Kate nodded and said, "Yes, Titan Group...

A defense contractor of the United States, a go-to hitter for the CIA, and at the same time, they are also the contractors of overseas black sites.

Of course, apart from the first item, they would deny the other two, because after the Guantanamo incident, they've paid their fines and claimed to have 'turned over a new leaf.'

42 people are the size of a squadron, and just the same, Titan Group has six of these squads...

Mountain, I know you are capable and I know you don't care about those assassins or ordinary mercenaries, but the enemy you are facing now is entirely different...

We don't have any evidence, and we can't even prove that the team belongs to Titan Group, so there's nothing we can do about Titan Group, we can't restrict them...

If you want to ensure your safety, the best choice is to cooperate with us!

Most people in the White House and the Ministry of Defense wish for the Snowden incident to be resolved as soon as possible.

Most importantly, our President wishes to resolve these issues with relatively peaceful means during his term.

But the situation is not moving in the direction that most people desire...

You might have misjudged the situation. The bigwigs indeed want to resolve the issue quietly, but many in the higher echelons of intelligence agencies just want to tear Snowden apart.

Because of the exposure and suspension of the Prism Plan, their workload has increased by many times..."

Mountain Eagle looked at Kate, whose expression didn't seem feigned, and nodded slightly, saying, "Thank you for the warning..."

Kate spread her hands and asked, "So? Are you willing to cooperate?"

Mountain Eagle glanced at Rosa, then at Tiffany, whose expression had slightly softened, and shook his head as he stood up, saying, "Your capabilities are too weak, I don't work with losers, especially not with the bastards that my bodyguard is talking about..."

Kate looked at Tiffany, whose face didn't look too good, then with a somewhat helpless expression, she looked at Mountain Eagle and said, "Mountain, Rosa is a senior FBI agent, he is very competent and upright."

Having said that, Kate turned to Tiffany and spoke seriously, "You are Tiffany, I don't know what has happened between you and Rosa in the past...

If you really care about Mountain's safety, you should give Rosa a fair assessment."

Mountain Eagle saw Tiffany's expression soften a bit, and waving his hand, he said, "I don't have high demands for moral character, what I care about is capability...

In my eyes, the capabilities of Agent Rosa are simply not up to par, as he couldn't even detect the assassin in the restaurant.

How can I expect such a person to protect me?"

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle stood up and walked over to a dining table at the southeast corner of the restaurant, sitting across from an acquaintance...

"No matter how much the person who hired you is paying for my life, I'll pay double..."

After not having seen each other since Moscow, the assassin Matthias, with a somewhat helpless expression, looked up. He first touched the disguise on his face, then faced Mountain Eagle, put down the spoon he was using to eat soup, wiped his hands with a napkin, and said, "Really? Someone put a 20 million US dollar bounty on your head..."

Upon hearing this, Mountain Eagle instantly retracted his offer, saying, "Then forget I said anything..."

Saying so, Mountain Eagle looked at Matthias' face, which bore a smile that wasn't quite a smile, and a bit annoyed, he said, "There is no assassin in this world worth 20 million US dollars, you're bluffing me...

Believe it or not, with one phone call, I could have a team of FBI burst in here and throw you into a cell full of lunatics!"

Matthias looked at Mountain Eagle with a serious demeanor, somewhat helplessly touched his fake beard on his chin, and said, "First, tell me how you recognized me, then I'll consider your offer..."

Mountain Eagle, with a smile on his face, said, "The first thing I saw was the back of your head and your silhouette, you changed the color of your hair but not the hairstyle, and more importantly, the suit you are wearing, the same one you wore when we met on the plane...

Are your funds lacking, so you have to wear the same suit multiple times?"

Matthias was slightly taken aback, then looked down at the suit he was wearing and said, "This is a custom suit I just got last week. It's just the same color as the one I was wearing when we last met, but the fabric material is completely different, you're not telling me the truth…"

Mountain Eagle listened, pinched the collar of Matthias' suit and rubbed it a bit, then smiled and said, "Let me guess, you spent 60 thousand at an old man's place in Santa Monica for this custom suit..."

Saying that, he pointed his index finger at his own neck and said, "You have a scar here, although you've covered it up with some powder, if you look closely, it's quite obvious."

Matthias subconsciously touched his own neck, where there was a shallow scar extending from the underside of his jaw to his throat, which was not easily noticeable to most people.

With a sigh at the observational skills of the man before him, Matthias looked at Mountain Eagle wearing linen casual attire and nodded, saying, "It appears you are also a client of Mr. Saville, so that means you understand the situation you're in.

I suggest from now on, you wear a bulletproof suit, and it would be better to add a bulletproof vest underneath.

The 20 million dollar bounty is real, issued by someone named Danet through a middleman in the United States on the black market.

But my target isn't you…"

Mountain Eagle, squinting slightly, looked at Matthias and said, "You're not here to kill me? Then how did you find this place?"

Matthias thought for a moment and with some resignation said, "Past month, I've been coming here twice a week to eat..."

Upon hearing this, Mountain Eagle straightened up, looked around the restaurant at the other patrons, and then chuckled, "Staking out, is your target here?"

Matthias knew that if he didn't make it clear, the guy in front of him would definitely not believe him...

He nodded slightly and said, "It's at..."

Speaking, Matthias glanced at his watch, stood up, and said, "I'm going to the restroom..."

Mountain Eagle frowned as he watched Matthias head to the restroom. He waited for about 5 minutes but Matthias did not return. Instead, what came was a waiter with a bill...

"Sir, the gentleman who just left said that you would cover his check..."

Mountain Eagle was stunned for a moment, took the bill, and saw the $700 meal cost. Smacking his lips, he stood up, pulled out several twenty-dollar notes as a tip for the waiter, then pointed to his own table, smiled, and said, "Wait a moment to settle the whole bill, did that gentleman say anything else when he left?"

The waiter handed over a note with a smile and said, "The gentleman said if you're willing to give me a tip, to pass this note to you."

Mountain Eagle, curious, unfolded the note and read the line of small print. Frowning, he thanked the waiter and then returned to his seat...

Seeing that his added scallops and lobster pasta had been served, Mountain Eagle quickly finished the small portions and then said to Daria, "Let's pay and leave..."

Kate frowned and looked at Mountain Eagle, asking, "What happened? Who was that person just now?"

Mountain Eagle wiped his mouth and said, "That guy just now is a very dangerous assassin. He told me I've been targeted by an assassin organization called Bright Ladder...

There are Bright Ladder assassins in the restaurant right now!"

Upon hearing this, Rosa scoffed and said, "An assassin warns you about other assassins targeting you...

Do you know how much you're worth? Why didn't he just do it himself?

Sir, stop messing around..."

Mountain Eagle looked at the stubborn-faced Rosa, shook his head about to speak, when a sharp scream suddenly came from the restaurant's restroom...

Rosa sprang up like an electrocuted Big Dog and rushed over...

A few minutes later, Rosa came back to his original position, looking at the empty seats, he called out to Kate in dissatisfaction, "Where did that guy go?"

Kate took a sip of red wine and said, "They left..."

Rosa raised his wrist to give a few instructions over the radio, then looked at the composed Kate and said sternly, "Someone died in the restroom, probably the work of the assassin Mountain Eagle mentioned..."

Kate sighed and said, "He just told you that was an assassin, but you thought he was playing tricks."

Rosa irritably turned in place and said, "I should've just arrested him!

I hate situations like this; any case becomes uncontrollable once politics get involved.

What do we do now?

If he's not willing to cooperate, do we just watch as he turns Los Angeles into a battlefield?"

Kate shook her head slightly and said, "Rosa, Mountain Eagle is not our enemy...

He just doesn't want to cooperate with us, but he's not refusing our presence around him."

As she spoke, Kate took out her phone and shook it, saying, "He left a number; we can track his address at any time.

Starting now, set up surveillance points around his residence and dispatch an HRT team to standby.

Use all connections to send a message to those restless ones to not cause trouble."

Rosa watched several Los Angeles Police officers rush into the restaurant, start cordoning off the area near the restroom, and frowned at Kate, asking, "That's it?"

Kate nodded and said, "That's it!"

Then, looking at Rosa with a displeased face, she seriously said, "Rosa, your mission is to secure benefits for the FBI through him.

He's now like a piece of alluring fat meat, attracting many dangerous individuals. It's your task to grab them.

My responsibility is to maintain communication with him, to coordinate with various units to ensure his safety as much as possible, and to allow negotiations to proceed smoothly.

My pressure is much greater than yours because I dislike that guy even more than you do...

Don't act like a heartbroken teenager; anger and impulsiveness will only make you look foolish and will make that guy look down on us even more!"

...

Mountain Eagle sat in the back seat of the A8; when the car arrived at his apartment entrance, he pushed the door open and got out, and said to Daria in the passenger seat, "You guys go back first, I'll take a walk on the beach..."

As a bodyguard, Tiffany was the first to object, "BOSS, you're in danger right now..."

Mountain Eagle waved his hand indifferently and said, "There's always risk in everything we do!

For us, the best option is to take risks when they are controllable, not to react passively."

Having said that, Mountain Eagle glanced at the nearby beach and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not alone..."

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