Chapter 3: The Iron-Blooded Gang

Ruan Jingtian knew that it was very unrealistic to find substances such as fire nitrate, bluestone or ** that could produce oxygen on this small island, and he didn't expect to be eager to make oxygen now, at least now he could cultivate slowly, although the progress was only a little. He just remembered the idea that if he found a suitable substance to make oxygen, he could try it. He couldn't help but miss the scene of studying in Manguo, although he majored in physics, he was no stranger to chemistry, and there was also a course in physical chemistry.

"When I go back to Zhangjia Department Store, I want to look for chemistry books and carefully study the method of making oxygen" Ruan Jingtian thought of Zhangjia Department Store, and his heart was slightly turbulent.

Zhang's department store is where he works, and he is a guy at this grocery store, doing some miscellaneous things. Of course, his daily life is also in this department store, and there is a word "home" in the name of this store, which makes him a little bitter, especially when he thinks of the word "home" alone, he is even heavier. He doesn't have a home anymore. The scene from two years ago seemed to be in front of his eyes again:

He lay in the woods not far from the Ruan family's compound, desperately trying to hold back the anger that was about to leave his body. Blood was stained on his hair and clothes, hidden under the sludge on his face. It wasn't his blood, but he smelled blood.

The Philosophers would soon find him, kill him, and beat him into a sieve, just as they did with his parents, brother, and others. He didn't see the shadow of his little sister Ruan Lejun, he knew that his little sister was studying in a girls' school in the provincial capital, but the provincial city had also fallen, and he hadn't heard from his little sister for a long time. But the relatives in front of him all died not far from him, and all he could do was to endure, because in the face of more than forty heavily armed devils of Zheguo, he had no chance of escaping.

The sun shines through the canopy, playing hide-and-seek with the shade. The aftermath of the blade of the devil of Jetsukoku jumped in the silent space. If he stands still, he will be discovered sooner or later. He had to move, he had to run, and he slowly stood up, and according to his familiarity with the woods, he quickly decided on the direction of his escape. His chest and eyes burned with pain, and he knew it was the result of having nowhere to vent his anger. He ran faster and faster, and the shadows of plants in the light were like ghosts.

A hundred meters behind him, there was a sudden chaotic voice, and they found him, "Take only the most important things with you", this is the advice of the teacher Manguo when he was camping, he threw away the backpack containing the gifts he brought to his parents and family from Manguo, throwing away the backpack bought him time, although it was not much, but it might save his life.

He finally rushed into the small river next to the woods, jumped into the water without hesitation, he dived to the bottom of the water, and struggled to swim to the depths of the river, he did not dare to surface casually, at this time, the martial arts and breath breath cultivated in the country of man brought him an opportunity, he hid as much as possible under the water, he heard the sound of the 49-style rifle bullet unique to Zheguo whizzing on the water.

Time had no meaning to him, and he swam to the other side of the river, carefully climbed to the shore, and saw that by the river bank in the direction he came, the devils of Tetsukoku with guns on their shoulders gradually disappeared into the woods that saved his life.

He was trembling, he wanted to shout, but his throat could not make a sound, and he turned and walked towards a strange village. ”

Ruan Jingtian slowly brushed away the memory of this nightmare, and now he was surprisingly calm, he looked at the rough sea outside the island, thinking about when he would return to Dongshan City, imagining the next mission and goal of the "Iron and Blood Hoe Gang".

After Ruan Jingtian witnessed his relatives being brutally killed by the devils of Zheguo, he joined the "iron-blooded hoe gang" in Dongshan City. The "Iron and Blood Hoe" is a loose type of organization in the northern region of the Assassin Country that specializes in assassinating traitors who betray the Assassin Country and work for the devils of Zheguo, of course, the Iron-Blooded Hoes Gang sometimes assassinate the devils of Zheguo, but the difficulty of assassinating the devils of Zheguo is much greater than that of assassinating traitors. But in Ruan Jingtian's view, the assassination of the devil of Zheguo is far more important than the assassination of traitors, although he does not have much say in this organization.

In the organization of the Iron and Blood Hoe, Ruan Jingtian is responsible for the collection of intelligence, and after the high-level of the organization issues goals and tasks, Ruan Jingtian collects relevant information as much as possible to provide intelligence support for other members to complete the task. Zhangjia Department Store is one of the secret liaison stations of the Iron-Blooded Hoe, and the store advocates that Baiwen is the deputy head of the Iron-Blooded Gang, and is also the top decision-maker of the organization's Dongshan City branch.

When Ruan Jingtian first joined the iron-blooded hoe gang, Zhang Baiwen did not have a good understanding of the importance of intelligence. At a routine meeting before the assassination mission, Nguyen Ching Tien produced a report on the target of the assassination, detailing the target's habits and even pointing out which foot he took first. Zhang Baiwen was very interested in this report, he asked about the source of intelligence, Ruan Jingtian replied: When he was working in a department store, he came into contact with all kinds of people, and in observation, chatting, or listening, he obtained a lot of information, and he classified and sorted out this information, and often followed up and investigated people who might be interested, in case of the mission, and the target of this assassination happened to be the object of previous investigations.

According to the information collected by Ruan Jingtian, Zhang Baiwen adjusted the specific arrangements for the assassination, and finally the assassination mission was successfully completed, and none of his side was injured. After that, Nguyen Jingtian was appointed as the head of intelligence, specializing in intelligence collection. Nguyen Ching Tien accepted the appointment, though he thought his specialty might not be intelligence gathering. What he was most eager to know was the whereabouts of the 679th Division of Zheguo that slaughtered Ruan Jiazhuang, and then personally beheaded the Zheguo devil squad of more than 40 people. Now Ruan Jingtian only knows that the 679th Division has reached the central and southern regions of the Thorn Kingdom, which is at least 2,000 kilometers away from Dongshan City, and the Iron and Blood Hoe Gang has not established branches in the central and southern regions, so the information obtained by Ruan Jingtian is really pitiful, let alone realize the desire to personally go to the central and southern regions to take revenge and kill the enemy.

This time it was Ruan Jingtian's private job to avenge Lu Tingwen's master, he didn't sue Zhang Baiwen and others, he just told Zhang Baiwen a leave, Zhang Baiwen didn't ask Ruan Jingtian's private affairs, but just asked him to return to Zhang's department store two days later to discuss a new task.

Ruan Jingtian was a little puzzled by the current situation of the iron-blooded hoe gang. At the beginning of its establishment, the purpose of the Iron-Blooded Gang was very simple, that is, to eradicate traitors who betrayed the country, but with the continuation of the time of the devils of Zheguo in the occupied areas, the concept of traitors became more and more blurred, and those who took the initiative or helped the devils of Zheguo to kill their compatriots were traitors without any suspense; if the people who did business with the devils of Zheguo were traitors? If even this is called a traitor, then the Zhangjia Department Store once sold things to the Zheguo devils, that is to say, all the people in the Zhangjia Department Store were the targets of eradication. Ruan Jingtian felt ridiculous when he thought of this.

A few days ago, the Iron and Blood Gang did several missions, all of which were to assassinate businessmen who were doing business with the devils of Zheguo. Ruan Jingtian didn't raise any questions about this, but he had some doubts in his heart. For example, stealing a large amount of money is defined as a thief, and stealing a small object is not a thief?

Ruan Jingtian sincerely wanted to assassinate the devils of Zheguo, although he thought that those notorious traitors also deserved to die. In the organization, Ruan Jingtian never participated in the discussion of who was a traitor, although Zhang Baiwen asked him for his opinion several times, hoping that he would point out who was a traitor, but Ruan Jingtian always shook his head, he sometimes did not know who was a traitor, just like Zhang Baiwen was selling small objects with Zheguo devils on the surface, but secretly it was all about how to assassinate traitors and devils.

Although the Assassin Government is currently being forced to the southwest corner by the Devils of the Assassin Kingdom, the dark lines of the Assassin Government are all over every corner; another larger anti-Philosopher Organization is the Tongxin Society, which was originally a thorn in the side of the Assassin Government, but after the invasion of the Devils of the Assassin Country, the Assassin Government had no choice but to shake hands with the Harmony Society and make peace, and on the surface it joined forces with the Harmony Society to fight against the Devils of the Devils. In addition, there are many small organizations such as the Iron and Blood Gang, which have different goals, but generally have the ultimate goal of driving the devils out of the Assassin Country.

Although Ruan Jingtian usually collects the information of many people in Dongshan City, most of these materials are public or semi-public information, and it cannot be clearly indicated whether these people belong to an anti-philosophical organization, such as Zhang Baiwen, his identity as an iron-blooded traitor group can never be made public, as far as Ruan Jingtian knows, it seems that only the high-level within the organization knows his details, even the non-core members of the organization do not know about it.

In addition, another point that puzzled Ruan Jingtian was the funding of the iron-blooded hoe gang. One or more department stores or other businesses do not seem to be able to sustain the funds of the gang, for example, the weapons and other equipment used in the assassination, which is a significant expense. Ruan Jingtian once suspected that the iron-blooded gang might be a peripheral organization of the Assassin State Government and received funding from the Assassin Government, but later found that Zhang Baiwen seemed to have a lot of criticism of the Assassin Government, and Ruan Jingtian ruled out this thought. He vaguely felt that the iron-blooded gang seemed to be engaged in paid assassination, which can be seen from the recent missions, the recent assassination targets are all prominent business magnates in Dongshan City, and after the target person is assassinated, someone will replace him. If this is the case, Ruan Jingtian will have to consider whether to quit the Iron and Blood Hoe, after all, he doesn't want to become a professional killer, even if this professional killer has a glorious anti-Zheguo halo on his head.

Ruan Jingtian put down these chaotic thoughts, returned to the cave, took out the dry food from the backpack, and after passing his stomach, his eyes were fixed on the "Xuangang Jue" again, he checked it several times, and after finding no abnormality, he set it on fire, he had already memorized all the contents in his mind, he couldn't guarantee that he would not fall into the hands of Zhejun, therefore, he would not give the Zheguo devil a chance.

It was already early afternoon, and he decided to swim back to Higashiyama Castle to see what his new mission was.