Chapter 286 Traditional Market (Part )

Cui Jian leaned against the stairs, at the edge of the smoke, pulled out the magazine, took a look, and put it back. He already knew that he was facing lone wolves, masters who fought alone. These people were usually killers, who liked to attack by surprise. No. 11's smoke gas and shield were assault equipment that ordinary people could not think of.

However, Cui Jian always felt that 03, who was hiding behind the stall, was the biggest threat to him. 03 was like a cunning venomous snake, which would flee immediately after a strike, and suddenly appear to give you a fatal blow when you were a little relaxed.

Cui Jian took a deep breath, ran up to the second floor, and without entering the corridor, fired five shots in a row. He immediately returned to the platform on the 1.5th floor, during which time he had already changed the magazine and aimed his gun at the stall.

As expected, 03 heard Cui Jian's gunshot on the second floor and stood up immediately. Cui Jian shot his helmet, which flew away. Cui Jian immediately dodged back and was surprised that the enemy would use a helmet to test him.

No. 3 heard the gunshots from the second floor and did not believe that Cui Jian had gone to the second floor. He knew that Cui Jian was going to ambush him, but the time was too short and he did not make any plan to counterattack.

After Cui Jian opened fire on the second floor, the two ghosts that had originally besieged Duanmu's shop immediately left the corridor and entered the shops on the left and right. There were now four ghosts left, two of which were on the second floor, in a shop near Duanmu's shop. One ghost was behind a stall on the first floor. One ghost was hiding in the shop opposite Cui Jian like a sniper, and had not yet revealed his specific location.

A grenade was thrown from behind the stall to the second floor, and it bounced down the stairs. Cui Jian immediately took the shield to protect himself. After the explosion, all the fragments of the grenade hit the shield. The shock wave of the grenade with only 50 grams of explosives was not strong, but the stairs had an echo effect. The explosion made Cui Jian's ears buzz and his eyes black.

Damn, you play so dirty.

As the grenade exploded, gunshots rang out from Duanmu's direction, and it seemed that there were battles on both the first and second floors. Cui Jian's hearing was severely disturbed. Would 03 take the opportunity to kill him? Cui Jian touched the last stun grenade he carried on his waist, but did not take it out. Instead, he touched another gas grenade on the side.

Cui Jian bet that 03 would not come to kill him. He put down his shield, picked up the grenade and rushed to the second floor, throwing the grenade on the stairs. The grenade landed at the stall 30 meters away, and the smoke exploded instantly, covering an area with a diameter of ten meters.

Cui Jian did not dare to leave the corridor, and stood on the handrail of the stairs at the edge of the corridor. From this position, he could barely see the stalls. Cui Jian saw 03 crouching and fleeing in the smoke. Cui Jian could barely see 03 over the guardrail. The traditional gun holding posture would definitely hit the guardrail.

So Cui Jian created a new way to hold the gun. He raised the pistol above his head with his right hand and shot at 03. The first shot was two meters away from 03. After correction, the second shot was half a meter away from 03. The third shot hit 03's waist and 03 fell to the ground. Cui Jian continued to pull the trigger, and the bullet hit the concrete slab booth, trying to shoot through it.

After using up half a magazine, Ghost No. 02 from the opposite shop quickly moved to find Cui Jian and shot a bullet into Cui Jian's lower abdomen. Cui Jian was knocked to the platform on the 1.5th floor by the impact force.

Cui Jian was not unconscious, and ignored his injuries. He threw his pistol and replaced the magazine, rushed to the last step, and emptied the magazine at the shop where 02 was hiding with both hands. Although he did not see 02, he knew which shop 02 was hiding behind, and even knew that 02 would hide on the right side, because only the right side could observe his and Duanmu's positions.

After one magazine was used up, 02's body fell from the right door, his head pressed against the concrete floor, motionless. Cui Jian climbed up the handrail again, but 03 was nowhere to be seen. He didn't know whether he took the opportunity to approach him or evacuated the battlefield.

After dealing with sniper 02, Cui Jian could not find 03. He replaced the last magazine, crouched down and used the guardrail to cover himself, preparing to move towards Duanmu's shop. At this time, the gunfire in Duanmu's shop suddenly stopped. Cui Jian tried to stand up and stick his head out of the guardrail to look down, but saw a ghost holding a gun and retreating. When he saw Cui Jian showing his head, he moved the muzzle without hesitation, and Cui Jian immediately lay down.

Cui Jian entered the second floor of Duanmu's shop. The shop was in a mess. Cui Jian turned to the side of the bar and looked inside. Shi Hao was looking at the ceiling with his eyes open. He was deader than dead.

Cui Jian went downstairs and saw Duanmu leaning against the counter with a gun in his hand, looking outward. Gui Yi was lying on the side with a pool of blood under him. The situation was not optimistic.

Cui Jian said: "Carry her on your back and fight your way out." If they couldn't ask for help, they could only find a way to survive on their own.

Cui Jian took the lead and ran, moving quickly and using cover to avoid possible bullets. He rushed out of the east passage in one breath, but saw a van just driving more than ten meters away. Cui Jian naturally emptied the last magazine of the van. Then he opened the door of the SUV they were driving on the side of the road, unlocked the rear door, and Duanmu arrived holding Gui Yi. After getting in the car, the SUV rushed towards the hospital.

Cui Jian glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "You lost a lot of blood."

Duanmu said: "No vital injuries."

Cui Jian asked: "What about Gui Yi?"

Duanmu said: "She was shot three times, two of which hit her chest, probably causing broken ribs, and one hit her abdomen, perfectly avoiding the abdomen of the bulletproof vest. In addition, she sprained her ankle and hit her head. Because of her bravery, I had the opportunity to kill one of them. Is Shi Hao dead?"

Cui Jian replied: “Yes.”

Duanmu said: "They threw fragmentation grenades at the bar, and the first one bounced and landed on the bar. I pulled Guiyi and I rushed out of the bar and rushed to the stairs. As soon as we rolled down the stairs, two grenades were thrown into the bar. I don't think Shi Hao will survive."

Cui Jian didn't say anything. Duanmu said after a while: "As a bodyguard, the death of my employer brought me a sense of frustration." This was the second time the two failed. The first time was when they faced the Navy SEALs and watched Xue Bing being carried away. Although the objective reason for the two failures was that their combat effectiveness was too different, it also affected Duanmu's mood. He always believed that he was the top student in 360 professions.

Cui Jiandao said: "Although the first batch of criminals had a large number of people and were well-trained, they did not work well together as a team, and their individual combat capabilities were average. The later batch of masked men wearing black training uniforms had strong individual combat capabilities, but lacked teamwork."

Duanmu said: "The latecomers should be ghosts. The first batch of criminals are testing our strength. After all, our team's performance on the surface is very outstanding. If the latecomers are really ghosts, even if we all die at the hands of the first batch of criminals, these criminals will also be killed by ghosts."

Cui Jian asked: "What's the problem?"

Duanmu answered with certainty: "Kathy, I now believe that Kathy really wants Shi Hao, but her opponent is stronger than she thought."

While chatting, the off-road vehicle arrived at the hospital and Gui Yi was sent to the emergency room. The nurse treated Duanmu's wound. Cui Jian was thick-skinned and not injured. He was responsible for making phone calls, and the first call was naturally to Li Ran.

Li Ran answered the phone in trepidation, and sure enough, it was not good news, and the situation was much more serious than he thought.

According to statistics after the incident, seven civilians died in this incident. The good news is that their deaths had no direct relationship with the bodyguards. The police found 12 bodies of the gangsters, some of whom were killed in the exchange of fire, and some were executed with pistols at close range. In addition, the police also found two bodies wearing training uniforms. After confirmation by the US intelligence department in South Korea, the two were once official employees of the CIA Asia Branch and died in a shipwreck two years ago. The person in charge privately admitted to the South Korean officials that the two were black personnel, but it was unclear why they did not lie in wait for orders, but appeared in Hancheng.

Currently, the intelligence department has begun a comprehensive self-examination, especially investigating the intelligence personnel and black personnel who were in Hancheng at the time of the incident.

The police investigated Cui Jian and Duanmu, but they never mentioned Casey, saying it was just a normal job. The police later found a loophole in the investigation: the anonymous employer only paid a $10 deposit. How did the security company believe that they would get a $400 million reward after the job was done?
Of course Li Ran would not say that it was Duanmu's guarantee. He only said that $10 was already a lot, and if he took a chance, maybe the bicycle could be turned into a motorcycle.

Zhang Hao rushed to the hospital as soon as he received the call. At that time, Gui Yi had been sent to the ICU. Cui Jian told him that her life was not in danger, but she had broken ribs, concussion, more than a dozen injuries, a sprained left foot, severe blood loss, and an operation on her abdomen. There are no other problems. What do you mean by no other problems? Facing Zhang Hao's doubts, Cui Jian comforted her, saying that at least she was still alive and would be able to jump around in a month. Of course, there was also bad news. Because of the death of the VIP, Gui Yi and Cui Jian would not get a penny from this project. At the same time, there was also good news. The bullet did not have to be paid for by herself. All medical expenses, minus the insurance payment, would be covered by the company, and a subsidy of 50 won would be received every day during the treatment and recuperation period.

Zhang Hao, with mixed feelings, sat outside the ICU for a day and a night, and then accompanied Gui Yi for two days. He also received a bad news and a good news. The bad news was that because he had asked for leave, his project in the Zhen Diu Group was not counted, and he was still an intern, and could only get a small part of the project remuneration. The good news was that Gui Yi completed the entire project, and she became a formal employee of the Bodyguard A Department, and she had the right to recruit people to form a team.

When Guiyi was transferred to the general ward, the fiancée and his wife had a quarrel because Zhang Hao asked Guiyi to stop hanging out with the two crazy people and to work alone. The couple took on some ordinary projects and earned quite a lot. However, Guiyi felt that being strong would help her grow, and she liked the group atmosphere.

As for danger, Gui Yi believes it is a matter of probability. Even ordinary projects will encounter danger, otherwise there is no need to hire short-term bodyguards. Flowers that have been growing under the scorching sun will not die because they are transplanted into a greenhouse, but cacti that have been growing in a greenhouse may die in the high temperature outdoors.

Since you have chosen the bodyguard profession, if you don't go through the training, sooner or later you will make a mistake.

At the same time, Li Ran also asked Duan Cui about Gui Yi. Cui Jian expressed his professional opinion: "I think this girl is more inclined to attack rather than defend. I think it has something to do with her previous career. China has good public security and is a gun-banning country. As a special police officer, she does not need to consider the possible harm that the other party may cause her."

Duanmu's judgment is: "He has a good personality, does not like to meddle in other people's affairs, is resolute in following orders, has brains, and trusts his companions. He is a little reckless."

Li Ran asked: "Can I stay?"

Duanmu replied: "Yes."

Li Ran looked at Diudiu: "Where's Zhang Hao?"

Diudiu said, "What can we learn from the elderly care project? Manager Li, why not form a female bodyguard team?" Diudiu was very interested in Guiyi. Her subordinate Pu De talked a lot of nonsense and even asked her if she was suitable for cold drinks. Is it your turn to care about my own health? Just buy me iced Coke. Zhenzhen sprained her ankle, and Pu De immediately came forward to ask, "Are you okay? Do you want to rest for a while?" Is Zhenzhen mentally retarded or dumb? Can't she say anything if there is something wrong?

Zhang Hao was not much better, a warm-hearted man who bought himself breakfast even though he said he didn't want to eat breakfast, saying that skipping breakfast was bad. After eating breakfast, Diudiu felt sleepy in the morning, so Zhang Hao indirectly explained the disadvantages of staying up late.

Whenever they changed their profession or team, Pu De and Zhang Hao would be very popular, but the problem is that Diudiu is not liked.

After listening to Diudiu's complaints, Duanmu said, "It's good to just run errands. Let them handle any troubles."

Diudiu asked: "Do you want it for you?"

Duanmu replied: "Because you and Zhenzhen are girls, as men, they think they should care about you and give way to you. They are in the same group with us, and if they care about me and Cui Jian like this, it will make the atmosphere very awkward."

Cui Jian spoke the truth: "You should give them a good beating to let them know that you are the boss. They have no right to care about you, and you don't need their care."

Li Ran said, "I happen to have a repair project here. A student witnessed Huang Mao beating someone to death. Huang Mao is a rebellious rich second-generation, the only son. Huang Mao's father used to be a gangster, with assets exceeding 30 million US dollars. The prosecutor in charge of this case found that Huang Mao's father started selling some of his real estate two weeks ago. She suspected that Huang Mao's father wanted to hire someone to kill him to silence him."

Li Ran said: "As long as the student can testify in court, Huang Mao will definitely be convicted. Considering her son's safety, the student's mother does not want her son to appear in court, but the student's father supports him to appear in court. The prosecutor has a good relationship with Lawyer Mo, and Lawyer Mo contacted me and wanted to ask Bodyguard A to send someone to protect the student."

Li Ran said: "The duration is five days, and the daily reward is 200 million. The project bonus is 500 million. According to the financial resources and connections of Huangmao's father, we can either buy the desperadoes locally or hire Chunque. There is no news on this yet."

Diudiu asked, “Why not apply for the police’s witness protection team?”

Li Ran replied: "Based on the statistics of assassination cases over the past year, Chunque's assassination success rate in South Korea is over 90%, including witnesses protected by the witness protection team."

Li Ran said: "Our Bodyguard A Division failed twice in total. One time was when Xue Bing was kidnapped, and the other time was when Shi Hao was murdered. Both times there were objective reasons for the failure."

Diudiu said: "When we were protecting Shi Hao, we blocked the attack of the Thunder Mercenaries."

Duanmu cursed in his heart but said calmly: "You are lucky." If any one of the Seven Killers, Special Service and Execution units was missing, the result would be very different.

Diudiu chuckled: "Luck is also a kind of strength."

Li Ran: "How is it?"

Diudiu said: "The money is a little less."

Li Ran said, "It's a favor."

Diudiu said, "My original intention was to take them on a random project, then drive them away and let them start their own business. Okay, I'll take it."

Li Ran said: "The project will start tomorrow. You prepare first and I will send you the relevant information."

Li Ran looked at Cui Jian and Duanmu. "According to the hospital, Gui Yi will be discharged in half a month. The doctor estimated based on Gui Yi's recovery speed that he will be discharged in a week and can go back to work after a week of recuperation at home. You can arrange yourselves in these two weeks, but any project involving Gui Yi must be approved by me. No one has died in Bodyguard A yet, and I don't want anyone to take the risk."

Li Ran said: "In addition, in this project, you should decisively abandon VIP. Just like when you saw Xue Bing being carried away last time, you should just watch from the side."

Cui Jian said: "I think we can still fight in the front, but there is no chance to give up the VIP later." If there were only the first group of criminals, Cui Jian would use stun grenades and cans to eliminate the combat effectiveness of three people, kill two people at close range, and injure one person. The difference in the number of people on both sides was not that big. At that time, Cui Jian's idea was to kill them all.

Li Ran obviously knew what Cui Jian was thinking: "I personally do not agree with the method of killing all killers to protect the employer, but as long as you are happy." Li Ran always felt that Cui Jian was too murderous. The key point was not that Cui Jian killed people because he was bloodthirsty, but that Cui Jian believed that killing was the simplest and most effective way to solve the problem.

(End of this chapter)