Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"Boss..."

"What's wrong?"

"I suddenly feel... I suddenly feel a little... a little..."

"You're starting to lose confidence, aren't you?"

"Yes," Mai Xiaoyu sighed softly, "Boss, I feel that it's getting more and more difficult to communicate with An Xiaohai now. He's becoming more and more unpredictable to me, and I can't keep up with his way of thinking."

"This... is actually quite normal."

"Is this normal? I think his current state is not right, and our state is not right either. He just sits there thinking and thinking, and then one plan after another comes out."

Honestly, many of his judgments seem somewhat presumptuous to me, even a bit absurd. Although I can roughly understand his logic, many of his judgments are made without any verification!

But we just went ahead and did it, and I'm really worried!

"You're worried something unexpected might happen, that everything will collapse, right?"

"Yes, I am indeed very worried."

"Then tell me, how do I verify his judgments?"

"..."

"Sigh..." 073 also sighed softly: "Xiaoyu, there's no way to verify it. First, any unnecessary action we take might arouse the other party's suspicion, and second, there's no time to do so."

Xiaoyu, it's not that Xiaohai is in a bad state, it's that you are.

"Is something wrong with my state of mind?"

Yes, that's what I think.

Xiaoyu, try looking at it from a different perspective. We're not solving a case right now, we're fighting. Think of this place as a battlefield, and I think you'll understand soon enough.

An Xiaohai is currently commanding the battle, leading everyone in a dark forest as they fight several powerful enemies simultaneously.

He had no time or energy to verify anything; he could only keep assessing the enemy's movements, keep trying to attack and maneuver the enemy, and keep inflicting heavy blows on them.

The reason he keeps thinking and doing this work is that he spends so much energy thinking in order to find the most feasible path.

Note that it's the most feasible path, not the 100% safest path. That's his style. From having nothing to where he is today, turning the tide against all odds, that's the style he's developed along the way. He treats every action as a battle.

Think about it, as a soldier, once the bugle call to charge has sounded, would you still want to verify whether this charge can defeat the enemy?

Impossible, no one could do that.

In this situation, as soldiers, we cannot question the commander's decision, nor should we presume to guess the commander's judgment.

The information you possess is likely unequal, so you have no way of judging or speculating.

"Wouldn't that be very dangerous?"

"Of course it's dangerous, extremely dangerous! But when has he ever fought a battle like that?"

Xiaoyu, don't overthink it. Since we've chosen him, let's trust him. We must give him our absolute trust. Enemies can deceive and be wary of each other, but we must never do that.

"I understand that. It's not that I don't trust Xiaohai, I just don't quite understand it."

"Now I'm better, now I understand."

"It's good that you can figure it out, haha."

"Boss, I feel like your relationship with him is quite special. I've never seen you treat anyone like this before!"

"How should we live?"

"I can't really explain it, but I just feel like there's something wrong with the two of you!"

"Really? No, I don't think so. But I admit, I really admire him."

"I really admire him; I've never met anyone more astute than him!"

"I admire him, not because he is shrewd, but because of his magnanimity," 073 took a deep breath. "There's a saying that goes, 'The hardest thing in the world is not gaining, but letting go.'"

An Xiaohai knows how to let go.

"Does he know how to let go? The only thing I know is that he gave up an enormous fortune."

"Not only that, he gave up a lot of things, far more than that enormous fortune."

For example.

"For example, who is his real mother? For example, what is the real cause of An Zheran's death? And for example, Zhou Jianhong, who once tried to harm him."

He seems to have let go of all of these things.

His goal has always been very clear: to completely eradicate the root cause of his misfortune; he can let go of everything else.

Many times I've felt that his maturity is really mismatched with his age.

"Just keep praising him..."

Mai Xiaoyu wanted to say something more, but just then, a call suddenly came from the communication system:

"Attention everyone, attention everyone! Ryoko Momotani is approaching the wounded. She... is acting strangely!" The voice calling out was a bit childish, probably that of the round-faced girl.

"Why is it strange?" An Xiaohai asked immediately.

"She was wearing a kimono, and I felt that the little blanket on her back was heavy; she was probably hiding something! Hmm, very likely!"

But she didn't turn on the light, it was too dark, I couldn't see very clearly... Oh, right, she went to the car first before going to the basement.

"Very good, continue to observe."

"yes!"

"There's something hidden... what could it be?" An Xiaohai stood up and stretched his slightly numb body.

The cars that Igawa Yu and his group had driven over were parked in a corner of the yard. Igawa Jiro's body was in one of the cars, while the wounded were placed in a regular basement. The wounded were all seriously injured and in a semi-comatose state. What would Momotani Ryoko take from the car to the basement?

"Report, I think we can try to check their car. Maybe that will help us find out what Momotani Ryoko took to the basement!" It was that childish voice again.

"There's no need," An Xiaohai breathed a sigh of relief. "I think it's most likely a bomb."

The only thing Momotani Ryoko could have taken to the basement was a bomb. They wanted to blow us all up so they could attract everyone's attention and make it easier for them to attack the city police station.

That should be it!

"If that's the case, then it's a very serious matter, and I think it's even more necessary to confirm it!" Mai Xiaoyu interjected.

"If we really want to confirm, we can't go into the cars. Their rooms have a good view of those cars, and going into the cars to investigate might expose us. Let's go to the regular basement to confirm instead."

"Alright, I'll try to find a way to go and take a look."

"Don't worry, I estimate that Dr. Yu will arrive soon. When he arrives, he will definitely go to see the wounded. We can send someone to act as his assistant and go with him to take a look."

"Do you need me to send someone over?"

"I don't think we need to. I think that girl who spoke earlier was quite nice!"

"I can't go, hehe."

Why?

"Because there was a guy down there, and I stabbed him with a knife!"

……

"It's alright. Have your secretary, Xiaoyu, do your makeup a little, and wear a mask when you go in. That person shouldn't recognize you. If they do, just give them a shot to send them on their way. I believe you can do it."

"Hehe, okay!"

"Secretary Xiaoyu, please confirm whether Dr. Yu has received the call. You need to tell him in advance to find a way to have the young lady appear with him."

"Okay, I'm confirming now."

After ending the call, An Xiaohai was about to rest for a while when the phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that the caller ID was not working. An Xiaohai quickly answered it.

"Hello, I'm 042, in charge of the rat extermination operation in Haixi."

"Hello, senior, is Captain Zhou alright? How is he?"

"Don't worry, Captain Zhou is perfectly safe. The rat extermination operation is over. However, the situation on our side is a little different from what we expected. My superiors instructed me to communicate with you directly."

"Okay, please go ahead."

"This time, they sent a total of 13 people to assassinate Captain Zhou, but only 8 assassins appeared at the scene. Of these 8, 6 were shot dead on the spot, and the other two, seeing that they could not escape, chose to commit suicide."

I feel that these eight assassins are all highly skilled, and their behavior patterns are very familiar; they should be the people we are looking for.

The remaining five people who did not appear at the assassination scene have all been apprehended and are being interrogated intensively, but I estimate that we won't get anything of value out of them. These five people are probably the assassin's accomplices.

One thing that surprised us was that Squad Leader Chen Fei was likely not the mole; the real mole was Deputy Squad Leader Xiang Wujie. Squad Leader Chen Fei's insistence on coming was due to Xiang Wujie's instigation.

"Are you sure?"

"It's not entirely certain yet."

"Could you tell me the details of the process?"

"sure."