Chapter 315 - Glory Bomb and Scapegoat (2/2)
BANG!
The entire mag-drive flying car shook with a bang as loud as drums during the Spring Festival. As Liang Tao was shaken by the bang, he was shocked to see that the super tempered glass that was even harder than a rock had cracks appear on it with just one punch of Qin Fen.
BANG…
With another punch, the fine cracks in the glass grew denser.
Qin Fen said with a smile, “When this glass breaks, I will drag you out and smash all of your bones into pieces, even your fingers will not be spared. I will see how you will trouble me then.”
His warm as a spring smile was indeed full of chilling cold threat.
Liang Tao, looking at Qin Fen’s hammer-like arm, recalled the scene when he was seriously injured by Qin Fen that day. He could no longer think about as to why Qin Fen repaired his car.
Escape! I have to escape or I will be beaten to death by him!
Terrified, Liang Tao repeatedly pressed the forced take-off button as a powerful jet of air immediately gushed out from the underneath of the mag-drive flying car. Qin Fen’s military uniform flapped against the wind as the flying car finally rose into the air.
This time, Liang Tao didn’t dare to hover at fifty meters. Qin Fen’s helmet attack was proof in itself that it was not safe to hover at fifty meters.
A hundred meters! No! Three hundred meters! Having risen to three hundred meters, Liang Tao looked at the dot-sized Qin Fen on the ground and rained down curses, sputtering saliva here and there, “Count yourself lucky, you won’t be this lucky next time.”
Having escaped from death, Liang Tao no longer cared why Qin Fen repaired his car. Pleased and at ease, he pressed the button to move forward, afraid that Qin Fen would be able to throw the helmet three hundred meters up in the air.
The groaning young martial artists lying on the ground looked at the speeding Liang Tao and then turned their gazes at Qin Fen in disbelief, wondering why he did this.
“Five… four… three… two…” Qin Fen, raising his index finger, calmly started a countdown, “One… boom…”
BOOM!
A bang that was as loud as a bolt of lightning in the storm rang in the sky as a hot ball of fire swished through the sky before breaking into countless pieces and scattering about under the strong impact.
At the sight of this, the injured young men forgot their pain for the second time and even stopped groaning. They were gawking at that dissipating ball of fire in a daze. Their mind had completely gone blank; their reaction was somewhat slow. Liang Tao is dead.
“I will kill you…”
Not long ago, these ice-cold words of Qin Fen flashed in everyone’s mind once more.
Hit by a chill, every young man knew what it meant. The ball of fire dropped through the air, the corpse destroyed with the explosion. As such, it would be extremely difficult for this case to be investigated.
Qin Fen, with no change in his expression, looked at the balls of fire splitting in the sky. He never expected that the glory bomb he had created that day would be used in such a way to kill someone.
After quite a while, someone finally recovered from the shock. “You… you killed Liang Tao.”
Qin Fen, looking at the injured questioner, replied calmly, “If I didn’t kill him this time, would he let me live next time?”
Everyone sunk into silence. Liang Tao was a narrow-minded man; if he escaped successfully today, he would absolutely not lay down his arms.
“So, I have no reason to let a scourge like him, who would threaten my life sooner or later, live.” Qin Fen nodded. “I am pro when it comes to killing. I hope we can live together in peace in the future.”
Killing the chicken to warn the monkey!? A funny thought flashed past these young men’s minds, but they simply didn’t have the guts to laugh.
Indeed, it was killing the chicken to warn the monkeys. As naive as this method may be, it was often very useful.
“Ah, right, I did hit you, but I hope you are aware who the culprit actually was this time.” Qin Fen raised his finger, pointing at the sky where the ball of fire had already dissipated. “Is it me or him? Who is actually worthy to be your friend?”
By the time the original serenity returned to the alley, Qin Fen had already disappeared. On the other hand, the young men had begun to call for an ambulance. None of them chose to call for help. Everyone seemed to have already forgotten that someone had successfully created a case of a mag-drive flying car explosion.
Roaming around in Shengjing, the young men may be playboys, but they were not stupid. A large part of the reason why they had suffered this time was indeed because of Liang Tao’s instigations. Furthermore, he was already dead! What benefits could they receive by being friends with the dead?
None! Absolutely none! The young playboys naturally knew what choice they had to make. They may have suffered serious injuries this time, but they knew that Qin Fen had shown them mercy; he hadn’t crippled them. He had not ended everyone’s road on the martial dao.
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“Squad Leader Hao, I have killed someone.” Qin Fen calmly made a call. “Liang Tao wanted to kill me, and was killed by me in retaliation.”
“Killed someone?” Squad Leader Hao furrowed his brow as he quickly made a beeline to a remote location. “Was it clean? Can anyone link it up to you?”
“It was clean. It will be very difficult to pin it on me.” Qin Fen added, “I placed my glory bomb next to the drive furnace of his mag-drive flying car and caused a big explosion.”
Squad Leader Hao’s knit eyebrows slowly relaxed as a reassuring smile appeared on his face. “That’s better, we can pin it on terrorists. Go and look for Zhao Huzi. This guy may have a temper but he likes you very much. Furthermore, he has some conflict with the Cao Family, he will absolutely help you cover it up.”
“Understood.”
Qin Fen hung up the phone. He was completely at ease now. In Shengjing, where the public security was superb, killing someone with an explosion was indeed too shocking. Fortunately, Squad Leader Hao had a rich experience and pinned it on the terrorists, making them the scapegoat.
“I wonder how many times the unfortunate terrorists had been made scapegoats in matters like these?” Qin Fen rubbed his chin. Suddenly, he felt that these terrorists didn’t have a very promising future. Not only were they chased by all, like rats running across the street, but they were also very easy to be framed.
Outside a huge shopping mall, the screen playing a music video suddenly distorted and started showing news.
“Breaking news.” A beautiful and dignified female announcer reported with a solemn look on her face. “A mag-drive flying car has suddenly exploded just over Shengjing. According to the reports we have just received, Golden Will, the sixth-largest terrorist group in the Federation has claimed responsibility for this attack. Let’s take a look at the video sent by Golden Will.”
Looking at the weirdo wearing a black hood claiming that this was the free world’s warning to the decaying federation, Qin Fen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Sigh…
Qin Fen heaved a sigh. This world was really crazy. Some people desperately tried to avoid this kind of thing, and someone people liked putting this kind of thing on their own head.
The image on the huge screen changed once more. This time it was the President of the Federation speaking, supporting the fight against terrorism and condemning this terrorist attack of Golden Will.
Qin Fen shook his head and quickened his pace. He wanted to inform General Zhao in advance as soon as possible. The matter of these playboys coming to ambush him today should not be entirely a secret. Even if there was no evidence, it was quite easy to get to the matter through certain associations. Since Squad Leader Hao said it, he believed him. So, it was better to go see him first rather than being caught off guard in the future.
As ambulances whizzed through the sky, Qin Fen simply called a cab. “Take me to Shengjing Military Base.”
“Oh? Such a young lieutenant colonel.” The taxi driver smiled and said, “Kid, you have a great future ahead!”
Great future!? Qin Fen forced a smile. Who has seen a lieutenant colonel that has not been assigned anywhere even after such a long time? Great future!? Ha, it must be a meek future.*
Qin Fen shrugged his shoulder. He didn’t even pay attention to the scenery outside the window*. The future is not bright, the future is not bright! Originally, I didn’t plan to take the military road. The pension for leaving the army after rising to the ranks of lieutenant colonel should be quite good.*
After a silence throughout the journey, the taxi came to a stop at the East Asia military base.
Having opened the door and gotten off the taxi, Qin Fen turned back and thanked the taxi driver.
Noticing Qin Fen, the two soldiers on sentry duty stared at Qin Fen with strange looks as their expression changed. Why did this kid come here today? He is not planning on splashing blood every five steps before the military base, replaying that scene filled with painful groans, is he?