Chapter 406
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Chapter 406: Mark
“…So, why are we heading in this direction?”
After walking for a while, Cao Yuan couldn’t help but ask, “Why don’t we just take their car and leave this fog behind?”
Baili Pangpang clicked his tongue, “What do you know? This is called a sense of mystery! If we just casually get in their car and leave while laughing, how will we leave an impression? How will we look cool?”
“…” Cao Yuan turned to Lin Qiye, “Qiye, do you think the same way?”
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, “I only know that after other special teams complete their missions, they don’t take the rescue team’s vehicle to leave the scene…”
“Now that you mention it, it does seem a bit low-key.” Cao Yuan sighed.
“Our entrance was already quite unremarkable, so we should at least make our exit look cool, right?” Baili Pangpang shrugged, “If we could just fly away like the ‘Medium’ did, that would really be impressive!”
Jialan quietly listened to the three chatting, smiling without speaking.
Lin Qiye noticed Jialan and, after hesitating for a moment, walked directly to her side, looking down at the broken wooden bow in her hands, frowning slightly.
“After we go back, I’ll help you apply to the higher-ups for materials to make you a new bow with a straight blade.” Lin Qiye said.
Jialan gazed at the bow for a moment, her eyes showing reluctance.
“This bow is very important?” Lin Qiye asked, puzzled.
Jialan nodded.
Lin Qiye thought for a moment, “Then let’s send this bow over so they can repair it and send it back to you.”
Upon hearing this, Jialan’s eyes lit up. She looked up at Lin Qiye, her eyes seemingly filled with stars, blinking and smiling like a crescent moon.
“Hey, Old Cao.” Baili Pangpang leaned closer to Cao Yuan, his expression strange, “Don’t you think… Sister Lan’s gaze towards Qiye is a bit off?”
Cao Yuan shot him a glance, “What’s off about it?”
“Just, just… never mind, you wouldn’t understand as a straight man.” Baili Pangpang gave up the struggle.
Cao Yuan rolled his eyes, “You need to realize one thing.”
“What?”
“If I’m a straight man, then Qiye is even straighter than I am.” Cao Yuan said seriously, “If I can’t see it, he definitely can’t either…”
Baili Pangpang: …
You make it sound like it makes sense!
Baili Pangpang looked at Jialan with sympathy and sighed deeply.
Sister Lan, your future path is still very long… No, your future path is very long, very long, very long!
The group walked through the foggy streets and reached the outskirts of the deserted city center. The buzzing sound of an engine came from afar, and a black van appeared at the end of the road.
“Our exit method has arrived.” Lin Qiye said, looking at the vehicle.
The black van slowly stopped in front of them, and the driver, wearing glasses, rolled down the window. An Qingyu leaned out, patted the door, and flipped his hair stylishly.
“Get in.”
“…”
Baili Pangpang glanced disdainfully at the old van, “Can I not get in? This is hardly better than riding a shared bike home.”
“If you want to bike twenty kilometers to the safe house, then of course you can skip it.” Lin Qiye replied seriously after a moment of thought.
“Wait!” Cao Yuan suddenly spoke up, “Aren’t we forgetting something?”
Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang turned to him in confusion.
“Leave a mark!” Cao Yuan reminded, “How can we prove we were here if we don’t leave a mark?”
Once he said that, Lin Qiye remembered.
Back when they were on a mission in the primitive forest, they didn’t bother to leave their mark since no one was watching, and there were only two members in the night watch team stationed in Anta County. But the situation was different now.
During this mission, they had achieved significant accomplishments, and there was also a six-member Team 017 lost in the fog. To facilitate recognition of their contributions, it would be better to leave a unique mark.
“What kind of mark should we leave?” Lin Qiye pondered.
“How about we draw a fat guy on the ground?”
Baili Pangpang pulled out a can of black spray paint from his pocket, excitedly speaking!
Without waiting for others to stop him, he pressed the nozzle and sprayed a crooked figure on the ground.
“No way, that’s too ugly!” Cao Yuan snatched the spray paint from Baili Pangpang, hesitated for a moment, and sprayed a straight knife in the figure’s right hand.
Though it was called a straight knife, it was just a black “丿.” Not done yet, Cao Yuan added a swirl of lines around this “丿,” symbolizing a fierce aura.
Jialan’s eyes sparkled; she waved at Cao Yuan, looking eager to try.
“Sister Lan wants to draw, hurry and let her have a go!” Baili Pangpang snatched the spray paint from Cao Yuan and handed it to Jialan.
So, Jialan sprayed a bow and arrow on the figure’s left hand. It must be said that compared to Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan’s drawing skills, Jialan’s bow was the only recognizable part of the picture…
An Qingyu got out of the driver’s seat, took the spray paint from Jialan, and after pondering for a moment, added a pair of black glasses to the figure…
Thus, a fat guy holding a bow and arrow in his left hand, a straight knife in his right, and wearing black-framed glasses was born!
Lin Qiye: …???
“After all, this is supposed to symbolize our team’s image… but this is just too ugly.” Lin Qiye facepalmed.
The others exchanged glances and silently nodded.
“Qiye, how do you think we should draw it?” Baili Pangpang handed the spray paint to Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye looked at the abstract painting with a headache, thought hard for a long time, and couldn’t come up with a better idea. He simply pressed the nozzle and painted the entire picture black.
For aesthetics, Lin Qiye used his experience in drawing magic circles to create a perfect circle on the ground, filling the center with black, transforming the entire image into a “●.”
“That seems a bit too simple.” Lin Qiye murmured.
His peripheral vision caught sight of the dual knives on his back, and his eyes brightened. He used the spray paint in his hand to draw a large “×” on the circle.
These two strokes were steady and full of power, like two black straight knives slicing through the night, clean and sharp.
“Now it looks a bit better.” An Qingyu nodded, adding, “Better than the previous one…”
“Then let’s go with this.”
Lin Qiye tossed the spray paint back to Baili Pangpang, clapped his hands, and looked down at his masterpiece, nodding in satisfaction.
“Wrap it up!”
