CHAPTER 130: CHAPTER 89: SPECIAL TASK DEPARTMENT (PART 2)

After finally arriving at the military region, Lu Xun got out of the car and, quite inconveniently, bumped into Lin Yi, who just happened to be driving by.

Seeing Lu Xun first thing in the morning with a face that looked as if he had stepped in dog poop, Lin Yi was about to greet him when he saw Xia You not far from Lu Xun.

A month had passed, and when Lin Yi saw Xia You again, he almost didn’t recognize her. A new hairstyle can certainly change one’s appearance.

Her extremely short hair actually made Xia You’s face look more three-dimensional, erasing the impression of the serious and dutiful clerk she used to give.

"Major, good morning," Xia You saluted, a month of military training had made her stance and saluting motions more elegant. This nonchalance, when seen by Lu Xun, only added a touch of sarcasm.

Lu Xun snorted. Needless to say, he was more familiar with these gestures than Lin Yi. What a move by Lin Yi, using his own hand to discipline his subordinate. What was even more annoying was that he had uninterestingly extended an invitation to join the Armed Department.

The competition between Lu Xun and Lin Yi had begun ten years ago. Speaking of their mutual dislike, we must start from their fathers. As the two and only brigadier generals in Hua Country, their fathers began competing in all aspects. The competition between the National Security Department and the Armed Department was infamous throughout the Rand Military District. In the earlier years, before Lu Xun was adopted by the Ding Family, Vice Admiral Lin had always kept the Ding Family in check with his two competitive sons. Later on, nobody knew how Major General Ding managed to find a half-son, half-son-in-law for his disabled daughter, which turned out to be Lu Xun. Plus, with Lin Yi’s brother, Colonel Lin Qin leaving home, Lu Xun began to excel in all aspects, placing himself ahead of Lin Yi, escalating the feud between the two families, leading Lu Xun and Lin Yi to become enemies – not even exchanging glances when they met.

With the older Marshal of Hua Country falling ill and stepping back, their fathers’ competition became even more intense. The staff of the National Security Department and the Armed Department no longer even interacted in their daily work. Unexpectedly, this time, a conflict arose again because of Xia You.

Both were top graduates from Hua Country’s most prestigious military academies. One excelled in strategy, the other in combat. But they also had a lot in common; both could keep their cool. Lu Xun understood that Xia You’s appearance in Longzhi was not accidental, but deliberately arranged by some. Lin Yi also realized that Xia You’s hair, as short as a bald man’s, had also been a gift from Lu Xun.

"The National Security Department really is running out of people, indiscriminately recruiting anyone. Major Lin, I truly worry for you," Lu Xun said through his adequately thick lips in a rather insipid tone.

Lin Yi’s thin lips curved into a sickle shape, "Lieutenant Colonel Lu should be more concerned about his own department, lately the incidence rate of male colleagues from the Armed Department harassing our department’s unmarried female colleagues has been soaring, just like the crime rate in the nearby city."

Lu Xun’s face darkened again. Just as expected, those brats from the department gave him no peace. He didn’t even feel like snorting coldly this time and just walked away. Lin Yi watched him leave from afar, then quite satisfied, gestured for Xia You to enter the National Security Department building with him.

After completing a month of military training, and with Mo Xixi’s embellished training materials, Xia You smoothly became a member of the Special Task Department.

"If I remember correctly, you’re from Bazhou City. You must have heard about Qinyang City, which is close to Bazhou," Lin Yi had mentioned Qinyang City to Lu Xun before, and it wasn’t by chance. Last week, the local customs in Qinyang received a tip-off. At the customs entry and exit point, they intercepted a batch of gun parts disguised as toy gun components.

During the transportation to the local customs, the convoy was hijacked, and more than ten customs and police personnel died on the spot. The gun parts also vanished without a trace.

Because the assailants used firearms that were clearly superior to the local police’s, the case was escalated from the local military region all the way to the Central Military District. The Central Military District regarded this grave arms smuggling case very seriously.

Xia You had lived in Bazhou for four years and had been to Qinyang a few times. Speaking of Qinyang, Xia You also remembered that Mo Xixi was from there.

"At the time of the incident, all possible eyewitnesses and forensic evidence, including the vehicles and personnel, were burned to ashes. Even a police informant got into a quarrel while singing at a KTV with friends and was shot twice in the altercation. Although the informant eventually died, the coroner extracted two bullets during the autopsy, confirming that the bullets belonged to the same batch as the ammunition seized at customs," Lin Yi explained concisely, although many details involved couldn’t just be summarized in a few words.

"Was the person who fired the shots in the KTV conflict found? Were there other casualties?" With the incident happening in a public place, there should be numerous eyewitnesses. However, things weren’t as simple as everyone thought. The more public the venue, the more challenging it became to capture concrete clues because of the numerous onlookers.

"Unfortunately, we don’t have any eyewitnesses who can provide information, so we need to find someone willing to offer clues." Lin Yi was quite satisfied with Xia You’s response; her thought process was correct; it was hard to tell she wasn’t a military academy graduate.

His judgement was indeed good, and assigning this mission to her seemed like the right choice. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)