Clatter, clatter, clatter.......
Boom......
The sudden attack stunned the Raiders from Thug Prison into a daze!
They had only been notified that morning to co and pick up survivors. Why would the Black Shield Police Departnt stage an ambush here?
But now was not the ti to ponder that.
“Enemy attack!”
Instincts honed by long combat made the Raiders imdiately raise their weapons to fight back and withdraw.
But Carn, who had lain in ambush long ago, wasn’t about to let them escape.
The battle ended extraordinarily quickly. The Black Shield Police Departnt won a decisive victory. Except for one unlucky man struck by stray fire, everyone else erged unscathed.
All of Thug Prison’s Raiders were annihilated.
Carn walked slowly to Broken Hand, who had been subdued.
Broken Hand was lying on the ground now, hands over his head, blood sared across his scalp and face. The Black Shield officers naturally showed no rcy to this man who had planned to sell survivors to Thug Prison.
Carn gave Broken Hand a kick with his foot.
“Is there anyone here nad Dale?”
Broken Hand froze at the question!
“Dale? Sir, there’s no one nad Dale here!”
Broken Hand wore a pleading look.
But Dale in the crowd heard Carn’s words and suddenly lifted his head to look at Carn.
“Lower your head!”
A thug suddenly kicked hard.
Dale was knocked down to the ground with a sharp “ow,” which drew Carn’s gaze.
The thug’s next kick had already been raised, ready to land.
Dale suddenly shouted, “Sir, I’m Dale, my na is Dale.”
At his shout, the thug’s foot hovered in midair. He had, of course, heard Carn’s earlier question.
Although he did not know why the commander was calling for soone nad Dale, he knew how to behave.
He imdiately stood aside and looked toward Carn.
Carn approached Dale.
“You’re Dale?”
Actually, as soon as Dale shouted his na, regret rose in his heart. He didn’t know why the other party was looking for him, but at the ti so impulse made him call out.
There was no ti to regret now. Facing Carn’s gaze, he forced himself to speak.
“Yes, I’m Dale!”
Carn squatted in front of him and scrutinized him carefully.
“This guy looks like he has no combat ability at all. What use is he?”
Carn thought to himself.
“Where was your shelter before?”
“Ah....” Dale was startled for a mont, but quickly recovered and said, “Sir, in the subway tunnels.”
“How did you survive until now?”
“Sir, I raise insects. I’ve survived by eating them.”
Carn nodded slightly, wearing a contemplative expression.
The information he received this morning did ntion that Dale had been taken from the subway tunnels. This had to be the sa person.
He glanced up at the sky, already thick with clouds, the air heavy with moisture. By Carn’s experience, a thunderstorm was about to break.
“Take him back with you...” He looked at Er Xiao.
“Boss, what about the others?” Er Xiao pointed at the other survivors and the scavengers from the Broken Hand group.
Carn had already risen and walked toward the combat vehicle, leaving Er Xiao only his retreating back and a waving hand gesture.
“I heard the zoo needs scavengers. Send them there together!”
“Understood, boss!”
Dale watched the scene in front of him in terror, as two thugs dragged him toward the pickup truck.
His body trembled like a marionette.
He didn’t know why he was being taken, nor what his fate would be.
At the mont, all he could see was darkness.
Carn climbed into the vehicle and pulled out a walkie-talkie.
[Found Dale, matches your information. How do you want us to handle him?]
Soon, a reply ca back:
[Arrange it however you like for now. et at the usual place tonight for details!]
“et? That ans sothing important again!”
Carn knew his ally’s habits well. If it wasn’t important, there wouldn’t be a eting.
[Got it!]
Before long Er Xiao sat in the passenger seat.
“Boss, people and supplies are handled!”
“Then head back. It’s ti to report to the Police Chief.”
As the convoy departed, Carn closed his eyes to rest.
Halfway there, he looked at Er Xiao.
“Er Xiao, you personally take charge of Dale. Don’t let anyone notice. Keep him under your wing for now and teach him the rules.”
“Okay! I understand!”
Er Xiao nodded gently, hesitated for a mont, then looked at Carn.
“Boss, about last night’s situation— I already asked the brothers. They all saw a person who looked like a wolf standing on a rooftop howling at the moon. It was so creepy! Do you think—”
Before he could finish, he t Carn’s warning look and a slight shake of the head.
He imdiately fell silent. Though Carn said nothing, their long-standing tacit understanding made Er Xiao grasp his aning.
He only grew more cautious about the matter, and his thoughts drifted back to the encounter in the sewers a few days ago.
“Forget it. Everything follows the boss.”
Soon the convoy returned to the Black Shield Police Departnt headquarters. Er Xiao left with a terrified-looking Dale.
Carn went to Police Chief Hogg’s office.
Commander Lao Ke happened to be there as well. They seed to be discussing sothing and looked toward Carn when he entered.
Carn saluted Hogg and Lao Ke.
“Chief, we received word this morning that scavengers were secretly capturing survivors to sell to Thug Prison. My n laid an ambush and eliminated twenty-six Raiders. The scavengers and survivors have been taken to the zoo. We recovered three combat vehicles and a number of weapons and survival supplies, which I’ve handed over to Commander Ika in logistics.”
Hogg nodded slightly.
“Well done!”
Commander Lao Ke smiled at Carn as well.
“The strike team you led has suffered so losses recently. It seems Thug Prison has new combat weapons. If you have the right people, you can expand the team.”
“However...” Commander Lao Ke’s expression grew serious.
“Be careful to screen for other factions’ rats, and don’t recruit indiscriminately. Avoid scavengers and those looting for food—they’re just a waste of provisions...”
Carn was startled.
“Understood. But Thug Prison has new weapons? Enough for you and the Chief to pay such attention?”
Hogg and Lao Ke exchanged a glance.
“We deduced it from the scene where Jiaxus fell. In short, the pressure on your clean-up operations is intense!”
As Carn left, he bumped into a tall woman.
“Commander Ika!”
Carn looked her way.
Commander Ika gave a slightly aloof nod to Carn and brushed past into the Chief’s office. A faint fragrance trailed as she passed, and Carn’s lips curved into a small smile.
He turned and headed downstairs.
Inside the office.
Ika entered and imdiately sat on Hogg’s lap, her expression entirely different from the frosty look she had shown Carn—playful, coquettish, seductive.
Hogg disregarded Lao Ke and slowly stroked her back.
“Baby, did Carn bring back the spoils?”
“Yes. Just a pile of junk.”
Hogg nodded.
“We still need him to draw fire and to test out Miller the Missionary’s intentions. Carn still has so use.”
Lao Ke looked at Hogg.
“Chief, are we to let Miller the Missionary and the others do nothing to you? After all, you’re a protege of Green Robe the missionary...”
Hogg cut him off.
“Don’t say it! Those old folks flip-flop. We’ll deal with them later. As long as nothing happens to , it won’t be easy for them to completely control the Police Departnt. These assets were taken by ; if they want them, they have to ask my permission.”
As he spoke, a faint green light flickered in Hogg’s eyes.
Lao Ke and Ika both went stiff, the hair on their arms standing on end.
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