"Officer... we, we really don’t know where the person in charge went. We are just workers."
A certain foreign trade company.
A group of skinny, dark-skinned n crouched on the ground with their hands over their heads, trembling.
Surroundings.
nacing soldiers holding guns, the black muzzles aid cruelly at them.
Suddenly.
A strong stench hit them.
Even in a state of panic, the employees kneeling on the ground could not help but curse internally.
Who the hell wet themselves out of fear!
It wasn’t just psychological torture; even their bodies were under duress.
If these employees were lambs to be slaughtered, then Wei Yi was undoubtedly the butcher holding their fates.
He had already given the order to search and was now awaiting results.
"Report, nothing found."
"Nothing in the factory either."
"Nothing in the transport convoy."
The teams of soldiers returned one by one from their assigned tasks.
The results were remarkably consistent.
"Have you searched everywhere?"
A military officer under Wei Yi was unwilling to give up.
Shunda Trade.
This was the foreign trade company Du Enqin had ntioned, not dealing in high-end work, mainly exporting agricultural products with so low-value crafts on the side.
According to Du Enqin’s statents, this company had significant ties to the New Year’s Eve terror incident, but when Wei Yi arrived with his team, the reality he unearthed seed inconsistent.
Or rather.
They were a step too late.
Wei Yi said nothing, his emotions unreadable, but the lower-ranked officer found it hard to accept the day’s fruitless efforts and gazed coldly at the more than thirty employees crouched on the ground.
"One last chance. Spill everything you know clearly. Or else... bang bang bang..."
He drew a pistol and fired it into the air repeatedly, the dull sounds pounding at the employees’ hearts, causing so of them to shiver uncontrollably.
"We really haven’t hidden anything. The company’s operations have nothing to do with us; we’re just the lowest level of labor. Whatever the company tells us to do, we do."
No one knew the warlord thods more than the locals, so in a bid to save themselves, soone braved their fears to speak up, a grown man almost on the verge of tears.
"Yes, I’m usually just responsible for transporting goods. The company just gives a place to take them."
"What kind of goods do you usually deliver?"
"Vegetables, fruits..."
"Bang."
A quick, crisp gunshot.
The bullet hit right between the eyes.
Seeing the body slump to the ground, the remaining employees were greatly shocked, unable to suppress the fear that surged from within, instinctively wanting to get up and run.
"Anyone dare to move! Bang bang bang!"
Another round of warning shots into the sky quelled the chaos among the employees.
To run ant death.
Not running also ant death.
The sll of urine grew stronger.
To say these people had the capability to launch a rocket attack, Wei Yi was the first not to believe it, yet he didn’t interfere.
"Now soone else answer."
This wasn’t a child’s ga of selecting soldiers.
This was Yama flipping through the book of the dead!
This could really kill soone!
The employees were terrified, hugging their heads tightly, burying their faces, shivering like a sieve.
"Even if you kill them all, you wouldn’t get anything useful."
Xu Kuan, who had been silently observing, spoke up.
The managent of this foreign trade company must have caught wind of sothing. Hence, they fled.
Their choice to flee obviously indicates knowledge of the inside story.
And those who didn’t flee, surely knew nothing.
Of course.
Not knowing doesn’t an innocence.
Or rather, in this land where the strong prey on the weak, innocence is a concept that simply doesn’t exist.
"Take them all away."
Wei Yi ordered, not resorting to open slaughter.
"Please, we really don’t know anything..."
The employees weren’t relieved; they cried and begged desperately. Being taken back by the warlords was no different from death, perhaps even more terrifying, with tortures they dared not imagine.
The pleas of ants have no power. The employees’ lants drew no sympathy from the soldiers, who responded with violence instead, either with gun butts or kicks.
But they were too insignificant; their wretched pleas had no effect, instead arousing violent treatnt from the soldiers, whether with gun butts or kicks.
Xu Kuan resud his detached observation. He wasn’t of a rciful heart, and the blood on his hands was likely no less than that of the warlords. Besides, Wei Yi was leading, not him, so it wasn’t his place to interfere.
Ignoring the employees being tragically herded into vehicles, Xu Kuan asked, "What does Deputy Officer Wei plan to do next?"
People gone.
The trail from this foreign trade company was effectively broken.
Yet Wei Yi wasn’t discouraged.
Even without tangible evidence, the inexplicable escape of the person in charge was explanation enough.
If it’s not you who crashed, why did you help?
If it’s not you who bombed, why run?
The facts showed, Du Enqin wasn’t soone with a mythical reputation; the intelligence provided was real and effective. This Tongda Trade definitely had issues.
"Go find the administrative official of this area. Would Mr. Xu like to join?"
"Going hastily without evidence isn’t quite appropriate. They are colleagues after all; Deputy Officer Wei surely couldn’t use the sa thods on the officials that you used on these employees. Although General Jin gave Deputy Officer Wei enough authority, Wei still needs to consider the impact."
Wei Yi understood the kindly reminder.
These employees were as insignificant as dust, killing them was of no consequence, but dealing with our own required a different approach.
"Does Mr. Xu have any good suggestions?"
Xu Kuan glanced at his watch.
"If Deputy Officer Wei isn’t in a rush, perhaps wait for a bit."
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