The next day,
Han Lang, exhausted, had not yet fully woken up when he heard faint noises outside the door.
Just as he was about to get up and check, the sound of hurried high heels quickly reached his doorway.
Tang Qin pushed the door open and saw Han Lang already sitting up. She shot Han Kang a reproachful glance and said,
"See, I told you not to disturb him! Isn't he awake now?"
Han Lang heard the anger in Tang Qin's tone and, feeling confused, asked,
"What's wrong, Tang Qin? You seem a bit upset!"
"Hmph!"
As Tang Qin let out a soft hum, Han Kang, who had followed her in, quickly said apologetically, "I'm sorry, brother! You were resting yesterday, and then the Tang family head came looking for you, so I..."
Before Han Kang could finish, Tang Haoran, rushing in breathlessly, arrived.
Without even catching his breath, he said hurriedly, "Brother Han, you can't blame Han Kang for this! It was mainly my slip of the tongue. I accidentally let this slip to my tomboy daughter! I never expected her to barge into your room without even discussing it with me!"
After speaking, Tang Haoran glared angrily at Tang Qin.
However, Tang Qin not only remained unfazed but fixed her sharp gaze directly on Han Lang, questioning him, "Speak. Why did you act without authorization?"
Only then did Han Lang fully grasp the situation.
It turned out that
after he had fallen unconscious the previous night, Tang Haoran, for some reason, had come looking for him. He was then regretfully informed that Han Lang had fallen asleep due to extreme exhaustion.
As Han Lang's elder brother, Tang Haoran naturally inquired further out of concern.
Given the relationship between himself and Tang Haoran, Han Kang did not conceal much and recounted the incident of the three of them infiltrating the Wang family villa in detail.
Perhaps considering the matter of D-class superhumans to be of great importance, Tang Haoran, after a night of deliberation, instinctively told the truth to Tang Qin, the director of the Special Investigation Bureau, and advised her to make relevant preparations.
As a result, Tang Qin, upon hearing this news, flew into a rage and rushed to Han Lang's place to demand an explanation.
Tang Haoran must have seen Tang Qin in the adjacent room, which prompted him to rush over as well!
Having figured out the entire sequence of events, Han Lang felt a sense of relief.
The matter of superhumans would eventually have to be disclosed to Tang Qin, so he did not blame Han Kang or Tang Haoran. Instead, he calmly explained to Tang Qin,
"Gou Feng killed Wang Zizai, seized the Wang family's assets, and began researching superhuman modification using the Wang family villa as a base. The A-class superhuman I killed a few nights ago was sent by the Gou family!"
"Although you have applied for assistance from your superiors, reinforcements certainly won't arrive that quickly! In terms of strength, the combined abilities of myself, Han Kang, and the others are significantly higher than those of our colleagues at the investigation bureau. It would be most appropriate for us to scout their situation!" 138 Reading Network
He had expected Tang Qin to praise Han Lang's actions after hearing his explanation. However, to his surprise, she not only disagreed but also dismissed Han Lang's approach with disdain.
"So what? Do you think you're doing this for the good of your colleagues at the investigation bureau? Or do you look down on our low strength? Or perhaps you have some other ulterior motives?"
Tang Qin's words were highly targeted, and Han Lang felt a pang of displeasure. Tang Haoran couldn't help but step forward, grabbing her and reprimanding her,
"Qin'er! How can you speak like that? No matter how you look at it, Brother Han's intentions were good! How can you..."
At that moment, Han Lang interrupted her with a stunned expression, "No, Big Brother Tang! I do have selfish motives!"
Hearing this, Tang Qin seemed to have found crucial evidence and pointed at Han Lang, glaring at Tang Haoran and Han Kang as she said, "Did you hear that? He acted without authorization because he had selfish motives! Whether it's scouting for the investigation bureau or considering the weaker colleagues, it's all just his high-sounding excuse!"
Han Lang's anger flared upon hearing this. He frowned, staring at Tang Qin, and said loudly in exasperation, "Tang Qin! You've gone too far saying that! If you hadn't made me witness Captain Liu sacrifice himself for the cause, would I have considered the strength of the investigation bureau's colleagues? I don't deny I have selfish motives, but you can't say I'm being hypocritical!"
Tang Qin sneered and retorted, "It's indeed a great pressure for the investigation bureau's current strength to contend with A-class superhumans! But we can wait! As long as reinforcements arrive, we can then proceed with the plan to capture the Gou family's base! But you, not only did you fail to report it, but you also alerted them. If they seize this opportunity to change their base, do you know what a huge security risk that would pose to Le City and the country?"
"Shut up!" Han Lang was completely enraged at this point.
In his current view, everything Tang Qin mentioned were issues he had already considered, and her words were merely an excuse to blame him because his planned operation had failed.
But before the plan was made, when everything was unknown, weren't these risks equally balanced?
"Do you think I haven't considered what you're saying? Even if reinforcements from the higher-ups arrive, without knowing the strength of the Gou family's base, how can you be sure you can capture them all? If we hadn't learned about the existence of a D-class superhuman during this reconnaissance, how would you know they don't have even higher-level superhumans, perhaps ones we can't handle at all?"
"Then you..."
Tang Qin wanted to say more, but Han Lang interrupted her directly!
"You don't need to say anything more! The plan failed, and the primary responsibility lies with me! It was my excessive selfishness and unauthorized action! You are the leader, you can punish me as you see fit! However, please also consider it from the perspective of my Han family. If I were to wait aimlessly like you, and the Gou family's superhumans developed and grew stronger, it would be a disaster for my Han family! I will absolutely not stand by and watch the Gou family enact their revenge!"
After hearing Han Lang's defiant words, Tang Qin was utterly speechless. She sighed deeply and replied helplessly,
"Then have you ever thought about it from the perspective of the entire populace of Le City? If the Gou family were to relocate their base, completely hide themselves, and then suddenly reappear after fully developing, would only your Han family suffer then?"
Han Lang was somewhat moved by her words.
He did not want to put his family and friends in danger, but he also did not want to see the entire populace of Le City endangered because of him.
For a moment, the entire room fell silent.
After a long while,
just as a few of them were about to say something to break the awkwardness, Ma Long, who had woken up in the adjacent room, weakly walked to the doorway.
"Miss Tang!"
Upon hearing Ma Long's voice, Han Kang and Tang Qin hurried to help him to the bedside and sit down.
Ma Long smiled and said, "Thank you," then continued to Tang Qin,
"Miss Tang! I come from a military background and have some understanding of military reconnaissance. However, the reconnaissance of high-level superhumans is not the same as for ordinary people. If we don't force them to make a move, you'll never know how much strength they are hiding!"
"Therefore, the young master's decision is not wrong! Although we failed this time, we did manage to ascertain their basic strength, didn't we? You wouldn't want the reinforcements from Star City to be killed by some unknown high-level superhuman who suddenly appeared midway, would you, due to a lack of preparation?"
"We did indeed alert them this time!"
"But at this point, at least we no longer need to worry about not knowing ourselves and the enemy, right?"
"Moreover, precisely because we know the enemy's situation, we can now proceed without any worries, only needing to send people to keep a distant watch on their movements."