Chapter 19 The Chase

Han Xiao gradually pieced together the process of Nosa's rendezvous with Luguen.

First, Luguen had only left a little over an hour ago, meaning he must have just learned the intelligence recently.

They split up, Nosa to assassinate him, and Luguen chose to upload the intelligence. Then he discovered that the intelligence about Number Zero was blocked, so he decided to leave the city.

Luguen didn't know that Han Xiao was aware of his identity, so he shouldn't be in a hurry to leave the city. In this case, he would choose the most natural direction to leave the city. The Northwest Outpost was closest to the slums, making it the most likely option.

However... it wasn't impossible for Luguen to deliberately do the opposite, taking a detour and choosing one of the other two farther outposts.

Insufficient clues, no leads.

"Hey, Han Xiao, we're here. What do you want us to do?"

Li Yalin, Zhang Wei, and Lambert walked over. A yellow convertible sports car was parked outside, Li Yalin's ride. It was very fast, so they were able to arrive in time.

Han Xiao had already changed his mask when he killed Nosa, and the bloody one had been thrown away.

"An emergency mission. A Germination contact has obtained important intelligence and may escape from one of the three outposts. He may not have left the city yet."

Li Yalin immediately put away the smile on her face and said seriously, "Do you have a description of him?"

Han Xiao's eyes lit up. He found three waste newspapers on the ground and, relying on his distant memories, quickly sketched out Luguen's general characteristics. It was characteristics, not his exact appearance, because he didn't remember it that well. He grabbed the poor homeless man, brought him in front of him, and shouted, "Look, does this look like Luguen?"

The homeless man said tremblingly, "The eye sockets are a little deeper, his nose is a bit crooked, and his hair is a buzz cut..."

Based on the homeless man's description, the portrait was quickly revised, and this time it should be seven or eight percent similar. Han Xiao marked the key features and distributed them to the three teammates, saying, "We'll split up. Find the outpost officers, check the surveillance, and find this person. Li Yalin and I will go together, taking her sports car to the farthest outpost. You two choose one for yourselves."

Zhang Wei's face twitched. You're giving orders so naturally. Do you even see me, the team leader, in your eyes?

Although complaining inwardly, Zhang Wei still put the big picture first, took the portrait, and split up with Lambert, becoming unconventional together, grabbing cars in public.

Han Xiao jumped into the driver's seat of the yellow sports car, and Li Yalin protested, "Hey, this is my car. Let me drive."

"You're too slow."

"Are you doubting the driving skills of an agent!" Li Yalin was so angry that her eyebrows stood on end, but she realized that she couldn't waste time, so she had to endure it, sulking in the passenger seat.

"Fasten your seatbelt," Han Xiao reminded.

Li Yalin glanced at Han Xiao and said disdainfully, "Are you kidding? I'm a martial artist. No matter how fast you drive, I'll be fine."

"Just don't regret it."

Han Xiao nodded, shifted gears, and floored the gas pedal.

Half an hour later.

The yellow sports car executed a fierce fishtail maneuver, the overheated tires leaving four black skid marks on the ground, stopping steadily in front of the southernmost outpost.

"Blegh—"

"Hey, aren't you a martial artist?"

"Don't... don't talk to me, blegh—"

Li Yalin looked pale and leaned against the car door, vomiting non-stop.

Half an hour to cross the entire city, causing twenty-seven accidents... or was it twenty-eight? Her head was spinning, and she couldn't even count.

"Who... who taught you how to drive?"

Han Xiao looked surprised. "Does driving need to be taught?"

"N-no?"

"The first person who learned to drive wasn't taught by anyone else."

How reasonable! I'm speechless!

Li Yalin was stunned. She wanted to say something, but the feeling of nausea surged up again, and she turned her head and vomited a mess, even her bile coming out.

"Is it that bad? It's just a little faster, right?"

"A little faster? There's only one word to describe your driving skills: brake failure!"

Li Yalin was like an angry little lion, baring her fangs and claws, but her green lips and pale face made her look utterly unthreatening.

"Stop messing around, let's hurry."

Li Yalin felt like she was floating on her feet and almost fell headfirst into the vomit. Han Xiao hurriedly supported her, shook his head helplessly, and dragged Li Yalin forward like a dead pig.

The two arrived at the outpost, and the sentry shouted, "Stop, show your credentials!"

Han Xiao patted his pockets, and was immediately stunned. He forgot to bring his Bureau 13 credentials. He turned to Li Yalin and reached directly into her pocket.

Jacket... nothing.

Pants... nothing.

"Where are your credentials?" Han Xiao asked.

Li Yalin was in a daze, letting Han Xiao grope her sexy body.

Am I... am I being groped?

"Ah, found it."

Han Xiao was delighted to pull out a credential from Li Yalin's back pocket with difficulty, showing it to the sentry who was secretly swallowing his saliva.

"So you're an agent, please come in."

Han Xiao took a few steps, but found Li Yalin standing there, biting her lip, staring at him intently.

Han Xiao asked in surprise, "What are you doing standing there? Hurry up."

Li Yalin took a deep breath, suppressed her urge to explode, and said stiffly, "Give me back my credentials."

"Why are you so troublesome?" Han Xiao looked impatient and turned back to put the credential back into Li Yalin's back pocket.

Li Yalin's eyes widened.

Am I being groped again?

Han Xiao strode into the outpost, found the officer in charge of surveillance, and directly showed him Luguen's portrait.

"Please wait a moment, the program is screening the image."

Li Yalin followed in, biting her lip. She felt like Han Xiao was touching a piece of pork when he touched her, which made her feel very strange. She couldn't even get angry, just inexplicably annoyed, glaring at Han Xiao fiercely.

...

In the crowded line, Luguen followed the queue forward discreetly, heading towards the outpost exit.

Luguen belonged to an intelligence organization called Wind Eye. He was an intelligence contact lurking in Xidu. The Wind Eye organization was an affiliate of Germination. Many forces were attached to Germination like this, without having to fly the Germination flag, which was sometimes more convenient.

The organizational structure of Wind Eye was an upper and lower line. The intelligence networks in different cities had only one chief, called the contact person, who contacted the organization every so often. The lower-level personnel developed by the contact person were responsible for collecting intelligence and could only communicate with the contact person in writing.

Luguen also learned by chance from a contact that a person with physical characteristics similar to Number Zero was appearing in District Seven. He didn't know the exact location. After observing in many directions, he found an area that seemed to be secretly guarded, and outsiders could not enter. So he determined that the area was Han Xiao's hiding place, protected by Bureau 13.

That area was near the repair shop, secretly guarded by Feng Jun.

When Luguen discovered that the news of Number Zero could not be spread on the internet, he realized that hackers had blocked the city's network. As a precaution, he immediately disconnected from the network, destroyed the computer to prevent hackers from locating him, and immediately went to the outpost to prepare to leave the city.

"With Nosa's ability, he should have succeeded by now."

Just then, the iron gate in front slammed shut, and the people waiting to leave the city were blocked inside the outpost.

"What's wrong?"

"Why aren't they letting us leave the city?"

The soldier shouted, "The higher-ups have ordered a temporary lockdown of the city."

Everyone immediately complained, but Luguen felt a sense of foreboding.

"Why would they lock down the city? Could it be that Nosa failed?"

Luguen was shocked, his face solemn. This was important intelligence, and it must be conveyed to the organization to increase the threat of Number Zero.

The soldiers were checking the identities of everyone. Luguen was very confident in his ability to lie low. He had been in Xidu for two or three years and had never revealed himself, so it was impossible for them to find him.

"That's him!"

A loud shout rang out. Luguen turned his head and saw a team of soldiers walking towards him aggressively, their target being himself.

"Impossible!"

Luguen was shocked and wanted to retreat, but there were people in front, behind, left, and right. Looking at the ubiquitous military facilities and soldiers around him, a sense of despair rose in his heart. He was directly pinned to the ground by the soldiers without resistance.

"We made it in time."

Han Xiao walked over and breathed a sigh of relief.

"You actually caught up with him," Li Yalin said in amazement.

Luguen looked up, his face dejected, and said, "How did you know it was me?"

Han Xiao looked calm. This person was the contact for Germination's player faction in Xidu. The impression was too deep.

Luguen couldn't understand it and felt a sense of despair. He prepared to bite through the poison sac in the back of his teeth. He was loyal to Germination and chose to end his life to avoid leaking information.

Han Xiao suddenly pulled out his pistol and shot Luguen in the head. The bullet pierced the back of his head, carrying a splatter of blood and brain matter.

[You killed Luguen Sebian (lv12), you gained 3500 experience.]

Han Xiao blew on the muzzle of his gun. Even if you're going to die, you can still contribute a little experience.

"Why did you kill him?"

Li Yalin looked surprised. In her opinion, they could have handed him over to the bureau for interrogation.

"He has a poison sac in his teeth, poison in his fingernails, and a poison needle hidden in his underwear. If he wants to die, no one can stop him."

Han Xiao shook his head.

Whether Luguen lived or died was not important to him. He knew what he needed to know.

"Looks like the plan needs to be implemented sooner," Han Xiao said, his eyes slightly sinking, emitting a sense of pressure.

ps: I slept all day today, one update is impossible, three updates are non-existent.