Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Click! Click, click!

An Xiaohai pressed the button, but nothing happened.

As if disappointed or unsatisfied, An Xiaohai pressed the button several more times, but apart from the slight clicking sound when the button was pressed, nothing happened.

An Xiaohai casually tossed the controller aside, and it shattered into pieces at An Zhehao's feet with a soft crack.

"You're getting old!" An Xiaohai's lips curled slightly. "This kind of old-fashioned trick is completely outdated. You even invited me here with such a smug look on your face, and this is it?"

An Cheol-ho's expression finally turned extremely ugly.

"Alright, I've played your game with you, it wasn't very good! Now, let's play my game. My game is very simple, just run fast!"

As An Xiaohai spoke, he pulled something out of his pocket, and with a soft bang, a metal pick was flicked away.

An Zhehao's pupils contracted sharply; An Xiaohai was holding a hand grenade!

An Xiaohai's smile vanished in an instant as he threw the grenade toward An Zhehao's location.

An Zhehao was very agile. The instant An Xiaohai threw the grenade, he had already leaped off the platform.

An Xiaohai grinned, pulled out two more grenades from his pocket, removed the safety pins, and threw them down the platform where An Zhehao was escaping.

Boom! Boom! ~

Three grenades exploded nearby in succession. The huge shock made An Xiaohai feel a turmoil in his heart. But there was no time to hesitate. If he was even a beat slower, he might miss the chance to kill An Zhehao.

An Xiaohai emerged from behind the concrete pillar, gun in hand, but just as he revealed half of his body, a gunshot rang out, and a bullet struck his arm.

Three grenades still didn't render Ahn Cheol-ho incapable of fighting!

Life and death hang in the balance! An Xiaohai completely ignored his wounded arm and, relying solely on his instincts, quickly pulled the trigger forward.

bang bang bang bang...

A burst of gunfire rang out, and An Xiaohai and An Zhehao simultaneously emptied their pistol magazines.

"Ah! Ah!..." An Zhehao roared repeatedly as he kept pulling the trigger, but his gun was out of bullets.

Another gunshot rang out in the distance, a bullet grazed a concrete pillar, leaving a shallow bloodstain on An Zhehao's neck.

An Zhehao knew that if he didn't leave now, he wouldn't be able to leave at all. He quickly glanced at An Xiaohai, who was lying motionless on the ground, gritted his teeth, jumped off the platform, and ran wildly towards an abandoned train carriage not far away.

"Xiao Hai!" 073 rushed over and held An Xiao Hai, who was lying in a pool of blood, in his arms.

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Security Department, Haizhou Temporary Command Center, Medical Room

"Old Wang, how is it?!" 073 immediately asked as he saw the doctor put away his stethoscope.

"It's nothing serious, the injury isn't severe," Dr. Wang said with a soft sigh.

"Then why has he remained unconscious?"

"This..." Dr. Wang thought for a moment and said, "His current condition is very much like a coma caused by exhaustion of energy and physical strength, rather than a gunshot wound or excessive blood loss."

His vital signs are all normal, and none of the gunshot wounds hit any vital organs, so I don't think it'll be too serious. Let him get some rest; he'll wake up naturally when he's rested. I'll keep a close eye on him.

"Okay, thank you, Dr. Wang. Please let me know as soon as he wakes up."

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him. You go ahead and do your work."

"Please!" 073 glanced at An Xiaohai, who was lying motionless on the hospital bed, then turned and left the ward, heading towards the command center.

In the command center, 027, 018, 042, Mai Xiaoyu, and others were staring intently at the television screen, which was displaying footage from a newly installed surveillance camera—a surveillance product from Qiaoyu Company.

The video playing at this moment shows Ahn Cheol-ho dodging three grenades.

The first grenade was thrown onto the platform. At that moment, An Zhehao had already jumped off the platform and was standing by the tracks. The other two grenades thrown by An Xiaohai were thrown right at his location.

However, as soon as the first grenade exploded, An Cheol-ho immediately climbed onto the platform, which allowed him to successfully dodge the other two grenades.

Then he and An Xiaohai exchanged gunshots.

Fortunately, An Xiaohai was using a Glock G17, which has 19 rounds in a magazine, while An Zhehao was using an M1911, which only has 7 rounds in a magazine. In addition, An Zhehao had just escaped death and his movements were a bit distorted. Otherwise, An Xiaohai would have been in grave danger.

When 042 saw Ahn Cheol-ho escape from the surveillance range, he couldn't help but slam his fist on the table.

"Don't be angry, it's already pretty good!" 018 gritted her teeth and said, "This is the closest we've ever been to Ahn Cheol-ho. This time, he not only left behind images, but also his blood and voice."

He's very close now, he can't escape!

By the way, this surveillance system is good, but it's a pity there aren't enough of them, and the angles are wrong; otherwise, we could get more information. What a shame!

"Hehe, you don't know yet, do you? The company that operates and promotes this surveillance system was also created by An Xiaohai."

"Good lad!" 018's eyes widened. "This is good stuff! You mean it's already being marketed?"

"Yes, it has been promoted for some time now. I think that if the Xiaoguanwan Nuclear Power Plant and Zhongzhen Technology Petrochemical Industrial Park were to install this kind of monitoring within their plant areas at this time, it would not arouse any suspicion."

"Great! I'll have them order a few hundred sets right away. I want to see how they're going to cause any more trouble!"

"I've already ordered it, it should arrive in the next couple of days."

"Okay, we'll install it as soon as it arrives."

"Seniors, I'd like to ask, what exactly is going on here? I have no idea what happened. Why is An Zhehao at the train station? Why is An Xiaohai giving us these orders?!"

Mai Xiaoyu finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked in a low voice.

027 glanced at Mai Xiaoyu, then at the doorway: "Your boss is here. Let him tell you. We need to get back right away."

027 and 018 left with their men, and Mai Xiaoyu then looked at 073: "How is Xiao Hai?"

"He's not seriously ill. The doctor said he's just too tired and has been sleeping the whole time, refusing to wake up," 073 said with a wry smile.

"Boss, what's going on? This is the first time I've ever felt so lost during a mission! I'm suddenly feeling insecure, and I have absolutely no idea what's happening!"

"It's not just you; we only figured it out later..."

"Then tell me!"

"Alright, this all started when you went to Haixi Province..." 073 took a deep breath and said, "I think An Xiaohai's original plan was just as he told us, that he was only targeting the Haifoye organization."

By uprooting the Haifoye organization, An Zhehao's left and right arms will be severed. After eliminating the Haifoye organization, we can then focus our efforts on dealing with An Zhehao.

During this process, An Xiaohai must have noticed something unusual, so he changed his plans.

"When did he start changing his plans?"

"I think... the plan started to change when he decided to hire the Explosives and Darts gang to deal with the Sea Buddha organization."

Why?

"Because this isn't Xiao Hai's style," 073 pursed his lips. "Xiao Yu, if you stretch out the timeline and think carefully about every action Xiao Hai takes, in which action did he focus more on relying on the power of others?"

No!

In every action, he rarely relied on the strength of others, especially his own.

Even though he contacted us, the security department, the police, and the armed police, he always personally handled the most crucial part of each operation, at most bringing along his most trusted friends such as Xu Tianyou and Pan Zhuangzhuang.

But this time when he arrived in Haixi Province, from the very beginning of the plan, he was already relying on the power of the Security Bureau and was already thinking about relying on the power of those drug dealers, which was very abnormal.

That would be too easy to expose.

Xiao Hai once told me that the reason An Zhehao seemed so powerful was because we couldn't find him. Xiao Hai had actually been learning from and imitating An Zhehao all along, never easily revealing himself until the very last moment.

An Xiaohai was not familiar with the people in the Haixi Province Security Bureau, nor with the police system in Nancheng City, nor with the group of people involved in the bombing and darts incident. How could he possibly rely on their strength from the beginning? Wouldn't that expose him to a very high risk?

And haven't you noticed that his preliminary arrangements for this operation were riddled with flaws?

Therefore, Xiao Hai's real purpose was not to use these forces, but to tell An Zhehao through these people: he has arrived.

An Zhehao quickly received the news, but he probably didn't know how to respond for a moment.

So, Xiao Hai sent another message to An Zhehao, asking Xiao Hu to monitor Xu Chonghua's family outside Hushan Xianju. He was certain that An Zhehao would discover Xiao Hu and respond.

Sure enough, An Zhehao immediately replied with a message, and Ding Ping quickly began her operation.

"Was Ding Ping's operation a message relayed to Xiao Hai by An Zhehao?"

"Yes, I think, at the beginning, Xiao Hai wasn't entirely sure either."

But when Ding Ping arrived at Nancheng Railway Station with her entourage and boarded the train, An Xiaohai was certain it was news from An Zhehao. From that moment on, Xiaohai knew that An Zhehao had arranged to meet him at Haizhou Railway Station.

"Why is that?"

"Because Ding Ping isn't the type of person who takes the train!"

For short distances, she would choose a private car; for long distances, she would take a plane. People like her would not squeeze onto crowded trains; they would try to avoid crowded places.

Ding Ping's choice to take the train indicates she must be on a train or at a train station. An Xiaohai deduced she was at a train station, which is why he told you all to stop monitoring Ding Ping and rest during the train journey.

"Yes..." Mai Xiaoyu nodded slightly, "It's unlikely to be on a train. Trains are relatively enclosed, making evacuation difficult, and jumping off a train can easily result in injury... Train stations are different. Whether escaping in the chaos or planting a bomb for blackmail, it's much easier to get away..."

"I'm so stupid, I didn't even think of that!"

"It's not that you're stupid, it's just that we know far less about An Zhehao than Xiao Hai does."

Moreover, only Xiao Hai would dare to devise such a plan. We would absolutely not dare to carry out such a plan in a crowded train station without being fully prepared.

Ahn Cheol-ho had also considered this; for him, the train station was a very safe place. And now, the facts have proven that this was indeed the case.

"What exactly did Xiao Hai discover about this anomaly? And why was he so certain that pressing the red button on the remote control An Zhehao gave him was the only way to disarm the bomb?"

"I don't know about that..." 073 gave another wry smile. "We'll have to wait until he wakes up and tells us himself..."