He was so persuasive that he actually practiced extraordinary

The captain saw him walking towards him and said, "I know what I'm doing." The others then silently returned to their positions.

The captain led them forward. Seeing that they were about to collide, he slowly stopped. He smiled and said, "Hello, Captain Zhang."

His address clearly carried hostility towards Zhang Beixing. Zhang Beixing kept a cold face; he didn't want to delay the mission.

"Hello." The captain was angered by Zhang Beixing's arrogant and indifferent demeanor. "What do you mean by that?!"

The captain stepped forward, staring fiercely at Zhang Beixing. Zhang Beixing was not intimidated by his action.

The two faced each other. "One-on-one, wanna fight?" The captain looked at him with genuine dissatisfaction, while the other remained indifferent, as if mocking them.

Zhang Beixing wasn't surprised. He figured they wouldn't let him go unless it was a one-on-one fight. Wanting to leave quickly, he agreed.

When those people saw their captain like this, they wanted to go up and help, but the captain told them to get out of the way.

Then, Zhang Beixing engaged him in a one-on-one duel. The captain's attacks were somewhat impulsive, and Zhang Beixing spotted an opening. He then swiftly defeated the captain.

Moreover, the captain had taken several punches from him before that. It was a complete and utter defeat.

The captain knelt on one knee and pounded the ground with his fist to show his even greater dissatisfaction.

Zhang Beixing ignored him and then left in a hurry.

After he left, the others went to help the captain up. Once he was helped up, the captain stared fiercely at Zhang Beixing's departing figure, still resentful.

He figured the other party was lucky this time, and he'd take revenge secretly next time. Since open methods wouldn't work, he'd resort to covert ones.

The captain glanced at them, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Let's go." Seeing that the captain was alright, they followed him up.

Zhang Beixing rushed to complete the mission. The fight with the captain hadn't lasted long, and he hadn't exhausted much of his energy.

So he arrived at his destination very quickly.

After completing his mission, he was still thinking about some things on his way back. Just then, he saw a boy lying on the ground.

Zhang Beixing immediately went over to check on the situation. He examined the boy and found that he had simply fainted.

He thought of giving the boy some water, so he took a bottle of water out of his bag and poured some into his mouth.

The boy gradually regained consciousness. "Cough cough..." He saw Zhang Beixing when he woke up. Zhang Beixing judged that the boy must have fainted because he was starving.

He then rummaged through his backpack to see if there was anything he could eat. The boy licked his lips.

Zhang Beixing rummaged around for a while before finally finding a bag of bread. "Are you hungry? Here, take this." The boy looked at Zhang Beixing, hesitant to take it.

Zhang Beixing handed the bread to him again and then stuffed it into his hand. The boy slowly took it. After taking it, he wolfed down the small piece of bread.

But he still seemed hungry. There wasn't much food left in Zhang Beixing's backpack. Tears welled up in the boy's eyes.

Zhang Beixing saw the tears in his eyes and felt sorry for him.

He asked, "How did you get here? Where are your family? Where do you live?" The boy lowered his head, tears dripping from his eyes onto his clothes.

The boy said slowly, "I have no home." After hearing this, Zhang Beixing noticed that his face and clothes were dirty.

He sat there huddled up in a ball, and Zhang Beixing guessed that he must have been frightened by something, which was why he was so shy.

Zhang Beixing looked around. He couldn't leave the boy there alone, so he said, "Do you want to come back with me?"

The boy didn't answer, he just stared at him. Seeing his silence, Zhang Beixing took it as agreement. "Let's go."

Zhang Beixing put on his backpack, and the boy followed behind him.

They soon returned to the base. Zhang Beixing got some food for the boy and told him to wait aside.

A moment later, he brought over a steaming bowl of soup noodles. The boy's eyes lit up when he saw it.

Zhang Beixing handed it over and said, "Eat up, you haven't eaten in a long time." He watched as the boy quickly finished the bowl of noodles.

After looking at it, Zhang Beixing said, "After you finish eating, go wash your face and any dirty spots. If you need anything, just tell me. You can't go anywhere else right now."

The boy nodded.

After settling the boy in, Zhang Beixing led everyone outside for training.

Everyone followed Zhang Beixing. Zhang Beixing said to them, "Everyone, train seriously and don't be careless."

Everyone knows that Zhang Beixing's training requirements are very high, but only in this way can they complete the mission more quickly.

They practiced for a while, and they were all sweating. Zhang Beixing was also practicing on the side, and he was even more diligent than them.

Some people looked back at Zhang Beixing's training methods and realized that they couldn't quite match that level of dedication.

Not long after, someone rushed over, shouting, "No... something bad has happened!" The person must have run a long way, as they were still out of breath.

They immediately stopped training, and Zhang Beixing turned to look at him. "The mansion is on fire!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Beixing rushed over before the man could even catch his breath.

Without waiting for the person, everyone rushed off. "Wait...wait for me," the person said, barely catching his breath before running after them.

Zhang Beixing was the first to arrive at the scene. He saw thick smoke rising rapidly into the sky, and a pungent smell hit him.

Zhang Beixing immediately dialed the fire department.

The others arrived one after another, finding the smoke unbearable. Seeing everyone had arrived, Zhang Beixing said, "Quick, everyone, let's go find water to put out the fire."

Zhang Beixing had no idea how things had turned out this way. The fire was growing bigger and bigger. One by one, people were carrying water and coming this way.

Zhang Beixing was directing them from there. Everyone covered their noses and splashed water towards the fire. Someone shouted, "Quick, there's fire here..." The scene became extremely chaotic.

Zhang Beixing saw that the fire wasn't as big as before, but he was still a little panicked. One by one, the others handed him water. Time was of the essence, so Zhang Beixing also helped out.

He didn't know how the fire started.

As time passed, the fire subsided and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

Their faces were still covered in ash from fighting the fire. They looked at the mansion before them; only embers remained.

They didn't dare to relax and continued to extinguish the sparks.

When the fire was finally extinguished, everyone sat down on the ground. "I'm exhausted!"

Those people fanned themselves with their hands. "Me too, constantly going in and out, now I feel like throwing up just smelling that..."

Zhang Beixing also slowly stopped. He looked at the mansion in front of him, which was blackened by the fire, and the parts that were not burned. The contrast in colors was very sharp.

Gradually, everyone stopped. They looked at the mansion in front of them and began to feel sorry for it.

"What a pity! Who could be so vicious? We have no grudge against them..."

Someone chimed in, "That's right, how can anyone live in a mansion burned like this?" The charred mansion stood before them.

It's unclear whether the contents inside were burned.

The mansion had been burned down, and in such a state that everyone was deeply saddened. They were all talking at once, while Zhang Beixing listened silently.

Everyone went in to put out the fire and is exhausted; they just want to sit on the ground and not move. Right now, everyone just wants to know: how did the mansion suddenly catch fire when everything was perfectly fine?
Everyone was discussing this matter, and Zhang Beixing remained silent, listening from the sidelines. However, just then, someone said something that caught Zhang Beixing's attention.

"Now that you mention it, it reminds me of something. Before the mansion caught fire, I saw a boy go into the kitchen!"

This statement immediately caused an uproar. A boy? How could a boy set fire to a mansion?

"Are you sure you're not mistaken? How could it be a boy? Why would a little boy set fire to our mansion? Is he just bored and looking for a mansion to burn down for fun?"

"Besides the little boy Zhang Beixing brought back, where else do we have any other little boys around here?"

"That's right, besides the one Zhang Beixing brought back, where else do we have a little boy? You wouldn't be talking about that child, would you? He's so pitiful, he's grateful to Zhang Beixing for bringing him back, how could he possibly come to burn down our mansion?"

However, no sooner had he said this than someone refuted him, and the one who refuted him was the very person who had initially said that he had seen a boy enter the kitchen.

"I couldn't be mistaken. I just didn't see his face clearly at the time, but I'm sure it was the little boy the captain brought back. He must have started the fire!"

"You yourself said you didn't see his face, so how can you be sure he started the fire?"

It's still a bit hard to accept that a boy set fire to a mansion. Without solid evidence, some people still refuse to believe it.

"Then tell me, where is that little boy now?"

Upon hearing this, the person who had objected was completely silenced and had nothing left to say. Hearing this, Zhang Beixing suddenly realized, "That's right, I haven't seen the boy since the fire started."

Reminded of this, Zhang Beixing stood up. He was going to find the boy, regardless of whether he was the one who did it.

Those who had been arguing just moments before fell silent when Zhang Beixing left. They had been so engrossed in their conversation that they had completely forgotten Zhang Beixing was still there. They had spoken of the little boy to his face; Zhang Beixing was certainly unhappy about it.

Everyone now assumes Zhang Beixing left because he was angry. But Zhang Beixing wasn't thinking that far ahead; the key now was to find the little boy.

However, Zhang Beixing searched everywhere but couldn't find the little boy. At first, everyone thought Zhang Beixing was angry, but later, seeing him searching, they realized he was looking for the little boy.

Seeing that Zhang Beixing had searched for a while without finding him, everyone became even more convinced that the boy had started the fire that burned the mansion. But what good would it do to know who started the fire now?

The arsonist isn't here anymore, so what can they do even if they find out? Besides, he was just a little boy; even if they found him, they wouldn't go up and beat him up.

After Zhang Beixing searched for a while without finding anything, everyone noticed his unusual expression and joined the search team.

While everyone was searching, something kept nagging at them. Zhang Beixing had taken the little boy in out of pity, so they should have been grateful, but instead, he set fire to the mansion.

This can only mean that the little boy intentionally approached Zhang Beixing from the beginning. Someone was manipulating the boy behind the scenes, leading him to get close to Zhang Beixing and then burn down the mansion.

But the more they thought about it, the less they understood. Who would be so bored as to specifically find a boy to approach Zhang Beixing just to burn down their mansion? Wasn't that just asking for trouble?
Actually, at this moment, Zhang Beixing already had someone in mind. The only person he'd been holding a grudge against these past few days was the captain of Eagle Wings.

If he wasn't the one who did it, Zhang Beixing really couldn't imagine who would go to such lengths to retaliate against him. And Zhang Beixing was right after all; the little boy was indeed someone the captain of Eagle Wings had specifically sought out.

He sent this little boy to set the fire simply to avenge his defeat in a one-on-one duel with Zhang Beixing, and also because he was jealous of Zhang Beixing's fame.

However, the little boy wasn't doing it willingly; he was also helpless and conflicted. Especially when he saw how good Zhang Beixing was to him, he had actually been quite conflicted before, even considering giving up.

But the thought of his sister still being held by the captain of Eagle Wings forced him to harden his heart. If he softened now, his sister would be the one to suffer.

That's right, the captain of Eagle Wings has gone so far as to threaten someone with another person's sister, and the person being threatened is a little boy!

He grabbed the little boy's sister and threatened the boy that if he didn't do what he said, he would kill her!
The little boy's sister was also his precious little sister; she was his own flesh and blood. He couldn't possibly abandon saving his sister just because Zhang Beixing was nice to him.

After this series of events, Zhang Beixing felt that the boy must have had his reasons for doing so.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here to attack them.

"You guys put out the fire here first. I'll go find out where he ran off to, and I'll come back to discuss this with you after I find him."

Hearing Zhang Beixing say this, those people didn't say anything more. In any case, they all knew that the boy was the one who did it all.

They naturally had some opinions about the boy, but out of consideration for Zhang Beixing, they didn't say them directly.

"Then go ahead, leave this to us. We should have it all sorted out by the time you get back." (End of Chapter)