Chapter 353: No Betrayal

Chapter 353: No Betrayal

Wu Hanran, sitting on the ground, looked as pale as a ghost, his skin devoid of life.

The expression on his face—guilt, despair, and sheer madness—revealed that he was teetering on the very edge of collapse.

Seeing Wu Hanran like this, the cold severity in Xiao Yu’s eyes finally softened.

Thank goodness… thank goodness…

Xiao Yu turned to the middle-aged policeman and said, “Disappear from my sight.”

The middle-aged cop cast a complicated glance at the slumped Wu Hanran and sighed.

Then he turned and headed toward a black sedan, driving away…

Slowly crouching down, Xiao Yu pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

He lit one for himself and handed another to Wu Hanran.

“It’s all my fault. After all these years, I never properly cared for that mother and daughter.”

Taking a deep drag, Wu Hanran raised his hand.

Smack—a resounding slap struck his own face.

Amid the spray of blood and tears, Wu Hanran roared, “I’m utterly useless!”

Xiao Yu stared silently at the middle-aged man, who wept and smoked in tandem.

“Team 10 is supposed to be National Security’s strongest and most fearsome unit, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have appeared alone. They wouldn’t let someone like you face this on your own. Yet here you are, solo. I know all too well the fate that awaits someone like me—I’m doomed, absolutely doomed…”

In a somewhat disjointed tone, Wu Hanran let out a long, wolfish cry of despair, “But without it, my daughter will really die. For all the years I’ve served the country, shed blood and sweat, please just give it to me… I beg you… uh?”

Xiao Yu placed the Yu God Sword right in front of Wu Hanran.

Then he stood up and walked off into the distance…

Wu Hanran stood there dumbfounded, watching Xiao Yu’s receding back.

Tears streamed down his face in torrents.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you…”

Gazing at that departing figure, Wu Hanran murmured through his tears.

“As long as my daughter is saved, I’ll end my own life!”

……

Inside the police car.

Xiao Yu had a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

Holding a tablet, he watched a red dot moving along the map.

A tracker like that can’t fool a top-level special operative.

The red dot hadn’t vanished, meaning Wu Hanran had not cleared it.

He already knew what National Security intended to do…

A knock came on the window as Zhou Lie and Shen Mei stood outside the police car.

“Did you give it to him…?”

After the junior officer got out, Shen Mei asked.

“Yes.”

Xiao Yu smiled and nodded. “No betrayal!”

A relieved smile broke through Zhou Lie and Shen Mei’s initially cold faces as they exhaled sharply.

“But…”

Wiping his smile away, Xiao Yu’s gaze turned icy, “Wu Hanran’s daughter must be rescued.”

“I’m just afraid…”

Zhou Lie furrowed his brow, leaving his sentence unfinished.

“Afraid of what?”

“Afraid that Wu Hanran’s daughter might already be gone!”

“She should still be alive,” someone insisted.

Xiao Yu shook his head. “Wu Hanran isn’t stupid. If those people are after the Yu God Sword, there’s definitely a connection—either through audio or video. He wouldn’t risk his life if he wasn’t sure his daughter was still alive.”

“Mm,” both team leaders nodded in agreement.

“The problem is, he surely has something of theirs on him, something tracking his every move.”

Shen Mei asked, “We can’t get close or else we’ll alert them. How can we find his daughter then?”

“I already said, Wu Hanran isn’t stupid.”

Xiao Yu jiggled the tablet in his hand. “Isn’t that so?”

“The other side isn’t dumb either, right?”

Zhou Lie chuckled, “It won’t be long before the tracking signal gets jammed.”

Even top operatives resort to such crude methods.

“Exactly—it’s all to force them to jam the signal.”

Xiao Yu grinned widely, “Once the signal disappears, won’t their location be revealed?”

“Uh!” the two team leaders exchanged bewildered looks.

It was such a simple idea.

The area where the signal goes dark is precisely where they are.

This isn’t a movie; it’s just a group of people trying to catch someone.

They could easily mobilize an entire squadron of armed police, maybe even a full National Security unit.

Cooperating with National Security’s special operatives—and if necessary, even calling in the Special Forces.

A full-scale sweep from all directions, leaving no escape.

If the signal wasn’t jammed, catching them would be all the easier.

Just follow the tracking signal and nab them.

But jamming the signal is sometimes inevitable.

This is nothing short of a blatant conspiracy!

“Now I finally understand why the boss gave you command authority,” one remarked.

Glancing at the junior officer, Shen Mei laughed, “Your mind is exactly what National Security needs.”

“Cut it out,” he replied.

Quickly shaking his head, Xiao Yu’s expression grew serious. “I’m just on temporary duty. At heart, I’m a policeman.”

Zhou Lie and Shen Mei rolled their eyes in unison.

They climbed back into the car immediately, too lazy to pay any more attention to the junior officer…

Xiao Yu cheerfully followed them in.

He couldn’t care less about their eye rolls.

I do things my way in life—why should I have to explain myself to anyone?

But when I’m in the presence of National Security, exposing my double-agent status, there’s no avoiding the awkwardness.

Still, I truly just want to be a cop.

It was you lot who forced me to join National Security in the first place!

……

Returning to Capital City S was something Xiao Yu had never expected.

He hadn’t imagined that their adversaries would be stationed here all along.

At that moment, Xiao Yu stood on a busy street, checking his watch.

In reality, his watch was a tracker displaying a slowly moving signal.

The source of that signal was less than a few dozen meters away.

Yet now, Xiao Yu had transformed into a man in his sixties.

System ability: Disguise Expert!

In the past, Xiao Yu never thought this ability would come in handy.

He never imagined he’d be working undercover for special ops.

What use is a camouflage ability—changing faces and all that nonsense?

Strolling down the street, using his Falcon’s Eye and Wangdie’s Nose, Xiao Yu steadily made his way toward Wu Hanran’s location.

He scanned the surroundings, alert to any suspicious characters.

It was this vigilance that paid off.

Xiao Yu noticed someone else was tailing Wu Hanran.

This person wasn’t following Wu Hanran but instead checking if anyone was shadowing him.

Heh… Xiao Yu passed by a young man, memorizing his scent before entering a nearby shop.

No longer tracking Wu Hanran?

That wasn’t necessary.

Why, you ask?

Because trailing Wu Hanran was meant to catch those external intelligence agents.

At the same time, it was part of the plan to rescue his daughter.

If a suspicious target is found, why search far and wide when what’s close at hand will do?

A few minutes later, Xiao Yu stepped out of the shop.

He continued to trail the young man from behind…

…following closely behind that young man.