nyslfriends Chapter 8: He rose to fame in one battle, codenamed "Lone Wolf".
Chapter 8: He rose to fame in one battle, codenamed "Lone Wolf".
The wind in the valley carried away the last trace of the smell of gunpowder.
All that remained were the drug dealers' suppressed groans of pain and the stench of blood in the air.
Liu Jianguo and several veteran policemen crawled out from behind the cover, their minds blank as they looked at the hellish scene before them.
They had fought wars their whole lives and had never seen anything like it.
The dozen or so ruthless bandits were all precisely rendered incapable of resistance, falling to the ground like a string of gourds.
Everyone's gaze instinctively turned to the distant rocky outcrop.
The afterglow of the setting sun cast a golden outline on that solitary figure.
He stood quietly on the mountaintop, alone with just a gun.
Like a war god looking down upon the mortal world.
……
The atmosphere in the jeep on the way home was terribly oppressive.
The car behind them carried the twelve drug dealers who were wailing incessantly.
Inside the car, Liu Jianguo and several veteran police officers remained silent.
They would occasionally glance furtively at the young man resting with his eyes closed in the corner, a look that was a mixture of awe, fear, and disbelief.
Qi Tongwei.
This is a greenhorn who reported for duty on his first day.
They thought this was a rich young man who came to gain prestige.
This "high achiever" whom they looked down upon from the bottom of their hearts.
Just now, in a way they couldn't comprehend, they all had their lives saved.
Their incredible marksmanship and ghostly battlefield movements were completely beyond their comprehension.
The carriage jolted, and Qi Tongwei's body swayed gently with the movement.
In his mind, a cold, mechanical voice was proclaiming victory.
[Ding! Mission accomplished! The host single-handedly turned the tide of battle, upheld the dignity of the police, and stunned the entire audience!]
[Dignity Points +120!]
[Reward: Top-tier Shooting Skill (Master Level)!]
A more powerful and profound flow of information than before surged into Qi Tongwei's body.
He felt that his connection with firearms had reached a new level.
If before it was a case of man and gun becoming one.
So now, he is the gun, and the gun is him.
If he wanted, everything in the world could be a gun.
The jeep screeched to a halt in front of the dilapidated narcotics control station building.
Qi Tongwei opened his eyes, pushed open the car door, and jumped out.
His expression was calm, as if he had just gone out for a walk.
He walked to the back car, skillfully opened the door, picked up a drug dealer who was still groaning, and dragged him towards the interrogation room like a dead dog.
The entire process was conducted without a single wasted word.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
Liu Jianguo snapped out of his daze and quickly called out to him.
He strode up to Qi Tongwei, looked at the young man, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
thank?
This kid saved all of their lives; a simple "thank you" is too little.
A compliment?
Any language seems pale and powerless in the face of his miraculous performance.
Finally, this veteran policeman, who had spent twenty years fighting on the border, took out a crumpled pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out, and offered it to Qi Tongwei.
Then, he struck a match and lit it for Qi Tongwei himself.
This action says it all.
In this land, there are no more than three people for whom Liu Jianguo would personally light a cigarette.
Qi Tongwei did not refuse and took a deep breath.
The pungent smoke filled his lungs, bringing a warm, burning sensation to his heart, which had been dormant for two lifetimes.
"You bandaged Xiao Wang's arm?"
Liu Jianguo looked at the young policeman in the interrogation room, whose arm had been shot, and whose wound had been treated very professionally.
"I learned battlefield first aid in school."
Qi Tongwei answered calmly.
The veteran police officers around him looked at Qi Tongwei with increasingly complex expressions.
monster!
That's a fucking monster!
"Ring ring—!"
Just then, the old red telephone in the office emitted a piercing scream.
Liu Jianguo walked over and answered the call impatiently.
"Hello! This is the Narcotics Control Station in Mopan Town!"
A powerful and authoritative voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Liu Jianguo! This is Qin Chuan from the brigade headquarters!"
Liu Jianguo's body stiffened, and he immediately stood up straight, his impatience vanishing without a trace.
"Commander Qin... Commander Qin! Hello!"
"I'm in trouble!" Qin Chuan's voice was filled with suppressed anger. "What's wrong with you all? You were ambushed by 'The Long Serpent,' why didn't you call for backup immediately?!"
"Reporting to the headquarters, the incident happened suddenly, we..."
"Alright!" Qin Chuan interrupted him. "This time you captured twelve core members of 'Long Serpent' and five kilograms of goods. That's a great achievement!"
Liu Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief.
"But!" Qin Chuan changed the subject, "I heard that the one who turned the tide of the battle was a new recruit in your unit?"
Liu Jianguo's gaze fell on Qi Tongwei, who was reviewing case files not far away.
He knew that this matter could not be kept secret.
"Yes, Chief. His name is Qi Tongwei. He just graduated from Handong University and was assigned here."
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, as if they were processing the information.
"Handong University... Law Department?" Qin Chuan's voice carried a hint of strangeness. "A top student in administrative work saved the lives of you bunch of old foxes?"
Liu Jianguo blushed, but could not refute it.
"Let him answer the phone!"
Liu Jianguo covered the microphone and waved to Qi Tongwei.
"The Commander-in-Chief wants to speak to you."
Qi Tongwei walked over and took the phone.
"Captain, this is Qi Tongwei."
"Good lad!" Qin Chuan's voice on the other end of the phone was filled with undisguised admiration. "I don't care what you were like in school before, from today onwards, you're one of my Southwest Border Narcotics Enforcement Team members!"
"Liu Jianguo said you're like a wolf, ruthless and accurate."
"I'll give you a codename: 'Lone Wolf'!"
"Are you willing to be this lone wolf?!"
Qi Tongwei held the microphone, listening to the code name he both loved and hated in his past life, a thousand thoughts flashing in his eyes.
"Reporting to the headquarters!"
"I do!"
After hanging up the phone, the entire lobby was eerily quiet.
All the veteran police officers looked at Qi Tongwei with a completely new perspective.
Lone wolf.
The code name was personally bestowed by the captain.
What an honor!
From then on, Qi Tongwei was no longer the exiled recruit in Mopan Town, or even in the entire southwestern border region.
He has his own name.
A reputation earned through strength and courage in a single battle!
Liu Jianguo walked up to him, patted him heavily on the shoulder, his eyes full of satisfaction and approval.
"Good lad, you didn't disgrace our Millstone Town!"
After saying that, he turned around and roared, "What the hell are you all standing there for? I'm in a good mood today! Go to the best restaurant in town and bring back all the best food and drinks! A welcome-back feast for our 'Lone Wolf'!"
The institute erupted in thunderous cheers.
However, Qi Tongwei shook his head.
He pointed to the mountain of yellowed files on the table.
"Chief, there's no rush for a welcome dinner."
"I want to see these."
Liu Jianguo was stunned.
Everyone was stunned.
Having made such a great contribution, instead of celebrating or taking a break, you want to go and look at those old, trivial cases?
Qi Tongwei didn't explain. He simply sat down, picked up the top file, and began to carefully read through it.
These cases, forgotten in the corner, were no longer just a pile of waste paper in his eyes.
His ability to reconstruct crime scenes to the level of Conan (trace evidence) allowed him to see countless overlooked details between the lines.
A small-time drug dealer was arrested with a matchbox that was only available at a specific convenience store in a neighboring county.
In another case, the coded communication used by the drug traffickers bore a striking resemblance to that of a notorious drug lord who had already been executed.
In another case, an incomplete shoe print left at the scene, after being mentally reconstructed, pointed to an extremely rare special operations boot.
These seemingly unrelated cases, in his mind, were like countless scattered puzzle pieces, being slowly pieced together by an invisible hand.
They all point to a vague yet incredibly large black shadow.
A more terrifying entity is hidden behind the "long snake".
He buried himself in the files for three days and three nights straight.
On the morning of the fourth day, with bloodshot eyes and several files he had selected, he found Liu Jianguo, who was practicing boxing in the yard.
"Chief, I'd like to investigate these cases together."
Liu Jianguo took the file, glanced at it, and his expression changed.
He pulled out one of the files and looked at Qi Tongwei with a serious expression.
"This case is off-limits!"
Qi Tongwei frowned.
Why?
Liu Jianguo lowered his voice, almost whispering in his ear.
"During interrogation, one of the henchmen arrested in this case mentioned a certain person."
"This person is related to a leader in the city."
"We were already instructed from above to stop here and not dig too deep."
Liu Jianguo patted him on the shoulder earnestly.
"Tongwei, I know you're capable. But the waters are too deep; we can't afford to mess with you."
Qi Tongwei didn't say anything. He simply took the file and turned to the page that contained information about the key figure.
My gaze fell on that familiar name.
A cold smile slowly crept onto the corners of his mouth.
Liang Bin.
A distant relative of the Liang family.
He thought that by escaping Handong, he could get rid of that omnipresent net.
Unexpectedly, the other party came to us so quickly.