Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 478 - 474: Operation Ends, A Blaze

Chapter 478: Chapter 474: Operation Ends, A Blaze

Zhang Wei had specifically instructed Xia Qianyue before the operation.

"During the operation, it’s best to keep the noise as quiet as possible."

Although the sound of fireworks exploding served as a cover-up, he actually felt somewhat scared.

When he saw the wall blast open in an instant, Zhang Wei’s mouth hung wide open.

Fortunately, although the restroom was large, there were hardly any people inside.

If there had been someone inside, they might have been scared to death.

As the dust settled, a figure clothed in nightwear stepped out from the breached wall.

"Simple-minded person, can you make a little less noise?"

"No way. The wall is quite thick. If I don’t use enough force, it won’t break through."

After removing her mask, Xia Qianyue pointed solemnly at the big hole she had made in the wall behind her.

Seeing the seriousness on her face, Zhang Wei could only complain frantically in his mind.

It’s truly the Zhang family’s house; the quality is excellent. My simple-minded person couldn’t break through the wall without using her fists.

With that, Zhang Wei also took a black mask out of his pocket and covered his face with it.

He was wearing a black suit, which allowed him to blend into the night, so he didn’t need to change clothes in advance like Xia Qianyue.

"All right. When the next firework goes off, you break the wall in this corner, and we’ll go straight through here!"

Zhang Wei pointed to a section of the restroom corner and said so.

"Roger that!"

Xia Qianyue rolled up her sleeves, loosened her right wrist, and readied herself.

Whistle—Pop!

The second rocket of fireworks shot up in the garden, then exploded.

Bang!

With the sound of the fireworks exploding, the corner of the restroom also blew apart.

Looking at the big hole in the floor, Zhang Wei involuntarily swallowed.

"Let’s go!"

The two squeezed through the hole and quickly left the restroom.

Meanwhile, at the restroom entrance.

Several waiters stood guard here, looking inside with puzzled expressions.

"Hey, did the floor shake a couple of times just now?"

"And, was the sound of the fireworks exploding that loud? Am I hearing things, or did I just hear something strange?"

"Maybe. But what I find odd is, does it take that long to use the restroom?"

One waiter pointed inside the restroom, visibly puzzled.

Zhang Wei had been in there for a quite a while, which, logically, shouldn’t take that long just to relieve oneself.

"By the way, that girl went into the restroom too, right? Did she go into the men’s or the women’s? Are they doing something in there?"

"Who knows? But I guess it’s possible."

The few waiters seemed to have guessed the truth, and their smirks turned lecherous.

After all, there was only one entrance to the restroom. As long as they guarded here, there was no way they could miss Zhang Wei!

At the same time.

The two who were supposedly going at it in the restroom were now quickly moving on the roof of the mansion.

But to say they were moving, in truth, it was Xia Qianyue carrying Zhang Wei on her back, running along the roof ridges.

Listening to the whistling of the wind by his ears, and the sound of fireworks exploding not far away, Zhang Wei felt the night was thrilling.

Xia Qianyue leaped several times and finally arrived near a compound-style house, where a woman dressed in nightwear was already waiting for them.

Zhang Xinwu unveiled her mask and hurriedly said, "Little Sister Xiao Xia, Zhang Wei, you’ve arrived!"

"Is this the place, Sister Xiao Wu?"

"Yes, there are many guards below, and even some skilled ones. It must be here."

Zhang Wei followed the direction pointed by Zhang Xinwu’s hand, seeing several muscular and tall guards in black clothes moving around in the courtyard.

The courtyard was clearly not the venue for the evening party, yet the security was more stringent than at the actual event.

This in itself was telling.

"So it seems, the secret of the Fierce Tiger Hall is hidden here."

"Shall we take action?"

Zhang Xinwu put her black mask back on, ready to get moving.

Xia Qianyue, on the other hand, was eager to start, just waiting for the order to pounce.

"Don’t rush. Wait for Xiao Xiao to cut off the signals here," Zhang Wei said, tapping his earpiece.

"Xiao Xiao, how’s it going over there?"

"Don’t worry. The little guys cutting off the signals are on their way."

"Little guys?"

Zhang Wei paused for a moment, then looked up.

He saw a white figure rapidly approaching in the glow of the fireworks.

It was a drone, moving very fast, streaking across the sky above the three people’s heads.

As it flew by, it seemed to sprinkle something down, a dark mass that resembled a swarm of insects.

Zhang Wei stretched out his hand and caught one, only to see that in the palm of his hand was an insect the size of an ant.

Upon closer inspection, he realized it wasn’t an insect at all but some kind of micro-robot.

"These are robots developed under commission from the War Department, usually used in battle zones, they brought a set today just to support our mission."

Zhao Xiaoxiao’s voice rang in the earpiece.

"Impressive!"

Seeing the tiny, intricately made object in his palm was actually a combat robot, Zhang Wei couldn’t help but exclaim, Uncle Zhao is awesome.

The ant-sized robots rapidly descended into the building below, climbing over walls and wooden beams and quickly spreading across the vicinity.

"Start!"

As Zhao Xiaoxiao’s voice rang out, she seemed to press a button.

Fzzzt...

There was a sound of electric current in the earpiece, followed by Zhao Xiaoxiao’s voice being completely cut off from them.

"Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao?"

Zhang Wei whispered a few times, but Zhao Xiaoxiao did not respond at all.

Clearly, the communication link was intercepted.

The trio of Zhang Wei put away their earpieces and then looked down below.

There was nothing more to say, the action had started!

"Take action!"

With two sharp cries, Xia Qianyue and Zhang Xinwu leapt down directly, landing in the courtyard.

"Who’s that!"

"Intruders!"

"How dare you..."

"Ouch!"

The guards hadn’t finished speaking when there came a series of "pitter-patter" sounds from below, and then they were all lying on the ground.

"Quick, call for backup!"

Someone immediately realized that although it was just two people, their combat strength was too fierce.

Backup was needed!

But after they pulled out their walkie-talkies, they found that there was no sound coming from the other end.

When they brought the walkie-talkies to their ears, all they could hear was a chaotic noise of electric current.

The communication had been cut off!

Within three minutes, the fight below had ended.

When Zhang Wei carefully jumped down, he saw that all the guards on the ground had lost consciousness.

"As expected of Sister Xiao Wu and the simple-minded, their combat strength is fierce!"

Seeing the accomplishments of the two women, Zhang Wei felt relieved that they were on his side.

If they were enemies, wouldn’t he have sleepless nights?

"Let’s go!"

After rendezvousing with the two women, Zhang Wei waved his hand authoritatively, leading the group to start searching.

The courtyard they were in was vast, with many rooms inside, but Zhang Wei didn’t check the rooms on the first and second floors.

He knew that Zhang Dihu, even if he had to hide something, wouldn’t possibly keep it in an obvious place.

He would definitely put it in a very, very hidden location.

Given that the place belonged to the Zhang Family, it was only reasonable for them to have several underground chambers prepared within the manor.

Underground chambers are not only hidden but their size depends entirely on how you choose to excavate them.

If there were many things to hide, then why not make the underground chamber larger?

Zhang Wei and his companions walked through the house, and after a sweep, finally arrived near a sealed iron door with guards. But Xia Qian was swift to act, knocking them out in less than a second, probably leaving them no time to react.

"This door’s pretty solid!"

Zhang Wei knocked on the iron door sealing the way, it clearly couldn’t be opened by sheer human strength.

If that was the case, he naturally took a few steps back.

"Simple-minded, wait for the right moment, remember to listen for the fireworks outside, don’t make too much noise."

"I’ll try my best..."

Xia Qianyue, being treated as a door-opening machine, flexed her wrists and began to gather her internal power.

Pop!

The sound of fireworks continued outside.

Boom—

The sound of Xia Qianyue "opening the door" rang out as well.

But after a single punch, the iron door only twisted and deformed slightly, indenting a small part.

"So tough!"

Looking at the twisted iron gate in front of her, Xia Qianyue was somewhat surprised.

"If one punch doesn’t do the trick, then a few more should!"

Zhang Wei just chuckled and signaled to Xia Qianyue that there was no need to worry.

Since the communication had been cut off, they weren’t afraid of triggering any alarm.

Moreover, it seemed that Zhang Dihu was quite confident about this place and hadn’t set up any security mechanisms.

After several more explosions of fireworks, the iron gate finally couldn’t withstand the bombardment of Xia Qianyue’s fists and became shambolic, groaning before collapsing with a bang.

Behind the iron gate lay a pitch-black secret passage leading underground.

Zhang Wei and the others exchanged glances, clearly believing they had found the right place.

"Let’s go, the secrets of Fierce Tiger Hall lie within!"

The three of them entered, quickly swallowed by the darkness.

...

Meanwhile, at the party scene.

In the sky, fireworks rose and burst into a blaze of brilliant colors.

As the host of the party, Zhang Tianlong stood in the center of the garden, surrounded by a crowd of people.

By his side was his brother, Zhang Dihu.

Arm in arm, they stood with smiles on their faces, receiving endless compliments from those around them.

In the very midst of the glitz and glam, the two brothers felt no aversion; they handled themselves with ease, seemingly born to enjoy such attention.

Not far away, Master Tang walked over and nodded to Lord Tiger.

"Excuse me, I have to step away for a moment."

Zhang Dihu quickly smiled and greeted the people around him before making his way through the crowd to Master Tang.

"Master Tang, is there any movement from that kid?"

"Don’t worry, Lord Tiger, that kid should be in..."

As he spoke, Master Tang leaned in and whispered a few words into Zhang Dihu’s ear.

"Oh, almost an hour and he hasn’t come out of the restroom?"

Hearing this, Zhang Dihu laughed. Indeed, was the guy planning not to come out until the party was over?

Do you really have that much stamina?

Or is it that doing those things in secret at such an occasion gives you a thrill, and you can’t bear to come out?

"Master Tang, are you sure the guy has been inside all this time?"

"Yes, I’m sure. I’ve got four or five men watching them. The restroom only has one exit, and there’s no way they can slip past so many eyes."

Master Tang was very confident.

But what he didn’t know was that there might only be one restroom exit, but some people could use brute force to create another one.

"That’s good then. This is an important event, after all; that kid wouldn’t dare to cause trouble!"

Zhang Dihu sneered, then asked, "What about the operation you mentioned earlier?"

"Rest assured, Lord Tiger. The candidates were decided well in advance, and they have all been taken away. According to the information we received, both the Anti-Gang Group and the Major Case Squad have called it a night."

As Master Tang spoke, he let out a cold smile. "It doesn’t matter whether those guys confess or not, they haven’t been in touch with the core secrets of Fierce Tiger Hall for over half a year. Even if they wanted to confess, they wouldn’t have much to say."

"Plus, my disciples are guarding Dongxing Securities. They won’t go to save them. Only the public defenders appointed by the court can help them, but how could such lawyers manage to get them out?"

Lord Tiger and Master Tang exchanged a smile, their eyes full of scorn.

This time, they had everything calculated perfectly.

"Now, there’s only that case left."

In Zhang Dihu’s eyes, a glint of ruthlessness and venom flashed.

As long as the Dongxing Securities case was over, Fierce Tiger Hall could then use those 20 billion to rest easy for a while.

When they’re short of funds next time, they would simply follow the old plan, sacrifice a scapegoat, and then...

"Hey, Master Tang, is there a barbecue at the party too?"

Just then, Master Tang suddenly sniffed, looking confused.

He vaguely remembered that although food had been prepared for the party, there had been no arrangements for a barbecue.

So why did he smell something burning? What was going on?

"Lord Tiger, have I gotten old and my nose has gone bad, or do you also smell something burnt?"

Zhang Dihu’s brow furrowed, and he took a sniff.

He too caught the same scent—it was like barbecue, yet it was mixed with a noxious, burnt smell.

"It’s on fire, it’s on fire!"

Not far off, someone shouted, drawing everyone’s attention.

They saw flames rising into the sky not too far away, quickly spreading through the area.

The fire blazed upwards, engulfing almost half the mansion’s area with fierce flames.

"Lord Tiger, that place is!"

Zhang Dihu and Master Tang looked towards the source of the fire, their faces stricken, eyes wide with shock.

Because that place was where Zhang Dihu kept important items, guarded around the clock by subordinates.

But now, that very place was ablaze.

"Quick, cover the Chairman’s departure!"

In the garden, the councilman’s bodyguards sprang into action, covering Zhang Tianlong’s evacuation.

At this moment, Zhang Tianlong felt frustrated too.

Why did something go wrong both times I attended a charity event?

The first time, although I only attended in name and the initiators were Lin Xiangtian and the others, I put up with it.

This second time, it was organized under my own name, and yet something still happened?

What are those subordinates up to, letting a fire hazard go unchecked?

How will the people of Dongfang Capital view me now, with the charity event I hosted as council chairman interrupted due to negligence?

Does Zhang Tianlong have no face to lose?

But now, he couldn’t say anything, and was surrounded by subordinates and bodyguards who then escorted him to retreat.

Zhang Tianlong had no choice but to leave under the protection of his men, then got into his dedicated car and left the scene.

However, while sitting in the car, he started to ponder a question.

That place that caught fire, wasn’t it the secret underground room used by my brother to hide the secrets of Fierce Tiger Hall?

That place was of utmost importance, so how did it catch on fire?

In the estate, because of the fire, chaos had erupted.

Many people panicked, scurrying about, trying to flee the estate.

Among the crowd, three figures also left with the horde and quickly got into a car.

"Damn little brother, drive, let’s go!"

Following someone’s order, Zhang Xinyan immediately drove the car away from the scene.

...

The next day, the weekend.

Zhang Wei sat inside Lin Mansion, looking at the Dongfang Capital Morning News in his hands.

The front-page article was about the fire at yesterday’s charity event.

The fire started due to a leak in the underground gas pipeline, followed by exposure to an open flame, but fortunately, there was no explosion.

However, many bodies were discovered at the scene of the fire, people who didn’t make it out.

"Hmph, the scum of Fierce Tiger Hall, they got what they deserved!"

Seeing the reported number of deaths in the article, Zhang Wei felt no sympathy.

After all, these were people from Fierce Tiger Hall.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Just then, the door of Lin Mansion was knocked on.

"Are they here?"

Zhang Wei sneered and got up to open the door.

"We are from the investigation department’s major case squad. Lawyer Zhang Wei, is it convenient for you to talk right now?"

Standing at the door was Zhang Wei’s old acquaintance, Captain Liu, who mechanically pulled out his credentials.

"Captain Liu, what’s the situation? Why do you need the major case squad? Have I committed a crime?"

"You haven’t committed a crime. It’s just that a fire broke out yesterday at a suburban estate, and many people burned to death. The higher-ups asked us to inquire about the situation at the scene."

"I remember, the cause of the fire has been determined, right? It was a gas pipeline leak, so that’s an accident, right?"

"Although it was an accident, considering so many casualties, it’s tough for the higher-ups too. They need to provide an explanation."

As he spoke, Captain Liu took out a notebook, "Lawyer Zhang, since this is not a criminal case, we just want to reconstruct the truth as much as possible. Please cooperate with us."

"Of course, I will certainly cooperate with you,"

Zhang Wei said, inviting Captain Liu and his colleagues in, then brewed a cup of tea for each of them.

Afterward, Zhang Wei began to "explain" the situation at that time.

"You don’t know, that day I was using the bathroom when suddenly a fire started. The fire was especially fierce, and I was so scared that I ran out with my Simple-minded person, then decisively got into the car and left."

"Who’s your Simple-minded person?"

"Oh, sorry, that’s Xia Xia. She’s always a bit silly, and I’m used to calling her that."

"So, you went to the bathroom not long after the party started and stayed there for an hour?"

"Yes, Captain Liu, you don’t know how boring it was outside. It was better to entertain ourselves in there."

"Entertain yourselves..."

As an experienced officer from the major case squad, Captain Liu naturally understood what this so-called entertainment meant.

Having raided sex establishments before, he knew that some couples, seeking excitement, liked to engage in activities inside bathrooms...

He never would have imagined that the seemingly decorous Zhang Wei would be so adventurous.

"You really lasted an hour?"

"Why, Captain Liu, do you doubt my abilities?"

"Well..."

Alright, Old Liu stayed silent.

He was older and had no desire to delve into these matters.

The investigation ended quickly, and Captain Liu, failing to learn anything else, had no choice but to take his leave.

Watching them go, Zhang Wei’s mouth curled into a cold smile.

Now, it would be Zhang Dihu’s turn to have a headache.