Tranxending Vision - Chapter 366

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Ahn Suhyeong was calm in the interrogation room; no trace of panic .  

“I’ve already said it clearly . Kidnapping? Does a person like me need to kidnap someone?” Ahn Suhyeong spoke in a frank and self-assured manner . “Officer, the accusations you speak of have nothing to do with me . That aside, I would like to make a call . I have to inform my father and ask him to get me my lawyers . This is my right, so please allow it . ”

Ahn Suhyeong spoke politely but his words were tough . He was sending a message: My father is a very important person in South Korea, so you can’t do anything to me easily!

The agent interrogating Ahn Suhyeong slammed his hand on the table . “The law treats everyone equally . You committed a serious crime - your father won’t be able to help you even if he came personally . ”

Ahn Suhyeong shrugged . “I’m just stating my legal rights . There’s no need to threaten me, is there?”

“Who did?” The agent interrogating him was getting a headache .  

The interrogation went on but Xia Lei lost interest . He looked back at Shi Boren and asked, “Boss Shi, would we have to release him?”

Shi Boren was quiet for a bit before answering, “I don’t know what the final solution is going to be either . It’s up to the higher-ups to decide if this person is to be punished or let go . ”

Anger flared in Xia Lei’s heart . Ahn Suhyeong had instructed Ahn Sujun to harm his sister and used Lu Sheng as bait to get him and Long Bing to rescue him . If he didn’t have a special body and this resistance to the anaesthetic gas, then Long Bing and himself would not be standing here now . The result would be Long Bing getting violated by those Korean bodyguards and then killed, and Lu Sheng would not survive either . And him - he would have been castrated and delivered to the hands of the CIA to become a lab rat, a life worse than death . And they still had to wait for the decision of the higher-ups when so much wrong had been done to them! 

“Isn’t everyone equal before the law?” Xia Lei said as he held his anger in check .  

Shi Boren smiled wryly . “Xia Lei, I know you’re not comfortable with this but let me tell you that this is just a pretty line for the masses, even in countries touted as the most lawful like America and Germany . Isn’t your German friend Annina a great example? She did nothing wrong but she is someone the German intelligence and CIA want to capture . She would probably be in Guantanamo Bay now if we hadn’t rescued her . ”

Tang Yuyan interrupted to say, “Hackles down, Xia Lei . Don’t bother about this anymore; you can’t do anything about it anyway . ”

Tang Bochuan added, “Ahn Suhyeong broke our laws here, so there surely has to be some conditions for his release . The higher-ups might use this incident to make a fuss and get us benefits we need . If a small little Ahn Suhyeong can get the support of a Korean political party and make South Korea lean towards our favour, then this is worth it . ”

No wonder he was the tactical planner of Bureau 101 . It was the same problem but Tang Bochuan had a different way of looking at it, and his way of reading the situation was also different .  

Xia Lei smiled wryly but did not say anything . Tang Bochuan’s words gave him a deeper understanding but he was still uncomfortable .  

“You guys go back,” said Shi Boren . “Don’t involve yourselves . ”

Long Bing let out a ‘humph’ . “Let’s go drinking, Xia Lei . ”

Xia Lei followed Long Bing out . He took two steps, then looked back at the glass wall, thinking, ‘This is not over . ’

“Xia Lei,” said Tang Yuyan, “My dad says the thing you asked him to help with has some results . ”

Xia Lei’s heart thumped . He looked back at her . “What are the results?”

“I don’t know . You go ask him . He’s on leave and will be home tomorrow,” said Tang Yuyan .  

“Then I’ll go to your place to visit Uncle Tang tomorrow,” said Xia Lei .  

Tang Yuyan smiled . “Sure . Buy more gifts . ”

Xia Lei was about to say ‘yes’ when Long Bing grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the exit .

Tang Bochuan sighed . “Aw, Chief Long is against it . ”

“It’s just her temper . Let her go . It’ll be fine in two days,” said Shi Boren .  

Outside the Bureau 101 headquarters, the skies were thick with darkness and the roads empty of vehicles and people; it was quiet . Xia Lei went to get his car but Long Bing stopped him . “No driving . Walk with me . ”

“Aren’t we going drinking?” asked Xia Lei .  

“Forget it . Bars are noisy . Just walk with me,” said Long Bing .  

Xia Lei nodded and walked with her along the pedestrian walkway . The street lamps were bright and several moths danced about them tirelessly . Long Bing looked up at the street lamps occasionally, at those fluttering moths, and seemed rather pensive .  

Xia Lei had never seen her like this before, and he grew worried . “What are you thinking about?”

Long Bing let out a soft sigh . “Say, do you think we’re like those moths?”

Xia Lei paused, then laughed and said, “I think I should accompany you to the hospital . ”

Long Bing smacked him lightly on the chest with a fist, frowning . “Be serious . I rarely reflect on life like this and you’re joking around . ”

The Ice Queen of Bureau 101 can reflect on life? It really was a rare moment . Xia Lei smothered his smile and put on a serious face . “Then tell me, how are we like these moths?”

“Attachment, stupid . ”

Xia Lei paused . He abruptly understood why she had made such a strange metaphor .  

Long Bing spoke gloomily, “It is my honour to be part of Bureau 101, to ensure the safety of the nation, to uphold the dignity of the law . This is also my mission and I don’t mind giving up my life for this mission either . But now, we clearly have the criminal in our hands so why is he not being punished? If our mission failed we would probably have died . This is the result after we risked our lives . So tell me, how are our existences different from these moths? Ramming our heads till they bleed, till we burn in the flames of the lamp . No one will remember us . ”

Xia Lei spoke consolingly, “Don’t mull over it too much . This is politics . I can let go of it even though I want Ahn Suhyeong punished the most . You should let it go too . If I were one of the higher-ups in charge of this case I would use Ahn Suhyeong to do a trade for something beneficial to the nation too . ”

“You’ve already thought it through?” Long Bing stopped in her tracks and looked at Xia Lei, face-to-face .  

“I’m not entirely comfortable with it, but I can understand why the higher-ups are doing this,” said Xia Lei .  

“All right, I’m not going to think about this anymore . ”

“It’s good that you’re fine now . It’s nothing much anyway - if that punk gets released there are many ways to deal with him too,” said Xia Lei, “Next time I won’t get him arrested . I’ll use my own methods to solve the problem . ”

“Hm…” Long Bing hesitated, then said, “Can you lend me your shoulder for a bit?”

Xia Lei paused . “What for?”

“Are you lending it to me or not?”

“Do you feel like crying?” Xia Lei nodded . “Then lean on my shoulder and cry . It’ll all be better after you cry it all out . ”

Long Bing leaned into Xia Lei’s embrace and put her chin on his shoulder; she was quiet .  

Xia Lei patted her waist . “Cry if you want, don’t hold back . There’s no one here . I won’t make fun of you . ”

“Nn…” Long Bing opened her mouth and suddenly bit Xia Lei on the shoulder .  

“Argh!” Xia Lei had not expected that at all and was startled into a shout of pain .  

Long Bing let go of Xia Lei and a smile appeared on her lips . “Okay, I feel much better now . ”

Xia Lei at his bitten shoulder, his face gloomy . “Why bite me?”

Long Bing laughed . “Who was the one who conned me, saying urine can help dissipate the effects of anaesthetic gas . And you also saw my… that . ”

So that was why .  

The image of her white bottom surfaced in Xia Lei’s head again - big, round, and that trickling sound… The pain in his shoulder disappeared mysteriously and a wicked smile appeared in the corners of his mouth . “What part of yours did I see?”

“Lend me your shoulder again then . ” Long Bing drew close to Xia Lei again .  

Xia Lei quickly dodged . “Are you a snapping turtle? Get away!”

Long Bing came chasing . The quiet, deserted road became their mock battleground . Long Bing was no longer a match for Xia Lei at his current skill level but he was on the losing end in this sort of fight from the beginning . Long Bing could use her hands and hit him on the chest but he could not hit her chest with his hands now, could he?

A phone call brought their fight to a stop .  

The call was for Long Bing . Xia Lei stood to one side and watched her take the call .  

“We’re outside, not far away . What is it?” said Long Bing .  

‘Is the call from Shi Boren? Did something new develop in Ahn Suhyeong’s case? It can’t be so quick, can it?’ thought Xia Lei .

“Okay, I’ll be right there . ” Long Bing ended the call .  

“Was that Boss Shi?” asked Xia Lei .  

Long Bing nodded . “It was Boss Shi . It’s an emergency situation . ”

“Does it involve Ahn Suhyeong?”

“No, it’s about that group of experts . ”

Xia Lei’s heart thumped . “What’s happened?”

“Boss Shi said that one of the experts went mad . The situation’s dangerous,” said Long Bing .  

“Mad?” Xia Lei was astonished .  

“That’s what Boss Shi said . He didn’t go into details either . I don’t really know the situation over there so I’ll have to go over to know what’s going on . You go back . I have work to do,” said Long Bing .  

“Wait,” said Xia Lei, “Can you take me with you?”

“Boss Shi didn’t say you could go,” said Long Bing .  

Xia Lei paused, uncomfortable . “Looks like Boss Shi doesn’t see me as one of you . You go . I’ll go home to sleep . Go on with whatever mission of yours, and don’t look for me anymore . ”

“Don’t be like that,” said Long Bing, “I’ll give Boss Shi a call and talk to him to let you go have a look . Besides those experts and those items were what you had risked your life to bring back to China . ”

Xia Lei did not say anything; he waited for her to make the call .  

That’s right - those experts and items were that he had risked his life to bring back from Afghanistan . Not letting him to have even a look at what he had brought back was like abandoning one’s benefactor after achieving one’s goal, wasn’t it? If this was the case then he would be a fool as big as the moon if he still did tasks for Bureau 101 after this .

Long Bing walked to one side to give Shi Boren a call . She talked for quite a few minutes, seemingly doing her best to get approval for Xia Lei to join her .  

Xia Lei was waiting anxiously too . ‘If Boss Shi doesn’t allow this then I’ll have to find some way to contact Ning Jing . I can only hope to understand the secrets of that alloy through her…’ thought Xia Lei .  

Long Bing put her phone away . “Let’s go, you punk . You’re like a child, throwing a tantrum when you can’t go . ”

Xia Lei grinned . “I’ll go get my car . ”