Sanggana Swordsman
120. New Directions
*Holy Blood Ring *
Commander Bu Ruong is the officer who gets the main task of uncovering who is the mastermind behind the big ambush against Princess Yuo Kai on yesterday. That was because the ambush and attack took place in the center of Capital He, within the security area of the authority of the Central Red Dragon Army commanded by Commander Bu Ruong.
Based on input from Su Rai aka White Snake, General Mok Jueng ordered Commander Bu Ruong to check all business tattooing services.
After looking at the data on the type of tattoo making business, it turns out there are ten registered tattoo making businesses. However, based on information from the intelligence of the White Eye Bureau, it turns out that there are two illegal or unregistered tattooing businesses.
Tattooing businesses are spread all over the Capital City, but more are found in the northern capital He, where there are seven legal and two illegal.
The northern capital of He was under the authority of the Northern Red Dragon Commander Hei Xiong. Therefore, Commander Bu Ruong first had to convey his duties to Commander Hei Xiong in order to help in the simultaneous raids.
The Central and Northern Red Dragon forces synergized. However, referring to the case which is a major crime, tattooing owned by the assailants of Princess Yuo Kai is most likely done in illegal tattoo services.
Based on that analysis, Commander Bu Ruong and Commander Hei Xiong chose to lead the ambush to an unregistered tattoo service business. While their other forces continued to carry out raids on listed businesses.
Commander Hei Xiong was a 50-year-old man but a tall burly man in a blue-blue uniform. His clothes were the same as that of Commander Bu Ruong. However, if Commander Bu Ruong is armed with a sword weapon, Commander Hei Xiong is armed with two short-handled axes.
The soldiers of the Middle Red Dragon Army and the Northern Red Dragon Army were already at their respective positions. Those who are widely spread at a number of points, just waiting for the signs should move.
In the northern part of the Capital He. Commander Bu Ruong was sitting crouching on the roof of a house. Similarly to Commander Hei Xiong, he was also crouching on the roof of a house. His position was only two buildings apart from Commander Bu Ruong's position.
Dum dum dum dum!
Guards in the watchtowers at the center and north of Capital He simultaneously dealt four blows that rang out across the Capital City all the way to the Palace.
“Motion!” shouted Commander Bu Ruong and Commander Hei Xiong simultaneously to his subordinate soldiers.
The two commanders have requested the services of monitoring tower guards to give drum blows as cues so that those who carry out raids can move simultaneously at different points. The strategy aims to prevent one tattoo artist from sending messages to other tattoo artists elsewhere.
As the two commanders jumped to the front of the tattoo business, from various directions also emerged soldiers who had been hiding in various places.
How shocked the tattoo artists and their customers are. Instantly they were in a mess to escape, but all the escape roads had been closed by the soldiers.
“Where is this business owner?!” commander Bu Ruong asked with a yell at the three tattoo artists at the unregistered venture.
“Ham... servant, Master!” I am a burly man without clothes. On its front and back body was full of dragon tattoo images. He was captured by two soldiers and under the threat of a sword.
The tattooed man was immediately confronted by Commander Bu Ruong.
“Whose tattoo is this?” commander Bu Ruong asked while showing a white piece of paper that had a picture of a snake. The head of the black snake stood on top of his circle.
“That's my make, Master,” I'm a tattooed man.
“How many people are tattooed like this?”
“About a hundred people.”
“Who are they?”
“I... I don't know, Sir,” said the tattooed man stuttered.
“How can you tattoo customers without knowing who they are?!” the furious snapping of Commander Bu Ruong while hitting the head of the tattooed man. “You know, these people have attacked Her Highness Princess Yuo Kai!”
Surprised the tattooed man and his two men. They're getting scared. Most likely, they will face the death penalty.
“If you do not want to be beheaded, do not dare to lie!” gertak Commander Bu Ruong.
“Iya, Sir. Fine, I'll answer.”
“Quick say!”
“The tattooing job was ordered by Mr Ling Mo,” said the tattooed man.
“Jai Lom who knows his house in the middle. He had been to Mr. Ling Mo's house to charge a fee,” replied the tattooed man.
“Which one is Jai Lom?”
“Hamba, Sir,” says one of the boys is tattooed. He's a skinny guy dressed in short-sleeved red. On both of his hands were fine sword-drawn tattoo art.
“You show home Mr Ling Mo!” commander Bu Ruong's orders to Jai Lom. “Bring the other two to jail!”
“Good, Commander!” say obediently some soldier.
From the results of the arrest at the illegal tattoo service business, Commander Bu Ruong immediately coordinated with Commander Hei Xiong who did not get a clue from the results of his raids on other tattoo sites.
Because of the location of the house of the man named Ling Mo in the middle of Capital He, Commander Bu Ruong felt that enough of his troops were moving to carry out raids.
So, a tattooed man named Jai Lom became a pointer to go to the middle or center of the Capital City.
As it turned out, Jai Lom took Commander Bu Ruong and his troops into a narrow, winding alley, until they stopped in front of a house whose courtyard door was closed. The house turned out to be the house where the Eastern Forest Group Chairman and the Sushan Nobles were located. The house was also visited by Xie Yua, a friend of Princess Yuo Kai.
Commander Bu Ruong immediately arranged the position of his troops with cues.
“Backed!” commandant Bu Ruong.
Brakr!
Three soldiers simultaneously kicked at the closed wooden door. With the door easily opened, it seemed as if it was not firmly locked from the inside. While Commander Bu Ruong had already jumped through the wall of the fence.
There was no one on the page, empty. The soldiers immediately barged in even further into the house. Commander Bu Ruong chose to wait outside.
Not long after, a soldier-in-chief came out to face the commander.
“Report, Commander. Inside there were no people, but there were glasses and bottles on the table that were still wet,” the soldier reported.
“Check again all rooms and items carefully!” commandant Bu Ruong.
“Good, Commander.”
The chief returned and entered again.
“Bring Jai Lom here!” commandant Bu Ruong.
The soldier escorting prisoner Jai Lom immediately brought the tattooed man before Commander Bu Ruong.
“Is Ling Mo a Capital Citizen or a entrant?” commander Bu Ruong asked when Jai Lom was confronted.
“From his identification board he is a citizen of the Capital City,” replied Jai Lom.
“You can remember his face?”
“Can, Mr.”
Commander Bu Ruong then ordered his soldiers, “Take him to the Ministry of Population to recognize the archives of Ling Mo's face. Control it tight!”
“Good, Commander!” said obediently another soldier leader.
So, Jai Lom was taken away with a large number of soldiers. Commander Bu Ruong was worried that there was sabotage in the middle of the road.
Not long after, the chief of soldiers assigned to search inside the house appeared to face.
“Commander, we found this!” report the chief soldier while showing a black headband cloth that has the inscription reads “Hutan Timur”. (BH)