rudimentary combat runway amidst the powerful airflow.
The massive rear hatch of the aircraft slowly opened.
A middle-aged officer with the rank of senior colonel, a serious expression, and a ramrod straight back, led a squad of heavily armed guards as they marched down in orderly steps.
Their military uniforms were impeccably tailored, and their boots were spotless. The elite aura emanating from them put immense pressure on Qin Chuan, Liu Jianguo, and the others who came to greet them.
Qin Chuan's heart skipped a beat. He quickly straightened his military uniform and strode forward to meet them.
"Greetings, Commander! I am Qin Chuan from the Southwest Detachment!"
However, the colonel merely nodded slightly at him, his gaze not lingering on him for more than a second.
His gaze was like lightning, sweeping quickly across the crowd.
Finally, they accurately locked onto the tall, upright young man standing behind Qin Chuan, wearing a blood-stained training uniform.
Under the shocked gazes of Qin Chuan, Liu Jianguo, and all the Sharp Sword Commando members.
The imposing senior colonel from Beijing walked straight up to Qi Tongwei.
He stopped and straightened up.
"Snap!"
He raised his right hand and gave a perfectly standard military salute, one that even carried a hint of reverence.
His voice, loud and clear as a bell, resounded throughout the entire airport.
"Comrade Qi Tongwei, the commander wants to speak with you personally!"