Chapter 169 - 131: Omen Bird

Chapter 169: Chapter 131: Omen Bird

In the Fadir Mine, a new, small building had appeared next to Chen Qi’s metallic fortress.

This was the Red Falcon King’s new command center.

After reaching an agreement with Lin Biyun, Chen Qi summoned Taruno and put him in charge of creating a combat plan for the Red Falcon King.

Wiping out the death row inmates was no problem; the tricky part was coordinating all the intelligence.

Chen Qi certainly wasn’t going to distract himself with such trivial matters. Taruno, who had once served the Red Falcon King, was the perfect man for the job.

...

"Lord Red Falcon King, please take a look!"

"According to the information provided by the CIA, it’s highly likely that criminals are hiding here, here, and here."

"This is the flight combat route we’ve planned for you. You can fly from here to there, and then from there to here."

Inside the command center, Taruno fearfully operated the virtual projection screen in his hands.

As he continued, a series of high-definition images taken by high-altitude drones appeared on the screen.

The images showed roads and cities, which ultimately formed a complete bird’s-eye view of the entire island.

Perched on his shoulder, the Red Falcon King tilted its head, examining each image with great seriousness.

It was as if it could actually understand what it was seeing.

But the Red Falcon King truly *did* understand. Having flown over the entire Lanyu Kingdom, the scenes in the images were exceptionally familiar to it.

Taruno was also very perceptive. He figured that Lord Red Falcon King definitely couldn’t understand place names, couldn’t read, and might not even understand what he was saying at all.

But that was fine. He could use images to demonstrate.

As he operated the device again, a real-time computer-simulated animation appeared.

In the animation, a majestic and heroic Red Falcon King flew over cities, eventually reaching the combat zone.

To ensure the Red Falcon King understood, Taruno looped the animation more than a dozen times.

"CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP!"

On the 17th loop of the animation, the Red Falcon King finally seemed to understand.

The next instant, it vanished.

"BOOM!"

A sonic boom echoed from the sky. By the time Taruno looked up, even the bird’s shadow was gone.

’Truly the legendary bird of speed. It’s so fast!’

Taruno offered his praise cautiously. After confirming that the Red Falcon King was truly gone, he broke out in a cold sweat and nearly collapsed to the floor.

It wasn’t that he was a coward; the aura radiating from the Red Falcon King was simply too terrifying.

Especially when he inadvertently met its gaze, the Red Falcon King’s sharp eyes felt like they could pierce and blind him.

’What on earth did The Boss do to this bird? In just over twenty days, it’s like a completely different species. Not a trace of its former cuteness remains.’

The current Red Falcon King’s black and red coloring looked as if it had been soaked in blood.

When it stood on his shoulder, Taruno felt as if he was hallucinating, hearing the agonized wails of countless lives.

’This is practically a bird from Hell.’

...

"Hello? Hello? Is this Kingdom Action Squad 10?"

"Lord Red Falcon King will arrive in 20 seconds. Be ready to provide support!"

Of course, Taruno’s job wasn’t just to plan the Red Falcon King’s flight path. He also had to coordinate with the special action squads formed by the Kingdom.

If the enemy was too cunning and hid deep underground, these squads would be the only ones who could deal with them.

To capture the death row inmates, Lin Biyun had drawn on various forces within the Kingdom to form 15 action squads.

There was no other choice. Many of the death row inmates had high-level military training that ordinary police couldn’t handle.

This was all based on the experience of past players, and Lin Biyun was just following the established procedure.

...

Liufeng City. It was an unremarkable little city in the Lanyu Kingdom.

Just yesterday, the city’s peace and harmony had been shattered by a bloody murder.

A wealthy man in a villa on the outskirts of the city was slaughtered, and the scene was brutal.

Action Squad 10 was currently in this very city.

"Captain, are we really using a Red Falcon to catch criminals? Is that reliable?"

Unable to contain his curiosity, one of the squad members asked the question.

They had long been notified that they were to cooperate with a special individual, but it was only after speaking with Taruno that they learned the main combatant was actually a bird.

"Cut the chatter and follow orders."

"That’s no ordinary bird!"

The captain clearly knew the inside story, but everything related to the Lord Executor had to be kept secret.

"BOOM!"

Twenty seconds passed in a flash, and the sound of a sonic boom echoed from the distance.

But when they looked toward the sound, they couldn’t see anything.

"What was that sound just now?"

"Was that a small aircraft flying supersonic at low altitude?"

"20 seconds... exactly 20 seconds. Don’t tell me that was the Red Falcon flying over?"

The squad members murmured among themselves, but the captain stared gravely in the direction the sound had come from.

That was the very area they had marked as the criminal’s most likely hiding place.

...

"Ah, someone’s dead!"

"How awful, how terrifying!"

A few seconds later, chaos erupted in that area.

"Quick, go secure the scene!"

The captain instantly realized what had happened. Under his lead, Action Squad 10 rushed to the scene.

Three minutes later, they arrived at the "crime scene," where a crowd of onlookers had already gathered.

"It’s unbelievable. There was a clap of thunder, and then this guy’s head was just... gone."

"It wasn’t thunder. That definitely wasn’t thunder."

"It *was* thunder. It was a bolt of red lightning. I saw it with my own eyes."

A few eyewitnesses were arguing quietly in front of a headless corpse. Judging by their messy tattoos, they were gang members.