69novels Chapter 108 Your Meal Ticket Has Arrived
Chapter 108 Your Meal Ticket Has Arrived
Before leaving, Cao Shuangmin took out a hand grenade, pulled the safety pin, and threw it into the burning car.
"Boom!"
Another loud bang, the car's fuel tank exploded, and the fire got completely out of control, quickly spreading to the walls of the mansion.
Under the cover of night, Xu Li led his team to retreat silently, disappearing into the vast darkness.
He took out his communicator and sent a short message to Yan Shuo: "Captain, the third target has been eliminated. Bai Zhimin has been silenced. We have seized a certain amount of Japanese yen and US dollars, as well as a piece of intelligence."
At that moment, Yan Shuo's car was driving back to the city. After seeing the news, his smile widened.
The traitor has been eliminated, but the trail has been broken.
Next up is Saeki Shinkai.
Saeki Shinsuke's residence was no longer in the Japanese military officers' quarters. As a high-ranking officer, he had subordinates who fawned over him. They bought him a three-story villa in a wealthy residential area, about 5 kilometers away from the officers' villas. The surrounding area was lush with trees and bright flowers, and the air quality was excellent. There was also an artificial stream. That brat really knows how to enjoy life.
The night was as dark as ink, and the evening breeze rustled through the dense woods of the wealthy residential area, carrying the fragrance of flowers and the babbling of the artificial stream.
In stark contrast to the orderly and solemn Japanese officers' quarters, each villa here is hidden deep in the greenery, exuding extreme luxury.
Saeki Shinsei's three-story villa was hidden there, with lights shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto the lawn in the courtyard, creating a scene of tranquility and enjoyment—completely unaware that death had quietly descended.
Yan Shuo parked his car at a secluded corner a kilometer away from the villa. He opened the car door, and the space behind him rippled slightly as three tall, imposing weapon dolls quietly appeared.
They held silenced sniper rifles and submachine guns, their eyes expressionless, like the most sophisticated combat machines.
"The target is Saeki Shinkai's villa. There are nine people in total: two sergeant guards, a cook, a maid who was originally a geisha and also a bed partner, a Japanese star lover from Fengming Music Company, a gardener, a driver, a 14-year-old son, and Saeki Shinkai himself."
Yan Shuo swiped his finger across the virtual screen, and the interior layout of the villa appeared clearly. "The gardener and driver should be resting in the west annex right now. Two sergeants are patrolling the main gate and the second-floor corridor respectively. The rest of you are in the main building. Plan: Number 1 is responsible for clearing out the west annex, Number 2 takes care of the gate guards, Number 3 blocks the second-floor corridor, and I will sneak into the main building from the east terrace, clearing out each floor one by one, and finally meeting up in Saeki Shinkai's study."
"Received." The three weapon dolls responded in unison, their voices cold and flat. Then, they flashed and disappeared into the shadows of the forest like ghosts, stealthily heading towards the villa.
Using the trees as cover, Yan Shuo quickly approached the villa's wall.
The wall is three meters high. You can climb a ladder, jump down, and land silently on the lawn inside the wall.
At this moment, two almost inaudible "poof" sounds came from the direction of the west annex. It was Weapon Doll No. 1 using a silenced micro-bullet to take down the gardener and the driver.
Immediately afterward, just as the sergeant facing the gate was about to raise his hand to patrol, Weapon Doll No. 2 emerged from the shadows, slashing his throat with a dagger. The sergeant collapsed to the ground without even uttering a sound.
The sergeant in the second-floor corridor seemed to sense something was amiss and was peering downstairs.
Weapon Doll No. 3 had already been lying in ambush at the corner of the stairs. The silenced sniper rifle was precisely aimed at his head. With another soft sound, the sergeant fell to the ground and rolled down two steps. The sound was perfectly masked by the sound of the stream in the courtyard.
After the surrounding area was cleared, Yan Shuo made his way towards the east terrace.
The glass door to the terrace was ajar, leading to the living room, where her Japanese lover, Aiko Utsunomiya, was leaning back on the sofa listening to a record, her fingertips tapping lightly to the melody.
Yan Shuo pushed open the door, his footsteps as light as a cat's. Utsunomiya Aiko was completely unaware, still immersed in the music.
She only realized what was happening when Yan Shuo's gun was pressed against her temple. Just as she was about to scream, Yan Shuo covered her mouth with one hand, and the dagger slashed across her neck, splattering blood onto the sofa. The record was still spinning, the melody creating an eerie contrast with the silence of death.
Yan Shuo didn't linger and went straight to the kitchen.
The cook was clearing the dishes when he heard footsteps. He turned around to ask what was wrong, but was shot in the head by Weapon Doll No. 2, who was following closely behind Yan Shuo. His body slammed heavily onto the cutting board, and the sound of the dishes shattering was deafening.
The second-floor corridor had been sealed off by Weapon Doll No. 3. Yan Shuo went up the stairs. The door to the master bedroom was ajar, and Kuroda Hanako, a former geisha maid, was removing her makeup in front of the mirror.
She was wearing a silk nightgown, her figure graceful, but she was completely unaware of the danger approaching.
Yan Shuo pushed open the door and entered. The maid, Kuroda Hanako, turned around in fright, her face still bearing the white marks of makeup remover, her eyes filled with terror.
Yan Shuo made no extra movements; with a soft click of the silenced pistol, she fell to the ground in front of the dressing table.
The third floor houses Saeki Shinkai's study and his son's room.
14-year-old Hiroyuki Saeki was fast asleep, and the room was filled with toy soldiers and samurai sword models.
Yan Shuo's eyes were icy as he gestured to Weapon Doll No. 3.
The weapon-wielding doll stepped forward, pressed the muzzle of its gun against the boy Saeki Keiji's forehead, and ended his life cleanly and decisively. Yan Shuo never left any potential threats, eliminating any possibility of future troubles.
The study light was on, and Saeki Shinkai was sitting behind a large mahogany desk, flipping through a document about the follow-up use plan of the Fifth War Zone codebook.
He seemed to notice the subtle movement downstairs, his brow furrowed slightly, and he reached for the pistol under the table.
"Saeki Shinsuke, your meal ticket has arrived."
Yan Shuo's voice suddenly broke the silence of the study.
Saeki Shinkai abruptly looked up and saw Yan Shuo standing at the door. His pupils contracted sharply, and he shouted, his voice trembling with fear, "Who are you? How dare you trespass on my villa! Guards!"
"Stop shouting. Your guards, your lover, your maid, and your precious son are all on their way."
Yan Shuo approached slowly, his tone calm but chilling: "The codebook of the Fifth War Zone, the New Fourth Army cadres who were killed, the Kuomintang troops who were lured to surrender—it's time to settle this score."
Saeki Shinkai's face turned pale. He frantically reached for the pistol under the table, but it was too late.
Weapon Dolls No. 1 and No. 2 had flanked him from both sides, and two silenced submachine guns were aimed at him at the same time.
"Baka! If you dare kill me, the Mei Agency will never let you get away with it!" Saeki Shinkai roared, trying to intimidate with his identity.
Yan Shuo chuckled and raised his hand in a gesture.
"Puff puff puff—"
A hail of bullets rained down, riddling Saeki Shinkai's body with bullets. He collapsed behind his desk, his blood staining the documents on the table.
Yan Shuo glanced around the study and instructed the weapon doll: "Search all classified documents, codebooks, and bank accounts, and take them all. Clean up any traces at the scene, use incendiary bombs to cover up the villa, and make it look like an accidental fire."
"clear."
The weapon doll immediately sprang into action, collecting all the confidential documents in the study, the gold bars and US dollars in the safe into Yan Shuo's spatial storage, and then setting up small incendiary bombs throughout the villa.
Yan Shuo took one last look at the luxurious villa, then turned and left with the weapon doll.
Behind me came the crackling sound of a roaring fire, flames shooting into the sky and reddening half of the night sky.
Everything inside the villa will be reduced to ashes in the fire.
Saeki Shinkai, a top candidate for the next head of the Mei Agency, was beheaded for his heinous crimes.