Republic of China: Ace Pilot

Chapter 535 Superhuman Power, Shocking Change at the Clinic
Night falls.

Inside the Kuomintang intelligence station located in the hillside.

Director Dai slammed the teacup to the ground, and shards of porcelain flew onto the action team leader's face. Blood seeped out along the scratches, but he dared not wipe it away.

"Useless! Can't even handle a sickly old man!" He ripped open the collar of his Zhongshan suit, the gold watch chain gleaming blindingly under the light. "You come back like this? Now the British have sent patrolmen to surround the intelligence station like an iron barrel. Are you afraid that Wang Jingwei doesn't know the Military Intelligence Bureau wants him dead?"

The sound of neat leather boots came from outside the window, and through the gaps in the blinds, one could see Indian police officers in khaki uniforms setting up a roadblock at the alley entrance.

The team leader lowered his voice: "Chief, we found out that the doctor who left the Wang residence this morning went to a clinic run by a German. That clinic has freezers to refrigerate medicine; I'm afraid..."

Dai Li suddenly fell silent, his fingers tracing the grip of his Browning pistol. "Notify Sixth Brother to burn down that German clinic on Queen's Road." He stared at the Hong Kong map on the wall and sneered, "Since open methods won't work, let's turn his insulin into a death warrant."

Director Dai instructed his assistant to deploy manpower in preparation for tonight's operation.

At the same time, a military vehicle suddenly arrived at the Wang residence. British soldiers in white tropical uniforms unloaded sandbags from the vehicle to form cover and set up Lewis machine guns, thus controlling the entire street and prohibiting anyone from passing through.

Clearly, the British wanted to remain neutral, not taking sides, and simply hoping to avoid any trouble in Hong Kong.

Meanwhile, the anti-traitor squad was also on the move.

Fang Wen, who originally thought he wouldn't participate, unexpectedly received a contact request from the other party.

The walkie-talkie beeped, signaling a communication call.

Fang Wen sat up in bed and answered the call.

A voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Calling Wine Grape, this is the Anti-Traitor Team."

"The wine grapes have been received," Fang Wen replied.

After a moment of silence, someone spoke up: "The walkie-talkies you brought are excellent. We think they'll be very effective as a communication tool during tonight's operation. Do you have a few more?"

“I brought three copies with me. I gave you one, and here are the other two,” Fang Wen replied.

"Then please bring the remaining two to cooperate with our operation, okay?"

"No problem, where should we meet?"

"The place where we live."

"Ok."

Fang Wen turned off the communication and looked at Gong Xiuneng: "Get ready to leave, we still have things to do tonight."

Gong Xiuneng jumped out of bed with a thud: "Alright, this thing bouncing around up here is really annoying."

They put the walkie-talkie in a bag, opened the cellar door, and left the bar through the back door amidst the noise.

After leaving the bar, Fang Wen recalled the terrain he had seen during the day, headed east, crossed two streets, and arrived at his destination.

Although it was quiet there, there were sentries lying in wait in the darkness. When they saw Fang Wen and his companion arrive, they immediately appeared.

"Please come upstairs, it's safe here."

Fang Wen nodded, and he and Gong Xiuneng went up to the second floor. Without knocking, the door was already opened from the inside.

The eagle opened the door: "Please come in, everyone is waiting for you."

Fang Wen walked into the room and saw that it was full of people.

The anti-traitor team consists of three members: Pan Zhengxin, the guide from Yuen Long; Eagle; Magpie; White Dove; Shrike; and the restaurant owner and waiters.

It seems the local underground party has mobilized en masse for tonight's operation.

"Please sit down." The shrike stood up and explained the situation after Fang Wen and Gong Xiuneng sat down.

"I contacted some doctor friends this afternoon to get information. According to them, there are only two places on Hong Kong Island with the facilities to refrigerate medicines: a British hospital and a German clinic. As far as I know, the British hospital has not agreed to provide the medicine to Wang, so only the German clinic is left. We plan to sneak into the clinic tonight to add some drugs, but since we don't know much about the situation there, we need your equipment to keep us informed."

Fang Wen nodded to indicate that he understood, and replied, "No problem. How about this, my assistant and I will each bring a walkie-talkie to participate in the operation and act as your liaisons."

Everyone's eyes were on the eagle; clearly, he was the leader of the underground party.

Eagle said, "Okay, now I'll go over the action plan again."

He explained the previously planned scheme to Fang Wen.

"Since the refrigerator storing the medicine is located in the clinic's pharmacy, and it's guarded there, we plan to split into three teams. The first team, led by Magpie, will disguise themselves as patients and enter the clinic. I will then lead a group to rush in and fight with the patients, causing chaos. The second team, led by Dove, will stand guard outside and, if anything happens, immediately use your walkie-talkie to notify the people inside. The third team, led by Shrike, will approach the pharmacy and add something to the medicine. You two will take the first and second teams respectively and provide communication support."

"Ok."

Fang Wen glanced at Gong Xiuneng, then took out two walkie-talkies from his bag. He joined the first team, while Gong Xiuneng went to the second team.

Afterwards, everyone left in batches and headed towards the target clinic.

As night fell, a lone lamp flickered under the wrought iron gate outside the German Clinic on Queen's Road.

Magpie, with her hair tied up in a bun and wrapped tightly in a dark blue cheongsam, stumbled and rushed toward the clinic's door.

"Help! My husband has been robbed and he's injured!" She leaned weakly against the door frame, startling the nurse on duty.

The staff on duty inside the gate looked out through the iron gate and saw the 'injured husband' being helped in.

The old-fashioned door lock clicked open, and the iron gate opened.

The group immediately went inside.

Fang Wen, as one of the rescuers, also entered the clinic carrying a bag.

Meanwhile, across the street in the darkness, White Dove and her men lay in ambush, monitoring the surroundings.

Then there was the shrike, who had changed into a black outfit. Its slender figure easily climbed over the fence and hugged the wall to go to the clinic's backyard.

Inside the clinic.

The restaurant owner, who was pretending to be an 'injured husband,' lay on the hospital bed groaning incessantly.

The magpie kept muttering to itself, waving its handkerchief and weeping.

A German doctor approached and asked in broken Mandarin, "Where is he injured?"

“My head hurts so much, someone hit me with a stick,” the injured husband replied.

The doctor went over and examined him.

Fang Wenze, in a corner, opened his backpack and activated his communication device: "The doctor is treating me, everything is normal."

The communication was transmitted outside via walkie-talkie, and Bai Ge heard it clearly without Gong Xiu needing to explain.

Bai Ge couldn't help but exclaim, "This equipment is so useful!"

He said, "Contact Shrike and see how things are going on her end."

Gong Xiu was able to immediately switch frequencies and call the walkie-talkie carried by the shrike.

A moment later, Shrike's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "I've entered the clinic and haven't been discovered."

Once the situation was determined, the follow-up actions began.

Eagle and two others, disguised as three thugs, rushed out from the street corner and shouted outside the clinic.

The magpie exclaimed in terror, "They're the ones who hit my husband!"

Her panic and the commotion outside attracted the attention of the clinic staff.

But then, the three thugs actually climbed over the fence and rushed into the clinic.

The scene immediately descended into chaos, and as the situation became increasingly out of control, a staff member ran towards the back of the clinic.

After a while, he came over with the clinic's security guards.

Fang Wen immediately made a communication from the shadows. "The pharmacy's security guards have left."

The shrike that received the message was in the nurses' changing room.

She took out a set of nurse's clothes, changed into them, opened the door, and went straight to the pharmacy area at the back.

Suddenly, another group of people appeared outside, all masked and carrying axes and knives, and charged towards the clinic.

Eagle, who was in charge of perimeter security, immediately asked Gong Xiuneng to notify those inside.

"Attention, unidentified individuals are about to enter the clinic." Fang Wen received the communication and immediately informed his teammates.

Meanwhile, Shrike, having changed into her nurse's uniform, had her walkie-talkie in a handbag, which she carried with one hand.

The beeping sound from her bag made her stop and open it to answer the call.

The repeated reminders from the device made her realize that something had changed, and she immediately ran to the pharmacy.

The pharmacy was deserted; the security guard at the entrance had left, leaving only a bench.

She pushed open the door, entered the pharmacy, went straight to the refrigerator, and rummaged through it.

(Refrigerator advertisement from the Republic of China era)
The situation changed suddenly.

The identity of the person who attacked the clinic is currently unknown.

After storming into the clinic, the group immediately began to vandalize it, using not only knives and axes but also setting off Molotov cocktails and smashing them everywhere.

Flames rose, and medical staff and patients shouted in panic, jostling to escape.

But the gate was guarded by these masked men, who wouldn't let anyone leave.

They actually wanted to go so far as to eliminate all the living people in the clinic.

Now, everyone, including Fang Wen, is facing a security crisis again.

Fang Wen's expression turned cold. There are bottom lines to being a person. The anti-traitor team's operation was only aimed at the big traitor Wang and would not involve the innocent people in the clinic.

He could roughly guess who these people were, but he didn't expect them to act this way.

He opened his bag: "The situation has changed. Those people want to wipe us out completely. I have to take action."

Outside the clinic, Gong Xiuneng put down his walkie-talkie and strode towards the clinic, leaving behind the words, "I'm going to save the regimental commander."

Without hesitation, Eagle led his men and charged forward.

Inside the clinic, however, a sudden massacre is taking place.

Inside the clinic, thick smoke billowed, flames licked at the wooden furniture, and the cracking sound of shattering glass bottles mingled with the screams of patients.

Magpie ripped off the hidden clasp at the hem of her cheongsam, revealing a dagger strapped to her thigh, and used it to parry the cleaver aimed at the nurse beside her.

The restaurant owner, disguised as a patient, suddenly sprang into action, kicking a masked man away and standing in front of the panicked patient.

Bang, a gunshot.

The German doctor, holding a Browning pistol he'd somehow acquired, fired a shot into the air.

Then he yelled, "Get out of my clinic or I'll shoot!"

Unexpectedly, his action directly provoked the ferocity of the masked men. A throwing axe was swung from the side, hitting the pistol squarely. In pain, the pistol flew out of his hand.

At the same time, the masked men stopped pretending and took out pistols from their waists, preparing to end it all with gunpowder weapons.

Meanwhile, there were two people in the clinic who could change everything.

A loud crash came from the direction of the pharmacy as a wooden door shattered. A masked bandit stumbled out, his mask falling off and his face covered in shards of glass.

The fighting continued inside the pharmacy.

In the clinic lobby, Fang Wen, who appeared harmless but was standing in the corner, suddenly made his move.

Although he lacked mechanical sensing equipment, he could still use his powerful mental strength to mobilize his physical abilities to fight his enemies.

This was the first time Fang Wen had gone all out in a fight, relying solely on his physical abilities.

He was astonished to discover that three times the strength, speed, and agility of an average person was not simply a matter of numerical superposition, but rather a complete subversion of physiological limits and the logic of reality.

In an instant, he rushed more than 10 meters away and was face to face with the enemy before the enemy could react.

Based on Fang Wen's sense of speed, this speed can be determined to be equivalent to a 100-meter sprint time of 4.3-5 seconds, which is more than twice that of Usain Bolt, the world record holder.

Because of its excessive speed, it doesn't even need to use any moves or techniques; it can easily end the battle by simply crashing into the enemy.

The first enemy was thrown into the air by the high-speed impact, collapsing to the ground convulsing and spitting blood.

The battle is still ongoing.

He charged toward the next enemy at a speed faster than a cheetah.

This time, he wanted to test how he would respond with a full-force attack.

Before the man could even react, Fang Wen punched him from the side and sent him flying.

The force generated by that punch was quickly converted into mechanical units in Fang Wen's mind.

1500 Newtons is equivalent to the impact force of dropping a 150-kilogram object from the third floor.

The masked man who was hit by the punch flew a long way and collapsed to the ground as if his body had fallen apart.

However, Fang Wen also suffered a backlash as a result.

Even the greatest strength requires the coordination of muscles and bones.

That punch just now pushed the limits of human endurance and put a great strain on Fang Wen's body.

Some hidden injuries have even appeared.

Only 3-4 seconds had passed.

The other masked men finally reacted and raised their guns to aim.

While controlling his body's high-speed movements, Fang Wen's brain was also working at high speed to judge the next move.

He had expected the other party to aim a gun at him.

Therefore, after dealing with the second person, Fang Wen did not choose to use the primitive means of physical force again, but instead drew his pistol to fight back.

The same Browning pistol, but in Fang Wen's hands, it was far more useful than the German doctor's.

Several gunshots rang out, and four masked men fell to the ground.

Such an exaggerated battle instantly changed the situation for both sides.

The masked man felt a sense of fear towards Fang Wen and dared not cause any more trouble.

Just then, the sound of police sirens came from outside.

This gave the masked men an excuse to retreat, and the rest immediately left the clinic.

Fang Wen and his team were unwilling to make contact with the approaching police officers.

Immediately afterwards, the anti-traitor squad also left.

The night passed.

Back in the bar's cellar, Fang Wen got up early and headed to the meeting point with Gong Xiuneng.

As the two walked along the road, Gong Xiuneng finally couldn't help but say, "Commander, with your talent, if you hone your skills, you'll definitely be invincible."

Fang Wen smiled and shook his head.

In this chaotic world, no matter how strong an individual is, the human body is ultimately no match for bullets.

More importantly, the energy efficiency ratio.

This method of using superpowers consumes a lot of energy.

In ancient times, this method could be considered a miracle, but in modern times, it is not as effective as its application to machinery.

If the same amount of energy were used in machinery, Fang Wen could achieve more than ten times the output, which would certainly be more effective than fighting with his body.

He naturally wouldn't mention those things, and immediately changed the subject.

"What happened at the clinic last night must have alerted the Wang family. Even if it was spiked, they probably won't use it. But without the drug, he probably won't stay put. I plan to take care of him today."

(End of this chapter)