Mountain Eagle admitted that the current situation was approaching the worst scenario he had anticipated...

The only certainty now was that both the US and Russia wanted to resolve the Snowden issue through negotiations.

Those Silicon Valley upstarts named in Snowden's leaked materials, along with the political heirs who had been profiting off the United States' intelligence system with dirty money, played a huge role.

The bargaining chip Mountain Eagle created for Snowden wasn't just about exposing those dirty secrets; it was about selectively leaking them to the competitors of these Silicon Valley upstarts and political heirs.

At the same time, he dragged Russia's intelligence conglomerate into the fray, using their need for leverage in the Crimea negotiations to provide Snowden with political asylum.

Russia had real political needs, and they would certainly go to great lengths to exploit the Snowden issue to torment the Western countries...

And on the United States' side, they really didn't want to escalate the Snowden issue, causing the foundation of freedom and democracy to wobble. This was the fundamental reason the United States obediently complied and agreed to negotiate!

The positions of the two major players were stable, but the world is full of people who want to muddy the waters!

Especially on the United States' side...

What we think of as corporate warfare—a legal battle for company seals and fortune trees—compared to the multi-billion dollar corporate battle for core supplier contracts of the entire United States' military intelligence, is a deadly struggle with every punch and every gunshot drawing blood.

As long as Mountain Eagle dies, even if Snowden leaks just a part of the dirty information for self-preservation, it will immediately result in changes to the United States' defense intelligence suppliers, with the amounts involved often reaching hundreds of millions of dollars.

At the same time, too many countries and people in the world want to sabotage Russia's negotiations over Crimea, especially the extremist factions in Ukraine and the locust Russia faction in Russia, who would love to find an excuse to go to war and swallow Ukraine whole.

This is the downside of the bargaining chip Mountain Eagle created for Snowden; it can instantly hit the opponent's sore spot, but at the same time, it attracts corresponding vultures...

Because creating chaos is a low-cost, high-output method for these people.

Mountain Eagle, a small fry with no backing, could only opt for a semi-public approach to extend the threat of his bargaining chips.

The more people who know, the more complicated things become because the involved interests are too intricate to carefully untangle.

Because any person with a little influence in Washington could have him killed, just because if Snowden goes crazy, that person's company might replace another and win a lucrative defense contract with the United States.

So whenever Tiffany asked if he had a specific target or plan, Mountain Eagle never gave a direct answer...

Because apart from being certain of the desires of the two intelligence giants, he truly had no idea who the actual enemies were.

He could only take them down one by one and have Blood Fox wreak havoc on their lairs, creating greater damage to establish deterrence while also breaking through FBI's security threshold, forcing them to step in and help.

He had been hiding Snowden in the Golden Triangle and acting as Snowden's spokesperson on various levels because he could handle danger, but lacked the ability to face this level of risk with Snowden.

He took the $5 million commission related to Snowden and expanded it to the current extent; he had factored in everything.

He just hadn't expected it to be this difficult!

The closest pursuers now might be just a 30-minute drive away, and he even had to be distracted by the situation with Arctic Fox.

After Mountain Eagle disillusioned Arctic Fox, aside from their world-leading team capabilities, everything else seemed a mess to him...

He understood Silver Fox's actions; from a mercenary's perspective, when betrayal is discovered, the first thought is to clean house.

That was certainly not wrong, but the process was!

Missing the steps for trial, conviction, and stabilizing the internals, and directly killing the traitor, feels satisfying, but only magnifies the internal problems of Arctic Fox.

In ancient times, the emphasis was on imposing a punishment as a warning to others; it's about the process, not simply killing a traitor.

For a top team like Arctic Fox, bound together by camaraderie and shared ideals, such gang-like summary executions disrespect strong team members.

Most importantly, Arctic Fox had been on the decline...

Any erroneous decisions made by the top management of a downhill company would double the psychological harm to the insiders.

Mountain Eagle hoped Silver Fox would temporarily unite the team and find internal issues through observation, but the very savvy Silver Fox apparently hadn't broken free from mercenary thinking.

Daria in the co-pilot's seat clearly sensed Mountain Eagle's mood, she turned back with a smile and said, "Boss, things are still under our control, at least they haven't deviated from your original plan...

I think you should cheer up a bit, Arctic Fox, sigh, if there wasn't a lack of a suitable opportunity, I really would want to witness their operation on-site.

The Haitian Gang is certainly doomed this time!"

Mountain Eagle was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and chuckled, patting his own head...

Right, that's the world's number one Arctic Fox, regardless of any problems they have internally, their team strikes are extraordinary.

Not considering their future but simply using them, these people are still the best!

Add on the Round Table Knight he personally paid for while calling in favors, purely in terms of external strike capabilities, they may not be great against large organizations, but are definitely overwhelming against gangs.

Looking at Daria, who was particularly good at comforting people, Mountain Eagle smiled and gave a thumbs-up, saying, "Record that, I will consider giving my assistant a raise next year..."

Tiffany watched as Daria seriously took out a notebook to jot down the boss's words, her distaste showing as she said, "You're the kind of bitch that ruins the environment for all women...

Can you have some dignity when boot-licking? Isn't an annual raise supposed to be natural?"

In any office, there's no shortage of Tiffanys who are stubborn and often end up doing the most work for little gratitude.

Smart as Daria is, she wouldn't argue with Tiffany or try to enlighten her; she closed her notebook, put it in her bag, and then nodded seriously, "I think you're right..."

As she spoke, she saw a small American country town appear in front of them and said, "The boss said we need to change cars; let's go there and buy two low-profile vehicles."

Mountain Eagle nodded and said, "We'll stop in the town. Tiffany and Daria will look for cars, while Butcher and the rest will come with me to take the car to a secluded place to dispose of it..."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle frowned and muttered to himself, "They're pursuing us too closely; haven't enough of them died yet?"

Tiffany heard Mountain Eagle's muttering and turned her head to ask, "How do you know someone is following us?"

Mountain Eagle waved his hand dismissively, "Just a gut feeling!

After such an intense battle, and the road we took doesn't have any detours, the gunmen will easily guess where we've gone."

As Mountain Eagle spoke, the vehicle crossed a metal bridge and entered a somewhat old-looking American town.

The town had a very relaxed atmosphere. Mountain Eagle instructed Tiffany to stop mid-town, told her and Daria to change into casual clothes and search for suitable vehicles, then he took the driver's seat and sped through the town with the rest of them following...

About 3 kilometers from the town, Mountain Eagle forcefully turned the steering wheel, driving off the road and crashing into a bush.

After Butcher and the others did the same, Mountain Eagle pulled out a knife and began to slash at the surrounding bushes...

Seeing the boss getting busy, Butcher took out a long dagger and came over to help, while asking, "Boss, we're going to change cars; do we need to go through the trouble of hiding the car?"

Mountain Eagle roughly chopped down a bush next to him, tossing the branches toward the rear of the vehicle, and said with a laugh, "Who said I wanted to hide the cars?

I want the pursuers to find them..."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle lifted the trunk of the car, shouldered his tactical backpack, and began packing the equipment left by Tiffany and Daria...

"Pirate, you know how to make gasoline bombs, right?"

The bearded Pirate was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Pretty easy..."

Mountain Eagle casually chopped around a few more times, creating a very perfunctory cover for the two vehicles, then as he crossed the road he said, "These people still aren't used to our style. We need to inflict the greatest damage on them before they become completely vigilant."

It was only then that Butcher realized what the boss wanted to do. He called his teammates to take out all the equipment and things from the cars, then said, "Pirate, there's half a tank of gas left in the car; draw it out to make gasoline bombs.

Pigeon, set up a few smoke bomb traps in the bushes, and then find a position...

Post Box, switch to the AK-105, I saw a few magazines in the bag, remove the silencer and replace it with a recoil compensator. Can you handle it?"

Post Box reluctantly picked up the modernized AK-105 that Mountain Eagle offered, lamenting, "Sure, I can use it, but definitely not as smoothly as with a PKM...

Are these FBI Americans and their pussy-footing why we can't use machine guns?"

The busy Pirate chuckled and said, "These FBI agents are surely afraid of complaints from the scared Americans...

Hah, did you see that small town earlier?

Those people probably don't hear a gunshot once a year. I'll make a big deal out of the gasoline bombs, give them a little surprise..."

Mountain Eagle, having already crossed the road to find a suitable hiding spot, clapped his hands loudly and said, "Hey, guys, let's speed it up..."

......

Inside a warehouse in Los Angeles Pasadena, Silver Fox was expressionlessly organizing equipment on a long table...

The atmosphere in the warehouse was extremely tense. Sharpshooter Chickpea was in an awful mood; he shoved bullets into a magazine then slammed the magazine onto the table, producing a loud 'bang' noise.

The harsh sound made everyone else freeze in their actions. Silver Fox glanced at Chickpea and said in a deep voice, "If you don't want to do it, go back to the hotel..."

Chickpea ignored Silver Fox's words and spread his hands out to his teammates around him, saying, "What are we doing here?

Catfish and Turtle betrayed us...

Why?

Catfish saved my life in Colombia; why would he betray us?

For money?

Come on, speak up, tell me, why did they betray Arctic Fox?

We're brothers who would take bullets for each other. Why didn't they even give them a chance to explain?"

Silver Fox tapped a magazine on the table, then slid it into a pocket on his chest, and after putting on a baseball cap on his head, he looked around at those waiting for an answer and said, lowering his eyelids, "Let's get to work...

If you want to know the answers, I'll give them to you after it's all over!

In the meantime, I need you to focus!"

Inuit Shark had a vastly different perspective on life and death from the others; he walked over to the shorter Chickpea, put an arm around his shoulder, and said, "Death is not the end. Catfish and Turtle simply chose a different path from ours..."

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