Chapter 491: One Man Guards the Pass, Ten Thousand Cannot Open It

"I hope he's still alive..." Li Mingzhao led him into the private room and said in a commanding tone:

"See which one is him."

The man was clearly seeing such a scene for the first time.

Upon seeing the gruesome scene inside the room and smelling the pungent scent of blood, his legs went weak, he collapsed to the floor, and vomited with a "Wah!"

Li Mingzhao had no patience to wait for him.

He roughly lifted the man up and shouted loudly:

"Which one is him?!"

While vomiting, the man pointed to the corner of the private room:

"Him, yue~"

Li Mingzhao looked in the direction he pointed and saw a middle-aged man curled up in the corner, his face pale and his whole body trembling.

The fact that this man wasn't shot in the private room indicated that he had not made any aggressive moves when the National Security team burst in.

Immediately, two team members dragged the middle-aged man over.

Li Mingzhao got straight to the point:

"Are there other exits in the bar?"

"Just two exits." The man stammered:

"Do you want to know where that woman went?"

Hearing this, Li Mingzhao's eyes lit up:

"Do you know where she is?"

This was an unexpected gain; he had originally planned to confirm the exits and then conduct a thorough search of the bar.

"They went to the private room next door." The middle-aged man answered quickly:

"There is a secret door in that private room that bypasses the corridor and leads directly to the back door; that secret door is an escape route prepared for those who take drugs."

It's over... After hearing this, Li Mingzhao's heart went cold.

Nearly five minutes had passed since the operation began; those people had long since taken Ying Xuelian far away.

Just as he was about to check that secret door, Xiao Yi suddenly spoke from the side:

"Team leader, I, I, he..."

Whether from fear or extreme nervousness, in his panic, he actually stuttered.

This was the first time Li Mingzhao had ever seen Xiao Yi like this.

"What 'I' and 'he'? Hurry up and speak!" He suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Yu Dazhang, he, he..."

Xiao Yi pinched his own thigh hard before managing to finish his sentence:

"He is lying in ambush at the back door."

Upon hearing this, Li Mingzhao's hair almost stood on end.

Only then did he notice that he hadn't seen that fat man since the operation began.

"Who the hell told him to lie in ambush at the back door?!!"

While roaring, Li Mingzhao sprinted out the door.

The bar's back door.

After Xiao Yi and the others entered, Yu Dazhang closed the door again.

Then he checked the smashed surveillance camera, and only after confirming nothing was missed did he relax.

After observing outside for a while, he still felt it was better to stay at the position slightly to the left of the door.

Standing here, as soon as the door opened, he could immediately attack.

Moreover, launching an attack from here would achieve the effect of surprise; even if the people inside were prepared, they wouldn't be able to react in time.

It's a bit like hitting someone with a blunt stick... He suddenly found it a little funny.

Since becoming a police officer, he had never done anything like hitting someone with a blunt stick.

However, for this kind of close-range sneak attack, a stick is indeed more convenient than a handgun.

Of course, he could only think about it; nowadays he no longer carried a police baton when going out, so even if he really wanted to sneak attack, he had no tool to carry it out.

Out of trust in National Security, Yu Dazhang was not nervous at this moment; on the contrary, he felt quite relaxed.

"Bang bang bang~"

Hmm? Hearing the gunshots, Yu Dazhang's heart jumped.

Wasn't this a secret arrest? Why did they start fighting directly?

The bar is a commercial venue with many guests and staff inside; aren't they afraid of causing accidental injuries?

As the gunshots continued non-stop, his heart began to hang in suspense.

Just then, he faintly heard the sound of a door opening, and this sound was very close to him, seemingly coming from the wall of the corridor.

Yu Dazhang's nerves instantly tensed up.

No mistake!

He was very confident in his hearing, especially when his attention was highly concentrated, making it impossible for him to hear wrong.

The next moment, the sound of light footsteps came...

They're here!

This time it was even clearer.

From the footsteps, he could deduce that the opponent was not just one person and was walking towards him.

Yu Dazhang immediately drew his handgun and prepared to deal with any emergency. This was the hardest moment to endure because he didn't know if the opponent was an enemy or a friend.

As the footsteps drew closer, he slowly held his breath, until the back door was pushed open from inside.

Immediately after, a young man walked out from within the door.

"Don't move!"

A dark gun barrel was aimed at the young man's forehead.

Just as Yu Dazhang was about to order him to raise both hands, someone suddenly shoved the young man from behind.

This sudden turn of events threw the young man off balance, his body staggering as he pitched forward.

Caught off guard, Yu Dazhang's attention was drawn over as well.

The next instant...

A short man burst out from the back door.

A flash of blade— a sharp dagger slashed toward the wrist of Yu Dazhang's gun hand.

Dodge aside and intercept the wrist!

Back at police academy, his instructor had taught him: when facing an edged weapon, the first target must be the opponent's weapon-wielding wrist.

Only this way could the opponent be stripped of the ability to resist in an instant.

This one is a master.

Yu Dazhang saw through his intent in a flash; as he pulled back the gun, his other hand gripped the man's elbow in a reverse hold.

The short man was thrown off by his reaction speed, but in that very instant, his forehead took a vicious blow.

In the heat of the moment, Yu Dazhang used the pistol as a hammer, and the blow sent the man rolling his eyes back.

Not daring to delay, he took advantage of the man's daze to swiftly snatch the blade from his hand.

Right after, he drew a bloody gash across the short man's neck.

Fresh blood spurted out...

The man collapsed to the ground, convulsing violently.

At this moment, the young man who had been pushed down also came to his senses; steadying himself, he drew a dagger from his waist and turned to charge at Yu Dazhang.

Why no gun?

Yu Dazhang couldn't help but be taken aback.

The other side had exchanged fire with State Security many times; by rights they shouldn't lack guns— so why had they all switched to blades against him?

There was no time to think it over now; in the blink of an eye, the young man was already upon him.

A thrust came in. Yu Dazhang neither dodged nor sidestepped; with a backhand flick, his dagger sliced across the young man's wrist, severing the tendon.

In the gap as the dagger fell, he closed in and stabbed repeatedly— one to the throat, two to the belly.

Every cut lethal!

Dealing with this kind of killing machine trained in the military, Yu Dazhang naturally dared not hold back.

After all, even State Security had suffered at their hands; their ferocity was self-evident. At a moment like this, the slightest mercy would be irresponsible toward his own life.

Besides, had it not been for the surprise attack, he might not have seized the initiative.

However, after that brief exchange, Yu Dazhang realized the position he now occupied was extremely advantageous.

One could say: one man holds the pass, ten thousand cannot breach it.

The gunfire inside the bar was still going on; the exchange just now had lasted only a few seconds.

Yu Dazhang hadn't even had time to catch his breath before more footsteps came from inside the door.

These footsteps were urgent and fast— clearly the person was trying to burst out using speed.

Not so fast... Yu Dazhang located the sound; at the very instant the other was about to burst out, he dodged into place and blocked the back door.

A woman?

To his surprise, what faced him this time was a young woman with fair, Bai Xi skin, looking to be no more than twenty years old.

Though her features were delicate, her eyes carried a fierce, vicious edge.

Apparently not expecting Yu Dazhang to appear suddenly, the woman's movements visibly faltered for a beat.

Yu Dazhang seized the chance to thrust his blade, striking her squarely in the chest.

Because the woman's forward momentum hadn't lessened, the blade pierced straight through her entire chest.

Her eyes went wide as she stared at Yu Dazhang in disbelief, as if she hadn't expected to be taken out in a single strike.

Taking advantage of her shielding him in front, Yu Dazhang looked past her.

One glance, and he froze.

At this moment, that long, narrow corridor was actually packed with people— a rough estimate put it at no fewer than five or six.

On the wall, a hidden door stood open, and footsteps were still coming from within.

(End of chapter)