Chapter 23: Human Bomb

  Maru walked in with a bowl of millet porridge and said to Wang Long, "Dear Dragon, come on, let me feed you." Wang Long shook his head and said, "Maru, no need, I can move on my own."

  Marudream shook her cute little head, her golden curls fluttering on top of her head, and pouted: "Dear dragon, how can you say that? You were injured for my sake, so I must feed you." Seeing Marudream's determined face, Wang Long could only nod his head and said: "Maru, thank you." Marudream glared at Wang Long with a hint of blame, sat down on the chair beside Wang Long's bed, scooped up a small spoonful of millet porridge with a spoon, blew on it gently, and when she felt the temperature was just right, she extended it to Wang Long's mouth. Wang Long saw Marudream taking such good care of him, and his heart was also moved by a wave of emotion.

  "By the way, dear Long, I have a performance at the music hall in WH city tomorrow night, and with your current condition, I'm worried." Maluomute said to Wang Long while feeding him. Wang Long replied, "Malu, don't worry, I know Chinese kung fu, by this time tomorrow, I'll be fully recovered." Maluomute exclaimed excitedly, "Really? That's great, dear Long! Tomorrow you can come watch my performance, I'm so happy, thank you, Long!" After saying that, she quickly kissed Wang Long on the cheek, and he was shocked, stunned like he had been electrocuted. From a young age, no woman other than his mother had ever kissed him. But this feeling wasn't bad at all, Wang Long thought to himself.

  By the next day at noon, Wang Long did not disappoint Malumot, standing spiritedly in front of her. Malumot was delighted, jumping up and down like a child, of course when no one else was around.

  The appeal of international superstars is indeed not in vain: before the concert started at 8 pm, enthusiastic fans had already been waiting outside the music hall in WH City. In October, Jiangcheng was slowly cooling down, and as night fell, the temperature dropped lower, with a large temperature difference between day and night. At around 7 o'clock, Wang Long accompanied Maluomutei from the staff passage into the city's music hall, where outside, row upon row of fans held up long banners over 30 meters long, clearly written with Maluomutei's name, while others held up old photos of Maluomutei, causing the road outside the music hall to temporarily become congested.

  Wang Long carefully inspected the security facilities of the music hall and was still very satisfied, except for the armed police on the surface, there were also members of the municipal special forces mixed among the audience, it can be said that everything was arranged without any loopholes.

  The concert hall in WH city was built up in recent years, as the influence of WH on the international stage has been increasing, WH city has become an important window for exchanges between China and the world, the concert hall is completely built according to international standards, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people.

  At around 7:30, the concert hall was packed, and some scalpers outside were selling standing-room-only tickets for ten times their original price. Even if you stood in the farthest corner, you could still feel the excitement of Mariah Carey's concert, and many people were scrambling to buy them, but they were sold out by the time the concert started. This night in Jiang City was destined to be a sleepless one with Mariah Carey's arrival.

  To ensure that Mariah Carey's rights are not infringed upon, the organizer stated that strict security checks will be conducted at the entrance, and audience members' video cameras, cameras, digital cameras, etc. are absolutely not allowed to be brought into the concert venue. If you use your own equipment to take pictures of the scene during the concert and then process them into pirated discs or records, the organizer will be so angry that they won't even have time to cry.

  At 8 o'clock sharp, the concert started on time. Mariah Carey's appearance caused a stir throughout the audience. After the applause died down, Mariah said: "Dear Chinese fans, thank you for your support. Today's concert is to promote world peace and I'm also grateful to the organizers for giving me this opportunity to meet with everyone here. First, I'd like to present a new song with the theme of peace, 'Peace Dove'". As her heavenly voice filled the music hall, it immediately triggered another round of cheers: screams, shouts, whistles, and applause, one after another.

  Wang Long sat in the private room closest to the stage, which was obtained through the organizer's privilege. The people in other private rooms were either rich or noble, and they could clearly see the entire stage and concert hall from their rooms.

  Wang Long was caught up in the excitement of chasing stars, but his phone rang at an inopportune moment. He opened it to find that it was an internal call from Long Er. As soon as he picked up, Long Er's anxious voice came through: "Little Dragon, our Information Department just intercepted a piece of intelligence from overseas. According to the intel, one of Benladeng's men, named Idris, has infiltrated the Marudream concert hall and plans to harm Marudream using a human bomb. You have to be careful!" Wang Long hastily asked: "Do you know what Idris looks like?" Long Er replied on the other end: "We don't know what this Idris guy looks like either, but we do know he's an abnormal ability user who can hide things inside his body that can't be detected by any high-tech means. But from the outside, he looks just like a normal person."

  Wang Long immediately thought of the news he had seen not long ago about "human bombs": Human bombs can be roughly divided into two categories. The first category includes those criminals who launched explosions in the United States in 2001, Bali in 2002, Madrid in 2003, and London in the summer of 2005. These people do not care whether their direct or indirect victims are Muslims or not. Their goal is to create terror, and ultimately, in the name of a vague Islamic homeland, cause bloodshed. The so-called Islamic homeland is a utopian country that can solve all problems in this life. This is what members of international terrorist organizations led by Bin Laden are like.

  The second type of human bomb, however, presents a far greater challenge because it includes organizations that openly fight for nationalist goals, such as Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Although terrorism is viewed as an illegal means, nationalism is a rational and often legitimate goal. Many non-terrorists also identify with this goal. Unlike millenarian terrorists like Al-Qaeda who believe in an apocalyptic future, nationalist extremists have more realistic goals and may be appeased by addressing their root problems (e.g., establishing a viable Palestinian state).

  After hanging up the phone, Wang Long felt very worried. Although he could clearly sense the aura of more than 20,000 people in the venue, since the other party was a person with special abilities, it would be difficult to detect him. His special ability was to hide things inside his body, and his appearance was no different from that of an ordinary person. Didn't that mean that all the thousands of foreigners present were suspects?

  Wang Long's eyes scanned the 3251 foreigners in the room, but he couldn't sense anything out of the ordinary about any of them. He weakly shook his head, and a fine layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

  When Malu's song "Dove of Peace" ended, the whole audience applauded again. When Malu finished singing this song, a foreign man in black clothes, black pants and black leather shoes walked onto the stage with a bouquet of flowers in his hand. Wang Long found that there was a flash of viciousness and desperation in his eyes, which would not be noticed if he didn't pay attention.

  It's perfectly normal to give flowers to one's idol, but Wang Long's entire being was now on high alert. As the man in black began to saunter onto the stage, Wang Long fixed his gaze on him. When the man in black sensed Wang Long's stare, Wang Long immediately understood: this man in black might just be that human bomb named Idris. What ordinary fan has eyes like that?

  Wang Long swiftly activated his five-layered divine yuan power, enveloping the man's entire body. Of course, he didn't restrict the man's movements; instead, he formed a circle of divine yuan power around him, making it impossible for others to notice anything unusual about him.

  Suddenly, when the man in black was only half a meter away from Malu Morte, Wang Long felt that there was a huge energy bursting out of his divine yuan force circle. Wang Long quickly dimmed the stage lights with his divine yuan force and used Instant Shift to bring the man in black to a secluded place outside the city. Meanwhile, the audience at the music hall only felt that the stage lights had dimmed for an instant, and after ten or so seconds, they returned to normal. They thought it was just the organizers changing the lighting effects.

  Wang Long also arrived outside the city, and the circle formed by Shen Yuan's power shattered in an instant. The ground was left with only a mess of corpses and bloodstains. Wang Long made a phone call to Long Er, telling him the location and asking him to send someone to handle it. Then, he instantly returned to his small room at the music hall.

  The concert ended with Malu singing five more songs, but the audience was still enthusiastic and wouldn't let go. The organizer had to use the excuse that Malu was too tired and needed rest to finally let the audience leave her alone. Under Wang Long's escort, Malu returned to the hotel after 11 pm. Curiously, she asked Wang Long about the black-clad man who presented flowers, saying that as soon as the lights dimmed, the man disappeared. Wang Long smiled and told her about the human bomb incident.

  Malu Mote listened to Wang Long's words, and the beautiful Danfeng eyes immediately burst out with countless small stars, just like those fans looking at her. At this time, Wang Long in Malu Mote's heart was no longer just his bodyguard, but his guardian angel.