Chapter 99: Planning An Approach
Chapter 99: Planning An Approach
Upon walking inside, Lin Mu saw that there was someone else sitting in the shop. The man was dressed in the clothes of a high official and he had seen him before. It was one of the men that had come with the leader of the Hei corps, Hei Wan.
Lin Mu nodded to him in greeting and saw him reciprocate as well. He then walked inside the other room under the guidance of the old woman. The old woman came to a stop in front of the wall and held out her hand.
"The badge." The old woman spoke.
Lin Mu withdrew the badge from the ring while putting his hand inside the pouch and handed the badge to the old woman. She looked at it for a moment, before inserting it into a small slot that was hidden in the seam of the wall.
The wooden panel of the wall shifted and Lin Mu walked inside it. After stepping in, the panel closed back, and he started walking down the passageway, into the stairwell. He reached the entrance of the safe house a couple of minutes later and opened the door.
As soon as the door was open, he saw two people standing in front of the door. They seemed to be alert and ready to attack. But after seeing Lin Mu, they relaxed and sat back down on their chairs.
"I need to report something. Where’s Hei Bao?" Lin Mu questioned.
The man who was sitting in front of Lin Mu was one of the members of the Hei corps that Lin Mu had not met yet.
‘He’s probably someone that came with Hei Wan.’ Lin Mu thought.
"You can head on inside. The captain is having a meeting with the rest of the Hei corps." The man spoke.
Lin Mu simply nodded and went to the room that was to the right. He opened the door and saw the ten members of Hei corps standing around Hei Bao and Hei Wan. They turned around to look and saw Lin Mu entering.
"You’re here already?" Hei Bao said.
"I have a couple of things to report and I also would be needing your help with something." Lin Mu replied.
"Go ahead." Hei Wan spoke in affirmation.
"The town head has declared a strict curfew at night. The captain and new vice-captain of the town’s guards declared to the residents." Lin Mu spoke.
"We already know about the curfew." Hei Bao spoke.
"That’s not all, I learned a few more things. Apparently, this new vice captain is named Han Lei, he’s Han Xu’s brother. He’s meant to be his replacement." Lin Mu spoke with a serious tone.
"Then that means…" Hei Shi spoke before she was interrupted.
"The culprits are making their move. They are probably controlling the town head as well." Hei Bao postulated.
"This Han Lei is rather overbearing too. He broke the arm of a resident just to make an example out of it. The captain did not seem to stop him either and there’s another new vice captain that we don’t know of." Lin Mu added.
Hei Wan turned towards Hei Bao after hearing Lin Mu’s report and spoke,
"Forget my previous order, from now on focus on the Vice captains and the town head as well. It’s no doubt that they are part of the culprits. This curfew only helps them in their acts. Now they can just abduct people and say that they were arrested for wandering outside."
"Yes, leader." Hei Bao responded.