57: Three Heads Mountain, Gunshots
This kind of direct confrontation was not their strong suit, and the reason they were sent this time was partly due to insufficient manpower, and partly because it was rumored to be related to a drug trafficking group, with them expected to take over the investigation later.
“Captain Zhai, do you have any other instructions?” Zhu Yong looked at Zhai Wei.
“None. Our criminal investigation team will follow Captain Zhu’s command.”
“Alright then, we’ll slowly advance from the left peak towards the middle peak.”
... “San Tou Mountain?” Ye Lin muttered, looking at the red dot on the map.
Ti Cai ahead had slowed down, likely having exited his vehicle, and the red dot was climbing up a mountain named San Tou Mountain.
Ye Lin stepped on the gas and arrived at the foot of the mountain.
There was a white car here. Ye Lin touched the car’s hood; it was still warm. This had to be his.
Halfway up the mountain, a figure was intermittently visible, slowly climbing upwards.
Ye Lin looked up at the sky; it was a dark and windy night.
A night for killing!
Ye Lin crouched low and swiftly charged up the mountain.
Ti Cai ahead had no idea he was being followed. In his opinion, he had already shaken off Ye Lin back at Jinxiu Garden.
He had driven at varying speeds, confirming that no car was tailing him, so he had driven directly to this escape point.
Here, the big boss had arranged for a mercenary group to meet him. They would take a detour by sea back to the Golden Triangle. Although the journey was longer, the sea offered a suitable escape route.
As he plunged into the dark mountain forest, Ti Cai felt a strange sense of security; everything was so familiar.
The Golden Triangle was originally vast mountain forests. As someone who had lived there for many years, he wasn’t afraid of a so-called night journey.
However, thinking about the other purpose of his trip to Da Xia made Ti Cai clench his teeth in anger.
If it weren’t for those damned police, he would have already connected with Brother Yong, especially that person who pretended to be a buyer in the bar, who even consumed so much white powder to gain his trust.
He had initially thought he would get addicted, but today, at Wu Shuangyuan’s villa, this police officer actually came after him.
Damn it.
He cursed to himself.
Suddenly, a ‘bang’ of a gunshot echoed through the forest, startling the birds from their sleep, sending them scattering into the sky.
A burning pain shot through his left arm; a bullet grazed his arm and embedded itself in the rock, and warm blood streamed down his arm.
He’d been shot!
Ti Cai instinctively ducked behind a tree, pressing his body tightly against the trunk.
His left arm was hurting more and more. He checked it by the moonlight and saw a large chunk of flesh had been torn away by the bullet.
Ti Cai gritted his teeth, tore a strip of cloth from his clothes, and made a simple bandage for his left arm.
Then he took a deep breath and quickly peeked out.
“Bang!” Another gunshot rang out, hitting the large tree he was hiding behind.
“It’s him!” Ti Cai saw him—a figure less than 50 meters away.
It was that police officer, who acted crazy in the bar and chased him in the villa.
He took a few deep breaths, squatted down, and suddenly poked his head out, firing three ‘bang, bang, bang’ shots at Ye Lin down the mountain.
Ye Lin dodged and hid behind a tree.
“Ti Cai, you can’t escape. Surrender now,” Ye Lin shouted.
Ti Cai angrily fired two consecutive shots at the large tree Ye Lin was hiding behind. “Damn police, why do you have to chase me? Motherf*cker.”
“Dare to traffic drugs in my Da Xia? Don’t even think about running!” Ye Lin bent low and rushed out from behind the tree, rapidly charging upwards. Under his Night Vision skill, he was completely unaffected by the darkness.
He fired several more shots at Ti Cai.
For Ye Lin, this grim reaper, Ti Cai no longer had the heart to fight.
As soon as the gunshots ceased, he immediately rushed out from behind the tree, frantically climbing up the mountain.
However, in the darkness, he couldn’t see the path at all and could only blindly scramble upwards, relying on instinct to find a direction.
This made Ye Lin quite frustrated. “Brother, do you know the way?”
“There’s a small path here, just walk on it. Why are you climbing randomly? It’s making it impossible for me to follow, even though I can see.”
Ye Lin looked at the mountain path and chose an easier route to go around and up... At the first gunshot, the ten people sitting quietly on the beach were startled.
These ten individuals were all in field combat gear, which appeared to be the most advanced equipment from Eagle Nation’s field combat team.
They were the Blood Kill mercenaries, here to rendezvous with Ti Cai.
As soon as they heard the gunshot, a leading man stood up from the beach, his grease-painted face showing alarm: “Not good, Ti Cai must have been caught by the police.”
“Damn it, Da Xia’s police are troublesome. I told the boss a long time ago not to take this kind of job,” another person cursed.
“Captain Ang Shan, let’s go up and meet Ti Cai. If Da Xia’s police come, we’ll just kill them.”
“Alright! Everyone, grab your gear and follow me up the mountain to meet Ti Cai,” Ang Shan called out, leading his men up the mountain.
Similarly, the sudden gunshots also startled Zhu Yong and his team.
Zhu Yong made a gesture, and the advancing team immediately halted.
“Gunshots, likely from a pistol,” Zhu Yong’s expression changed.
Zhu Yong peered out, roughly observing, “It’s on the right side of San Tou Mountain, some distance from us. Everyone, be careful.”
Before he finished speaking, several more gunshots rang out consecutively—it was Ye Lin and Ti Cai exchanging fire.
“Both sides have guns?” Zhu Yong was momentarily stunned. At first, he thought it was a one-sided shooting from the mercenaries, but now it seemed something was amiss.
Zhu Yong carefully distinguished the sounds, then looked at Zhai Wei with some confusion, “It sounds like two pistols. Is one of them a Type 92?”
Zhai Wei nodded, “The sound seems correct.”
Zhu Yong’s expression changed. “Captain Zhai, are there others from your criminal investigation unit involved in the operation?”
He had just said to follow his command precisely because he feared such unexpected situations.
Zhai Wei shook his head and stated firmly, “Captain Zhu, I can confirm with absolute certainty that it’s not someone from our criminal investigation unit.”
“Then who is it?” Zhu Yong was a bit confused.
Zhai Wei waved his hand, signaling to wait, then pulled out his phone and dialed. “Director Wei, this is Zhai Wei. We are currently at San Tou Mountain and have rendezvoused with the Special Police Detachment.”
“However, there were sudden gunshots ahead. From the sound, it seems to be one of our own people. I’m not sure if anyone else is involved in the operation.”
“Alright, Director Wei, I’ll wait for your news.”
Zhai Wei hung up the phone and said, “I’ve reported to Director Wei. He said he’s checking now and asked us to wait a moment.”
“Hmm, but it needs to be fast. It sounds like only one pistol, but the other side is a mercenary group,” Zhu Yong said, looking worriedly at the distant mountain forest... Lincheng City Police Station.
It was already late at night, but the command center was still brightly lit.