Enemy Neutralized.

Hao Ren drove the car quickly, and Xiao Mei said, "Boss, they have means to track the target." 

The young man frowned and said, "Can you disguise it for half an hour?" 

Xiao Mei replied positively and Hao Ren drove the car faster, he navigated through the streets and roads before he came to the outskirt of the Jade Capital. This place was an old industrial district, however, ten years ago, due to pollution control regulations it was closed down. 

This place was now filled with abandoned factories and workshops. Hao Ren had used Xiao Mei's guidance to find himself a factory located in the center of this place. He mumbled, "This place does seem to be haunted." 

At this moment, he sensed the lady beside him squirm in the seat. He was not worried about her breaking free as the restraints were all duct tape, and they were rolled around her body multiple times. 

He parked the car and got out of the vehicle. Then he pulled out the half conscious lady from the vehicle before he dragged her inside the abandoned factory. The lady opened her eyes and tried to struggle when Hao Ren said coldly, "Stop moving so much, bitch." 

That said he flung her on the ground. The lady turned around and looked at Hao Ren. She was surprised to see his face, her heart turned cold. In their line of work, if someone can sneak up to them and even kidnap her without breaking a sweat let her see his face, that meant he did not intend to let her get away from this alive. 

However, this was bound to happen someday. Hao Ren fished out a phone from his pocket. Tiny's eyes squinted, this was her mobile. Hao Ren said, "Xiao Mei, make the call." 

Tiny did not know whom he was talking to, but she soon heard a phone ring. The call was picked up and a thick, heavy voice sounded from the other end, "Tiny, what's the status?" 

The lady's pupil constricted, and Hao Ren said, "Hello, Falcon. Nice to hear from you finally." 

On the other side, it was like a bomb exploded, Falcon asked, "Who are you? Where is Tiny?" 

Hao Ren replied, "Tiny is before me but she is unable to take the call. How about we have a conversation." 

Falcon did not seem to be bothered, and said, "Sure, what do you want to talk about?" 

Hao Ren replied, "I do not want anything expensive, just the name of the person who contracted you bunch of losers." 

Falcon replied, "Your mother, she came to my dream and she was the one who contracted me." 

Then the man erupted in laughter. Hao Ren nodded and placed the phone on the ground, before he moved close to Tiny. He took out his knife and undid the duct tape around her mouth. She yelled, "Boss, I am in..." 

However, before she could say anything, a black barrel was stuffed in her mouth. Hao Ren said, "Falcon, you know what I will do now? I will take off all the clothes this woman of yours is wearing, and then I will kill her and leave. So, you have five chances before your partner dies." 

Falcon did not believe it, the girl did not believe it, so Hao Ren sighed and choked the lady before pulling out the gun from her mouth and squeezed the trigger. 

Bang!

Tiny's leg was pierced and she wailed in pain. Hao Ren walked back to the phone and said, "Heard that? That was just a quick reminder for you to understand that I am the boss, also, I know that you and your pack of bugs is hiding in the suburban area. House number, 1204, water pearl residency." 

Falcon was silent, but he still did not give up, and asked, "Do you believe that I will kill you and your family members for what you have done?" 

Hao Ren sighed and said, "Fine. I have no qualms then." 

He said, "Xiao Mei, let them watch." 

... 

In the suburbs, Falcon and two of his team were shocked when they found that Tiny had been kidnapped, they had been even more shocked that the person dared to shoot her. What made their soul shiver was the fact that the kidnapper knew who they were, and where they were hiding and what's more, he even knew what they were doing here. 

Falcon wanted to confirm if the person was related to Han Lingshi, when he suddenly heard the man call someone named Xiao Mei. Suddenly, Marco, who was sitting beside him said, "Fuck, this bastard was on us all this while." 

Falcon turned his head and found that the laptop screen was showing a dim lit scene of a dusty place. He could tell that the person rolling on the ground was Tiny. He asked coldly, "What do you intend to do? Hey, I am telling you, if you dared to harm her, the Red Banner will never let go of you." 

Hao Ren said, "I know, but I do not care. If I cannot get what I want, fine." 

That said, he matched his gaze with the terrified Tiny, and said, "Rest in peace, and be a good person in your next life." 

Then he raised his gun and squeezed the trigger. 

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He fired three shots and all of them pierced through Tiny's chest. Hao Ren said, "This is not on me, but on you Falcon, you had your chance. Goodbye." 

Hao Ren disconnected the call, and said, "Xiao Mei, leave a trace that allows them to come here." 

Xiao Mei asked, "Why should we do that boss?" 

Hao Ren smiled and said, "You will know soon." 

... 

Falcon was in a daze when Marco said, "Boss, I found something, this guy missed a trail. He is in the abandoned factory area." 

Falcon said, "I am heading there, tell Succubus to meet up with me." 

As he said that, he rushed out of the house. Marco sighed and said, "I told them, not to take Han Nation missions, yet these bunch of greedy vixens led us into a death trap." 

He relayed Falcon's commands to Succubus and then began to search the web to find if there was any activity regarding Han Lingshi or the Han Family, because he suspected that this was the handiwork of an expert behind Han Lingshi. 

There was not other prominent explanation that could justify what happened. The other reason could be the special forces acting against them, but soldiers do not kill so indifferently. 

... 

Hao Ren had left the factory but he did not look so good, his face was pale and his forehead was covered with cold sweat. The after effect of claiming a human life were knocking at the door of his conscience, but he was forcefully blocking them out. This was not the time for him to weaken. 

Xiao Mei had told him that two people were moving in this direction, and Hao Ren took an alternative path to avoid crossing with these people. It was almost three in the morning, and Hao Ren was running out of time. He took a deep breath and said, "System, could you not have made me a soldier king? I would have killed these people with ease then." 

The system did not reply, however, Hao Ren kept on talking, because he needed to divert his thoughts from the factory to somewhere else. He would be facing another target, and that would not be fruitful if he did not have the calm mind. 

Xiao Mei said, "Boss, we will reach in five minutes." 

Hao Ren woke up and realized that he has arrived at the suburbs. He parked the vehicle in a secluded location, and continued the rest of the journey on foot. He was quick to arrive in the vicinity of the house. He calmed his nerves and circled the house to take notice of the small things. He clicked his tongue and said, "These people sure are professionals. There is not even a single light leaking from the window." 

He leaned back to the wall of a house in the neighborhood, and thought for a bit. He could not come up with anything and asked, "Xiao Mei, what do you think we can do to make the person inside reveal some weakness or panic?" 

Xiao Mei replied, "The easiest would be to kill the two people at the factory." 

Hao Ren smiled and said, "I cannot agree more..."

Suddenly he stopped and said, "Xiao Mei, do this." 

...

Marco was combing the dark web to check for any movement, when his laptop froze again, and two different pictures showed up. Looking at the pictures he was shocked and jumped off the chair, making it fall with a clank. 

He gasped and mumbled, "No, no, what the fuck. What do I do now, yeah, that, I can call base for help." 

He began to look for his mobile, because the pictures displayed that Falcon and Succubus were fallen on the ground, and they were dead. He had to call at the base, before he could leave this place. 

He began pacing around the room and dialed the number as he placed the phone next to his ear. The call was connected quickly, and he said, "This is Scribe, authorization code 1554delta..." 

Before he could say anything else, he sensed a prick in his neck, and turned to look around. He was so anxious after watching the pictures that he did not even care about the needle stuck in his neck. Marco said, "Mission failed, team compromised. Falcon, Succubus, Tiny have been taken down. I need evac ASAP." 

The person on the other side also said something, and then Marco disconnected the call. He quickly moved to clean up the site and leave, because he knew that the enemy knew about this hide out. Just then, he felt a little dizzy and gradually, fell to the ground.

Hao Ren walked up from the shadows. Marco was shocked to see that someone managed to creep up to him. He may be a technician, but he had decent fighting skills. Since the enemy managed to sneak up on him. This guy was probably a professional like him. 

Hao Ren was not scared or cautious about dealing with this guy, because unlike Tiny, he did not have a gun on him. Ha stood there with his hands crossed before him as Marco lost consciousness. Hao Ren looked around, one of the skills of an assassin was to set traps, and make deaths look like they were accidents. 

He picked Marco up from the ground, and tied him to the chair using the same duct tape binds. He looked around and found a cellphone, and laptop on the table. Other than that, he also found a few guns and grenades left behind by Falcon. 

Hao Ren went outside the house, he killed the power from the back yard control module. He came back inside, went to the kitchen and opened all the gas knobs. Then he used a few grenades to skillfully make trip-wire traps. He hid the grenades in different positions before he left the house. 

He said, "Xiao Mei, where are Falcon and Succubus?" 

The AI replied in his ear, "They are heading back here." 

Hao Ren nodded and said, "Good." 

Then he sat inside his car, with a laptop he took from Marco's hand. He used a data cable and said, "Xiao Mei, I want you to get in this laptop, and then hack in the Red Banner Mercenary group. I need to know why they targeted Lingshi." 

Xiao Mei replied, "It would be easy to get in their network with this encrypted laptop boss. You are very smart." 

Hao Ren did not say anything because he was busy watching a pair of vehicles coming the community. The community was a big settlement with single floored independent houses. This was why Hao Ren was not afraid or worried about harming someone by mistake. 

He saw two people getting out of then asked, "Xiao Mei, is it them?" 

The place was covered with CCTV cameras and Xiao Mei was watching everything. She replied and confirmed, "Yes, Boss." 

Hao Ren watched the two figures carry someone inside the house, and after a few moments the entire place shook. 

*Boom!!!*

Hao Ren was not bothered about any survivors, because if someone managed to escape the grenade explosion, the sparks inside the house trigged a secondary explosion when they came in contact with the gas. 

*Boom!!!*

If someone managed to survive the hot flames of the gas explosion, then they would be in a state worse then death. He turned on the ignition and drove out of the company. He asked, "Xiao Mei, any survivors?" 

Xiao Mei replied, "Three tracking devices went out within two minutes difference of each other. They are not longer alive boss." 

Hao Ren nodded as he drove away in the night.