Mountain Eagle was testing guns at the shooting range when he received a call from Tessa...

He was somewhat baffled and signaled Pigeon and the others to continue, then he hobbled towards the main entrance of the shooting range with his crutch.

Before he reached the hall of the shooting range, he saw Tessa, her presence commanding as she dragged Balang's two naughty sons toward him. Usually domineering, Balang was meekly following by Tessa's side, showing a totally sycophantic demeanor.

Seeing Marta borrowing authority by raising an eyebrow at him, Mountain Eagle, annoyed, grabbed Balang by the lip and reproachfully said, "I asked you to watch the door and you couldn't even manage that, what use are you?"

It seemed like Balang understood what Mountain Eagle was saying. It looked up at its two sons whose limbs were joyfully waving in the air and let out a disgruntled grunt.

Mountain Eagle rescued the two foolish dogs from Tessa's grasp. Watching them wagging their tails and circling around Tessa's feet foolishly, he shook his head disdainfully and was about to lecture Tessa when the spirited female officer angrily exclaimed, "You should be resting now…"

This attitude of hers was just like most mothers who always think their child should wear an extra layer of clothing.

It sounds kind of annoying...

Most young people just find it annoying, but as they get older, they find it quite heartwarming.

Young girls in love, just like women caring for their children for the first time, don't know how to express it. They concentrate all their concern into what they think is good for you, mostly trivial things.

Mountain Eagle grew up without parents, he doesn't have such issues. He accepts all kindness wholeheartedly, fully sensing the good intentions and ignoring the controlling desire that the other party might not even be aware of.

Facing the pressing Tessa, Mountain Eagle put his arm around her shoulder, smiling as he spoke, "Didn't I tell you yesterday?

I just came to test some guns and relax a bit!

If you're still worried, later I'll just buy a wheelchair and you can push me wherever, how about that?"

Tessa scrunched up her nose and glared at Mountain Eagle, then asked, "Are you just shooting targets?"

Mountain Eagle realized what was bothering her, and with a sigh, he said, "I'm a police officer, I have to help when there are kidnappers around, I didn't do much, just walked a bit and fired a couple of shots."

Tessa, who is a romantic, automatically glorifies the actions of her loved one.

Facing her own hero who insisted on being active despite his injuries, Tessa, slightly aggrieved, grabbed Mountain Eagle's clothes and said, "Your injury is severe, why…"

Seeing that Tessa's mood was turning, Mountain Eagle quickly tightened his arm around her, and said, "What are you thinking?

This really doesn't affect my injury at all, if you don't believe me, we can go swimming this afternoon and I promise I'll swim faster than you.

Big Sister, it's not that I can't move, I just shouldn't engage in intense physical activities.

Don't be like this, I'll lie down obediently in bed after I get back, I promise I'll lie down for 8 hours every day."

Perhaps the words 'intense activity' and 'bed' triggered some associations for Tessa, she leaned on Mountain Eagle's arm, making herself his crutch, then looked at him with misty eyes and said, "I can wait, but if you…"

Mountain Eagle saw that Tessa was steering the conversation in a risky direction, he grabbed Marta's head to push the curious girl away, then beckoned and said, "Since you're all here, let me treat you all to shooting, I'll cover all the bullet costs!"

Saying this, Mountain Eagle paused, looking at the giggling Marta, and said, "You're just a volunteer temp, what are you doing following Tessa around?

Isn't there work for you at Ao Nan's place?"

Marta, eyebrows raised and arm linked with Tessa's, said, "I'm Tessa's partner now, we are investigating a murder case."

Upon hearing this, Mountain Eagle somewhat displeasedly said, "Tessa, Marta is still a minor...

An adult could go to jail just for touching her, and you have her investigating a murder case?"

Tessa shrugged and said, "Luo Yang and Marta were the first officers at the crime scene, and she knew the victim.

Since Kamri's police force is understaffed, I'm having her drive me."

Mountain Eagle, frowning, looked at Marta and asked, "You knew the victim?"

Marta nodded vigorously and said, "They had tattoos, the same kind as the ones on the people who killed my parents. They are from the Wu Clan of the Ukraine gang, a bunch of Nazi scum."

"Wu Clan gang?"

Mountain Eagle thought for a moment, then seeing the excited Marta, he suggested, "Go to the safe and get your gun…"

Upon hearing this, Marta excitedly said, "Can I also carry a gun on the streets now?"

"You wish!"

Mountain Eagle walked towards the shooting range with his arm around Tessa, saying, "Take Marta to Sunset Mountain tonight, let her stay there for now."

Tessa, surprised, said, "You're worried about Marta's safety?"

Shaking his head, Mountain Eagle replied, "I'm not worried about others troubling her, I'm concerned about her getting herself into trouble.

Let's go, the surgery for the guy I shot probably won't be over anytime soon, I need to finish today's planned activities."

Mountain Eagle led the two sisters into the shooting range for a shooting competition, accompanied by Daria and Yuliy.

He, on the other hand, was with Pigeon, the professional shooter, trying out various rifles and noting down their strengths and weaknesses.

For those rifles completely unsuitable to his personal style, Mountain Eagle chose to store them.

For those with standout qualities, he recorded his shooting impressions and noted adjustments needed, planning to modify and tune them after taking them back.

The whole process took about 4 hours, and only when Tessa, having lost the competition, started to complain of hunger did Mountain Eagle wrap up the day's scheduled activities, telling Marta to start packing up.

Together, they found a restaurant outside, had a hearty meal, and then headed to Kamri Hospital.

Since Tessa needed to interrogate the kidnapper, Mountain Eagle rescheduled his massage therapist appointment to the hospital.

Before heading to the hospital, Mountain Eagle had Pigeon drive his truck, and Marta hurried to join Daria in another car, while he himself took the passenger seat next to Tessa...

Looking at the slightly serious expression on Tessa's face, Mountain Eagle thought for a moment and said: "What are you worried about?"

Tessa frowned and glanced at Mountain Eagle, saying: "One person is dead, another has gone crazy and taken hostages, and they are both from a Nazi group in Ukraine.

Shouldn't I be worried?"

Mountain Eagle shrugged and responded: "That is indeed something to worry about..."

Tessa, seeing Mountain Eagle's seemingly indifferent attitude, said somewhat annoyedly: "If you're not interested in the case, you can go back to Sunset Mountain to recuperate."

Mountain Eagle rolled down the window to let the breeze over the wheat fields blow in, smiling as he said: "How can I rest easy without you by my side? Besides, I'm also a bit worried about Marta.

She's not yet of age, and not every young girl can easily digest the trauma of her parents being murdered."

Upon hearing this, Tessa curiously asked: "What exactly is your relationship with Marta?

Why do I always feel that there's something odd about the way you two interact?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and replied: "I made a promise to an old man to take care of some of his old comrades' descendants.

Marta is one of them!"

As Mountain Eagle observed Tessa's perplexed expression, he laughed and said: "It's not something that can be explained in a sentence or two, just know that I am responsible for Marta's safety.

Promise me, don't involve her in anything dangerous..."

Annoyed by his response, Tessa said: "What about me? Am I allowed to do dangerous stuff then?"

Finding himself at a loss, Mountain Eagle spread his hands and replied: "You're a police officer, facing risks is your duty, and I will be with you..."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle patted his right leg and continued: "Don't mind its current condition, whenever you need it, it's ready to spring into action.

But normally for cases, you wouldn't need it; these are just minor thugs, Officer Tessa can definitely handle them on her own."

Tessa, charmed by Mountain Eagle's words, nodded earnestly and said: "Absolutely, investigating isn't about fighting, that's where I'm specialized in."

Just then, Tessa's phone rang. After listening for a few minutes, she sped up...

"It was Chief on the phone, the kidnapper was rescued by a fishing boat returning to the port early this morning...

The dead body washed ashore around 10 last night...

It's very likely that these two had a conflict with someone on the boat and were then thrown into the sea."

Mountain Eagle curiously asked: "How did the kidnapper survive?"

Tessa pursed her lips and said: "The rescue doctor is awake, he said the kidnapper was strangled unconscious and thrown into the sea.

However, the guy is physically robust and had consumed a large amount of stimulants. Plus, with some luck, he woke up not long after being submerged, managing to survive until he was rescued by the fishing boat.

Unexpectedly, this guy went crazy, stabbed the doctor, struggled with the driver for the steering wheel, and crashed into the wheat field, then kidnapped the nurse."

Tessa angrily slapped the steering wheel and said: "He really didn't need to do all that..."

Mountain Eagle thought for a moment and said: "Is it possible that this guy isn't afraid of going to the hospital, but rather scared of the police, or perhaps fearful of someone else tracing him down?

Whoever tried to kill him didn't succeed at sea..."

Tessa slightly nodded and said: "That's exactly what I'm most worried about!

If he's afraid of the police, it means he's prepared, or he has already done something bad he fears we might discover.

If he's afraid of someone else, the problem could be even more severe."

Tessa glanced at Mountain Eagle, a bit embarrassed, and said: "Kamri is not planning to disclose the police's process of handling the case to the public, everything now has to give way to tourism..."

Understanding dawned on Mountain Eagle as he nodded and said: "That means, no matter what big events occur, we have to suppress them.

That does make things complicated, maybe you should ask this guy if he minds us sending him somewhere else, like Phuket Island would be nice.

I recently saw online, many media and politicians there are criticizing us, we should give them a chance to prove themselves."

Tessa laughed out loud, hitting Mountain Eagle playfully, and said: "Don't talk about them like that, they were already prepared for the rescue, but someone interfered and delayed them.

Remember Kadite who arranged our trip to Phuket?

He has several relatives who are Congressmen and high-ranking officials on Phuket Island, and he's still locked up at home under house arrest."

Mountain Eagle, reminded of that enthusiastic Minister of Transportation's son who had tried to impress Tessa by causing trouble for Phuket Island and interfering with their rescue operation, leading to Kamri preemptively stepping in.

It wasn't a big deal initially, but Kamri's tourism industry soared as a result, even snatching some tourists from Phuket Island, and that was intolerable.

Kadite could act recklessly on Phuket Island because many of his family elders were high-ranking officials and Congressmen there.

If Mountain Eagle were them, not only would he confine such a foolish, reckless descendent, he would have broken his legs on the spot.

Imagine that aviation enthusiast locked up in a large house of hundreds of square meters with a swimming pool, his days limited to playing games and surfing the internet, eating meals delivered from outside and drinking Happy Water from the supermarket...

Mountain Eagle didn't feel a bit sorry for him!

Seeing Tessa smiling happily, Mountain Eagle said with a laugh: "Later, give me Kadite's address; I will custom-make a banner to send to him, thanking him for his enormous contributions to Kamri's tourism industry."

As they chatted and laughed, they reached the hospital entrance...

Just as Mountain Eagle was about to open the door and get out, Chief, responsible for transporting the kidnapper to the hospital for emergency treatment, rushed out of the hospital like a dog was after him, grabbing a radio and starting to shout...

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