Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 80: Too Weak

Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Too Weak

However, Li Yifei immediately sensed that Lin Qiong’s mission this time might be dangerous, because the man sitting in the corner, though keeping his head down, clearly emanated a murderous aura that Li Yifei could feel. This kind of murderous intent could only be displayed by someone who had truly killed people, and not just one at that.

This was undoubtedly a dangerous individual, who likely carried a weapon on him and could easily be referred to as a hardened criminal.

Lin Qiong was just a young policewoman in her twenties and the man seated with her looked a bit burly, except his protruding beer belly betrayed his combat ability. Relying on just the two of them, there was no way to overpower such a vicious criminal.

Li Yifei genuinely couldn’t understand, facing such a dangerous person, how it came to be just the two of them, the police officers. Perhaps they had encountered this individual by chance and therefore had followed him in.

Li Yifei was right. After Lin Qiong got off work, she and the Deputy Director from her unit took the same route and, when they were not far from the bar, they spotted the dangerous man, who was a wanted criminal with at least seven lives on his record. Thus, they immediately followed him. They were aware that they could not subdue this dangerous individual by themselves, so they had called the criminal investigation team before entering. Now, their job was merely to keep an eye on him until the team arrived, which would only take a few more minutes.

But just then, the dangerous individual stood up and made a beeline for the bar’s entrance.

Lin Qiong was in a panic. The environment around the bar was complicated; if they let this guy slip away, there would be too many escape routes to track him easily. She immediately stood up. The Deputy Director wanted to stop her, but it was too late, so he had no choice but to man up and follow her lead.

"Stop, don’t move, I’m a police officer," Lin Qiong directly blocked the dangerous man’s path and revealed her identity.

Li Yifei sighed inwardly. Announcing one’s identity as a police officer could intimidate ordinary people, but by doing so in front of such a dangerous individual, Lin Qiong had placed herself in great danger.

After all, Li Yifei recognized Lin Qiong, and besides, after so many years in the military, he couldn’t just stand by in such a situation. Pretending to be drunk, he staggered toward Lin Qiong.

Lin Qiong was completely oblivious to Li Yifei; her entire focus was on the dangerous man.

"Heh, trying to catch me?" the dangerous man raised his head, his laughter disgustingly unpleasant, like a cracked gong being struck.

"It’s you I’m arresting!" With the fearlessness of a beginner, Lin Qiong went straight for the man’s arms, despite knowing he was a dangerous individual.

The Deputy Director also immediately reached out to grab the dangerous man.

Under normal circumstances, once they grasped his arms, they could work together to wrestle them behind his back, and then subdue him.

But a man responsible for the lives of at least seven people and still at large wasn’t going to be easily caught.

Accompanied by two muffled grunts, both Lin Qiong and the Deputy Director cried out in pain and involuntarily tumbled outwards, while the guy burst out laughing and quickly dashed out of the bar.

Li Yifei did not interfere; he could tell that Lin Qiong and the Deputy Director were not seriously hurt, and besides, the man had moved too fast. Without revealing his own strength, stopping the man would indeed be challenging for Li Yifei.

But at that moment, Lin Qiong steadied herself with a hand on the nearby table and leaped up, sprinting after the fugitive. Her speed was in no way inferior to the dangerous man’s prior movements.

Li Yifei was somewhat surprised. Judging by Lin Qiong’s capabilities, she seemed like a rookie straight out of the police academy, so how could her burst of speed be so powerful? Indeed, she was quite fast.

Lin Qiong, in fact, was a green rookie from the police academy, but before that, she had been a city-level athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 meters dash, so her initial speed was unbeatable by most.

During her time at the police academy, she continued to train physically. Hence, when she quickly rushed out of the bar, she still saw the back of the dangerous individual and immediately gave chase.

The hardened criminal, surprised that Lin Qiong could follow so quickly, knew it would be troublesome to get entangled with her in such a place, so he too increased his speed and ran hard forward.

As one pursued and the other fled, the hardened criminal deliberately headed for secluded areas. Lin Qiong’s pursuit was annoying him, and he was no longer focused on merely escaping; another thought had crossed his mind—to kill the lone policewoman who had chased after him.

At this moment, Lin Qiong had only one thought in her mind: to catch this guy. She hadn’t considered the danger she might encounter.

Soon the two of them charged into a single-story residential area, a place slated for demolition. The houses were mostly stripped down to ruins, with broken walls everywhere and not a soul in sight. At this moment, the fierce criminal stopped and turned to look coldly at Lin Qiong.

Lin Qiong had been chasing him for a full five to six hundred meters. Though she was in good physical condition and an athlete, such high-speed running was extremely taxing. She quickly braked to a halt, panting heavily, and stared at the criminal.

"You’ve got guts, girl, chasing me all this way," the criminal sneered, taking the initiative to walk towards Lin Qiong.

Lin Qiong’s heart skipped a beat as she realized she had pursued him alone. Her Deputy Director was nowhere to be found, long lost in the chase.

"Don’t... move, I am a police officer," Lin Qiong yelled loudly. However, as just a neighborhood officer from the police station, she had no gun in hand, and she wasn’t in uniform. Even with her eyes glaring, she would be intimidating to others, but against a criminal as fierce as this one, her stare held no deterrence whatsoever.

"You think police are something special?" the criminal mocked, pursing his lips before closing in on Lin Qiong.

Lin Qiong clenched her fists tightly, her body shaking slightly. Since graduating from the police academy, she’d only been on the job for just over half a year and had never really caught a criminal. That misunderstanding with Li Yifei was the first time, and now she faced a second confrontation with a ruthless criminal. How could she not be nervous?

"Ah!" Lin Qiong let out a shout, like a prelude to Heroine mustering her power, then pushed off the ground and charged towards the criminal. After all, she had learned combat techniques at the police academy, and her momentum was formidable.

Unfortunately, while Lin Qiong had learned combat, those skills hadn’t been tested in practice. This criminal, able to elude capture despite having many lives on his conscience, clearly had formidable abilities. The techniques Lin Qiong had learned were simply trivial in his eyes.

Moreover, the criminal didn’t want to waste time here. His hand brushed his waist, and a dagger gleaming with a cold light appeared in his hand, thrusting viciously towards Lin Qiong’s abdomen.

Lin Qiong was aghast, now fully understanding how formidable the criminal was. Her decision to chase him alone was extremely unwise. But even if she had wanted to dodge, because she had charged too fiercely, there was no room left to maneuver, and she could only see a flash of cold light before her, inwardly crying out, knowing she was finished.

But just as Lin Qiong was resigned to her fate, a large foot suddenly stretched out from behind her. Before the criminal’s dagger could reach Lin Qiong’s abdomen, it struck solidly against the criminal’s stomach.

"Thump!" A muffled sound rang out, and the criminal’s body flew like a kite with its string cut, crashing through a broken wall three to four meters away and getting buried by falling bricks and tiles.

This rapid turn of events left Lin Qiong without time to react. When she came to her senses, everything was already over.

Lin Qiong abruptly turned around and saw a man standing behind her, currently holding a cigarette in his mouth, smiling at her.

"Who... who are you?" Lin Qiong knew this man had helped her, but she had never seen him before, and the first impression he gave her was that he looked too ordinary, with not a single distinguishing feature on his face. This unusual feeling perplexed her.

Usually, when meeting a stranger, one will form a certain impression, but the man before her just didn’t invoke that sense, as if he was extraordinarily plain, almost unrecognizable if thrown into a crowd.

"Girl, you’re brave but your strength is really poor," the man said with a somewhat raspy voice, shaking his head.

Lin Qiong would ordinarily have taken umbrage at such criticism, but today she truly understood her insignificance in the eyes of some powerful individuals who weren’t afraid of the police—a stark contrast to her small pride, which the criminal had utterly crushed.

"Why... why did you help me?"

"Police and public cooperation, isn’t that how it should be?"

"Ah, thank you, then. Would you mind helping me catch him again?" Lin Qiong asked, no longer daring to be pretentious after recalling the criminal’s brutality and appealing to the man for help.

The man replied with a smile, "Do you still need my help now?"

A strange feeling surged in Lin Qiong once again; there was something about the man’s smile that felt off-putting. Nevertheless, his words made her realize what had happened. She hurried to check on the criminal and saw him half-buried under bricks, revealing only his chest upward, spitting blood and clearly too injured to fight back.

Lin Qiong was astounded, only then remembering how the criminal ended up this way—it was just one kick from the man. A single kick that sent someone flying three to four meters and brought down a wall must have required tremendous strength.