Operation Dawn 08 Rotten Roots, Buried Deep Underground(1/3)
"Don't hurry in, Rin."
After observing outside the two-meter-high gate for a long time and confirming that there seemed to be no movement inside, Aiden signaled Lin to go in and check the situation first.
When Rin noticed that the huge and mottled iron door was not locked, he felt a sudden murderous intent coming from behind him, approaching him. Immediately afterwards, from behind him, an old arm was stretched out from behind him, clenched his fist, and used a fist to attack him, but Rin subconsciously flashed over him.
The one who appeared behind him was not the guy named Kaju, but the president of the New Arcadia Shenzhou Branch that he met some time ago in the New Arcadia Shenzhou Branch. He is "Qianlong" Zhou Huan, a member of the North Star Council, and one of the senior officials of New Arcadia.
"Hmph, young people are still good at it."
Aiden also rushed over, recognized Zhou Huan, and walked to Lin and confronted Zhou Huan. At this time, Zhou Huan was posing as a Bajiquan, trying to continue his move.
"So it's you, Mr. Qianlong."
"I knew you would come here, and, Aiden, we shouldn't have any holidays, why are we eager to get rid of me?"
"You may have misunderstood. Mr. Qianlong, we are the leader of mulberry, Kaqiu. If you know where he is, please disclose it easily."
"Is that right... he has left. If you want to find it, you can go somewhere else."
Seeing that Aiden and Rin had no intention of taking action, Zhou Huan slowly relaxed his vigilance. Then, he put his hands behind his back and turned his back to the two of them.
"Oh, this kid really doesn't let me, the father, worry."
Zhou Huan sighed and looked at the iron cages beside him for the detention of huge decay beasts. This was the thing Kaqiu used to raise his "pets". Seeing this, Aiden seemed to know something and asked:
"What do you mean... What is your relationship with Kaju, the leader of the 'Mulberry' group?"
"Yes, he is my unfilial son. His real name is 'Zhou Ying' and he is my son."
When he heard the word "Zhou Ying", Aiden subconsciously took a step back, but he just remembered the name and forgot where he had seen him.
It seems that he knows Zhou Ying, but he only knows that Zhou Ying is Zhou Huan's second son, but he doesn't know that Zhou Ying's true identity is Ka Qiu.
"So, Mr. Qianlong, what is your purpose for coming here?"
Under Aiden's question, Zhou Huan began to explain the purpose of his coming here and said:
"At the beginning, some people suspected that I sold the company's internal resources, that is, engaged in the so-called 'weapon smuggling', so I began to find out who was making this rumor."
Then, Zhou Huan continued to talk about his relationship with Ka Qiu.
Kaqiu's real name is Zhou Ying, Zhou Huan's second son. The eldest son works as a supervisor at the New Arcadia Technology Headquarters, and his name is Zhou Ling. Because Zhou Ying was improperly disciplined since childhood, he often participated in mass fights a few years ago. It was not until Zhou Huan sent Zhou Ying to the martial arts hall that he calmed down.
But not long after, it was reported that Zhou Ying was approached by the Syndicate Alliance. In the end, the father and son who had been away for a long time met again. In order to give him a good place, he was hired as the deputy director of the Security Department of the Shenzhou Branch to manage the company's internal security issues.
Zhou Huan also didn't believe that his son Zhou Ying could do such a thing, so he came over to find out if Zhou Ying was the leader of a gangster organization called "Mulberry".
"It just so happens that the purpose of our visit is also for this time. Why not work together for the time being? Mr. Zhou Huan."
"I said that this kid is no longer here. If you want to find it, go to other places."
Zhou Huan's words seemed to reveal a little impatient, a hint of sadness in his eyes, and inexplicably hostility towards Aiden and the other.
At this time, Rin turned his head and asked Aiden: "It seems that he knew in advance that we were coming to cause trouble for him, so he ran away. What should I do?"
"There is no other way, I can only continue to look for it. If that guy escapes to the base camp of the Syndicate League, it will not be so easy to catch him back."
Just as Aiden was about to leave with Lin, Zhou Huan suddenly arrived in front of the two of them with extremely fast body movements and blocked their way.
"That's because I'm improperly disciplined. What's the matter with you two outsiders?"
Seeing that Zhou Huan was determined to be an enemy of the two, Aiden put on a fighting stance and fought with Zhou Huan who was wielding his fist. The fist that Zhou Huan waved was blocked by Aiden's hands, thus resolving Zhou Huan's attack and removing the force he exerted on his arm.
However, this level was enough to surprise Lin. If he had used his fighting skills, he would be able to block Zhou Huan's punch next time. He subconsciously blurted out: "What a strong force."
Aiden blocked Zhou Huan's punch, wrestled with him, and asked him why he wanted to take action against him.
"What does this mean? Mr. Zhou Huan, I am working for the new Arcadia. If you insist on doing this, don't blame me for killing my colleagues in the North Star Council."
"We are all colleagues of the North Star. If we want to compete with force, I may not be weaker than you, 'Doctor'... You also know that I did not participate in Agnes's 'Rebirth Plan' like you."
"I don't have the interest in fighting brute force with you, old man."
So, Aiden's eyes became fierce and cold. He threw his left hand and shot out two toxin needles and flew towards Zhou Huan.
However, Zhou Huan directly grabbed two poison needles with his other hand and gently clamped them with his index finger and middle finger. With force, the two poison needles were broken in half. It seemed that Zhou Huan and his son were the same. They were martial artists who had practiced martial arts for a long time. The speed and strength were very good, and it might take some time to deal with him.
Seeing that Aiden and Zhou Huan were in a stalemate, Rin thought that Ka Qiu might have escaped under Zhou Huan's cover, so he offered to pursue Ka Qiu:
"Mr. Aiden, I'll go hunting Kaju first. Can you handle Qianlong?"
"You go, I'm fine."
"Okay, be careful."
So, after asking Lin to ignore his affairs for the first time, Aiden quickly stepped forward, trying to stop Zhou Huan without letting him stop Lin, and fighting alone with him. Aidenn, who is all members of the North Star Alliance, said that Zhou Huan gave up his resistance and went back to report to himself:
"You do this in violation of the company's regulations. If you let me go back alive, not only will you not be able to stay in the Polestar position, but the board of directors of the company's senior management will not have your position."
However, Zhou Huan had no intention of going back with him. From the moment he covered his own son's retreat, he had already made plans to die:
"It's gone long ago! From the moment I became an unfilial son who trusted me and went astray, I had long lost my position in this company!"
Then, Zhou Huan counterattacked Aiden, grabbed his right hand that was hitting his neck, and hit his abdomen with the other hand. But Aiden's reaction was quick. He escaped by using his special ability to turn himself into a crow, but Zhou Huan caught several flying crows and crushed them.
Aiden felt a severe pain on the inner side of his thigh, like a ball of flesh being poached alive. That was because the crow was obtained through his body splitting, and as long as the crow was hurt, he would also be injured.
"Do you think I don't know your weakness? Boy, you're still a little tender."
"Yeah?"
Holding the severe pain, Aiden made an eagle claw pose with his backhand, hooked forward, grabbed Zhou Huan's collar, and threw him heavily to the ground through his use of martial arts, put his fist towards his face, and made the move to hit him.
"Mr. Qianlong, don't think I don't know your background. If your 'rebirth' hadn't succeeded, you might not have lost to me."
"Hmph, I haven't lost yet."
Zhou Huan stood up, used a three-piercing tiger pounce, and quickly attacked Aiden. Aiden only cares about dodging and has no chance to counterattack. Just as Zhou Huan's attack was about to hit, Aiden's body turned into a group of crows, avoiding Zhou Huan's attack.
However, Zhou Huan knew Aiden's weakness. His weakness was that when he became a crow, in addition to his own subjective consciousness, every time a crow was destroyed, his body would be damaged.
Especially the way of killing the crow he turned into can cause the greatest damage like cutting off his flesh.
Zhou Huan grabbed a crow with one hand and squeezed it hard. The red blood bloomed in the air and sprayed it. Aiden also felt the severe pain. When the crows condensed into human form, a piece of flesh fell off his left arm and bleeding a lot.
"It's so tender. You haven't hurt me since just now. Boy, I advise you not to block my way, otherwise I will kill you."
Facing Zhou Huan, who gradually gained the upper hand, Aideng vomited blood in his mouth, endured his internal injuries, and gritted his teeth and said to him:
"What if I don't do it?"
Seeing that Aiden did not surrender, Zhou Huan took action again, his movements were extremely fierce and fast, he rushed up, exerted force with his elbow, and a palm of fist came towards Aiden. But at the moment when he came out, Zhou Huan discovered something was wrong.
He felt his whole body lose his strength, and the force exerted on his arms seemed to be sucked away by the strange thing growing on his body. Then, he quickly pulled open his sleeves and saw that his arms were covered with huge nausea. It was Aiden's virus. Just when Zhou Huan squeezed the crow, the poisonous blood secreted by the crow penetrated into his body through his body surface. And, the more he exerted force, the more the poisonous blood that was immersed in his palm would attack faster.
When Zhou Huan used his strength to attack, herpes suddenly burst out due to his own strength. The smell of rotten began to spread from his body to the surrounding air, which obviously caused his muscle tissue to ulcerate. Zhou Huan was poisoned by Aiden. At this time, he felt dizzy, his breathing became rapid, and herpes began to grow rapidly on his neck.
"But...haha, boy...you..."
"I know you know my weakness, so I moved a little and poisoned my body."
"Despicable! Despicable!"
"There is no way, and winning by wisdom is also one of the necessary means of victory. Don't blame me. If you want to blame, blame yourself for spoiling your son too much. You 'unqualified' father."
Aiden walked to Qianlong who was about to die, squatted down with a serious expression, looking at Zhou Huan who was lying on the ground, unable to move, and gradually blurred consciousness.
"Goodbye...'Qianlong'."
Then, Aiden skillfully took out the revolver that had injected Rin with medical bullets from his pocket, and pointed it at Zhou Huan's temple, ending his life. After solving Zhou Huan, he immediately called Rin and asked him about his current situation. Rin seemed to have found some clues and reported to Aiden:
"I seem to know where Kaju has gone. There is a secret passage leading out of the road at the end of the road. It seems to have been opened by someone. If I can, I will wait for you to come."
"You can solve this problem by yourself. Lin, go first. I killed Zhou Huan and deal with the funeral now."
"Hey? Did you win? That's great... By the way, is it okay to kill a 'co-worker' of Polaris?"
"It's okay, I had plans to kick him out. You can chase someone first, don't worry about me."
The two people communicated remotely through projection. Because of this, Rin could clearly see the large amount of bleeding on Aiden's left arm and knew that he was injured by Zhou Huan.
"Mr. Aiden, you're injured."
"It's all a trivial matter... By the way, if you catch Ka Qiu, what you want to know about him is your business. For me, it doesn't matter whether Ka Qiu is dead or alive. I just need to go back and report my life."
Aiden was quite ready. After asking for extra things, he hung up the communication.
So, the Qiu who was plotted against by Ka Qiu and the crime he had been confirmed, it was not illegal to beat him no matter how he beat him up. He was considered to do good deeds to the people in the Shenzhou area. So, without thinking, Rin ran over with the secret passage where Ka Qiu escaped.
After about a few minutes, the secret passage became darker and darker, with no sign of leading to the outside. According to Rin's experience, there must be a fork in the secret passage. Just as Rin was still struggling with how to walk, squirrels of poisonous green smoke fell from the vent above the secret passage, surrounding Rin.
Before Lin could react, he fainted by the poisonous smoke. The scene in front of him was slowly blurring. Gradually, he saw a young boy-like person walking towards him.
"It seems you still don't have a memory, boy..."
A second before he was unconscious, he heard Kaju's voice, and then he felt that his body seemed to be out of control and was dragged away by him.
Unknown area - "Mulberry" organized underground boxing ring
After waking up, it was a familiar ring again, and it was a familiar scene again, but unlike last time, there was no audience in this ring this time. Kaqiu stood in front of him with full arms and set off a move, as if he was going to have a life-and-death ring match with him.
"Stand up." Kacho made a challenging gesture to him, signaling him to get up and fight with him.
Because of the vaccine given to him by Aiden, he did not feel weak all over this time, but was as energetic as usual. Kaju was standing in front of him at this moment. He did not choose to kill himself after he had conspired with poisonous gas, but chose to break up with him in this way.
To be continued...