Armed SWAT

When the red light came on, Deng Kaiwen stepped on the brakes irritably.

The rush hour for getting off work has passed, and there were not many cars at the exit of the expressway, and even if there were, they drove away quickly around the corner.

Suddenly a police car stopped beside him, and two policemen came down and knocked on the window of his car: "Driver's license!"

Deng Kaiwen rolled down the window and handed over his driver's license disapprovingly.

Since his identity in GA has become more and more public, more and more policemen have come to him for nothing.

From a legal point of view, Deng Kaiwen is a rare and clear-cut person in GA—never involved in arms trading, not involved in illegal business, not hiding firearms, not taking drugs, and never even smoking marijuana.

The local police knew that the same-sex lover of GA boss Nathaniel Epro was a rare and good citizen, and he didn't even have a record of violating traffic regulations.

"We need to test your alcohol content." The policeman signaled Deng Kaiwen to get out of the car: "Come here and take a breath."

Deng Kaiwen got out of the car: "Am I speeding?"

"Correct."

"Impossible, I have been controlling the speed of the car."

"You must have made a mistake." The policeman took back the nozzle and glanced at the breathalyzer: "...Did you drink some wine?"

"A sip of plum wine. OK, that was two hours ago!"

"It means that plum wine is too tightly combined with your blood oxygen!" The policeman grabbed Deng Kaiwen's wrist: "Dude, let's go!"

Deng Kaiwen didn't break free, but just sighed slightly, "Let's be honest,... Is there something wrong with GA?"

The two police officers looked at each other, and one of them turned to Deng Kaiwen and shrugged: "To be honest, buddy, someone from above wants to see you."

"...Okay." Deng Kaiwen let out a long breath, and reluctantly compromised.

Deng Kaiwen sat alone for 10 minutes in the guard room of the police station.

Outside the glass wall, you can see the policemen hurrying to and fro, some walking like flying with their phones in their hands, and some sternly speaking to their subordinates.I don't know why this scene made Deng Kaiwen feel familiar. Looking at the noisy big office, he smiled unconsciously.

At this moment, the corners of his eyes froze.

A man in a silver-gray suit stood at the door, watching him quietly.

The man was about 40 to [-] years old, his facial features were cold and gloomy, and he was a bit of mixed Greek, and he clearly looked like a so-called "upper class" in terms of clothing and temperament.When he looked at Deng Kaiwen, he was so focused that his eyes seemed to have substance, which made people feel uneasy.

Deng Kaiwen suddenly felt that this man's face was somewhat familiar, as if he had had a very close relationship with him.

"Kevin."

At this moment, the man suddenly called out softly.

Deng Kaiwen was startled: "Who are you?"

The man didn't speak, but looked at him sadly, and suddenly said after a while, "I'm married."

The words came so abruptly that Deng Kaiwen didn't know how to react for a moment, he just said blankly: "...Congratulations."

The small room fell into silence again, no one spoke or even moved.After a minute or more, the man suddenly buried his face heavily in his hands; a moment later he raised his head, and there was still pain that could not be concealed on his face.

"Kevin, I'm Regulus."

He paused, and said in despair, "I'm Regulus Cherki."

In a cafe in an alley on a street in New York, the afternoon sun shines on the wooden tables and chairs, and the coffee is steaming from the mug.

"White Mocha." Regulus looked at the coffee cup in front of Deng Kaiwen, "You still like to drink this kind of sweet thing, and your hobby has not changed at all, which really makes me feel subtle."

Deng Kaiwen said indifferently: "I also think it's very subtle that the person I saw in the newspaper yesterday is sitting in front of me and saying such things today."

"The name Regulus Cherki is just a set of words in a newspaper to you?"

"..."

"It makes me sad. Anyway, we have known each other for so many years... Well, when we first met, you were the one."

Deng Kaiwen's eyebrows twitched almost invisible, "We-what is our relationship?"

When he said this, his tone was full of uncertainty and a little awkward, as if he already had a vague answer in his heart.

Regulus smiled: "There is a deal between us. You want me to help you escape from GA and Epro, because you don't want to be transformed into a dark underworld young master. And I hope you...well, seriously consider and I develop longer-term intimate relationships."

Deng Kaiwen opened his mouth unconsciously, and after a few seconds, he suddenly lowered his head and took a big sip of coffee.Looking at his movements, it seemed that he wanted to bury his whole face in the coffee cup.

Regulus said, "Look at this if you don't mind." He fished an old cell phone out of his pocket, pulled out the photo, and handed it over.A blurry picture appeared on the screen of the old-fashioned mobile phone. Deng Kaiwen and Regulus stood side by side in the garden when they were young, wearing casual home clothes. The wind blew their hair. People feel happy when they see it.

"……This is where?"

"Nine years ago, San Francisco. Every summer we would go to my vacation home in San Francisco and get together for two or three weeks. No bodyguards, no assignments, no reporters everywhere. Every year we spent the summer like this, until you said you were going to get married That year just ended."

Deng Kaiwen was really stunned: "Me? Married?"

"Sinia Miranda, the woman who was shot dead at your wedding ceremony." Regulus smiled, and that smile seemed weird no matter how you looked at it: "-Epro killed her."

Telling some past events still gives people a thrilling feeling.

The afternoon sun shines on the rough wooden floor of the cafe, and the old patterns on the table are mottled, as if the coffee has deeply soaked into the wood.

Regulus sat in the corner, starting from the rainy night when they first met a long time ago, restoring all the memories that happened between them bit by bit.

Some parts of his narration are very messy, because it has been too long, and his memory has obviously been repeated and confused.Sometimes he has to stop and correct the details of something, or the time.

"On your 20th birthday we went to Holland, not Austria. We had fights there over little things... We always seemed to fight over little things. You never backed down, and neither did I."

This is probably because the young Deng Kaiwen has a cold personality, while Regulus, who is the pride of heaven, shows his sharpness.

"Later, you returned to the United States one step ahead of time. When I flew back, you had already started working in the FBI. We didn't meet each other during the half-year special training period. That was when the relationship between us was the coldest."

Unlike Mitchell Landers, Regulus has a very clear timeline when recalling, when and what happened, and how the relationship has undergone evolution, he can retell it in an orderly manner. Just convincing.

However, Mitchell Landers' narration was very pale, as if he was always covering up something, unable to speak about some important secret.

Deng Kaiwen couldn't help asking: "Did I know someone named Landers at that time? What is my relationship with him?"

"In the first ten years I knew you, this person never appeared at all." Regulus sneered, "—he was a newcomer with outstanding performance during your tenure as the SWAT team leader in Los Angeles. The son of Director Pierre Landes. Coincidentally, he appeared around the same time as your former fiancée, Sinia Miranda."

Regarding Sinia Miranda, Regulus didn't know much about her role back then.When he heard that Deng Kaiwen was going to get married, he was jealous, hated and annoyed. Before the wedding, he went abroad on a business trip. He was the last to know that Xinia was shot.

After that, Deng Kaiwen had to go to the prison to secretly interrogate "rat" Tom Jefferson for the sake of Sinia, so he asked Regulus to clear the relationship and asked for a visitation right.It was from then on that Regulus knew that Deng Kaiwen's fiancée was suspicious. Later, he specially investigated this woman and came to a shocking conclusion.

"—that woman is one of Stanley's mistresses, infected with HIV. She approached you at Stanley's behest. You can guess what the purpose is. Stanley is probably the person who hates you the most in the world gone."

Deng Kaiwen was confused: "... Stanley?"

"The person who killed her on the wedding day was Epro. At that time, I thought that only Epro knew her details. Later, I realized that Mitchell Landers should also know the true identity of the woman-he must be in Stanley has seen the woman around and knows that she has bad intentions in approaching you."

"—Wait, wait," Deng Kaiwen hastily made a pause gesture, "I have a question."

"what?"

"That Stanley... who is Stanley?"

Regulus was taken aback, "That's your half-brother, Epro's own son, who was your biggest rival for the position of GA's young master back then, and you completely forgot about it? ——Epro never followed him Did you mention this man?"

"No, never..."

Had Epro already killed him?This was Regulus' first thought.

A son who wants to kill his father and seize power, and may have some mental problems, no underworld boss will let him live, let alone Nathaniel Epro, who has always been ruthless.

Regulus thought about it for a second, if Epro didn't even tell Stanley Deng Kaiwen, then what he told Deng Kaiwen was probably very limited.Deng Kaiwen has been living with him since he woke up, probably because he knows too little, and has too little hatred and fear.If he knew more about the past, he might have left Epro completely.

Thinking of this, Regulus felt a little hot again.

He and Deng Kaiwen were immersed in memories and conversations, and they didn't realize that on the coffee table not far away, a man wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket had been secretly observing him for a long time.

Charlie Beckman is a bounty killer from New York.In fact, he had been paying attention to Regulus Cherki for three full months.

The price of the life of the young ruler of the Cherchi family has always been very high on the road, but it is known that he has an extremely powerful lover who also serves at the top of the police station. In the early years, the famous killer Langya once attacked him, but It's a pity to return without success.

Beckman took this task purely because of the high commission given by the Hebrew family.

The reason why the Hebrew family bleeds boldly is because Regulus has done several major things after being elected as a congressman, including several cross-state sweeps of the drug sales network, increased investigation and cleanup of the "smuggling area" in California, etc., which severely hit The interests of several major drug families.

Regulus was always surrounded by a large group of bodyguards, and it would be difficult to get back unscathed if he made a rash move.Beckman had been with him for three months, and today was the only rare opportunity: this man did not bring any bodyguards, and met with someone alone in a coffee shop!

What's more, the person who met him was also on the Hebrew family's bounty list!

Beckman has secretly contacted the Hebrew family several times, sent a photo of Deng Kaiwen sitting in front of the coffee table and confirmed that it was the target himself.

Sitting together with these two goals, it is likely that he will be able to sit back and relax for the rest of his life!

As a seasoned killer, Charlie Beckman knew the default rules of the New York killer business.Lock your target, don't easily attack the target of your peers.Even if a fat sheep worth tens of millions has sat defenseless under your gun, you cannot easily pull the trigger.

Killers who steal business from their peers usually don't end well.Charlie Beckman knew he shouldn't be greedy.

—but so what?

The guy named Deng Kaiwen sat so close to his target, without any defense at all!If you find the right angle, the extremely penetrating M1911 in his arms can even shoot through those two people in an instant!

Besides, for such an easy task, the reward was unexpectedly rich - that handsome and harmless young man's "head price" was four times that of Regulus Cherki!

Once you get it, take the money and leave.

Charlie Beckman made a silent decision in his heart.

He looked around, and when the waiter turned to the backstage to pack up his things, and there were only a few old men and women sitting in the corner of the store, he pretended to stand up unintentionally.

Those old men and old ladies were still lazily reading the newspaper, and no one paid attention to his movements.

Beckman threw a few coins on the table, then turned up his collar, walked casually to the door of the coffee shop, and watched closely the movement of Regulus's table from the corner of his eye.

Regulus didn't know what he was talking about, suddenly lowered his head and covered his mouth with his hand, as if he was restraining some kind of emotion.

And the young man looked at him intently, as if he didn't notice Charlie Beckman at all.

Beckman slowly opened the glass door with one hand, reached into his coat with the other, and grabbed the handle of the gun.

He had to be fast, and he had to deal with two people at the same time in an instant.

It's now!

The moment the glass door opened, Beckman quickly drew out his pistol and pointed it at Regulus' back!

However, the moment he pulled the trigger, the young man looked up at the muzzle of the gun as if telepathic!

That person has intuition?Or have you found yourself? !Countless thoughts flashed through Beckman's mind, but at this moment he had no choice.Taking advantage of the sudden change in the young man's face, he slammed the trigger!

The silencer gave the bullet a soft whoosh—but then the young man yelled, "Stop!"

The voice was very loud, even a little out of tune.

Regulus shook when the bullet sank into the body, and blood splashed in the air, blocking Beckman's sight of aiming the muzzle at Deng Kaiwen.

"Regulus!" Deng Kaiwen supported the man's body with one hand, and immediately reached into his back pocket to feel for the gun with the other, and at the same time shouted sharply again: "Stop!"

Beckman turned his gun on his second target.

There was no barrier between them, even if Deng Kaiwen took out his gun at this time, it would be too late.

Everything that happened between the lightning and the flint was like a slow-motion shot in a movie, which was slowly and infinitely elongated.

Regulus covered the muzzle of the gun on his chest, looked back at the killer, and saw the muzzle of the gun still held by the killer.

At this time, he could not know that the killer's second target was Deng Kaiwen, and all his actions were subconscious.

——He suddenly stood up and hugged Deng Kaiwen tightly head-on, while pushing him down hard.When the gunshot rang out, a cloud of blood burst out of his left rib.

"Regulus..." Deng Kaiwen knelt on the ground, his voice trembling completely out of tune, "Regulus...!"

"Damn it!" Beckman knew it was too late.Two gunshots caught the attention of pedestrians on the street, and the waiter also rushed out of the kitchen, screaming in panic.

"What's it called?!" Beckman slammed the muzzle of his gun, took advantage of the time when the waiter and the trembling old men and women were all on the ground, quickly pushed open the glass door and ran to the street.

His motorcycle was parked on a street corner, and it was impossible to catch him once he blended into the crowd.It didn't matter if the police tracked down the motorbike, the petrol cans were ready, and he could burn the car if he fled to a secluded place.

Beckman hurriedly put on his helmet and stepped into the car. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Deng Kaiwen when he started the car. The young man was rushing to the door of the coffee shop and raised his gun at him.

This specially modified motorcycle has a speed of more than [-] kilometers per hour, and the probability of the pistol hitting a high-speed moving target is less than [-]%.

Beckman slammed on the accelerator, and at that moment he felt that he had escaped.

He even smiled at Deng Kaiwen who flashed by in the rearview mirror.This smile is very fierce, even a bit hideous.

However, the back of his helmet vibrated violently immediately, and the smile slowly froze on Beckman's face.

To the end of his life, he couldn't imagine why an ordinary mini pistol could catch up to such a fast speed from such a long distance, and then accurately hit his head through the helmet.

Incredible.

Beckman's body tilted, and the out-of-control motorcycle made a screeching sound of rubbing against the road, and then slammed into a utility pole.With a loud bang, sparks ignited the cracked mailbox, and half the motorcycle quickly burned into a huge fireball.

"Regulus..." Deng Kaiwen approached step by step, and finally couldn't support himself and fell to his knees, blood immediately soaked the pants on his knees.

"... Regulus..."

"I've paid you off," Regulus smiled angrily, "We're even."

Deng Kaiwen hugged his blood-stained upper body and leaned tightly into his arms.

Regulus could feel his hands trembling in a strange way, and the trembling frequency was so intense that he actually felt a little distressed.

There's nothing wrong with that, he thought vaguely.

It's a pity that I still have many things that I haven't told you, and there are still many things that we have never said.

Deng Kaiwen lowered his head to kiss his cold forehead, tears flowed down his face to the ground, mixed with blood.

"Kevin, watch out for that man...be careful...Mitchell Landers..."

Regulus choked, and blood froth gushed out of his mouth immediately.He tried his best to move his lips, and the last words were as thin as a mosquito: "Be careful...he is...he is..."

Deng Kaiwen tried his best to stick close to his lips, and the last few words scattered in the air like dust as soon as he uttered them.

"Kevin...I..."

"I……"

"I know...I know..." Deng Kaiwen hugged Regulus' blood-soaked body tightly, pressing against his soft but no longer warm face.

"I know... Regulus... I know..."

He still wanted to say something, but no matter what he said, it turned into an uncontrollable cry.The voice was so tragic that it didn't look like she was crying in the end.

"I know, I know..."

He repeated it over and over again, pressing his forehead against Regulus' cold neck, and even several policemen couldn't separate them.

He remembered that they had never said such a thing between them, and he remembered that there were always cold deals between them under the veil of warmth, and then they always had cold wars because of trivial disputes, and they did not contact each other for several months.

It turned out that they had walked together for more than ten years like this.

--Over ten years.

The fragments of those memories were like dust sinking at the bottom of the water, stirring up one after another in an instant, occupying his entire consciousness like a storm.He thought of the violent night rain when they met for the first time that year, the horrific appearance of old Cherki lying in a pool of blood, and the appearance of Regulus rushing downstairs and standing in front of him panting for the first time.

"If you lock the door behind you, no one can get in. Don't be afraid."

Those were the last words Regulus said to him that night.

"I'm not afraid, Regulus," Deng Kaiwen choked hoarsely, his voice seemed to be mixed with pieces of torn flesh: "With you outside...for so many years...I have never been afraid..."

The blood was slowly winding on the floor, the police were roaring, the police lights were flashing, the screams of the crowd continued one after another, and all the hustle and bustle seemed to turn into the yellowed background of the newspaper in an instant.

Regulus Cherch, the helm of the Cherch family and the youngest political leader of the conservative reformist, was shot dead in a small coffee shop in New York because of revenge from drug dealers.

Just newly married before his death, at the age of 39.

The author has something to say:

Wu Chenshui's new article!Highly recommend it!

Regulus said "we are even", because Deng Kaiwen also helped him block a bullet when he was sniped by Spike before; I have been working continuously for seven days a week, but this week is a holiday, and I hope to finish it in early October!