Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"Tell me, what are you thinking?" Ye Du asked, arms crossed, stroking his chin.

"Director Ye, you're aware that an important figure in a certain international organization wants to win me over, right?" An Xiaohai asked, glancing at the two people sitting in the front row.

Xu Congzhou sat in the passenger seat, while the driver, An Xiaohai, was someone he had never seen before.

"I know. His name is An Zhehao. The security department has already informed me of all his information. Not many people in the security department know much about him," Ye Du said, glancing at An Xiaohai.

"Alright," An Xiaohai nodded, "Considering my previous actions, how do you think An Zhehao views me now?"

"What does he think of you?... " Ye frowned and thought for a while:

"If I were him, I would think that you haven't sided with anyone. You're doing all this just to protect yourself and vent your anger. And you're in a very delicate situation right now, so there's still a chance to win you over."

"Director Ye, please stop playing games. Can you be a little clearer?"

"I think there's a big problem with our current way of communicating! Many times I feel so insecure, afraid of making a mistake!" Xu Congzhou finally couldn't help but interject.

Ye glared at Xu Congzhou: "Fine, I'll explain it to you more clearly!"

Director Xu, often, judging a person does not depend on what they actually do, but on our views and understanding of what they do.

However, perspectives and understandings are often very limited; they cannot break through a person's cognitive limitations.

A person's judgment is limited to what they know.

Within An Zhehao's understanding, there were several things he simply could not comprehend:

The first thing was that Section Chief An shot Secretary Liu.

This happened in full view of everyone, and most importantly, it happened right under Tong Dapeng's nose.

An Zhehao might have guessed that this was a pre-planned scheme by Section Chief An, but he would never believe that a high-ranking official like Secretary Liu would cooperate with Section Chief An in staging such a dangerous act; in his view, it was impossible.

In this way, An Zhehao would draw the first conclusion: Section Chief An did indeed shoot and wound Secretary Liu, and Section Chief An's behavior is something we absolutely cannot tolerate. Therefore, Section Chief An must not have completely sided with us.

The second thing was the bombing in Apo Cape village.

In Ahn Cheol-ho's view, this matter has nothing to do with us.

If it were us, we would try every means to capture these four people and extract the information we want from them, rather than so decisively taking their lives directly.

Therefore, this must have been planned by Section Chief An himself.

This illustrates another point: Chief An's family members' lives have always been protected by him, and the reason our people are around his family is not to protect them, but to monitor them.

Why are we monitoring Section Chief An's family? It's simple: we're wary of him, so he hasn't sided with us; we're just using each other.

Now, Section Chief An and his family have escaped.

The sky's the limit!

There's another detail here: there were five bodies hanging under the overpass. Why would the bodies of the criminals at the Meihuashan shooting scene appear alongside those four bodies? That's quite intriguing.

This indicates that there were still people arranged by Chief An present at the scene that night, which provides an explanation for the gunman's death and the subsequent attack on the convoy.

Meanwhile, it was indeed an accident that Section Chief An was shot at the scene. Without this accident, the two sides might have started fighting on the spot, and Section Chief An would have been able to escape immediately.

This further illustrates that Section Chief An and we have always been in a state of mutual exploitation and mutual distrust.

The third thing is that Section Chief An instructed us to conduct such a large-scale operation in Haixi Province, while simultaneously initiating a large-scale self-investigation.

Such a commotion would definitely be noticed by Ahn Cheol-ho.

If Section Chief An also appears in Haixi Province at this time, An Zhehao will be anxious. He may not be afraid of us, but he will be worried about Section Chief An.

After receiving news that Section Chief An had appeared in Haixi Province, the first question that An Zhehao had to figure out was: Why did Section Chief An come to Haixi Province? Shouldn't Section Chief An be free to roam the world now that he has gotten rid of everything?

After much thought, An Zhehao could only come to one conclusion: Section Chief An came to Haixi Province to take advantage of the situation while we were dealing with the Haifoye organization, and to fish in troubled waters to deal with the Haifoye organization.

Why does Section Chief Ke An want to deal with the Hai Fo Ye organization? There's only one reason: for Xu Tianyou.

After reaching this conclusion, An Zhehao was able to deduce another: Xu Tianyou was really dead, and Section Chief An, who already knew most of the truth, had come to avenge his good brother Xu Tianyou.

Therefore, Section Chief An has been constantly setting traps for An Zhehao, using a large number of clues to mislead his judgment, and all of An Zhehao's wrong judgments were deduced by himself.

Okay, so now the question is, what will Ahn Cheol-ho do? Will he just sit and wait to be killed?

Section Chief An's abilities are beyond doubt. He almost single-handedly uprooted An Zhehao's influence in Haidong Province, which is equivalent to cutting off one of his arms.

Now Section Chief An has his eye on his other arm. What should he do?

"He'll try to win over Section Chief An again. Once he turns Section Chief An into one of his own, all the crises will be resolved, and we can even use him to deal with us!" Xu Congzhou's eyes widened.

"No, he has more than one option. He can also choose to kill me," An Xiaohai said with a slight frown. "Killing me would not only resolve the crisis he is facing, but also allow him to vent his anger."

However, Ahn Cheol-ho will definitely find it very difficult to make a decision.

An Zhehao has already spent a lot of energy and resources on me. Based on his loss aversion, he will not kill me unless absolutely necessary. However, he is also very clear that it may be difficult to win me over by having others do it. If he wants to continue to win me over, he will have to do it himself.

Furthermore, he's too self-centered and has long considered me his personal property. If he wanted to get rid of me, he would likely do it himself.

"So if we build up the momentum and keep a close eye on you, we might be able to catch Ahn Cheol-ho, right?"

"That's possible," An Xiaohai nodded. "In this operation, we have two opportunities. The first opportunity is to keep an eye on me."

That's why I kept the special operations team outside, trying to avoid any open contact with them. All the people around me were Xu Tianyou's men, so that even if An Zhehao discovered my identity, he wouldn't be able to spot any flaws.

Another opportunity is that Xu Chonghua senses the danger first, and he will definitely try to contact An Zhehao. By keeping a close eye on Xu Chonghua, we might be able to find An Zhehao through him.

"Wait! Section Chief An, wait a minute!" Xu Congzhou frowned deeply. "Xu Chonghua wants to contact An Zhehao? Isn't that too easy? He can just make a phone call and explain everything. How are we supposed to keep an eye on him? Could it be...?"

"No, I agree with Section Chief An's opinion," Ye interrupted Xu Congzhou: "Their connection may not be very simple."

The biggest secret to why Ahn Cheol-ho has been able to remain at large is that he is very good at hiding.

Xu Chonghua may not know who An Zhehao is, where he is hiding, or whether he has a direct, real-time communication channel with An Zhehao.

This has already been proven by people like Tong Dapeng. No matter how we check their call records and transaction records, we can't find a single clue.

This suggests that their method of communication was likely not through a fixed telephone number, and it has been proven that telephones are no longer secure; Tong Dapeng was exposed because of a telephone call.

"Is it possible that it was through the internet?"

"That's possible, so we need to find a way to cut off Xu Chonghua's network or block his network signal to sever their connection."

"There's another possibility," An Xiaohai said, taking a deep breath. "An Zhehao may have planted someone among Zhong Zhen and Xu Chonghua's people, and Zhong Zhen and Xu Chonghua are likely unaware of this person, but this person can directly contact him."

I have a feeling that An Zhehao is not far from us; he is very likely hiding in the Haixi or Haidong provinces.

"You mean to say that Director Zhu, who was the first to be killed at the warehouse, might be one of An Zhehao's men?" Ye Du asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I think it's very likely."

"Where is Tong Dapeng?"

"That's hard to say. Tong Dapeng's identity is special after all. It's extremely difficult to plant someone there without him noticing. Besides, didn't he have Lu Guoliang by his side before?"

"You're right. I'll have them shift the focus of the investigation to that Director Zhu immediately!" Ye Du made a phone call and relayed the message.

"I have another question. Didn't Section Chief An distance himself from the situation through his previous actions? Now he's joining us again to deal with the Haifoye organization. Isn't that just getting himself into trouble again?"

"Who said that Section Chief An joined forces with us to deal with the Haifoye organization? Which eye of yours saw that? Could it be that we discovered some clues through Tong Dapeng and others, and that's why we started to deal with the Haifoye organization?"

Section Chief An hasn't even shown his face in Haixi Province yet, has he?!

Okay, stop overthinking. Don't always look at things from God's perspective. Ahn Cheol-ho isn't a god; he might not know what you do know.

What An Zhehao saw was: We are making intensive preparations to deal with the Hai Fo Ye organization. The news is so loud that he has heard it. How could Section Chief An not hear it? So, Section Chief An began to think of ways to take advantage of this opportunity to deal with the Hai Fo Ye organization as well.

An Zhehao is not afraid of us. Look, we haven't even started yet, and we've already made a mess of things inside. The news has already reached his ears. He has plenty of time to prepare and is confident in his ability to deal with it.

But once Section Chief An gets involved, things will be hard to say.

Therefore, An Zhehao will definitely try to get rid of Section Chief An before we figure things out.

Section Chief An, that's what you think, isn't it?

"Yes," An Xiaohai nodded, "Does Director Xu have any other questions?"

"That's all, that's all!" Xu Congzhou shook his head repeatedly. "I've figured it out. I shouldn't have worried about it. It's better to know nothing and live in fear. You two, please continue!"

Ye glared at Xu Congzhou again, but the guy had already turned away and didn't see it.

"Section Chief An, when do you plan to make your move?"

"I haven't determined the specific time and plan yet. I still need to wait for some concrete information, but the start time should be soon. This matter shouldn't be delayed any longer."

How should we cooperate?

"I don't know how to arrange things for now. Let's talk about it after we've finalized the action plan. By the way, could you lend me some money? I need cash. I don't have enough money on hand right now, and it's not safe to ask Ah Lai to handle it for me."

How much do you want?

"Around 300 million."

"No problem, when do you need it?"

"The sooner the better."

"I'll have someone bring it up to you in a bit."

"No need to bring it up. I have two small vans parked in the underground garage. You can just put the money in the vans."

"Okay, is there anything else I need to do?"

"No, that's all for now. I'll call you directly if you need anything."

"Okay, be careful."