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"... Number Seven, how about we have a good talk about the 'traitor'?" Ling Dengxian coughed lightly and swallowed the trace of blood in his throat. He looked at the Zalak man whose arm he had dislocated and nailed to the wall with the gray sword Sin. White flames rose and slowly healed the wounds on his body.

The rain washed away the blood on the ground, and the white flames flickered.

"Haha, I underestimated you. But if you want to talk about this, isn't that the current situation? The 'traitors' who colluded with the Ursus people and acted recklessly in the slums have already ridden on the head of the Rat King. The person in charge of the street fighting area is shielding the Ursus people. Boy, you are still a little naive." Number Seven sneered, not caring about the fact that he had just been knocked down and his arm broken by Ling Dengxian in three moves. The rain slid down his cheeks, and his face looked a little pale.

On the contrary, he was covered in wounds due to the siege by others. This was also the first time he faced a coordinated one-on-many battle, and it happened in the rain, so he suffered a loss.

"Is your brain stuck in the door? Will that Ursus man listen to you? He is doomed to die no matter what." Ling Dengxian raised the sword and hit the brick next to his head. Number Seven's reaction was a little slow, and he was always a beat slow to dodge.

The scale pill vendor also said that this guy was a bit strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and if he took it a little more seriously he could be dealt with like he is doing now.

"Do it!" No. 7 suddenly shouted, and Ling Dengxian almost simultaneously raised a white flame in front of himself and the enthusiastic citizen to try to resist the possible attack.

However, the gang member who was lying on the ground suddenly jumped up and pointed a knife at the exhausted Ursus killer.

"Gu..." The latter fell down with a look of resentment on his face, and blood left a trace of unwillingness on the ground, and then quickly disappeared with the flowing water. Ling Dengxian remained silent.

Then he immediately understood what Number Seven was thinking. This time there would be no evidence.

"Well, here comes the question, little white dove, are you leaving or not?" Number Seven gave a playful smile.

"Leave? What are you going to do? I'm waiting for my boss to back me up." Ling Dengxian walked back to the scale pill stall, pulled a bench and sat down, looking at the enthusiastic citizen: "Brother, you can call me 'White Pigeon', I haven't asked for your name yet?"

"My name is Jie, and I work for Uncle Dong. Things got out of hand today, so I have to go get Uncle to come over..." Jie looked at the knife in his hand and pulled up his hat to keep out the rain. When he took action just now, his mind involuntarily emerged with some of the seemingly simple words that Uncle Dong usually said.

"Scales have gaps, and so do people. Look carefully and be ruthless."

“Don’t hesitate when using a knife. If you hesitate, the scales in your hand will slip.”

“The back of the knife is also dangerous.”

And so on. Although he felt that this old man was a little bit extraordinary when Uncle Dong handed him the set of knives, he felt it even more so now.

"Uncle Dong is so awesome." But that was all he thought about it, it was that simple.

Since you have accepted a favor from someone, you should do a good job for them.

Ling Dengxian was sitting at the entrance of the alley. He knew that Lin Yuxia's spies would report the matter back soon, and he still had some confidence in how Lin Yuxia would judge him.

The gangster with the injured hand on the ground did not dare to get up and run away. He just groaned on the ground in the wind and rain. Just now, Ling Dengxian had shown him his ability to catch them back quickly.

When Lin Yuxia and her men arrived, Ling Dengxian could see that her face was still a little pale, but she had already changed out of her hospital gown. She was wearing a black dress that exuded a solemn look. She held up a black umbrella, and raindrops were flying.

"...Bai Ge, what's going on?" As soon as she saw Ling Dengxian, her brows unconsciously frowned.

"Sir, why don't you ask him first?" Ling Dengxian made a "please" gesture to the person on the wall.

"Miss, this bastard is colluding with the Ursus people. The actions in the past few days were all carried out by him and the organization behind him. Today they killed people in the street. We will try our best to stop them until Miss arrives--"

"So I'm sitting here and you're trying to stop me on the wall?" Ling Dengxian couldn't help but retort.

"White Dove!" Lin Yuxia said in a low voice. Ling Dengxian was startled. "Let number seven finish speaking."

Ling Dengxian felt something was wrong.

His own leader... didn't seem to trust him as much as he thought.

"Miss, you are very observant! We have lost many brothers in the past few days in tracking down those people. We have learned that the other side has at least three powerful warlocks. And that day in the warehouse, which was the day when you got into trouble, this guy faced them alone and nothing happened. And he just happened to blow up the warehouse when you entered... Miss, it's already very obvious!" Number Seven spoke earnestly, and his movements caused his dislocated arm to make his face look hideous.

Ling Dengxian was stunned for a moment, then said: "There was another witness with me just now, and he also saw it—"

"Miss, do you believe me, who has been with Mr. Lin for ten years, or this new outsider?"

"Bai Ge, don't say anything!" Lin Yuxia was so emotional that she glared at Ling Dengxian. "I don't believe anyone. I only believe in evidence. Number 7, where's the surveillance?"

“…It was destroyed in advance.”

"Bai Ge, I remember that today you, Penguin Logistics, cooperated with the Guard Bureau to carry out a mission...something happened there, why did you appear in the slums after it was over?" Lin Yuxia was almost overwhelmed by the irritability and disgust that emerged when she saw Ling Dengxian. She was now injured and in a bad spirit.

"...I want to relax." Ling Dengxian answered truthfully. Although he did not see Texas today, he now has an inexplicable feeling towards her.

"Come with me... I won't allow you to act alone again." Lin Yuxia raised her staff to prevent mutations.

Ling Dengxian's mind went blank. It's not like he had never been questioned before. In the wilderness, he and the bounty hunters didn't get along so well. But they were enemies, and Lin Yuxia had never been judged as "hostile" by him.

The staff trembled slightly, and Lin Yuxia herself did not realize that she was clenching her back teeth.

The sound of rain gradually became heavier.

At this moment, Ling Dengxian seemed to have returned to Qicheng Town. His staff turned into a city-breaking spear, and confusion appeared in front of his eyes.

"Kill her." A voice as thin as a mosquito's chirp exploded in his mind. Whose voice was it? Ling Dengxian subconsciously placed his hand on the hilt of the white sword at his waist.

"Miss, be careful!" Number Seven struggled to break free from the restraints and pounced on Lin Yuxia, his body hitting the ground. Ling Dengxian's pupils shrank, and he saw that this guy's right hand could move!

The moment Ling Dengxian drew his sword, he knew something was wrong as the edge of the sword flashed. This moment was too easy to be misunderstood.

"..." The scene calmed down with the appearance of the old man. Dust and sand rolled up the sword blades. There were two of them. One was the white sword, which prevented Ling Dengxian from killing No. 7, and the other was the dagger in No. 7's hand, which prevented Lin Yuxia from being injured.

"Seven, you shouldn't." Lin Gerui's dust flowed slowly, and the rain could not stop it. Everyone could hear the sound of Number Seven's bones being squeezed.

"Rat King..."

"It's my fault for trusting you too much, and also my fault for not paying attention recently. You look much more haggard... you must have smoked a lot, right?" The Rat King Shashi locked him to the wall with one palm. Only then did the gangsters on the ground wake up from their dream and want to escape, but the figure that appeared in the shadows would naturally not allow the traitor's intention to succeed.

"Lin Yuxia, you were too impulsive just now. This is not like you. What's wrong?" Lin Gerui looked at his daughter and frowned.

"...I don't know either. Maybe it's because..."

"Mr. Lin...can I go first?" Ling Dengxian asked softly, feeling a tightness in his chest.

"Excuse me, Bai Ge, thank you for your help." Lin Gerui could see what he was thinking and knew that he probably really needed to be alone for a while.

"Seven, I really didn't expect that you would become addicted to drugs." The Rat King sighed slightly, with both anger and sadness in his eyes.

"...Things have come to this, Lin Gerui, there is no turning back...It's up to you. I have followed you for so many years and have no complaints. I don't ask for your forgiveness, but only one thing - give me a quick death before my drug addiction takes effect. Please, I really don't know anything else. I only know that some big shots from Ursus are involved in this matter." The Zarak man said hoarsely. He knew that he was finished.

Ling Dengxian didn't want to listen any more. He walked out of the alley in the rain without looking back. His black silhouette looked like a crow falling into the water.

Not at all like "White Dove".

Lin Yuxia withdrew her gaze, feeling a sharp pain in her heart.