Chapter 515: The Weak Tiger Still Roars
by xennovelChapter 515: Even a Weak Tiger Is Still a Tiger (3 Updates)
The night was heavy.
A solitary moon circled above the border outpost.
The buildings in the outpost had their edges blurred by the darkness.
Dim moonlight spilled into a ward.
On a sickbed, Zhou Lie, wearing a respiratory mask, lay asleep.
In the fading light, his face appeared extraordinarily pale.
The ward door quietly opened as a nurse in scrubs carrying a tray slowly stepped in.
She wore both a nurse’s cap and a mask.
Her eyes were large and chillingly cold.
Step by step, she approached the bed and placed the tray on the bedside cabinet.
She picked up a syringe, then grabbed a medicine bottle.
Using the syringe, she drew the liquid from the bottle.
Glancing at the syringe in her hand, the nurse looked at Zhou Lie on the bed, a cold glint flickering in her eyes.
Her gaze, like that of a venomous snake, sent shivers down one’s spine!
She plunged the syringe into the IV tube dangling from the bottle.
Without haste, the nurse injected the medicine…
“I don’t believe we’ve met before?”
Weak, low-toned words echoed from the bed.
The nurse’s body trembled as she turned; she met a pair of cold, piercing eyes.
Zhou Lie was awake.
He had awakened the moment the nurse entered the ward.
Even if a tiger is ill, it doesn’t turn into a cat.
“Never met—doesn’t matter,” he replied.
The nurse’s voice was icy and laced with sarcasm, “After all, you’re about to die.”
“Oh, really?”
A weak smile curled under his respiratory mask as Zhou Lie said, “Many have tried to kill me before, yet I’ve always managed to survive, while they all ended up dead!”
The nurse’s expression changed as she looked at the bed and at Zhou Lie’s hand peeking out from under the blanket.
At some point, the IV needle that had been inserted in that hand was removed.
Faint streams of blood oozed from the puncture site.
One could also see the IV line still leaking medicine…
In an instant.
The nurse’s hand fell aside, reaching for a scalpel on the tray.
But a hand moved faster than hers.
It picked up the scalpel first and swung it lightly.
Thud!
Blood spurted from the nurse’s neck.
She staggered backwards, clutching her bleeding neck.
Throughout it all, Zhou Lie remained lying on his bed.
Even at his weakest.
So weak that he could only move one arm.
Yet he was still the leader of National Security’s Group Nine!
“Impressive!”
A light chuckle echoed from the window.
A figure sat leisurely on the windowsill, having observed the entire scene.
If he hadn’t spoken,
neither Zhou Lie nor the nurse would have detected his presence.
“Can’t you be a proper human?”
Zhou Lie slowly turned his head to look at Xiao Yu. “You really expect me, a patient, to handle this all by myself?”
“Haven’t you seen Brother Zhou’s skills?”
Xiao Yu leaped down from the windowsill, casually strolling past the nurse.
With a flick of his hand…
Bang!
The nurse’s head slammed against the wall.
Xiao Yu pulled out a hemostatic spray and applied it to the nurse’s neck in quick bursts.
He then wrapped a bandage around her wound before seating himself beside Zhou Lie.
He paid no mind to the nurse, who lay on the floor like a heap of mud.
“Light me a cigarette,” Zhou Lie grinned.
“Come on, don’t be ridiculous,” replied Xiao Yu with a resigned chuckle. “Look at you—you’re so injured that a cigarette might just be the last thing you need!”
“Alright,” Zhou Lie conceded.
He glanced at the nurse on the floor and asked, “What happened?”
“They came to kill us,” replied Xiao Yu, his face growing serious.
“Me, you, Wang Dong and Zhao Long. Last year, when we led Team Two and Group Nine’s special forces to corner that mercenary unit, something unexpected occurred. We likely unintentionally eliminated an important figure. It seems they’re after revenge…”
“Revenge?” Zhou Lie raised his eyebrows.
A few days ago, they had analyzed the situation and thought the revenge angle was almost laughable.
“Yes, but not the sort where a Black Man mercenary avenges his brother,” Xiao Yu continued.
Xiao Yu nodded. “It’s someone else… They don’t even know who was involved in that operation back then. So they set a trap using a pair of mercenaries to lure us out. Now they’ve confirmed two targets: you and me.”
“I see,” Zhou Lie muttered, nodding as his expression turned puzzled again. “If it was someone important, why would they even become a mercenary?”
“Brother Zhou, have you forgotten?”
… …… Plead for Flowers ……
Xiao Yu sneered, “What was the reason that mercenary unit entered the country back then?”
“…”
Zhou Lie paused, his face shifting as he said, “You mean…”
“Yes,” Xiao Yu replied.
Xiao Yu nodded. “It must have been him!”
What ignited the mercenaries’ entry into the country back then?
Someone had hired Terrorist Cells to rob a bank.
To lure the police away.
They seized a Bomb with Steel Balls and a Fake Currency Circuit Board!
This Fake Currency Circuit Board could print American dollars.
Before the counterfeit factory was shut down by the police, those involved had cooperated with overseas suppliers.
After the factory was raided, the foreign supply was cut off.
The buyer personally entered the country, determined to seize that Fake Currency Circuit Board.
……………
They even allied with the Terrorist Cells.
Accompanying them was a mercenary unit.
The main culprit was a White Middle-Aged Man.
At that time, he had threatened Xiao Yu with a bomb,
and Xiao Yu had even hacked off one of his arms…
National Security had also investigated his identity.
Interrogations revealed he was the head of the largest international counterfeit crime syndicate.
After failing to extract any useful information… he was executed!
This incident is very likely connected to the death of that white middle-aged man.
If Xiao Yu’s deduction is correct,
someone is seeking revenge on him.
What task did the system assign to Xiao Yu?
“Border Revenge!”
Indeed, it wasn’t mercenaries avenging mercenaries.
It was someone determined to avenge that white man from back then!
The ward door swung open as members of Group Nine dragged the would-be assassin nurse away.
Shortly after, National Security HQ sent over a file.
Holding his phone, Xiao Yu began reviewing the dossier.
Soro Iden, 49, a citizen of Samcountry… the head of an international counterfeit crime syndicate.
He was that white man from back then!
According to National Security’s investigation,
Soro had a wife and a son,
and here’s the kicker:
Soro’s father-in-law was a director at the ‘Group 9’ Military Resources Company.
Putting down his phone, Xiao Yu slowly looked up, a sneer playing on his lips.
Isn’t the answer obvious?
Wife? Son? Father-in-law?
Who would avenge Soro?
The End.