At the same time, two bullets accurately pierced the windshield of the Mercedes-Benz.
Xu Zhengyang frowned and said, "Go protect the others! Don't worry about me."
Without waiting for Zhu Jun to say anything, Xu Zhengyang pushed off the ground with his right foot and suddenly leaped onto the two containers more than ten meters high. Then, his figure disappeared into the air like lightning.
The police officers responsible for guarding the perimeter didn't react for a moment. It wasn't until the second and third bullets were fired that they hurriedly shouted that someone was assassinating someone and that the sniper should quickly protect the personnel and leave. In the panic, no one thought about the important figure who had just disappeared so suddenly and mysteriously.
The bullets came from the north. Xu Zhengyang flew through the air for two hundred meters like lightning before landing next to several containers.
High-speed flight over such a short distance might be mistaken for a hallucination if spotted; however, if the flight distance is too long, it is more likely to attract attention.
So after avoiding those officials and entrepreneurs, Xu Zhengyang immediately used his divine sense to lock onto the assassin who was nearly two kilometers away.
Poor assassin, you can't escape now.
However, Xu Zhengyang quickly calmed down. He had to go back quickly, otherwise, if those people found out he was missing, it would cause a huge mess.
As for the assassin, Wang Yonggan can handle him.
Even now, Xu Zhengyang still hasn't fully adapted to the way of behaving that comes with being in a high position in many situations.
There's no need to personally intervene all the time.
In Wang Yonggan's words, "Sir, you're slapping us in the face! We'll feel guilty, ashamed, and die of shame."
Volume Six, Chapter 354, "The Broken Thread"
Anyone capable of sniping from a distance of nearly two kilometers is, even a fool would think, no ordinary person.
Putting everything else aside, just the fact that someone capable of using a heavy sniper rifle wouldn't even dare to show their face without being trained to a certain level, let alone carry out a kill. Consider this: in a country without war, with extremely strict gun control, and which has been in a period of peace, how much attention would this kind of weapon attract from the authorities?
So, if you can still escape after the assassination operation is over, you need meticulous planning from the beginning to the final departure.
The assassin chose a sniping location in the bustling port business district north of the port, surrounded by towering buildings and throngs of people.
If he can avoid all the surveillance cameras, he can come down from the sniper position and blend into the crowd.
Finding him again is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.
This is what worries and frustrates the police the most, because someone who dares and is capable of using a heavy sniper rifle is most likely linked to foreign powers. By the time the police have a thorough investigation and find clues, the assassin is probably already partying wildly in a bar abroad.
However, there are always many incomprehensible things that happen in this world.
When the police finally pinpointed the approximate location of the sniper's hiding place, and immediately dispatched special police and armed police officers to block off all the key roads in the area, preparing to conduct a thorough search, they...
An astonishing scene unfolded.
A well-built, medium-height man wearing a baseball cap and a black jacket walked out of an ordinary restaurant with a sniper rifle slung over his shoulder. He had a cigarette in his mouth and a dashing air about him, just like those handsome male stars playing assassins in movies, single-handedly infiltrating enemy territory as if it were empty, treating countless police officers and even the military as nothing...
Believe it or not, it really shocked the armed police and special police who were blocking the intersection with their guns.
Is this guy crazy?
Who the hell would dare to make a movie at this time?
The police quickly reacted, immediately issuing a warning over a loudspeaker and ordering the man to drop his weapon, surrender, and submit to inspection.
The dashing guy completely ignored the police's intimidation. He slightly turned his head, spat out the half-smoked cigarette in his mouth, and then with a flick of his wrist, steadily held the gun with both hands, aiming it at the armed police and special police officers who were waiting in a row of cars ahead, fully armed and ready for action.
This scene naturally evokes the image of that incredibly tough guy in the movie, wielding one of those multi-barreled heavy machine guns called Gagarin, killing anyone who stood in his way. Under the overwhelming firepower, amidst a hail of bullets, he was lucky enough to escape unscathed, then wiped out all the enemies, preventing his car from exploding into a sea of fire.
The hero emerged from the flames, the firelight illuminating his body and face, which were covered in the smell of gunpowder and fire...
Well, none of this actually happened in reality.
As he raised his gun and pointed it at the police, bang bang bang!
Three gunshots rang out in succession.
When "Handsome Guy" pointed his gun at the police, his eyes, hidden under his baseball cap, were instantly filled with surprise and fear.
Then he felt a strong force strike his forehead and a blow to his shoulder.
The burning sensation in his head instantly severed all his nerve circuits. He didn't even have time to scream before his body flew backward and he collapsed to the ground.
More than a dozen special police officers crouched low, guns at the ready, and charged forward.
It was later confirmed that the suspect was dead.
Next, someone collected the body, took away the heavy sniper rifle, and sent it to a professional department for examination. The rifle was compared with bullets from the shooting location at the port for verification.
Of course there's no mistake; this dashing guy is the assassin who shot Xu Zhengyang.
...
The planned hotel banquet was cancelled due to this unexpected event.
Business leaders and high-ranking government officials left under tight security. Some went to the Haigukou Municipal Government, while others left Haigukou City in an emergency.
The higher authorities attached great importance to this shooting incident, and a special task force was immediately established.
The sniper's sudden appearance and subsequent death did not bring any relief to the police. They had to continue the investigation; the criminals undoubtedly had accomplices providing backup.
But... how do I check?
So far, apart from a lifeless corpse, there is only a heavy sniper rifle, a leather case containing the weapon, and three spent shell casings found at the sniping point.
At 1 p.m. that day, three men suddenly appeared at the Forensic Department of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, brandishing guns and attempting to seize the body of the criminal suspect.
They were immediately shot and wounded by the police, and all were arrested.
During subsequent interrogation, all three remained silent.
Police examined text messages on the phones found on the three men, essentially confirming that they were accomplices of the previously killed suspect. Therefore, police have reason to believe that the three men used weapons and violence in an attempt to retrieve their companion's body.
This incident is somewhat absurd, somewhat foolish, and somewhat distant in people's minds.
It seems like something that only happens in martial arts novels or during wartime, right?
The police then began further interrogation and investigation, hoping to find out the mastermind behind the assassination through these three individuals.
As the director and executor of the two major performances that took place on this day, Wang Yonggan received the approving gaze of the State God.
Wang Yonggan felt honored and pleased.
As a result of this incident, Xu Zhengyang discovered that his security measures still had significant loopholes and that the risk of insecurity was quite high.
If someone were to attempt to assassinate him or his family, it would be extremely difficult to prevent. He himself would be relatively safe, unless subjected to a barrage of highly advanced and powerful weapons such as artillery shells or missiles. With the protection of the Nine Provinces Codex, any firearm would be essentially harmless to him.
The question is, where are the family members?
Now that his overseas influence is becoming increasingly apparent, assassination attempts are inevitable and will likely occur one after another.
Xu Zhengyang was having a headache. Did he also have to be like some important figures, rarely going out, and only when he did go out would he be heavily guarded by security personnel, with bulletproof vehicles and a perimeter of surveillance...?
That kind of life was too painful for Xu Zhengyang.
For safety's sake, and without a better solution in mind, Xu Zhengyang had no choice but to order Li Haidong and Su Peng to increase the number of guards around the villa where Jingniang Lake resided, expanding the perimeter to two kilometers. Constant patrols were to be conducted, and any suspicious individuals to be thoroughly examined; absolutely no unexpected situations were to be tolerated.
Meanwhile, the ghost of the assassin was taken into the City God's Mansion, and Gong Xinhao and Wang Yonggan were responsible for interrogation. If they could not get any information out of him, then they would hand him over to Li Haidong, who would directly extract his memories and filter out the relevant information.
Damn it, things have turned upside down?
Xu Zhengyang, who had already returned to Beijing from Haigukou, met with Li Ruiqing and also met with high-ranking officials from the Security Bureau and the Intelligence Bureau.
However, the subsequent investigation stalled.
These four individuals are foreign nationals belonging to an assassin organization from a South China Sea country. They accept employment online from clients without knowing where their employers are or who they are.
Police were able to identify the four individuals through some clues, but they were unable to obtain any further information from them, including their websites, email addresses, and other means of contact.
Meanwhile, the interrogation work at the City God's Palace also went offline.
No one would have imagined that this murdered assassin would be so stubborn to the extreme, even after becoming a ghost. He was still damnably defiant, keeping the secret and refusing to reveal the secrets of their four-man assassin organization.
Enraged, Li Haidong probed into the man's mind with his divine sense and directly searched for his memories.
The website of this organization, contact codes, transaction methods, email addresses, and so on were all sifted out by Li Haidong from the assassin's memories.
Then he reported it to Xu Zhengyang.
The problem is, how could Xu Zhengyang know so much about the internet? Apart from reading news and chatting online, he knew nothing else; he was a complete computer novice.
Li Haidong also didn't quite understand this; he couldn't explain it clearly, and he couldn't understand what he was hearing.
Left with no other choice, Li Haidong had to find Li Bingjie and Ouyang Ying again, and have them make some simple records and backups.
Then, he handed over everything he had written down to Xu Zhengyang.
Xu Zhengyang simply gave the information he gathered to Li Ruiqing, who then forwarded it to the intelligence department. The intelligence department's network experts analyzed the data and attempted to make contact and investigate.
result……
This delayed things.
The website registered in country M has been shut down; all email addresses and other contact information, including previously used IP addresses, have been deleted. The bank account and personal identification details used for remittances are fake.
Moreover, who knows how many steps those people took to make such confidential contact?
All leads went cold.
Even though the assassin and his three accomplices are now cooperating with the investigation, it won't make any difference.
Everything remained on the internet and was cut off.
In fact, the speed of this investigation was already at its fastest possible pace. The fact that so many clues could be found in just two days is something that is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Clearly, the mastermind behind it all had made all the preparations long ago.
However, one thing is certain: the mastermind behind this definitely possesses extraordinary strength.
This force dared to transfer a hefty commission of up to a million US dollars (US dollars? Hmm. Just borrowing it, a token gesture) to an extremely secretive assassin organization through a cumbersome process without revealing any information. This shows they had no concern that the assassin organization would swallow the commission and abandon the plan due to the high difficulty and danger of the incident.
This means that they are not worried at all that the organization will renege on its promises, or that they know everything about this small, murderous organization.
Enraged, Xu Zhengyang imposed terrifying punishments.
The three assassins captured by the police all died after enduring hellish torture. Their ghosts, along with their accomplices who died first, were thrown into the City God's prison to receive cruel punishment.
They cannot stop for even a moment before receiving Xu Zhengyang's orders.
Before doing all this, Xu Zhengyang, in his rage, did not lose his mind. He instructed Li Ruiqing to make arrangements to take the three suspects to Beijing and detain them in a top-secret detention center.
The deaths of the three suspects left the detention center officers and several doctors in a state of utter shock and panic. They simply couldn't believe what was happening before their eyes: the inexplicable, agonizing screams and cries of pain from the three suspects throughout the night, the bizarre appearance of purplish-blue bruises on their bodies, and the inexplicable breakage of bones…
Of course, such confidential matters are not allowed to be disclosed.
Inside the City God's Mansion, Li Haidong and Wan Yun urgently analyzed these events, compiling a list of all organizations and government departments that might have attempted to assassinate Xu Zhengyang. They then analyzed and summarized each one, identifying which organizations were most suspicious.