Chapter 371 Things Have Gone Seriously

Assistant Xiao Zhang, who had just come out of the director's office, held the signed document tightly in his arms.

He walked down the quiet corridor of the Government Building.

The lights in the corridor were bright, and his leather shoes made a crisp sound as they stepped on the polished floor tiles.

When he reached the end of the corridor...

Xiao Zhang took several deep breaths of the cool air in the hallway.

After this short buffer, he managed to barely pull together his shattered state of mind.

Just as he turned the corner of the safety passage ahead...

He ran head-on into a colleague in a hurry.

The person was Xiao Wang, who was responsible for the logistical coordination of the Special Front.

Xiao Zhang instinctively wanted to raise his hand and give a professional smile to say hello.

However...

Then, Xiao Zhang blinked and lowered his hand.

He noticed that Xiao Wang's current state was really not quite right.

That feeling was exactly like his own reaction earlier in Director Liu's Office when he heard the director give his guarantee.

He was also completely absent-minded.

Xiao Wang's eyes stared straight ahead, his gaze terrifyingly hollow.

Not only that.

Xiao Zhang clearly saw it.

In this office building with a comfortable temperature, his forehead was actually covered in fine beads of cold sweat.

Those cold sweats gathered into droplets and slid down Xiao Wang's cheeks; the whole person looked like he had just been fished out of the water.

...

The reason Xiao Wang was so distracted that he didn't even notice the colleague walking toward him...

Was because after several days of extreme busyness.

To ensure the Decapitation Squad's overseas operation was foolproof, he had been constantly checking evacuation routes, communication frequencies, and logistical supplies.

Just now.

When he finished archiving all the evacuation contingency plans.

It was as if a bolt of thunder flashed through his mind.

This thunder instantly shattered all his fatigue.

He finally remembered!

He remembered what he had felt was wrong in the underground corridor before, and exactly what he had forgotten!

That day, after he came out of Director Liu's Office, he always felt like there was something he hadn't finished.

But the mission was pressing too hard, so he forcibly suppressed that sliver of unease.

Now, after a careful logical playback.

He finally recalled.

That day when he went to the Safe House to deliver weapons.

Because his mind was entirely on the Special Ops Members' evacuation plan, his brain was operating at overload.

He had casually brought that Firefighting Parent-Child Pistol he received from Director Liu in with him.

'I'm finished!'

'Isn't this a total disaster?!'

'I actually lost the plastic pistol that Liu Jianguo, Director Liu, personally told me to put in the special storage area of the armory to gather dust!'

'Not only did I lose it, I carelessly mixed it into the specialized weapon cases!' This thought emerged in his mind.

...

Deducing frantically down this fatal clue.

Xiao Wang's hairs stood on end in an instant.

An uncontrollable chill rushed from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

He knew the rules in the Safe House all too well.

Those weapons packed in cases were the only reliance the Special Ops Members had for survival and killing enemies on the battlefield.

Then he had an even more terrifying thought!

That is, surely that pistol Liu Jianguo, Director Liu, told him to take to the special storage area...

Wasn't taken away by Old Wolf, Yan Poyue, and the others executing the decapitation mission as some kind of secret specialized weapon, right?!

That plain plastic texture, plus that manual as thick as a dictionary.

The more something looks unremarkable like that, the more likely it is to be mistaken for some kind of hidden weapon of mass destruction in the eyes of those elite agents.

If it really was taken away.

In that case, things have gone seriously awry!

After all, he hadn't looked at the thing carefully himself at all.

He didn't know what function that weapon that looked like a toy actually had.

He only remembered Director Liu handing it to him casually like trash, not even bothering to give it a second look.

What kind of place was Sanbianpo?

It was a lawless land where warlords held sway and drug lords ran rampant.

If the frontline agents really took that weapon, which hadn't undergone any combat testing and whose use was unknown.

When infiltrating behind enemy lines and getting surrounded.

At the moment of life and death.

Would some fatal accident occur?

What would the brothers on the front line use to withstand the enemy's assault rifles and heavy machine guns?

Once a fatal loophole in the firepower configuration occurred because of this gun.

Leading to the failure of the decapitation mission.

Then he would truly be unable to atone for it even with ten thousand deaths!

The thought that the frontline brothers might fall in a pool of blood because of his mistake.

Made Xiao Wang feel short of breath, his legs turning weak.

...

Just as Xiao Wang was caught in extreme panic, his brain frantically deducing those unthinkable consequences.

He had already walked in front of Xiao Zhang.

Assistant Xiao Zhang looked at him.

He really couldn't help but step forward.

Looking at his pale face and his uncontrollable trembling, Xiao Zhang greeted him with concern:

"Brother Wang, you're covered in sweat, are you okay? Are you feeling unwell?"

This sudden voice rang out in the corridor.

Xiao Wang, who was on the verge of collapse, was startled by the voice.

His whole body gave a violent jolt as if he had been electrocuted.

He looked at Xiao Zhang in front of him, his eyes losing focus for a moment.

Then he just nodded his head stiffly.

He didn't even have time to wipe the cold sweat off his face.

He gave a haphazard response:

"Ah... no... nothing, I have some urgent business with the director."

After saying this.

Then, like a cat that had its tail stepped on.

Xiao Wang launched into a sprint instantly.

His feet seemed to have the wind beneath them, and he didn't even care about his usually rigorous decorum.

In a hurry, he took large strides and ran straight toward Liu Jianguo, Director Liu's Office.

That retreating figure looked as if the Grim Reaper was chasing him.

He slammed open the fire door in the hallway, not even noticing when his shoulder hit the wall heavily.

His only thought now was to quickly report this mistake to Liu Jianguo, Director Liu.

Then, Xiao Zhang stood where he was.

Still holding those newly signed documents in his arms.

He turned around, looking at the other man's panicked back as he hurried toward Director Liu's Office.

He felt speechless.

Then, thinking of the confident guarantee Director Liu had just made in the office.

Xiao Zhang couldn't help but shake his head too.

How many normal people are left in this building?

He sighed and muttered:

"Strange and eccentric."

Anyway, everyone's quite strange.