Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Ah Huo vomited violently by an abandoned dock. All his men kept their distance, except for An Xiaohai, who stayed by his side to take care of him.

"Brother Huo, won't they get suspicious if we do this?"

"Don't worry, it won't happen. In the underworld, drinking is inevitable. Although I have a good alcohol tolerance, I have never drunk to the point of losing consciousness, but I've always been worried that such a day might come."

So every time I drink, I take advantage of the alcohol to act crazy and not let anyone near me; they're used to it by now.

"Wouldn't it seem strange for me to get close to you when you're drunk?"

"Not surprising!" Ah Huo waved his hand. "When I'm not that drunk, I often grab someone to keep me company. They're probably used to it."

"All right……"

An Xiaohai bit his lip, looking at Ah Huo who had already vomited up jaundice fluid, and felt very bad.

"Don't look at me like that. Drinking is already a good thing. If those people forced you to have a sip or two, that would be really bad."

"Brother Huo, you've become Second Brother's top lieutenant, and nobody still dares to force you to do drugs?"

"Of course!" Ah Huo nodded. "There are a lot of drug dealers, especially those who sell drugs to support their own addiction. If you don't have a couple of hits, they won't trust you at all."

"What happens after you inhale it?"

"Go to the hospital for treatment immediately, the sooner the better, don't delay."

"What if we can't leave for a while?"

"Then we can only leave it to fate..." Ah Huo rinsed his mouth with a bottle of mineral water, sat on the seawall, and looked out at the distant sea. "What, haven't you ever encountered this situation before?"

"No," An Xiaohai shook his head.

"If you encountered this, what would you do? Would you suck it or not?"

"No, only a fool would smoke."

"What if they pressure you?"

"Hehe!" An Xiaohai chuckled, then stopped talking.

"Ha!" Ah Huo laughed, patting An Xiaohai on the shoulder and saying:

"You're right! Sometimes, I envy you. We can't be as carefree as you. Sometimes, in order to complete the mission and bring these people to justice as soon as possible, we have to test the poison on ourselves."

There was no choice!

"No, you have a choice," An Xiaohai turned around and stared at Ah Huo, saying, "You made your choice."

"Haha! You rascal!" Ah Huo shook his head and smiled wryly.

"Brother Huo, why do you trust me so much? Why did you reveal your identity?" After a long pause, An Xiaohai asked, also looking straight ahead.

"I think you're trustworthy. You did so many things I wanted to do but couldn't, it was so satisfying!"

"Yeah, sometimes when I think about it, it does seem a little bit fun! Haha!" An Xiaohai was also infected by Ah Huo's laughter.

"I've known about you for a long time. When I met with Captain Wang, he couldn't help but mention you. He often praised you, but more often he hated you with a vengeance. I've known you for a long time, almost like we've been friends."

I thought it would be a while before I could see you, but I didn't expect you to come out so quickly, and you solved a big problem for us so quickly.

"You're so ruthless! What if I hadn't revealed my identity to you sooner, and you'd have gotten me into serious trouble?"

"..."

"Now, I've finally gotten close to Guo Xiangshui. Thanks!"

"You're welcome, it's my pleasure."

"You solved a major problem for us so easily. I think Captain Wang will set up a special task force for you very soon."

"Special task force?"

"Yes, 'special task force' is just a common name."

To be precise, what you have isn't called a project team, it should be called a support and protection team. The people in this team are there specifically to serve you and provide you with all the necessary support and protection.

"I see... But with this task force, won't more people know our identities?"

"There will indeed be more, but don't worry, those who enter this group will undergo the strictest screening, and under normal circumstances there won't be any problems."

Moreover, once this group is formed, they will follow you every day until your task is completed, like shadows, until the task is finished. Only then will the group disband and its members return to their respective positions. They are bound to you.

"Do you have such a group?" An Xiaohai asked curiously.

"There was such a time..." Ah Huo's expression quickly darkened.

"My team members sacrificed themselves one by one to cover me, so now, Captain Wang is my team, and my team consists of only him."

"sorry."

"There's nothing to apologize for, ha! It's been so long, I've almost forgotten about them. If you really feel bad, then find a chance to wipe out all those sea hawks."

"Dry them all to death? That doesn't sound like something a police officer should say."

"Police... I've almost forgotten I'm a police officer..." Ah Huo let out a soft breath: "I am a police officer, so if I take action, I can only bring them to justice."

You're different, you're not a cop anyway, haha!

"Is this considered a request?"

"I guess so!" Ah Huo tilted his head and nodded. "This is Ah Huo's request to An Xiaohai."

"I understand. In exchange, from now on, Brother Huo will have to protect me."

"Haha! Deal!"

The two fell into a long silence.

"Xiao Hai, if Captain Wang and his team set up a special task force for you, you'll need a code name. Have you thought about what code name you'll use?"

"wind."

"Wind? How did you come up with such a code name? Don't you know? We have a very capable undercover agent codenamed Kite. You, an old man, chose Wind as your codename. Aren't you afraid people will come after you?"

"I used this code name not because of the kite, but because of a fish waiting for the wind."

"Because the fish waiting for the wind..." Ah Huo frowned and thought for a long time before asking again, "Is it a fish that lives in a whirlpool?"

"You know her?"

"Yes, I know," Ah Huo nodded. "She's a nice girl, she looks very clean and innocent."

"Have you seen her?"

"Ha!" Ah Huo chuckled, not answering the question, "Such a good girl, you have to protect her."

"Don't worry, I will protect her."

"Alright, it's getting late, I should head back. How about you walk with me a little longer?"

"OK."

An Xiaohai nodded in agreement. Ah Huo stood up, supporting himself on his knees, and waved to his men in the distance. The group of guys then disappeared into the distance.

"How's your own trouble going?" Ah-Huo asked softly, adjusting his breathing.

"I have a lot of troubles, Brother Huo, which one are you referring to?"

"The one in the province."

"So you even know this."

"I know, you don't know Captain Wang, he's actually a big mouth."

"Indeed, he has a big mouth!" An Xiaohai said with a wry smile.

"Provincial-level cadres are not easy to deal with..." Ah Huo let out a long sigh: "Once you reach that level, you are already a senior cadre. Ordinary people can't touch you at all, and ordinary problems can't touch you either, unless someone of a higher rank comes forward to fight you to the death."

I feel the hope is very slim.

However, there are advantages. Precisely because his level is so high relative to yours, it won't be so easy for him to kill you; there are too many levels between you.

Conversely, if it were a powerful official in the city who was determined to kill you, you probably wouldn't be as carefree as you are now.

An Xiaohai didn't speak. Although he didn't know much about officialdom, he had a vague understanding of it.

"Brother Huo, if you were in my shoes, what would you do?"

"If I were you... I can't think of any other way. The only thing I can think of is to die together with him."

"To be honest, if you just wanted him dead, I think you could do it right now, wouldn't you?"

"Yes..." An Xiaohai nodded, "But if that happens, it will really become what you said, a mutual destruction. I don't want to die together. I don't want to be a fugitive forever, nor do I want my family, friends, and loved ones to worry about me for the rest of their lives."

"So what are you planning to do? Can you tell me about it, and I'll see if I can help you?"

"Hey Huo, you're an undercover narcotics officer, how come you're always thinking about things like this?" An Xiaohai suddenly realized, why is Huo so interested in what he wants to do?

"I'm curious! Haha!"

"Just out of curiosity?"

"Of course, what else do you think it was for? You felt threatened and even went so far as to blow up the First Prison. I'm just curious, are you going to do it again!"

"Holy crap! You can't just say things like that..." An Xiaohai was speechless. The more they talked, the more unreliable this Ah Huo seemed...

"Alright, I'm not kidding anymore. Seriously, if there's anything I can help you with, just let me know."

"I will, thank you! Brother Huo, I want to ask you a question."

"Go ahead and ask."

"You're an undercover narcotics officer, so why did you become Second Brother's henchman? Does Second Brother also deal drugs?"

"Well... since you've asked this question, I'll tell you about the details of the entire underground world in Deepsea City. Anyway, you need to know this."