Leitao told Meng Yan and Old Qiao to take Heilong and retreat first, while he quietly slipped back to the operation site. Shielded by the cover of night, he moved like a ghost among the ruined walls, reached the designated spot, and took a stack of pre-printed deterrent leaflets from the Bagua Spinning Top Space. Climbing atop a high, broken wall, he scanned his surroundings vigilantly to ensure no one was watching, then grabbed the leaflets with both hands and hurled them fiercely into the sky. The papers scattered in the biting night wind, falling in all directions like ominous snowflakes. To ensure the leaflets were widely distributed, Leitao moved quickly along the ruined wall, continuously scattering them from different positions. Some landed on burning ruins, licked by tongues of fire; some drifted into Japanese Army tents; and others hung from the barrels of damaged armored vehicles.
The contents of the leaflet were as follows:
An Open Letter to the Anti-Japanese United Army Traitors
Traitors! When you point your guns at your own compatriots, you are nothing more than damned lackeys deserving of execution by all! The glory bought with the blood of your brothers is merely a rope tied around your gallows!
Remember—the Nether Assassin is coming to claim your lives!
Traitors to the nation shall be hacked to pieces! Collaborators with the enemy shall be ground to ashes! No matter where you flee, we will hunt you down! This is the final judgment!
—— Issued by the Nether
Chapter 490