Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger

Chapter 517: Choosing a Common Enemy


Mountain Eagle dragged Floral Shirt from the third floor to the first floor; pain and jostling knocked Floral Shirt unconscious.

When they got downstairs, Daniel and several plainclothes officers were already waiting there with a van…

Mountain Eagle grabbed Floral Shirt by the belt, tossed him into the vehicle like trash, and then told Daniel, "You heard it all earlier, 4 PM, at a farm near Kegel Valley...

Send more people over, if you can catch this guy's boss, you could unearth the mastermind behind the Shan Ji Replacers."

Daniel nodded. He looked at Jerry, who was cowering like a quail, then spoke to Mountain Eagle with some concern, "He's just a kid, what do you plan to do?"

Mountain Eagle gestured dismissively and said, "I plan to send him to meet up with his sister, give them some money, and help them buy a plane ticket to Anchorage, Alaska."

Daniel paused and furrowed his brow, "Is that necessary? If the Replacers are taken down, they have no need to hide!"

Mountain Eagle shook his head, "Their parents are more dangerous to them, it's better for them to hide far away—they might still have a future."

Daniel, coming from a humble background himself, knew all too well the kind of harm a pair of drug-addled parents could cause their children.

Mountain Eagle's approach may involve some legal grey areas, but with Sheriff Redick in Anchorage to meet them, the siblings could be settled in easily.

The gangster-esque Daniel nodded, waved to his companions to lug the two nearly dead thugs onto the vehicle, then turned the van around and drove off…

Before leaving, Daniel waved at Mountain Eagle, "My men will arrive shortly. You all should leave quickly and leave the scene for my team."

Mountain Eagle straightened his suit, tilted his head at Jerry, who was looking puzzled and fearful, and said, "Let's go…"

Pushed by Tiffany, Jerry followed at Mountain Eagle's side. After they walked out of the community, they passed by two police cars.

Seeing the officers in the cars clearly notice them but pretend not to see, Jerry swallowed nervously and whispered, "Sir, where are you taking me?"

Mountain Eagle glanced at Jerry and said, "To where your sister Naomi works…"

With a sobbing tone, Jerry said, "Naomi has nothing to do with my affairs, can you not harm her?

I beg you, I'll do anything you ask…"

Mountain Eagle looked at Jerry, who was almost as tall as Tiffany, and smiled, "Really anything?"

Jerry nodded anxiously, "Really anything, just don't hurt Naomi…"

Mountain Eagle patted Jerry's head and chuckled, "Remember your words. After you go to Alaska, attend school, work part-time, try to finish high school, and be a bit nicer to your sister."

"Ah? Who would hire me?"

Seeing Jerry's surprised expression, Mountain Eagle said with a smile, "Don't worry, I guarantee you'll have more work than you can handle…"

"Ah??"

Bad kids usually have good resilience. Jerry was very frightened of Mountain Eagle, but still had some ability to judge the situation.

He knew staying in Los Angeles meant almost certain death…

This boss, who looked both rich and scary, had no reason to hassle him.

That must mean he wanted to help...

But thinking of the freezing cold Alaska, Jerry mumbled with his head down, "Can I, can I not go?"

Mountain Eagle heard this, grinned, and said, "What do you think?"

As they spoke, they arrived at the café where Jerry's sister Naomi worked…

Seeing Daria sitting in the café, with Naomi opposite her, the two seeming to get along well, joking and chatting.

When Daria saw the boss and others appear, she spoke a few words to Naomi, who then, a chubby young black girl, covered her mouth, cried, and rushed out of the café, hugging Jerry tightly.

Daria left some bills on the table, walked over to Mountain Eagle and said, "Boss, I told Naomi that we're from a charity fund that sponsors abused teens to start a new life.

Naomi is interested in my proposal and doesn't mind starting over in Alaska."

Mountain Eagle had no intention of further chit-chat. He walked over to the Audi A8, opened the door, then turned and said, "Get in the car, Tiffany to drive, Daria sits in the back with them, book the tickets, and then take them to the airport…

Hurry up, we have a lot to do!"

Tiffany walked around to the driver's side, got in...

After starting the car, Tiffany, unable to help herself, asked the always-sunglassed Mountain Eagle seemingly lost in thought, "BOSS, do you really think we can catch them at four this afternoon?"

Mountain Eagle, who was monitoring the target's movements through Crow, was startled and then shook his head, "Of course not...

If we go there, it's likely a trap."

Tiffany pondered for a moment and said, "Then you should warn Daniel and the others…"

Mountain Eagle shook his head, "No need, this is the United States, not the chaotic Middle East. SWAT and HRT have overwhelming advantage anywhere.

If they still need me to remind them about such matters, then they're really too incompetent."

Tiffany drove south towards Los Angeles Airport, her thoughts visibly preoccupied as she said, "You're not the type who would just stand by and watch...

You think they'll come up empty, right?"

Mountain Eagle looked at Tiffany, who'd been acting more recklessly with lower standards since running into her ex-boyfriend, and said with a smile, "I've crossed paths with Replacers, I know how they operate.

An organization like that couldn't possibly thrive in a developed country with basic order without protective umbrellas within law enforcement.

If Daniel and his team come up empty, they'll quickly realize there's a problem and then try to get as close as possible to me.

Tiffany, searching for collaborators and allies is a tricky business, sometimes you can't just rely on the other side to comply or coordinate with our will...

I need to find a common enemy for everyone, common interests, and then make them reliable."

Tiffany sighed, nodded, and said, "From start to finish, you don't trust anyone from the United States side. First, you screen them, then you force them to take a side through shared interests..."

Mountain Eagle interrupted Tiffany's conspiratorial tone, laughing as he said, "It's not that I don't trust everyone, but I firmly believe there are bad apples in both the FBI and Los Angeles Police Department.

This is normal, decided by our enemies.

I don't have enough people, nor have I shown the capacity for revenge, which means I must find reliable people to collaborate with.

The number of people we've killed in the past nine days isn't enough, or rather, the impact isn't significant enough.

I need to find a few suitable targets, utterly smash them and the people behind them, and then those who want me dead will start to weigh their options."

Tiffany understood Mountain Eagle's situation and began to calculate, nodding her head, "The Replacers, Southern Gang, who else?"

As Tiffany spoke, she looked at Mountain Eagle's face which bore a strange expression, and said, "Don't tell me, you've also targeted Titan Group!

They are Ministry of Defense contractors, CIA's go-to enforcers..."

Mountain Eagle snorted derisively, "What damn go-to enforcers?

If CIA is paying, does doing their dirty work count as being their go-to enforcers?

Any middleman can hire a bunch of mercenaries for such tasks, because the money is right!"

With that, Mountain Eagle turned to Tiffany with a laugh, "Titan Group is just a piss pot that can be tossed away when dirty, they know it too, that's why they act so recklessly.

These bastards who can't stop making black money, if they die, they just die!

I bet if these people died, not even the law enforcement would bother with a thorough investigation, because as soon as it begins, it'll drag up a lot of other matters."

Tiffany, surprised, said, "You're planning to..."

Mountain Eagle shook his mobile phone with a smirk, "I also have some connections in the United States intelligence departments...

Those people gave me money to invest, and the first earnings should have been deposited by now.

Even if just for the money's sake, they'd have to help me out from the sidelines...

Like, helping me inquire about Titan Group's situation...

Or letting me know that last night, a Titan Group's black squadron arrived from Libya on a military transport plane at the Los Angeles Military Base."

Mountain Eagle looked at Tiffany's surprised expression and continued with a smile, "Inside the United States, a group has pooled together 20 million US dollars, contacting Titan Group through a middleman...

They want them to do whatever it takes to kill me, to ruin the negotiation talks between US and Russian intelligence agencies, and force Snowden to lose his mind.

They want to overturn the old contracts with the United States Department of Defense and intelligence agencies and step over the corpses of their rivals to compete for the new contracts.

Those contracts worth several trillion US dollars are too lucrative; even a small piece can make many people incredibly wealthy.

These people clearly are not from the Underworld, and don't have much interaction with it, therefore the financial tycoon Danet keeps reinvesting on the black market, putting a 20 million US dollar bounty on my head.

Can you imagine? If I die now, my worth could reach 40 million US dollars.

Many public companies don't make that much in profit in a year!"

Tiffany took a sharp breath, unbelievingly saying, "You don't seem worried at all!"

"Because worrying is the most useless emotion..."

With that, Mountain Eagle looked back at the two siblings sitting in the back seat, stunned, and said with a grinning smile, "Jerry, did your boss ever tell you what you'd get for taking me down?"

Jerry instinctively lowered his head to avoid Mountain Eagle's gaze, and muttered, "They said, if I did a good job, they'd buy me an XBOX and all the games, and I could join their Brotherhood."

Naomi, upon hearing this, incredulously covered her mouth with her left hand, while silently weeping, furiously smacking Jerry's head with her right hand...

Mountain Eagle glanced at Jerry, who was holding his head and wailing non-stop, and laughed, "That's a fool, and as his sister, you have the right to beat him!

Beat him for 10 minutes first, and once we reach Anchorage in Alaska, I suggest you schedule regular beatings to keep his mind from wandering.

If he resists, call the police; I have friends among the police there, they can help you beat him up!

I can't guarantee he'll turn out to be useful, but I can assure you, even if he's a wasted space, he'll be a tough one to kill!"

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