Special District 9

Qin Yu barely got up from the ground when he heard a shout from Team 2 through his ear mic, “Two people just ran out from the house. They are running toward Mapleforest Street. Our location is a bit far, it’ll be hard to give chase.”

“Two? Are you sure?” Qin Yu replied with reddened eyes.

“Positive, two.”

“Everyone, hear me. Begin heading toward Mapleforest Street to chase the targets!” Qin Yu shouted. “We have casualties, so we must catch the main target by hook or by crook. Otherwise, their sacrifice will be in vain!”

“Copy that!”

“Copy that!”

“…!”

A few voices echoed through the walkie talkie. After that, Qin Yu took out his gun and ordered, “Those who aren’t injured, follow me down the stairs right now!”

…

In less than two minutes, the group was already downstairs. Running at the very forefront of the group, Qin Yu asked, “Team 2, do you have the targets in sight? I need their location.”

“They have reached Mapleforest Street and are currently running toward the intersection with Three Rings Road,” the leader of Team 2 replied grimly. “We have locked onto them, but the distance is still too far.”

Qin Yu was stunned for a moment as he suddenly recalled that Qi Lin was right there. So, he picked up his walkie talkie and shouted, “Car 2. Car 2. Do you copy?”

“Car 2 copied,” Qi Lin’s voice sounded through the walkie talkie.

“The targets are heading in your direction,” Qin Yu instructed very quickly. “There are two of them. Without putting yourself at risk, try to stall them as long as you can. We already have casualties. If you can drag them for ten seconds or so, we’ll be able to reach where you are.”

Qi Lin was taken aback.

“Do you copy?” Qin Yu repeated again anxiously.

“C-copy that!” Qi Lin replied nervously.

“Keep in contact, we’ll be right there!”

As Qin Yu spoke, he had already left the alley and got onto a police car, which had just driven over, together with Old Cat.

At the same moment, Jabi and two members from Old Cat’s team had gotten onto another car as they rushed toward the intersection of Three Rings Road, which was less than five hundred meters away.

In the car, Old Cat took the walkie talkie and shouted, “Qi Lin, do you see the targets?”

…

At the intersection with Three Rings Road.

Qi Lin had already gotten out of the car. He was so nervous that he forgot to bring his communication device out with him. With trembling arms, he took out his gun from the holster and hid at the forefront of the car and he stared fixedly in the direction of Mapleforest Street.

Qi Lin would have never thought that a day would come where a fearless fixer would be running in his direction. He felt deeply nervous. He couldn’t help but think about the massive explosion he just heard earlier, as well as the colleagues who had died just like that. He hid behind his car trembling in fright.

It was only a few seconds, but he felt as though years had passed right past him. Different from the other policemen, he had no intention of sacrificing himself for any reason. What was in him was just a sense of detachment and cowardice.

The cold wind blew across as Ah Long rushed over together with his companion. In their hands were an automatic rifle and a pistol.

In the car, Old Cat’s voice kept sounding through the walkie talkie, “Qi Lin, do you hear me? Are the targets there? Respond to me. Respond!”

With sweat trickling down his forehead, Qi Lin looked intently at where Ah Long was coming from. After a moment of hesitation, he raised his gun and prepared to shout with a quivering voice.

Beneath the dim moonlight, Ah Long turned to his companion and asked, “What did Shrimp say?”

“He’s already here,” the companion replied as he pointed in front. “We need to pass through the residence in front.”

“Wait, don’t move. There’s a police car ahead!” Ah Long suddenly noticed a police car at the intersection ahead. It was the car driven by Qi Lin.

Bang bang bang…!

The companion was nervous. After seeing the police car, he immediately cocked his gun as he shouted, “You go first!”

Bullets began spraying all over the police car. Qi Lin crouched fearfully behind the car, not daring to lift his head at all.

Inside the car, Old Cat’s voice sounded, “Qi Lin, I hear gunshots on your side. Have you engaged the enemy?!”

Qi Lin could vaguely hear the sounds in the car, so he climbed over to the passenger seat’s side in order to get into the car.

On the streets, Ah Long was sprinting furiously under the cover of his companion diagonally to where Qi Lin was, and the distance between them wasn’t even 30 meters.

Qi Lin placed his hand on the handle and was just about to open the car door when he noticed that Ah Long was going to enter the alley. Left with no choice, he raised his gun and prepared to shoot.

On the other hand, Ah Long had also been paying close attention to the police car as he ran. At the moment that Qi Lin moved, they saw each other face-to-face.

The two of them were taken aback.

Without any hesitation, Ah Long raised his gun and began spraying at the police car too.

Hualala!

Numerous dents appeared all over the police car, but Qi Lin remained rooted on the spot, not retaliating at all.

Weng!

It was at that moment when Jabi’s car suddenly rushed over. Holding onto the walkie talkie, he shouted, “Qi Lin, shoot him. Just stall him for a while and he won’t be able to get away!”

However, Qi Lin hid behind the police car, not moving at all. He stared at the road with a face pale in fright.

“Shit!” Seeing how Qi Lin wasn’t responding at all, Jabi shouted again, “Go! There are only two of them!”

The car flew forth, overtaking where Qi Lin was right away.

Bang bang!

Jabi’s hand peeked out of the car, and he shot Ah Long’s companion, who was in the midst of reloading his gun. Blood spurted from the latter’s body before collapsing to the ground.

“You bloody idiot, I told you to retreat!” Ah Long cursed with reddened eyes as he raised his gun toward the car and retaliated.

Bang bang!

An explosion echoed as one of the wheels of the car burst. The car skidded to the side and collided into the wall of one of the stores, causing the front of the car to be completely crashed in.

Jabi shook his head as he climbed out of the crashed car, howling, “He’s alone! Get him!”

Hearing those words, everyone raised their guns and rushed toward there Ah Long was.

Huaji!

Along the snowy streets, the screeching of brakes could be heard as another car rushed into the scene from the opposite direction. Four brawny men came down from the car, two of them equipped with automatic rifles, as they began shooting in Jabi’s direction.

Along Three Rings Road, Qin Yu, who had just arrived in the area not too long ago, noticed the group of people that had dashed over to Ah Long’s side, and he immediately shouted through the walkie talkie, “Jabi, fall back! They have reinforcement!”

But it was already too late for Jabi to retreat. He had already gotten out of the car and dashed forward. The moment that the bullets sprayed over, his first reaction was to take cover along the stores right beside the street.

On top of that, Ah Long, who had just lost his companion to Jabi, had completely gone red-eyed from rage. Holding his gun, he dashed forward as he roared angrily, “Chase me, huh? Why don’t you chase me anymore?!”

Bang!

Jabi pressed his body close against the glass door of the store, not daring to look outward at all. He could only randomly shoot a few bullets outward. On the other hand, however, Ah Long bravely appeared right in front of Jabi and pressed his rifle against Jabi’s head.

There was a brief moment of silence.

“Don’t move!”

The other two policemen who were in the same car as Jabi held their guns toward Ah Long to protect him.

Da da da da da!

However, the furious spraying of bullets from the two brawny men quickly forced those two policemen to take cover once more.

Sweat trickled down Jabi’s forehead as he muttered with his thick lips, “… D-don’t kill me… I…”

“You think you can get away with killing my man for free? Huh?!” Ah Long roared furiously.

Bang!

A gunshot and Jabi fell to the ground.

“Chase me, you sons of bitches! Chase me again and I swear I’ll throw a grenade into your Police Bureau one day!” Ah Long roared as he shot another three more bullets into Jabi’s body before he was finally pulled away by Shrimp.

They tossed two grenades on the opposite end of the street to stall for some time, and by the time everything was over, they had already disappeared on the road.

Hiding behind the police car, Qi Lin saw with his own eyes how Jabi was killed, and the impact of the two grenades rattled his mind. He froze on the spot like a statue, not moving at all.

Qin Yu got off his car and ran right over with eyes widened. He grabbed Jabi and said, “Bro, bro! You must hold on…”

“If… I die… so be it. Living… is so difficult…” Jabi reached out to hold Qin Yu’s neck as he said hoarsely. “I… don’t have any… kin. Lonely… I adopted two… children… in the new sectors… Please, give my… death gratuity… to them.”

Holding tightly onto Jabi’s hand, Qin Yu nodded, “Yes, I’ll definitely give it to them.”

On the street.

Old Cat stomped out of his car with fury burning in his eyes. He walked right up to Qi Lin’s side and bellowed, “Give your gun to me.”

Qi Lin’s eyes were still blanked out. He raised his head in a daze to look at Old Cat.

“I told you to give your gun to me!” Old Cat bellowed as he snatched over Qi Lin’s pistol and removed the bullets from the chamber.

“I… I’m sorry…” Qi Lin stuttered.

Old Cat was trembling with rage as he looked at the fully filled chamber inside the gun, “You… You didn’t even fire a single shot at all… You fucking didn’t fire a shot at all! Ah?! If you fired even once, would Jabi have died? Would that fixer have gotten away? Shit, you are useless!”

The three people who died on the second floor were all members of Old Cat’s squad. They might not be close friends with Old Cat, but they were still colleagues who had been with one another for a long time.

Old Cat completely lost his patience. He kicked Qi Lin’s head as he roared, “Why didn’t you fire? Are you that scared of death? Then why didn’t you quit? I’ll beat you to death, you good-for-nothing!”

The chamber of a gun is where the bullets are slotted in.