Chapter 513
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Chapter 513: Disposing of the Body
After stuffing Wang Zhong’s body into a sack, they temporarily hid it under Zhang Lin’s bed.
Perhaps Wang Zhong himself never expected Zhang Lin to be so decisive in killing him.
At the same time, the number of members in this armament theft gang far exceeded his imagination.
There’s a lot of truth to the saying, “birds of a feather flock together.”
Aside from a few individuals who provided support within the military camps, the rest of Zhang Lin’s armament theft gang were all members of his night watch squad.
After all, night provided a good cover for illicit activities.
And when people from the same team engage in shady dealings, it’s hard for it to go unnoticed.
So, Zhang Lin simply pulled the entire squad into his scheme.
Zhao Pan, Iron Wall City’s garrison commander, was known for his strict discipline.
However, not everyone enjoyed serving under such a general.
Out of a hundred people, it’s impossible for all of them to be good, or all of them to be scumbags.
No matter how strictly disciplined a general’s army, a few degenerates are bound to appear under his command.
And these degenerates, finding no easy pickings, would inevitably start having other ideas.
Originally, Zhang Lin’s night watch squad wasn’t entirely composed of degenerates.
However, those who refused to join the scheme had already been “dealt with.”
Iron Wall City was near the grassland and served as Myriad World Civilization’s eastern border.
Battles were frequent there, and combined with the recent severe blizzard, a few deaths were hardly unusual.
In this way, Zhang Lin successfully gathered all the degenerates he could, finding ways to get them into his team, while eliminating those who wouldn’t join.
This ultimately resulted in a squad composed entirely of scoundrels.
After temporarily stashing Wang Zhong’s body, the group naturally needed to discuss their next steps.
At the same time, to prevent any potential investigation from reaching them, they also needed to unify their alibis.
After a round of instructions, everyone quickly dispersed under the cover of night.
The next evening, after completing the handover with the daytime watch, Zhang Lin calmly ascended the city wall.
Time passed moment by moment.
Before nightfall, Liu Tao, the deputy general of the city defense force, came by for a patrol.
Watching Liu Tao’s retreating back, Zhang Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew that Liu Tao wouldn’t be coming back later.
Under normal circumstances, unless it was wartime, why would a general-level figure stay up late to patrol the city walls?
At most, they would only come to check the situation during the transition between day and night.
It wasn’t until the latter half of the night.
In the areas where the torchlight couldn’t reach, it was practically pitch black.
Zhang Lin quietly returned to his lodging.
He carried the sack containing Wang Zhong’s body all the way up to the city wall.
Then, he gave a knowing look to his other subordinates on the night watch team.
The others immediately understood.
They quickly fetched an emergency lifting basket.
Using the basket, Zhang Lin and two other subordinates easily exited the city.
The three men ran for a while, carrying their tools and Wang Zhong’s body.
Along the way, they naturally felt a sense of unease.
One of the subordinates even suggested, “Boss, why don’t we just burn the body to destroy the evidence?”
“Terrible idea!”
Zhang Lin snapped back irritably.
“Setting a body on fire in the middle of the night? Are you trying to make us more obvious?! If that firelight gets discovered by others, we’re all done for!”
At this point, Zhang Lin took a breath.
“We’ll go further, avoid the main roads, dig a pit, and bury the body. In the wilderness, who would find it? Maybe in a few days, this body will be completely gnawed away by the wild beasts out here. Then no one will recognize it!”
“Speaking of wild beasts, Boss, is it safe for us to be out here?”
This topic made both subordinates feel a bit nervous.
Winter had just passed, and the wild beasts out there were probably starving.
With only three of them, even with weapons, encountering fierce beasts would be quite dangerous.
At this thought, even Zhang Lin shivered.
Then he glared fiercely at the subordinate.
“Shut up!”
After barking at him, Zhang Lin looked around the pitch-black wilderness.
The biting cold in the air made him want to return quickly.
With thoughts racing, he pointed.
“This spot will do. It’s far enough from the city. Dig a pit here and bury him!”
In the wilderness, after their earlier conversation, none of the three dared to delay.
They picked up their shovels and quickly began digging.
After burying the man thoroughly, Zhang Lin, just to be safe, moved a large stone to place on top as a marker.
He double-checked everything.
Only then did he and his two subordinates jog all the way back to Iron Wall City.
But no sooner had the three men left than several figures, almost blending into the darkness, slowly emerged from the night.
One of the dark figures glanced at the spot where Wang Zhong’s body was buried, and then a surprisingly clear voice spoke up.
“What should we do? Should we take this body back?”
Hearing this, the black-clad figure, presumably the leader, calmly replied.
“No need. This Wang Zhong is useless now. From now on, we just need to keep an eye on Zhang Lin and the people around him.”
“But your subordinate believes Wang Zhong’s body could at least serve as evidence.”
“Heh, when our dark department does things, do we need evidence?”
Faced with this rhetorical question, the person wanted to say more but was pulled back by another black-clad figure nearby.
“Red Kite, though the Commander values your ability and sent you here, as a newcomer, you should speak less and do more.”
While speaking, the black-clad figure quickly shook his head at Red Kite, telling her to shut up and not speak further.
Although Red Kite felt a little unwilling, she listened to her senior’s advice and obediently closed her mouth.
Black Raven, who witnessed this scene, was not in the mood to argue with a newcomer.
“When the mission was given, the Commander said that this matter needed to be handled beautifully.”
“But looking at this group’s behavior, they clearly won’t make any big moves in the short term, which makes it difficult for us to ascertain whose hands those military supplies fell into. If this drags on too long, His Majesty will doubt our dark department’s efficiency…”
Hearing this, the black-clad figure who had pulled Hongyuan back spoke up.
“So, Black Raven, what do you plan to do?”
“What to do? Of course, we’ll put some pressure on them, Azure Sparrow.”
Black Raven, as he was called, sneered coldly.
“You two continue to monitor Zhang Lin and his group. I’m going to take care of something.”
