Five criminals, one AK47, four handguns, an unknown bomb, eighteen hostages.

Just like in the TV shows, the demand of the bandits was to take the money and leave, or else they'd kill people. After negotiating for more than an hour, the bandits finally ran out of patience, firing shots in warning, saying that if they didn't leave in five minutes, they would start killing hostages.

To stabilize the bandits, the police immediately agreed to their demands.

At this moment, Xiaofan and the others arrived on scene from the helicopter, heading straight to the rooftop. Xiaofan and Han Shengjun first jumped onto the rooftop, dashing from the twenty-fifth floor to the second floor, then crawled from the ventilation shaft on the second floor to the first floor, secretly blending in with the hostages.

For Xiaofan, the biggest threat in this mission was the bomb, as these people were desperados and would do anything for money.

Since they dare to do such a thing, it indicates that if pushed, they might resort to mutual destruction.

"Remote-controlled bomb. Judging by its appearance, once it explodes, no one here would escape," Han Shengjun said calmly as he looked at the bomb.

"I'll take care of the one holding the remote, and you handle the one with the AK47; absolutely don't let him fire a shot. Li Kuo, did you see the footage?"

"I saw it, Li San and the rookies are already at the door, just waiting to blast it open and rush in."

"Countdown, three, two, one... go."

'Boom.'

After the countdown reached three seconds, three more seconds passed, and then it was over.

The rookies moved quickly; as long as they knew the opponent's position on-screen, they could rush in and deliver a fatal blow.

"Do we really need so many people for this?" Standing outside, Li San and Ren Ying didn't move at all. It's as if the rookies were afraid they wouldn't find the target, rushing in all at once to take it down.

"Let's go back."

"What, going back already? We rarely get such an outing, why not have a look around?" Li San pouted and said.

"Huh? You guys want to stroll around? Alright, go ahead, have fun and come back later. I'll go back with Li Kuo first." Xiaofan behaved somewhat unusually today; under such circumstances, he would usually take everyone to hang out, eat, drink, or sing karaoke.

"You're not coming?" Li San asked curiously.

"No, you guys take the rookies out to have some fun. Consider it a celebration for their first successful mission. But don't lead them astray," Xiaofan said slowly.

"Oh, alright then."

Though curious, since Xiaofan didn't say anything, no one would press him. It was always like this; when Xiaofan was ready to talk, he would speak up eventually.

With the task completed on this side, Xiaofan and Li Kuo went to get a car, preparing to return to Yanhuang Soul.

Speaking of cars, Li Kuo's family's company had plenty of them; they could get one whenever they needed to drive back.

"What's the situation exactly?" Sitting in the car together, Xiaofan finally asked.

"Two months ago, when we went to Qinghai, at that base we worked on, I deliberately hid a few flow accounts so that their funds weren't frozen by the bank. Then I secretly noted these accounts, and followed their records, finding an account in a Swiss bank. And then, from this account, I tracked thousands of transaction records. After two months, I finally found out which company received the final payment. If I'm not wrong, even if this company isn't Red Butterfly's headquarters, it must be very close to Red Butterfly," Li Kuo continued.

"Is Auntie any better?" Xiaofan asked with a sigh.

"Yeah, she's awake, can recognize Lingxue, but can't move or speak," Li Kuo said gently.

"Stop in front, I want to buy something."

The car stopped in front of a cake shop, and half an hour later, Xiaofan came out with a not-too-large cake.

"Let's go to M Country together tomorrow. Go see Auntie."

"Huh? Oh, I was planning on that anyway. Why did you buy a cake?"

"I have a sweet tooth, you know that."

"Do you really need to buy such a big cake for that?"

"To share with Zuimo." Xiaofan smiled lightly, and then asked Li Kuo to continue driving back to Yanhuang Soul.

Back there, the two of them spent a long time in front of the computer.

"This company operates many processes. I suspect they're using this company to launder money and then convert it to their own use. Although the factories are not big in scale, the capital flow remains stable at five billion."

"Electronics factory? Dairy, security company? These all seem very ordinary. Have you identified the boss behind the scenes?"

"Strangely, the boss three years ago was Zenghai, yet today, in the span of three years, they've changed bosses three times."

"So none of these people might be Red Butterfly's ultimate boss."

"Exactly. To figure it out specifically, we'll need to investigate personally," Li Kuo said blandly.

"Then let's go, Hong Kong? Haven't been there yet. Let's prepare and head off right after visiting Auntie."

"Alright."

"I'll go find Zuimo."

"Okay."

Xiaofan knew the reason behind Li Kuo's persistence. Though he seemed gentle and cultured, the drive inside wasn't less than Lei Xiaolei's. Whenever a mission involving Red Butterfly came up, he was more enthusiastic than ever.

Also, for over two months, he has been tirelessly tracking a seemingly non-existent lead. Examining over a thousand remittance records, tracking and verifying each one. In any case, such determination and perseverance left Xiaofan very impressed.

That night, at the entertainment club managed by Chen Mei'Er in Capital City.

Li San and others brought the rookies there for a good time. It was like their base; whenever they had free time, they would come here. As soon as Chen Mei'Er saw them, she would definitely send alcohol, fruits, and even call over many cute girls to entertain them.

"Hey, are you two acting all gentlemanly today or what? I've never seen you two this timid before." Li San said, having fun with the girls, he suddenly noticed Lei Xiaolei and Ren Ying drinking gloomily, seemingly unfazed by the sexy girls around them.

"You go ahead and have fun, I just want to sit quietly today," Xiaolei said indifferently.

"Look at those rookies, each one cuddling someone and going dancing. You two... hey, wait a minute. You were fine this morning, how come both of you seem possessed now?"

"Didn't you feel it?"

"Feel what? It's really odd, first Li Kuo, then Xiaofan, and now you two. Is there something going on?" Li San began to sense something was off.

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