268: Situ Cong

Soon, the ten-person team lost contact, and their life signs instrument lost its signal.

At the Tianlong Knight Order, Dragon Country Base headquarters, the lights were bright, and everything was in chaos.

Whenever this organization went on a mission, the Combat Hall would be responsible for support and monitoring.

There was a screen in the Combat Hall showing the avatars of the ten people, all of which had now turned gray.

Among the more than ten Knight Order members present, the leader was a young, handsome man with a face that was even a bit immature.

He was 1.88 meters tall, with a model-like physique, a face as exquisitely carved as a sculpture, and distinct and strong facial features. His eyes were as deep as the sea, glinting with a cold light.

He was Situ Cong, the head of the Dragon Country Base, the Minister!

He was a mixed-race individual, part Dragon Country and part Japanese, who grew up in Japan. In his youth, he joined a local gang, and was later selected by the Knight Order. After training, he gradually became the person in charge.

And he was only 29 years old this year!

Within the Tianlong Knight Order, he was referred to as a rare genius in a century, a strong contender for the next Knight Order Operations Minister!

He was young and strong, with a calm mind, ruthless in his actions, and extremely intelligent, a composite criminal group leader whom fate seemed to favor.

Situ Cong looked at the screen, holding a tablet computer in his hand, briefly browsing the battle report.

The corner of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a masculine beauty, yet he said with extreme coldness, “Go find Uncle Cheng!”

The beginning of all this was when Uncle Cheng came for a consultation.

So, to end all this, let’s start with Uncle Cheng.

“Minister, it might be difficult to apprehend him in the capital. After all, he must have been prepared,” replied a woman who was extremely beautiful, alluringly built, and spoke with extreme coldness.

“Don’t worry, I’m just inviting him for tea and a chat. We won’t touch him now,” Situ Cong said.

A gold coin rolled up and down between Situ Cong’s fingers. With a playful air, he curled his lips into another smile.

“Yes, Minister! I’ll go do it now.” The woman turned to leave, but was suddenly called back by Situ Cong.

“Ellie, I heard Pan Han is preparing to film a movie with a woman named Yan Xiaoli?”

“Yes, Minister. The script has been finalized, and they are currently casting actresses,” Ellie replied.

“Very good. You go join the crew as an actress for a while. Find an opportunity to test Pan Han,” Situ Cong said coldly.

“Okay, Minister. I’ll arrange it for tomorrow.” Ellie nodded and turned to leave.

The Knight Order’s Dragon Country Base controlled dozens of enterprises domestically, with vast financial resources and connections. With a little maneuvering, it was only a matter of time before Ellie joined the crew.

“Pan Han, let’s play a game.” After Ellie left, Situ Cong stared at Pan Han’s file, giving a cold smile, his eyes flashing with a hint of murderous intent mixed with a touch of pleasure.

Finally, he found an opponent!

At this moment, Pan Han had already returned home and started eating breakfast.

Having dealt with matters at home, he planned to return to the capital after eating.

His parents urged him to stay a few more days, but he didn’t want to waste time and wanted to immediately begin his investigation into the Knight Order’s capital base.

The biggest breakthrough was still Uncle Cheng.

If the base was in the capital, there was no reason Uncle Cheng wouldn’t know.

At this moment, Uncle Cheng, lying on his bed at home, with the curtains undrawn and the room pitch black, lit a cigarette.

In the darkness, there was only a small, flickering point of light.

He was such a seasoned veteran; he already knew what the situation was.

Pan Han and the Tianlong Knight Order would definitely both come looking for him.

Uncle Cheng had only heard the older generation talk about the Holy War, but now those two words filled his mind.

No matter how he looked at it, it felt like the Holy War was about to begin.

Just then, a WeChat message came through. Uncle Cheng opened his phone, and it was indeed Pan Han: “Wait for me.”

“Okay!” Uncle Cheng had just replied when he received another mysterious text message from an unknown number.

However, the moment he received the text, he sat up from his bed.

The text message contained only a few words: Code 778!

Uncle Cheng looked at the message; he would never forget this code in his life. This was the code to return to the base immediately.

“Immediately” meant dropping all current work and matters and returning at the first opportunity.

Although he was no longer in the Knight Order, the organization sending 778 at this time might mean the situation was even more serious.

Because strictly speaking, internal organizational codes could not be used with outsiders, and this message told Uncle Cheng that they were calling him openly, and he would bear the consequences if he didn’t come.

Uncle Cheng smiled helplessly, extinguished his cigarette, and quickly went downstairs straight to the capital headquarters.

It was still the same small courtyard, the same old man, the same atmosphere, but a different mood.

Uncle Cheng walked into the hall with a complex mood, under the morning sun around eight or nine o’clock.

“You’re here. Go to room 203, the Minister is waiting for you,” the receptionist calmly told Uncle Cheng.

“Okay.” Uncle Cheng turned and went upstairs, walking down a long corridor, cold sweat already seeping from his forehead.

“Come in, the door isn’t closed.” Situ Cong sat in the room and heard footsteps outside the door, knowing it was Uncle Cheng.

Uncle Cheng pushed the door open and entered. Upon seeing Situ Cong, he recalled that the last time he saw him, he was just a child who had just joined the organization; now he had grown into the head of Dragon Country.

He was filled with emotion and had to admit that the younger generation was formidable!

However, then he thought, wasn’t Pan Han also a young man?

Thinking of this, he laughed wryly again. How could there be anything formidable about the younger generation in this world? There was only awesome people dealing with idiots!

And the most important point was: if you can’t do it, don’t pretend!

Pretending would definitely bring disaster!

Now Uncle Cheng regretted a bit that he had been a bit too clever in coming to the organization to investigate Pan Han.

Now it was good; things were out of control, and the situation was no longer within his control.

“Please sit, Uncle Cheng.” Situ Cong smiled, very polite.

Uncle Cheng had some fame within the organization before and had trained several apprentices. When Situ Cong first joined, he had even learned some combat skills from him.

Although he had now left the organization, it was considered an amicable separation, leaving according to procedure, with no lingering disputes between them.

Moreover, Uncle Cheng was thriving in the Wang Corporation, with influence in both the underworld and legitimate businesses, so Situ Cong would certainly not provoke him actively.

“Hello, Minister Situ! Long time no see.” Uncle Cheng sat down gracefully and returned the greeting with a smile to Situ Cong.

“Haha, Uncle Cheng, you’re too formal. What kind of Minister am I in front of you? I’m still little Cong,” Situ Cong replied with a laugh, his true intentions unreadable.

“Oh, Minister, what are you saying? Once you’re here, you are the Minister. Although I’m no longer in the organization, rules cannot be broken. May I ask, Minister, why have you called me here today?”

Situ Cong listened to Uncle Cheng’s words, still curling his lips, then said:

“Uncle Cheng, I called you here today for nothing else, just for one person.”

“Pan Han, right.”

“Exactly. Uncle Cheng, your people and my people clashed some time ago, suffering mutual losses. It was all for this kid.” Seeing Uncle Cheng so direct, Situ Cong no longer concealed his intentions.

“What do you want?” Uncle Cheng tilted his head, looking at Situ Cong.

“According to the rules, we are now adversaries, and the organization can kill you. But since we’re all so familiar, there’s no need to make things so tense. As long as Uncle Cheng withdraws his protection of Pan Han, the previous matters will be written off.”

“What if I can’t do that?”

“Then we can only handle it officially.” Situ Cong looked at Uncle Cheng with interest, as if he smelled a hint of blood.

“Let me go back and think about it.” Uncle Cheng did not immediately agree. He knew what “handling it officially” meant.

The entire Knight Order would go to war with him, which would then affect the entire Wang Corporation, something he could not accept.

For Pan Han, it hadn’t reached the point of sacrificing everything.