Chapter 358: Rescue

Dumbstruck.

Long Yi was at a loss for words when he stared at the TV live coverage of Shen Security in this rescue mission. It took him a few minutes to recover from the initial shock he felt when he saw them running around. "Is this in the rules?" he asked.

Xie Jun who sat next to him shook his head. He too had been struck dumb because of the current development. "No. The rules didn't say anything about running and climbing trees."

"F*ck! So shameless?" Zhang Zhi said. "How could it be like that? This is going to test their physical abilities! This—This should be grounds for disqualification, right?"

"How could it be?" Xie Jun argued. "The committee never thought that someone would actually hide by climbing trees and would run every time they see an enemy. Can you think of anyone else who could easily do that?"

"This… agility is basically a part of the test too." Long Yi's face darkened. He paid a few of the guards to hurt Lyca's people. Maybe break a few bones. This would stop them from joining the second stage of the competition. However, how could they break a few bones when Lyca's people are this agile?

"Their training…" Xie Jun pursed his lips. "I remember one of your people saying that they just run in the mountain for their training. It was basic for the military to run while carrying weights." They already sent spies in Ralia to check out Lyca's team.

Their people already reported that they just run in and out of the mountain and practice some basic martial arts. There was nothing special about it. The reports even included a picture of those people running towards the mountain at dawn.

However, if the training was really normal, then how come these people were so light? Or at least they look like they can run with the wind!

"The armor looks heavy. I am surprised that they can still move around with that armor." Zhang Zhi said. The armor actually looked bulky and funny. It looked like some armor from a sci-fi movie.

"Ask the committee if they are violating any rules." Long Yi said, and in response, Xie Jun immediately left the room to complain to the committee. When he arrived at the room where most of the important staff occupied, he immediately noticed the thick suffocating silence inside the room.

Just as he expected, the members of the committee also had dark looks on their faces. Every one of them just stared at the screen, jaws clenched, eyes wide. It was like everyone was scared to blink and miss anything.

"Sir, they—they were able to rescue the person. Shall we announce the time now?" A small voice of a woman interrupted the silence.

"Huh?" Almost immediately, everyone looked at the video that shows the kidnapped victim. Just as the woman said, the victim was no longer there.

"How could that be?"

"How can they rescue the kidnapped without triggering any alarms at all!?"

"What?"

"Replay! I want to see what happened!?"

"Were they cheating?"

"We were busy watching the people climbing trees and hiding, we failed to notice who rescued the kidnapped victim!"

"My god! Isn't it too quick? Not even ten minutes?"

"I thought the area needed at least ten minutes to breach? How could they rescue the victim in less than ten minutes?"

The voices echoed.

Xie Jun stood there in silence as everyone else was busy talking amongst themselves. Soon, the replay video was shown and everyone stared as two people slowly approached the kidnapped victim. The two people wearing black were walking like… cats. Their bodies bend forward on all fours as they approached the room.

"Opening the doors would cause an alarm! Why— Wait… can you please go back… a few minutes from that time. Check out the control room of the area." Someone said. The only way that the alarm wouldn't work is if they already disabled it from the control room. However, the control room is considered the most heavily guarded space next to the space that held the victim.

"My god! They— How could someone be that shameless?"

"They actually— "

At the start of the video, two people immediately approached the control room and used stones to hit the back of the head of the guards. One by one, the guards fell. "How come we didn't see this earlier?"

"We were too engrossed as we watched the others approaching the facility that held the kidnapped victim. We didn't notice anyone approaching the control room."

"Using small stones that they picked on the area is not… I mean it's not mentioned on the rules, right? It's not a part of the banned weapons." Someone from the committee said.

"No. Who would think about throwing stones like that?" This method is truly ridiculous, ah!

"Then… what are we going to do? Everyone must have seen what happened. Are we going to announce the time now?"

"Of course, we are going to announce!" The one who spoke was none other than Mr. Xu. "They rescued the kidnapped victim. Sure, they didn't follow any of the traditional rescue methods, but they were still able to complete the mission."

"Sir, I think this would affect the morale of the other company. This would only put more pressure on them."

Mr. Xu sneered. "Announce it. Since they were good, they let the other companies feel the pressure. This company is operating for less than five years that they were able to achieve such results. Let the other companies see it!"

"But sir the other companies…"

Mr. Xu interrupted the person who spoke. "This is no longer our business. Tall trees attract wind. If they were so threatened, then they should handle the Shen Security themselves. Don't get involved in this matter. Announce the result! Shen Security… SS…. They are now the new dark horse in this competition. They didn't violate any rules. In fact, we will praise them for using such… peculiar tactics."

"Yes, sir!"