Xue Mo and Lu Hong, like a "living cat" and a "dead cat," walked an entire circle around the shopping mall. Not only did they fail to identify any suspicious individuals, but they also exhausted themselves in the process.
"No gains at all. Have any of you found any clues?" Lu Hong asked anxiously.
However, several negative responses came through the communicator in succession.
A Law Enforcer hesitated before saying, "Captain, we're practically doing futile work here, I think we should head back and plan thoroughly."
"No! We must catch Lai Wuying! If we miss this chance, it might be very hard to catch him next time. We cannot give up!"
Lu Hong clenched his fists.
"Captain, I know you want to avenge Captain Chen, but—"
"This is not just about personal enmity. Capturing a fugitive is our duty as city Law Enforcers!" Lu Hong commanded gravely.
The other Law Enforcers dared not say more.
Catching "Lai Wuying" wasn't on Lu Hong's system task list; his actions were not for the sake of a system task, but purely because he couldn't swallow the insult.
Xiang Beifei was constantly changing his visual perspective in the mall, yet he saw nothing.
He took off his glasses, wearing them made him uncomfortable.
But at that moment, a very peculiar person caught Xiang Beifei's eyes.
It was a woman in high heels, carrying an exquisite leather bag, with a curvy figure and wavy hair, very beautiful, appearing as if she was there to shop.
Xiang Beifei found this woman peculiar because he saw her system interface.
[Host: Chen Gang]
[S-level, Thousand Faces Refined System]
[Realm: Meridian Opening - Early Phase]
[Thousand Faces Refined System Introduction: Able to learn others' ways of handling affairs, can disguise as anyone]
"Why does this woman seem so strange?" Xiang Beifei wondered.
A woman who looked stunning, yet carried the name of a male?
Could she be the target?
Xiang Beifei couldn't be sure, as during this age, a man dressing as a woman wasn't illegal, and it wasn't enough to suspect someone for that reason alone.
"But why does this name feel so familiar?"
A flash of light crossed Xiang Beifei's mind.
He remembered that Lu Zhiwei had just mentioned a similar name.
——
Lu Hong sat gloomily on a mall bench, looking dejected.
He held a photo in his hand, which showed two men, one of them was him, the other man was bulky, with bronze skin, even stronger than Lu Hong.
At that time, they seemed quite young, perhaps having just completed a capture-the-criminal task, their faces still bearing wounds, yet they looked exhilarated.
"Uncle Lu."
Xiang Beifei walked over, looked at the photo, and said, "This person is..."
Lu Hong looked at the photo, a bitter smile emerged:
"His name is Chen Gang, the captain of the Law Enforcement team in the East District. A very upright person, just like his name, very righteous, always rushing at the forefront when capturing criminals, and many times he helped me out of danger."
"We had been through many capture missions together, supporting each other, came all the way together. The day I heard he died while capturing Lai Wuying, I really found it hard to accept. He always seemed to have a way out."
Lu Hong's eyes showed a trace of melancholy.
Xiang Beifei stared at the man in the photo, then turned towards the woman in the red dress.
Is this woman really Chen Gang?
Why would his system task be to kill Lu Hong?
"Uncle Lu, are you sure he's dead?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Lu Hong looked up at Xiang Beifei.
"What I mean is—he's so capable, and it normally would be very difficult for Lai Wuying to kill him, so how exactly did Lai Wuying manage to kill him? Captain Chen's body must have sustained fatal wounds, Uncle Lu, with your strong identification skills, can't you deduce Lai Wuying's method of killing from those wounds?"
Lu Hong sighed.
"Lai Wuying is extremely cruel, using bizarre methods, right before my eyes, he blew Chen Gang—"
Lu Hong's fingers clutching the photo trembled slightly, almost hissing out two words: "to smithereens!"
——That is to say, Chen Gang left no intact body after his death!
Xiang Beifei faintly sensed something amiss about this matter.
"Lai Wuying, all these years, has never left any trace of his appearance, no matter how hard the Law Enforcers try to catch him, they can't find the slightest clue, which is unreasonable, because the Law Enforcement team is full of experts, unless—"
Unless he knew every move of all Law Enforcers like the back of his hand!
The City Guards, a department full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, where most of the Law Enforcers are elites, their systems nearly all designed for capturing criminals.
Yet in such a place, teeming with countless elites, there's still a criminal who left behind no trace of his appearance!
Given that, even the top fugitive on the wanted list at least had his silhouette captured.
Thus, the most likely possibility is only one!