Chapter 71 – Where are they right now?!
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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When they returned to ‘Genting’, the two luxury hotels next to them had been controlled by the government. A number of engineering vehicles were operating on the original site of ‘Genting’ to clear out tons of rubbish.
When they drove into the neighbourhood near ‘Genting’, they were stopped by heavily armed policemen and were questioned closely. When they found out that they were going to one of the hotels, they didn’t let them go there at all. They were surrounded by a few groups of soldiers.
Tiger Shark began to contact the person in charge of the Moroccan government who had established an employment relationship with them and explained the situation to him.
At first the person in charge was unwilling to let them approach the place. After all, they had already settled the balance and they no longer had anything to do with each other. But when he knew that there were two people from the regiment staying in the hotel, he was surprised and said, “How could this happen? There are no outsiders here in the hotel. This place has already been controlled by our military.”
Tiger Shark said, “Did your people take them?”
“I need to confirm this first. Please wait for me.” The person in charge hung up the phone and ‘Peregrine Falcon’ had no choice but to wait. After waiting for half an hour, the man called again. He said that they did not take any ‘Peregrine Falcon’ members with them. When they entered the hotel, the hotel was already empty. But the staff dormitory mentioned by Tiger Shark was reported to have disappeared and the situation could be serious since the soldiers found obvious signs of struggle and some blood in that room.
Everyone was freaking out. They couldn’t help but think that something must have happened to Job and Pell!
Tiger Shark’s hand that was holding the phone trembled slightly. He then said sternly, “Please allow us to enter the hotel to investigate immediately. If not, we will use our own ways to get in.”
The person in charge was silent for a while, “Okay. I’ll be there in half an hour and lead you in.”
Everyone spent another half an hour waiting anxiously. The person in charge really came and showed a document to the soldiers. He then led them all into the hotel.
They went straight to the staff dormitory where Pell and Job were placed. They found that there were bullet marks on the walls and doors. There were also bloodstains on the snow-white bedsheets. The whole room was in a mess. Everyone could see that there was a fierce struggle there.
What is certain now is that Pell and Job should still be alive. No matter who took them away, they couldn’t have possible wanted to take two dead bodies with them. So, they must be alive.
But who was it that took them and what was it that they wanted? Where are they right now?!
Tiger Shark, who had always been calm and steady, now had beads of sweat on his forehead. He was pacing back and forth in the room anxiously. He then was swept away in anger and kicked over the blood-stained bed that Job used to lie on.
This is the first time Shen Changze has seen Tiger Shark got out of control. Tiger Shark has always been the calmest and most decisive person of them all. Even after the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ lost Lin Qiang, he managed to remain calm. But now, he was obviously abnormal.
Ayer held Tiger Shark’s arm and said in a deep voice, “Tiger Shark, calm down.”
Tiger Shark gritted his teeth and said, “One of them is injured and another is a woman…”
Lily rushed forward and slapped Tiger Shark. Her amber eyes stared into his eyes seriously, “Don’t underestimate women and don’t underestimate Pell. She is a qualified mercenary. Just like you. So calm down.”
Tiger Shark wiped his face and lowered his head as he took a deep breath. And when he raised his head again, he returned to the familiar calm Tiger Shark.
Although Ayer was the nominal boss of ‘Peregrine Falcon’, Tiger Shark had the highest reputation in the entire mercenary regiment. So he was the last one to mess anything up.
Tiger Shark walked up to the person in charge. His tall body put a lot of pressure on him. He said, “Please help us find them. If we found them, it would be considered that ‘Peregrine Falcon’ owes your government a favour.”
Even if it is just a verbal promise, it is loud and has a high gold content when it comes from the mouth of a world-renowned first-class mercenary.
No matter how much money you spend, you may not be able to buy Peregrine Falcon’s ‘favour’. The person in charge responded almost immediately with: “No problem.” He immediately took out his phone and gave orders to his subordinates regarding the matter.
He then prepared a place for them to rest in the hotel and asked them to wait patiently.
But none of them had the patience to wait at all. They began to carefully search for clues left in the room. After comparing the bullet casings left on the ground, they determined the approximate type of guns and the approximate number of people on the attacker’s side. After seven hours of work on the internal network of the arms dealers, they finally found their sales records. Then they gradually narrowed down the targets and investigated them one by one. Finally, based on their judgement and guesses, they came to the conclusion that everyone could agree on—Pell and Job were kidnapped by the Western Sahara Independence Party.
It is very likely that they do not know the identities of Pell and Job. The Independence Party often likes to go to the cities of Morocco for guerrilla fights and arrest a few people at random. Most of the time, they would ask the government to exchange the detained Independence Party personnel with the hostages. Sometimes, the government is also asked to pay a ransom for the hostages. If the two methods fail to reach an agreement, they will kill the hostages to vent their anger, which is an act of indiscriminate kidnapping.
It’s just that there is still no movement from the Independence Party and they have no idea on what’s going on.
If this line of thinking was followed through, it is even more likely that Pell and Job are still alive. But the Independence Party had scattered bases and some of them did not even have official personnel at all. Some of them are private guerrillas who are dissatisfied with the Moroccan government. If it’s human, it’s almost impossible to find it. So they can only wait for the other party to take the initiative to contact them.
Although the first day was not completely turned up with nothing, there was no major progress. After tossing until midnight, everyone was tired. So they went back to the room to rest.
Shan Ming didn’t take a shower for several days so he went into the bathroom and took a quick shower. He then came out naked, leaning on the bed and wanting to sleep.
Shen Changze immediately caught his wet head which was about to be thrown on the pillow and said helplessly, “Dry your hair first.”
Shan Ming let out a “hmm” and closed his eyes. His mind was full of Pell and Job.
Shen Changze put his head on his lap and then wiped it carefully with a towel, “Baba, are you worried about Pell and Job?”
“Yeah. Pell is… well… she’s one of the few women that I favour.”
Shen Changze felt a little uncomfortable when he heard that, “But you said that Pell loves Tiger Shark.”
“Yeah, she adores Tiger Shark. She loves Tiger Shark.”
“Tiger Shark is also very good to Pell. He is completely anxious today. But why doesn’t he accept Pell’s love?”
“I think there are two reasons for this.” Shan Ming frowned as if he didn’t want to recall the memory. But he still told the kid about the past: “The first reason is, Tiger Shark’s wife died for him. When she died, she was more than three months pregnant and she was…” Shan Ming opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling, “She was shot by a machine gun. Her face was completely blown up. I was right next to her. Her blood and flesh splattered on my face. It was at that point in my life that I felt like death was so close to me. Do you think Tiger Shark can forget about that? The second reason is that when Tiger Shark rescued Pell from Mrs. Aurora, she was only about fifteen years old. He had always seen her as a child.”
This is the first time that Shan Ming told him about Tiger Shark and Pell. Everyone in ‘Peregrine Falcon’ has their own stories. As long as they don’t tell them, no one will gossip or ask about them. It is not a good habit to inquire about anyone’s cruel pasts. Knowing more is just going to make you feel uncomfortable.
Shen Changze sighed, “Who is Mrs. Aurora?”
“XX. You heard of it, right?”
Shen Changze nodded. XX is a well-known assassin organisation undertaking tasks such as assassination, bombing, bodyguards, and all that stuff. In addition to the members’ superb ability and reputation, it is an organisation with all members are women. This was probably the biggest reason for their fame. They do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. They will use beauty and physical paralysis of opponents as their weapons since these are the things difficult for men to defend against. Although XX and Peregrine Falcon are different in nature, they both make a living by ‘using people’s money to eliminate disasters for other people’. So, news about them more or less would reach Shen Changze’s ears.
Shan Ming said: “Ms. Aurora is the founder of XX. She is a very sinister woman. I heard that she was killed by her enemies a few years ago and died a terrible death. Now, her daughter takes over the position of ‘Madame’. Most of her subordinates are female assassins she trained by scamming them, buying them, or kidnapping them from all over the world. She started training these assassins when they were very young. Pell was one of them. Once on a mission, ‘Peregrine Falcon’ and XX happened to be in a hostile situation. XX was afraid of the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ but she dared not face us head-on. So she sent one of their best assassins to assassinate Tiger Shark. That person was Pell. As a result, Pell was caught and XX abandoned her and retreated directly. So Tiger Shark chose not to do anything to Pell. Pell was very grateful that Tiger Shark didn’t kill her and that she was protected by the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ so XX didn’t dare to come to her again. Tiger Shark gave her a free and dignified life.”
Shen Changze listened quietly. In his mind, he couldn’t help but picture Pell who loved to flirt with her thick black hair in various ways. She was exuding incomparable beauty and sexiness all over her body. It was hard to imagine that she had such a dark past.
Shan Ming sighed inaudibly and said to himself, “Although everyone will die in the end, I always hope that some people will die long after I die.”
Shen Changze said softly: “Baba, you must die last.”
Shan Ming smiled, “Impossible. You are almost an immortal with your dragon blood body. There is no way I will die after you.”
Shen Changze lowered his head and kissed his forehead, “If Baba dies, I will die with you.”
Shan Ming frowned and said, “How could you have such a ridiculous idea?”
Shen Changze said seriously: “Is it ridiculous? I just want to be with my Baba. No matter when or where.”
“If you’re still alive, keep on living. Don’t be stupid. If I die, you can leave the ‘Peregrine Falcon’ and live the life you want with all the money.”
Shen Changze said lightly, “The life I want to live is to be by my Baba’s side and nothing else.”
Shan Ming curled his lips helplessly, thinking that children are really naive. He would not think so if it was a real life-and-death moment for him.
Shen Changze didn’t want to explain too much. But he had a clear mind. Shan Ming was the whole world to him and he would follow his father to any place. Even if it’s hell.
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*Translator’s Note: I’m busy these days with work and all. I’m sorry for any delay. -K
Next update: 2023.–.– (*TBA)
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