Card Kingdom: This kid's codex is full of gold

A black police SUV silently drove into the gate of the residential compound.

The side of the vehicle is painted with three crossed gold swords, below which is the silhouette of a silver wolf howling at the sky.

The SUV came to a steady stop in front of the warning line.

"We've arrived. Get out of the car and get to work."

The passenger door opened, and an extremely burly man got out of the car, a cigar dangling from his lips.

The man was a full two meters tall, with broad shoulders and a wide back, like a brown bear standing upright, which made his police combat uniform look very angular.

A pair of black metal gloves hung from his waist, gleaming with a cold metallic sheen.

Tian Gang, one of the three police chiefs of Jiangcheng Police Department, captain of the Dragon Wolf Special Forces, and a peak third-tier summoner, possesses extremely strong abilities.

"What a bad omen... everyone's about to leave work."

The rear door then opened.

A thin man, scratching his messy hair, jumped out of the car, grumbling as he led a silver wolfhound.

His name is Han Li, the vice-captain of the Dragon Wolf Squad, and a third-tier high-level summoner.

He had two specially made short-handled staffs hanging from his waist, with wind-attribute cyan crystal cores embedded at the ends of the staffs, making him adept at controlling the battlefield.

The silver wolfhound that followed him out of the car looked no more than half a meter long and had an adorable, harmless appearance.

In reality, it is a mutated silver card beast.

On the night of the full moon, it can transform into a silver werewolf, possessing extremely terrifying combat power.

...

The other door on the back seat opened, and a hot female police officer stepped out of the car.

The policewoman had a stunning figure with a prominent bust and shapely hips. Her short, dark brown hair was just past her ears, and a silver pistol hung at her waist, its body engraved with intricate patterns.

Her name is Su Qing, the team's ranged damage dealer, and a Tier 3 mid-tier summoner.

A jet-black raven perched on her shoulder, its head tilted, its amber eyes scanning its surroundings.

This jet-black raven is called the Nether Raven, and it is also a mutated silver card beast with extremely strong reconnaissance and illusion abilities.

"Captain, I'll go check ahead."

Su Qing told Captain Tian Gang and walked straight toward the cordon ahead.

...

Finally, a slightly overweight young man got out of the driver's seat.

The young man had a round face and always wore a smiling expression, giving him an innocent and harmless appearance.

His name is He Dong, the team's defensive master, and also a mid-tier third-level summoner.

The Dragon Wolf Squad, composed of these four members, is one of the three top-tier squads of the Jiangcheng Police Department. They are incredibly powerful and have almost never failed to apprehend any criminals since their formation.

Within the Jiangcheng Police Department, Long Lang enjoys extremely high prestige.

"Team Leader Tian, ​​you've arrived."

A police officer stepped forward quickly and performed a standard salute.

"What's going on?"

Tian Gang exhaled a puff of smoke, his voice deep and resonant, devoid of any extraneous emotional fluctuations.

The officer lowered his arm and reported rapidly, "A murder has occurred here, involving at least three Summoners."

"Two deaths have been confirmed so far."

"The deceased, A, was located on the lawn of the residential area. The body was severely damaged, with the upper body almost completely gone, leaving only two legs. There were a large number of fragments of flesh and blood scattered around it."

"A bronze codex also fell to the ground, and one of the main card slots inside was destroyed."

"Deceased B was thrown from the seventh-floor balcony and landed next to the body of deceased A. His upper body was severely damaged, and his head was almost gone."

No legal code was found near the deceased, B.

"Both bodies were so badly damaged that their identities could not be determined."

Tian Gang took a puff of his cigar, his thick eyebrows furrowing slightly: "No relevant clues about his identity?"

"There's a black SUV that's overturned outside the street."

The police officer pointed in a direction outside the residential area and reported, "The license plate number has been verified; it's registered under the name of a summoner named Chen Ba."

"Chen Ba, nicknamed Old Scar, is the captain of the Fierce Dog Squad. He has a criminal history and served 10 years in prison. He was just released 3 years ago."

"Judging from the size of the two mutilated bodies, they are suspected to be his henchmen, Ghost Hand Chen Zhi and Fat Three Zhu Gui."

"Heh, Old Scarface..."

Vice Captain Han Li smiled contemptuously, his tone tinged with coldness: "That bastard has been on our radar for a while now, but unfortunately we can't find any evidence of his illegal activities, otherwise I would have blasted him with a fireball."

"We will never give him another chance to go to prison for further education!"

The Dragon Wolf Squad knew the Hyena Squad's information very well.

Captain Scarface was sent in by the Dragon Wolf Squad back then.

At the time, Han Li was still young and almost died at Lao Ba's hands, so he harbored strong hostility towards Lao Ba.

Three years ago, Scarface was released from prison and gathered three other bronze summoners with similar criminal records, forming a hunter team under the name "Hyena".

Nominally a hunter squad that hunts monsters, they are actually engaged in murder and robbery.

Over the past three years, the Hyena Squad has committed at least a dozen heinous robberies and murders.

However, these people were skilled and never left behind any direct evidence sufficient to convict them, so the police department couldn't do anything about them.

Han Li had privately asked Tian Gang to secretly take action and eliminate them.

But Tian Gang did not agree.

Now that he heard that they had suffered a setback in this old and dilapidated apartment building, Han Li was naturally very pleased.

"Where are the other two members of the Hyena Squad?" Tian Gang asked expressionlessly.

The police officer shook his head and said, "His whereabouts are currently unknown."

"The air marshal said... at the time, a summoner was on the water tower on the seventh-floor rooftop, controlling a card beast to snipe the SUV from a distance."

"The person in the car should be Old Scar; he probably abandoned the car and fled the scene."

Tian Gang stubbed out his cigar, shook it into pieces and scattered them, and asked, "Where did the incident take place? What's the situation with the suspect?"

The officer flipped through his notebook and replied, "The incident occurred in room 705 on the seventh floor of Building A."

"According to the household registration information, the head of the household is a teenager named Zhang Yun, sixteen years old, an orphan who was raised by his uncle's family since childhood."

"Currently studying at Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School, in Class 10 of the first year of high school."

According to the school records, he awakened his Summoner talent last month, and his current level should be Ironforged Summoner.

"Where is he now?" Tian Gang asked.

The officer pointed to a suite on the seventh floor with the lights on: "The detectives just checked with an owl; he should still be in the room."

Tian Gang looked up and asked, "Are you sure that young man is an Iron Forging Summoner?"

"That's what's recorded in the file," the officer said truthfully.

The veteran driver He Dong said with a smile, "The Hyena Squad consists of four people, each of whom is a Bronze Summoner."

"Old Scar's rank has reached the peak of Bronze, just one step away from Silver Summoner. His strength should not be underestimated."

"That boy is just a high school student. How could someone with the Iron Codex possibly kill two members of the Hyena Squad? Is there something wrong with the information?"

"The information should be correct."

The officer looked at He Dong and added, "However, Air Marshal Chen mentioned earlier that he saw a Summoner at the water tower on the roof."

"That summoner possesses a powerful Naga."

"It was that Naga who used her skill to overturn the hyena squad's off-road vehicle."

"The SUV is located in that direction."

The police officer raised his hand and pointed to the outside of the residential compound wall not far away.

Han Li turned to look in the direction the police officer was pointing, a look of surprise on his face: "The distance from the top floor to the road outside the community is at least 150 meters."

"Then the Naga's skills can reach that far and even overturn an off-road vehicle, so its rank must be quite high, right?"

The officer shook his head. "I don't know its rank. I heard from Air Marshal Chen that it seems to be a four-armed Naga."

"A four-armed Naga?!"

He Dong's smiling expression froze instantly...