Shadow Empire

Chapter 345: A near miss and a near miss

"Alan, come here!"

Erwin stuck his head out of the office door and shouted outside.

Alan, who was chatting with others, trotted over and asked, "What's the matter?"

Since being promoted to captain, Alan has become more fond of his work.

Of course, this situation is actually very normal. After all, from a member to a captain, it is a huge leap forward.

In the past, he always followed other people's orders to do other things, but now, others need to follow his orders.

He can choose some people from a large group of family members to work for him, all the time, or just once, which gives him great power!
You have to know that the distribution of interests among the core members of the Lance family is determined based on their actual work situation. Without considering other factors, only by doing more work can they make more money.

Whether or not they like this family, Lance, Erwin and everyone else from the bottom of their hearts, making money is one of their goals!

If you want to make more money, you must have a team leader or cadre you are familiar with who will often take you out to work.

Alan has a good relationship with these people. He is lively and has no airs. Everyone likes to be friends with him. Now that his popularity has improved, he has become more enthusiastic.

When everyone around a person becomes a good person, he will discover the beauty of this world.

Erwin closed the door and gestured for him to sit in the chair across from Lance.

"You have performed very well during this period, Alan, and you have proved that we were right to give you this opportunity to make you the captain."

"Now there is a very special job that needs to be assigned to you. It is a little dangerous, but it will also bring you more glory. You can consider it."

Allen didn't even listen to what was said, and directly expressed his willingness to take over. He stood up and said seriously, "Boss, I will obey the family's arrangements. Nothing will go wrong if you leave it to me!"

If we didn't know that he was just a small team leader, what he said would make him look more like a senior cadre.

Lance smiled and raised his hand, motioning him to sit down, then threw a document opposite him.

"Someone placed an undercover agent in our gang. Lucard and his gang were led here by this person, and we found him."

"You know, we will never show mercy to those who betray our family, no matter what their purpose is."

"Alan, kill him and make the Hazardous Materials Administration lose face. Do you understand what I mean?"

"They may think that they have planted an undercover agent to obtain our intelligence and dealt us a heavy blow, so we must fight back!"

Alan's expression became slightly serious. He picked up the document, looked down, and immediately closed his eyes and looked away.

He raised his hand to his forehead, "Fuck!"

He knew this person and had a good relationship with him, or rather, he had a good relationship with most people.

In Allen's eyes, this peer was very active. He would often pass cigarettes to everyone and often treat them to meals to maintain good relationships.

He used to think that this might be his habit, but now that he thinks about it, this person always seems to be asking vague questions.

At that time he thought this guy was pretty good!
"Fuck!" he cursed again, his emotions fluctuating.

This kind of thing is actually like this. As long as there is more contact, it is inevitable that a good relationship will develop, and one party will deliberately cater to the other.

Lance stroked his eyebrows along the outline of his eyebrows, "Is it difficult?"

He came back to his senses and took a deep breath, "I'm fine."

Lance nodded. "He is just an undercover agent. He was not with us from the beginning."

"All the traits he showed were illusions he created to deceive us, so you don't need to feel any guilt or anything else. It's not difficult to kill him and let the Hazardous Materials Administration know that their plan has failed again!"

Alan stood up, "I know what to do, Lance."

He rarely called out the name "Lance", only when he was serious.

Lance made a "casual" gesture, indicating that he could leave, "I'll wait for your good news."

Allen came out of the office and immediately saw Beno standing at the door. Beno seemed a little worried about him. Before the other party could speak, he forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, everything is fine!"

Beno just looked at him with a look that said "you're lying", which made Alan sigh, "Come outside."

The two walked out the back door into the alley and lit a cigarette in the corner, "We have a new job, we need to deal with a traitor."

"Traitor?" Before Beno could react, Allen added, or more accurately described the target this time, "An undercover!"

Almost subconsciously, Beno's scalp went numb and the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground.

He reacted quickly, and when he bent down he made sure that Alan couldn't see the change in his facial expression. In the few seconds it took him to bend down to pick up the cigarette, he adjusted his mood.

However, there were still a lot of shock and even a hint of fear on his face, but Alan couldn't see it and didn't notice it.

"Yes, undercover." He said a name, and to Beno's relief, it was not him.

But he was also a little curious, "How did you...how did the company find out that there was something wrong with him?"

"Remember the day we went to watch the unloading?" Alan seemed a little annoyed. "It was him who betrayed the location of the warehouse, the son of a bitch."

"Lance said that he was the one who called the Hazardous Materials Administration. He might have been connected to Lucard, otherwise they wouldn't have come so quickly!"

At this time, Beno was a little unsure whether they had made a mistake, because he was the one who called Lucard that day.

But then he thought again, he might not be the only undercover agent, there might be others.

As long as he wasn't the one exposed, it would be fine. At the same time, he also felt a little bit of fear, because this job was too unsafe, and Lucard... was too utilitarian!

He could have gone a few days later, but he went that very night, which was tantamount to telling Lance that it was good to have an undercover agent here.

Fortunately, Lance and the others trusted Alan more, and they also found out another leaker. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"What are you going to do?", he asked.

Alan has adjusted his emotions, "Let him regret coming into this world!"

He threw the half-smoked cigarette on the ground and stomped on it with his foot in annoyance. After a few sparks appeared, the cigarette went out completely. "Ask where the person is."

More than ten minutes later, Allen got the undercover position and he and another person were patrolling the streets.

The four men drove and soon found them on a bench on the side of the road.

"Hey, Alan, look at this!"

Seeing Alan appear here, the undercover agent waved his arms happily.

Because Alan is humble, has access to senior family members, and is willing to spend money on everyone, everyone likes him.

Allen's expression looked a little unnatural. He forced a smile and got out of the car. "It's just right. I have something to talk to you about."

He glanced at Beno, and Beno walked over to his undercover partner, put his arm around his shoulder, walked to his side in a seemingly intimate manner, and whispered something.

The undercover agent did not have eyes on the back of his head at this time, otherwise he would have been able to see his good partner looking at him with horror, anger and disbelief from time to time.

He walked over to Alan and offered him a cigarette. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

He seemed very cooperative, and even reached into his pocket, took out a lighter and lit it for Alan.

Alan took a deep puff of cigarette and exhaled slowly, "I have something to do later. The company has assigned me to do it, but we are short of one person, and I thought of you."

The undercover agent was not at all wary. "Great, I'm tired of patrolling. When are you leaving?"

Alan pursed his lips, "Now."

A minute later, everyone got into the car, Allen and Beno sat in the back seat, and the undercover sat between them.

"Where are we going?" The undercover was still very lively, not realizing what was happening. Allen turned his head and glanced at him, "You'll know when we get there."

Perhaps sensing that Alan was in a bad mood, the undercover agent stopped talking and just remained calm.

The car was heading out of the city. Seeing that the scenery of the suburbs was already visible, the undercover agent finally felt a little uneasy. "Where are we going? Venus City?"

"We'll be there soon," Allen said perfunctorily, and then asked, "What do you think of Lance and the others?"

The undercover agent became increasingly uneasy, "I don't know what you mean."

Alan looked at him straight in the eyes, "I mean, what do you think of Lance, Erwin, Morris, Hiram...what do these people think of us?"

The undercover was silent for a while, "It's good for us."

"Yeah, it's good!" Alan sighed heavily, "He gave us a lot of money, gave us respect, and gave us everything we couldn't get at the dock or anywhere else."

"Honestly, I am honored to know them and to join the Lance family. It feels like a real family here. Each of us is a family member, just like real brothers and sisters!"

"It's a very new experience. I've never had so many brothers and sisters. We are together every day, doing the same things, happy, sad, or whatever."

The car slowly slowed down and a small wooden house appeared not far away.

The undercover agent started sweating. He didn't know where this place was, but what Alan said was too scary!

He swallowed and opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know how or what to say.

The car slowly stopped and Alan got out. He turned and looked at the undercover agent, "Lance, tell me, we are not in the same group, because you joined the family with a purpose, why did you do that?"

The expression on the undercover's face began to turn into horror, and his voice was a little out of tune, "I didn't!"

Beno suddenly punched him from behind, grabbed his hair and pulled him out of the car.

There were four people around, and the undercover agent didn't dare to run because he knew the family rules. Whenever there was a big shot, the captain would definitely carry a gun.

He can't outrun the bullets, and there are four of them!

He begged and shouted, "I really didn't betray any information of the family. Let me talk to Lance. I was wronged!"

Alan rubbed his face and motioned for Beno to take him into the room.

There was a chair in the house, and he was tied to the chair. Alan looked at him with a complicated expression, "Tell me something we are interested in, and I can give you a quick death."

"Even though you lied to us!"

Death is always the unknown that people fear the most. People don’t know what will happen after they die, so they are afraid of the unknown!
He begged with tears, but Alan remained unmoved. He did look very soft-hearted, but the softer he was, the angrier he was!
He walked to the wall, took down a steel drill, turned around and inserted it into the undercover agent's thigh!

"Why?!"

"Why did you betray us?!"

He was no longer like himself, especially the way he was just now!

His expression was somewhat ferocious, his face flushed red, and he began to stir the steel drill with his hand tightly clenched. The undercover agent's wound was pierced and torn, causing him to scream in pain!

He was much more fragile than he thought. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Alan, it's all my fault, please forgive me!"

Alan looked at him, loosened his hand, and lit a cigarette. "How do you pass on information every time?"

The undercover agent could only honestly say that he didn’t want to die and was afraid of the pain!

"I will write the intelligence in newspapers and pass the information by placing the newspapers on the designated benches..."

He would write down every piece of intelligence he obtained and then write a "code" based on the words reported in the newspaper.

For example, if the first word of the first sentence of the first title of the first edition is "we", then that's four "1s".

If someone who doesn't know this decryption method sees the newspaper, they will only see a string of meaningless numbers in the corner of the newspaper.

He used this method to pass on information many times, and he thought no one thought there was anything wrong with him.

Plus, his main job is to patrol the streets, so it's normal for him to carry a newspaper when he's bored.

Just as Allen was about to ask who he was passing the message to, Beno suddenly walked over and punched the undercover in the abdomen, as angry as Allen, "You son of a bitch, we trusted you so much, and you actually betrayed us?"

Allen was a little surprised, but he quickly began to comfort Beno, "I am as angry as you are, but now we have to sort out some issues first."

Beno nodded, and asked first, "Did you pass on the information about the warehouse unloading?" Without waiting for the undercover to answer, he shouted, "Don't quibble, we already have evidence!"

Although what he asked was not what Alan was going to ask just now, it was at least not wrong, so he didn't say anything and just watched from the side.

The undercover nodded and said, "Yes, I was the one who spread it..."

"Fuck!" Beno punched him a few more times as if he was really angry, before being pulled away by Allen.

He panted slightly, "What good will it do you if you bring Lucard and others from the Hazardous Materials Administration here?"

"What did they promise you to do this for them?!"

Strictly speaking, this question was equivalent to revealing the answer. The undercover agent, who was in a state of fear and anxiety, now spoke subconsciously along with his words.

"They promised that after they arrested Lance and the others, they would let me work in the Hazardous Materials Administration..."

He said a lot of things, but he didn't touch on the most crucial issue, which is who his superior is!
Beno used a method of replacing the concept to make everyone think that his superior was Lugal, and then no longer mentioned anything related to these.

He didn't say much valuable information, and he didn't know enough about the operation of the Hazardous Materials Administration. He simply thought that after this work was completed, he would be able to enter the Hazardous Materials Administration.

Although he sometimes feels guilty, there is no turning back for him. Once he embarks on the path of being an undercover agent, there will be no chance to turn back!

When the last question was finished, Alan seemed to have completely calmed down.

"Please, help me bandage my wound, considering my cooperation... and because we were brothers before!"

"It's bleeding all the time, I'm going to die!" The undercover agent looked at them and begged with tears in his eyes. The pierced thigh wound was still bleeding and couldn't stop.

Alan looked at him. Although his emotions had calmed down, he still felt angry when he heard him say the word "brother"!
He took two steps closer and pointed his finger at his nose, "Don't taint the word brother, you are not worthy of being our brother!"

He paused, "Actually, you know that since we brought you here today, you have no chance of leaving alive."

"Since you are so cooperative, the only thing I can give you is a quick death!"

He suddenly looked at Beno and said, "Since you hate him so much, I'll give you the chance to kill him."

Beno was a little nervous at first, but then he was relieved, "Okay, this is the best!"

As he spoke, he took out a dagger and walked up to the undercover agent while he was crying. His lips moved slightly and he said "I'm sorry", but only he could hear these words.

Ignoring the undercover agent's pleas, he stabbed him in the heart, and the blood quickly took away his strength and life from his body.

In less than thirty seconds, he lost all signs of life.

They carved the word "undercover" on his body, then did some other processing, the wounds and broken limbs, and dealt with them according to family practices, and waited.

The smell of blood in the room made Alan feel a little uncomfortable. He didn't know whether it was the smell of blood in the wooden house or some emotional changes that made him uncomfortable. He leaned against the car, lit a cigarette, and looked at the setting sun.

The whole person looked very sad.

After washing his hands, Beno came to him and asked for a cigarette. The two leaned against the car side by side. No one spoke, just staring at the sunset.

The fiery red sunset fell on them, making them look red.

As fresh and bright as blood.

(End of this chapter)