The informal interrogation came to an end .

Xiang Wan gained a complete victory . When she got up from her seat, her back was already covered in perspiration .

Cheng Zheng, Quan Shaoteng, and Mei Xin looked at her in wonder . Their eyes revealed their bewilderment and surprise at the outcome…

Cheng Xin, however, shot a glance from the corner of her eyes . Her expression was so dark it felt as though she had eaten sh*t .

Xiang Wan had proven Cheng Xin wrong . In a normal scenario, she should be very happy with this outcome .

However, her voice sounded as though she was about to collapse .

“Captain Quan—I've tried my best . ”

There was no joy in her tone .

Not even a tinge of victory .

They could only hear her worried tone as she thought of Bai Muchuan .

“Captain Quan, I'll leave the rest to you . ”

A thin layer of mist could be seen forming in Xiang Wan's eyes . When Quan Shaoteng saw that, he felt his heart twinge and puffed a sigh . As he got up from his seat, his expression was so cold and determined as though he had transformed into a different person .

“Leave it to me!”

The Vulture's Mouth Yu Bo was talking about was the name of a geographic location, not the Vulture's Mouth they were previously led to believe .

The place they were in now was known as the Vulture's Mouth .

The mountain was also called the Vulture's Mountain .

It was said that the mountain was named that way because it looked like a vulture about to take flight .

When they came here, Xiang Wan could only see mountains overlapping each other . She just couldn't tell which part of it had looked like a vulture…

However, the Vulture's Mouth Yu Bo described did look like a vulture's mouth . The sharp, hooked beak was as though linking the peaks of the mountains together .

Before Quan Shaoteng left, he had instructed his men to fetch the old granny from Yu Bo's village . They then proceeded to select members to form a search team and to take their dinner before setting off .

The old granny arrived shortly . When she heard that they were going into the mountains—Vulture's Mouth, she kept waving her hand and looked at them with a terrified expression .

“Don't go there, don't go!”

“Why?”

“That Vulture's Mouth eats people!”

That place was a forbidden ground to the locals .

They'd heard rumors about mysterious disappearances and deaths . There were even some talks of it that it was a haunted forest—such myths were very convincing to a poor and remote village .

Very few people resided in Vulture's Mouth . With the addition of such superst.i.tions, almost no one dared to step into the mountains .

The old granny gave an account that for the long years she lived here, the locals, no matter young or old, they would always take a detour . No one would ever dare step in there even if they only needed some firewood . As a result, the trees there were extremely dense . If someone were to go in, one would feel like one was buried under the trees .

“Have you went in there before?” Xiang Wan asked .

The old granny was startled for a moment .

It was because she saw Xiang Wan's ashen looking face . She seemed frightened of her .

“No, no, no,” she waved her hands anxiously . “I've never entered there before . I don't even dare to . If you didn't ask me, I wouldn't even want to talk about it . ”

Xiang Wan walked towards the old lady . “Granny, how old are you this year?”

The old granny smiled, a hint of confusion written on her face . “I will be 80 years old soon!”

Xiang Wan smiled at her . “This is an age where one would not tell lies . ”

A wider smile appeared on the old granny's amiable, wrinkled face . Almost all of her teeth had fallen off with just a few still remaining in her mouth .

“… I don't dare to!”

Xiang Wan nodded her head and suddenly changed the subject .

“You said none of those who went in managed to come out alive, that n.o.body dared to enter those mountains… But I was told someone did entered that place before . That someone also managed to come out of it alive?”

Her tone lacked emotion .

But was soft and slow .

The old granny avoided making eye contact with Xiang Wan .

To her, she felt that the young lady's eyes were too bright and deep as though they could hook her soul . She did not dare to look at them .

The old granny looked away while answering . “There's indeed one such person . He's the only one as well . He is Yu Sanwa—third son of Old Yu from our village . ”

The old granny became more talkative after Xiang Wan started the conversation . She said that many years ago, Yu Sanwa had an affair with his sister-in-law, and the whole village spurned him . When his brother got to know about the affair, he beat him up badly . Back then, Yu Sanwa was forced to flee, and he entered Vulture's Mouth . Everybody had thought he would never come back again…

However, to everybody's surprise, he managed to come out of it alive .

This Yu Sanwa the old granny talked about was Brother Steel .

The old granny recalled that Yu Sanwa was like a totally changed person after he came out of Vulture's Mouth alive .

He became an irascible person and would beat a person up without any reason . He behaved violently but he never mentioned what happened to him inside Vulture's Mouth .

The villagers thought Yu Sanwa got possessed .

Possessed by the curse of Vulture's Mouth .

From then on, Yu Sanwa became the notorious man of Vulture's Mouth . n.o.body dared to provoke him .

Not long after Yu Sanwa came out of Vulture's Mouth alive, he also started to do business which made him rich in a very short amount of time . His business seemed to be doing well and not long after, he built a villa . As for the people from the village, they either left or pa.s.sed away, including his own brother .

Most of the people who were still alive did not want to live there anymore…

Eventually, that place became Yu Sanwa's territory .

Xiang Wan asked, “Do you know what type of business Yu Sanwa is involved in?”

The old granny shook her head . “Everybody avoids him like the plague . Who would dare ask?”

What the granny said was mostly based on her understanding .

However, all of these were considered useful information to Xiang Wan .

“Is there really such a mysterious place in this world?”

“Do you think it's similar to the Bermuda Triangle…?”

By then, everyone was ready to head out .

The group of people were discussing this mysterious myth in the courtyard .

Xiang Wan walked out as well and made a simple statement .

“I suspect that's the place where the Dark Clan is making their drugs!”

Everyone fell silent at her remark .

Quan Shaoteng gave her a glance and nodded his head .

“That should be the most logical explanation!”

However, although the explanation was reasonable…

That would also mean Bai Muchuan and the rest were in a dire situation!

Quan Shaoteng was certainly the Operations Captain for a good reason .

Although he was not well-versed in interrogation or questioning, he was very experienced in field missions and a.s.signing tasks .

All the police officers at the villa had been mobilized by him, including those armed reinforcement police officers who had just arrived from Nanmu region . He conducted a short briefing and deployed a thorough a.s.signment of tasks .

Manpower, weaponry, and strategy .

The whole process did not take more than 15 minutes .

Once they were properly equipped and fully prepared their supplies, they were ready to roll out .

Xiang Wan asked, “Is everything ready?”

“Yes! Perfect!” Quan Shaoteng narrowed his eyes as he inspected the team he had a.s.sembled, hands on his waist . “The only imperfection is that… they are not soldiers from Red Thorn . ”

In fact, not only were they not from Red Thorn, none of them were from Serious Crime Division One as well .

“It's alright . ” Xiang Wan smiled at him . “The best are all inside there with Bai Muchuan . We just need to meet up with them . ”

Quan Shaoteng kept quiet upon hearing that .

At this moment, he was no longer as optimistic as before .

However, Xiang Wan was still the same . She had great confidence in Bai Muchuan .

That thought sent a chill down his spine and made him speechless, as well as a little ashamed of himself .

“You're right! Once I meet up with Little Bai, we'll be formidable!”

“Mm . ” Xiang Wan nodded her head heavily and smiled . “We should head out now—”

We? Quan Shaoteng was stunned .

He gasped and looked at her calm face . “Teacher Xiang, you wait for me here with the second-in-command, Ha.s.san . This mission is going to be dangerous…”

“No!” Xiang Wan's eyes dimmed and had a pleading tone in her voice . “I want to come along!”

“… It's inconvenient for you to come along . If something were to happen…”

“Having unable to find Bai Muchuan is already the most unexpected incident that happened to me . ”

Xiang Wan looked at him stubbornly . She suddenly changed her tone and added, “Surely you do not want to see that…” The corners of her lips quirked upwards as her desperation showed on her tone . “If something really happened, we would be able to see each other for one last time, right?”

Those words were like a dagger piercing through Quan Shaoteng's heart .

He was not a soft-hearted person by nature .

However, Bai Muchuan was like a brother to him, he was certainly one of his few soft spots in his heart .

Since Xiang Wan was such a brave woman, he need not play the bad guy .

“Okay!”

Once Quan Shaoteng made up his mind, he would not waver .

He turned his head and shouted a command powerfully towards the people a.s.sembled in the courtyard .

“Everybody, attention!”

These people had served the army before, and they were used to obeying commands .

Upon hearing Quan Shaoteng's orders, everyone lined up neatly .

Quan Shaoteng furrowed his eyebrows as he spoke . “Everyone, listen carefully . This mission will be a very difficult one . This, is not just a rescue mission, it can also turn into a mission to destroy this criminal organization once and for all . Of course, this is also the time to show them what we're made of! As men, we achieve and accomplish goals! Don't go soft on them! We've prepared so long for a day like this, but—”

He paused for a moment and took a good look at every one .

“I hope every one of you here will come back safely!

“By then, we shall have a huge celebration right here!”

His words were filled with strength and energy . He sounded totally different when he was handling normal police tasks earlier in the day .

His words obviously boosted the morale of the group of armed police officers . Together, they shouted at the top of their voice .

“We pledge to complete our mission!”

“We pledge to complete our mission!”

There was quite a distance from the villa to the actual Vulture's Mouth .

However, the road outside the villa could directly reach the bottom of Vulture's Mouth…

It was a very strange terrain .

Both sides of the view were lined up with tall mountains where the center of the view was flat like a straight line . The trees had such luxuriant foliage that could block most of the sunlight even in the daytime .

It was no wonder that for so many years, n.o.body dared to step into that area .

Probably only a crazy person would enter such a creepy place that totally smelt like danger .

The police cars stopped when they reached the place .

Everyone lifted their heads to look at the mountains that were shaped similarly like a bird's beak . They couldn't help but feel a chilly feeling ran through their bodies .