Having learned the news from an informant, Han Wanghuo, along with Zeng Duo, avoided the majority of pedestrians and returned to their rented room.
"You, you've committed crimes before?" Zeng Duo asked, breaking the silence as she looked at Han Wanghuo with suspicion.
Han Wanghuo frowned slightly, equally puzzled as to why this was happening.
"Even if I've done bad things or offended some people, it was elsewhere." He thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what he had done to warrant such a large-scale response from the "Order of Hands."
He felt that even if his status as a Subhuman was exposed, it wouldn't attract this level of attention.
Could it be that someone I've been in contact with recently did something big? Han Wanghuo glanced out the window and said in a deep voice:
"There's no time to think about why, we have to move immediately."
"Right." Zeng Duo agreed.
The transfer couldn't be done blindly, so the two quickly used the materials around them to create disguises, to avoid being recognized or remembered along the way, which would ruin everything.
Then, they went downstairs separately and moved the supplies they had prepared over the past few days to the car one by one.
After doing this, Han Wanghuo closed the door and drove his battered black SUV towards the other side of Antan Street.
After bypassing a popular bathhouse, the vehicle entered a relatively quiet alley and parked in front of an old apartment building.
"Second floor," Han Wanghuo said simply.
Zeng Duo didn't ask any further questions, following him up to the second floor and watching him take out a key to open the brown-red wooden door of a certain room.
Seeing her slightly puzzled expression, Han Wanghuo said casually:
"This was prepared in advance.
"In the Greylands, you can never be too careful."
"I understand, a wily rabbit has three burrows," Zeng Duo nodded slightly.
Seeing Han Wanghuo look over with a slightly surprised expression, she explained with a smile:
"Although our town has many Infected and Mutants, food has always been plentiful, and the environment is relatively stable, so a lot of knowledge from the Old World has been preserved."
Han Wanghuo nodded almost imperceptibly:
"You stay here and rest. I'll go to Antan Street and get that batch of weapons back before those arms dealers find out about this.
"Okay, I'll go back to the previous place and drive your car. We won't unload the supplies from this car now, we don't know when we'll have to move again."
"I'll go with you," Zeng Duo said very calmly.
"You don't need to take this risk," Han Wanghuo habitually advised.
Zeng Duo smiled:
"For someone like me who doesn't have much time left to live, achieving my goal is more important than life itself.
"I don't want the helper I finally found to be gone like this. I don't have enough time to find another batch of helpers."
Han Wanghuo was silent for a few seconds, then responded succinctly:
"Okay."
The two, still in disguise, walked downstairs again.
Zeng Duo looked at the stairs ahead and suddenly said:
"I thought you would let me leave on my own, because the 'Order of Hands' is looking for you, not me.
"That's how you usually act, always prioritizing others."
Han Wanghuo glanced at her, his gaze turning cold:
"That's because it hasn't harmed my core interests yet, but this time, your heart is related to my life, just like that batch of weapons is related to whether the mission can be completed. So, I won't give up, even if it means taking a little risk, I have to get them back.
"Don't think I'm a good person, that's just what I pretend to be."
Zeng Duo didn't turn her head, but glanced at the man with the slightly fierce appearance out of the corner of her eye:
"If you weren't a good person, I'd be dead by now. It's easier to deal with me alone than to face the regular army of 'First City'."
"When there's a choice, keeping promises allows you to gain more in the future," Han Wanghuo left the apartment and walked towards his battered jeep. "You saw just now, my good deeds were rewarded."
Zeng Duo didn't speak again, until she got into the car and sat in the passenger seat, then she muttered in a low voice:
"But the way you look, it seems like you don't really believe you'll get good rewards, you just think it's an accident."
Han Wanghuo started the vehicle, seemingly not hearing her words.
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Near Antan Street, the two vehicles rented by the Old Task Force were traveling on different roads.
--In order to deal with the "Order of Hands," they didn't even personally rent the cars this time, but used Shang Jianyao's "Reasoning Clown" to "invite" two ruin hunters to help.
As for the problem that the effect of "Reasoning Clown" would disappear over time, they didn't consider it at all, because that would have to be a few days later anyway. The Old Task Force had already given up on these two rented cars.
Jiang Baimian, sitting in one of the cars, picked up the walkie-talkie and instructed Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Genava in the other car:
"If there are no accidents, the 'Order of Hands' and some ruin hunters will definitely be able to find out that Lao Han lives near here through the task files left by the Hunter's Guild, and then start a search.
"Our method is to drive around, pretending to be ruin hunters looking for clues, and observe whether there is any activity.
"Once we find any place where there is a commotion, rush over there and try to rescue Lao Han before he is caught.
"Uh... we can't give up on observing pedestrians on the road during this process. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to run into Lao Han, who has disguised himself but hasn't been discovered yet?"
Long Yuehong conveyed the team leader's meaning to Bai Chen, who was driving, and then asked:
"If Lao Han doesn't live nearby anymore, won't we get nothing?"
"If that's really the case, we should thank God!" Jiang Baimian replied with amusement. "That means Lao Han won't be in danger for a while. Okay, follow the arrangements just now and each of you will be responsible for a certain area.
"By the way, when observing pedestrians, focus on women who are short and thin. If Lao Han disguises himself, the features won't be too obvious, but his companion is not like that, and this is also something the Hunter's Guild doesn't know."
After explaining these things, Jiang Baimian turned her head and said to Shang Jianyao, who was driving:
"Let's go to Antan Street and squat, there's a high probability that Lao Han will appear there."
Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian laughed:
"Are you going to ask why?
"It's very simple. We have previously deduced that Lao Han took on a very difficult task in order to replace his heart, and is looking for collaborators everywhere.
"Logically speaking, it's not difficult for us to determine that Lao Han is also raising weapons, ammunition, and canned goods, which are necessary conditions for completing complex tasks.
"And if Lao Han has already prepared these, then he must have already set off, his condition can't wait.
"If he hasn't prepared, one possibility is that he doesn't have enough manpower, and the other is that he doesn't have enough supplies. For the latter, where is a more suitable place than Antan Street?"
Jiang Baimian couldn't be sure whether Han Wanghuo was currently stuck with supplies or helpers, so she could only say that there was a certain probability.
Make bold assumptions and carefully verify them.
After listening, Shang Jianyao, who was driving, said "Mm":
"I'm not Xiao Hong."
This time, Jiang Baimian directly understood what he meant:
He wasn't Long Yuehong, he wouldn't need others to enlighten him or take more time to figure it out.
As they spoke, Shang Jianyao casually picked up a baseball cap, put it on his head, and pressed the brim very low.
"You're..." Jiang Baimian asked hesitantly.
Shang Jianyao replied seriously:
"The disguise I learned from a few fake 'priests'."
"This makes us look like villains," Jiang Baimian clicked her tongue and focused her gaze on Antan Street, which was getting closer and closer.
This was the largest, most famous, and most chaotic black market in "First City".
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Antan Street, with messy houses and a dark environment, everyone who came and went was somewhat vigilant.
Han Wanghuo, wearing a hat and glasses, walked into Old Reggie's gun shop without a signboard.
Zeng Duo, who was also in disguise, followed closely behind him, observing the surrounding situation with a lot of experience.
"Is my batch of arms here yet?" Han Wanghuo knocked on the counter in front of Old Reggie.
Old Reggie, with a white beard, looked up at him, carefully observed him for a while, and suddenly smiled:
"It's you, the disguise is well done.
"You don't seem simple, I remember someone was looking for you before, someone I know."
"I remember that arms dealers don't ask what their customers are buying the goods for," Han Wanghuo replied in a deep voice.
Old Reggie laughed:
"No, I still ask, in case they take the arms and rob me on the spot, that wouldn't be good.
"Haha, the goods you wanted are ready, I hope you brought enough money too."
Han Wanghuo patted the small bag on his shoulder:
"It's all here."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people came into the gun shop.
The leader was wearing a shirt and vest, of medium build, with black hair and brown eyes, with an ordinary appearance and a pair of wooden, immobile eyes.
This was none other than Theodore, a capable general of the "Order of Hands" and assistant to the Order Officer of the Golden Apple District.
A man next to him took out a restored photo, took a few steps forward, and handed it to Old Reggie:
"Have you seen this person?"
The person in the photo had messy eyebrows, looking fierce, with two scars, one horizontal and one vertical, on his face, which was Han Wanghuo.