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The room fell silent for a moment.

However, the silence was immediately broken by the ringing of a bell.

Xiao San answered the phone, and there was a hurried shouting on the other end.

"Third Master, the cops!"

"The cops are here! Lots of cops, several cars have arrived, and they're about to surround this area."

The unexpected phone call startled both of them.

Chen Jie was the first to realize: "Your men who deliver things are inside the casino, right?"

Xiao San also woke up with a start and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I've already asked him to send the things over."

"It's the Xiao Wang you've met before, the one who was following behind me."

"I'm going to get the goods from him," Chen Jie said in an unquestionable tone.

"Go prepare your escape route now. We'll meet at the dog farm later."

At the same time, Kazama seemed to sense something and raised his head.

At that moment, he was in the corridor behind the casino, a place where outsiders were not allowed to enter.

At his feet was a casino underling who had been beaten unconscious.

"Has the operation already begun?"

"Looks like I need to speed things up too."

Chapter Twenty-Five: In the Darkness

The commotion inside the casino could be felt even in Kazama.

It's clear that the police have already taken action.

To take down such a large operation, the plainclothes officers inside the casino wouldn't be enough. More police officers would definitely be deployed outside, and the entire factory area might already be surrounded.

Previously, when Kerberos asked if this would have any impact, Kazama did not give a direct answer.

There will definitely be some impact.

Regardless of whether the police's original intention was to shut down the casino or to arrest someone, their involvement, given that the parasite was hiding there, would undoubtedly complicate matters further.

However, everything has two sides. While the police intervention complicated matters, it also diverted the casino's attention from Kazama.

sneak into.

If it were only a human factor, it would be incredibly easy for Kazama to sneak in; he could do it with just one 'illusion card'.

The key issue is that this place is covered with cameras, and if someone is monitoring it 24 hours a day, it would be quite troublesome for Kazama to sneak in.

But now things are much simpler.

Kazama had previously captured a casino henchman and extracted the location of the dog-running operation from the factory area.

While the casino staff were scrambling to escape, they went to the dog farm, and even if someone saw them on the security cameras, there was no time to stop them.

With that in mind, Kazama prepared to continue forward.

Although the casino space is relatively large, if the police come in from outside, he won't have much time left.

Just as Kazama took a step, he paused, pulled his foot back, and leaned against the wall.

Kazama heard running sounds coming from around the corner behind him.

The breathing was rapid; it was probably not a policeman, but someone from the casino.

However, the dog farm shouldn't be the location of the secret passage... Did they panic and choose the wrong path?

As Kazama was thinking this, a person rushed out from around the corner.

It was a man wearing a white tank top with large tattoos on his arms, and he was carrying a silver briefcase.

Perhaps because he was in a hurry to escape, the man did not notice Kazama, who was blocking his view and waiting at the foot of the wall.

But Kazama suddenly attacked, slapping the man on the back of the neck. As Kazama's hand touched the man's skin, he changed the slap to a grab, squeezing the man's carotid artery.

The man suddenly felt as if he had been struck by an electric current. His vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

In various films and television shows, there are often scenes where someone is knocked unconscious with a karate chop.

In fact, this is indeed possible in real life.

Because the neck is where the vagus nerve is located, a blow to the neck can cause a person to lose their balance instantly, or even lose consciousness.

However, achieving this is difficult. Too little force won't cause someone to faint, while too much force can easily lead to death.

This requires the person performing the act to have sufficient control over their own power. And with the brain and thought patterns developed by the Book of Wisdom, Kazama naturally possesses superior control over his body.

After knocking the man unconscious, Kazama's gaze fell on the silver briefcase next to him.

"Looks like this guy isn't just panicking and running away recklessly..."

After only three seconds of thought, Kazama stopped hesitating, grabbed the suitcase, and continued walking.

At the front of the corridor was a small room, and behind that room was a warehouse, which also served as the location of the dog farm.

We're almost there.

Kazama ran into the room, but then stopped again.

There was no other reason than that there was another person in the room.

A tall, bronze-skinned man with a cold, sinister face.

.............

Chen Jie was also taken aback when he saw the man in front of him.

"It's you!"

In the dim light, he immediately recognized the portly fat man in front of him as the gambling expert he had seen on the surveillance footage.

However, when his gaze shifted downwards and he saw the silver briefcase in the fat man's hand, his pupils contracted, and his expression immediately turned ferocious.

"Are you one of 'the cripple's' people?"

Hearing the man's incomprehensible words, Kazama couldn't help but mentally complain:

What 'cripple'?

People involved in organized crime don't have so many strange nicknames.

But the moment Kazama made his sarcastic remark, he suddenly threw the box in front of him, leaped to the side, and like a nimble cat, hid behind a table, pushing the table over so that the tabletop faced forward.

As soon as Kazama landed, he heard a loud bang.

"boom!"

The deafening sound echoed in the room.

The other party was holding something black in their hand, and wisps of smoke were rising from the dark opening.

Glock 17 9mm pistol.

It is one of the most common handguns in the world today.

In that brief glance, Kazama instantly recognized the large object the man had pulled from his waist.

China has one of the strictest gun control systems in the world. Illegal possession of firearms is a serious criminal offense, and even the carrying of firearms by police officers is subject to extremely strict regulations.

To be honest, this was the first time Kazama had ever seen a real gun; he had only ever seen them in military magazines or videos before.

Undeniably, humans have an instinctive fear of this dark, metallic object, especially when the barrel is pointed at them. It's a fear of death, because firearms, in a sense, are inherently linked to death.

This is because, after learning about related experiences, one subconsciously associates them with death.

The man in front of them was clearly a desperate criminal. As the police were about to surround them, he ruthlessly drew his gun and fired without saying a word.

An ordinary person in this situation would probably be kneeling down by now.

That has nothing to do with the control of subjective emotions, but comes from the body's instinctive reaction.

However... Kazama was unusually calm at this moment.

Or rather, the closer they got to this critical moment, the clearer Kazama's mind became.

The way of thinking brought about by the book of wisdom is actually taken a step further in this case.

The body's negative emotions were forcibly suppressed. At this moment, Kazama could no longer feel emotions such as sadness, fear, or tension, but he could still normally sense emotions such as happiness and excitement.

..........

Chen Jie fired three shots in quick succession. The first shot missed, and the second shot grazed the table without hitting Kazama behind it.

The third shot hit the wall and ricocheted back to its own side.

Firing a gun in a confined space is a major no-no, as it's very easy for the bullet to ricochet. It's not just ordinary walls that will ricochet; steel plates and even glass can also pose a risk of ricocheting.

A ricocheting bullet can be fatal.

Therefore, counter-terrorism special police forces in various countries strictly limit the deployment and firing angles of their personnel when conducting indoor operations. For the military, it's even simpler; soldiers are basically required to avoid indoor combat and instead use grenades or hand grenades for detonation.

"shit!"

Seeing the bullet bounce back to his feet and almost hit him, Chen Jie couldn't help but curse.

At that moment, the table was suddenly pushed aside and moved forward.

Chen Jie instinctively took a step back, simultaneously gripping his pistol and aiming it at the table.

At such close range, even a pistol would be powerful enough to penetrate the wooden board that was less than 5cm thick.

But just as Chen Jie fired his gun, the figure behind the table flashed out again and lunged towards the exposed wall on the other side.

Although there was no cover on that wall, there was a switch for the room's chandelier.

With a click, the light went out, plunging the room into complete darkness.

Chapter Twenty-Six: Card Game - Eight Extremes

This room is located in a transitional area of ​​the factory, so there are no windows in the room.