Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 167: Saying Sorry

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Saying Sorry

Mountain Eagle changed into the suit Mr. Poincaré had prepared for him...

A cream-white shirt, a checked vest, a blue tie, black leather shoes...

The classic single-breasted dark blue checked suit covered Mountain Eagle’s muscles but made his shoulders look extraordinarily broad and robust.

Now Mountain Eagle seemed as if he had been steeped in the scent of tobacco and alcohol, the sharp aura emanating from him masked by a certain mature man’s smell.

The suit’s style was slightly retro, appearing unremarkable at first glance, yet when worn by Mountain Eagle, it was like a veneer of civility dressed upon a ferocious beast.

That sharpness, which could even make sensitive people feel somewhat dazzled, was greatly obscured, adding a touch of laziness and composure to Mountain Eagle.

The female special agent had been waiting for Mountain Eagle...

Seeing Mountain Eagle, who seemed like a completely different person coming out of the nursing room, she pursed her lips and looked at herself with a slightly sarcastic gaze...

The female special agent was taken aback, then subconsciously avoided Mountain Eagle’s gaze.

If Mountain Eagle before had only made her feel danger, now he made her feel pressure.

However, soon the female special agent realized her problem. She stiffened her neck and approached Mountain Eagle, saying in a rigid tone, "Our colleagues are verifying your identity, follow me..."

Mountain Eagle looked at the female agent turning to leave and shook his head, saying, "You have no reason to detain me; I don’t want to go to the place you’re directing me to now, I just want to go to a place where I can file a complaint."

Mountain Eagle, looking at the female special agent with a stiff back, said, "Lady, apologizing isn’t difficult...

Say ’I’m sorry’ to me, and I can provide you with a clue, at the very least, that will prevent you from becoming a fool in everyone’s eyes."

At this point, the female agent, actually named Selena, already understood she had identified the wrong person, and the so-called ’identity verification’ was just an excuse; what she wanted were clues from Mountain Eagle.

Now that Mountain Eagle had taken the initiative to offer them, she was somewhat at a loss on how to respond.

Saying sorry wasn’t hard; the difficult part was admitting that one is a fool.

The female agent called Selena and her partner named Sergei were those types who had been sitting on the cold bench in the system for a long time!

Selena, because she had offended a bureau chief, was transferred to the archives, responsible for managing the documents of the Fifth Intelligence Bureau.

Sergei’s situation was more miserable; on his first day of work, because he took the top official’s parking spot and got into a conflict with the chief’s driver, he was then assigned to manage the bureau’s water dispensers and toilet paper hygiene.

Both had undergone strict training, but having never been in the field, they were pulled out at a critical moment to be thrust into the front line...

It was not that their superiors valued them and wanted to give them an opportunity but rather wanted them to serve as lightning rods.

The task they were assigned definitely required two "noobs," and it involved a price that other members of the Fifth Intelligence Bureau were unwilling to pay.

The two partners scored zero on their first assignment...

In recent days, the President of Ecuador just announced that he would provide political asylum to Snowden, and his presidential plane was denied entry into the airspace by multiple European countries, sparking intense protest activities across Europe...

This was because reports explicitly revealed that the United States was monitoring the electronic communications of European leaders.

Disrespecting you, even peeping at your privacy, making you feel completely exposed, and yet at a single command, you violate international conventions and close your airspace...

How could those who have long advocated for freedom and democracy, the old European sainted mothers, stand it?

With public pressure in place, Russia found an excuse to shelter Snowden...

As long as the airport could be shown as unsafe, everything that followed would be logical.

The injury of Schneider and media involvement filled in the final piece of the puzzle...

Now the political asylum document signed by Boss Pu, valid for half a year, had taken effect, and Snowden had been secretly taken out of the airport.

However, these were just part of the bigger picture...

In the midst of it all, Selena and Sergei were truly unfortunate!

There was an assassin and a thief on their plane, and these two failed to notice, leading to very serious consequences.

At this point, they really couldn’t wait any longer because the male agent had inspected Schneider’s briefcase and confirmed that the contents inside had been swapped.

The female agent turned to look at Mountain Eagle, her expression somewhat stiff, and said, "My name is Selena, a field special agent of the Fifth Intelligence Bureau. My partner and I were ordered to protect Mr. Schneider, the injured chubby man previously, to escort him to deliver several important documents to Edward Snowden, who is stranded in Moscow Airport.

Mr. Yue Shan, maybe you are not aware of the severity of the situation, if you have any clues, please tell me!"

Saying this, Selena looked at Mountain Eagle’s smirk, and through gritted teeth, she said, "I’m sorry, I apologize for the misunderstanding I had about you before..."

Mountain Eagle looked at Selena with her ashen complexion, smiling and saying, "Would it seem ungracious of me if I expected your apology to be a bit more sincere?"

Afterwards, Mountain Eagle adjusted the suit on his body, smiling and saying, "This is a gift from an elder of mine before departure. I can probably guess what kind of expectations he has for me, so I’m a bit unsure if this is really appropriate?"

Mountain Eagle’s heart-piercing method of murder caused Selena’s complexion to turn exceptionally ashen...

Selena glanced at her colleague Sergei, who was approaching from not far away, and seeing the equally somber expression on his face, and his slumped shoulders, she suddenly felt drained, her eyes turning somewhat hollow as she whispered, "I’m sorry..."

After a brief exchange with Sergei in a low voice, the two of them returned to Mountain Eagle...

Sergei patted Selena’s shoulder comfortingly, then turned to Mountain Eagle and said, "Mr. Yue Shan, I’m sorry, the actions of my colleague and I have put you in trouble.

I’ve already negotiated with the media present, they will show us the photos for review before they publish them, I assure you that your face won’t appear in the newspapers."

After pausing for a moment, Sergei, the burly Russian with thinning hair, looked at Mountain Eagle with a troubled expression and continued, "Mr. Yue Shan, our people have roughly identified the bag-snatching assassin through surveillance...

If I’m not mistaken, he was seated next to you on the plane.

Do you have any useful information to provide us?"

Mountain Eagle, looking at the overly simple and honest Sergei, smiled and shook his head, "We just chatted a bit on the plane. His name is Matthias Monahan, a German. He told me then that he was a sculptor.

But obviously, he lied!"

Upon hearing this, Sergei nodded with some disappointment and said, "These clues are of little help to us. If that’s all you know, you may go now."

Mountain Eagle replied with a smile, "What if I could offer a potentially useful clue?"

"What is it?"

Mountain Eagle looked at Selena, who had spoken, checked the time, and said, "I don’t know why those people wanted to assassinate that fat man?

If someone definitely wanted that fat man dead and managed to arrange for an assassin to be on the plane, then that fat man wouldn’t be safe even in a hospital.

If those people are only after the documents, then the fat man is irrelevant – the key is to find Matthias."

Selena frowned upon hearing this and said, "We’ve lost track of that Matthias..."

Mountain Eagle smiled slyly and responded, "I’m new to Moscow and not familiar with the place. I heard there’s a nice Four Seasons Hotel. If you’re willing to cover my accomodation, I might recall something..."

"What information do you actually have?"

Selena asked anxiously, spreading her hands, "The documents that were taken are very important. We must find them before they fall into someone else’s hands."

Mountain Eagle shrugged, "That’s your problem, not mine.

Moreover, I can’t guarantee the accuracy of my memories, so you can completely ignore me and act on your own thoughts.

You’ll have your chance to deal with a few pushovers and then you can show off your authority."

After a moment of silence, Selena, looking dejected, nodded and said, "I’ll book the hotel for you...

Tell us what you know!"

Mountain Eagle was not very eager to deal with Selena, but he had received a message from Blood Fox before leaving, telling him that these two pieces of cannon fodder were actually Russia’s discarded pawns...

For Mountain Eagle, they were the best guides and official ’good guys’ who could be persuaded to help at any time.

So he nodded and said, "I want a suite, and you’ll need to give me a ride too.

Remember the deceased thief’s female accomplice?

When I got off the plane, I happened to overhear that woman on the phone with someone, saying she would stay at the Four Seasons Hotel.

I guess that’s her stopover, but now that her partner’s dead, I’m not sure she’ll go...

Do you want to take a gamble?"

Selena and Sergei exchanged glances...

Selena decisively said to Sergei, "You stay and interrogate those captured assassins. Though they are just cannon fodder, we still need to find out who’s behind them.

I’ll go to the Four Seasons Hotel. If I encounter that woman, I’ll catch her..."

Leaning in close to Sergei, Selena whispered, "We’re out of time. My superiors aren’t answering my calls. If we don’t have an answer before we start work tomorrow, we’re done."

Sergei, feeling a shared distress, nodded sympathetically, "Then you go, but don’t hold out too much hope.

I’ve felt something wrong about this case from the beginning, but I still can’t figure it out.

Maybe I’m really not cut out for being a special agent..."

Selena gave a heartfelt hug to Sergei, who was in the same boat, then turned and walked to Mountain Eagle’s side, saying, "Mr. Yue Shan, come with me..."

Mountain Eagle followed Selena with a cheery smile towards the airport exit, and as they passed by Sergei, he whispered, "Someone knew what was going to happen long ago!

If that Snowden was really here, with such a commotion just now, it shouldn’t have been the airport security showing up, but people from Russia’s Security Department..."