Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 178: Baby

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Baby

Mountain Eagle and Selena were heading to a hotel that wasn’t too far away...

But coincidentally, the hotel they were headed to was the site of an explosion.

Thick smoke billowed from a room on the fourth floor of the hotel, yet there wasn’t much visible fire.

The pungent smell and the shrill alarms forced the hotel guests to flee in a very disheveled state.

Mountain Eagle and Selena walked from a block away to their destination, exchanged glances after assessing the scene...

Mountain Eagle picked up the keycard, checked the room number, then looked up at the smoke pouring from the fourth-floor window, and said to Selena, "The room is on the third floor, the explosion on the fourth floor didn’t start a fire, I’ve smelled this type of smoke on some movie sets.

Something seems off, let’s go check it out..."

Selena didn’t stop Mountain Eagle’s risky idea; she flashed her badge and got two gas masks from the arriving firefighters, then followed Mountain Eagle into the hotel.

They rushed up the stairs to the third floor and arrived at the door of their target room...

The explosion was strange; the smoke from the fourth floor didn’t affect the third floor much. Mountain Eagle removed his gas mask, sniffed the slightly foul air, put on his tactical glasses and with a frown, used the keycard to open room 306.

The moment he pushed the door open, Selena, who was right behind Mountain Eagle, let out a shriek. She quickly rushed to the bed and picked up a baby, only a few months old, from a makeshift crib.

Mountain Eagle saw Selena cover the baby’s face with the gas mask. He gestured for her to take the child and leave first, then he carefully searched the room.

The room was ’clean’...

Mountain Eagle only found a large bag filled with baby items. If not for Golden Cicada’s help, he might have missed the contents of the safe in the room.

Mountain Eagle didn’t have the ability to crack the safe on-site, so he wrapped the safe in a bedsheet, and like a seasoned bank robber, he ran out of the hotel carrying the large bag in one hand and the safe on the other.

The chaos caused by the explosion and smoke, along with Selena wielding her badge, allowed Mountain Eagle to smoothly leave the crime scene and get into Selena’s car after walking a block.

Sitting in the car, Mountain Eagle watched as Selena kept holding that baby, furrowed his brow, stepped out of the car to let Selena sit in the passenger seat, then called Sergei and after getting an address, he drove towards the Moscow forensic center.

While driving, Mountain Eagle, observing how patiently Selena was handling the baby, said appreciatively, "You seem to really like kids..."

Selena paused, pulled a key from around the baby’s neck, and changed the subject, "Found the key. What did you find?"

Mountain Eagle gestured with his thumb to the back seat, saying, "A bag of baby items, and the hotel’s safe."

"What’s in the safe?"

Selena asked instinctively, then realizing her question might sound silly, she shifted the topic, "Don’t you think there was something off about the hotel explosion?"

Mountain Eagle nodded, "If it was normal explosives, the power of the explosion wouldn’t match the noise we heard earlier.

Plus, I’ve seen smoke like that at movie sets; it looks scary but doesn’t really cause fatal damage to the building, and it doesn’t usually start a fire."

Mountain Eagle glanced at the child in Selena’s arms and frowned, "I don’t much believe in coincidences...

If the explosion is related to that thief couple, then the explosion might have been their test stone.

Those two thieves obviously aren’t very skilled, but they are smart; the explosion on the fourth floor might have been to buy themselves time and space to move in case dangerous enemies showed up.

Just that they didn’t live to use it, and the baby ended up with us."

Selena listened, looked down at the child with a bulging diaper on her lap without any disgust, affectionately touched the child’s forehead with her nose, and then said, "Do you think this child could be that couple’s child?"

Mountain Eagle looked at the obviously unwell baby and shook his head, "I don’t know, but I don’t think any parents would leave their child in a hotel room and install a dangerous ’test stone’ above it.

Flying from Thailand to Moscow takes ten hours, if this child was placed by that couple, even if they took the earliest possible flight back after landing in Thailand, this child would have been left unattended for at least 35 hours.

No parents would treat their child like that!"

Selena seemed to recall something, her expression turned somber as she said, "Unless there was no other choice..."

As she spoke, Selena again showed the key hanging from the baby’s neck, saying, "If the man had the code, this would prove they’re a family.

Non-biological parents wouldn’t place something so important on a baby."

Mountain Eagle heard her, shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. The two clearly had reservations about each other, that’s why they kept the cipher and the key separate. Putting the key on a powerless baby doesn’t prove anything.

I can’t imagine real parents treating their child like this..."

Mountain Eagle’s definitive stance made Selena pause momentarily. She looked at him curiously and asked, "Do you have children?"

Mountain Eagle was silent for a few seconds, then slightly nodded, "I have a son..."

Selena frowned and said, "You have a child, why do you still want to do such dangerous work?

Your police identity is just non-regular, it doesn’t match what you’re trying to express..."

Mountain Eagle shook his head and said, "Some things, only after losing them do they become more precious!"

Selena misunderstood Mountain Eagle’s meaning, and she said apologetically, "I’m sorry..."

Mountain Eagle did not elaborate further. He glanced at the child, steered the car to the side of the road, got out of the car after opening the door, and retrieved milk powder and a bottle from the large bag in the back seat, then walked into a bakery on the roadside...

When he came back with the prepared milk, looking at Selena who hadn’t moved, he frowned and said, "What are you spacing out for?

This kid’s diaper is about to explode, there are diapers and wet wipes in the bag, I’ve spoken to the people in the store, take him over for a clean-up."

Selena subconsciously placed the child on the trunk and started fumbling around...

Mountain Eagle watched Selena’s clumsy movements, shook his head with a slight chuckle, handed her the milk bottle, and then removed the bulging diaper and threw it into the nearby trash can...

It was then that Mountain Eagle noticed that the pale-looking baby was a girl...

After simply cleaning the child, Mountain Eagle carried her back to the bakery and borrowed the employee restroom.

He carefully cleaned the baby and dried her with a dryer before helping her into a fresh diaper and a cute romper suit.

Facing the curious and admiring gazes of two female bakery workers, Mountain Eagle left a 5-dollar tip before walking out of the bakery.

Looking at Selena standing there somewhat helplessly with a milk bottle in hand, facing the strange gazes of the people around, she felt both embarrassed and subtly ashamed...

Mountain Eagle didn’t understand what she was thinking, he placed the baby into Selena’s arms, then forced her hand with the milk bottle to the baby’s mouth and said, "Get in the car..."

Selena was slightly dazed watching Mountain Eagle’s figure...

Actually, her impression of Mountain Eagle was very poor...

Despite the man being handsome and having an excellent physique, during the past several hours of interaction, she had continuously made a fool of herself, making it hard for her to develop a liking for Mountain Eagle.

But Mountain Eagle’s ’gentleness’ displayed in just a few minutes suddenly made her feel dazed.

Because she was once an abandoned child herself, she naturally sympathized with the child left in the hotel, and she also appreciated people who could take care of children and had a fatherly air.

A person full of aggression, who works with guns, yet could show great patience to a baby, even more proficient than some women in some aspects.

This stark contrast created a strong sexual tension, making Mountain Eagle especially attractive at this moment.

At least the gazes of the two sisters in the bakery followed Mountain Eagle until he got into the car, then reluctantly withdrew their gazes.

Selena didn’t know if it was her misconception, she felt like the two sisters in the bakery looked at her with some disdain.

She hurriedly got into the car, smoothly pulled on her seat belt, while caring for the clean and refreshed baby, and kept stealing glances at Mountain Eagle, creating a somewhat awkward atmosphere in the car...

Mountain Eagle disliked this strange atmosphere, he started the vehicle and said with a smile, "You don’t have to look at me like that...

There’s nothing shameful about not being able to change a diaper, and nothing to be proud of if you can change one."

He then looked at Selena, who had a complex expression, and said with a smile, "Beauty, we now have very important matters to attend to, not only concerning your job, but also my mission.

We can’t possibly carry this child with us, you’re familiar with this place, you need to figure out how to settle her."

Selena looked at the baby who had quieted down with the bottle, hesitated for a few minutes, and then said, "I need to figure out the identity of this child first, then decide what to do.

I’ve sent the photos of the male and female thieves to Interpol, and asked the technical department of the Great Russia Intelligence Department to begin comparing them, finding their identities shouldn’t be hard..."

Saying that, Selena looked at Mountain Eagle, who didn’t seem surprised, and said somewhat unnaturally, "Although I love my country, I have to admit, our welfare institutions are not perfect..."

Mountain Eagle, not quite understanding why Selena suddenly became sentimental, but he had one major advantage, which is not ruining the mood...

As long as the conditions allowed, Mountain Eagle rarely dampened others’ spirits, and was even willing to provide some feasible help in certain areas.

Because he believed that providing enough emotional value could bring him multiple returns.

After all, he didn’t really expect Selena to help him wage battles, it was enough for her to use her identity to provide him with sufficient convenience.

In fact, if Selena was willing to stay at the hotel to collect and coordinate various official intelligence resources, and relaxed her supervision of Mountain Eagle, it would be more advantageous for him.

Once you’ve made a decision, I can support you, but we’re all adults, and we should both know that there are no perfect choices in this world...

Therefore, you have to invest enough time, energy, and even pay the price for your decision!

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