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Chapter Fifteen: Dogs Fighting (6000 words)

"Oh!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After a burst of precise fire, all the mercenaries near the pool fell.

Lin Chen quickly climbed over the low wall, rushed into the inner circle of the villa, and jogged to the poolside.

He and the guerrillas pushed the mercenaries into the pool to delay their discovery as much as possible.

After doing all this, Lin Chen went around to the back door of the villa and leaned against the door.

"Embroidery Needle, go find the switch," Lin Chen said.

"Received." Embroidery Needle left with the gun.

"Zhanyi, is there any situation?" Lin Chen pressed the earpiece.

“Ms. J seems to be chatting with Mr. K,” Li Zhanyi said softly. “It looks quite intense…Ms. J doesn’t seem very happy.”

"I'll have the drone get closer," came Hua Luo Ri's voice. "Wait a moment."

A few seconds later, a burst of electronic static appeared in Lin Chen's headset, followed by Ms. J's low growl:

"K, don't think I don't know... You've found a sense of belonging by being Mr. Iron Face's dog, haven't you? I don't even know about the spies you've planted within United Concrete!"

“You’re from the propaganda department, and I’m from the intelligence department. It’s normal for us to keep our information to ourselves, right?” Mr. K sounded very relaxed.

"Normal? If I had known Lin Chen's whereabouts earlier, I would have personally gone to his door and crushed his throat!" Ms. J growled. "And now? The Southern Development Zone has become independent, and United Concrete has brought heavy weapons to the front lines. Do you know how difficult it is to deal with now!"

“You must understand, it’s because you were too impulsive that I had to think twice before exchanging information with you…” Mr. K sighed.

"I was too impulsive? Get your facts straight..."

The two voices paused for a moment, and Hua Luori described it in real time:

Ms. J walked up to Mr. K, looking down at him with fury in her eyes...

"And there's the physical description," Lin Chen grumbled, "Hopefully she doesn't get too excited and kill Mr. K..."

"It shouldn't be that bad. It's not easy to recruit senior staff for the foundation these days, and the mortality rate is getting higher and higher," Hua Luori said.

The conversation then resumed.

"Do you think I don't know what Mr. Iron Face is up to right under our noses?"

Ms. J's voice took on a strong threatening tone.

"You're digging underground, trying to take over this city..."

"I heard that those channels were dug out by the joint concrete team to allow rainwater to seep in?" Mr. K said.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You think that after the Foundation leaves the ground, the Pinnacle Group will be the overlord of Rain City, and you want to follow behind Mr. Iron Face and lick his shoes so that you can become a powerful eunuch, second only to the emperor, right?"

Mr. K chuckled softly:

“You can raise this suspicion with the executive committee, and we can resolve this at the meeting... Your intrusion into my hideout was far too conspicuous, causing me a lot of unnecessary trouble. If I were to die, Mr. Z would probably blame you…”

"Ms. J stared at Mr. K, motionless," Hua Luori described again, "She stared at him as if she wanted to devour him whole..."

“You’d better get your foot in the bag,” Ms. J whispered. “Mr. Iron Face’s reign won’t last long, and I advise you to figure that out sooner rather than later.”

“We’re all serving our elder brother, so you don’t need to be so arrogant and aggressive,” Mr. K said softly. “Bodyguard, see the guest out. It’s raining so hard outside; don’t let Ms. J get cold…”

"..."

"It seems the relationships among the foundation's top officials aren't very good," Lin Chen whispered, "like enemies."

“A mother’s love is strong, I feel that everything Ms. J does is centered around ‘killing Lin Chen’,” Hua Luori laughed. “Ha, great maternal love.”

At that moment, a cracking sound rang out, and a fireball shot straight into the sky. After rising into the clouds, it accelerated suddenly and flew into the distance amidst a sonic boom.

“Ms. J has left,” Hualu Ri said. “Oh… Mr. K seemed to be in a hurry to make a phone call to someone; he went into a small passage behind the bookshelves…”

"It seems he's in a hurry to inform his master," Lin Chen said.

"Note that he has dismissed the mercenaries; three of them will come out through the front door, and the other three through the back door."

"Get ready to take them out." Lin Chen removed the magazine, checked the bullets, and then patted the gun.

A few seconds later, the back door opened, and several mercenaries came out:

"Damn, that woman was a real pain, I almost thought she was going to eat us alive..."

Before he could finish speaking, a burst of bullets pierced his head.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Oh!"

After all three mercenaries fell, Lin Chen raised his gun and charged ahead, rushing through the back door.

The back door leads directly to the kitchen, where a maid was cleaning. When she saw Lin Chen, she trembled violently.

"Don't make a sound," Lin Chen raised his gun, "You..."

The next second, the maid picked up a pistol from the stove and aimed it at Lin Chen!

"Oh!"

Without hesitation, Lin Chen pulled the trigger, shooting the maid in the head and knocking her down.

"Clap."

Looking at the maid's corpse, Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

Everyone here, even the maids, are Mr. K's confidants; they would kill without hesitation for him...

Just then, there was a noise at the door:

"Sarah, is our midnight snack ready? The boss isn't watching, so we..."

The kitchen door opened, and a mercenary walked in.

He immediately spotted the maid's corpse lying on the ground, his eyes flickered slightly, and he was just about to shout—

"Oh!"

Lin Chen shot him in the head, bringing him down.

The sound of him falling to the ground seemed to alert the other mercenaries in the hall, who began to shout.

"Embroidery needle, cut off the power," Lin Chen said in a low voice.

"Going dark!"

"Snapped!"

In an instant, the entire villa was plunged into darkness.

The mercenaries stood in the darkness, guns raised and aimed at the kitchen doorway, barely daring to breathe.

"Quickly inform Mr. K," a mercenary whispered.

“The communications base station has been destroyed, information can’t get into the encryption room, damn it,” another mercenary cursed. “When did they sneak in?”

“Don’t worry, the brothers outside noticed the power was cut and will be here to help us soon,” the mercenary said. “We just need to…”

The next second, a flame lit up a corner of the room—

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Two mercenaries fell, and the remaining mercenaries had just aimed their guns at the firing point when another burst of fire lit up another corner of the room—

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Lin Chen, rifle in hand, moved through the dark villa with the guerrillas, launching surprise attacks on the mercenaries from different angles.

With the help of night vision goggles, they were hunters in the dark, while the mercenaries were merely prey.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Clear the hall," Lin Chen quickly unloaded the magazine, took out a new one from the magazine rack and loaded it. "Leave two people to guard the hall, Wildflower, come with me."

"Received." The guerrilla fighter named Wildflower changed his magazine.

Lin Chen led the way up the stairs and rushed toward Mr. K's master bedroom.

He and Wildflower stood on either side of the master bedroom door.

"Damp clothes, prepare to provide cover fire," Lin Chen said.

"Received," Li Zhanyi said.

"Wildflower, break the lock." Lin Chen looked at Wildflower across the way.

Wildflower nodded, raised her shotgun, and aimed at the door lock:

"Oh!"

The lock snapped open, and Wildflower kicked the door open with a back kick.

The moment the door was kicked open, the sound of shattering glass rang out—Li Zhanyi's bullet tore through the French windows, killing a mercenary standing near the window with a single shot.

"Get away from the windows!" the mercenaries shouted.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Chen took out a stun grenade from the magazine and threw it into the master bedroom—

"Oh!"

He rushed into the room along with the shockwave of the stun grenade, raising his gun to aim at the stunned target—

"Bang bang bang!"

After eliminating the two targets at a distance, Lin Chen turned around and casually drew his pistol.

"Oh!"

With one shot, he hit the sixth brother hiding behind the door—this guy was holding a tactical axe, trying to sneak up on him from behind.

The bullet struck Lao Liu in the head, and he slipped to the ground, motionless.

Clear.

Lin Chen lowered the muzzle of his gun and strode to the bookshelf.

"Black Sword One, how did Mr. K open the secret door?"

“He used a key,” Hua Luori said, “the keyhole is between Ulysses and Water Margin.”

"Okay, that saves trouble."

Lin Chen projected the key and, following Hua Luo Ri's directions, parted the two books to find the keyhole.

"You should be able to see the past, right? Why are you asking me?" Hua Luori retorted.

“I need to conserve my strength as much as possible. If I were to face a demigod, I would need to go all out,” Lin Chen said. “Besides, I have your support.”

"Knowing there's support, why are you still working so hard? Don't put too much pressure on yourself," Hua Luori chuckled.

"The capable should do more." Lin Chen chuckled.

"Oh, you've been working so hard. Why don't you try to figure out if you can project the 'Black Knight' onto me? If you can, I'll personally accompany you to the battlefield, how about that?"

"Sister...?" Lin Chen narrowed his eyes.

"What's wrong! This is a warning, if you dare utter those two words..."

"I won't tell, sister, I won't tell."

Lin Chen turned the key, and with a roar, the bookshelf slowly moved aside, revealing a hidden door behind it.

“Wildflower, stay here,” Lin Chen said. “I’ll handle the rest.”

“Understood,” Wildflower nodded. “Senior, be careful.”

"Do not worry."

Lin Chen handed the HK416 to Wildflower and casually tossed it, projecting a revolver shotgun.

He shook off the magazine, checked the bullets, then picked up his gun and walked toward the hidden door.

The passage behind the hidden door extends underground, and according to Lin Chen's estimation, the secret room it leads to should be underground in the villa.