Chapter 48 Xiling Street
"boom!!"
Before the smoke and dust produced by the explosion had dissipated, the thick iron gate that had lost its support fell to the ground, making a deafening sound.
The level of poisoning in the ashes was already very serious at this moment. He was almost in a semi-coma and stumbled to the door with the last bit of will. As soon as he walked out of the room, several people wearing protective suits and gas masks supported him and stuffed a tube into his mouth.
Gas with bitter droplets poured out of the tube and poured into the ashes' throat, which made him cough violently, but the feeling of splitting headache suddenly dissipated most of the time, and the scene in front of him was no longer blurred.
"Medical team, come and carry the people away, the logistics team, and clean up the venue." A man with a gas mask said in a low voice. Five or six guys in white coats ran in in a hurry and moved the ashes to a stretcher.
A normal person has already fallen into a coma when he inhaled this magnitude of poison gas, and Ash has been forced to survive in one breath until now... He dared to be 100% sure that even if he had successfully exploded the iron door, as long as he failed to rush out of the room, even if he was only one centimeter from the door, these guys would definitely watch themselves die indifferently. The cold blood and cruel Ash shown by the assessment party had long been learned in the first assessment. In the eyes of these people, he was just a tool, not a person... and the way to measure the value of the tool was just a kind of: "useful" or "useless".
Breaking open the iron door is only one of the steps, and only by leaving the room full of poisonous gas can the assessment be considered complete.
"I am really a cockroach with tenacious vitality..." Looking at the pale and dazzling light above my head, Ash pulled the corner of his mouth with some self-deprecating swaying, allowing the doctor to cover a huge breathing mask on his face...
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Four days later, Linfeng Castle, Xiling Street.
Although Xiling Street is a street, it actually refers to a block with Xiling Street as the core and covering an area of 15 square kilometers... This block is located between the Linfengbao Commercial District and the slums. It neither belongs to the boundary of the slums, and the patrolmen in the commercial district are not willing to set foot here. Over time, it gradually turns into a gray area located at the foot of the Imperial Throne.
The gray area located in the heart of the empire does sound a bit unbelievable, but this is indeed a true portrayal of Xiling Street - more than a dozen gangs of all sizes control this area, and behind these gangs are the "big figures" at the peak of the empire's power... There are even rumors that the controller behind some gangs is probably the Emperor sitting on the supreme throne.
Just as coins always have two sides, no one can expel darkness and shadow from this world forever, Your Majesty also understands this truth... Instead of completely destroying those things, it is better to take them in your own hands.
Xiling Street is mixed with fish and dragons, and there are extremely complex and chaotic interests entanglements between various forces. In the eyes of power, this is a quagmire with countless sharp blades and traps hidden, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this is a good place to find fun.
Taverns, black markets, casinos, red light districts, underground arenas... Any entertainment facility you can imagine is available here. banned drugs, military weapons and even illegal slaves can be seen everywhere in the black market... The imperial law and law enforcement agencies are hard to move forward in Xiling Street. There is a set of rules that belong only to Xiling Street. As long as you are willing to abide by the rules here, you will be able to see the completely different side of Linfeng Castle.
The last assessment of Ashes will be conducted here.
The corruption of a senior official of the Empire was exposed, with the amount involved in the case as high as 400,000 gold coins. According to the imperial criminal law, this number was enough to be shot more than a dozen times. But I don’t know who revealed the news to the official. Before the military police smashed the gate of his mansion with butts, he had already escaped into Xiling Street alone and hid.
Things suddenly became tricky.
If you want to thoroughly search Xiling Street, it will obviously touch the interests of many big shots. It is not worth doing this for a corrupt official. The best solution is to send a small number of elite personnel to enter Xiling Street and pull him out of it.
The last assessment of Ashes was to arrest the official.
This is a practical assessment. According to the information obtained, the official should have military firearms... Of course, even if he doesn't have one, as long as he has enough gold coins, he can buy it in the underground black market on Xiling Street. In addition, he should have hired several powerful bodyguards. These bodyguards are either veterans retired from some elite troops, or fight-hardened mercenaries, hunters and others... Not only that, there is also a gang that has provided him with a shelter, which makes the arrest even more difficult.
Of course, there must be another hidden story behind this matter, but that is not something that Ashes need to care about. His mission is to bring the target out of Xiling Street... and it must be brought out alive.
"The use of firearms is prohibited, large-scale riots are prohibited, conflicts with local gangs should be avoided, and irrelevant personnel should be involved as much as possible..."
Ashes recalled the precautions that the instructor of Huangquan told him, and couldn't help laughing... These requests were simply embarrassing themselves. The other party had a gun and a bodyguard holding a gun. It was not that easy to solve the problem without firing a gun. As for not causing large-scale riots, it would be even more impossible for him to control it. Even if he didn't use a gun, the other party had no such concern. If a gunshot sounded on the street with crowded crowds, the consequences...
To be honest, compared to the current mission, Ash felt that it would be easier to fight with that ability person.
Although the firearms were not required, Ash still carried two short guns, hidden in the holster under his armpit. One was a rifled flints, with eight rifles inside the barrel, using concentrated gunpowder and heavy single-headed bullets. Although the barrel was only fifteen centimeters, its power and range were no less than ordinary long-barrel flints. The only disadvantage was that the recoil was extremely high. The other was a smoothbore gun, which used shotguns mixed with steel balls and iron sand, which could quickly subdue the target at close range and was less fatal.
In addition to guns, he also carried several daggers and short knives, hiding them in every corner of his body. He had a piece of bulletproof ceramic plate thick on his chest, and a navy blue wool trench coat was worn on the outside.
That gendarmerie uniform is definitely not allowed to be worn. An "Imperial gendarmerie" appeared on Xiling Street, which can easily attract the attention of many forces. Even if a real gendarmerie wants to come to Xiling Street for a relaxing time during his rest period, he will definitely find a way to hide his identity - just like Ashes are now.
Chapter completed!