BOOK 1. This was the first book that I started to write in May 2023. I always liked the idea of the story. Shen Wei patrols at night looking for trouble to stop while he teaches by day and has health plus emotional problems because he's over taxi...
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Da Qing had managed to open the secret files and decoded them, passing them back to Yunlan, knowing that he would be furious after reading them.
Yunlan couldn't concentrate for the rest of the day and dismissed the staff, giving them an unexpected short day on full pay. They had guessed that something was troubling him but didn't want to get involved because they still didn't know him well enough to be counted as friends, so they just accepted finishing very early and left.
Da Qing locked up and joined Chu in the small office where Yunlan was lying down on a couch, closing his eyes and concentrating, calling on Kunlun to show himself, that they needed to talk. Chu watched his breathing and colour for signs of any changes but he seemed to be OK so far, which was not helping the cat to be any less worried. The white room with no floor was back, and there was Kunlun, unsure of the reason why he was called. Yunlan spoke first.
"We found your secret files, you probably had good reason to keep them hidden, but from me? You knew that Black Robe was a target and you now know who he is, especially his relationship to me, and you still said nothing. You knew that I had witnessed the first attack and that Chu had saved his life, and you knew what the weapon was. You could have told us before the second attempt was made. Why?"
Kunlun was shocked about the second attempt because he doesn't watch private momentsbetween the two lovers, therefore he found it difficult to give an acceptable answer.
"You're right about not telling you anything, knowing that you would have to gain the staff's trust and vice versa, it seemed better to leave it until you knew them better. I'm sorry about that and I didn't know that Shen Wei had been attacked for a second time, also I didn't know that he was Black Robe.
I can't explain anything about the weapon because I'm not a scientist, and as for the team members, I looked for them specifically for this unit because we needed people with their skills for the type of criminals who are on the streets now."
Yunlan thought carefully about his next question,
"Do you know what they are capable of,.. their limits,.. do they know what or who they are,.. arethey hiding themselves from each other,.. or are they aware of everything?"
Kunlun answered him, "I found these files during a raid against a local gang leader who was shotwhile trying to escape, so we could search his office. I don't know how he got them but they were well hidden. I was a lot younger and kept them as an interesting part of the war's hidden history and when the suspects we chased couldn't be caught without help from Black Robe, I suggested that a special unit be formed and I knew who I wanted. If you want to know them better, talk to them and ask questions."
Yunlan had asked about as much as he wanted to know, breaking the connection and opening his eyes, he rose from the couch to stretch his limbs an have a walk around the room. During his mild exercise, he repeated everything to Chu and the cat, asking Chu to look into the long term effects of the assassin's drug, meanwhile he would try and find out the limits of his team.
