novelODS Chapter 53 The Hunter
Chapter 53 The Hunter
The suffocating atmosphere of sadness in Lin Wan's live broadcast room had not yet completely dissipated.
The screen suddenly flickered, and a bucket of icy cold water was poured down, abruptly waking Xiao Tu from the darkness in the game, and pulling Lin Wan, whose eyes were red and swollen outside the screen, back to the cruel reality.
Xiao Gu's death does not signify the end of the story, but merely the beginning of all the chaos.
In the scene, Xiao Tu is surrounded by a crowd in the center of the banquet hall, with the two corpses of Wu Mingda and Xiao Gu lying coldly beside him.
Hu Yibiao, the captain of the Special Affairs Section, was leaning against a pillar in the hall, smoking, while Li Feng, the section chief, sat imposingly in his chair, staring at Xiao Tu with eyes as cold and sharp as blades.
"Mr. Xiao, tell us what just happened."
Lin Wan sniffed and manipulated Xiao Tu to deliver the prepared speech word for word.
According to Xiao Tu, Gu Junru became the Kuomintang agent who assassinated Wu Mingda, while he himself was an innocent victim who was caught up in the affair.
However, Li Feng wasn't buying it at all. He suddenly stood up and shouted angrily at Xiao Tu:
"Bullshit! You think I'd believe that? Do you think I don't know who Xiao Gu is? If you ask me, it was you who did it, and I'll kill you right now!"
In the center of the screen, two nerve-wracking options appeared.
"Brothers, this Li Feng doesn't look like someone to mess with, but the more cowardly you are now, the faster you'll die. We absolutely can't take the blame for this!"
Lin Wan gritted her teeth, decisively moved the mouse, and selected:
"Then just kill me!"
Just as tensions were running high and Li Feng was about to draw his gun, at this critical moment...
"Da, da, da..."
A crisp, rhythmic sound of high heels drifted from the edge of the banquet hall. The camera slowly panned, and Zhuang Xiaoman, played by Ren Wei, walked into the frame.
The live stream chat seemed to freeze briefly for a moment, before it exploded with a frenzy of comments!
If Zhuang Xiaoman in the previous chapters was merely a fleeting glimpse of cold beauty, then at this moment, she is a truly blooming, deadly black rose.
The Wang Jingwei regime army commander, dressed in an extremely form-fitting outfit, perfectly accentuated her alluring curves. She casually tucked her hair behind her ears, and her captivating fox-like eyes revealed a hint of languor and mockery.
The unkempt "boss lady" of the past, dressed in a plaid shirt, is nowhere to be seen. Standing on the screen now is a stunning beauty who is adept at navigating the bustling streets of Shanghai, exuding charm and yet extremely dangerous.
"Section Chief."
Zhuang Xiaoman parted her red lips slightly, her voice carrying a hint of nonchalant charm, and she directly reached out to stop Li Feng's actions.
"I just checked the two guns at the scene, and the situation basically matches what he said, and he is Muto's man."
"Are we going to make Xiao Gu take the blame? And make our Special Service Section take the blame?"
"Whenever something goes wrong, the Japanese always say it's a loophole in the Special Service Section's intelligence management. What can you do about that?"
"Holy crap!!! CEO Ren is going to kill me!!"
"That cheongsam, that figure—how does Tang She manage to resist being attracted to this boss's wife every day at the company?!"
"Sister stepped on me! I admit I spoke too loudly before, Mr. Ren is the worst!"
"This isn't a bad woman, she's clearly my good wife!"
"She's so good at manipulating people; she tied the interests of the Special Service Section together with just a few words!"
Lin Wan was also stunned in front of the screen, and couldn't help but hold her face in her hands and exclaim in amazement:
"Sister Ren Wei is so beautiful... her aura is absolutely amazing! With Sister Xiao Man backing her up, we're in luck!"
In the game, Li Feng gritted his teeth and could only bitterly utter a harsh remark:
"Mr. Xiao, we'll see. I'll find the evidence and skin you alive."
Li Feng and his men turned and left. Zhuang Xiaoman walked at the back of the group, her delicate hands, painted with red nail polish, gently resting on Xiao Tu's shoulder as he slumped in his chair. She leaned down, her breath sweet as orchids.
"Mr. Xiao has done an invaluable job in uncovering the traitor for our Special Service."
The story continues. After resting for a few days, Xiao Tu was summoned to the mansion by Muto Shio.
Muto tapped the table and brought up Gu Junru's parents:
"I never imagined Gu Junru was the mole... Xiao Jun, what do you think we should do about her parents?"
Looking at this option, Lin Wan thought of Gu Junru's humble plea before her death, and her nose tingled with emotion. Without hesitation, she chose it.
"He shouldn't be implicated, so let's just let them go?"
Muto nodded, indicating that he would observe them for a while, considering their past contributions to the empire.
Lin Wan had just breathed a sigh of relief when reality dealt her another heavy blow that night.
Xiao Tu arrived at the location where he was to meet with his superiors and requested that the Military Intelligence Bureau's anti-traitor squad not harm Gu Junru's parents.
However, Mr. Sun, Xiao Tu's superior, turned stern and coldly shattered Xiao Tu's illusions:
"Wasp, you're being too emotional. There are two kinds of traitors: one kind has no bottom line when it comes to money; the other kind, like Gu Junru's parents, provides economic and political support to the Japanese. Think carefully about which kind of traitor is more terrifying. Besides, we don't have the power to control the actions of the Military Intelligence Bureau."
The next day, in a dilapidated church, Gu Junru's parents, who were secretly praying for her, were ruthlessly assassinated by the Kuomintang secret police.
That evening, Xiao Tu walked home dejectedly, passing several female students laughing and joking beside him. For some reason, Fang Min's pure face flashed into his mind.
After avenging her teacher, Fang Min vanished without a trace, as if she had evaporated into thin air. Where is she now? Is she doing well?
Lin Wan looked at Xiao Tu, who was looking dejected on the screen, and sighed deeply.
"Xiao Tu has really suffered too much. He can't even fulfill his small wish of protecting his junior's parents."
Just as Xiao Tu was lost in thought, danger struck again. Two men in black surrounded him in the dark alleyway.
Just then, Xiao Tu saw the face of the person in front of him clearly—it was Li Feng! Li Feng raised his gun, the dark muzzle pointed at him.
"You have an option! To hide or not to hide?"
Lin Wan bit her lip nervously, recalling Li Feng's behavior as the head of the Special Agent Section, and finally chose to trust him, directly controlling Xiao Tu to dodge away.
"Bang!"
Li Feng's bullet passed over Xiao Tu and accurately struck a member of the Kuomintang's anti-espionage squad behind him. The wounded man fled in panic. Li Feng put away his gun, stepped forward, and pulled Xiao Tu up.
"Mr. Xiao, are you alright? Who do you think wanted to kill you?"
Lin Wan decisively chose "It's probably the Military Intelligence Bureau."
Li Feng nodded, his eyes revealing a world-weary wisdom.
"Regarding the incident at the Shanghai Grand Hotel that day, Mr. Xiao, as the victim and the last eyewitness, your one-sided account did indeed arouse Li's suspicion. But now even Mr. Xiao is being hunted down by the Military Intelligence Bureau's assassination squad. It seems that it really is Xiao Gu; she is a member of the Military Intelligence Bureau's assassination squad. I was also very surprised. Xiao Gu used to ask me what was the right thing to do and what was the wrong thing to do. I thought she was still confused, but it turns out she had already found her direction."
Li Feng looked at Xiao Tu with piercing eyes.
"Then may I ask you, why do you work for the Japanese?"
Two options pop up on the screen: "Want to build a powerful East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" and "Take care of your own survival".
"You can't just spout nonsense when talking to smart people. An old fox like Li Feng won't believe anything too pretentious or empty."
She then clicked "Take care of yourself".
Upon hearing this answer, Li Feng sighed softly:
"That's a realistic statement, but it's incredibly sincere."
Xiao Tu smiled wryly:
"To be honest, my biggest wish is to survive."
"These days, who can say that self-preservation is wrong?"
Li Feng patted Xiao Tu on the shoulder and turned to walk into the darkness.
"Mr. Xiao, although we are both called traitors, our ambitions are different. I hope that when we reach the end of the road, we will not regret it."
A few days later, Xiao Tu felt like he was being watched by a pair of eyes. Sensing danger, he reported the situation to his superior, Mr. Sun.
After a moment of contemplation, Mr. Sun gave new instructions:
"If you join the Xingrong Gang now, the Military Intelligence Bureau's assassination squad might be more cautious and less likely to assassinate you. Members of the Xingrong Gang are infiltrated into the Japanese army, the Wang Jingwei regime, and anti-Japanese groups, so you'll be safer."