"Come on, boy. Do it."


    Wang Yong''s hands trembled harder as he held the sword.


    And again, while his mind was ready to do it, his heart was not.


    Wang Yong wasn''t ready.


    "Come on, boy!!! Don''t tell me you are having second thoughts!! Come on, boy!! Just one slash and it will be over!!" Kenji urged Wang Yong to do it.


    And now, Wang Yong was ready. Especially since one look at Kenji kinda make him think of Wang Liang.


    "Here I come,"


    Wang Yong readied himself. Just one swing.


    ~Crash~ ~Stab~


    Suddenly, a weird sound appear, and before long, Wang Yong passed out.


    The Kusanagi sword fell and accidentally slashed Kenji''s eyebrow.


    And it was only just a graze.


    Kenji looked at the passed-out Wang Yong, and immediately look over the source of the sound. It was from outside of the door.


    "That''s enough!!!" The door opened. It was Jun Sang, with a pistol in his hand.


    "Oh no~~" Kenji is back with his playful self. "You kill this poor boy~~"


    "I advise you to stop being dramatic, Mr. Nishitaro. I just only shot him with an anesthesia bullet."


    Jun Sang approached Wang Yong, and check his body and condition. It is nothing major.


    "And I don''t advise you to do that again in the hospital. What are you thinking, inflicting injuries on your own in the place where they heal injury?"


    "Oh, come on~~ It was only our pride and honor, that you dared to interrupt~~"


    Blood is dripping from Kenji''s eyebrow.


    "Your pride can only lead you so far. Let me see your injuries." Jun Sang approaches Kenji and takes out the syringe.


    "Do you want to make me sleep too, doc~~?"


    "I am not doing this kind of thing, and you know it." Jun Sang stabbed Kenji, and the injuries instantly healed.


    Kenji then touches his now-healed injuries. "Smooth~~~"


    "You know, Doc, I can feel your affection when you touch my face~~ Wanna be my boyfriend??"


    "Please refrain from commenting like that, Mr Nishitaro. But on the other hand, I am glad you are happy with my service. Now do me a favor and help me lift this boy." Jun Sang pointed at Wang Yong.


    "And I told you before, but I thought we were close~~. But I see we are back on the last name basis again~~"


    Jun Sang gave Kenji a stern glare.


    Before long, they both help Wang Yong get to the bed, and Jun Sang tidied Wang Yong.


    "Anyway, doc~~, why are you here~~~? You don''t just march it here and ruin our precious bonding moment, do you~~??"


    "Captain sent me. He wants us to gather for a meeting."


    "For what~~?"


    "Suitcase."


    "Ahh…"


    "Let''s go and leave this boy in peace."


    "Okay, okay~~, you don''t have to be so serious, doc~~~"


    Both Jun Sang and Kenji leave the room, leaving Wang Yong alone


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    The meeting location is in ACP headquarters, filled with countless floating monitors all over, all of them showing maps, charts, data, and everything. In the center is the table and chair, with a hologram in the center on top of the table.


    The hologram shows the contents of the X-437 suitcase, the suitcase that Kenji and Amabella successfully retrieved. It was shown in the 3D mode.


    Amabella gestures her hand to open the suitcase from the hologram. Inside, it was revealed to be a.....


    Toy gun.


    An ordinary toy gun, with no bullet casing and no trigger.


    "So basically, it is a toy gun~~ Man, why do I bother sacrificing myself for just a toy~~" Kenji spoke up.


    "Yeah, indeed. I don''t have to entertain myself with you if I know this is what we get." Amabella then grabs a nearby snack, preparing to munch on it.


    Lisa leaned forward. "But Gambit couldn''t have done all this just to smuggle a toy gun in the case. I don''t think this is just an ordinary gun."


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    Amabella rolled her eyes. "Well, I have a better question on my own. If it is indeed a toy gun, which it is, why do they smuggle toy guns??"


    "The suitcase contained twelve of them. I hope they didn''t do this just to prank us." Aiman continued to zoom into the gun model.


    "And we have no idea who smuggled them?" Lisa folded her arm


    "The mysterious man that Wang Yong stole, goes by the name Chen Wei Xiang." Amabella tapped her screen, bringing up surveillance footage. "He entered through the southern border three weeks ago using forged documents."


    The footage showed a middle-aged tribe man in a tailored suit walking through customs with the X-437 suitcase in his hand.


    "Forged document??" Jun Sang interpreted. "So Shi Ying get that forged document too??"


    "Yes, I reckon that forged document must be forged by Gambit too." Amabella showed SHi Ying and Wei Xiang the forged document in question. "Look at that, the format is the same. They used it in and out of the city."


    "How did they do that~~~?? I thought our system was supposed to be flawless~~~"


    "Well…." Amabella got irritated by Kenji''s playful sarcasm but chose to endure it. "I thought our system had a flaw. But now I do know that it is not our system."


    Amabella shows up on Maxwell''s profile. "This bastard bypasses everything. I think I will have to overwrite all of our programs so that this bastard will not have any access at all."


    "Alright, Bella, you will do that." AIman gave a nod of understanding. "But it further proved our point. Shi Ying was colluding with Gambit. And the possibility of her joining Gambit is very high."


    Suddenly, AIman has a notification. He opened it from his wrist device. The notification came from a man named Ghost.


    "Hmm… Ghost got us intel."


    "Ghost?" Lisa raised an eyebrow. "Is he the same guy who brought Wang Yong in?"


    "Yes. He''s been useful for this kind of thing." Aiman expanded the message, revealing the information to them.


    "Ghost said that Chen is from Gambit." Lisa read the message.


    "Gambit, huh~~? So that means he is Valerie''s subordinate then~~"


    Jun Sang folded his arms. "If that man is Valerie''s subordinate, that means the weapon is from them. Since we know that Maxwell and Valerie have the potential of colluding together, why did the girl Wang Yong mentioned, Shi Ying, steal the suitcase from Valerie''s subordinate, then gave it to Maxwell?"


    "Hmm.. you are right." Aiman gestures and places his hand on his chin, like a true thinker. "Either Ghost''s information is incorrect, or we''re missing something crucial. Why would she steal from Valerie only to give something to her in the end?"


    "There is a possibility that she was a double agent." Amabella tapped her screen, bringing up surveillance photos of Shi Ying meeting with various figures. "And let''s say that she was the double agent. Who did she work with then?? Also, I have little information regarding Chen Wei Xiang. But from my investigation so far, all of that girl connection is from Gambit."


    Lisa read the message. "On top of that,., below the message, Ghost also gives the encrypted file."


    "Yep, and I don''t know why it is encrypted. But usually, it is very important. Bella, think you can crack this??" Aiman looks at Amabella.


    "Let me see what I can do. It should be simple enough. But I still need to override all our systems so that Maxwell doesn''t bypass us next time."


    Aiman looks at Amabella. "Good, I trust you can do both after finishing those chips."


    "My apologies, Captain. I haven''t eaten yet after that Thompon Manor fiasco."


    "Bullshit~~ you snacking when I was in action in that manor~~ I can hear the popcorn crackling in the earpiece~~"


    "Hey, you sword motherf*cker, popcorn doesn''t count as lunch and dinner."


    "Welp, you just admitted it~~ I won~~. Now where is my reward~~?"


    "Okay, both of you. Enough." Lisa stepped in to break up the quarrel between Kenji and Amabella.


    Amanda rolled her eyes and stashed the chips away from the table. "Anyway, Captain, send me that file, and I will be on my way."


    "Perfect." Aiman then proceeds to send his message from Ghost to Amabella.


    "But Captain~~" Kenji gets up from his chair. "Why wait for this sh*t? Let''s grab either the spoilt rich kid from the Thompson family or our terrorist leader and make them talk~~"


    "Because, Kenji, your idea of interrogation last time ended up in disaster. We have your victim in the hospital bed right now!!."


    "But Captain—"


    "Remember the garage incident?" Lisa looked at Kenji with an annoyed face. "Three of our cars were destroyed in a single night. All because a certain someone said that he wanted to perform in our garage."


    "Oh, come on, I was just trying to not let that boy escape~~~ The harsh method is necessary."


    "Or yesterday''s incident?" Amabella joins the quarrel. "You made us become clowns because you forgot that stealth is our main objective."


    "Nope~~ Stealing that piece of suitcase IS our objective~~ I rest my case~~"


    Aiman ignores their quarrel and then turns his face to Jun Sang.


    "Jun Sang?"


    Jun Sang was quiet, barely talking, and was surprised that Aiman called him.


    "Yes, Captain??"


    "You are the expert on the chemical and gun. I want you to analyze these toy guns. If possible, you can break them down and figure out what it is. And report to me." Aiman then transferred the gun content to Jun Sang. "I suspect that this is not an ordinary gun, no matter how dumb it is."


    "Of course., Captain. I''ll start right away."


    Aiman then turned his attention to Shi Ying''s profile which was shown in the hologram.


    "This girl may be more dangerous than she appears. Her power may seem weak, but she is young. I reckon she will improve her power. And combined with her intelligence and connections, she may pose a serious threat."


    "And now she has the connection with Gambit. She has the possibility of being the future thorn in our side." Lisa continued. "We need to stop her somehow."


    "There is a way," Amabella spoke up. "That Wang Yong. I say we can use him."


    Aiman looks at Amabella. "You are perspective, aren''t you, Bella??"


    "Just doing my job as a future strategist."


    "So, what are you proposing as a future strategist?"


    "Captain, I think you are already aware of what we need to do. But if you want me to say it, I will say it. Recruit Wang Yong, and convince him to join us since by far he is the easiest for us to control. Assign him to the mission that will get him close to his girlfriend. With their relationship, I am sure we can exploit that. Maybe even bring that girl to our side. Her skills may prove valuable to us as an ally but proved troublesome as an enemy. This is the best plan by far."


    "It is all good, but what if your plan failed?"


    "Well, we can improvise along the way. The worst plan by far was to apprehend her while she was still weak, but let''s see how. We can also assign the kidnapping mission to Ghost."


    "That certainly is not a bad plan. Bella." Aiman smiles at Bella. Impressed by the fact that, first, Amabella is just a 12-year-old kid, and second, she can plan two steps.


    "Again, Captain. Just do my job."


    "So, that boy will join us?" Lisa let out a small delighted face. She is excited.


    "If he wants. I will convince him to join us. After all, he has shown remarkable potential despite his circumstances." Aiman expanded Wang Yong''s profile. "I have decided. I want him here, with us."


    "Thread carefully, Captain," Amabella continued. "He cannot be shown to the public since he was supposed to be dead. We need a plan for this, and for that, let me help if and only if that Wang Yong has decided to join us."


    "Thank you, Bella," Aiman nodded. "And Lisa, Kenji, tomorrow, you will accompany me to convince that boy."


    "Understood, Captain."


    "Ahh, okay, captain~ I just need to apologize to him one more time~~~"


    "Good. I want all of you prepared to welcome him tomorrow," Aiman said as he stood up. "If he chooses to join us, we have to give him the support he needs, and that includes training and guidance."


    All of the ACP members in the room stood up. "Understood, Captain."<figure></figure>