Chapter 553 – Leap

　　”Why are you guys here?” Chen Han looked at Baili Chubby, Cao Yuan, and An Qingyu, who had also removed their masks, and asked in confusion, “Didn’t you guys leave Anta County a long time ago?”

　　Lin Qiye smiled, “We’re back again.”

　　Chen Han looked at them in a daze for a moment, and in his mind, some memories suddenly surfaced.

　　”I still have a few students, they’re quite proud of me ……”

　　”Well, very impressive, they are the fifth reserve team …… Perhaps, they are now the fifth special squad ……”

　　At this moment, Chen Han seemed to have returned to that night of drifting snow.

　　On that day, it was the same teenager, who stood in the middle of the cold, broken house, and with the straight sword in his hand, he pointed to his nose and said:

　　”I am Lin Qiye, the captain of the fifth special squad reserve of the Nightwatchman, and now, I regret to announce to you that Li Deyang, the captain of Squad 332, died heroically in the battle against the red-armored ant queen ……”

　　Chen Han looked like she had associated something, and a shocked look emerged in her eyes.

　　”You guys are really the fifth special squad? You guys are students of the Sword Saint!”

　　Lin Qiye spoke somewhat helplessly, “You didn’t believe our identities until now?”

　　Chen Han was dumbfounded.

　　At that time, when Lin Qiye told him that his was the leader of the reserve team of the fifth special squad, he didn’t completely believe it because he hadn’t heard anything about the fifth special squad since the beginning, so he just held a skeptical attitude.

　　Waiting for this moment, he truly realized …… that these people were really the fifth special squad of Da Xia.

　　They had not lied.

　　”You guys, you couldn’t have also passed through the mists and come here, right?” Chen Han asked.

　　”That’s right.”

　　Chen Han’s expression was a bit odd.

　　At that time, when he had faced these people, he had questioned their identities, and had even pulled a knife on Lin Qiye, and until they eventually left, the relationship between him and them was not good……. Unexpectedly, it had only been a few months, and the people had come back here again through the mists for thousands of miles to protect the residents here.

　　The scene, more or less awkward.

　　Roar roar roar–!

　　Rising and falling roars came out from the rapidly approaching “mysterious” waves, echoing in the sky like thunder.

　　Lin Qiye turned his head to look, his expression somewhat grave as he and a few other team members exchanged glances while simultaneously lowering their heads to put their masks back on ……

　　”You guys are going to stop those ‘mysteries’?” Chen Han suddenly spoke up, “I’ll go with you guys too!”

　　Lin Qiye turned his head to look at him with some surprise in his eyes, “You’re going to stop the beast tide with us?”

　　Chen Han nodded firmly.

　　”You’re too weak.” Lin Qiye shook his head, “According to the laws of the Night’s Watch regulations, when the local resident Night’s Watch squad is faced with an event that is beyond their capabilities, they can request special squad support.

　　Right now this city’s situation is beyond your ability, and we are the only special squad here.

　　Therefore, you do not need to personally participate in this operation, guarding this place is the duty of our fifth special squad.”

　　Chen Han was stunned for a moment and frowned as she spoke, “But the regulations don’t say that after the special squad takes over the incident, the local night watchman squad won’t be able to act freely.”

　　Lin Qiye stretched out his hand and pointed to the swarm of beasts in the distance with terrifying breaths and said, “The weakest of these ‘Mysteries’ have the ‘Pool’ realm, and with your realm rushing in so rashly, you’ll be churned to pieces in less than two seconds! ……”

　　”I can provide you with healing at the back.”

　　”Why are you so insistent on stopping the beast tide?” Lin Qiye was a bit puzzled.

　　”I’m not obsessed with stopping the beast tide, I just want to fulfill the duties of the stationed Nightwatchman squad.” Chen Han said seriously, “This is Anta County, it’s my Night Watchman Squad 332’s station, it’s the place I should guard, I can’t intervene in the battlefield of the Sword Saint seniors, but in front of the beast tide, I can play my role …… albeit a very weak one.

　　Our 332 squad is the last squad of Da Xia, and it is also the squad with the smallest number of people and the lowest battle strength.

　　But so what?

　　Being weak means that you can always hide behind others and wait for them to help set things right?”

　　Chen Han stretched out his hand, solemnly pulling out the coat of arms belonging to him from his pocket, and slowly spoke, “Although Squad 332 is ranked at the bottom of the list, we are all Vigilantes just like you.

　　No matter in what way, I hope that I can do my part for this city.”

　　The other team members turned their heads to look at Lin Qiye.

　　Lin Qiye gazed at the coat of arms and then dropped his gaze on Chen Han’s resolute face, his entire person had matured a lot more visibly compared to a few months ago.

　　Lin Qiye’s pondered for a moment, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and

　　”Very good speech, I have been impressed by you …… Qingyu, tie him up.”

　　Chen Han: ?

　　An Qingyu’s fingertips hooked, and invisible silk threads instantly wrapped around Chen Han’s body, tying him up solidly.

　　Chen Han looked at Lin Qiye in dismay, “What are you doing? Even if you’re a special squad, you don’t have the right to intervene in the actions of the local Vigilante squad ……”

　　”It’s true that we don’t have the right to intervene.” Lin Qiye slowly spoke, “But what does this have to do with me tying you up and throwing you back?”

　　”???” Chen Han froze for a long time, “You guys aren’t being reasonable?!”

　　Lin Qiye laughed, “You can go ask the Sword Saint senior, when has our squad …… ever been reasonable?”

　　He slowly turned around and calmly spoke, “Jia Lan, throw him back.”

　　Jia Lan, who was wearing a dark blue Han robe, quickly walked to the bound Chen Han, picked him up like a small chicken, and then threw him with force towards the city behind him!

　　Chen Han’s figure flew out in a sorry state.

　　”You’re going back alive.” A faint smile appeared on Lin Qiye’s face, “Maybe you’ll be able to meet that person after you go back this time …… If you die, we won’t be able to explain to him ……”

　　When Chen Han’s figure completely disappeared from the crowd’s field of vision, Lin Qiye turned back to look at the overwhelming “mysterious” waves.

　　He reached out in the void and made a move, a summoning formation appeared, a snow-white longsword fell into his hands, and underneath his feet, a flash of night color dipped rapidly.

　　Beside him.

　　Baili Chubby raised his fingers, and a huge Taiji Bagua diagram opened up under his feet;

　　Cao Yuan slowly rested his hand on top of the hilt of the sword at his waist;

　　Jia Lan was carrying a wooden bow and held the golden-colored lance in his hand;

　　An Qingyu pushed up his glasses, a gray aura emerging from his eyes;

　　Shen Qingzhu lit a cigarette for himself and exhaled a mouthful of smoke, the fingers of his other hand gently rubbing the black ring on his middle finger;

　　Jiang’er floated in the air, his hands gently raised, and the magnetic field around him was disorganized.

　　”Fifth Special Squad.” Underneath that Monkey King mask, Lin Qiye’s eyes exploded with an exuberant battle intent as he gazed at the hissing herd of beasts and shouted loudly that

　　”Jump!!!” Whoosh!

　　Beneath the gloomy sky.

　　These seven figures from the top of the broken building, facing the roaring dark clouds that filled the sky with

　　Without any hesitation.

　　Leaped down in a single bound!