Chapter 884 — Acting Separately: This Is Plainly a Trap, and Having Seen Through It, How Could Anyone Still Step Inside?

"Heh, Uncle Chu, you've let your thoughts wander off course. What I meant is that there's no one there - which makes it the perfect place for me to finish them off," Wei Zhao said lightly, with a smile.

"Oh? You're sure you can manage it?" Gu Pengzhan was rather taken aback by Wei Zhao's words.

"I'm sure." Wei Zhao nodded, his tone full of confidence.

In truth, he was not. But he could not abandon Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu; saying so was merely to set Gu Pengzhan's mind at ease. Wei Zhao could only take one step and see what came of it. At present there was no one in Songshan City whose strength he could borrow, and since the other side had skilled hands, Wei Zhao had no choice but to steel himself and face them alone.

"Good, then!" Gu Pengzhan had no doubts; seeing Wei Zhao so confident, he finally relaxed. "I was afraid you wouldn't be able to handle it. Now I'm reassured."

"Heh. There's no time to lose, Uncle Chu - I'll be on my way." Wei Zhao wasted no words, rising and striding toward the villa's front door.

"Woof! Woof!" General Mighty barked twice behind him.

Wei Zhao's steps toward the door faltered slightly. Then, all at once, he smiled and beckoned to the dog. "You're coming with me!"

Wasn't this a ready-made helper right here? Who would have guessed that a dog was actually a high-grade Yellow-rank dog? It was a textbook case of playing the pig to eat the tiger - catching them completely off guard!

Even if Wei Zhao brought a dog to Nan Jingzi Mountain, he had not violated Zhen Yingjun's stipulation that only Wei Zhao come alone. Because the other member of the party was not a person - it was a dog!

General Mighty wagged his tail in excitement and fell in behind Wei Zhao.

Gu Pengzhan of course had no idea that General Mighty had become a high-grade Yellow-rank dog; he merely assumed Wei Zhao was bringing him along to make the search easier.

Just as last time, on Shuangyan Mountain, Wei Zhao had taken General Mighty with him - with the aim of tracking Gu Mengyao's scent...

Wei Zhao climbed into Shen Yushu's yellow Beetle, set the navigation for Nan Jingzi Mountain, and man and dog sped off toward it.

As for Qiu Lingshan, with Wei Zhao having turned her down, she could hardly make another move. Besides, the other side's people were clearly skilled, and she could not tell whether going would be helping or only getting in the way. Since Wei Zhao had said he did not need her, there was nothing for her to do but wait fretfully at the police station.

Fortunately, this time Gu Pengzhan did not lean on the police through any connections; after he returned, no further word came from him at all.

Nan Jingzi Mountain. This was Wei Zhao's first time here; before, he had not even known that such a mountain existed near Songshan City.

The foot of the mountain was desolate - no houses, no buildings, only fire-prevention slogans and signs warning of the mountain's dangers and forbidding anyone to climb. A short way along the mountain road, two cars were parked: precisely the two cars Zhen Yingjun had spoken of.

Wei Zhao got out, then stroked General Mighty's head. "In a little while, you and I split up and act as the situation allows. Understand?"

After his upgrade, General Mighty understood human nature even better. He nodded, though there was no telling whether he had truly understood. In any case, even before the upgrade Wei Zhao had felt this dog was no ordinary dog, and now he felt all the more that the beast's intelligence had climbed another level.

A steep mountain path like this was nothing to Wei Zhao, and even less to General Mighty. The dog did not even use the road, but leapt from tree to rock along its edge, and was soon gone from sight...

Wei Zhao arrived at the summit. From a distance he could already see several people standing on the open ground there.

One of them was none other than Zhen Yingjun! And beside him stood a middle-aged man in a long white robe, tall and broad, like a pillar.

Behind Zhen Yingjun were two black-clad bodyguards, and on the ground to either side of those guards lay Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, both bound hand and foot with rope. Wei Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, though; from the look of them, the two had not been harmed.

"Wei Zhao, you've finally come, wahahahaha!" Zhen Yingjun was no fool. He too had men lying in ambush at the foot of the mountain, precisely to see whether Wei Zhao had really come alone! Better safe than sorry - he feared Wei Zhao might bring a squad of police, and that would be trouble.

Arrogant as Zhen Yingjun was, and with skilled men at his side, he still could not have his musketeer squad trading gunfire with the police - that would be seeking death. And if it came to that, he would have no choice but to give up on killing Wei Zhao and instead shoot Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu dead to vent his fury.

On the far side of the mountain, Zhen Yingjun had long since prepared a helicopter. Even if the police surrounded the mountain, he could still slip away cleanly. Surely the police would never imagine that he had a helicopter as his way out - by the time they mustered reinforcements, he would be long gone!

The musketeer squad under Zhen Dazhou ran a pirate operation; how could they not have amphibious escape craft like a sea helicopter? Zhen Yingjun's equipment was quite complete - that was another reason he dared wait here for Wei Zhao.

But when Zhen Yingjun took the call from his men at the foot of the mountain, he let out a breath of relief. It seemed he had been too cautious after all; Wei Zhao had indeed come alone, bringing no reinforcements, and no police had taken part!

As for the dog at Wei Zhao's side, Zhen Yingjun filtered it out automatically. It was only a dog - what was there to worry about?

"Heh. So it really is you, Zhen Yingjun." Wei Zhao shrugged. It seemed his guess had been right: the matter had not been so simple after all. His coming here this time was most likely a trap Zhen Yingjun had deliberately laid, and so Wei Zhao went on full alert.

"Oh? It seems you're rather clever - you actually guessed it was me?" Zhen Yingjun was briefly startled, then burst into laughter. "Hahahaha! Since you guessed it was I who summoned you here, and you still dared come alone - are you stupid? Are you stupid? You really are stupid!"

No wonder Zhen Yingjun was so pleased. In his eyes, Wei Zhao was simply a great fool. Since he had guessed that it was Zhen Yingjun who had kidnapped Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, and still dared come for the hostages - dared to come alone, no less - then he was either a fool or conceited beyond all measure!

"Are you trying to say I'm clever, or stupid? That sentence of yours contradicts itself." Wei Zhao could not help laughing. "So which of us is the stupid one?"

Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu were both here. Wei Zhao made up his mind and began turning over his options. Ever since he had reached the summit, the jade pendant had been warning him without pause - meaning that this mountain was thick with danger, and Wei Zhao had no idea at all where that danger lay...

But sometimes, knowing full well that danger lies ahead, one must still press forward grimly. That is the meaning of the saying: knowing there is a tiger on the mountain, yet heading up it all the same.

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