Chapter 1 The Dragon City Rises

Nine thirty in the evening, District One, the Weian Council headquarters building.

The spacious lounge was brightly lit. The room was fully equipped with various entertainment facilities, as well as snack cabinets and small wine cabinets, specially for staff to relax.

Kong Zhengqi sat on the soft sofa, turned off the large television, and turned to look at a strong man playing billiards beside him. He asked, "Hong-ge, where are the eight people who escorted Wen Xiaorou?"

The strong man was Kong Zhengqi's cousin. He leaned on the cue stick and thought for a moment before saying, "Four of them should be in the dormitory, and the other four should have gone home."

Kong Zhengqi then asked, "What about the two people at the reception?"

"They went home too." His cousin looked at him and asked, "What's wrong? Is something up?"

"There's a mission." Kong Zhengqi calculated and said, "So a total of six people went back."

The other party nodded, "That's right!"

Kong Zhengqi patted his butt and stood up from the sofa, "Okay, notify everyone that, except for these people, all the remaining brothers in the action team should assemble. At the same time, confiscate their phones and search them one by one. After everything is done, you and I will each lead a group to control these people."

"Pa!"

His cousin immediately threw the pool cue on the table. "Okay, I'll go prepare!"

More than twenty minutes later, several cars left the Weian Council courtyard.

...

Weian Council President's office.

Kong ZhengHui had already gotten out of bed and sat back in his office chair, pondering something.

Liu Qi also stood beside him, holding his phone, waiting nervously.

"Ding!"

Just then, a crisp phone ringtone sounded, unusually clear in the quiet office.

Liu Qi quickly glanced at the message, turned his head and said to Kong ZhengHui, "It's Denglai Town, Bar Street!"

Denglai Town was a nearby residential town, not too close, but not too far away.

Kong ZhengHui got up and said to Liu Qi, "You go back and tidy up right now, change into some clean clothes, and then wait for me downstairs! Hurry!"

"Okay, okay..."

Liu Qi nodded repeatedly and turned to leave the office.

Kong ZhengHui put on his holster, inserted his pistol, then put on a brown leather jacket outside, and walked outside.

In the hallway, he took out his phone while walking, preparing to contact his subordinates.

But after flipping through the phone book, Kong ZhengHui couldn't help but stop his finger. After thinking for a long time, he realized that, apart from his own blood relatives, there was not a single person he could completely trust...

After thinking for a long time, Kong ZhengHui finally dialed the Qingyi Bureau's number.

The phone rang for a long time before being answered, and a slightly sleepy voice sounded on the other end: "Hello?"

Kong ZhengHui said to the other party, "I need to borrow people from the bureau's action team, at least two companies. The mission is highly confidential, and they must be strictly searched and their phones confiscated before departure!"

The other party said with some difficulty, "What time is it? Wouldn't it be too urgent?"

Kong ZhengHui frowned and shouted directly, "No matter what time it is! This is a big deal, you must prepare quickly, don't waste time!"

"..." The other party paused and said slowly, "Okay, I'll arrange it for you immediately."

...

At the same time, District One, Qingyi Bureau headquarters.

The deputy director of the Qingyi Bureau sat in his office, put down the phone, and said with a slight dissatisfaction, "Damn it, he's here, and I still have to be commanded by him."

Beside him, the secretary gently placed the coffee on his desk and said softly, "There's no way, after all, he's Director Kang's man, and he's popular now."

The deputy director thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you notify the people below, prepare two companies, take confidentiality measures, and let them go to the Weian Council to cooperate with the operation now."

The secretary asked, "What about the specific operation content?"

The deputy director waved his hand, "It's not clear yet, the other party didn't explain, send people over first."

"Okay!"

...

Late at night, eleven thirty, Denglai Town.

On Bar Street, shops lined the streets, with neon lights flashing. Women of all colors, wearing revealing clothes, were soliciting customers along the street.

At the same time, a large number of customers were walking on the street, entering and leaving various bars, enjoying the night.

Although there was a war going on outside, this Bar Street was still filled with a strong atmosphere of life.

The Qingyi Bureau dispatched two companies, nearly one hundred and fifty people, and more than forty cars, arriving in batches in the vicinity.

Inside one of the cars, Liu Qi sat alone, wearing clean clothes, one hand holding the steering wheel, and the other hand nervously holding his phone. His eyes constantly looked through the car window, gazing at the surroundings, looking at the passing pedestrians.

"Di Ling Ling!"

After a while, the phone rang suddenly, Liu Qi tried to calm down and answered the phone, asking, "Hello? President?"

Yu Mingyuan's voice sounded, "Now you go along Bar Street, keep going forward, don't hang up the phone, when I tell you to stop, you stop."

"Okay..."

Liu Qi started the car and slowly drove forward at a constant speed along the bustling Bar Street.

At the same time, in another car, Kong ZhengHui suddenly sat up from the back of the chair, holding the walkie-talkie and saying, "Attention all groups, control the area by sections! Don't move the cars around, to avoid alarming them!"

"Group one received!"

"Group two received!"

"..."

...

The car drove for about two kilometers, and Liu Qi was nervously looking around.

Just then, Yu Mingyuan's low voice came from the phone again: "Stop, right at Bala Bar!"

"Squeak—"

Liu Qi slammed on the brakes, turned his head to look to the side, and found a bar called "Bala." On the bar's neon lights, a pink silhouette of a woman was outlined with lights.

"Dang dang dang!"

Liu Qi quietly extended his finger and gently tapped three times on a bug under the steering wheel.

Kong ZhengHui, sitting in another car, heard the sound and immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie and asked, "Liu Qi got out of the car, can our people see his location?"

The walkie-talkie quickly replied, "We can see him, he's in front of a bar, and our people are controlling the front!"

Kong ZhengHui instructed, "Okay, don't act rashly, they won't appear so easily, keep an eye on him!"

While the action team was secretly deploying, Liu Qi pushed the car door open and got out of the car, arriving at the bar entrance.

Under the pink lights, he saw Qiu-ge's figure. The other party had one hand in his pocket, and the other hand waved at him, signaling him to come over.

Liu Qi nodded and walked towards the other party.

Just then, in a nearby car, a member of the Qingyi Bureau's action team saw this scene, immediately picked up the walkie-talkie, and said into it, "Report, one of the targets—Ye Liqiu has appeared!"