Volume 1: The Fierce Tiger Leaves Its Leash Chapter 31: True and False Lies (Part 1)

  When Luo Zuo Chang sat behind the desk, the guard did not enter. After scanning the room with his eyes, the guard pulled up the door and left. Ling Tian Xiang also let out a breath of relief. If he was discovered by the guard, then he would have to use the most vicious means to control the situation, which was also the last resort he wanted to take.

  After sticking to the door for a while and making sure the guard had walked away, Ling Tianxiang finally walked up to Director Luo's side.

  "What exactly do you want to do?" Luo Chu Zhang had been very cooperative all along and hadn't even given the guard a hint that there was someone else in the room.

  "I just want to know one thing." Ling Tianxiang put away his gun, if he was still suspicious of Luo before, now his suspicion has been shaken. If Luo was a traitor, he could have hinted at the guard, and then Ling Tianxiang would not be able to get away with it. "Why did you betray the intelligence?"

  "I've said it before, I'm not a traitor!" Luo Chenglong immediately became agitated.

  "Listen up, I'm not here to chat with you!" Ling Tianxiang immediately pulled out a dagger. "If I wanted to, I could flay you alive, one cut at a time, and make sure you don't make a sound. You'd die in extreme agony. Now, understand this: I only want to know who the traitor is, not kill innocent people!"

  "Yes, I've said it before, I'm not a traitor, and I've also told General Zhou, don't believe me, you can call him to ask."

  "Hmm, there's no need for that for now." Ling Tianxiang inserted the dagger into the desktop. "The US military has accurately grasped our action time. If it wasn't for someone leaking intelligence, how would the US military know when we're going to make a move and when to drop the bombs?"

  "I also want to know why, but..."

  "Do you still want to quibble? The other three suspects have already been ruled out, and within the intelligence agency, the one who knew the exact time of action was you. If it wasn't you who leaked the information, then who would it be?"

  “Th...” Luo's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He had already explained to Zhou Guohui, and perhaps Zhou Guohui believed him, or else he wouldn't have let him return home. But would this soldier brother in front of him, who was clearly on the verge of exploding, believe his words? And if he enraged this person, the consequences would be unthinkable.

  "I know that you traitors like you have long been prepared to die. However, do you have family? I think there's a pretty handsome son, isn't there?"

  "You... what are you going to do?" Luo Chu Zhang almost shouted out loud.

  Ling Tianxiang covered his mouth with one hand and said viciously, "I won't do anything, but I can guarantee that if you don't confess honestly, your wife and son will only have one outcome, and it's definitely more painful than your death."

  Luo Chuchang struggled up with great effort, he knew that Ling Tianxiang's words were not just a threat.

  "Now you have two choices: either cooperate with me and tell me who the traitor is, or before dawn breaks, I'll make sure your whole family reunites in the underworld."

  Luochang gave up struggling, even if he had received combat training, but now he was over fifty years old, in front of a twenty-year-old special forces soldier who might be the most powerful in the entire army, his abilities were nothing.

  "I'm giving you five minutes." Ling Tianxiang slowly loosened his grip, "This is my last bit of mercy, you know, my comrades didn't even have a chance for five seconds."

  "I've said it before, I didn't betray any intelligence and I'm cooperating with the investigation!"

  "Don't make excuses to me!" Ling Tianxiang almost stabbed the dagger into Luo Chuzhang's heart, "If you want to explain, go to the underworld and explain to those brothers who sacrificed for me, go to Wei Daming who lost an arm and is still in the intensive care unit. I don't need your explanation, I just need one answer from you."

  "Alright, Little Ling, then we..."

  "Shut up, you have no right to call me that. Let me tell you, I'm here today to settle a score. If you don't cooperate, then I'll go kill your wife first and then kill your son..."

  "No, no, they are innocent, all of them are innocent!" Luo Chu Zhang was terrified.

  "So, tell me, why sell out intelligence?"

  "No, I've said it before, it's not me who leaked the intelligence!" Luo Zhuang was almost furious. "If it were me who leaked the intelligence, would I have gone to find General Zhou Guohui voluntarily? Would I have come back with him? And would I have let my family stay in Wucheng? Maybe you think I'm pretending on purpose for your sake, but why would I involve my family and put them in danger? Even if I were a traitor, the past 30 years of my work would be unforgivable to the country, but why would I put my family in harm's way? Tell me, why would I stay?"

  Ling Tianxiang hesitated again, it was clear that Luo Chuzhang was unlikely to be a traitor, if he was, then he would be an extremely evil traitor who didn't even care about his own family.

  "I don't understand either, why the information was leaked out. There must be a problem somewhere. I have already promised General Zhou to assist in the investigation, and now General Zhou has taken over the military region's intelligence bureau, and the investigation is underway. If I were a traitor, would I do this?"

  "So why won't you arrest that spy?" Ling Tianxiang took a step forward, "Why take this action?"

  "I...". Luo Chu Zhang was momentarily speechless, then began to bitterly laugh. "I just made a suggestion, the action wasn't approved by me, I don't have that right."

  Ling Tianxiang was stunned again, this statement is correct. The action was approved by Zhou Guohui, and as the head of the Military Region Intelligence Division, Director Luo did not have the right to command special forces operations, at most only had the right to suggest.

  "I know you've always thought I had a problem, but I also want to prove my innocence. For thirty years, I've been careful and cautious, but who could have imagined..."

  "That's enough, tell me about the spy." Ling Tianxiang put away his dagger.

  "What are you going to do?"

  "If you want to prove your innocence, then now is the time to cooperate with my actions." Ling Tianxiang grabbed Luo's collar, "No matter what the outcome is, you can't escape being implicated, so now you must cooperate with me!"

  Luo Chuchang looked at Ling Tianxiang with a terrified expression, and just then, footsteps were heard outside the door again, causing the two to tense up once more.