The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 348 - Bad Hunch
It had been a long night since they arrived at the central military headquarters and followed all sorts of exhausting activities. Wei Feng and Yu Xiong complained along the way, they were completely exhausted from walking the entire day. This place was so vast that it forced them to walk far away to arrive to another place. They were told to stand for hours.
Wei Feng's state could not be said to be good as his injuries were still not healed. Only Yu Xiong and Xin Chen did not suffer any serious injuries. They were told to gather in one building that looked more like a place to practice swords. There were so many weapons placed on the left wall. Meanwhile, the room is so wide and divided into five levels.
A full day of non-stop activities finally again new blind they are welcome to rest. It turned out to have prepared a building for the soldiers from the 18th district. It looks smaller than the other dorms. However the place was much more luxurious than the dorms in District-18. There are several rooms that fit five people at once. Xin Chen, Wei Feng and Yu Xiong chose a room that five people could live in. There's only one room. While others prefer to sleep alone and the room is relatively smaller.
Wei Feng could only catch his breath. He immediately spread his body over the comfortable room. Never thought it would reach this place. So beautiful and so beautiful. It was also the first time in Wei Feng's lifetime to see such an army of soldiers. It really illustrates the thrilling war situation. He turned to Xin Chen who looked even more silent than before.
"Hi, at least say something! You're secretly like that makes us feel like we've got something wrong with you."
Xin Chen sat by the window, looking at the state of the central headquarters that was beneath him. They are on the second level of the dormitory. The scene in front of him was so bleak. For some reason every look at the sky in the morning Xin Chen's mood blindness worsened. "I have a bad feeling."
"About our infiltration?" Wei Feng was interested, he also took a look out the window where the dark blue sky was cloudy as if it was going to rain. In this million mornings even the crowd at the headquarters was no different than it was this afternoon. There are still so many people preparing for so many things. They could barely fall asleep by the unceasing noise buzzing in the ears.
"No. I feel like there's something worse than that. Strangely I don't know what that is."
Yu Xiong had just cleaned himself up. Wei Feng had been sultry since last afternoon and had taken a shower immediately after Yu Xiong. They were given some uniform clothes with some group of soldiers in this place. Maybe they are currently classified as the lowest soldiers in this place. Yu Xiong chose not to sleep because the time was also very responsible. He sat down, not knowing what to do after this.
Since the beginning of coming to this place Yu Xiong, Youji and Wei Feng agreed not to mess with Xin Chen's plans and only help when needed. But he could not stay silent either because Xin Chen did not explain anything about what they should do after this. Time goes on and the war will begin in the near future.
Yu Xiong's worry was clearly visible from his face, he was just about to speak and immediately paused his intentions when he saw Xin Chen move. He held up one hand as a white dove darted swiftly into the window. The bird perched in his hand carried a letter that most likely came from the Shang Empire.
Xin Chen opened a small scroll tied to the pigeon's leg. He felt that bad feeling coming. Yu Xiong also watched next to him curiously. When the scroll opened all that was visible was a piece of sentence and a signature underneath. Yu Xiong did not take the letter seriously. However looking at Xin Chen's current face, he began to realize something bad was going on.
Just a line of words that Xin Zhan of the Shang Empire had sent, perhaps he sent out many pigeons to carry the letter all the way to Xin Chen. The contents were written in a great hurry but Xin Chen knew what Xin Zhan meant. Ren Yuan has been kidnapped and taken to the Qing Empire.
Wei Feng had just finished and caught something bad on the faces of his two friends. Moreover, Xin Chen was extremely panicked. Wei Feng held him back as the young man rushed to get out of there.
"We are not allowed to go out anywhere before there is an order. You must not have forgotten this rule, have you?"
"I don't care about that rule. Move away."
Wei Feng gestured at Yu Xiong, asking for an explanation. Xin Chen had left the room and left only the two of them. After hearing what happened then Wei Feng caught up with Xin Chen coming out. His mother was caught by the enemy, of course Xin Chen was so panicked considering his father had also experienced the same thing. And it's so imprinted in his memory. Xin Chen did not want that to happen again.
However Xin Chen's footsteps came to a halt as ten armed soldiers immediately blocked his path. He was immediately surrounded and put a gun in front of his eyes. Yu Xiong and Wei Feng followed behind Xin Chen who wanted to attack those soldiers. They immediately pulled Xin Chen inside and dragged him into the room. Wei Feng knew why Xin Chen could be this sweet. But Xin Chen couldn't act recklessly if he didn't want their struggle to infiltrate all this time to be uncovered just like that.
"Calm down, take your breath. You're panicking too much."
"I can't let them take my mom"
"If you get caught here then your chance to leave will also be lost. Everything we planned all along will be destroyed. Think carefully before you step. There's gotta be a chance."
The sound of a knock on the door interrupted Wei Feng, he immediately explained that there had been a misunderstanding earlier. After a long argument they finally let go of Xin Chen who was just sitting on the floor, looking chaotic.
He looked out many times, his facial water was very different from before. This time, for the first time both Wei Feng and Yu Xiong saw the true expression that Xin Chen had been hiding all along. Sadness and despair.
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