Chapter 10

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Michael Fung's codename is 'Tourist'. He is one of the Seedling Agents assigned at the Hong Kong branch, SS Seedling project. He has been an agent for the branch for a long time now and has completed countless missions all over Asia.

His expertise is on close-quarter combat and robbery-like assassinations. As someone who frequently travels as a cover, he is well-versed in the many streets of the world and could escape anytime anywhere as if he is a ghost.

One of his most recent works is the assassination of a businessman who deals with narcotics in Japan. This guy has killed one of the Chinese operatives when he was in Macao and escaped to Japan after. 'Tourist' came after him and set up a robbery-like scene in the man's house. The man died inside his bathtub with several stab wounds on his body.

It is said that the culprit is a professional robber as he accurately took the most valuable things in the man's house.

It became a sensation, and no one knows that the culprit has already slipped out of japan and returned to Hong Kong a few days later.

This is Michael Fung's expertise and he is really good at it.

At this moment, Michael has already alighted the cab and walk to the opposite side of his target building. He waited to the side for a while, then when the door opens and a few people walk out. Michael pretended to greet the people and a key is already in his hand as he enters the building.

No one became suspicious that an unknown person has actually entered the building.

He quickly traverses the stairs and reaches the roof of the building. From there, he carefully takes out a binocular and spies on his target building.

The light is not on and the apartment is pitch black. But he did not stop watching as if he could feel the presence of a figure in that darkness.

After a while, he carefully takes out a tranquilizer rifle and sets it up on the ledge of the rooftop. Then he takes out a thermal scope and mounted it on the rifle.

Looking through the thermal scope, 'Tourist' could now see fairly the apartment and immediately noticed a figure moving inside.

He could tell that the figure is that of a woman and that she seems to be looking for something. When the figure walks outside the room, he immediately lost sight of her.

He frowns for a bit but patiently waited.

Soon he saw the figure appearing once again but this time in another room. It was the living room and she seems to be looking at some of the books in that place.

It was a bit peculiar as everything is dark but it seems that she could see her surroundings.

He was a bit confused, but then a slightly wicked smile appears on his face as his finger slowly crept to the trigger.

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Inside Li Qin apartment

30 minutes ago...

Yun Rong was able to enter the apartment after contacting the landlord.

"Ah… Miss Li… Welcome back… How is your vacation?" the man greeted when he saw Yun Rong standing outside the gate.

She is currently wearing a black leather jacket and blue jeans.

She was a bit surprised but reacted by nodding her head and showing a gentle smile on her face.

"It was great… I did enjoy the sea." She said.

She is already aware that she went to the sea that week where she disappears. What happened before that is the mystery that she needed to solve at this point in time. She wanted to know who are her contacts and where are they now. If she could find some clue about them, then maybe she could also find out who she really is or even gain her memory back.

Because as of now, she is still not convinced that she is Li Qin though she looks like her. The reason for this is because she could not feel any closeness to that face. It's like looking at a mirror and seeing another person. It's an instinct that she has that says that the clues are wrong.

So to make sure, she needs to do more thorough research.

She followed the landlord as they walk to her apartment door.

"Umm… Do you have a spare key? I lost mine in my travels…" she suddenly said.

"Oh, that's too bad. Well… as you can see I could provide you with a new set of keys, but as the contract says, you have to pay extra for that because we need to change the main locking system of the house." The landlord said with a slightly apologetic smile.

"That's fine…" Yun Rong replied with a nod.

The landlord opens the door of 'her' apartment and she saw that everything is in order. Yun Rong discovered that the apartment is actually really big and that it looks luxurious.

After the landlord walks out, she immediately turns off the lights. She then walks to every room without the lights.

The reason for this is simple... She knew that the police are looking for her. If she turns on the light in her apartment, and this is reported, then the police could be alarmed by this.

But unknown to her, this morning, some of the police officers have already contacted the landlord. But since the agreement of complete secrecy is very well followed in this area, the manager did not contact the police. Except for drug dealing and murder, the landlord would not meddle in any other affairs.

Since the police are only looking for her for questioning, the landlord thought that it is not necessary to disturb the rest of his tenants. He would just tell her tomorrow morning that the police are looking for her. Being a little considerate he already noticed that she seem to be fatigued after a long trip.

Yun Rong quickly looks around the place. With the help of the suit's IRIS system, all she has to do is use her index finger and thumb to form a circle and look into it. With that, she could clearly see in the darkness like it is daytime.

After checking the kitchen, she directly went to the bedroom and saw the neat bed. Opening the closet, she saw many dresses which are unfamiliar to her. But she still touches them one by one as she likes their styles.

She tried to copy as many clothes as she can in that closet, and even the shoes.

"From the looks of it, I… this Li Qin might have been living an affluent life." She thought while looking at the luxurious stuff that every woman would dream of having.

Her eyes suddenly twinkle as she saw pieces of jewelry inside a drawer. One by one she takes them out and a gleam appears in her eyes.

"Since they think that all of these are mine… Then it would not be that bad to take them all, right?" she muttered as she began taking out the pieces of jewelry and began putting them in her pocket.

"Store them safely..." she commanded.

Her suit began absorbing them and places them in the side pocket of her jacket which suddenly formed into a hard object which would protect the object in it from falling out.

The leather jacket bulges as many compartments are created. Many pieces of jewelry began to enter the compartments as Yun Rong continuously take everything away.

After doing that, satisfied with her 'harvest'... she left the bedroom and headed to the living room. From there she discovered many books and began looking at the table and the drawers below. She began to scan through the envelopes and saw an invitation without the letter inside. She has already memorized the sender's address is on the envelope.

After that, she carefully opened the drawer and found some blueprints of a luxury yacht. And this made her feel a little baffled.

Then from the corner, she noticed that something is showing a secret compartment. When she touches that corner, she felt a small lump and presses it.

A small trap door pops open from inside the drawer and she was shocked to see some passports.

Yun Rong carefully takes the passports and tried to check on them when suddenly something broke through the window.

Crash!

Yun Rong felt something bit her shoulder as she staggered from the table and fell to the ground.

Ack!!!

She was immediately alarmed as she did not know what hit her. When her eyes darted to the direction where the attack came from, Yun Rong's face turned serious.

Although she was a bit confused and was a bit taken aback, her mind seems to have once again turned to her survival instinct as quickly tried to hid under the table.

"Around 200 meters on the other side of the building… Male, dark blue hair, and has a weapon… a… tranquilizer…" she muttered.

But then suddenly she discovered that her consciousness is slowly fading.

Then from IRIS, she could hear the mechanical voice of her suit and see some words.

'Detecting forceful puncture on the suit…'

'Detecting large dosage of a drug in the body… the drug found is… Ketamine…' 'Warning! Warning! The danger of overdose is imminent…'

'System will attempt to flush out the drug from the body… Estimated time…'

'2 minutes…'

Upon seeing and hearing this, Yun Rong tries her best to stay conscious as she knew that it would be fatal if she became unconscious at this time.

It seems that someone is after her life. For what reason, that she did not know.

However, she has her speculations.

If this is truly the work of that man in the black market, then she would be stupid to not pay him back for attempting to kill her twice now.

She knew that the guy who attacked her will be coming soon to confirm the kill, but how could she fight back when she is barely conscious.

"I… I need to… move… away... from… From this place…" she thought as she began to try to drag her body.

However, she suddenly discovered that she could not move. The suit seems to have hardened and some electrical pulses are crawling from inside her body. It's like the suit is trying to do something.

...

She did not know how long it has been when suddenly, with her sharp hearing, she heard some keys jingling from outside the door and one by one the keys are being inserted through the knob.

After a while, a click was heard and the door slowly opened.

"Oh… This is a good place…" the person said as he slowly enters the room.

His hand has already taken out his sidearm and is holding it in front of him while looking around the dark place. He too did not turn on the light and just carefully walks through the darkness.

"Where are you little kitten?…" he called out with a smile as he walks to the living room.

His footsteps are light and he was able to quickly reach his target destination.

From where he stood, he could see a figure at the side of the table lying unmoving on the floor.

A slight evil smile appears on his face as he walks closer.

"Hihi… What a jackpot I have today… In truth, I never really expected that you are going to be my target. Man, oh, man... I thought that this would be a hard fight. But Nahhh... It's easy." he said with a slightly excited expression.

The guy is wearing a night vision goggle on his head.

And he was able to see Yun Rong's face in the darkness.

"Hmm… You are a fine beauty indeed. But it's just sad that you have to die... However, they did not say to not touch you, right?" he said as an evil broke through his face.

The excitement in the man's eyes is evident while he observed the motionless woman on the floor.

"Hmm… Your... body looks a bit better than before, did you work out? Hehe..." he said as he slowly touches Yun Rong's side while squatting on the ground trying to turn her over.

She is a bit stiff, but he somewhat associates this with the effect of the tranquilizer.

He then slowly unzips the pants of Yun Rong.

"Oh… What is this?… Clean and no undies… Hihihi…" the man became a bit more excited after he saw the smooth white skin under.

But unknown to him, a voice was suddenly heard from Yun Rong's ears, and her eyes suddenly open.

'Body system status… The substance has been removed and synthesized…'