Gu Ji followed the team quickly heading west.

As he retreated, he also tried to aim the M4 muzzle at the chests of the approaching Liangben gunmen and fired.

Hitting someone several dozen meters away uphill while moving downhill was quite challenging, especially since he was holding the rifle with one hand. Yet, Gu Ji seemed particularly lucky today. With one raised shot, the gunman fell to the ground.

Before Gu Ji could even be surprised by this unexpected delight.

Two bullets instantly hit the tree trunk beside him. It was that short-haired female gunman, and the male thug beside her brazenly bent down to pick up the M4 rifle from the body.

"Stop!!"

Gu Ji was not about to let this perfect opportunity slip away. He moved forward and knelt, taking the shooting stance which he was most skilled at from his police academy training.

He switched the fire selector to single-shot mode and fired two precise shots.

The bullets zipped towards the short-haired man; one instantly hit his side ribs, blood spurted out, then another follow-up shot by Gu Ji, headshot as the man fell!

"Ah Ni!!" The short-haired female gunman lost control on the spot, screaming hysterically.

"Go!!"

Gu Ji fired a few more shots, nudged Jingshang Gaoming behind him, and the team swiftly moved westward again.

Without the suppression from the short-haired female gunman and the M4 rifle, the group finally escaped Liangben’s encirclement, going downhill and into the wild plains.

Zeng Dan stopped, leaning on a tree trunk with one hand and clutching his back wound with the other, panting heavily:

"Huff... I really didn’t think we could get out alive!"

"Yeah, all thanks to Gu Ji."

Shi Zhengmin turned to look at Gu Ji. To be honest, when he initially applied to the higher-ups for special forces overseas support, he did consider the elite Dragon and Tiger Assault Team from the city.

But considering the confidentiality of intelligence and team cohesion, along with the strong recommendation from Special Police Unit Chief Li Ruilin.

He chose Gu Ji and his two companions.

After all, whether it was capturing Shao Liang, Sun Hengfei, or Zhao Wenwu, Gu Ji’s performance in operations was quite remarkable. Still, Shi Zhengmin didn’t expect him to lead everyone through the ambush and successfully break out from hundreds of mafia fighters and professional armed gunmen today.

The most critical aspect was, they only had one handgun.

Looking at the police departments nationwide, it could probably be considered a miracle!

Luckily, they chose this kid back then!

Wu Kang monitored the direction of the hillside for a moment, couldn’t help but turn and ask.

"Gu Ji, what should we do next?"

"Is there any signal?"

Gu Ji didn’t answer directly but first asked Jingshang Gaoming, who was fiddling with his phone.

The latter shook his head.

"Then we can only run."

He adjusted his ammunition, clicked the empty chamber release lever, "Run and figure out a way to find a signal and contact support. Liangben will never let us go, you should have noticed, facing Yijuan Association gang members, apart from the core backbone, the rest were only stabbed in non-lethal areas like the waist and limbs, but against us, it was the neck!"

"Including those ghillie-suited armed gunmen, snipers aimed at me twice, definitely not a coincidence, Lang Shaobo, are you familiar with the mountain roads here? How can we reach the city quickest?"

"I... I’m not that familiar with the mountain roads..."

Lang Shaobo was still clutching his shoulder wound, blood trickling through his fingers, staining the sleeve red.

Gao Bo carefully recalled, "It’s indeed like that, why? Is it just because we’re cops?"

"Can’t say, ever since the tracking operation at Tokyo Metropolitan University, I mentioned Liangben seemed to already know about our police identities..."

"Gu Ji, you should continue leading, we will all follow your orders."

Before he could finish speaking, Zeng Dan interrupted him.

Gu Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, nodding.

"Mrs. Qiou, carefully treat Mrs. Qiao and Lang Shaobo’s wounds; Gao Bo, Wu Kang, keep an eye on the hillside; Lang Shaobo, Jingshang, which of your phones has an offline map of the Tama Region, or knows about urban infrastructure, I need to plan a retreat route."

"Understood!"

"Alright!"

"I’ve been to the Tama Region a few times before, not sure if my phone has cached anything."

Several replied in unison, without a trace of hesitation.

After that battle, Gu Ji had established absolute command authority within the team.

Jingshang Gaoming opened his phone.

The location of the Yijuan Association Sixth Patriarch’s funeral memorial house was at the border of Sakura Village between Tama City District and West Tama County, and they walked about two kilometers northwest.

"Continuing northwestward, it’s Oyamato Town, with very few inhabitants, mostly mountains and parks, even if not hunted down, physical exhaustion would be immense, so we can only head north. This is the intersection of Akiruno City, Hinode Town, and Qingmei City, likely encountering urban roads."

Gu Ji had developed a habit while on missions; upon reaching an unfamiliar place, he would first observe satellite maps and specific building structures, hence having a general understanding of the Tama Region.

Jingshang Gaoming pondered for a moment, "Let’s do as you said."

"Mr. Gu, all treatments are done."

At this time, Chen Zhiyu came over from behind; both Zeng Dan and Lang Shaobo’s wounds were treated with fabric bandages, and even her wounds were simply handled.

"Thanks for the hard work. Get ready to move! Gao Bo, Wu Kang!"

"Received! No suspicious activity on the hillside for now!"

Wu Kang and Gao Bo took turns covering the rear as they retreated back.

Looking at Gu Ji’s cold expression, Chen Zhiyu parted her lips, as if wanting to say something but hesitating.

Gu Ji certainly knew what she was thinking about.

Because he had just killed someone.

And not just one.

For someone like him, who often broke through levels in the gaming world, he couldn’t remember how many desperate criminals and terrorists he had killed, but in others’ eyes, it was indeed his first time killing.

Especially Chen Zhiyu and Gao Bo, who must be worried about his psychological state.

But because there were outsiders present, they didn’t dare to speak out, fearing being discovered.

After all, killing a criminal for the first time in police duty is no small matter.

For instance, the emotional reactions caused by negative memory playback; without good self-regulation, one might easily go to extremes, and developed countries like those in Europe and America have special psychological counseling institutions for police, which enforce administrative leave for psychological counseling after officers kill perpetrators, and then return them to duty.

Currently, domestically, this aspect is also getting attention.

Especially among SWAT units; after every important mission ends, team members undergo psychological assessment.

"Gao Bo’s Vanguard, Wu Kang on rear guard! Move out!"

At Gu Ji’s command, he patted Chen Zhiyu’s shoulder, looked at Zeng Dan supporting his waist, "Mrs. Qiou, take good care of Mrs. Qiao; she has the most severe injuries here."

"Rest assured, Mr. Gu."

Chen Zhiyu nodded slightly in a seemingly calm manner, but internally, she understood his implicit message.

It was both a reminder and an assurance to her that he was okay.

However, in reality.

Gu Ji had another thought in his mind:

Zeng Dan!

Earlier, Zeng Dan obviously interrupted him on purpose and changed the subject, seemingly not wanting to discuss the "police identity" topic further.

Was it because he was afraid Jingshang Gaoming would notice something?

Or was it due to some other reason?

In any case.

This operation in Japan once again made Gu Ji realize the importance of intelligence and logistics.

If it weren’t for Jian Na, Wa Xueming, and Baron bringing the basic information about Liangben and Abe Shigehide in advance, if it weren’t for the weapon and equipment supplies dropped by the game operator, he might have been done for during the funeral.

[Objective: Attend the funeral of the Yijuan Association Sixth Patriarch until its successful conclusion!]

[The Japan Police Department began to notice abnormalities at the funeral;]

[The Japan Intelligence Agency has logged the information from the firefight scene;]

[The United States Defense Intelligence Agency has logged the information from the firefight scene;]

[Xia Kingdom Intelligence Agency has logged the information from the firefight scene;]

[You are being pursued by Liangben!]

[Please make your choice: ]

[A. Take Zeng Dan hostage, eliminate all threats present, extract crucial intelligence, and escape alone!]

.....

Damn!?