The sunshine after a heavy snow was especially dazzling, its warmth melting the accumulation on the surface of Cloud Mountain Highway, but... the temperature was even colder than before.
At the foot of Cloud Mountain, military trucks were neatly aligned in a row, while the elite members of the East Sea Armed Police Force stood in formation, each escorting a person. From a distance, it was a dense crowd of people.
These were all members of the Red Bamboo Gang: both high-ranking members and the elites who had acted as receptionists at the memorial ceremony.
These Red Bamboo elites used to be loyal to Huangfu Hongzhu, but when the assassination began, under the intimidation of He Laoliu, they had no choice but to submit. The arrival of the military threw them into a panic; instinctively they followed their bosses in flight, only to be rounded up by the armed police blocking every exit.
