Chapter 267 - Don't Move

"I heard there's a fight over there!"

"Yeah, I just went there to take a look. Many people are lying on the ground. I wonder if they're dead..."

"I just saw a lot of blood. It's too scary..."

"I heard that someone is dead!"

"Really? Heavens! Why didn't anyone call the police?"

"Death in the temple will be a jinx. It should be the abbot who suppressed it..."

"Nonsense, the police have arrived!"

"This place is so far from the police station, how could they arrive so quickly?"

"I heard that they have been ambushing here for a long time..."

Ferne took off his headset and mask, hung up the phone, and kicked the tree fiercely. The thick osmanthus tree was broken by his kick.

He hurriedly ran out. After about five minutes, he finally got in a car. His voice sounded upset, "Mission failed."

Noah looked ahead and said emotionlessly, "Got it."

Ferne punched him on the shoulder, "Hit or curse, make it quick!"

Noah tilted his head to look at him and said in a weak voice, "Will it help?"

...

Neither Noah nor Christy participated in this mission. Worried that she would see the people she met last night, Christy was watching the tracker on the computer at home. Noah just drove his car and wore a mask to act like a truck driver, while Ferne took the role of the captain of the mission. He wore a beard and looked very different from before. As long as one was not familiar with him, he would hardly be recognized.

The plan was to wait for the suspect to come close to the children and then they would catch him, but they didn't expect that when Ferne brought the team to the side hall to take a look, they found that those children were lying there with their eyes closed, as if they were dead.

They talked via headphones. Noah, who was in the car, said, "Don't alert them. Just stay put."

The three doors of GY Temple were all guarded, and there were people in front of and behind the side hall. A team member violated the order and went to see if the children inside were still alive. If they were alive but they didn't move and missed the opportunity to rescue them, then the mission would be meaningless.

Ferne hid it from Noah and gave that person a minute. Unexpectedly, something happened.

They opened the rear window and went in. One found the daughter of their captain lying inside. He immediately carried her out. Fortunately, the child was still alive, but she was unconscious. At that point, Arabella saw him...

Ferne didn't see Arabella. At that time, he was still in the main hall. Noah suspected that the abbot in the temple was involved in this matter, so he asked Ferne to pretend to be a pilgrim to offer incense so he could have an eye on the abbot.

When the accident happened, Noah immediately ordered to retreat and to leave the spot for the policemen who had been ambushing there via the headset. Plan B was implemented. The plainclothes policemen would pretend to be real ones and went out to offer incense, and they would discover the side hall, open the rear window in curiosity, and then find the children. They would act like they found the children by accident.

However, this clue was cut off, and the clues followed may never be found. They saved children from the side hall, but more children might suffer elsewhere.

Ferne stared at the monk who had been knocking on the wooden fish, but no one had come to contact him from the beginning to the end. Noah's cold voice came from his headset, "Retreat!"

Ferne knew that the plan had failed, and the saddest one would be Noah.

He could even imagine the scene of Noah losing all his hope. He was instantly enraged and he wanted to grab the monk who was knocking on the wooden fish and beat him up. However, he couldn't. He silently retreated and saw Jaquan and Arabella. The woman mentioned earlier in his headset was Arabella.

He even had hatred towards Jaquan.

But most of all, he hated himself. Today, he was the leader, and he would be responsible for any problems occurred.

Ferne punched the car window. Noah, who was in the driver's seat, was still quietly looking ahead. A report from the plainclothes police sounded in his headset. They had arrested all the people managing the GY Temple. This was a big thing, and the GY Temple would be closed for half a month.

After a moment of silence, Noah threw a handkerchief over. Ferne lowered his head and looked at his hand. The joints of his bones were bleeding.

"We've got ambulances. They will take all the children to the hospital," Ferne whispered.

All of them, including the child with the tracker.

And this clue was completely cut off.

Noah didn't say anything. A few minutes later, orders of the withdrawal came from his headset. Noah expressionlessly started the car. Ferne looked out of the window, and the tower in the rearview mirror was getting farther and farther away.

It was getting farther and farther.

**

Emma bought a bag of wet tissue from the shop, and then had Stony wait at the door. She went into the bathroom alone and stood in front of the washstand.

There was no one in the bathroom. They probably all went to rubberneck. She no longer cared as she directly took off her down, revealing a bloodstained arm. She tilted her head slightly, took off her sweater, and wiped the blood with a wet tissue. Because the wound was on the back of her shoulder, it was very difficult for her to clean it. She wiped the blood off, and then put on her sweater again. The sweater was stained with blood, and the bloody smell was so strong. She frowned slightly, took a breath, and raised her arm to put on the down again.

At this moment, someone grabbed her arm.

When she turned around, she looked at the person who came with some surprise. It was Jaquan.

Jaquan pressed down on her hand and lifted her sweater. He didn't do it in a bottom-up manner, but leaned over and did the opposite.

Emma frowned and took a step back. She wanted to avoid him, but he blocked her way. Behind her was the washstand, and in front of her was the man. There was no way to escape from him.

"It's fine." Emma raised her hand and shook his hand off.

Jaquan clutched her arm, and his usually gentle face was now filled with rage, "Don't move!"

He lifted her sweater and saw a knife wound on the back of her shoulder. Although it was not deep, the wound was still bleeding. The pure white sweater was dyed by shocking amount of blood, and her pure-colored underwear was also soaked in blood.

Emma shook off his hand before he could finish checking her and continued to put on the down. The wet tissue that was used to wipe off the blood was placed on the washstand. She placed it under the tap, washed the blood off, and then threw it into the garbage can.

After this, she didn't even look at Jaquan and turned around to leave.

It was like facing a stranger.

Jaquan grabbed her arm again and stared at Emma's calm face. His beautiful eyes were burning with anger. A moment later, he silently pulled her away.

"I'm fine. What are you doing?" Emma struggled. Her brows furrowed as if she was annoyed to be grabbed so intimately by Jaquan.

"What is your concept of being hurt?" Jaquan turned around and he became very cold. "Tell me."

Emma frowned as she looked at him. She didn't seem to understand why he was so angry. When they walked out of the bathroom, they see Stony squatting at the door with Arabella by his side. She had probably recovered from the incident just now. However, her hand was still covering her neck. She was probably scared.

Seeing Jaquan come out, Arabella stood up. Only then did she see Jaquan holding Emma's wrist. Her expression froze for a moment before she asked, "You...?"

Emma tried her best to shake Jaquan's hand off, but she failed.

"She's injured. Let's go. I'll take her to the hospital.." Jaquan pulled Emma out by force, then turned to look at Arabella and said, "Go with us."