Chapter 525

A few more days passed...

Five-Star Group,

"Brother Zu, it's already the 8th day, that ghost Merlin has been staying in Swire Group, from morning till night every day, not coming out at all."

"Like a turtle hiding its head."

Da Tou reported the information collected over the past few days to Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

This Merlin is simply a saint of the 'hiding' path!

In order to find Merlin's flaws, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's team had been collecting information, including his office area and rest areas inside Swire Building, trying to find possible breakthrough points.

However, going to the building to kidnap him was obviously too time-consuming and the risk was too high.

That was Central, the most prosperous place in all of Hong Kong.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "It shows he's guilty and afraid I'll kill him."

Da Tou: "But if he doesn't come out, it's hard for us to do anything..."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "Keep staring, it's impossible for him not to come out forever, there will always be flaws... Also, I suspect he will go to Kai Tak Airport to take a plane and run away. You arrange manpower along the road to Kai Tak Airport. If he really wants to run away, then use an accident to intercept him..."

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Upstairs in Swire Plaza building.

Swire Group,

Lean Peng, Peng Lizhi, returned to his office after using the bathroom.

Suddenly, the chat between the secretary and a female employee caught his attention.

"Zhuzhu, have you noticed that the Taipan hasn't left Swire Building at all? Doesn't he have a villa on the Mid-Levels? He used to go back to rest every day."

"Huh, now that you mention it, it's true!"

"Also, in the past at this time, he would at least go out to participate in some activities, but there hasn't been any these past few days..."

Peng Lizhi's footsteps paused.

Frowning tightly.

He walked back to his office and closed the door.

"That's right, Merlin hasn't left for a long time, could it be..."

A guess appeared in Peng Lizhi's mind: Taipan Merlin might be about to take action against Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

And he was hiding in the building now, very likely to avoid disaster.

Thinking of this, Peng Lizhi suddenly got a bit angry.

Damn it!

You're hiding here, so wouldn't I be the one suffering?

Being a scapegoat for you?

Wait... no, it seems I've already surrendered... oh, then it's fine!

However, Peng Lizhi was still very angry, feeling backstabbed by Merlin!

After all, his backstabbing of Merlin was forced.

And Merlin's backstabbing of him was active.

"Ring, ring, ring~~~~"

A mysterious (Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu) call came through.

"Hello... what?!!"

"No, no!"

"2%?!!"

Peng Lizhi's spirit was lifted!

Since that's the case, Mr. Merlin, I'm sorry, who told Swire Group to be so evil!

I, stand on the side of justice!

At 17:00 in the afternoon, Peng Lizhi went downstairs to buy coffee.

At 18:00, he went upstairs to report work to Taipan Merlin, and then left.

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2 hours later,

20:00,

Night had fallen.

Taipan's office.

Merlin temporarily finished his busy work, drinking coffee, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the night view of Victoria Harbour, relaxing his mind.

Although being 'stuck' here was a bit uncomfortable, he only had one life, so he still managed to hide.

During this period, he didn't even dare to return to the villa.

"It's okay... once Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu is solved, everything will be easy to talk about..."

Suddenly, he felt a strange sensation in his body...

A few minutes later, he suddenly felt that everything around his vision began to become distorted and illusory.

The neatly placed office furniture began to flow and deform like soft marshmallow.

File papers seemed to be given life, flying in the air.

The people in the expensive paintings on the wall grinned with big smiles, reaching out small arms and legs from the picture frames...

Merlin was a bit terrified.

He hurriedly shouted.

"Someone! Come quickly!"

Soon, the secretary came in, and after learning the situation, quickly went to find a doctor.

The private doctor in the building rushed over quickly.

The doctor performed a preliminary examination on Merlin, listening to his heart, measuring his blood pressure, and after a series of operations, his brows furrowed even tighter.

"Taipan, I can't find the cause for now, but it's highly likely that you ate something poisonous..."

"It's best to go to the hospital for a check-up."

At this time, Merlin's mind was a bit unclear: "Don't go to the hospital..."

The ghost doctor was older and hard of hearing: "What did you say? You want to go to the hospital, right."

Merlin's confusion worsened: "... %￥... *&..."

The ghost doctor hurriedly shouted: "Go to the hospital, speed..."

The existing medical equipment in Swire Building could not meet the detailed diagnosis and needed to go to the hospital as soon as possible.

Subsequently, Merlin's security team, those 10 bodyguards, arranged 3 bodyguard cars to escort the car Merlin was riding in, ensuring the safety of the journey.

At this time, Merlin's eyes had all turned into various geometric shapes, and black holes, parallel universes, and the like appeared...

As for what happened outside, he didn't know at all.

Soon,

The motorcade set off.

After the motorcade left, a person on the side of the road made a call:

"Target is out... three cars..."

"Target is in that black car with license plate number ****."

The motorcade passed through Gloucester Road, Arsenal Street, Gloucester Road, Canal Road Flyover, and finally entered Wong Nai Chung Road.

Wong Nai Chung Road is a 'remote' road with no people or shops on the left or right, and at 20:00, the streetlights are not bright, and the traffic is not heavy.

Once they entered this place, the 10 bodyguards, relying on years of experience, keenly sensed the breath of danger and instantly entered a state of high alert.

"Careful!"

"This location is very suitable for an attack!"

Driving halfway...

Suddenly!

"Whoosh————"

A sharp whistle tore through the night sky, and a grenade flew from the dark place by the side of the road,

Diving under the car of a bodyguard car in front of the motorcade.

In an instant,

"Boom~~~~"

Explosion!

That car was instantly swallowed by the fire, the car body was twisted and deformed under the powerful impact, and the parts and fragments splashed around like shotgun pellets, and four bodyguards died directly, losing their combat effectiveness.

The 2 cars behind only felt the heat wave from the explosion hitting their faces.

"Enemy attack!"

"Protect the Taipan!"

The remaining 6 bodyguards roared in unison.

Immediately after...

A pile of firepower suddenly appeared all around.

Tut-tut-tut~~~~

A large number of bullets hit the 2 black Mercedes, leaving a series of white marks.

Bulletproof glass!

However, despite being equipped with top-level bulletproof glass, it couldn't hold up under such fierce firepower.

Bullets hit the car windows, making a crisp and chilling "bang-bang" sound, and cracks spread rapidly like spider webs.

Just then, a few more grenades flew over from the air.

Boom, boom, boom~~~~

The two cars were directly blown full of holes, and 3 of the car windows were blown open directly.

In the car behind, the bodyguard driver tried to drive backward, but another grenade flew in from the window, accurately.

Boom~~~~

The car blossomed directly from the inside.

And one car was scrapped, the bodyguard died.

There were two cars left,

In the darkness, two people walked out, holding pistols and walking to the front and rear bodyguard cars. Bang, bang, bang~~~~~

The bodyguards who didn't die were executed one by one!

Headshot!

And the car in the middle, because the firepower wasn't on this car, was still intact.

And the 2 bodyguards in the car were full of anger and powerlessness.

Now they faced two choices.

Rush out, hold a pistol to counterattack, and be focused on by the other side.

Stay in the car and be blown up by the other side's bomb.

But soon the 'ruthless bandits' helped them make a choice.

Click~~~

A disc bomb was stuck to the front window of the car.

(Picture: "Invisible Target" - Tian Yangzhi)

!

The two bodyguards were so scared they hurriedly rushed out of the car.

Bang~~~

Bang~~~~

Two shots executed!

Headshot!

The last 2 bodyguards, dead!

10 bodyguards, all wiped out!

And at this time, Merlin in the car was still trapped in hallucinations, 'before his eyes' constantly changing strange geometric shapes, deep black holes, and mysterious parallel universe scenes, completely unaware of the battle outside the car.

The car door opened.

Dragging Taipan Merlin away.

Then the 'ruthless bandit' took out a bucket of gasoline and placed it in the center of the three cars.

The bomb was thrown down.

Boom~~~~~

A large amount of fire oil exploded, igniting everything around, and the raging fire swallowed the scene.

Not long after, police officers from the Wan Chai Police Station rushed to the scene after receiving the report.

Before them was a scene of mess, the wreckage of the three burned cars was still emitting black smoke, and all kinds of fragments were scattered around.

The police officers quickly set up a cordon and began to nervously survey the scene.

"10 corpses..."

"All foreigners..."

After a lot of effort, the police finally determined the car models.

"Contact the technical department immediately, let them restore the license plate information as soon as possible, this is very likely a Swire Group vehicle."

The atmosphere at the scene instantly became grave.

Soon, a call was made to Swire Group, and they said something about the situation: the Taipan was poisoned, and then they sent the Taipan to the Sanatorium Hospital, three cars, 10 bodyguards + Swire Taipan Merlin.

Counted the corpses at the scene, 10.

"In other words... Taipan Merlin was kidnapped?"

The ghost superintendent, Max, turned green.

This case was too big and would definitely cause a huge uproar throughout Hong Kong.

Not long after, the Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters Serious Crimes Unit and the Police O-Unit all came.

Still Chen Guozhong, Qiu Gangao, and others...

Wan Chai ghost superintendent Max couldn't wait to pass the buck: "Chen Sir, this case is too big, our Wan Chai Police Station doesn't have the strength. I wonder if Chen Sir would like to take over this case?"

Chen Guozhong hesitated: "This..."

Max: "It's settled!"

And then quickly left.

Chen Guozhong and Qiu Gangao looked at each other and smiled lightly.

And then began to announce:

"From now on, this case will be taken over by the Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters..."

"All evidence, search carefully for me!"

Chen Guozhong was full of righteousness, as if he was going to be at odds with this wave of ruthless bandits!

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Government House.

Study.

"What?!!"

"Merlin is missing? 10 bodyguards all dead?"

Fat Peng stood up from his chair abruptly, looking at the reporting Kane with disbelief.

Beside him, Lena's coffee cup shook, and it spilled out.

Kane continued to report: "According to the on-site survey, Mr. Merlin was attacked on the way to the hospital. The attackers had fierce firepower, used a large number of guns and bombs, the scene was on fire, leaving only 3 nearly scrapped car wrecks, 10 corpses, and Mr. Merlin is missing."

After listening, Fat Peng's face turned blue and red, shocked, angry, and fearful.

After he tipped off Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, he naturally started paying attention to Merlin's whereabouts. During this period, he had been staying in Swire Building and not coming out, and he also knew about the 10 foreign bodyguards by his side.

And now, all 10 bodyguards were dead.

It was very obvious,

It was Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu who did it.

Fat Peng: "Did the police say how much time the ruthless bandits spent during the whole process?"

Kane: "The police said that they received the report, and by the time the nearest police officers rushed over, it was 3 minutes in total. When they arrived, the cars were burning, and the ruthless bandits had already left."

Fat Peng: "Wasn't Merlin always in the building? Why did he suddenly go to the hospital?"

Kane: "Heard he was poisoned."

Fat Peng: "………………"

Whether it was Fat Peng, Kane, or Lena, all three knew that this was definitely Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's doing.

First, Merlin was always hiding in the building, then he was poisoned and tricked out, obviously there was an inside man at Swire.

And the crime scene, the actions were so clean and neat!

These were 10 bodyguards!

Killed like pigs!

What does this explain?

It explains that it was right not to summon "Kingsman" or "007" at the beginning!

If "Kingsman" or "007" had really come, I don't know if Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu would die, but I would definitely be dead.

Kane: "Boss, what should we do now? Should this case be announced? Or?"

Fat Peng thought for a moment and said: "Call the police, TV stations, and Swire Group and say that the impact of this case is too bad, try to suppress the news."

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Swire Group.

Peng Lizhi was relaxed.

Taipan Merlin was kidnapped, so now inside Swire Group, he was the temporary person in charge.

He quickly summoned several senior executives.

"This matter has a too bad impact on Swire Group, and now Swire Group's stock is falling, so there can't be any more problems!"

"Also, try to suppress the news."

"And forbid employees from discussing this matter!"

"Also, the Taipan was kidnapped, the other side might want a ransom, prepare it immediately?"

Ordered quickly.

CFO: "Prepare how much?"

Peng Lizhi: "According to the experience of previous ruthless bandit kidnappings, it must be at least 1 billion USD!"

The CFO hesitated: "1 billion USD? This..."

Bang~~~~

Peng Lizhi slapped the table angrily, the table was shaking:

"What? Don't you want to save Mr. Merlin?"

"What about your loyalty?!!"

I, Peng Lizhi, am loyal!

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At this time, in a damp and cold warehouse,

In a dead silence of darkness,

Merlin slowly woke up.

His head was dizzy, and his temples were throbbing with pain.

When he was completely awake, he was shocked to find that he was curled up in a dog cage welded with iron pipes.

Looking up, all around were rough and mottled cement walls, and the dim yellow light bulb overhead barely illuminated this small, dim space.

In addition, there was a strange rustling sound, as if it were rats.

Was he kidnapped?

He was clearly at the company?

He clearly told the doctor not to send him to the hospital!

Why was he here?

He was terrified.

"Umm, umm, umm~~~ (Help me~~~)"

As a result, his mouth was blocked, and no sound could come out.

Hearing the movement outside, the door opened.

"Awake?"

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PS: Three chapters for three consecutive days, I'm too tired today, so I'll take a break and do two chapters first.

Asking for monthly tickets!

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