novelraw Chapter 19: Black Shield Police Department, Law Enforcer
Chapter 19: Black Shield Police Department, Law Enforcer
Bang bang bang bang bang—
Accompanied by gunshots, blood immediately sprayed from the two men's bodies as they heavily crashed to the ground.
Yu Yuan no longer paid attention to the two, but quickly discarded his backpack and charged toward the archer like a leopard.
However, the other party had already turned to evade when the gunshots rang out.
But earlier, to ambush Yu Yuan, the archer had directly laid down in the shrubbery to conceal himself.
At this moment, there were no cover objects around, with the distance between them at most ten meters.
Bang—The last bullet from the M1911A1 missed its mark but still hit his leg.
The archer immediately fell to the ground, looking at Yu Yuan rushing over with a murderous aura, his face showing a terrified expression.
"Don't... I was wrong..."
But Yu Yuan simply didn't give him a chance to speak, the kukri already swinging out.The sound abruptly ceased.
After a quick search, there weren't any valuable supplies. Only that recurve bow held some value, with three arrows remaining in the quiver, all taken.
After removing the finger tab the other party wore, he returned to the trash can.
Earlier, one of the two men was down, while the other was struggling to crawl away while spitting blood, leaving a trail of blood on the ground.
Facing the other's pleas for mercy, Yu Yuan's eye twitched, the kukri raised high and swiftly chopped down at the neck, the second person collapsing motionless.
Arriving before the third person, regardless of whether he was dead or not, Yu Yuan still delivered a blade to the neck.
There was no time to search the three bodies because he had already heard the roar of car engines rapidly approaching.
"What a pity!"
Not daring to stay, he threw the backpack along with the bow and arrows into the sewer, briefly cleaned the scene, then immediately descended the ladder, locked the manhole cover, and ran toward the direction of 13th Street.
Not long after, two vehicles filled with wasteland style stopped in front of East District Waterworks Center street.
The vehicles still vaguely showed traces of police cars, but the pieced-together welded metal armor, ramming spikes, mounted machine guns, and the numerous bullet holes and rust on the bodies gave them a rugged and intimidating feel.
On the vehicle bodies, several large characters were spray-painted in black.
—Black Shield Police Department.
An enforcer wearing an enforcer uniform got out of the vehicle, threw the half-smoked cigarette from his mouth onto the ground, and crushed it fiercely under his foot.
Spit... A thick glob of phlegm landed on the ground.
"Someone go check what happened?"
A sloppily dressed thug wearing a chest rig and bulletproof vest jumped out of the car and ran into the street.
He soon returned to the vehicle.
"Boss, three scavengers are dead inside, all with gunshot wounds, their necks slashed once each, very decisive work! The method doesn't seem like scavengers."
Hearing this, the enforcer raised an eyebrow, glanced sideways at the other, and pulled out a cigarette to put in his mouth.
"How so?"
Seeing this, the thug smiled obsequiously, took out matches, and helped light the cigarette.
"Scavengers are like a pack of hyenas; they won't let go of any supplies, even if they can't use them themselves, they'd never leave them for others."
"But at the scene, not only were two weapons left behind, but the supplies on the scavengers weren't taken either. Plus, the combat method was clean and decisive, no messing around—this isn't scavenger behavior."
"Oh~~~ Then could it be people from Thug Prison or other factions?"
"This..." The thug hesitated somewhat but still pursed his lips and slightly shook his head.
"I don't think it looks like it... but the wounds look very similar to those from Thug Prison's kukri short knives..."
Hearing this, the enforcer chuckled lightly, handed the cigarette he'd taken two puffs from to the thug, and under the other's delighted gaze, walked toward the street.
The thug eagerly took a deep drag, then smiled triumphantly under the envious looks of others.
He then turned and chased after the enforcer: "Boss, let me lead the way..."
The enforcer just glanced at the three corpses and paid no further attention.
Instead, after scanning the surroundings a few times, he fixed his gaze on the shrubbery where the archer had previously lain.
He crouched down, carefully examined the impression marks, and finally looked toward the back door of East District Waterworks Center.
"Go, call two more people."
After two thugs arrived, the enforcer walked toward the water service center. Seeing this, the three thugs immediately formed a triangular formation, protecting the enforcer in the middle, weapons loaded, adopting combat stances.
"Left turn!"
The thugs immediately turned left. From time to time, the enforcer would issue commands, and the thugs promptly executed them.
Finally, the four stopped at the second-floor records room.
While the thugs stood guard, the enforcer's gaze fell on a footprint on the floor, the corner of his mouth curling up.
Seeing the obvious signs of recent searching in the records room, a trace of surprise appeared on his lips.
"Records room? What could be worth looking for in the water service center's records room?"
Then, following the footprints on the ground, the enforcer retraced Yu Yuan's previous path. When he saw the water service center director's office and its tightly locked metal door,
He finally showed a bit of interest.
"Open the door!"
Bang—The lock was shot to pieces.
Entering the room and looking around, the enforcer's gaze locked onto the safe.
"Boss, this safe needs to be taken back for cutting to open it. Should we take it back?" A thug very obsequiously stepped forward to ask.
"Take it, of course take it! Take this safe, including all other supplies in the room, back entirely. Leave nothing behind."
"Haha, understood! Come help quickly."
Soon, the thugs carried the safe out of the water service center, walking toward the vehicles in high spirits.
The enforcer followed closely behind but paused slightly when passing that sewer manhole cover. He crouched down to carefully examine the manhole cover, and finally, when he saw a half, inconspicuous bloody fingerprint, an interesting glint flashed in his eyes.
"Heh~ Clever rat."
By the time Yu Yuan returned to the shelter, an hour had already passed.
Guided by the virtual map, even carrying supplies, the return time was significantly shortened.
Dropping all the supplies, he briefly cleaned the bloodstains and grime from his body.
Taking the water bureau director's executive chair from Taotao Hole, he completely collapsed into it, drank half a bottle of water in one go, and began reviewing today's operation.
"Exploring during daytime is indeed much more dangerous; the probability of being discovered is too high."
Also, those daring to drive around openly during the day are definitely thug factions.
No matter which faction, none are opponents he can confront right now. Fortunately, he ran away in time.
But recalling the three attackers, Yu Yuan frowned slightly.
"Those three... should be able to meet the Indulgence Card's conditions, right?"
But as soon as this thought emerged, he gently shook his head, casting it out of his mind.
"This thought is too terrifying, I'm not Brother Chuan... No, no, can't have this thought... Need to think of a way, there must be other methods."
Yu Yuan actually understood clearly that those three had wounds already infected and festering, their bodies reeking of foul odor, possibly carrying various diseases.
But saying that, to eliminate the Indulgence Card, he must have an indulgence target.
In this wasteland world now, where could he find a woman!
Frustrated, he grabbed his hair.
With less than two days left, if absolutely necessary, he could only randomly grab a scavenger.
Getting sick might not necessarily mean death, but failing to complete the Fate Card task would truly mean death.
At this moment, Yu Yuan deeply felt fate's malice and mockery.
On one side was the threat of death, on the other was his adherence to moral and psychological boundaries.
Fate was waiting, waiting to see what choice Yu Yuan would make under the threat of death.
Would he abandon his boundaries and fully integrate into the wasteland.
Or would he stubbornly uphold his boundaries and be erased.
And this was the necessary price to pay for receiving Fate's Gifts.