Two days later.
Outside a farm, some figures were concealed behind large trees, their gazes fixed on the wooden house at the very end of the farm.
"This should be it,"
Rayan said. He wasn't wearing his Military Police uniform at the moment but rather the gray linen clothes he had worn when he first joined the Military Police, clothes that symbolized the lowest class of poor people.
After two days of elimination, investigating more than twenty farms of various sizes, everyone's attention finally focused here. This was a small farm located in the suburbs. The reason for determining this place as the robbers' lair was simple: one could see at a glance that the farmland was overgrown with weeds, with no crops, looking like it was completely unattended.
Ordinary farmers would definitely not allow this situation to occur, but if they were used to the quick money from robbery, they would definitely be too lazy to work.
"Captain, do we just rush in?" Marlo asked Rayan. The latter shook his head. "Too dangerous."
No one knew what was inside the wooden house. Even though everyone had guns, these vicious robbers had no way out. They knew that they would be hanged if caught for their crimes, so either way they would die, and they might as well take someone down with them.
And Rayan didn't want any casualties. After all, he only had this small group of people under him; losing one meant losing one. So, it was best to resolve this without any injuries.
"Should we go back first and call for backup?" someone suggested. "If more people come, it should be no problem."
"No, that's too risky."
Rayan thought to himself that asking for backup would make the credit a minor issue. What would be bad was if the news leaked and these bastards ran away.
After all... he didn't know if there were any Military Police officers colluding with this group of robbers. Given the overall atmosphere of the Military Police, bribery was almost normal. If there were Military Police secretly working with the robbers, then his dozen or so people would be in danger.
So, the only people he could trust right now were this batch of new recruits. They had just arrived here and hadn't fully assimilated with the other Military Police. They still had a certain sense of justice in their hearts. If it were the old hands, they definitely wouldn't go in at this time.
"We're enough on our own," Rayan said, lying down. "Everyone follow me and crawl forward, get to that large patch of grass ahead."
"Yes!"
Everyone lay down and crawled forward with Rayan. Because of the cover of the large trees, they didn't have to worry about being discovered. Soon, the group successfully reached the large patch of grass, which was only a dozen meters away from the wooden house. They could even faintly hear laughter and talking coming from inside, as if someone was drinking.
Everyone gripped their guns tightly, looking at each other nervously, then all looked at Rayan, waiting for his command. However, the latter said at this moment, "You guys wait here first. I'll go in alone."
"What?!"
Everyone looked at him in disbelief, not knowing what their captain was trying to do. Rayan tugged at his clothes and said, "Otherwise, why do you think I'm wearing this? Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"Captain!" Marlo retorted excitedly. "That's too dangerous! You alone... let's rush in together!"
"No," Rayan shook his head, thought for a moment, and said, "Alright, this way: a scream will be the signal. When you hear a scream, rush in immediately."
"But..."
"Obey orders."
After Rayan finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the grass. The others looked at each other, completely unable to understand why he would do this. In their opinion, this was too risky, even... no different from sending himself to his death.
"I don't think we can"
Marlo, holding his gun, also wanted to step out, but the next second, he felt his body lose balance and fell to the ground with a "thump." He turned his head and saw Annie holding his ankle, her gaze icy cold.
"Listen to him."
"Annie!"
"Marlo, the captain must have a plan. Let's just wait for the signal."
"Yeah..."
Marlo looked at everyone's attitude, not knowing if they were afraid or truly obeying orders, but since no one was with him, he had no choice but to lower his head and say nothing more.
...
"Tap tap tap."
Rayan knocked on the wooden door. The moment the sound rang out, the laughter and talking inside the house stopped abruptly. The next moment, heavy footsteps approached, and the door creaked open.
A burly, bald man appeared at the door, startled to see Rayan. A glint flashed in his eyes. "What do you want?"
"Um, I wanted to ask," Rayan said somewhat cautiously, "I see that your farm here is all deserted. Is it because you don't have enough farmers? I want to work here, what do you think? The salary doesn't need to be much, just enough to fill my stomach!"
"Farmer?" The man sized Rayan up and down, then laughed loudly twice, reaching out and grabbing his wrist. "It's a bit of a waste for a kid like you to be a farmer. Come on in, I'll give you a more profitable business!"
As he spoke, he pulled Rayan into the room. The latter's face was full of panic. "What are you doing?!" he said, but his eyes quickly scanned the room, immediately noticing that there were indeed quite a few people inside.
About twelve or thirteen men stood in different positions, all holding sharp weapons. It was clear that these people were very vigilant. They had been drinking and eating, but they could immediately switch to combat mode upon hearing a knock. No wonder they had been at large for so many years; they did have some skills.
At this moment, these people frowned when they saw Rayan being dragged in by the arm. A long-haired man asked, "What's going on?"
"A farmer who wants to work," the man holding Rayan replied, his face full of barely concealed glee. "Boss, this kid is an Oriental! We can make a big score again!"
"..."
The long-haired man, who was called boss, looked at Rayan, who was struggling frantically and shouting "Let go of me!" He nodded slightly. "Continue eating." After saying that, he said to the bald man, "Gene, take him downstairs, find out where he's from, and then we'll catch his family and sell them together."
"No problem!"
"You, you're human traffickers?!"
"Hehe, kid, I've never seen someone like you deliver themselves to our door. You can only blame your own bad luck." The bald man dragged Rayan to a corner of the room, then pressed a switch on the wall. The next moment, the floor beneath their feet slid open horizontally, revealing a staircase leading downwards.
They actually have a design like this...
Rayan thought. If they had rushed in directly just now, these people could have quickly hidden down here, and then they probably wouldn't have caught anyone.
The bald man dragged him down the stairs, and they saw that the underground was a passage extending about seven or eight meters, with two forks at the end, one to the left and one to the right.
Rayan was shocked. How could a dozen or so people have created such a large project...? No, this is... the underground passage?
He suddenly remembered. This was the underground passage where the main trio in the original story wanted to lure Annie! This passage was interconnected in all directions, hidden and dark. Rayan immediately understood.
It wasn't that there was a passage under the farm, but that there was a farm above the passage!
This way, if there was any danger, they could immediately escape into this underground passage, making capture extremely difficult.
Truly, a cunning rabbit has three burrows...
Rayan thought, thankfully he discovered it in advance, otherwise at least half of these people would have escaped.
At this moment, the bald man dragged Rayan to the end of the passage, then turned right. The right side was a dead end. However, in this dead end, an iron cage had actually been built, and inside were about seven or eight people bound hand and foot, with strips of cloth over their eyes and things stuffed in their mouths.
"You guys are really cautious."
"Huh?"
The bald man was stunned upon hearing this. He suddenly noticed that the panic on Rayan's face seemed to have disappeared all at once, replaced by a hint of indifference. This sudden change of face caught him off guard.
"You motherf... uh, uh?!"
Before the bald man could finish speaking, he felt the hand holding Rayan's arm suddenly being gripped. Then, a tremendous force instantly surged, crushing his hand bones in an instant!
"Aaaargh!!"
The scream hadn't even escaped his throat before Rayan covered his mouth. Then, he used his other hand to choke the man's neck, and with a snap, a crisp "crack" sound echoed.
Releasing his hand, Rayan gently lowered the bald man's corpse to the ground without making a sound. Then, he glanced at the several imprisoned people and turned to leave. Now wasn't the time to save them; he had to deal with the people upstairs first. Otherwise, if they were rescued, they would definitely shout, and then they would have alerted the others in vain.
Rounding the corner, Rayan walked towards where he had come down. What he didn't see was that shortly after he turned the corner, one of the imprisoned people suddenly took off his blindfold. That person glanced at the bald man's corpse on the ground, his face grim, reached into his pocket, and the next moment, pulled out a dagger...
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