Tong Yun returned to the office.
He Li looked at Li Mingjia and asked, "Do you have any adult films? Our captain told us to watch them."
Li Mingjia didn't speak, but looked at Hong Si.
Hong Si, with her drunken eyes glazed over, looked at He Li and asked, "Which country's?"
He Li was completely defeated. What kind of people were these?
Li Mingjia stood up and said, "Let's eat first. There's a really good restaurant downstairs. I like their sweet and sour pork ribs and soft fried pork tenderloin."
"Okay."
He Li responded, and then followed Li Mingjia and Hong Si downstairs to eat with Bai Fei.
Li Mingjia pushed the sweet and sour pork ribs towards He Li and the other person, smiling and saying, "Please don't be offended, our captain is a very good person, but a lot has happened recently, and he's exhausted."
He Li picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork rib. Hmm... it wasn't tasty.
"So, is what your captain said true?" He Li asked.
"In what way?"
"That he killed your four teammates."
"Yes."
Li Mingjia nodded affirmatively and continued, "This time yesterday, there were still three people eating here. Now, that person's body is lying in the morgue's freezer."
"Head gone?" He Li asked again.
Li Mingjia hummed in response, then looked at He Li deeply and said, "You can always find details in just a few words."
He Li nodded and said with a serious expression, "Before I became a demon hunter, I was a detective."
Bai Fei glanced at He Li. Didn't you just get treatment at the Third Hospital?
Li Mingjia was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment. He felt like this man never told the truth.
"Are you still drinking your wine?" Hong Si looked at the wine glass in front of He Li.
He Li shook his head and handed the wine over.
Hong Si took it and drank it in one gulp, then smacked her lips, savoring the taste of the wine. She put down the glass, held her forehead, and said in a low voice, "You two should return to Binjiang. You can't handle the matter of 'Qie', or let your hunter team captain come over."
Hong Si raised her head and looked at He Li and Bai Fei. There was no disdain in her eyes; she was stating a fact.
"You go back now. Just as the information you saw and what your captain said,
Qie is a demon with strong self-awareness. While possessing immense power, it turns humans and demon hunters into demons.
In the past seven days,
All four of our teammates have been turned into demons. She is waiting there, waiting for the captain to come and personally kill the demonized teammates."
"Heh heh..."
Hong Si ran her fingers through her hair and turned to look out the window. The last ray of sunset disappeared below the horizon. In her eyes, it wasn't beautiful; it was more like a death knell for their countdown to life.
She smiled sadly and mournfully, yet with determination. She looked at Li Mingjia beside her, then at He Li and Bai Fei, and chuckled, "Who will die tonight?"
Bai Fei took a sip of wine and asked, "So what's the purpose of your call for help? To have us follow you to our deaths?"
Li Mingjia shook his head and said, "The call for help is to trigger the [Emergency Plan Handling Authority].
When the Spiritual Management Association branch has more than 50% of its members killed in a short period, the [Emergency Aid Request] will be triggered.
As long as the [Emergency Rescue Right] is triggered, the next stage, [Emergency Plan Handling Authority], will be activated."
"As long as you come as support, we are considered to have obtained the [Emergency Plan Handling Authority]."
He Li and Bai Fei exchanged glances. He Li said, "So... we're just pawns?"
Li Mingjia nodded. "Although I'm very sorry, that's exactly the case."
"The moment you appeared at the Spiritual Management Association building, our emergency plan handling authority automatically took effect."
He Li asked with confusion, "As you said, your combat strength is no match for that 'Qie.' Even if you obtain the emergency plan handling authority, what good will it do?"
Li Mingjia smiled without answering. Hong Si was already drunk.
However,
Bai Fei answered He Li's question on behalf of Li Mingjia. He stared at Li Mingjia and said, "Obtaining the emergency plan handling authority means they can use unconventional spiritual energy destructive weapons, such as... spiritual energy incendiary bombs and spiritual energy high-pressure bombs."
Li Mingjia took out a few hundred yuan and placed it on the table. Then, he carried the drunken Hong Si and said to the two of them, "If you're not leaving tonight, please help us guard the place. The building has a self-destruct device, so demons won't approach it. You'll be very safe there.
Perhaps, one of us will return tomorrow."
Li Mingjia carried Hong Si up the Spiritual Management Association building, with He Li and Bai Fei following behind.
On the 34th floor, after giving Hong Si a hangover soup, Li Mingjia sent her back to her room to rest.
He Li and Bai Fei sat on the sofa. He Li was idly playing with his phone, while Bai Fei was video-calling Susan to report on the situation in Biancheng.
Pawns, indeed.
They never intended to get any support from the beginning. They just wanted to obtain the "Emergency Plan Handling Authority" and then, logically, use "unconventional spiritual energy destructive weapons."
"Heh..."
He Li chuckled speechlessly and cursed, "Damn it, the last time I felt this speechless was the last time."
Bai Fei said, "The captain's intention is for us to decide for ourselves. We can return to Binjiang immediately, or we can stay here... and wait to collect their corpses."
"Then what are we waiting for?" He Li sprang up from the sofa.
At the same time,
The door to Tong Yun's office opened. Tong Yun, carrying an extremely exaggerated rocket launcher on his shoulder, saw He Li and Bai Fei in the seating area and said in surprise,
"You haven't left?"
He Li hurriedly said, "We're about to..."
"Then please help guard this place. If someone returns tomorrow, you can leave. If no one returns, please help report the losses to headquarters."
Tong Yun's face twitched, and he forced a smile, as if expressing his gratitude to He Li and Bai Fei.
Tap... tap... tap...
The pair of crocodile leather shoes made crisp clicking sounds on the floor, like drums, causing He Li and Bai Fei to tremble slightly.
The next moment,
Li Mingjia and Hong Si, who were resting in the room, also emerged fully armed, following behind Tong Yun. In the sheaths on their backs were two short swords, each about a foot and a half long.
Bai Fei stood beside He Li, watching the determined backs of the three.
Battle requires courage, but death in battle does not.
If you are cowardly, how can you talk about living?
Failure is merely a scratch on the skin.
Be firm, face it squarely, be full of killing intent.
Burn your chest on the battlefield of blades and fire.
The world is this simple, and so is life.
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