Special Forces Medic-Chapter 655 - 617 Prohibited Drugs Have Nothing to Do With Us
"Mental hospital?"
"Yes, he's alive, but pretty much like a dead man." Shou wrote down this person's information on a piece of paper and handed it to Xiao Lin. "I haven't confirmed this person's true identity yet. Five years ago, he was admitted to the mental hospital for treatment as a relative of Wang Zhantian, and his name is Wang Linxin."
"This is the girl I'm looking for. She should be accompanied by an elder with severe asthma. You can keep an eye on some hospitals; this girl is very filial to her grandfather." Xiao Lin sent Shou a photo of him and the girl in a restaurant from his phone.
"Are you already suspecting they're the same person?" Shou asked.
"It's not a suspicion, it's an intuitive certainty." Xiao Lin's intuition has always been accurate. "Try to protect him as much as possible. I reckon he is Hong Lian, the person I'm looking for."
"Once I find her, I'll let you know." A cup of coffee had already gone down, causing his stomach to churn. Shou felt he had a tendency toward self-abuse, but when it came to Xiao Lin's intuition, he chose to trust it, because time and again, it proved that the military doctor's intuition was indeed very accurate and solved many matters."
"Drink less cold coffee. I don't want to cut open your stomach again." Xiao Lin glanced at him, remembering vividly the last time Shou was covered in injuries. If it hadn't been for that incident, he wouldn't have known how unreliable Shou's stomach was. "I've already removed a third of your stomach. If you keep messing around like this, I think people will be replacing kidneys, while you might as well replace your stomach."
"Oh, is there such a surgery?" Shou shrugged indifferently. He wasn't afraid of Xiao Lin's threats. With such a miracle doctor by his side, he could live even with just a third of his stomach. "What do I have to worry about with you around?"
"I'm not a fairy." Xiao Lin retorted moodily.
"Aren't you a military doctor? The almighty military doctor!" This was a figure legendary in both the dark and light worlds. Xiao Lin rolled his eyes at him and prepared to leave. "Not going to meet Yi? He seems to really have something to discuss with you." The knot in these two people's hearts, he could not untie.
"I was just about to head over. Want to come along?"
"I'm not interested in the underground city." Darkness and 'Black Crow' can be considered mortal enemies, although they have no direct interactions, they simply can't stand each other."
"Got it!" Xiao Lin didn't say much else. "Oh, where's my old man now?"
"Not in this city." Shou began packing his personal belongings, deciding to hitch a ride with Xiao Lin.
On the surface, Liger City still appeared bustling, as Xiao Lin's car passed by the Liger Building on the street. It had already been taken over by the city council. Although the exterior hadn't changed much, the signage was entirely replaced.
"Weren't you not coming?" Xiao Lin amusedly looked at Shou, who had sworn he wouldn't come but was now curiously examining the building in front of him.
"You're the one who brought me here." Shou replied. "Is this the original Liger Building? Very grand. I didn't expect the two old geezers from the Liger Gang to have even a bit of taste."
"Taste? The interior can be called luxurious. You haven't seen the Lion's bedroom, it's several times more lavish than where we stay."
"There are people more extravagant than you?" Shou's words were straightforward, and Xiao Lin was used to this kind of irritation, albeit a bit unreasonable. "Is that Xia Yusheng?" Shou pointed at the person walking out from the door, accompanied by someone.
"Yeah!" Xiao Lin didn't stop at the entrance and drove the car onto another slope directly.
Liger City's terrain was quite peculiar, a bit like hilly land, with the ground sometimes rising and sometimes dropping. After a slope, they turned into a street, where Xiao Lin instructed Shou to watch the shops on the right, as he was searching for a parking spot.
"The 'Underground City' is in Liger City?" Shou incredulously asked Xiao Lin.
"Are you asking knowingly, or just playing dumb with me?" The car reversed into a dead-end alley, with the rear facing a wall, and beside it, a shop with a locked door accumulating dust.
"Alright!" Shou considered himself already quite slim, with no extra flesh on him, but he wasn't confident he could squeeze out through the gap next to the car. "Xiao Lin, you did this on purpose."
"Figure it out yourself, I'll be waiting for you in front." This was a small, harmless payback for Shou; the Xiao Family had been quite good to him, but he always had such quips, and no matter how close the relationship was, there were times when it got on their nerves. Simply put, sometimes Shou just needed a little discipline.
The small restaurant's business was so dismal that the clerk sat on the table dozing off. The walls, without any oil stains, were so clean that not even a cockroach could stand on them. How did this place resemble a restaurant? Xiao Lin's entrance made the clerk, who had his back to him, scramble up. "We are closed today."
"I'm looking for Lao Jiu!" Saying this, he lifted the curtain and walked to the back. The clerk glanced at Xiao Lin, then at the person following him from behind, and continued to lie on the table sleeping, his fingers making a rhythmic tapping sound.
"This is really..." Shou scoffed at the underground city's security defenses with disdain.
"Darkness really has a grudge against 'Black Crow', you know. The people inside already knew when we came in. Otherwise, what do you think that sleeping person outside is doing?"
"Is that so?" Shou curled his lips and followed Xiao Lin through a cabinet. Inside was a different world, and the stacked boxes looked like the storage room of the restaurant.
After Xiao Lin moved the box at the very edge, a heap in front of Shou automatically moved aside. "Shouldn't you, Darkness, also learn some traps from others? Anyone can enter your underground courtyard, you know."
Xiao Lin, intentionally provoking Shou, chuckled and crawled into the entrance.
Upon receiving the notice from outside, Yi stood at the exit waiting for Xiao Lin's arrival, surprised to see Shou following him. "He came on his own."
If it were by the identity of Wuzi, Yi would naturally welcome it. However, as the head of Darkness, Yi felt a bit awkward since this was 'Underground City' and not the territory of 'Black Crow'.
Lao Jiu watched Shou warily, causing the atmosphere to become tense instantly. Xiao Lin didn't mind and was quite eager to see which of these two forces would prevail. "Don't you have an arena here? You two should give it a try."
Lao Jiu and Shou simultaneously turned towards Xiao Lin, who was now proving to be a disruptive element. "Dream on!" Shou, without any courtesy, threw a punch at Xiao Lin, but Yi stood in front of Xiao Lin. Hmph! Shou snorted heavily. "I came today as Wuzi, but sooner or later, I will compete with you," clearly directing this statement at Lao Jiu. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"'Underground City' is ready to teach you anytime," Lao Jiu said, leading them to the second-floor meeting room, casually sitting in a corner with his gaze constantly shifting to Shou, who naturally followed him out of the meeting room after receiving his gaze.
"Is it really okay for those two to be alone?" Such small actions could not escape the notice of the other two. Yi stood behind Xiao Lin, asking with some concern. Recently, Lao Jiu had been very irritable.
"So long as they sort it out on their own turf, it's better than fighting to the death over an outside mission. The issues between the leaders shouldn't drag down the subordinates; this is where they reach a consensus."
Xiao Lin stared at the underground sewer system of the city below. "You sought me out!" There was always this unfamiliar distance. He no longer felt like he did in the past; this feeling was strange. Yi, however, seemed more like a loyal servant rather than a confidant or friend. This delicate relationship increasingly highlighted the rift between the two. "The old man is not in H City."
"The master went back to the United States due to the issue with banned drugs."
"I, as his son, know less about my old man's whereabouts than you do." Such sarcasm sounded particularly harsh in Yi's ears, and he didn't know how to respond to Xiao Lin's question. Fortunately, Xiao Lin didn't press on this issue further, his self-mockery passing like smoke in the wind. "Do you have any clues here? I know the 'Black Crow' organization from Europe and America has already infiltrated Yanjing, and moreover, Zacks is dead." Yi trembled slightly upon hearing about Zacks' death. "Hasn't 'Black Crow' always avoided crossing regions? Based on your 'Black Crow' principles, how will you handle it?"
"We'll have people from the local area clear it, which means it will be Consort Ling's job," Yi replied.
"Oh, so Consort Ling also has such responsibilities." Another self-mockery. Xiao Lin turned to glance at Yi, his dark eyes calm and still. Yi was no longer able to read Xiao Lin's mind from his eyes. He had confiscated his trust, and Yi wondered when he could again approach his heart. The bitterness slowly encroached, but he couldn't speak it, nor did he want to. Let it be this way!
"I came this time to tell you that I will blame Zacks' death on your 'Black Crow'."
"Are you trying to..."
"Does this Fourth Lord have anything to do with you? Zacks was someone from Europe and America, why did he end up like this? Shouldn't you give me a reasonable explanation? Are the banned drugs related to you, or is it my old man playing some trick?"
"Young Master Xiao, I can only assure you that the banned drugs are not related to us, nor to the master. We truly don't know why Zacks ended up like this."
"Yi, can I still trust your words?" Xiao Lin took a deep breath, expressing the question that had troubled him for a long time about his once-trusted brother.
Yi did not answer. His lips moved but no sound came out. Language could no longer penetrate the defensive heart erected by the person before him. "The person taking over Hong Lian's task is DOMO73895!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
