Chen Ke pushed open the glass door, and the security guard sitting at the reception desk imdiately stood up, spoke in the local language he couldn’t understand, and stretched out his hand in a gesture to stop him.
Chen Ke’s right hand drew from behind, positioned the gun at his waist, and fired three shots, turning the guard’s abdon into a bloody ss.
The guard collapsed to the floor, blood pooling around him, convulsing in agony.
Without so much as a glance, Chen Ke stepped over the guard’s body, casually firing several more shots, rendering him unrecognizable.
Chen Ke arrived at the elevator bank and pressed the button, just as a security patrol, alerted by the gunfire, was coming down from the fire escape.
They stood at the stairwell entrance, eyes darting from the corpse on the lobby floor to Chen Ke waiting for the elevator, exchanging silent glances for a few seconds.
Chen Ke raised his handgun and fired eight shots, killing all three n.
"How interesting, not even trying to run away."
As he spoke, the elevator dinged open, and two n in suits happened to be inside the car.
They were about to exit, but Chen Ke blocked them.
He glanced at the ID badges on their chests, which read "Drug Researcher" in bold letters.
"Ah, it’s you," said Chen Ke.
He shot one of them dead; blood splattered inside the elevator car, droplets mixed with blood slowly trailing down with the flow.
The other suited man grabbed his right hand attempting to snatch the gun, but a white flash in Chen Ke’s left hand materialized an M1911A2.
He fired a shot into the back of the suited man’s head, brain matter and blood splashing everywhere.
Pushing the body aside, he entered the elevator and pressed the button for the 12th floor. Standing in the middle of the elevator, he watched the floor indicator light blink, whistling idly to pass the ti.
"The assassin from Tiantai is here, inside the elevator."
By now, mbers of Red Pharmaceutical on the 12th floor were watching through surveillance as the assassin stood in the elevator.
"Shut down the elevator," a middle-aged man with a white beard instructed.
Three suited n quickly ran out of the office.
Chen Ke felt the elevator jolt, then the lights inside the car went out.
He looked up to see soone prying open the elevator doors above, followed by the sound of cutting.
Seconds later, the noise of snapping cables ca with a rapid sensation of falling.
Chen Ke struggled to keep his footing and leaned against the edge of the car, snapped his fingers, and the elevator’s descent halted.
He pried open the doors, climbed out of the car, then reactivated ti, letting the elevator crash to the ground seconds later.
Guns in both hands, he kicked open the stairwell door, only to be greeted by a barrage of submachine gun fire upon reaching the stairs.
Chen Ke put away his handguns and pulled out a rocket launcher, firing it upstairs.
The explosion affected everyone in the 12th-floor offices; the stairs on the 11th and parts of the 10th-floor ceiling collapsed, many suited gunn were mutilated by the blast, and others were sent tumbling down with the shockwave.
Chen Ke climbed over the debris onto the 12th floor, firing at the bodies on the ground along the way, until he finally reached the office.
The white-bearded man hadn’t managed to pick up his weapon when Chen Ke had already fired twelve shots, pulverizing him.
He looked back to see no one on the floor alive. Below, the police had arrived, but Chen Ke had no intention of engaging with them.
He twisted open a door, which surprisingly led to a coffee shop that had already closed for the day; it was his planned escape route for the evening.
Passing through, Chen Ke left the building, erging from the coffee shop just as several police cars sped by.
The following morning.
Wrapped in a bath towel, wearing AR glasses, Ruan Yu stood in front of the window making a phone call, her supple bust faintly visible.
"Have you still not uncovered the details of that superpower special unit from Yin Country?"
"It doesn’t matter anymore; he’s eliminated Red Pharmaceutical’s spy network embedded here. Very efficient."
"Mm-hmm, he’s also cleared out the outposts established by Hasegawa Pharmaceutical around sector 091."
"Chicken Snake Country is now ours; this is our team’s last chance."
"The Beast Plan can’t possibly succeed, that old guy is still delusional about it."
"091 and 090 are both rare humanoid Heavenly Falling Objects, and we need to ensure that only a small group of people are aware of this."
"090 shows no signs of activation, and the construction of the containnt facility is progressing well. What about 091? It does not fit our team’s current developnt capabilities, and we don’t want Hasegawa Pharmaceutical to get involved... That’s why I’m using the Superpower Special Departnt."
"What then, shall we do with him?"
"I don’t think he’ll be a problem. Besides, he seems pretty anxious, so perhaps he’ll leave after all this is done."
"He’s not our competitor."
"I hope the research results on 090 will soon reach the practical stage. The country is on the verge of civil war, and the dicine People are not the issue at all. The more than 1,000 dicine People in the early investnt have left behind a lot of valuable data."
"Hmm, yes. I don’t want to waste too much money on the dicine People. But they are desperate to leave this place, so deception is a simple and feasible thod."
"Morality is aningless, Hans. We need a trump project to solidify our position in the company."
"I have to step out; let’s leave the discussion here for now."
Ruan Yu hung up the phone, changed her clothes, and asked the driver to take her to that intersection.
Chen Ke was indeed waiting there on ti.
"You really are crazy."
Once Chen Ke got into the car, Ruan Yu couldn’t help saying.
"I’m just doing what must be done," Chen Ke said.
"The necessary thing? Oh... I don’t have your conviction, but the disappearance of Tiantai Pharmaceutical’s influence in Chicken Snake Country is good news for everyone," Ruan Yu said with a smile.
"dicine People, cruel experints, and the world as it is might not change—but at least Qiayang City could get sowhat better," Chen Ke said.
A little better would make a big difference in the future if Wei Tianyang no longer went down that path.
"That friend you ntioned, maybe we could go see him," Ruan Yu said.
"Go to the slums, find a kid nad Wei Tianyang; you can’t miss him," Chen Ke said.
"What about you? What are your plans?" Ruan Yu asked.
"Pretend you’ve never seen , and don’t ntion to Wei Tianyang," Chen Ke said.
"What exactly is your relationship with him? Is he your illegitimate son?" Ruan Yu asked curiously.
"You’re asking too much," Chen Ke said with a smile.
"Alright, I know you have so secrets you can’t share with . Let’s leave it at that," Ruan Yu said, instructing the car to stop; the car door opened automatically.
Chen Ke got out of the car, watching Ruan Yu drive away. He opened a portal, stepping into the white light with anticipation.
PM.
Ruan Yu arrived at the muddy slopes of the slums. Not wanting to get her high heels muddy, she sent the driver down to fetch Wei Tianyang.
A few minutes later, a frail 14-year-old boy stood at the car window.
"I’ve got a job opening, and a friend recomnded you. Are you in?" Ruan Yu asked.
The boy bent over, peering into the car window with a face full of hope.
"What kind of work?" he asked.
"A military-grade stimulant; we’re making the final adjustnts. We need soone to test its efficacy," Ruan Yu said.
"Will there be any serious side effects?" the boy asked worriedly.
Ruan Yu lit a cigarette and said, "No, at most so nerve pain, which will last about a week. But if successful, you’ll feel stronger, I assure you, and the compensation will be very generous."
Night...
Shreds of the destroyed 091 project docunts, set ablaze by Chen Ke, were whirled up by the wind and stuck to a utility pole. The thumbnail-sized white scraps happened to contain two lines about the 091 project in Western letters.
And in an instant unnoticed, 091 transford into 090.
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