Shi Lang told Sharpnel to set off the charges around the holding cells for two reasons, first was to make the enemy think that they did not care about the two prisoners. The second was to give their captured teammates a heads up, that they were here.

Given the tactic understanding they have developed over the years, it was easy for them to guess who was the person responsible for the explosions around the holding area. Sharpnel got to work as the two people hid in the corner, waiting for Hunk to arrive.

…

Inside the Holding Cell, Lullaby and Tian sat back to back, with their limbs tied to a motion-sensing bomb. Their faces were riddled with wounds and bruises. Their mouths were stuffed with a thick cloth. They had their freedom restricted and even voices were taken away. However, they were still communicating.

How? They used their backs to sense each other’s breathing. The code may seem to be a bit too far fetched but once you have spent a long enough time in the places where words are not actually usable, you develop such methods to talk, If they had been made to sit away from each other, then they would have found some other way to communicate. It could be anything, from blinking eyes to a flicker of the fingers.

They had as many means as they had body parts. At this moment the topic of their conversation was something totally opposite from what anyone could have expected.

Lullaby asked, “What do you think is going on outside?” using her breathing pattern as a morse code. The most basic way of covert communication in the textbooks of the human civilization could be used in any form as long as it forms a dot and a dash. Terrans did not discard all their roots after all.

Tian replied while adjusting her breathing pattern, “There seems to be some movement outside, the guards seem to be fidgety.”

Lullaby showed her agreement with a slight change in her breathing, then she began talking again and asked, “What could be the reason for this movement?”

Tian replied, “Someone came to get us?” her breathing did not display any vigor as she said this, signifying that she was not sure about what happened here.

Lullaby could not help but cough through her choked mouth. She corrected her breathing and asked, “Are you out of your mind to even think such a thing. Do you not know that even the enemy is aware of the rules of our divisions? They have immobilized us in such a way because they did not want us to be committing suicide. No one will come over to pick us up.”

Tian let out a sigh as she was aware that this was never going to happen. Lullaby was correct, after all, the first rule of the secret division was to suicide but never let yourself be captured. However, they broke this rule, if the high command found this, then they both will be hunted down by every single secret division soldier. They were in violation of the code, in the army, which meant only one thing, death.

However, before the ladies could continue their communications, they sensed strong vibrations coming from the walls of the holding cells. The next thing was something they did not expect. The vibrations did not come from just one side, but all of them, the whole holding cell was shivering. Lullaby and Tian communicated using their breaths and both said one thing, “Sharpnel’s chain control.”

Chain control was the name Sharpnel had given this style of the explosions, and they remembered it as they have heard, sensed, and watched it all happen many times over. They could possibly call this out in their worst nightmares.

…

Shi Lang and Sharpnel were squatting under the shadows cast by the trees around them when Hunk communicated and said, “Captain, I am here.”

Shi Lang gazed at Sharpnel and nodded to give him a go, and the latter tapped on the communicator triggering the chain of explosions around the holding cells. A few seconds later, the whole Duke Manor woke up from their sleep, both with eyes closed or open. A hoarse voice sounded, “What is going on here. Someone check if there are shadows inside the Manor.”

This voice echoed through the whole manor, and Sharpnel said, “Captain, that is a seven-star expert, what do you think we should do?”

Shi Lang smirked and said, “Do not enter the center of the manor and kill every guard you see, before he can make a call and tell his superiors that there are intruders. I do not wish to see that seven-star Terran just yet.”

Sharpnel nodded and the same task was conveyed to Hunk, who was rushing over to meet them under his earlier commands. Hunk was not simply rushing over, he was neutralizing people on the way. Shi Lang said, “You two will kill anyone you set sight upon, I will be responsible for luring the forces outside. Do you need a solo space to work and kill or will you be able to work better together?”

At this moment, Carole spoke up from the watchtower, she said, “Captain, can I ask you to line up the enemies in a straight line?”

Shi Lang replied, “We can certainly try, let us go.”

Sharpnel and Hunk nodded, as they stood up side by side, while Shi Lang was rushing over to the enemy regrouping point with the help of Carole’s guidance. She was cleaning up anyone who caught sight of him from her location and Shi Lang was drawing aggro. He would be seen running around with his handgun.

This was enough evidence for the people to blame him for all the deaths. Shi Lang did not even fight with their hand to hand, but they were sure that it was all done by Shi Lang. He did not seem to care and rushed through the explosions sights drawing the attention of all the other soldiers or guards who spotted him.

If he spotted someone as strong as him, Shi Lang would go in for the kill. By the time he came back to where Sharpnel and Hunk were waiting for him, he had gathered at least twenty men, and then Shi Lang moved past them saying, “They are all yours.” in a muffled voice.

This voice was enough to give them precipitations. The two replied, “Yes sir.”

Shi Lang nodded and moved around to capture another batch of officers until everyone was done. Sharpnel and Hunk partnered up, while Carole stuck to cover Shi Lang. She was Shi Lang’s guardian, every time a sneak attack was to find its way toward him, Carole would neutralize the target.

She was like an accurate machine for killing and since she was firing her weapon, she will not let herself be discovered. Thus, as soon as someone managed to catch a sniff of her existence, the girl took action and killed the person.

Shi Lang was also not simply running all over the scene, he would try to find a chance to get a high-ranking enemy down. These high-ranking enemies will be the ones who would trouble him later when they fight against the seven-star Terran inside the core area of the manor. Shi Lang was also trying to pinpoint the location of the two captives.

Lullaby and Tian must be secured before they face the Seven-star Terran. Otherwise, they will become a bargaining chip to the old man. This would put them at a disadvantage and TADA. Shi Lang did not want this to happen. Carole said, “Captain, this is the last group of people you need to gather, after this, we can look at our girls.”

Shi Lang sighed as he crossed blades with a man in front of him and said, “This is not going to be that simple, Carole. That seven-star Terran might be on to us already.”

Carole asked, “What shall we do then?”

Shi Lang replied after he killed the guy obstructing him with a sharp stab to the neck, “I am afraid we might need a mutual sacrifice in the end.”

His words shocked Carole and she shivered. She regained her composure quickly and asked, “Who do you plan to use, Captain?”

“Myself, who else?” replied Shi Lang.

The lady was surprised, she did not expect that the boy had already taken this on himself. She asked in a low voice, “Captain, you know that there are a lot of factors that state how great your future can be, why do you wish to put yourself into such a position.”

“If you concentrate on a future where you will not be able to interact with any other person. I suggest that you kill yourself now, and if you think that you should take care of your people now, then again, die for them. It is as simple as that.” said Shi Lang.