The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 99: Rushing to the Scene (3)_1

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Rushing to the Scene (3)_1

"Right, take out the communication device you use to contact the higher-ups," Situ Haoran ordered, not bothering to look at the man as he issued the command. Situ Haoran’s subordinates were clueless about the situation unfolding before them.

"Commander, what, what’s going on?" another lean and dark man stepped forward, asking in a whisper.

"Want to know why? Fine, I’ll tell you. He’s a traitor. Do you know why Major Situ and Colonel Xiao were suddenly captured before? Before we left, the higher-ups told me there was someone from the drug lord’s gang mixed in with their team. They told me to be careful. Hmph, I didn’t expect that we actually had a traitor among us, but fortunately, I uncovered him," Situ Haoran said with an icy demeanor. However, it must be said, he was indeed super crafty. He managed to twist the entire narrative in just a few sentences, painting the higher-up’s spy as a traitor.

As the leader of the whole team, Situ Haoran was well respected by his men, having spent day and night together, everyone knew his character and took his words as the absolute truth. The eyes of each man turned on the accused spy, instantly filled with mistrust.

"I..." The spy wanted to say something in his defense but was silenced by a look from Situ Haoran, swallowing his words whole.

"So Commander, what do we do now?" another man, looking prim and proper like a scholar, asked.

"I bet the drug lord already knows we’ve arrived and has prepared everything; he’s just waiting for us to fall into his trap. Therefore, we can’t act immediately, we have to delay our move. As for this traitor, help me find the communication device he uses to contact the drug lord, to prevent him from leaking our whereabouts while we’re not paying attention. And, given the circumstances, it’s not safe to hand him over to anyone, so we have to keep an eye on him ourselves," Situ Haoran decided to solidify the reputation of the spy as a traitor.

While Situ Haoran spoke, his men began to search the spy. And indeed, they discovered a dedicated communication device—something that their regular soldiers did not possess, unless it was necessary for specific missions.

"He really is a traitor. Lucky for us, the Commander is so capable and discovered it early. Otherwise, we might as well have come here to die. By now, we could already have been captured by the drug lord," said the man who found the communication device on the spy, speaking with lingering fear.

"Yes, but Commander, what about Major Situ and Colonel Xiao?" Because Situ Haotian and Xiao Guobing often trained with them, there was a sense of camaraderie built over time.

"Don’t worry, as long as we’re here and not captured by the drug lord, those two are safe," Situ Haoran reassured while thinking to himself, he wondered where Baby was now and if everything was safe. He was very tempted to ask Situ Xin about the situation through the earpiece, but he was afraid of disrupting her, so no matter how anxious he felt inside, he had to endure it.

Situ Xin, following the military map annotations, finally reached the drug den after several twists and turns.

Looking at the drug den built like some kind of terrorist organization’s base in front of her, Situ Xin couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth. What a lavish enterprise. She thought to herself with a sigh, "No wonder Boss Sheng chose to build his stronghold in such a desolate place—it’s just like a terrorist base."

Situ Xin had no time to admire the sight as she noticed several sentries armed with submachine guns standing at the entrance. Inside the high walls, there were also patrolling guards carrying guns, marching back and forth.

Just then, a car approached the entrance, and the sentries there signaled with their guns for the car’s windows to be rolled down. After verifying who was inside, they allowed it to pass. Witnessing this, Situ Xin noted to herself, "It’s not just the construction that gives the impression of a terrorist base, but the entire manner of operation does as well."

And from this, Situ Xin realized that the drug lord was a very meticulous man. Even if his drug dealers hadn’t colluded with the higher-ups, Situ Haotian and Xiao Guobing wouldn’t have had an easy time.

Situ Xin’s spirits rose as she could tell from the outside that the guard inside was tight. She also knew that there were more than just patrols inside; undoubtedly, there would be surveillance cameras everywhere. Thus, before entering, she released her Divine Sense.

First, to sense the trace of Divine Sense she had placed on Situ Haotian and Xiao Guobing to determine where they were being held. Second, to cover the internal surveillance with her Divine Sense.

With a teleportation, Situ Xin entered the base undetected by the guards. She followed the ripples of her Divine Sense. After she got inside, Situ Xin was again taken aback by the sheer scale of the place and by the affluence on display. It wasn’t just the cameras that almost covered the entire base, but also the patrolling guards—every one of them was carrying a submachine gun.

However, Situ Xin could tell at a glance that despite the drug lord’s lavish spending on equipment, his henchmen’s skills were nothing special, only slightly better than the hoodlums outside. This realization brought her some relief; if the skills of the drug lord’s men had been top-notch, her mission to eliminate this den would have required much more effort.

While surveying the surroundings, Situ Xin headed towards the direction of the Divine Sense ripples. But midway, she suddenly changed direction—she realized that she wouldn’t be able to leave through the main gate with Situ Haotian and Xiao Guobing, so she needed to find an escape route first.

After circling the base, Situ Xin finally found a corner of a building without cameras. Looking out from there, she saw that not too far from the exit, they could quickly get out of the drug lord’s surveillance range.

"They should be inside here," Situ Xin muttered to herself while standing in a hidden corner, looking at a large warehouse-like building. And when she observed the two people stationed by the door, she was even more certain that her father and Uncle Xiao were locked inside. Throughout her approach, she had not seen anyone guarding any doors except for patrolling guards.

Situ Xin looked around and, seizing a moment when no one was around, sent the needles she had prepared flying towards the acupoints of the two guards. The needles were specially prepared by Situ Xin because she worried that the noise of stones might be too loud, so she had chosen Silver Needle instead.