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The murderous aura in Hoshiguma's eyes gradually dissipated, her warm brown eyes gazing at her friend, the demonic intent once again subsiding deep within her heart. She could never erase this murderous aura, but she would never raise a knife against her friend. This was her resolve; she would never succumb to her inner demons.

"It would be my great honor."

Chen Huijie sheathed his sword with a soft click.

“Under these circumstances, you still managed to leave two survivors. Your willpower is stronger than you imagined, Hoshiguma.” Chen turned to look at the trembling Reunion infected, who seemed to have given up thinking. Chen asked curiously, “What did you ask them just now?”

"How many people are there? Will there be any support? Are there any traps in the warehouse?"

Hoshiguma noticed that two police officers were struggling to lift Hannya over, so she quickly went over and took it with both hands. Under the admiring gazes of the crowd, she returned to Chen's side and easily lifted it with one hand.

“There won’t be any enemy reinforcements here. As for the warehouse… they said they discovered we were coming before they even got inside.” Hoshiguma glanced at the two men, nearly scaring them to death. She waved her hand. “If they can stay calm and lie under these circumstances, then I’ll accept it even if it’s a trap.”

"It's always better to be careful."

"Yes, sir."

Hoshiguma stood confidently in front of the warehouse door and tried to open it, but she could feel a resistance.

This was probably Afa's last struggle; he likely used something to block the door, hoping to delay the Reunion Movement's intrusion. However, it seems Afa no longer has the strength to unlock it, so…

"I used Crimson Sky to cut through the iron gate?"

Chen placed his hand on the hilt of Chixiao's sword and asked.

Hoshiguma shook her head and smiled憨厚ly: "It's okay, I'll tear it open."

"Eh?"

Old Chen didn't even have a chance to complain.

Hoshiguma stomped her feet heavily on the ground, grabbed the door frame with both hands, and let out a magnificent roar.

"Haa!!"

"Gasp—"

The iron gate made a twisting sound and gradually deformed. The two infected members of the Reunion Movement saw this and stopped crying in fright.

To everyone's astonishment, the three-meter-high warehouse door was forcibly ripped open. Hoshiguma reached inside, removed the deformed long stick stuck in the lock, and easily pushed the door open.

"It's done."

Hoshiguma clapped her hands, as if she had only done a trivial thing.

"Xin, thank you for your hard work."

Superintendent Chen's lips twitched slightly; even she was quite frightened this time.

If Chen Huijie was confident she could have taken down all of Reunion's ambush points in a minute, she couldn't do it now. This was pure brute force; Chen could only rely on Chixiao to break the lock.

"You guys hold this place. Inspector Hoshiguma and I will go in next."

"Yes, sir!"

The Guard Bureau squad perfectly served as a backdrop, doing little to accomplish anything significant and only responsible for cleaning up the mess.

Chen and Hoshiguma cautiously entered the Muhe warehouse. The sounds of fighting and Hoshiguma tearing open the iron gate must have carried inside, making it highly likely that the enemy would launch a surprise attack when they were off guard.

To be suspicious of everything, including the prisoners' confessions, is a fundamental quality of a police officer.

Chen took out her mobile terminal, glanced at Hoshiguma, and he immediately understood.

Hoshiguma silently raised her prajna and stood guard beside Chen, without letting her guard down for a moment.

"Connect me quickly... connect me quickly..."

Chen had never hated Lungmen's garbage signals so much!

After what seemed like an eternity, communication was finally restored.

Superintendent Chen immediately shouted, "XR02, tell me your location! XR02! We're already at the Muhe warehouse!"

“Commander Chen? That’s great…” A weak voice came through the communicator, sounding like someone waking up from a coma, “I…I’m…at the very back of the warehouse.”

"I'm coming right now!"

Chapter 387 The Undercover Mission at Dragon Gate (4K)

Deep inside the Muhe warehouse, the air was murky, and signs of abandonment were everywhere.

Hiding in a dimly lit corner, Afa, an informant for the Guard Bureau, held a transmitting terminal in his right hand. He lay among a pile of cardboard boxes, blood seeping into the ground, his head hanging low, a gray hood obscuring his racial features and hair color.

The sound of hurried footsteps approached, echoing in the quiet warehouse.

Afa, who was half-conscious and half-awake, was startled awake. He tilted his head back and gasped for breath, his voice trembling.

Ah Fa asked cautiously, "Is this Commander Chen?"

He could no longer see anything and could only act by his senses.

"It's me! What...what's wrong with your eyes?!"

Superintendent Chen stopped in her tracks. The warehouse was dimly lit, but she could still clearly see the other person's condition.

Ah Fa's multiple injuries received basic first aid, but the most serious was the penetrating wound in his left shoulder, which only managed to stop the bleeding. In addition, his eyes had festering marks resembling those from being branded with a hot iron, and even a piece of his nose was nearly cut off, making him look gruesome.

"The Reunion Movement's sorcerer... his spell almost blew my head off, thankfully it only grazed me." Afa quickly lowered his head, not wanting the other to see his miserable state. "It's alright, I... cough cough, the thing is here."

"Enough with the nonsense!" Superintendent Chen took out his walkie-talkie and pressed the call button. "Notify the Rhodes Island medical team to come to the Wood Harbor warehouse. The injured personnel have multiple metal wounds on their bodies, as well as signs of magical corrosion. Ask them to prepare medical supplies immediately."

"Commander Chen, no need..." Ah Fa whispered.

"Are you the superior or am I the superior? Who makes the decisions, you or me?"

Superintendent Chen glared at him reflexively, but when she realized he could no longer see, her gaze softened considerably.

“Commander Chen… we agreed on three years, then another three years, then another three years, it’s almost been ten years! Boss! If we keep doing this, I’ll become the head of the slums, what will we do then, arrest me?” Ah Fa took a deep breath, holding up the handwritten copy wrapped in gauze to prevent bloodstains from getting inside. “Here you go, S249TA, F106.”

“…I’ve got it.” Superintendent Chen solemnly took the handwritten copy.

"I went through a lot of trouble to get it, but... it's probably been rummaged through by someone."

"what?"

Ah Fa looked worried and honestly reported: "When I sent the signal to you, I heard a noise in the warehouse. There were other people here besides me. I wanted to end my own life, but I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I found that my wound had stopped bleeding and I was rescued... Although the other party tried to cover up the traces that the manuscript had been turned over, the way I wrapped it with gauze was not so rough. I am a very delicate person."

The days of being an undercover agent are always very boring.

Only a refined lifestyle can change a monotonous life!

This is Afa's experience in maintaining a stable job for ten years while bearing the identity of a spy.

Superintendent Chen paused for a moment, then slowly said, "I will activate the surveillance equipment at the Muhe warehouse. If the other party leaves any traces, we will know who it is. You did a great job on this mission. The intelligence you provided will affect the entire battle. Because of you, we have the opportunity to stop the enemy. Lungmen will not let you down. I assure you."

"Cough... I've never liked Longmen, and Longmen has never liked me. Commander Chen, I'm not risking my life for Longmen; I'm only fighting for someone I can entrust my life to. You know who I'm talking about..." Ah Fa slowly coughed up the blood that had been stuck in his throat. He almost couldn't breathe. He wiped his mouth and hissed, "Is Sister Gui alright? Is she still on duty?"

Superintendent Chen silently turned to look at the person beside him and said, "She has always been my partner."

“Oh, I see…that’s good. Commander Chen, with you here, anyone who wants to bully Sister Gui will have to get past you first.” Ah Fa couldn’t help but smile. “Sister Gui is a good woman, just too straightforward. When she was in the gang, no one dared to touch her, but I know…she can’t fight against the big shots in the Dragon Gate. She might impulsively step into a trap. But even if I rush into the rich area with a bomb in my hand, those arrogant rich people won’t be able to bully her because of her background! Commander Chen, I don’t want any rewards from the Dragon Gate. I only ask you for one thing, just this one thing!”

"Take good care of Sister Gui. If she ever doesn't want to stay in Lungmen anymore, send her away, anywhere is fine."

Afa was a little agitated. He tried to stand up, dragging his battered body, but he fell back down.

Chen Huijie pursed her lips, glanced at the person beside her with a complicated look, and said seriously, "Hoshiguma is very strong, no one can touch her."

“We all know how powerful Sister Ghost is, but she’s easily fooled. If someone were to tie up all the brothers from the gang, she would foolishly go and negotiate alone. That’s just the kind of person she is. Even the strongest person has a weakness, and so do you, Commander Chen. I know what happened to you in the past, and I know what you are facing now. Please don’t let yourself have any regrets. This is the advice of a dying man.”

Ah Fa felt that he had lost all feeling in his left side. Although he didn't know why the person who knocked him unconscious would save his life, he was exhausted and didn't want to try anymore. His whole body ached, he felt no hope, and he didn't want to live like this anymore.

“My affairs are none of your concern,” Chen Huijie said frankly. “As for Hoshiguma, well, the entire Guard Bureau supports her.”

"Really? Then I'm relieved..."

Ah Fa lowered his head, and he suddenly felt the blood in his body flow faster, a kind of dazed feeling of a final burst of energy before death.

"Commander Chen, are you still there?"

"Speak your mind."

Ah Fa smiled and said somewhat naively, "I want to be a good person."

Old Chen tilted his head: "How many times have you watched Infernal Affairs? All you know is how to recite lines."

"Hahaha—cough cough!" Ah Fa laughed so hard he almost coughed up blood. He wiped his mouth and chuckled self-deprecatingly. "Before I contracted Oripathy, my favorite thing to do was to show old movies in bars. Me, Sister Gui, Ah Wei, Brother Xing, and Lao Meng all loved watching Lungmen films. Back then, we'd show old movies, drink some wine, eat peanuts, and discuss which clueless gang was trying to cause trouble again."

"That was the happiest time of my life. I didn't have to worry about so many trivial things. Every day I just followed my older sister to cause trouble. That's how the world is. When you're out there, it's either you beat me or I beat you. It's that simple. I've always believed that only things can change people, not people can change things. But my older sister and her group changed some things! I'm proud of myself!"

Afa's body began to tremble uncontrollably, his emotions taking over. He became more and more agitated as he spoke, and his wounds showed signs of reopening.

"Am I a terrible undercover agent? I was initially assigned by Lungmen to monitor them, but I unknowingly became attracted to them. I know that what goes around comes around. So I'm prepared. Between Lungmen and them, I choose the latter, even if it costs me my life." Ah Fa laughed, his teeth covered in blood, a frightening laugh. "Commander Chen, there are two things I'd like you to pass on to Sister Gui."

“Tell her yourself.”

Chen Huijie, who had been listening attentively to the other person's story, stood still, patted Xingxiong on the shoulder, and pushed her forward.

"What do you mean? Wait, are you acting against me? No way!"

Ah Fa was so anxious that he tried to stand up, but he lost his balance and fell down from the pile of cardboard boxes.

Before his face hit the ground, Ah Fa's right shoulder was gently supported, the steady and strong hand making him feel as if he had returned to the past. Every time they crushed other gangs, they would put their arms around each other's shoulders and go back to the bar for a victory celebration.

"Miss?"

"Well, I'm here."

Hoshiguma lifted Afa up in her hand as easily as if she were carrying a chick.

“Commander Chen, you’re my superior. What you’re doing is wrong.” Afa turned his head toward the direction from which the voice had come from. His face was flushed red in the dim light. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner? I’ve said so much already. I might as well be dead.”

Chen Huijie waved her hand: "You didn't ask."

Ah Fa stared in disbelief: "You—"

“You won’t die,” Hoshiguma comforted her. “The doctors at Rhodes Island are very skilled. Unless your head falls off, they can cure you.”

"Big sister, what you're saying is making me even more scared. Is Rhodes Island doing some kind of human experimentation?"

"If you're not even afraid of me, what else are you afraid of?"

Hoshiguma carried Afa's thin body on her back and walked towards the main entrance of the warehouse.

"Big sister, actually... we've always been afraid of you... but we all know you're good to us."

Ah Fa slowly lowered his head; he was no longer conscious. The glory of his last burst of energy had faded, leaving only exhaustion.