104: Chapter 104 Master of Hidden Strength?

The group of police officers was collectively stunned; something completely absurd was happening right before their eyes. There are a thousand ways to die while courting death, but they had never heard of someone being kissed to death. A shocking world record was happening right in front of them, and they hadn't managed to record it!

"John, you guys come over and help! Separate them immediately and perform CPR on them."

"It's no use; the Lieutenant Colonel has no reaction at all."

"The Captain's heart has started beating; send him to the hospital immediately!"

The police officers had already forgotten about Cao Xiao and the others. They frantically began to rescue the Captain. To have a superior die unexpectedly during a mission meant they would definitely face severe consequences back at the police station. Losing their jobs would be a light punishment; given their actions just now, they might even be sued by the deceased's family, making the consequences unpredictable.

"Kate, what should we do about these people? The Lieutenant Colonel took on this mission personally, and I feel like something's not right. Now that he's dead, what do we do?" a young police officer asked the middle-aged officer beside him.

"You and Wilson take the Captain to the hospital and call the police station for instructions immediately. We'll stand by here. The General is very dissatisfied with the Angress Family, yet the Lieutenant Colonel went against the General's wishes. I recognize that fat man; he's the second-in-line heir of the Angress Family, and the Lieutenant Colonel was very close to him. Perhaps we won't necessarily be punished," the middle-aged officer named Kate said after some thought.

"Qi Bin, Counselor of the Chinese Embassy! Xiahou Anbang, Military Attaché of the Chinese Embassy! We have been entrusted by our country's Ambassador to South Africa to cooperate with your side in handling this case. Please let us through!"

As the police were discussing, two voices rang out from outside the door.

"Let them in!" Kate said with a frown. The priority now was dealing with the Lieutenant Colonel and the Captain; the arrival of the Chinese Embassy staff at this time made him somewhat irritable.

"May I ask which of you is Mr. Cao Xiao? I am Qi Bin, Counselor from the Embassy." A lean, middle-aged man in formal attire wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked into the meeting room. Instead of negotiating with the police, he looked at the Chinese faces and asked for Cao Xiao.

"That's me. Thank you very much for coming so quickly. However, if you had come any later, you wouldn't have been able to see us." Cao Xiao took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Qi Bin.

"Why do you say that? What exactly happened here? Why are there so many people lying on the ground, and what's the deal with those two police officers?" Qi Bin asked, puzzled.

"It went like this..." Cao Xiao briefly recounted what had just happened from beginning to end, telling the truth without any exaggeration.

"The situation is actually this serious! We came late! However, we will make solemn representations to the Police General Headquarters regarding this matter. If they cannot give us a reasonable explanation, the Ambassador himself will step forward to lodge a protest with the South African government. This is simply too absurd! I'll call the Cape Town Police Station immediately. Anbang, please step in and treat this police officer," Qi Bin said solemnly.

The man named Xiahou Anbang was about thirty-five years old, with bright eyes and sharp brows. At first glance, his body seemed somewhat thin, but a closer look revealed it wasn't a skin-and-bones look; rather, he had not a single trace of fat on his body, and his muscles seemed to be tightly wrapped around his bones.

"You're making things difficult for me, but fine, after all, a life is at stake!" Xiahou Anbang was not very willing to intervene, because if he couldn't cure the man, he might attract trouble. Another reason was that after hearing Cao Xiao's account of what happened, he had no good impression of this Captain. His superior had broken the law while enforcing it, and anyone could see what was going on. As the person here with a rank second only to the Lieutenant Colonel, he had not only failed to stop it but had also assisted in the wrongdoing.

Xiahou Anbang walked to the Captain lying on the ground and said to the leading officer, "I know medicine. His current condition might not last until he reaches the hospital. If you agree, you can let me try?"

"Do you know Chinese medicine? Chinese medicine is indeed very miraculous, just like the shamans of our tribe! You can try, please hurry; if it doesn't work, we need to get him to the hospital in time." Kate was born in a tribe and his name wasn't Kate before he left it; he only changed it to an English name for work. Seeing Xiahou Anbang offer help and admit to being a Chinese doctor, he spoke politely.

"Alright, I'll do my best!"

Seeing the police agree to the treatment, Xiahou Anbang responded and crouched down. He took the Captain's right hand to check his pulse, then touched the Captain's carotid artery and his temples. After a moment, he looked up and said, "He can still be saved!"

Watching Xiahou Anbang's pulse-taking technique, Cao Xiao was instantly shocked. This was definitely not an ordinary Chinese medicine pulse-taking method. For someone like the Captain, whose heart had just been revived and was on the brink of death, the pulse would be imperceptible. Normally, one would listen to the heartbeat. However, Cao Xiao saw Xiahou Anbang's index finger touching the Captain's right radial artery while his ring finger vibrated rapidly on the artery at an extremely high frequency. If it happened once, Cao Xiao might have thought his hand was shaking, but the technique was the same on the carotid artery. This was a method he had never seen before; moreover, while the ring finger moved, the index finger and palm remained completely motionless. This level of bodily control was simply appalling. One must know that fingers on the same hand cannot do this even with specialized training. This wasn't a matter of medical skill; Cao Xiao suspected Xiahou Anbang was a martial artist, and a high-level one at that. As for how high, he couldn't be certain, but he was at least in the Hidden Power realm. Over the past two days of practicing boxing, he had gained some understanding of Obvious Power; Obvious Power was merely tempering the strength of the entire body and could not achieve such fine control. His master, Hou Jingsheng, had only reached the Hidden Power realm at thirty-two and was considered a genius in the circle. For Xiahou Anbang to reach Hidden Power at such a young age yet appear here in obscurity was quite strange.

He saw Xiahou Anbang's hands flying up and down like butterflies through flowers, pinching, pressing, tapping, and kneading the Captain's head and body. Cao Xiao could recognize that the places he struck were human meridians and acupoints. The force seemed heavy, but when it landed on the Captain, it didn't move his skin or clothing at all, as if he were lightly stroking him. However, in the illusory window before Cao Xiao's eyes, he could see the Captain's subcutaneous tissue vibrating at high frequency. Subtle changes were occurring inside the Captain's body; his heartbeat was rapidly strengthening, and his blood circulation was accelerating. After Xiahou Anbang finished his sequence, the Captain still hadn't woken up, but his bodily functions had returned to normal. Finally, Xiahou Anbang clenched his right fist, with the ring finger knuckle protruding, and struck the Captain's Shanzhong point accurately. The Captain's body suddenly shuddered, and then Xiahou Anbang opened his fist and pressed a palm lightly against the Captain's chest. Upon contact, he pressed down firmly; the Captain's upper body suddenly lurched up, and with a 'puchi' sound, he spat out a mouthful of black blood. He slowly opened his eyes, though they were still filled with confusion.

This was simply a miraculous skill. Even though Cao Xiao didn't understand medicine, he could see that Xiahou Anbang was using Hidden Power to regulate the Captain's body, finding the acupoints with fluid, precise order. Furthermore, without knowing the internal state of the body, he could gather the stagnant, dead blood in the Captain's body to one place and cause the Captain's nerves to form a reflex that drove the body to spit the blood out. This required a fine and comprehensive understanding of the human body. Medicine and martial arts are inseparable; Xiahou Anbang had actually completed the treatment using his own Hidden Power.

"Alright, he's fine now, though physical weakness is inevitable. He'll be fine after staying in the hospital for a while to get some nutrition and recovery!" Xiahou Anbang said to the police after standing up and taking a deep breath.

"Thank you, sir! You are truly amazing; this is simply too miraculous. Chinese medicine is indeed the most powerful medical skill in the world." Kate timely delivered a sincere flatter. Then he crouched down and asked the Captain, "Captain, are you okay?"

The Captain's eyes were still confused. Seeing Kate speak to him, he said weakly, "Who are you? Is my name Captain? Where am I?"

"Oh, shit! Captain, you haven't lost your memory, have you?" Kate said in surprise. Then, his eyes darted around, and he said craftily to the Captain, "Yes, you're called Captain, and I'm your daddy!"

"I'm Captain, and you're daddy?" Some spirit gradually returned to the Captain's eyes as he tilted his head and asked Kate.

"Yes, you are my son, and I am your daddy." Kate was quite excited. The Captain usually made things difficult for him; now that there was a chance, he had to tease him.

"Am I not Captain? Why am I called son again?" the Captain asked in confusion.

"You have two names; both Captain and Son are you," Kate said.

"So I, Captain, am just Son!" the Captain said with sudden realization.

"Hahaha! I'm your daddy too, good son, hurry up and call me daddy!"

"Me too..."

At this point, the nearby police finally confirmed that the Captain's brain wasn't working right, and they all started laughing and joking to take advantage of him.

Cao Xiao and the others watched from the side, somewhat dumbfounded. This group of police officers were truly characters. It seemed this Captain had offended many people in the past; because he hadn't accumulated any merit, he now had a whole group of daddies.

Qi Bin didn't care what these police officers were doing. After Xiahou Anbang cured the Captain, he left the meeting room to make a phone call.

Not long after, Qi Bin returned to Cao Xiao and said, "I've already reported the situation here to the Ambassador. The Ambassador told us to ensure your safety at all costs; he will have an emergency consultation with the head of the Cape Town Police Station. Oh, I forgot to tell you, Cheng Huaiyu is my university classmate. You have to call me Brother Qi. He just called me and asked me to tell you to go back as soon as possible."

"Ah, hello Brother Qi! My big brother really is everywhere!" Cao Xiao was a bit dejected. It must have been He Yueyou worrying about him and informing her parents and Cheng Huaiyu, who then found a way to help by contacting Qi Bin. "Please thank the Ambassador for me. If there's anything the Tiandu Company can do for you in the future, just ask, and we will give our full support!"

"No need for that. Protecting the life and property safety of our citizens abroad is our embassy's... I'll take a call," Qi Bin said, waving his hand.

Qi Bin hurried out of the meeting room to take the call and returned a few moments later to say to Cao Xiao, "The Ambassador has already negotiated with General Dimogo, the head of the Cape Town Police Station. That was General Dimogo calling me just now. He apologized to you on behalf of the police station. This matter was not intentionally arranged by him or the police station; rather, it was that dead Lieutenant Colonel Kabulo acting with duplicity. Lieutenant Colonel Kabulo had deep ties with the Angress Family, and General Dimogo didn't know about this beforehand, which is why he was able to exploit the loophole. You come with us to the police station to make a clear statement of the case and hand over the relevant evidence to them. Then you'll come back to the embassy with me. We also know about the Angress Family; they are notorious, have committed numerous crimes, and are capable of anything. They already have a tendency toward becoming terrorists. You killed their family's butler; they will definitely retaliate at all costs, and their methods are ruthless and hard to guard against. Only at the embassy can your safety be guaranteed. The Cape Town police are planning a crackdown against them; you can move back out once the trouble has passed."

"Brother Qi, I won't go to the embassy. My bodyguard team has already set out from China. They are all retired special forces soldiers, over ten of them protecting me closely. They won't be able to hurt me," Cao Xiao refused.

"Fine, if you really are attacked, contact the Cape Town police immediately; they won't sit idly by. If you can't hold them off, retreat toward the embassy, and we will support you." Qi Bin didn't force him. With over ten elite special forces soldiers as close protection, even a hundred armed militants wouldn't be enough. And in Cape Town, no matter how great the Angress Family's power was, they couldn't gather that many people without the police noticing immediately. "Let's go; no need to worry about this place, they'll clean it up."

Cao Xiao took Duan Hong, Li Quanshuo, and Zhou Zhengkun and followed Qi Bin and Xiahou Anbang to drive to the Cape Town Police Station. General Dimogo received them warmly. They finished the statements, handed over the copy of the meeting room surveillance footage to the police, and then Cao Xiao bid farewell to Qi Bin and Xiahou Anbang. He returned to Tiandu Company; the police cars were gone, and the meeting room had already been cleaned up.

The raw materials he had ordered had been fully purchased and were in a van outside, totaling five tons. There was nothing left to do at the company, and the employees had all left. After having Zhou Zhengkun lock all the company doors, he had Li Quanshuo drive the van while he and Duan Hong drove the BMW toward the villa.

Returning to the villa, Cao Xiao dismissed the chef and servants. He took Duan Hong and the other man to the first-floor storage room, moved some clutter and tools, and a metal handle was revealed on the floor. With a hard pull, he lifted the floorboard, revealing a downward-sloping staircase passage. Several of them took out flashlights and went down the stairs; after walking three hundred meters, they reached a sewer manhole. Seeing this, Duan Hong and the other man were relieved. The storage room passage entrance had a Dragon-Severing Stone; when escaping, dropping the stone could block pursuers and win time for the escape.

Back in the villa, the several of them worked for over an hour to move those raw materials into an empty room. Cao Xiao locked the empty room, but in fact, he had already collected these materials into his space.