[Wen Hao] I worked hard to restore the health of the protagonist group

It would be nice if Mr. Dazai was here...

Xie Shuyi sighed, and stood up with his hands on the elevator, "Do you want to fight? I can cover you."

The old man said calmly, "The leader has told me to protect you as you leave. Leave the rearguard to me."

Hearing this, he glanced at him and said, "You definitely can't beat him alone. I'll go with you."

After saying that, he looked at Yosano, waiting for the latter's answer.

Yosano was silent for a while, but still shook her head. She raised her hand and patted Jie Shuyi on the shoulder, looking at the three people in front of her with a serious expression.

"The most important thing is that Shuyi survives. Tanizaki, Kenji... let's run away separately."

Kenji retorted, "How can this be possible?! We have to act together."

Yosano analyzed calmly, "I know, but there is only one hound now. If we run away separately, two people can be saved."

Xie Shuyi obviously disagreed, "That's too absolute. What if they run away separately and are defeated one by one?"

He went on to say, "If you two run together, you can look after each other. The old man and I will go and buy time. Isn't this safer?"

Yosano raised his voice, "How is this different from sacrificing you to save us?"

Xie Shuyi was unwilling to be outdone. If there really was someone to be captured and sacrificed, he would rather that person be himself.

"But if we scatter and flee, we still have to sacrifice one person. Wouldn't it be better to sacrifice me? I am insignificant anyway!"

"Jie Shuyi!"

"I'm serious!" Xie Shuyi grabbed Yosano's hand, "If I stay and cooperate with the old man, not only will our chances of winning be greatly improved, but you will also be able to escape further."

Tanizaki stepped forward and shook his head in disapproval, "You're asking us to just give up on you."

Xianzhi also said, "Instead of giving up directly, why don't the four of us fight to the death? We can't just abandon you like this."

"Okay, it's decided. Let's run away separately."

Seeing that Shuyi wanted to say something else, Yosano turned his back and ignored him, selectively blocking out everything he said.

"Doctor Mori said earlier that he had arranged a hidden base for us, and a special military vehicle heading there. How are the preparations going?"

The old man replied readily, "Everything is ready."

"it is good."

Yosano took a deep breath and turned around with a forced smile on his face. "Promise me, whoever survives will fight to rebuild the detective agency."

Xie Shuyi bit his lower lip and said nothing.

Tanizaki smiled and replied, "I understand."

Kenji nodded obediently, "That's what we'll do."

At this moment, the elevator door opened, revealing an endless, deep, dark passage.

When the few people walked out of the elevator and stood in the center of the corridor, the old man kindly handed the map to them.

"There is a complicated maze ahead. Please follow the map to your respective getaway vehicles."

Tanizaki smiled brightly, waved his hand, and walked towards the passage in front of him, "Okay, I'll leave first then."

Kenji followed closely behind, and in the end only Yosano and Jie Shuyi were left.

“Survive well.” Yosano raised his hand and clenched his fist.

Xie Shuyi naturally bumped his fist with hers, "I will."

The old man stood at the fork in the road until he heard their footsteps gradually become blurred. He pondered for a moment, and just when he was about to go to the ground to delay time, the footsteps behind him became clearer and clearer.

He turned around, without a trace of surprise on his face.

Tachihara Michizo said bluntly, "Jie Shuyi? Don't you understand the map?"

He held the gun in one hand, with the black muzzle pointing directly at Jie Shuyi's forehead, as if if he took another step forward, his fingertips would trigger the trigger, taking Jie Shuyi's life.

Xie Shuyi didn't bother to pay attention to his useless threats, "I'll go up with you."

"It is our duty to protect your safety. You'd better leave as soon as possible." The old man raised his hand and patted Tachihara Michizo's arm, and advised softly.

Xie Shuyi ignored them and directly opened the elevator door and stepped in.

He raised an eyebrow and looked at the three people standing outside in a daze, "Not coming? Then we have to wait for the next bus."

"Tsk! There's really nothing we can do about you." Liyuan Daozao walked in angrily, holding two guns in his hands, as if he was working hard without complaint.

Yin followed closely behind, leaning against the elevator door, not saying a word from beginning to end.

After some hesitation, the old man had no choice but to follow in.

There was no other reason. Even the people in the Armed Detective Agency couldn't order him. With the strength of the three of them, they were temporarily unable to drive Jie Shuyi into the escape passage.

The elevator went straight up until the small screen window showed that it had reached the first floor, and then it stopped smoothly.

The strange thing was that no gunshots could be heard outside, and not even any movement was detected.

The four of them were all on high alert, not knowing what was happening outside.

"Ding--"

As the elevator door opened, a body fell in first.

Just as Xie Shuyi was about to kick the hinting figure away, the old man was quicker and dragged the corpse by the shoulder and put him aside.

"know?"

"He's a member of the Mafia."

Xie Shuyi raised his eyebrows. "He was able to face the elevator head-on and fall in the instant the elevator opened, which means he had been clinging to the elevator for a long time before his death. Retreating without a fight, does such a person deserve good treatment?"

The old man put his hands behind his back, did not answer, but led the way forward.

However, when Tachihara Michizo passed by Jie Shuyi, he sighed and said, "I thought you would be more humane after working in the Armed Detective Agency for so many years, but I didn't expect you to be so inhumane."

Xie Shuyi waved his hands, looking very innocent. "You're talking to me about human nature? People from the port mafia are talking to me about human nature."

His expression was as if he had suffered a great injustice. "Well, then I am inhumane."

The old man was already at the door of the building. When he looked out, he saw the bodies of military police and port mafia members all over the ground.

The air was filled with a mixture of gunpowder and blood, but there was no trace of life, as if everyone was dead.

Xie Shuyi casually turned over the body of a port mafia gangster at his feet. The man had been shot twice in the leg and shoulder, but looking at his pale face, it was obvious that the cause of death was excessive blood loss.

"He died from excessive blood loss in such a short time?"

Just as I was feeling strange and wanted to turn it over to have a look, I didn't expect that as soon as my hand touched the man's head, there was a creaking sound and the head rolled down like a ball.

Blood immediately splattered all over Shuyi's face.

The blood mixed with brain matter blocked his vision. Jie Shuyi pouted several times before spitting out what was in his mouth, but there was still a lingering smell of blood.

Yin kindly handed him a tissue, and Jie Shuyi was able to escape from the blood-stained face.

He wiped the blood off his face in an embarrassed manner. "It was done by the Hound's men. How cruel. It seems that I still have some humanity in me."

The old man's face was not very good either. "The military police and the Hounds have already retreated. Where can they go?"

"I didn't see them forcing their way into the elevator or heading for the underground passage. Putting aside the military and police, the Hound members shouldn't have left like that."

Xie Shuyi patted the old man on the shoulder.

"what happened?"

Xie Shuyi asked, "Where did the three of them escape to?"

“They’re all different and they’re all far away.”

Xie Shuyi pursed his lips and asked, "Which is the shortest way from the building where Ferrance is to the meeting place?"

Upon hearing this, the old man opened the map in his hand and slid out a route directly on the map.

“This is the fastest way.”

"Does the route overlap with the escape route you designed?"

"This." Yin pointed to one of the alley entrances.

The old man nodded as well, "Yes, Ms. Yosano needs to go through the underground passage at this alley and continue to the southeast intersection."

Xie Shuyi put away the map and said, "Then let's go here."