Embers Ad Infinitum

Han Wanghuo, who got the news from the intelligence dealer, and Zeng Duo, avoided most pedestrians and returned to the rented room.

"Have you ever committed a crime?" Zeng Duo looked at Han Wanghuo in confusion and broke the silence.

Han Wanghuo frowned slightly, and he also didn't understand why this happened.

"Even if I have done bad things and offended some people, it was somewhere else." After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of anything about himself that was worthy of the "Hand of Order".

He felt that even if his secondary identity was exposed, it would not be able to attract this level of attention.

Could it be that someone I came into contact with during this period did something big? Han Wanghuo looked out the window and said in a deep voice:

"There's no time to think about why, we need to move immediately."

"Yes." Zeng Duo agreed.

The transfer must not be carried out blindly, so the two people quickly used the materials around them to disguise themselves, so as not to be recognized or remembered by others on the way, and their success would be in vain.

Then, they went downstairs separately and moved the supplies they prepared during this period to the car.

After doing this, Han Wanghui closed the door and drove his tattered black off-road vehicle to the other side of Antana Street.

After bypassing a bathroom with a good business, the vehicle drove into a relatively secluded alley and stopped in front of an old apartment.

"Second floor." Han Wanghuo said simply.

Zeng Duo didn't ask any questions and followed him up to the second floor, watching him take out the key and open the brown-red wooden door of a certain room.

With a slightly confused look in her eyes, Han Wanghuo said casually:

“This was prepared in advance.

“On dirt, it’s never a mistake to be careful.”

"I understand, Cunning Rabbit has three caves." Zeng Duo nodded lightly.

Seeing Han Wanghuo looking over in surprise, she smiled and explained:

"Although there are many infected and aberrant people in our town, the food has always been sufficient, the environment is relatively stable, and a lot of knowledge from the old world has been preserved."

Han Wanghuo nodded slightly and invisibly:

"You stay here to rest. I'll go to Antana Street and get those weapons back before the arms dealers know about it.

"Well, I will go back to the previous place and drive your car. The supplies in this car will not be unloaded now, and we don't know when they will be moved again."

"I'm with you." Zeng Duo said very calmly.

"You don't need to take this risk." Han Wanghuo advised habitually.

Zeng Duo smiled:

“For someone like me who can’t live long, achieving the goal is more important than life.

"I don't want the helpers I finally found to disappear like this. I don't have enough time to find the next batch of helpers."

Han Wanghuo was silent for a few seconds and responded concisely:

"good."

The two people, maintaining their disguise, walked downstairs again.

Zeng Duo looked at the stairs in front and suddenly said:

"I thought you would let me leave by myself, because the 'Hand of Order' is looking for you, not me.

"That's how you usually behave, always putting others first."

Han Wanghuo glanced at her, his eyes turned cold and he said:

"That's because it hasn't harmed my core interests. But this time, your heart is related to my life, just like those weapons are related to whether the mission can be completed. Therefore, I will not give up, even if I take a little risk. , also want to get it back.

"Don't think I'm a good person, I'm just pretending."

Zeng Duo didn't turn his head, and glanced at the slightly sinister-looking man with his peripheral vision:

"If you weren't a good person, I would be dead now. It would be easier to deal with me alone than facing the regular army of the First City."

"When you have a choice, keeping your promise can help you get more in the future." Han Wanghui walked out of the apartment and walked towards his shabby Jeep, "You saw it just now, I got the good deeds I did. Good return.”

Zeng Duo didn't speak again until he got into the car and sat in the passenger seat, then whispered:

"But from the look on your face, you don't seem to believe that you will get a good reward. I just think it was an accident."

Han Wanghuo started the vehicle and seemed not to hear these words.

…………

Near Antana Street, two cars rented by the "Old Adjustment Team" were driving on different roads.

——In order to deal with the "Hand of Order", they did not even come forward to rent a car in person this time. Instead, they used Shang Jianyao's "reasoning clown" to "request" the help of two ruin hunters.

As for the problem that the effect of "Mystery Clown" will disappear over time, they don't consider it at all, because it will be a few days later, and the "Old Tune Team" has already given up on the two rented cars. .

Jiang Baimian, who was sitting in one of the cars, picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Gnawa in the other car:

"If nothing else happens, the 'Hand of Order' and some ruins hunters will definitely know that Old Han lives nearby through the mission files kept by the Hunter Guild, so they can launch an investigation.

“Our solution is to drive a car, pretend to be a relic hunter who wants to find clues, and look around for any movement.

"Once you find a commotion somewhere, rush over immediately and try to rescue Lao Han before he is caught.

"Uh... we can't give up observing the pedestrians on the road during this process. Maybe we are lucky enough and directly meet Old Han who has not been discovered after disguising himself?"

After Long Yuehong conveyed the team leader's intention to Bai Chen who was driving, she asked:

"If Old Han no longer lives nearby, wouldn't we gain nothing?"

"If this is the case, we have to thank God!" Jiang Baimian replied in a funny tone, "That means that Old Han will not be in danger for a while. Well, according to the arrangement just now, each of us is responsible for an area.

"By the way, when observing passers-by, the focus is on short, thin women. If Old Han is disguised, his features will not be too obvious, but his companion is not like this, and this is something the Hunter Guild doesn't know. Condition."

After explaining these things, Jiang Baimian turned his head and said to Shang Jianyao, who was driving:

"Let's squat on Antana Street. The probability of Old Han appearing there is very high."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian laughed:

"Do you want to ask why?

"It's very simple. We have already deduced that Lao Han has taken on a very difficult task in order to replace his heart and is looking for collaborators everywhere.

"Based on common sense, it is not difficult for us to determine that Lao Han was collecting weapons, ammunition, cans and other supplies at the same time, which is a necessary condition for completing complex tasks.

"And if Old Han had prepared all this, he would have set off long ago. His condition cannot afford to wait.

"If you are not prepared, one may be because you don't have enough manpower, and the other may be that you don't have enough supplies. For the latter, where else is a more suitable place than Antana Street?"

Jiang Baimian was not sure whether Han Wanghuo was trapped in supplies or helpers, so he could only say that there was a certain probability.

Make bold assumptions, be careful to verify.

After listening to this, Shang Jianyao, who was driving, said "Yeah":

"I'm not Xiaohong."

This time, Jiang Baimian directly understood what he meant:

He is not Long Yuehong, and he will not need inspiration from others or more time to figure it out.

While talking, Shang Jianyao picked up a baseball cap and put it on his head, lowering the brim of the hat.

"What are you..." Jiang Baimian asked hesitantly.

Shang Jianyao answered seriously:

"A disguise learned from several false 'priests'."

"You make us look like villains like this." Jiang Baimian clicked his tongue and turned his attention to Antana Street, which was getting closer and closer.

This is the largest, most famous and most chaotic black market in the "Prime City".

…………

On Antana Street, the houses are messy, the environment is dark, and everyone who comes and goes is wary to a certain extent.

Han Wanghuo, wearing a hat and glasses, walked into Old Reggie's gun shop without a sign.

Zeng Duo, who was also disguised, followed closely behind him, observing the surrounding situation very experiencedly.

"Have my batch of arms arrived?" Han Wanghuo knocked on the counter in front of old Reggie.

Old Reggie with a gray beard looked up at him, observed him carefully for a while, and then suddenly smiled:

"It's you, you did a good job pretending.

"You don't seem simple. I remember someone was looking for you before, and it was someone I knew."

"I remember that no one in the arms business would ask the other party why they bought the goods." Han Wanghuo replied in a deep voice.

Old Reggie laughed:

"No, I will still ask. It would be bad if they took the arms and robbed me on the spot.

"Haha, the goods you want are ready. I hope you have brought enough money."

Han Wanghuo patted the small bag on his shoulder:

"It's all here."

As soon as he finished speaking, several people came in outside the gun store.

The leader was wearing a shirt and vest, with a medium build, black hair and brown eyes, an ordinary appearance, and a pair of hard-to-move eyes like wooden sculptures.

This is Theodore, the right-hand man of the "Hand of Order" and the assistant of the Order Officer of the Golden Apple District.

A man next to him took out the restored photo, took a few steps forward, and handed it to old Reggie:

"Have you seen this person?"

The man in the photo has messy eyebrows and looks ferocious. There are two horizontal and vertical scars on his face. He is clearly Han Wanghuo.