CH 4

Chapter 4: Yan Chenli Suddenly Felt That, As Long As He Invited Him, Shen Lu Would Surely Agree.

“It’s over, regroup.”

When Yan Chenli opened his mouth to speak, he discovered his voice was a little hoarse. He coughed lightly to clear his throat, and continued speaking, “Everyone, go gather at point N8. Rest, come to point EB. Bring a stretcher.”

Yan Chenli hung up the radio, finally looking away from the sight on the sniper rifle. He lowered his head to look at the man in his arms. The other man’s white shirt had been soaked in red blood, which had dried into a deep, dark black colour. His limbs and joints had begun to stiffen after three hours of death, and his hand had finally come to rest on his chest, not far from where Yan Chenli’s own hand was pressing down on his gunshot wound.

It looked just like he’d really wanted to touch his hand, but stopped in the end.

Yan Chenli softly loosened his hands, putting the man gently down on the floor. He stared at the man briefly for a moment, then turned around and left.

While Group 1’s leader, Qin Ke, waited for everyone to assemble at the meeting point, he felt very excited, but also a little worried.

Their team had just completed the largest operation since the Tribunal arrived in Augustus, dismantling the most notorious violent armed organisation in the region.

The fierce and vicious Executioners were shoving the handcuffed criminals into the cars, and the criminals who’d just been viciously beaten by those monstrous, human-shaped weapons were now obediently following along like quails. As Adjudicators, they just had to stand by idly and watch, which was basically like already being off duty.

He could sense everyone was also excited, and some people were already discussing what kind of liquor they should drink at the celebration feast.

But the bad thing was that, as night fell, Captain Yan had an emergency dispatch.

He didn’t need to guess to know that something must have gone wrong with the Adjudicators’ encirclement formation. The most likely possibility was that someone had been ambushed.

This ominous premonition was confirmed when he saw Yan Chenli arriving slowly, his left hand soaked in blood.

But as everyone turned their heads to look at the group, they couldn’t make out who was missing among the familiar faces.

“Captain Yan, were there any casualties?” Qin Ke was the first one to go up and ask.

Yan Chenli looked serious as he nodded, “…Yes. Adjudicator Shen Lu has died in the line of duty.”

The Adjudicators looked at each other in dismay, ad although they felt shock and regret, many of them were also confused, “Shen Lu? Who is that?”

“Ah, it seems he was that tall man who didn’t speak much.” Qin Ke lifted his hand above his head and gestured, “The one who was a little taller than Captain Yan, that brown-haired man.”

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1 Original text was censored at that word, so I just went with ‘caffeine’ since that’s what the context suggests. Top.
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