LWDC Chapter 202

Chapter 202: Uniforms and Handcuffs

Chapter 202: Uniforms and Handcuffs

Chapter 202: Uniforms and Handcuffs

Duan Yunhong led the way, followed by Ning Fei and two other guards.

After several turns, they stopped in front of a seemingly ordinary room. The door was locked. Ning Fei glanced at Duan Yunhong: “Unlock it.”

Duan Yunhong said, “It’s locked by the control room.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Ning Fei’s laser gun was still pointing at him, and he raised his chin, gesturing, “As the leader, you don’t have a spare universal key? Impossible. Open the door quickly!”

Duan Yunhong raised an eyebrow slightly: “The universal key requires my iris and fingerprint. My hands are behind me, which is inconvenient. How about…”

Ning Fei pushed him against the wall next to the door with a “bang!” His elbow slammed into the man’s lower back, while the laser gun pressed against the back of his head again.

“I said, stop fucking talking nonsense, didn’t you hear me?” Ning Fei sneered, “I’ll give you one more chance, open the door!”

Duan Yunhong was pinned to the wall, unable to move: “…Fine.”

Ning Fei then released him.

Duan Yunhong finally straightened up again, stood in front of the electronic lock by the door, and turned to look at Ning Fei again. His cold tone didn’t reveal whether he was angry or not: “Press the unlock button first.”

The height of the electronic lock was about chest level for him, and it would be awkward to raise his hand even with his back turned. Ning Fei didn’t ask him to tap it with his chin, and simply reached out and pressed it.

The indicator light on the electronic lock lit up. Duan Yunhong stood still, and soon the electronic lock screen displayed “Iris verification passed.”

Below were two more options—voiceprint verification and fingerprint verification.

Ning Fei wore a playful expression. Without Duan Yunhong’s prompting, he took the initiative to select “Voiceprint verification.”

Duan Yunhong: “…I just don’t remember it.”

Ding. The electronic lock displayed “Voiceprint verification passed,” and the door popped open a crack with a click.

Ning Fei looked at the guards behind him, gesturing with a nod. The guards stepped forward and stood in the doorway’s sensing area. As the door slid open, the guards immediately raised their guns and pointed them inside: “Don’t move! Hands up!”

Russell and his girlfriend raised their hands in a panic.

The guards went inside and searched the two young people. Ning Fei also walked to the door and glanced inside: “Prince Russell?”

Russell didn’t know who these people were, but he remembered Duan Yunhong’s instructions to him: “Don’t reveal your identity.” So he replied, “No, I’m not. You’ve got the wrong person.”

Ning Fei raised an eyebrow, grabbed Duan Yunhong, and pointed the laser gun at his head with practiced ease.

“We are the special operations team of the Lopan Empire. The space pirates on the ship have been completely controlled by us.” Ning Fei looked at Russell and said leisurely, “You’d better confirm again, are you Russell, or a space pirate?”

“…I am, I am Russell!” Seeing that even Duan Yunhong had lost his ability to resist, Russell realized that if he continued to deny it, he would suffer the same fate. He quickly changed his tune and said, “This is my girlfriend, Megan. We are not space pirates!”

“I’m glad to see you safe and sound, Your Highness.” Ning Fei finally showed a smile, but it wasn’t genuine at all, making people feel a little uneasy. “Please follow my team members. We will take you to a safe place.”

Russell hesitated for a moment: “Can I pack my luggage?”

“Sure, they’ll stay here with you while you pack. We’ll meet at the ship’s door in 20 minutes.” Ning Fei nodded, and instructed his team members, “You must stay close to His Highness at all times, and report any incidents immediately.”

“Yes!”

“Then I’ll take my men back to assemble.” Ning Fei finished speaking, turned his head to look at Duan Yunhong, “Let’s go, Captain Duan. Your usefulness ends here.”

Duan Yunhong gazed at him, unhurriedly saying, “You seem to have forgotten someone.”

“Who?”

“The Prince’s secretary, Oren.” Duan Yunhong’s tone was mocking. “But he’s currently having diarrhea. I’m afraid it’ll be a little difficult for you to pull him up from the toilet.”

Ning Fei sneered: “Oh, you mean that waste.”

Duan Yunhong heard the implication in his words, and smiled, lowering his eyes: “…Yes, just a waste.”

*

Ning Fei brought Duan Yunhong to Oren’s room again.

This time, the two didn’t need to say much. One pressed and the other scanned, and the door opened. However, Oren’s figure was nowhere to be seen in the room. Ning Fei looked at Duan Yunhong, who gestured towards the bathroom.

“Tsk…” Although the ventilation system on the spaceship was excellent, Ning Fei somehow felt like he could smell that stench. He really didn’t want to go inside. So he stopped at the door, raised his communicator, and sent a message to a team member to bring medicine. He prepared to just stand at the door and wait for Oren to come out of the bathroom.

Since there was no one else around anyway, Duan Yunhong’s attitude relaxed: “Ha, and you said I was fastidious…”

Ning Fei glanced at him from under the brim of his hat, not responding to his nonsense.

Duan Yunhong didn’t know if he was being cautious of surveillance or simply indulging his acting instincts. But it had to be said, Duan Yunhong had never seen Ning Fei dressed like this before. It was more formal and abstinent than when he was a teacher. Especially the way he slightly raised his chin and looked down at people. Duan Yunhong was stunned. Every glance was like a scratch on Duan Yunhong’s heart, making him unable to resist teasing him, just wanting to see what kind of gaze Ning Fei would cast next.

The only regret was that Duan Yunhong hadn’t been bold enough to reach out and touch him when they shook hands. If he could, Duan Yunhong would have liked to take off his hat while Ning Fei was staring at him, and do something else when his expression was completely exposed.

“…” Ning Fei sensed Duan Yunhong’s thoughts. After all, Duan Yunhong’s gaze was too unrestrained, and he had no awareness of being “arrested” at all. It was difficult for Ning Fei to ignore the thoughts that were almost overflowing from his mind.

Or rather, ever since Ning Fei boarded the ship and faced him, his rather aggressive gaze had never stopped. Especially now that there was no one else around, Duan Yunhong looked even more like he was about to “pounce and bite.” He was really harassing Ning Fei to the point where he wanted to click his tongue in silence.

So Ning Fei raised his hand, pointed his index and middle fingers at his own eyes, then pointed at Duan Yunhong’s eyes, and then mimed digging downwards, indicating: Look again and I’ll gouge out your eyeballs.

However, this evil threat turned into a “cute action that contrasted with his image” in Duan Yunhong’s eyes. The man smiled and tried to provoke him again: “Officer Ning, are you just going to stand here and wait? Aren’t you tired?”

Ning Fei didn’t know why this guy was asking, but he reacted quickly, sneering: “Then lie down and be my chair.”

Duan Yunhong: …

–Damn, I really feel like lying down wouldn’t be so bad, what should I do?

Fortunately, the bathroom door opened just as Duan Yunhong was dazed.

The two men’s attention shifted immediately. They watched as the door opened, and Oren wobbled out, clutching his stomach.

Oren quickly noticed the two men standing at the door. Surprise showed on his pale face: “What’s going on… Duan Yunhong? What are you doing here?”

Duan Yunhong’s hands were cuffed behind his back. It wasn’t surprising that Oren didn’t see it right away. What Duan Yunhong found strange was: “…He doesn’t recognize you?”

Of course, this was directed at Ning Fei. Ning Fei calmly asked back: “Why should he recognize me?”

Duan Yunhong felt that Ning Fei’s words were inexplicable: “Didn’t he call you here?”

Of course, this wasn’t referring to the connection between the Imperial Guards and the Royal Secretary, but between debt collectors.

In Duan Yunhong’s impression, there wouldn’t usually be two Bureau debt collectors in the same world. Unless one of them called for reinforcements, and the other came to assist in completing the debt collection task, like Chonglin asking Ning Fei for targeted assistance before. Now that Ning Fei and Oren were appearing in the same mission world, Duan Yunhong naturally assumed that Ning Fei was there to assist Oren. Even if they didn’t know each other, the Bureau should help them recognize each other.

But in the current situation, Oren clearly didn’t recognize his colleague, and Ning Fei didn’t seem to want to pay attention to Oren… What was going on?

Just then, the guard who had gone to find antidiarrheal medicine finally arrived late, interrupting the subtle standoff between the three.

After the guard’s explanation, Oren finally understood that this special guard team was the Imperial Special Operations Team sent to rescue the Prince. And the space pirates on the entire ship had been controlled by the guards.

“…Hahahaha! I knew it, my life wasn’t supposed to end!”

Oren was simply ecstatic, especially when he saw that Duan Yunhong’s hands were already cuffed behind his back. He couldn’t help but laugh and mock him: “What space pirates, what… bandits, go to hell! I haven’t lost yet, hahaha!… Ah!”

Ning Fei put down the cup of water he had splashed.

“What are you doing?!” Oren’s face was splattered with water. Although it was just plain drinking water, he was still shocked. “You’re a guard captain, what are you trying to do to an Internal Affairs Minister!”

“Just trying to calm you down.” Ning Fei’s tone was cold, as if he was really acting officially. “People who are rescued may become overly happy and temporarily suffer a mental breakdown. This is a type of acute stress disorder. If left unattended, it may lead to unknown serious consequences. Don’t worry, we’ve seen it all before, and we’re very experienced in control. Have you calmed down? If not, we’ll have to use more effective methods…”

“I’m calm! I’m very calm!” Oren quickly stopped him. “I’m not crazy, I’m just very happy after being rescued, no need… uh…”

He covered his stomach again and hurriedly opened the antidiarrheal medicine that the guard handed him – he had been so focused on excitement and mockery that he had forgotten to take the medicine in his hand.

However, the medicine box was capsule-shaped. Oren wanted to find water to swallow it, but all the water in the cup had already been splashed on his face. He could only move to the water dispenser with difficulty, and refill the water to take the medicine. Just those few steps seemed like he was about to lose control, and his posture was very awkward in front of so many people.

Ning Fei had a bad feeling. He took a step back in disgust and ordered the team members: “It seems the secretary will need a while longer. I’ll take this one first. You can bring him back after he’s done.”

“Yes.” The team member replied, and glanced at Duan Yunhong, “Captain, are you taking him over there alone? Should I go with you first…”

“No need.” Ning Fei picked up the chain between Duan Yunhong’s handcuffs behind his back again. “I believe Boss Duan understands the saying ‘A wise man submits to circumstances,’ right?”

Duan Yunhong remained expressionless and silent, not knowing if he was tacitly agreeing.

On the other hand, the guard saw the thin chain and didn’t know what tricks his captain was playing. He just touched his equipment bag: “Electric shock suppression collar…”

“The electric shock function on the handcuffs is already activated.” Ning Fei indicated the communicator on his wrist. “I also brought the ‘bite stopper’. If necessary, I will ‘leash’ him, so don’t worry.”

The last sentence was said while glancing at Duan Yunhong, with a meaningful tone that made Duan Yunhong raise an eyebrow slightly. The team member didn’t notice anything strange, and just nodded: “Understood.”

“Then let’s go, Captain Duan.” Ning Fei’s address changed back and forth, very casually, and he tugged on the chain, smiling wickedly. “Do I have to teach you how to ‘heel’?”

Duan Yunhong didn’t show any anger when he heard his almost explicit “dog training” words. He only revealed a thought-provoking smile, which he quickly withdrew before turning and walking away.

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Two chapters will be updated tomorrow to finish the main text! And it will be updated very early!