Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 146 Replacer

Chapter 146: Chapter 146 Replacer

Tessa missed the spring night to rush to the scene of the shooting...

When the police car stopped, Mountain Eagle realized that they were at a high-end villa community.

At this time, the security guards of the villa area were in chaos, seeing a police car coming over, the security guard responsible for the gate hurriedly opened the barrier and then rushed to the side of the driver’s cabin, saying a few words loudly to Tessa...

Mountain Eagle couldn’t understand Thai, but he could see the excitement in Tessa’s eyes. This time he didn’t try to dissuade her. Instead, he extended his left hand to hold the handle on the car roof, and with his right hand, he drew his pistol and flipped off the safety.

Seeing Mountain Eagle’s movement, Tessa quickly drove into the villa area and said: "A gunman has broken into the villa area and killed a family..."

Mountain Eagle shook his head as he held onto the handle and said: "Why are you excited about a family dying?"

Tessa shook her head and replied: "I have a friend who has a house here. Every home here is equipped with surveillance and security systems. As long as we get to the scene, we will know if it was the assassin who did it today.

If it was him, then the dead must be connected to the person who betrayed him, and those people would be the ones we are looking for."

After listening to her, Mountain Eagle chose to shut up because what Tessa said was not impossible...

Because Mountain Eagle felt that if he were in their shoes, he would also choose to take revenge after being betrayed.

Though it’s irrational, it’s the most effective.

Instead of being the target of long-term assassination, it’s better to kill the opponent, making one’s escape route a bit easier.

Given the assassin’s skills, he would have no problem dealing with the Thai Police.

However, Mountain Eagle still harbored some doubts about whether it was indeed such a coincidence...

Tessa drove quickly to the villa where the incident occurred...

Two young security guards were vomiting at the entrance of the garage, while several other villa security guards watched the villa from afar, not daring to approach...

Mountain Eagle saw a large and a small child standing on the lawn in front of the villa, hugging each other tightly, crying loudly; he quickly followed Tessa as she pushed open the door and got out of the car...

He nudged Tessa on the back, signaling her to take the two children to a safe place, then, with his right hand holding his gun against his chest, Mountain Eagle walked swiftly towards the villa’s main entrance.

Nearly 15 minutes had passed since they heard the gunfire until they arrived at the scene. Mountain Eagle didn’t think the gunman would still be there.

However, as a habit of caution, Mountain Eagle still opted for the safest approach. He walked on the grass, avoiding the angles at which one could be shot from inside the villa through the main gate, rushed to the side of the door, quickly peeked inside, then furrowed his brow deeply...

The entrance was an openwork carved wooden foyer, and beyond the foyer was a not-so-small hall...

On the floor of the hall lay two bodies with their throats cut, dressed somewhat like bodyguards, one of whom still held a handgun.

As Mountain Eagle was about to continue forward to check, Tessa came up...

This seemingly impulsive and brainless female officer, when faced with a professional issue, showed no sign of impulsiveness. Holding her gun tightly behind Mountain Eagle, she said: "The two children said someone killed their parents and the bodyguards at home...

It was just one person!"

"That person must be extremely dangerous..."

Mountain Eagle burst into the living room on the first floor of the villa with his gun and quickly searched before standing at the entrance of the stairs, saying to Tessa, who had a shocked expression: "Don’t be stunned, what’s there to fear about the dead?

Help me guard the stairs, I’ll go up and take a look..."

Tessa looked at the two bodies lying in the living room, a man and a woman...

They knelt in front of the coffee table, their hands tied behind their backs, chins resting on the solid wood coffee table.

Although the woman had died from a slit throat and blood loss, her overall state was still relatively good, not so for the man...

The man’s facial features had been completely removed and were neatly arranged on the coffee table, forming a cruel abstract painting.

Tessa had seen her fair share of major events, but such a brutal method of death still made her shudder a little.

This method, with obvious revenge and warning implications, is typically used by drug traffickers from the Golden Triangle.

However, the traffickers would not only focus on men, nor would they spare two children.

Tessa had no time to ponder who could be so savage; she went to Mountain Eagle’s side and together they covered each other as they went upstairs...

After searching a few rooms, they found that only the safe in the master’s bedroom had been opened...

Mountain Eagle didn’t know what used to be in the safe, but after a thorough examination, he found several passports and a gun case left at the scene, and on the floor, a 9mm bullet that had probably been missed in a hurried action...

While Mountain Eagle was inspecting the safe, Tessa went into the dressing room to check the lady’s jewelry, only to find that nothing was missing.

This made her even more certain that this was a murder caused by hatred and was also more certain that it was related to the previous assassin.

While Mountain Eagle was checking the safe, he accidentally spotted that the wall color behind the desk where the safe was stored seemed a bit odd, and it had been deliberately dug into a small hole...

He stood up, knocked on the wall, then frowned, picked up a solid wood pen holder from the desk and used it as a hammer, striking heavily against the wall...

The wall emitted a dull thud, and then caved in.

Discovering it was just a single layer of plasterboard, Mountain Eagle inserted two fingers into the small hole and yanked forcefully, tearing open a gap in the plasterboard...

Looking at the revealed contents, Mountain Eagle clicked his tongue in disbelief and called out to Tessa...

"Come take a look, there’s a ton of money hidden here, FUCK, a massive amount of money!

Whoever killed the owner of this place gave up the biggest haul!"

Tessa ran over to Mountain Eagle’s side, looking at the torn spot, and the large bundles of cash wrapped in cling film emerged. She joined in with tearing at the wall in astonishment...

A few minutes later, Mountain Eagle looked at a 1 meter wide, 1.5 meter tall wall of money. He pulled out a bundle of cash to inspect and couldn’t help but let out a sigh...

"If these are all thousand Baht bills, then there’s at least one hundred million Thai Baht here. Why did this guy have to hide so much money?

The assassin had clearly discovered this spot, but why didn’t he try to take some money with him?"

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle saw a black notebook inserted at the top of the money wall. He reached out, took down the notebook to skim through, and found that it was all in Thai, which he couldn’t understand...

When he handed the notebook to Tessa, something resembling a bookmark fell out.

Mountain Eagle picked up the curious object for a look. The bookmark-sized item was made of titanium alloy, one side engraved with a fierce-looking ghost’s face, while the other side was covered with a dense array of Braille-like dots.

Just as Mountain Eagle was about to ask Tessa if she had ever seen such a thing, Tessa looking at the contents of the notebook screamed out...

"It’s the assassination log of the Replacer Organization, recording all of the Replacers’ assassination operations from 2013 to 2014..."

As she said this, Tessa quickly flipped through the notebook, and after a rough estimate, she took a sharp breath and said: "At least 200 people!

This place is the lair of the Replacer Organization!"

Listening to this, Mountain Eagle spoke with a hint of resignation: "Can you say something I can understand?"

Tessa, with a grave expression, pulled out her phone to call the Crime Investigation Bureau for backup. After notifying her colleagues, Tessa held the notebook and spoke gravely: "The ’Replacers’ are an assassin group active in the Southeast Asia region, known for their cheap rates and reckless operations.

It’s rumored that the deaths of several presidential candidates in the Philippines were related to them...

Inside the organization, the assassins are mainly recruited from the slums, where the higher-ups of the Replacer Organization organize the children for training and indoctrination...

Some slum assassins caught in the past have said that they only get paid 100 to 200 US Dollars for killing someone.

A few years ago, Thailand organized a special crackdown specifically targeting the Slum Replacers and eventually forced them out of the Thai market.

We always thought that the Replacers’ main activity area was confined to the Philippines, I didn’t expect them to still be active in Thailand, and that they killed so many people."

After listening, Mountain Eagle frowned and said: "So it’s just a gang that feeds on blood money?

The upper line takes the job, and after multiple subcontractings, the killer might only get a few hundred bucks in the end..."

Hearing this, Tessa shook her head and said: "The Replacer’s organization is not exactly tight-knit, indeed resembling a gang in some ways. They are involved in not only the assassin trade but also in extremely brutal loan sharking...

They generally use debt and drugs to control the youths who come out of the slums."

After hearing this, Mountain Eagle shook his head and said: "Well, they’ve run into trouble this time...

If this truly is the headquarters of the Replacers, then the identity of that couple who died down there is highly questionable.

The torture inflicted on the man by the assassin might not have been just to get the safe’s password, but to demonstrate to the higher-ups of the Replacers."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle handed the bookmark to Tessa, pulling her back a few steps as he looked at the wall of money and said: "I don’t know the origin of this money, if it’s all from assassinations, the profitability of the Replacer Organization is indeed impressive...

Combined with the fact that they charge so little, it indirectly shows they must have great channels for attracting clients.

Under these circumstances, it’s impossible for them to completely avoid the police’s gaze, unless..."

"Unless they have a high-level protector..."

Tessa answered with a heavy expression: "There must be someone with high position in the police force who has blocked some crucial information, leading us to be unaware of the Replacers’ resurgence."

Mountain Eagle looked at the nervous Tessa and smiled, "Since the notebook records all of the accomplished deals of the Replacers, you can take it back for comparison and you’ll be able to see where the problem lies.

More than 200 murder cases can’t be hidden, just check the police investigation records and compare them a bit, then you should be able to roughly locate where the protector is.

I think an organization that does such low-end jobs shouldn’t be able to develop any high-level protectors...

The police in charge of investigating homicides, or even the rank-and-file officers who respond to incidents, could all be theirs..."

As he said this, Mountain Eagle suddenly thought of those problematic police officers in the hospital. He exchanged a look with Tessa, and in unison, they said...

"It really was that assassin!"