Embers Ad Infinitum

"Garibaldi", the intelligence agent of "Pangaea Creature" in the First City, was actually shot in the street, and this was after meeting with the "Old Tune Team".

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao stood up.

At the same time, another loud gunshot was heard.

A few meters away from "Garibaldi", the right thigh of a man wearing a shabby shirt and gray trousers suddenly exploded and turned into a splatter of flesh and blood.

As he fell in pain, a black pistol fell to the ground.

When Jiang Baimian saw this scene, he instantly understood what happened.

The second man shot was the man who assassinated "Garibaldi" on the street.

The one who attacked him was Bai Chen who reacted from the monitoring position.

She broke the killer's right leg with an "Orange" rifle.

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao did not hesitate, ran out of the Silver Candle Cafe, came to the street, and rushed to the side of "Garibaldi" among the large number of pedestrians who were escaping and hiding in a hurry.

They squatted down and examined "Garibaldi's" injuries.

The chest of this "Pangu creature" intelligence agent was blood red, and his injuries looked quite heavy.

He did not pass out, looking at Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao with eyes full of pleading and longing.

Only then did Jiang Baimian see his appearance clearly:

He is not a native of the Gray Earth, at least he has some blood. He has a thin face, dark eyes, handsome appearance, and messy black hair.

The intelligence agent looked to be in his early twenties, still very young.

While Jiang Baimian checked the wound on his chest to see where he was hit, he took off his tactical backpack and took out a non-cardinal biological agent.

Emergency treatment of injuries is an ability that every qualified relic hunter must master, and it is also a required course during the training of the "Old Adjustment Team".

"Hold on." Jiang Baimian said simply and started preliminary rescue on the spot.

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced at Shang Jianyao:

"Let's take a look at the murderer's condition and try to find out who ordered it."

Shang Jianyao stood up immediately and walked towards the gunman whose blood had soaked heavily.

Jiang Baimian first quickly injected the non-cardinal biological agent, then used a tactical backpack to cover up and took out the walkie-talkie.

"Xiaobai, you and Gnawa stay where you are and monitor the surroundings to prevent accidents. Xiaohong, please drive to the intersection ahead, but don't rush over and wait for my follow-up notification." Jiang Baimian quickly made arrangements. accepted the tasks of the other three members of the "Old Tune Team".

A few meters away, Shang Jianyao squatted on the edge of the blood, looked at the man in the shabby shirt, and said in Honghe dialect:

"What are your last words?"

The man had an ordinary face from the Red River. He had just woken up from a coma caused by severe pain. He was already dying and seemed to be recovering.

His gray trousers were extremely tattered and completely stained with blood.

As a gunman, he has seen too many deaths of his companions. Although he is not willing to accept this ending, he is not surprised at all.

He wanted to shut his mouth and wait for the moment when his life would end, but for some reason, he suddenly felt that he should say something, and he shouldn't die like this.

"I, I just collect money to do things." He said with difficulty.

"Who ordered you?" Shang Jianyao maintained his crouching position.

He did not try to inject non-cardinal biologics into the gunman or treat his wounds.

The gunman gradually entered a dying state, with a mentality that he would drag someone to hell even if he died, and replied in a weak voice:

"Yes, it's old K..."

He slowly closed his eyes, breathing more out than in.

Shang Jianyao stood up and walked back to Jiang Baimian.

Jiang Baimian had initially taken care of "Garibaldi's" wound. He raised the back of his hand, wiped his forehead, and said in gray language:

"Fortunately, it didn't hit the heart directly. As long as the doctor is qualified, you shouldn't die."

Hearing the words "qualified doctor", "Garibaldi"'s expression changed, and he didn't seem so confident.

There are really few qualified doctors these days.

Of course, thanks to the chaotic environment, there are more doctors who are good at dealing with gunshot wounds than qualified doctors.

Jiang Baimian then turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao who was squatting down:

"What's the catch?"

"It was said that it was instigated by a man named Old K." Shang Jianyao relayed the gunman's words.

Hearing the name "Old K", "Garibaldi"'s expression changed again.

Jiang Baimian didn't point it out, but asked him instead:

"Should we just take you away and get a doctor to deal with it, or should we leave you here and let the Sheriff take over?"

"Garibaldi" hesitated for two seconds:

"Stay here.

"But remember to inform the company that I was shot."

Well, the company must have more than one intelligence agent in the First City, and "Garibaldi" has many companions, so we don't need to worry about it... Jiang Baimian quickly put the various tools for treating wounds back into his tactical backpack.

She and Shang Jianyao waited for nearly a minute before the sheriff arrived belatedly with seven or eight of his men.

"Are you friends?" The Sheriff looked at "Garibaldi" on the ground and asked in Red River dialect with an accent.

He has an impressive body shape. In addition to not growing upward, his whole body has been extended in the front, back, left and right.

He was not too fat, but his shoulders were thick and his body was as wide as a wall.

"No." Jiang Baimian, who had disguised himself, shook his head without hesitation, "We were at a roadside cafe, that one, where the relic hunter was drinking coffee. He saw this man was injured and came out to do it. Give me first aid, sir, you know this is an essential skill for us ruin hunters."

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao nodded in agreement.

The wall-like Sheriff looked down at "Garibaldi":

“Your first aid skills are pretty good.

"However, you still have to come back to the police station with me and take a confession. Also, if you haven't paid for the coffee, you should go back and make up for it now."

"We paid when we ordered." Jiang Baimian wanted to say that we are not the ones who eat the Overlord meal.

Shang Jianyao changed the subject:

"Maybe the boss will waive the bill because of our righteous deed."

He wanted to say "act bravely in a righteous act", but he forgot the corresponding phrase in Honghe dialect, so he could only use "act of righteousness" instead.

The Sheriff ignored him, and while leading two men to examine the gunman's body, he asked other men to question bystanders in the surrounding shops and onlookers on the roadside to collect more clues.

During this process, he did not forget to ask a security guard to drive "Garibaldi" to the nearest hospital.

"It's quite organized..." Jiang Baimian praised in a low voice.

She found that "Prime City" was not too degenerate, and there were still many talents at the grassroots level.

"Yes, his wisest move was not to respond to my words." Shang Jianyao agreed deeply.

Because all witnesses confirmed that Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao later left the cafe to rescue the injured, they were "driven" out of the police station after recording their confessions, and their dinner was not taken care of.

They also found out from this that the Sheriff's name was Wall, and he seemed to be a descendant of which noble family.

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In the red giant wolf area, in the previous rental house, the five people of the "old tune team" reunited again.

"Who did it?" Long Yuehong asked impatiently.

"It was instigated by a person named Old K. I don't know the specific reason. Anyway, just report it to the company." Jiang Baimian smiled and said, "Looking at 'Garibaldi', I suspect it is a personal grudge."

"He looks pretty good, maybe he stole his wife." Shang Jianyao guessed.

Long Yuehong muttered:

"Not everyone is Weller."

Weller is the forensic doctor in Hongshiji, a playboy who once seduced his boss's wife and had to flee.

"But there are many such people." Gnawa said honestly.

Jiang Baimian cleared his throat, took out the pieces of paper given by "Garibaldi" and said:

"It's none of our business anyway, Lao Ge, project it and let everyone take a look at this information."

Because he had already read the test report of the cigarette butts, Jiang Baimian focused this time on the assassination of the elder Sowers by the real "priest" and the current political situation in the "Primary City".

Sowers was targeted by the "anti-intellectual religion" because he advocated civic education. As a veteran, he certainly did not lack protection, and the method of the real "priest" was still his habit of attacking in the east and west, diverting the tiger away from the mountain, and waiting until Sowers participated in public activities After thinking that he was out of danger and relieved, he suddenly appeared and completed the harvest under the weakened security force.

The key to the success of that assassination was mainly surprise. The elders of the "Primary City" learned their lessons and especially strengthened relevant measures.

Since then, the "anti-intellectual religion" sporadic actions have failed.

Regarding the current situation in the "Primary City", Jiang Baimian noticed that the contradiction between the reformists and the conservatives had indeed intensified. The latter's leader, Archon Beuris, wanted to keep the Varro senator, while the former's representative Gaius was aggressive. .

The two main people who kept the two sides from falling out were two people. One was General Phocas, who led the operation in Zhaojia Manor, and the other was Inspector Alexander.