IRCDM Chapter 36

Chapter 36 Rose: I, give you a chance for revenge

The motorcycle stopped at the entrance of the alley. Li Yao was stunned for a moment when he saw it and turned to look at Liang Huan.

“Hover cars are too noisy,” Liang Huan said calmly.

Li Yao: “…”

The noise of this heavy motorcycle was ten times that of an ordinary hover car.

“Get on the car, I will take you back.” Liang Huan took out his chip.

Li Yao put his hands in his pockets and kicked the motorcycle tire twice: “Go back my ass, when driving this kind of car, the tires have to have a suspended hinge. You’ve worn it down until almost nothing is left. Driving it back will wreck it immediately.”

Liang Huan stared at him expressionlessly.

Li Yao raised his eyes and said lazily: “Can’t keep up the act anymore? You were almost ready to take your heart out and show it to me just now. Now quickly smile and say ‘Husband, I can’t, I won’t’, and then I’ll help you drive?”

Liang Huan: “…”

He almost couldn’t suppress the sudden surge of anger. Before he even had time to think about where this inexplicable anger came from, Li Yao had already opened the equipment box on the car, grabbed the suspended hinges inside, and skillfully and quickly installed the hinges.

Li Yao straddled the bike and started it. The roar suddenly increased, resounding through half the street, completely opposite to the quiet friction sound when he drove it himself, as if it was a kind of arrogant ridicule and provocation.

…He shouldn’t have bothered to come looking for him.

“Get on.” Li Yao nodded his chin back at him.

Liang Huan decided not to argue with him. Just as he was about to get on the car, the motorcycle engine burst into a burst of irregular roars. The next second, the tire exploded directly, and the hinges were scattered all over the ground.

The two fell into silence at the same time.

“How fast did you drive?” The wear and tear of this car far exceeded Li Yao’s imagination.

Liang Huan continued to be silent.

“I was extremely worried about you, so anxious to find you that I didn’t even have time to equip the suspended hinges. You’re not very moved, or grateful. Never mind, I won’t argue with you.” Li Yao sighed with a smile, mimicking his tone, and raised his eyebrows at him.

Liang Huan stared at him darkly, with a hint of warning in his tone: “Li Yao.”

Li Yao got off the car as if nothing had happened, smiling sloppily: “Let’s walk back, Mr. Spy.”

The veins on Liang Huan’s forehead jumped: “I know you’re angry—”

“I’m not angry.” Li Yao interrupted him, smiling: “I’m never angry with unimportant people.”

“…” Liang Huan curled the corners of his mouth and laughed.

Li Yao turned around, giving him a standard smile in return.

Liang Huan took a deep breath.

He had countless difficult ministers under his command, and he considered himself to have a good temper and patience. It was commonplace to subdue people with a combination of kindness and power, using some tricks. There would naturally be dissatisfaction, but no one would really dare to show it openly, let alone be so deliberately provocative. Li Yao’s reaction was completely beyond his expectations. He had even prepared to be met with cold eyes or even disgust from Li Yao. He was used to it long ago.

At least it wouldn’t be so infuriating.

He reminded himself that there was no need to be angry with Li Yao at all. What he did was justifiable. Besides, he had already made a concession to come looking for him. Li Yao’s attitude was not important to him at all—

Li Yao turned around and sauntered forward: “Let’s go, Liang the actor, don’t dawdle. Wasting your time and acting, that would be a great loss for the East District Base.”

Liang Huan closed his eyes and followed.

Never mind, enduring a moment’s anger to keep the person was fine.

The two quickly reached the entrance to the lower three levels. Li Yao seemed to be very familiar with this place. He rented a hover car at the rental point. After setting it to autopilot, there was no way to sit in the cockpit. He sat directly in the passenger seat, leaving the back seat to Liang Huan.

Liang Huan frowned: “Sit in the back.”

“Sitting in the back, we’ll fight, Your Majesty.” Li Yao lowered his head, lit a cigarette, and leaned back comfortably: “Getting kissed gets you extorted for three months. What would happen if something really happened? You sit by yourself.”

Liang Huan sat in the back by himself and said in a deep voice: “Li Yao, you don’t have to talk to me like that. It doesn’t change any facts.”

“Liang Huan, you don’t have to be so nosy either. My mouth is on my face. I’ll say whatever I want.” Li Yao raised his legs and said casually, “You have to bear with it if you can’t stand it. After all, there are still three months left.”

Liang Huan glanced at him in annoyance and simply shut his mouth and didn’t speak.

Li Yao smoked leisurely, playing games on his chip. He didn’t know what game he was playing. The little person inside would repeatedly repent every time he was killed: “I’m sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have betrayed you, let you down. I deserve it—Ah!”

Accompanied by a scream, the fireworks of the game’s victory resounded in the car.

Liang Huan’s head was aching from hearing it. He pinched his eyebrows and turned to look out the window. He didn’t know how many times the sound of begging for mercy and screams had circulated in his ears. He finally couldn’t bear it anymore: “Li Yao, enough.”

“—Ah!” The little man was killed again.

Li Yao closed the game and said magnanimously: “It’s okay, the employers we mercenaries protect come in all shapes and sizes. You’re not that difficult to serve.”

Liang Huan’s temples immediately hurt even more.

He was about to close his eyes and rest for a moment when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the shadow of a hover car outside. His eyes paused: “Follow the car in front.”

Li Yao glanced at him and quickly changed the settings of the hover car.

Liang Huan stared at the car in front. He had seen it in Lou Chu’s garage. He called Lu Biao: “Where’s Lou Chu?”

Lu Biao was startled and seemed to walk a few steps quickly: “Lou Chu has been resting in his room. He should still be—”

His voice stopped abruptly, and he suddenly raised his voice: “Brother Liang, Lou Chu is gone!”

“Don’t make a fuss about this for now. Go find Yue Hang immediately and have him take people to watch Ling Xuan. If I don’t contact you in an hour, have Yue Hang kill her directly.” Liang Huan said in a deep voice.

Lu Biao was stunned: “Kill her directly?”

“Do as I say if you don’t want to die.” Liang Huan hung up the communication directly and then called Yu Wan Yao.

Yu Wan Yao’s voice sounded very relaxed: “Liang Huan, calling so late. Are you in trouble?”

“There are some small troubles.” Liang Huan smiled, “Ling Xuan wants to recruit us.”

Yu Wan Yao’s voice instantly turned cold: “Hmph, as I expected.”

“Mr. Yu, according to our original plan, I have already pretended to agree. All that’s left is to lure her out of the lower eighth level.” Liang Huan said without changing his expression, “Li Yao has also been trapped by me on the lower eighth level. He has taken too many mental power enhancers and is now in a state of disorder, but he is very aggressive. My suggestion is to take action now. I will hand Li Yao over to you immediately.”

“Now?” Yu Wan Yao hesitated.

“Ling Xuan has noticed something and seems to want to turn the tables on us, having Lou Chu pretend to report to you and then take the opportunity to attack.” Liang Huan said solemnly, “Tonight is when they are the least prepared. Mr. Yu, a surprise attack is the most effective.”

Yu Wan Yao pondered for a moment: “Okay, let’s do as you say.”

Liang Huan hung up the external chip and then took out another chip and called Ling Xuan: “Ms. Ling, Lou Chu ran away and is now on the underground third floor. By the time he gets out to tell Yu Wan Yao, it’s probably too late.”

Ling Xuan on the other end sighed helplessly: “That child…”

“You’re worried about him, but he won’t be worried about you.” Liang Huan smiled, “If you want to take action, we will definitely help with all our strength. There’s no turning back now.”

Ling Xuan was silent for a moment: “Take action.”

Liang Huan hung up the communication with a smile, raised his eyes, and met Li Yao’s gaze in the front.

Li Yao: “…”

“Don’t worry, I won’t hand you over to Yu Wan Yao.” Liang Huan said without changing his expression.

Li Yao said with a wooden face: “Then I have to thank you?”

Liang Huan cleared his throat: “We’ll go catch Lou Chu.”

Li Yao became interested: “Isn’t it more convenient to just let Yu Wan Yao kill him?”

“Keeping him is still useful.” Liang Huan said.

As soon as he finished speaking, explosions and intense gunfire rang out at the intersection of the lower eighth and upper seventh levels. The entire Black Market shook at the same time. People woke up from their dreams and poked their heads out of the windows, only to be frightened back into their rooms by the artillery fire outside.

The battle was exceptionally fierce.

Although it was the Black Market, Yu Wan Yao had a lot of people under him. The equipment and ammunition he had accumulated over the years were all available. Although Ling Xuan lacked supplies, what the lower eighth level lacked the least was people. Her control over the entire lower eighth level was far stronger than Lou Chu’s. The accumulated contradictions between the two sides over the years completely broke out, only to be ignited and fueled by Liang Huan. Overnight, the situation developed into an irreversible one.

Lou Chu happened to run to the collapsed entrance to the lower level. Just as he was about to get out of the car, he saw artillery fire coming at him from above and below. He was completely dumbfounded.

What’s the situation?

Who wants to kill him?

Did Ling Xuan discover that he wanted to defect to Yu Wan Yao, or did Yu Wan Yao want to kill him to warn Ling Xuan, or did the two of them reach an agreement and want to join forces to eliminate him?

There’s no need to make such a big show of it, right?!

The hover car’s engine was blown off. Lou Chu’s soul was half scared away. He ran out of the car while hugging his head and scrambling, shouting at Yu Wan Yao’s side: “I want to see Mr. Yu—I have important information to tell him!”

What responded to him was a shell.

Seeing this, Lou Chu immediately ran back, cursing as he ran: “Don’t shoot! See clearly who I am! Are you trying to rebel?!”

What answered him was a volley of bullets that almost shattered his metal skull.

Lou Chu scurried around the battlefield like a headless fly. Liang Huan reasonably suspected that it was the mechanically made half of his head that made him so stupid.

A hover car drove up quickly, stopped in front of Lou Chu, and opened the door. Lou Chu didn’t have time to see who was inside and rushed into the car, covering his head.

Accompanied by the roar of the hover car, continuous artillery fire exploded behind them, with smoke billowing everywhere.

Lou Chu raised his head in shock, only to see the two people he least wanted to see right now: “Why is it you guys?!”

Li Yao, who was sitting in front of him, raised his eyebrows and smashed the man unconscious with a pistol butt, then simply tied him up and kicked him under the seat.

Liang Huan was sitting in the driver’s seat, preparing to switch back to the rear seat, but found that the seat was stuck.

Liang Huan was suffocated: “Are you so unwilling to sit with me?”

Just now, when he was about to drive, Li Yao went directly to the back. Now that he had caught Lou Chu, he still wouldn’t let him go back.

“How could I be?” Li Yao said with a smile, “Lou Chu, that blind bastard, is blocking the switch opening. The battlefield is so dangerous. You just have to suffer a little. Hurry up and drive.”

Liang Huan directly stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.

Li Yao was caught off guard and hit the back of the seat, chuckling.

However, to his surprise, Liang Huan didn’t return to the lower eighth level, but directly took advantage of the chaos to drive to the upper seventh level.

Li Yao watched the car drive up level by level. His heart slowly sank. Now he wouldn’t be surprised even if Liang Huan directly handed him over to Yu Wan Yao. After all, in these short few hours, he had a deep understanding of Liang Huan’s unscrupulous means.

He stared at Liang Huan’s hand that was controlling the hover car and slowly narrowed his eyes.

The crowds in the Black Market were running in all directions. The hover car lanes were chaotic, making it the best time to leave.

Just as Li Yao put his hand on the car door, Liang Huan handed him a light sniper rifle and a key from the front.

Li Yao was stunned: “What are you giving me this for?”

“The villa I rented is on the street diagonally opposite Yu Wan Yao’s. This is the key, and the door number is on it.” Liang Huan said, “I’ll find a way to get Yu Wan Yao to come out, and you take the opportunity to kill him.”

Li Yao frowned: “Why me?”

Liang Huan said: “Aren’t you mercenaries professionals?”

Li Yao raised his gun and held it against his forehead: “Or I can kill you directly.”

“You won’t.” Liang Huan smiled and grabbed the muzzle, effortlessly moving it away. He looked into Li Yao’s eyes, “Anyone else might do that, but you won’t.”

“Is this also part of the deal?” Li Yao asked.

“I guess so.” Liang Huan said, “I want to give you a chance for revenge.”

‘Li Yao is a student at the Central Military University. I didn’t have much contact with him. I had already come to the Black Market at that time, but I did know his brother. His brother Yi Heng Bai was once my student… Because of a mistake I made, Yi Heng Bai had an accident during mecha training.’

‘Actually, it can’t be considered an accident. I was ordered to do it at the time. There was no way to avoid it… This incident led to my dismissal from the military academy and chased by multiple forces, so I had to come to the Black Market…’

‘Li Yao is not from the Yi family. There are many opinions about his background. Some say that he was chosen by Yi Yuan from an orphanage. Others say that he is a product of the laboratory. Still others say that he was born to his mother and a heteromorph. After all, his mental strength and physical ability have broken through the limits of humans, but his data files have always been top secret, and I have no way of knowing.’

‘After Yi Heng Bai’s accident, he withdrew from the military department. The matter of that year was never resolved, and I have been living in anonymity ever since, but it’s true that Li Yao hates me to the core. He had tried to assassinate me before. As long as he is still alive, I can’t sleep peacefully.’

‘Liang Huan, you have done me a great favor this time. If his mental strength is only E-, I will have a way to deal with him.’

That night, Yu Wan Yao’s words echoed in Liang Huan’s mind again.

He was wearing a windbreaker, walking on the chaotic and noisy streets, and finally stopped in front of Yu Wan Yao’s garden gate and dialed the communication.

Li Yao parked the hover car in front of Liang Huan’s rented villa, took the gun, opened the door, and walked in.

The villa was filled with a strange and mixed atmosphere. It looked like many people lived there, but because they left in a hurry, many things were still in their original places. Li Yao glanced around and quickly locked onto the best sniping position, pushing open a door on the third floor.

A familiar sandalwood fragrance rushed towards him.

He recognized it as Liang Huan’s room almost at a glance. The room’s bold and bright color scheme made his eyes hurt. The soft, clean white carpet and the warmly colored paintings were out of place with the owner of the room. He passed through the room and came to the window sill, adjusting to the best shooting position, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a pile of neatly arranged colorful candy wrappers in the corner of the window sill—

Those were the candies from his bedside table. They were highly sweet condensed candies that he had specially asked Jiang Mufeng to get from District One. Ordinary people would find them choking, and he didn’t think Liang Huan would have the leisure to run to District One to buy a few condensed candies. He probably took them from the cabinet casually, but he didn’t know why he kept the candy wrappers.

He moved his gaze away from the candy wrappers, lit a cigarette, bit it in his mouth, and looked at Yu Wan Yao’s backyard across the street.

Yu Wan Yao was a little surprised that Liang Huan had come alone.

“Li Yao’s mental strength is disordered. This is the best time for interrogation. Naturally, I will personally bring him to you.” Liang Huan said.

Yu Wan Yao suppressed the suspicion in his eyes: “Where’s Li Yao?”

“He’s more aggressive now. I was afraid that bringing him over directly would stimulate him, so I simply tied him up and locked him in the hover car.” Liang Huan said.

Yu Wan Yao was still skeptical: “You can subdue Li Yao?”

“Even if his physical ability is S, his mental strength is so low, and he took enhancers, so he can’t resist at all. But it’s a little difficult for me to carry him over alone. After all, you know my physical ability.” Liang Huan said, “It’s just that Yue Hang and Ling Xuan are still below, and it’s too easy to arouse suspicion if I keep him with me.”

Yu Wan Yao asked him, “Where’s the car?”

“It’s parked on the street across the street. No one is paying attention to it at all.” Liang Huan smiled, “If Mr. Yu doesn’t believe me, he can send someone to check it out.”

Yu Wan Yao signaled his subordinates with a look to bring the person over. He looked at Liang Huan and estimated that he shouldn’t have the guts to lie to him, let alone have the confidence to come alone without any certainty, so he believed what he said a little more.

“Did you tell Yue Hang the truth?” Yu Wan Yao sighed and sat down on the sofa, “Punishing him was to convince the public. Besides, I also asked you to bring him out. I hope he doesn’t blame me.”

“Yue Hang said he understands very well.”

Yu Wan Yao looked at him: “Liang Huan, you really surprised me. Since you have this ability, how could the Central Laboratory be willing to give you up?”

Liang Huan’s eyes paused slightly, and he followed his words: “Maybe it’s because it’s not suitable.”

“Alas, a physical ability of E- is indeed a fatal flaw.” Yu Wan Yao stopped there, obviously unwilling to continue the discussion. He saw Liang Huan standing by the window, “Why don’t you come over and sit?”

“The flowers you planted are very beautiful.” Liang Huan lowered his eyes and looked at the colorful flowers in the garden, “The most common colors in the East District Base are gray and white. After staying there for a long time, I almost forgot that there are other colors in nature.”

Yu Wan Yao was very attentive to his flower garden. He often spent most of the day taking care of it. Hearing this, he got up with his prayer beads and stood next to Liang Huan: “This backyard is the only place that can make me quiet. The outside world is too complicated. Even though I have settled in the Black Market now, these powers are far less peaceful than a flower brings me.”

Liang Huan turned his head and smiled at him.

The communication sound rang, and Yu Wan Yao answered it. The hurried voice of a bodyguard came from it: “Mr. Yu, the person in the hover car is not Li Yao at all!”

Yu Wan Yao’s face changed, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Liang Huan, but Liang Huan held his shoulder. The young man in front of him had a faint smile on his face, and his voice was clear and gentle: “In that case, you should stay here and find the peace that belongs to you.”

Everything happened in an instant. The positioning chip was attached to Liang Huan’s palm and adhered to Yu Wan Yao’s body. The light sniper positioning device accurately marked Yu Wan Yao. Li Yao was standing in front of the window with a gun, seeing Yu Wan Yao’s pupils shocked through the scope, and decisively pressed the trigger.

The transparent special glass was easily pierced by the light sniper’s bullet, hitting Yu Wan Yao’s forehead.

The cracks on the glass slowly expanded. The unbelievable expression on Yu Wan Yao’s face had not yet had time to retract. Blood flowed down his nose, and his body leaned back, falling heavily to the floor.

The surrounding bodyguards swarmed up, squeezing Liang Huan to the side.

The crosshairs did not move much.

The positioning chip in the palm of his hand was slightly hot. Liang Huan turned his head as if he felt something, and his gaze passed through the shattered glass and the colorful garden, through the bustling and chaotic street and the lingering smoke, and met the eyes behind the scope.

The soft silk of the cigarette butt rolled between his teeth. The gas in the tobacco that could enhance mental strength had a slight choking smell. The man framed in the scope had a indifferent expression, and you could even see his soft and refreshing black hair and the light blue blood vessels under his cold white skin. He gently raised his eyes, the arrogance and playfulness in his eyes were undisguised, and even carried a hint of obvious provocation.

Li Yao’s hand did not move at all. He bit the hard candy in his teeth, feeling the sweetness gradually spreading between his lips and teeth. His blood seemed to be completely ignited by the other party’s gaze. The surging fire burned his numb nerves for a long time, wandering through his limbs, and finally all the sensations of his body seemed to be concentrated on this small piece of skin on his fingertips. He didn’t hesitate for half a second and decisively fired the second shot.

The bullet grazed Liang Huan’s cheek, leaving a deep blood mark on it. The oozing blood flowed down his cheek to his chin, staining his clean, snow-white shirt with a dazzling scarlet.

The candy was crushed into powder by his teeth.

He couldn’t even feel the extremely sweet taste, he could only hear the whistling of blood and the trembling of nerves.

The long-dormant fighting spirit came back to life, no less than the exploding mental source after killing a special heteromorph that year.

The person in the scope reached out and wiped the blood on his collar, then raised his head and gave him a very faint smile, like the release of fog and melting of ice.

Li Yao suddenly closed his eyes and then quickly packed up his guns. He glanced at the candy wrapper on the window sill again, stared at it for half a second, and raised his hand to slap the neatly arranged candy wrapper on the ground.

The combat boots covered in mud and blood stepped heavily on the scattered candy wrappers, like stepping on fluttering and gorgeous petals.

Liang Huan picked up the rose on the carpet that had a petal knocked off, patted the dust off it, put it in his pocket, and then walked out the door happily, stepping on the blood and shards of glass on the ground.

In the luxurious and extravagant villa, only Yu Wan Yao was left to sleep.