Chapter 201 Bottom Line
Duanmu reported the situation through the intercom, and attacked the ghost in the hall together with Cui Jian. The shooting range of the ghost in the servant's room was blocked by two trees, and it could not pose a threat to the two people, resulting in a 2-on-1 situation.

Cui Jian hit the ghost in the hall with two shots. Duanmu fired a few more shots and emptied the magazine. He didn't know whether he hit it or not. He leaned against a tree and replaced the last magazine.

Suddenly there was a muffled sound, and a hole was blown in the wall of the backyard of Villa No. 2.

Four men wearing plate armor and tactical helmets and armed with assault rifles broke into the backyard.

Cui Jian shouted, "Run." This was just a fight, the other person was just about to run over his face with an armored vehicle.

Duanmu endured the severe pain in his calf and ran with Cui Jian. The ghost in the servant room continued to shoot, and the bullets chased the two of them on the asphalt road, creating dots of starlight. In the end, Cui Jian and Duanmu still rushed out of the coverage of the street lights and escaped into the darkness.

In the darkness, Cui Jian saw the elevator in Building 2 running from the 3rd floor to the basement floor.

Four fully armed men stood in two groups and shot at the approaching bodyguards. They did not kill them directly, but shot bullets at the feet of the bodyguards, forcing them to enter the bunker and reminding them not to attack.

A minute later, the elevator stopped on the first floor. Cui Jian aimed his gun. The distance was 60 meters, so he had to aim. The first person to come out was a man in bodyguard clothes. He carried the knocked-out Xue Bing on his shoulders and strode towards the back door of the villa.

His guess was correct. Xue Bing was hiding on the basement floor. The elevator in the villa should stop at the third floor. The criminals must first go to the third floor and take the elevator to the first floor. Zhang San and Li Si were guarding the third floor. It was unclear why they did not activate the emergency plan. In Cui Jian's opinion, there should be an emergency plan, which is to immediately destroy the elevator operation when attacked.

With Xue Bing around, Cui Jian didn't dare to shoot. What would happen if he shot someone to death? Another man came out of the elevator. It turned out to be Zhang San.

If it was Duanmu, he would have to think about why Zhang San, as a personal bodyguard, would turn against him. At the same time, he understood why the emergency plan was not activated.

Cui Jian was not Duanmu. He saw an opportunity, an opportunity to kill, so he pulled the trigger three times in succession and hid in the bunker. The first bullet pierced Zhang San's neck, the second bullet hit Zhang San's mouth, and the third bullet hit the mirror in the elevator.

Zhang San fell down with blood spurting out of his mouth. The man carrying Xue Bing stopped and turned to look at him, then continued to walk away quickly.

The ghost of the servant's room went downstairs, and four armed men retreated with guns, guarding the gap in the backyard, and finally got in the car and left.

Duanmu saw the whole process clearly and said, "These four people are special forces."

Cui Jian said: "From the physique, it doesn't look like Xiao Huang."

Duanmu nodded: "It should be the US military, so they dare not kill people indiscriminately. They were just emergency personnel. Because we rushed to the battlefield, in order to buy time for their accomplices, they were forced to join the battle to control the situation."

Cui Jian: "Are you okay?"

Duanmu shook his head: "I don't know, I don't think he will die."

Cui Jian smiled, turned around and lay on the ground: "They didn't kill Xue Bing, but captured him alive."

Duanmu said: "I think the Black Group is eager to kill Xue Bing now. Maybe it's just a bargaining chip. The CIA will not turn against the Black Group directly. It is very likely that they will use Xue Bing as a bargaining chip in exchange for some of the industries controlled by the Black Group. The Black Group cannot refuse, otherwise Xue Bing will confess and the CIA will control most of their industries."

Duanmu: "It's a pity that the regular CIA doesn't dare to operate the black industry and has to rely on the black group. I think the final solution is that the CIA sends people to monitor some industries, and the black group industry must first provide services to the CIA. It's really tasteless, but it's a pity to throw it away. Bai Qi, Bai Qi..."

Cui Jian: “What?”

Duanmu shook his head: "Bai Qi is as famous as Li Ran. His performance today was not up to par. From the time the drone swarm appeared until now, his voice has not been heard on the intercom. He has not yet arrived near Villa No. 2. So is there a possibility that Bai Qi is the traitor?"

Cui Jian: "I don't know, but Susan is very dedicated."

Duanmu: "Susan has only been Bai Qi's subordinate for a month or two. Susan was originally a strong candidate for the captain of the execution team. They are not wearing the same pants."

Cui Jian: "Stop, I'm not interested in complicated interpersonal relationships. Is your wound still bleeding?"

Duanmu: "It bleeds if you move."

Cui Jian: "It should be fine. I hope there are no injuries."

Duanmu said: "I am trying hard to control myself and not let my body tremble. How do you manage to remain calm? You know, we have been on the brink of death at least three times."

Cui Jian: "I also want to ask you, I have already exchanged fire with the other party, why are you still standing there like an idiot?"

Duanmu smiled bitterly: "What I was thinking about took up a lot of memory, and the remaining memory was not enough to support my reaction."

Cui Jian replied: "I am the opposite of you. Most of my memory is spent on fighting, so I am very calm."

Neither of them spoke for a while, one with his CPU running like crazy, while the other was looking at the bright moon and stars, feeling the vastness of the universe.

……

Duanmu was hit by a ricochet bullet. When the skin was peeled off, the bullet head could be seen embedded in the large piece of flesh on his calf. If it had not been a ricochet bullet, the bullet would have penetrated the leg flesh and broken Duanmu's leg bone. However, the ricochet bullet head was in the shape of a flower, tearing open more flesh, which was why Duanmu screamed in pain, after all, it was really painful.

Simple summary: You can avoid the death penalty, but you can’t escape the punishment of living punishment.

At four o'clock in the morning, Li Ran and Cui Jian stood by the window of the hospital. After listening to Cui Jian's story, Li Ran sighed softly: "Bai Qi and I have a life-long friendship. After experiencing the cruel battlefield and desperate struggle, I hope my life will be as simple as possible. He... Everyone has their own aspirations."

Cui Jian asked: "Manager Li, is Bai Qi the traitor?"

Li Ran shook his head. "I only know that it is not easy to break through the security defenses arranged by Bai Qi. From your description, he made a lot of low-level mistakes. For example, the drone carried a note. For example, when faced with the provocation of the drone swarm, he gave the order to shoot at the drones."

Lin Yu walked over quickly, nodded to Cui Jian, and reported to Li Ran: "Four bodyguards died, Zhang San died, Li Si died, and one gangster was shot four times. The ballistic analysis just came out. One of the shots came from Cui Jian's pistol, and the other three came from Duanmu's pistol."

Li Ran took the copy and looked at it for a while: "Cui Jian hit him in the abdomen, and Duanmu hit him in the head, arms, and bulletproof vest."

Li Ran's eyes changed when he looked at the next photo. It was a black and white photo of a corpse. Li Ran took out his phone, opened the album, searched for a long time and found a photo. After comparing, he found that they were 70% similar.

Cui Jian asked, "Who is this?" Li Ran said, "Three years ago, the CIA arrested two traitors. The two died in a traffic accident while being escorted back to New York. It was not news to the outside world, but people in the industry noticed this information and got the resumes of these two people. According to the CIA's methods, it can be basically confirmed that these two people must have made a big mistake. They were not interrogated or tried, and it is very likely that the mistakes they made were unintentional and non-subjective. At the same time, they volunteered to become ghosts. As ghosts, they must serve the CIA for ten years before they can retire with a new identity."

Li Ran: "From this, we can infer that it was the CIA that took action last night, and they arranged for the Navy SEALs to provide cover. Due to your and Duanmu's intervention, the SEALs were forced to break through the wall to stabilize the situation. It is very rare to use SEALs in an ally country, unless the operation is extremely important and cannot afford to fail."

Li Ran asked Lin Yu: "How is Bai Qi?"

Lin Yu replied: "He was found in his room with a tranquilizer dart next to him. According to the police, the drone confirmed that Bai Qi was the leader through the roll of paper, so they arranged a drone ambush for Bai Qi. During the shift change, Bai Qi opened the window of his office and was attacked by the ambush drone."

Lin Yu added: "From the scene, Bai Qi had already drunk his fourth cup of coffee and was checking the report of the Eastern European refinery. One hour before he was attacked, he communicated with the outside world for 45 minutes, all of which were related to Xue Bing's industries. Because of the time difference, his contact with Europe was carried out late at night."

Li Ran: "It sounds like the old buddy has not turned bad, but has lost his position. He has clearly transformed into a big CEO, but he still orders the security work."

Cui Jian said: "There is another suspicious point in this incident. Zhang San and Li Si are both Xue Bing's personal bodyguards. Bai Qi also arranged them on the third floor of Building 2. To go to the basement to find Xue Bing, you must first go to the third floor to solve the elevator problem. Li Si died in a desperate battle, but Zhang San is a ghost's man."

Li Ran replied, "I don't know. Cui Jian, don't think too much. Unless you are the center of the storm, just focus on yourself. I'll take a call."

Li Ran walked to the side to answer the phone, and soon hung up and came back: "The bodies of Zhang San and Li Si are missing."

After sampling and evidence collection, the bodies of the deceased will be sent to the forensic department. The forensic department is very efficient, and the basic autopsy report of the ghost shot by Duanmu has been released. The forensic doctor will conduct a preliminary autopsy on all the deceased and confirm the obvious wounds. When the forensic doctor met with the detective in charge, he found that two bodies were missing.

At present, the police have dispatched a special person to investigate the missing bodies of Zhang San and Li Si.

Susan strode over, pushed open the fire door and walked to the stairs. She nodded slightly to Cui Jian and Lin Yu, and said to Li Ran, "Manager Li, can I have a word with you?"

Li Ran nodded and said to Cui Jian: "You go back and rest first. This project is over now."

Cui Jian said goodbye and left, took out his cell phone and dialed a number. After it rang three times, he hung up. He called again, hung up after it rang once, and then turned off his cell phone.

Cui Jian took a taxi to a 24-hour supermarket first. Because this project might take more than ten days, he prepared all the food at home thoroughly.

After buying two large bags of food, Cui Jian walked out of the supermarket and waited for a car on the roadside. Yiyi was driving her car to work when she saw Cui Jian pull over and roll down the window. After a few pleasantries, Cui Jian happily got in the car.

As soon as he got in the car, Cui Jian's expression changed immediately and he fastened his seat belt nervously: "When did you get a driver's license?"

Yiyi said: "It was reissued."

Cui Jian: "Reissue it?"

Yiyi: "I added my driver's license information on the official website and applied for a replacement license. That's how I got a real driver's license."

Choi Gun: "Hey, don't be ridiculous. Korea's road is not worthy of you."

Yiyi: “I drive slowly.”

Cui Jian: "Slow does not mean safe. You have to adjust your speed according to the road conditions. The best speed is close to the speed of most cars. The speed limit on this road is 80. According to the traffic volume, people usually drive at around 90. If you drive at 40, you will be a moving obstacle. Don't look at me, look ahead. Remember one thing, if you drive in this lane, you are invincible. Don't cross the line or merge lanes rashly. Other drivers will naturally avoid you."

Cui Jian lifted Yiyi's chin with his phone: "Look ahead, not at the front of the car."

Yiyi was angry: "If you have something to say, just say it."

Cui Jian almost forgot why he got into Yiyi's car. He reached out and took the phone that Yiyi had placed on the center console and handed it to Yiyi. Yiyi unlocked the phone and contacted the housekeeper. During this time, Cui Jian leaned over to help Yiyi with the steering wheel and turned on the hazard lights. Driving at 85 on a road with an average speed of 40, Cui Jian had to consider the risk of rear-end collision.

The butler's voice came from the central control speaker. It was unusual for Qi Sha to directly ask to contact the butler. Usually, Qi Sha had a major change, such as retirement.

Cui Jian certainly didn't contact the housekeeper just to retire. He told the housekeeper about Liu Sheng: "I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I think Bai Qi is telling the truth. From what I know about Bai Qi, Zhang Ya, as Bai Yueguang, holds an extremely important position in his heart. The more he can't get her, the more painful it is, and the more he loves her deeply."

The reason why this matter is important is that Liu Sheng is the only person who may betray Cui Jian at present.

The housekeeper responded: "According to your description, both saving Liu Sheng and killing Liu Sheng are very difficult. What do you think?"

Cui Jian replied: "We will remove the firewood from under the cauldron and get rid of Zhang Ya. However, this behavior does not conform to the Seven Killings Rules." Seven Killings allows for collateral damage, which means that when attacking the target, innocent people are killed without subjective, malicious, or targeted actions. Zhang Ya has no connection with Seven Killings or the target. Killing Zhang Ya can certainly solve the problem, but it also violates the Seven Killings Rules.

The housekeeper did not answer immediately, and Cui Jian waited for a while before adding: "Or we can only bet on Liu Sheng's faith." Liu Sheng was not afraid of torture, and he could give out dozens of names. But when the matter involved Zhang Ya, he would inevitably be concerned and confused.

The always wise housekeeper remained silent after Cui Jian finished speaking. According to Cui Jian, Bai Qi forced Liu Sheng step by step, and planned to let Zhang Ya get pregnant with Liu Sheng's child. The final result is likely to lead to Liu Sheng betraying Cui Jian and others. But as Cui Jian said, killing Zhang Ya can solve the problem, but Qi Sha cannot kill Zhang Ya.

The so-called rules are a red line, and the red line cannot be adjusted just because necessary.

After a long time, the butler finally made a decision: "The assassination of Zhang Ya is not allowed. The assassination of Liu Sheng is authorized. I will arrange resources to work with Yiyi. I am familiar with Liu Sheng. He is excellent in all aspects. Even if he likes Zhang Ya, it is a manifestation of his loyalty. The second is Vulcan. He has already withdrawn from the Seven Killings. His behavior has nothing to do with us. His cooperation with the retired Liu Sheng has nothing to do with us."

After the butler finished speaking, he asked, "Yueyao, are you dissatisfied with these decisions?"

Cui Jian: "No, it's good. A devil should have the ethics of a devil."

The housekeeper said, "I will arrange a position for you first. You can retire if you want, or you can become an instructor in the future. By the way, I have something to tell you. Riyao has submitted his retirement application. He fell in love with a female teacher in a fishing village. Since it is a normal retirement, Riyao's position will be seamlessly connected. Yueyao, Yiyi, and everyone in Qisha, I have always supported you to retire, start a family, and return to your life."

Housekeeper: "After Jin Yao gets married and has children, I should force him to retire. Apart from him, Ri Yao is the first official member of the Seven Killers to retire normally and start a family. I hope he can be happy, and I also hope you can find your own happiness."

Cui Jian, the atmosphere destroyer, said, "Then you don't have to pay for your work."

The housekeeper said: "Unless you give cash directly, it is easy to pollute the account. Our current activity funds are provided by Suoyike. We do not fully trust Suoyike, so it is impossible to release the funds from Suoyike channels to your account."

(End of this chapter)