Chapter 265
The factory was not finished yet and production had not yet begun, so there were no defensive guards . Annina called Long Bing and then the police . The first to arrive were, of course, the town’s police . They were one old and one young and they carried old handguns .
Annina rushed up the mountain with the two policemen but the policemen refused to go further when they reached the forest .
“Come with me!” Annina’s Chinese had improved by leaps and bounds . “It’s right ahead! Up there!”
The two policemen looked at each other but both were unwilling to take one step further .
“What are you doing?” Annina was anxious . “Up, up! Sniper! Very dangerous!”
The old policeman gave her a sour face . “A sniper, miss? Is there any use in us going up? We just have our little handguns . We could be killed without even seeing the perpetrator . I’m retiring in two years - don’t make me die!”
The young policeman was scared too . “I, I haven’t even found a girlfriend yet . Let’s just wait for back-up . ”
Humans had hearts which feared death and policemen were human too .
“You! Cowards! I’ll go myself!” Annina turned and stomped off, up the mountain .
She’d not gone a few steps when she stopped and cried in joy, “Lukas, you’re alive! You’re not dead!”
Xia Lei let out a breath of relief too upon seeing Annina’s spritely state . He smiled . “It’s okay, no need to worry . ”
Xia Lei carried Danny in his arms . He had already used his silver needles on him and bandaged his wounds with strips of cloth . Danny would survive if he received treatment in time . It was easy to kill Danny but a living Danny was more useful than a dead Danny .
The policemen drew close too and saw a bloodstained Xia Lei and the sniper rifle slung over his back . The old policeman yelled, “Put the gun down!”
“I’m not a bad guy . Don’t be nervous and don’t point the gun at me; careful not to let it go off,” said Xia Lei .
The old policeman did not put the gun down . He spoke nervously, “Y, you put the gun down first . ”
Annina got angry . “What’s wrong with you? You refused to go up earlier and wanted to hide here, and now you’re pointing a gun at my boyfriend!”
“Don’t argue with him, Annina . I’ll put the gun down . This person needs medical attention in a hospital . Please call for an ambulance . ”
Xia Leu put Danny down, then put the sniper rifle down .
The old policeman stepped forward and took Xia Lei’s sniper rifle while the young policeman used his phone to call the ambulance .
Xia Lei summarised the situation for the policeman, then went down the mountain towards the factory grounds while carrying Danny . The policemen relaxed some after learning that Xia Lei was the owner of the military factory land and followed him and Annina to the factory grounds .
The town ambulance was first on the scene . It arrived in the blink of an eye since it was just a kilometre or two away .
The town doctor and nurse lifted Danny into the ambulance . Xia Lei was worried that some other accident might occur so he got into the ambulance as well .
Danny was pushed into the emergency operating room once he arrived at the hospital . The town hospital facilities were simple but they still had the necessary emergency supplies like blood and respirators .
Xia Lei and Annina sat outside the operating room on benches, waiting .
The two policemen were also in the corridor, sneaking glances at Xia Lei and Annina .
“What’s this person’s identity? He’s building a military factory and also shot someone with a sniper rifle,” said the young policeman in a low voice .
“Must be someone with backing . Maybe even a military man,” said the old policeman .
“What about the Western girl?” The young policeman glanced hotly at Annina, who was sitting on Xia Lei’s lap . She was electrifying and it made him nervous .
“Where are you looking?” The old policeman slapped the young one upside his head . “Be serious! We’re on a case!”
The young policeman gave the old one a glare of dissatisfaction, then looked again at Annina . A sexy Western woman was just too attractive for a young unmarried man like him to look away…
Long Bing arrived at the town hospital after half an hour . After she got details of the situation, she sent two agents up the mountain to take care of the bodies . Long Bing brought Xia Lei to a doctor’s office to talk to him .
“Gu Ding-Shan must really want you dead . One Danny is not enough - he actually hired two more foreign killers . No wonder we couldn’t find Danny during this time . He’d gone overseas . ” Long Bing’s eyes were cold .
“Danny is in our hands now . I had a chance to kill him but I feel it’s more useful to keep him alive,” said Xia Lei .
“You did well . Killing Danny would have helped Gu Ding-Shan . One dead Danny is just another dead dog to Gu Ding-Shan . ”
“Yeah, I thought so too . Didn’t you want me to think of a way to deal with Gu Ding-Shan? This Danny is very good bait . I believe Gu Ding-Shan will not stay still if we have Danny in our hands,” said Xia Lei .
“I know we can’t get any secrets out of Danny . People like him have undergone professional training . From my experience, it would be difficult to dig out any weaknesses of Gu Ding-Shan’s from him . ”
Xia Lei laughed . “I think it’s very easy . ”
Long Bing looked at Xia Lei . “You have a way to make him talk?”
Xia Lei leaned in to Long Bing’s ear . “I have a plan…”
Long Bing and Xia Lei walked out of the doctor’s office a few minutes later . Annina, who had been waiting outside the door, wanted to hold Xia Lei’s arm but the sight of Long Bing’s icy face made her behave like a good girl .
Long Bing called the two policemen over and said icily . “Say nothing if anyone asks . Got that?”
The two policemen did not know where Long Bing was from but she led a team of gun-wielding agents and had an imposing aura . They lacked the courage to refuse her and they nodded obediently as they said, “Rest assured, we won’t say anything . ”
“If someone asks, wait for the person to go away and call this number right away . ” Long Bing handed a piece of paper to the old policeman . Just a phone number was written on it and nothing else .
“Don’t worry, Leader . We will do as you’ve instructed . ” The old policeman affixed the title of ‘Leader’ to Long Bing arbitrarily .
“This doesn’t concern you any longer . You’re dismissed,” said Long Bing .
“Yes, yes, we’ll leave . ” The old policeman took the young policeman with him .
“Uncle . ” Xia Lei chased after them . “Can I trouble you to give me my gun back?”
The old policeman then remembered the sniper rifle he had taken from Xia Lei on his back . He laughed sheepishly and quickly took it off his back to return it to Xia Lei . “Sorry, sorry, I didn’t know the situation . ”
Xia Lei smiled and said, “You did nothing wrong, Uncle . Come to my factory another day - I’ll treat you to a drink . ”
“Of course, heh heh, goodbye . ” The old policeman left with a smile .
It was good to get to know some people in the area when building a factory . He was a local policeman too, so he would surely need to interact with him often .
Not long after, Long Bing’s subordinates brought the corpses of Cain and Tiger down the mountain and put them in the hospital morgue .
The chilly morgue and battered corpses made Xia Lei a little sick and he almost vomited . He had killed Tiger and Cain on the mountain but he had not felt the impact of having killed someone then, since they were over a thousand metres away . Seeing Cain with his chest cavity blasted open up close, and Tiger’s half-missing head sickened Xia Lei upon the sudden definition of himself as a killer .
No matter who it was or how much that person deserved death, he or she was still the same species . Killing another of the same species was uncommon in the animal kingdom, much less fairly conscious beings like humans .
“Feel bad?” Long Bing had a smile on her face as she said mockingly, “It’s okay . You’ll be fine after you experience it a few more times . ”
“Experience it a few more times?” Xia Lei laughed bitterly . “I don’t want to experience it ever again . ”
“I… Eurgh… . ” Annina, who had entered the morgue with them, couldn’t hold it back anymore and covered her mouth as she ran out .
Long Bing walked to Cain’s corpse and started to search the body .
Xia Lei forced himself to go to Tiger’s body and search his .
The two killers had no identification documents on them, just some foreign coins, mobile phones and communication devices . Both phones were powered-off . This was normal, since they would not have their phones on when they were on a job as snipers .
Long Bing and Xia Lei turned the phones on, hoping to find a contact list but both phones had just one contact - Danny .
“These snipers were experienced . We won’t get anything . ” Long Bing wrinkled her brows .
“I didn’t take Danny’s phone . He’s still in the operating room; his phone should have something,” said Xia Lei .
Long Bing shook her head . “I would take only a disposable phone with me on a mission like this if I were him . ”
Xia Lei shrugged . “Then let’s proceed as you’d planned . ”
Long Bing nodded . “Our doctors should be here soon . I’ll take Danny . You coming with me?”
“I’ll take care of things on my end . I’ll keep in contact,” said Xia Lei .
So Bureau 101 had its own medical team too - Xia Lei didn’t know that . Long Bing’s assessment was correct and an armoured, anti-riot ambulance used for military medical emergencies arrived at the town hospital when they left the morgue . Long Bing talked briefly with the doctor and he led some medical staff into the operating room .
Danny was quickly moved to the ambulance and it went off in the direction of the city .
Long Bing took her men away and the agents also put Cain and Tiger’s corpses in body bags and took them away .
Xia Lei found Annina in a female toilet . She was hugging a sink and vomiting into it .
He walked over to her and rubbed her back gently as he said comfortingly, “It’s okay now; the bodies have been taken away . ”
“Too much…” Annina rinsed her mouth under the faucet . She did not want Xia Lei to smell her after she had vomited .
For some inexplicable reason, the image of Tiger with half his head missing appeared in Xia Lei’s mind and his stomach turned . He pushed Annina aside and grasped the sink as he threw up .
“Haha!” Annina laughed, “So you’re like me too . ”
Xia Lei waved his hand and slapped her across her buttocks . “You’re one to talk . Remember the situation earlier? We would’ve been dead if we'd dallied for longer!”
It was true . Annina and Xia Lei were still busy a few minutes before Danny and the other two snipers had turned up, and killing them then would have been very easy .
Even thinking about that made one break out in cold sweat!
Annina giggled . “No, we won’t . I know my ability . I have the ability to make you finish earlier . ”
Xia Lei was speechless .
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