Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 173 A Complex Beginning

Chapter 173: Chapter 173 A Complex Beginning

Mountain Eagle was actually bluffing, using such a method to put pressure on the female thief...

Because he guessed that the female thief probably didn’t even understand why.

There should be no pressure for the female thief to betray her employer now.

It’s just that she could see that Selena couldn’t offer her the raise she wanted, so she was using Joe to try to gain more leverage to get away with it later.

Mountain Eagle was out of patience because finding the female thief for Selena was his promise, but solving the case entirely was not.

He was on his own to take care of the peripheral security for Blood Fox and his team, which limited his ability to do anything else, but helping Selena had been suggested by Blood Fox...

With the thought that speaking up didn’t cost anything, Mountain Eagle helped Selena exert tremendous pressure on the female thief.

His guess might not be accurate, but as long as the female thief harbored doubts, her bargaining chips would devalue.

Seeing Selena catching on and starting to adopt a business-like demeanor, Mountain Eagle said with a smile, "The rest is up to you. I’m heading back to my room now, come find me after you’re done with your business."

Selena wasn’t truly stupid, just inexperienced; she pulled Mountain Eagle towards the door, whispering, "You think we can’t find anything out, right?"

Mountain Eagle shook his head, "No, on the contrary, I think you’ll find the problem soon...

But the real issue is, even if you find the mastermind behind this, what can you do to them without concrete evidence?"

With that, Mountain Eagle looked at Selena’s furrowed brow and smiled, "I have fulfilled my promise to you; now it’s your turn to fulfill yours to me.

You need to cooperate with me on the peripheral protection work!"

Upon hearing this, Selena decisively nodded and said, "I am willing to help, but..."

Mountain Eagle raised his hand and said solemnly, "No buts...

Anyone with a brain would realize that the person who stole Schneider’s documents definitely wants Snowden to suffer or even die.

As long as Snowden is alive, you have a chance to defend yourselves; otherwise, you’ll end up as the scapegoats.

And my mission is to protect Snowden on the periphery..."

While speaking, Mountain Eagle heard faint police sirens and ambulance noises. He waved his hand slightly, turned, and walked away, saying, "I’m going back to my room. The rest is for you to handle.

Think about what I said; if someone really wants you to take the fall, they won’t suspend your duties before Snowden’s death because then you won’t be important enough..."

If Mountain Eagle had been hinting to Selena that their target was someone from Russia’s Security Department, now he had almost explicitly stated it...

Watching Selena’s expression suddenly darken, Mountain Eagle decisively turned and left...

He believed that Erin, Blood Fox’s ex-wife, had carefully selected people who wouldn’t need to be taught by him how to save their own lives while searching for a chance to turn things around.

And just as Mountain Eagle was heading to the elevator to go upstairs, two men dressed as waiters emerged from the service corridor and bumped into Mountain Eagle...

As they passed each other, one waiter with a beard suddenly turned and hugged Mountain Eagle’s waist, and the other pulled out a dagger and viciously stabbed at Mountain Eagle’s abdomen.

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Mountain Eagle violently bent over, flipping the guy behind him off his feet, while retracting his abdomen and slamming his left hand down on the Assassin’s wrist...

The dagger grazed past Mountain Eagle’s body, and as the Assassin got close to Mountain Eagle trying to attack again, Mountain Eagle magically produced a handgun in his hand...

"Bang bang"

Mountain Eagle pushed away the dagger-wielding Assassin with his left hand, and before the dagger could reach him, he pressed the gun against the Assassin’s temple and fired two shots...

The simulated bullets, made from polymer, burst upon hitting the Assassin’s temple...

As the bullets tore through the skin, the immense impact caused the Assassin’s head to jerk violently to the side like a punching bag hit by a boxing champion, smashing against the nearby wall.

Following that, Mountain Eagle grabbed the wrists of the guy behind him locked around his abdomen with his left hand, prying a gap with his thumb before forcefully breaking a finger.

Then, as the Assassin behind him screamed in pain, Mountain Eagle twisted his body, carrying the hand, and as the Assassin involuntarily leaned forward to expose his back, Mountain Eagle fired two shots at the back of his head...

"Bang bang"

The bullets exploded on the back of the Assassin’s head, and immediately after, the guy jerked stiffly and fell face-first onto the ground.

After dealing with the two Assassins, Mountain Eagle turned back and charged towards Selena’s room...

Just as he reached the hallway where the room was, he saw someone dressed as a waiter opening the door to the room next to 705 and quickly entering...

That person glanced over as he pushed the door open, and Mountain Eagle recognized him in the moment of their eye contact...

Matthias Monahan

Mountain Eagle’s neighbor on the plane, the Assassin who snatched the documents at the airport.

Upon seeing Mountain Eagle, the man threw a Smoke Bomb into the hotel corridor.

A large amount of smoke rose, triggering the hotel alarm and causing massive chaos.

Mountain Eagle felt something was amiss the moment he reached the door of room 705...

With a kick, he burst into the room and immediately saw Selena, who had collapsed on the floor...

He rushed over and crouched down, pressing his hand against Selena’s neck, then let out a long sigh of relief.

She wasn’t dead, thankfully!

Not knowing the reason for Selena’s collapse, Mountain Eagle laid her flat on the ground, tilting her chin to keep her mouth slightly open to prevent airway blockage...

When he turned his gaze towards the female thief, he discovered that she was on her last breath.

Matthias, like butchering livestock, had cut through the female thief’s artery and part of her airway...

Despite the female thief desperately clutching at her neck, it was to no avail.

Upon seeing Mountain Eagle approach, the female thief’s eyes revealed a pleading look, and she strenuously raised her right arm, revealing a series of small tattoos on the inside of her upper arm.

An ordinary person would definitely not notice anything unusual about the tattoo, but for a dying person to display it must mean there was some special reason...

Mountain Eagle hesitated for a moment, then walked over and lifted his phone to take a photo of the female thief’s tattoo, and when he wanted to let her die a little more dignified, the female thief had just about lost consciousness...

With her last strength, she grabbed Mountain Eagle’s wrist and pressed his hand against her chest.

Then, a large amount of blood flowed out from her left hand’s fingers, and her pupils gradually dilated...

Mountain Eagle watched as the woman slowly lost her life. With his bloodstained right hand, he retrieved a card from the inner pocket of her top, then took a photo of the female thief’s tattoo with his phone.

As he attempted to check the card, he heard a multitude of footsteps...

Mountain Eagle hastily put away the card, and then he saw Sergei, leading several policemen and paramedics, rush into the room.

The moment Sergei entered the room, he saw Selena lying unconscious and Mountain Eagle with both hands covered in blood.

Having become somewhat numb from the various shocks over the past few hours, Sergei did not react too strongly, instead quickly moving to Selena’s side...

After confirming Selena was not dead, Sergei walked over to Mountain Eagle, glanced at the dead female thief, and said, "What happened?"

Mountain Eagle felt somewhat relieved that Sergei did not treat him as a suspect. As he walked towards the bathroom, he said, "When I came in, I saw my neighbor from the plane. He entered the room next door, but..."

Before Mountain Eagle could finish his sentence, Sergei dashed out of the room and kicked open the door to the next room...

"But he has already run away..."

Mountain Eagle finished his sentence as if talking to himself, and Sergei returned swiftly, shouting at Mountain Eagle, "He escaped through the window, why didn’t you stop him?"

Mountain Eagle looked at Sergei as if looking at a fool and cursed, "Are you fucking stupid?

I had just dealt with two problems when I saw him, he was more than twenty meters away, and he even threw a Smoke Bomb...

How the fuck am I supposed to stop him, and why would I risk it?

You think I won’t die from a bullet?"

Sergei listened and looked at the pistol on Mountain Eagle’s waist, then said, "You don’t have the right to shoot people in Moscow either!"

While saying this, Sergei lifted his suit jacket to reveal a CZ75, pointing at Selena, who was receiving emergency medical treatment, and said, "In fact, Selena and I have been in touch all along. We’re aware of our situation and want to solve the problem...

It was Selena who told me to carry a spare gun...

She truly wants to work with you!"

Mountain Eagle nodded slightly upon hearing this...

In fact, his show of the gun was a sort of test of compliance...

It was a way to probe the other party’s limits by engaging in excessive behavior and to adjust his subsequent actions based on their response, thus advancing further cooperation.

Now Sergei had given Mountain Eagle the answer he wanted...

If they were willing to cover up Mountain Eagle’s illegal possession of a firearm, it meant they were prepared to do even more outrageous things for their future!

Watching Sergei’s expression, a mix of sorrow and confusion, Mountain Eagle thought for a moment and said, "Ok, the problem is mine this time. If we meet again, I’ll do my best to capture that guy."

After saying this, Mountain Eagle looked at Selena, who was gradually regaining consciousness, and spoke earnestly to Sergei, "I’m going back to my room. You should talk with Selena...

If you’re willing to work together, I’ll be there.

But please, think it over, then decide whether or not to knock on my door...

My mission is dangerous, and yours is not easy either...

If we cannot cooperate sincerely, it might double the difficulty!

So, think carefully!"