As Joe Shawen reported to Zhou Lin, in the medical station of the artillery division, two people were having a conversation in a room on the second floor, speaking quietly.
"Chief, can I escape?"
"You can! If I say you can, then you can."
"Yes, Chief."
"Da Long, if you get caught, don't mention my name."
"Don't worry, Chief, I won't mention you. I'll say that guy surnamed Lian had a grudge against me, so I threatened him. Who knew he resisted fiercely, and I accidentally stabbed him."
"Right! Stick to that story. Since he didn't die, your responsibility is minimized. But even a lesser charge would be too much for you to bear. That's why I'm helping you escape. With the money I've given you, you can go home, find a wife, and start a family."
"Thank you, Chief!"
"Alright, go now. I'll call the driver later, and you can sneak under the car. The inspectors won't check under the vehicle, so you'll be able to leave the military camp. When you reach the town hospital, wait for them to be busy, then make your escape quickly."
"Yes!"
Five minutes later, the window of the doctor's office on the second floor opened.
A voice came out, "Lao Wu, come up here."
Lao Wu was the driver of the car.
Hearing someone call, especially a doctor, the driver left the car and went upstairs.
At that moment, the man who had stabbed Lian crawled out from under the car and grabbed the car's underbelly.
Lao Wu went up to the doctor's office but didn't see anyone.
He asked someone nearby if someone had called him just now.
The person had come from the left side and didn't know what had happened in the doctor's office just now, so he shook his head.
Lao Wu slapped his own head; it seemed like there was a problem with his ears.
Grumbling, Lao Wu got back into the car and started it.
The car safely left the military camp.
Zhou Lin took Joe Shawen to the town hospital to visit Lian Mingdao.
After surgery, Lian Mingdao was safe, but still unconscious.
Zhou Lin stood for a moment, then came out of the ward and went to the first floor of the hospital.
Just then, Zhou Lin saw a military vehicle approaching.
He paid attention.
This attention allowed him to notice something unusual.
He saw a person crawling out from under the military vehicle.
After emerging, the person walked towards the first floor of the hospital.
Because there were guards facing the hospital gate, if he had left from that side, he would have been noticed. So, he came out from this side, entered the hospital first, and then left the hospital.
Unfortunately, he was spotted by Zhou Lin.
At that time, Joe Shawen went to inquire about Lian's condition from the doctor. There was no one else around Zhou Lin.
Zhou Lin immediately drew his gun and approached.
As the man entered, he saw Zhou Lin holding a gun.
Recognizing Zhou Lin, he thought Zhou Lin had come to arrest him, so he grabbed a passing nurse and put a knife to her neck.
The nurse was scared and started crying.
At this moment, many people came downstairs, including Joe Shawen.
Seeing the man, Joe Shawen said to Zhou Lin, "That's the guy who stabbed Lian Mingdao."
At this point, the murderer shouted to Zhou Lin, "Don't come any closer! Otherwise, I'll kill her."
The hospital director also came over and said to Zhou Lin, "Chief, we can't let him kill again."
The murderer smirked, "Don't come any closer!"
Saying that, he pushed the nurse, and she fell to the ground.
The murderer turned and ran.
Ahead was a dark street, and he believed that once he escaped into that darkness, no one could catch him.
Just then, Zhou Lin's hand moved.
Zhou Lin quickly raised his hand, aimed without aiming, and pulled the trigger.
The bullet flew quickly towards the murderer.
Hearing the gunshot, the murderer knew someone had fired.
To save his life, he leaned to the left.
He thought the bullet was aimed at his heart, so by leaning left, the bullet wouldn't hit his heart.
But when Zhou Lin fired, he only intended to injure him, so he didn't aim for the heart, but aimed an inch to the left.
However, the murderer leaned an inch to the left.
As a result, the bullet hit the murderer's heart directly.
One shot, one kill!
Joe Shawen rushed over with people, prepared to arrest him, but when they reached the murderer, upon inspection, he was dead!
Joe Shawen walked up to Zhou Lin and said, "Great marksmanship, spot on!"
Zhou Lin kicked the murderer and said, "Such scum, capturing him would yield nothing. Killing him solves the problem."
Joe Shawen immediately went forward to search the body. With them around, Zhou Lin felt embarrassed to do so.
"This guy had a lot of money on him."
Joe Shawen found a stack of money on the murderer's body.
Counting, there were one thousand five hundred and fifty francs.
A soldier couldn't save up this much money in his whole life.
Someone must have given him the money to help him escape.
The murderer had emerged from under the artillery division's vehicle earlier, indicating he was from the artillery division.
This meant someone from the artillery division had given him the money.
Just then, the system's voice sounded.
"You killed a criminal with a gunshot, but did not receive any reward."
Zhou Lin knew that it would be difficult to get rewards for killing people later because they weren't as skilled as him, so they wouldn't be rewarded.
No reward, no problem.
Zhou Lin wasn't concerned about that.
"System, perform a temporal regression on the murderer."
"Underway! Consuming four hundred points, performing a temporal regression on the deceased."
Immediately, a scene appeared in Zhou Lin's mind.
Twenty-three hours ago, the murderer had been acting as usual, without any different behavior.
Twenty-one hours ago, someone called the murderer into a dormitory.
The person wore the insignia of a major.
Zhou Lin had seen his file; he was Wan Junyang, the captain of the guard company of the Third Regiment.
Wan Junyang took out a durian and asked the murderer to eat it.
The two sat on the ground and finished eating a durian.
Wan Junyang took out five hundred francs and handed it to the murderer.
"Chief, just give me orders directly, no need to give money."
Wan Junyang stuffed the money into the murderer's pocket. "If I want my brothers to avenge me, why wouldn't I give money?"
The murderer stopped refusing, "Please give me your orders, Chief!"
"Kill Lian Mingdao."
"Lian Mingdao? Isn't he your friend?"
"What friend? He's a military intelligence person. He's undercover in our artillery division. He's assisting Zhou Lin with the investigation. This case has wide implications, and our superiors don't want Lian Mingdao to live."
Upon hearing this, the murderer stood up straight away, "Please rest assured, Chief, I will definitely kill that Lian Mingdao."
Wan Junyang patted the murderer's shoulder and said, "I trust you to handle it! After you've done the job, wait for me at the medical station. I'll arrange for your escape. When the situation calms down in the future, I'll bring you back."
(End of chapter)