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"Report: There is unusual noise coming from Yonghe Temple."

Suddenly, the technician sitting in the on-site command vehicle, who was responsible for monitoring the Yonghe Temple site with drones, reported loudly.

"Thump."

Xiao Zhan's heart sank suddenly, a bad premonition rising from the bottom of his heart. He asked in a deep voice, "What's the unusual noise?"

At this point, the technicians lowered the drone to conduct close-up reconnaissance while zooming in and enlarging the video footage.

Xiao Zhan saw on the surveillance footage that a small convoy of six black SUVs was speeding out of the parking lot in the backyard of Yonghe Temple.

So he said to Xia Keke, "Immediately intercept these six vehicles. Liu Shiyuan may have realized something is wrong and is trying to escape."

Xia Keke immediately gave the order into her headset: "Group One, Group Two, pay attention! The target is trying to escape. Immediately intercept and inspect the six SUVs. If there is resistance, you may open fire."

"Three teams are responsible for providing support."

Through the headset: "Group One, got it!"

"Group Two understands!"

"Group Three understands!"

The surveillance footage showed six SUVs speeding out of the parking lot in the backyard of Yonghe Temple, and then splitting into two: three vehicles drove to the left and the other three drove to the right.

It seems the other side has a clear division of labor and intends to disperse and escape.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhan frowned and said, "The target's actions of scattering and fleeing are too obvious. It's as if they're deliberately trying to lure us into chasing them."

Xia Keke raised an eyebrow and said, "I also feel something's not right."

Then he decisively ordered: "Group One is responsible for pursuing the three vehicles on the left, and Group Two is responsible for intercepting the three vehicles on the right. The technicians will transmit the real-time monitoring data from both sides to the micro handheld terminal devices of the combat personnel in Group One and Group Two respectively through the Skynet system."

"Drones will continue to monitor the situation at Yonghe Temple!"

Technician: "Understood."

"Crackling and popping!"

Inside the command vehicle, several technicians quickly operated the computer.

Xiao Zhan: "Director Xia, let's go to the scene and take a look."

Xia Keke: "Okay."

Just as the two were about to leave, the drone operator called out, "Report a situation."

Xiao Zhan stopped and asked, "What's going on?"

The drone operator zooms in on the footage.

Xiao Zhan saw a young novice monk stumble out of a small courtyard in the backyard of Yonghe Temple, shouting something loudly. Judging from his pale face and panicked expression, he must have been quite frightened.

Xiao Zhan: "Can you hear what he's shouting?"

The operator quickly lowered the drone and turned up the volume.

Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke stared intently at the screen, listening intently. They heard the young novice monk crying out, "Something's happened! Master is dead! It's terrible! The Grandmaster has passed away!"

Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke's expressions simultaneously turned serious, and they exclaimed in unison, "Something happened to the Sanmu Pill?"

Xiao Zhan reacted quickly and added, "It must have been Liu Shiyuan who killed Sanmu Dan to silence him when he fled."

Xia Keke: "Very likely."

Xiao Zhan: "You are in charge of commanding the battle outside. You must capture Liu Shiyuan. I'll go to Yonghe Temple to check and maintain contact."

Xia Keke: "Okay."

Xiao Zhan said to Shen Jun, "Let's go in and see what's going on."

Shen Jun: "He's an instructor."

five minutes later,

Xiao Zhan and Shen Jun arrived at the entrance of the courtyard.

at this time,

A large group of monks had gathered at the entrance of the courtyard, each with a solemn expression as they looked at the entrance.

Some of the monks were sobbing sadly.

Xiao Zhan saw the young novice monk in the video sitting on the ground, sobbing with tears streaming down his face.

Xiao Zhan stepped forward and asked, "What happened?"

A monk who looked to be in his forties or fifties asked warily, "What are you doing here? Unauthorized personnel, please leave. This is the inner courtyard and is not open to the public."

Xiao Zhan pulled out his ID and waved it, saying, "Police, we received a report of a murder here."

"Young master, answer me."

The sobbing novice monk, seeing Xiao Zhan's imposing appearance and recognizing him as a policeman, said, "The master has passed away."

At this moment, two elderly monks, around fifty or sixty years old, emerged from the courtyard. One of them, upon seeing Xiao Zhan, clasped his hands together and asked, "Amitabha, who are you, benefactor?"

Xiao Zhan replied without batting an eye, "I'm a police officer."

The old monk asked in surprise, "Amitabha, I just called the police less than two minutes ago, and you've already arrived?"

Xiao Zhan smirked and said, "I was on a mission at the entrance of Yonghe Temple. I received orders from the command center to come here immediately."

Xiao Zhan didn't dare say that he had come here after discovering the anomaly through drone surveillance.

If you said that, you'd scare those monks half to death. Just imagine how they'd feel having a drone constantly watching them from above.

The old monk put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, I see. Officer, I am the abbot of the temple, and this is the temple's steward. Our abbot, Master Sanmudan, has died of poisoning."

"The steward and I went in just to take a look at the abbot. We didn't touch anything inside. I didn't let anyone else in. I know the importance of protecting the scene."

Xiao Zhan looked up at the people around him and said, "Master, you did a great job. Preserving the scene was crucial."

At this moment, the young novice monk cried out, "Officer, my master must have been killed by that man called Mr. Liu. They had only left a few minutes ago when I came in and found my master lying on the ground."

The supervisor shouted, "Do you have any evidence?"

Young novice: "There's no evidence, but..."

The supervisor shouted again, "If you have no evidence, don't talk nonsense. The police will enforce the law impartially."

Xiao Zhan's sharp, knife-like eyes fell on the supervisor, who suddenly felt a chill run through his body, as if he were being stared at by a venomous snake, and was so frightened that he dared not speak.

Xiao Zhan looked at the young novice and asked, "Oh, then do you know where Mr. Liu went?"

The young novice monk shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Xiao Zhan walked to the side, turned on his headset, and whispered, "Director Xia, notify the technicians to come in and investigate the scene. Confirm that Sanmu Dan is dead. I'm going in to check now."

"In addition, Liu Shiyuan is very likely in the car."

Through the earpiece, Xia Keke said, "Received. Intercepting the target vehicle. Those bastards have heavy firepower and refuse to surrender."

Xiao Zhan heard intense gunfire coming through his earpiece.

Xiao Zhan ended the call and led Shen Jun into the courtyard…

at the same time,

One team blew out the tires of three SUVs, forcing them to stop, but the people inside continued to fight back fiercely. After another gunfight, the team paid the price of three people with minor injuries. With the support of a sniper, they killed all the target personnel and rushed forward to check, but did not find Liu Shiyuan and Miki Hongfu.

The second team also reported that Liu Shiyuan and Miki Hirofu were not among the targets killed.

Xia Keke realized the problem was serious and quickly turned on her headset to call out, "Xiao Zhan, Liu Shiyuan and Miki Hirofu are not in the car. They are likely still hiding in the Yonghe Temple."

Xiao Zhan: "Received. Immediately seal off all entrances and exits of Yonghe Temple and strictly check all personnel entering and leaving."

Xia Keke: "Understood."

at this time,

Xiao Zhan was quietly squatting beside Sanmu Dan's body, carefully observing every trace at the scene with his eagle-like eyes, honed by top-tier sniper training.

suddenly,

Xiao Zhan's eyes lit up, and he immediately said to Shen Jun, "Go and call the little novice monk in."

Shen Jun: "Yes."

Soon,

The young novice was brought before Xiao Zhan.

The young novice monk, unaware of what was happening, was so frightened that his body trembled, his face turned pale, and he avoided looking at Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan asked in a deep voice, "Have you touched the corpse?"