Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 184: Start the War

Chapter 184: Chapter 184: Start the War

The two thieves were not able to conceive on their own and were dissatisfied with their Gypsy heritage, so the child they custom-ordered was created by carefully selecting superior genes from sperm and egg banks, followed by surrogacy.

But that ’perfect baby’ was different, as it was born from a laboratory’s major client who contributed his own sperm and chose the embryo after hundreds of rounds of screening and genetic modulation, claiming to create the most perfect baby.

Actually, the ’perfect’ here is obviously a marketing term, as saying ’perfect’ about a child created with 3 million Euros is not at all exaggerated.

To put it simply, the child of the thieves is not their own flesh and blood, but the child customized by the European aristocrat is indeed his own.

These two greedy individuals, despite planning to retire and already having a child, ultimately couldn’t resist their greed and swapped their own child with the aristocrat’s.

Thus, naturally, the chase began, as recorded in the audio where the laboratory head is threatening the male thief.

Later, likely to protect themselves, the thieves exposed the surrogacy and baby experimentation, ruining that industry chain.

However, how could the noble aristocrat allow his own bloodline to be lost, which could potentially trigger a family wealth dispute like a ticking time bomb?

The recording didn’t reveal who the noble aristocrat is, but it showed that the laboratory head and his backer were under tremendous pressure.

Then the retrieval operation for the two thieves and the baby began!

Why they would still take jobs during such times, Mountain Eagle had no idea, but trouble had firmly landed in their lap.

At this moment, Mountain Eagle sighed deeply and glanced towards the bedroom door that was ajar...

This child is not the ’special baby’ from science fiction movies, nor the ’perfect baby’ rumored to cost astronomical sums and born by chance...

There’s nothing science fiction about it, just an aristocrat satisfying his needs by meticulously customizing his offspring.

So, the trouble concerning this child is probably just limited to the 3 million Euros and the aristocrat’s worries, which shouldn’t be too hard to handle.

Seeing Selena’s worried face, Mountain Eagle shook his head and said, "What you need to do now is not worry about this child but focus on the task at hand.

You’re injured now; I suggest you find a safe place for the child, then stay at the Four Seasons Hotel to provide intelligence support for our operations."

Upon hearing this, Selena pointed at her nose and said, "Me? What can I do staying in a hotel?"

Mountain Eagle looked at Selena, who knew nothing about Victoria’s plans, wondering whether to admire this girl’s luck or lament her misfortune...

Thinking that Victoria had kept Selena in the dark, Mountain Eagle didn’t presume to overstep, so he said with a smile, "Send these items along with this captive back to the Intelligence Bureau, I believe you can secure operational authorization.

The gangs in Moscow supporting Georgian assassins trying to attack the Intelligence Bureau is a capital offense!

The recording proved that the sinister surrogacy experiment industry chain is still intact; it also deserves investigation.

Don’t worry about anything else, just send the intelligence back, then stay here to facilitate communication with officials to prevent us from accidental harm during the operation."

"We?"

Selena looked surprised at Mountain Eagle and said, "Who do you mean by ’we’?

How can you be sure the Intelligence Bureau will support us? You’ve always said we are just scapegoats!"

Mountain Eagle didn’t want to explain the complex relationships to Selena, pointing at Sergei he said, "By ’we’ I mean me and Sergei, fighting crime obviously needs the participation of officials.

As for other questions, if you don’t understand, don’t you have a ’senior’? Go ask her...

I believe the veteran will definitely give you answers!"

Having said that, Mountain Eagle ignored the confusion in Selena’s eyes, glanced at the time, then at the poor guy suffering in pain but who wouldn’t faint, and couldn’t help but give a thumbs up to Anton lying on the sofa...

Then he said to Sergei, "I’m going to get some sleep, I’ll leave things here to you.

Tomorrow afternoon we’ll go out for a walk, it’s not my style to be attacked without retaliating, we’ll find that so-called gang leader and ask who made him get involved in supplying agents to the Intelligence Bureau."

Sergei listened and nodded hesitantly, stuffing back the questions burning inside him...

Today Mountain Eagle had saved his life, some doubts he just couldn’t voice.

.........

After Mountain Eagle returned to his 8th-floor room, he fell asleep straight away...

But before dawn, while Mountain Eagle still had an earpiece hanging on his ear, suddenly an alarm sounded.

He sprang up like a startled wild cat, put on his tactical glasses, grabbed his VSS, and rushed to the balcony.

A black crow took flight from the 7th floor, beginning to circle above the restaurant where Blood Fox and his party were stationed.

From Mountain Eagle’s position, he couldn’t see the full view of the restaurant Blood Fox was in, but with the help of a bionic drone, he could clearly see a black Mercedes stopping near the restaurant’s back door, two men in suits with guns escorting a seemingly old man towards the restaurant’s back door.

Due to the angle of surveillance, Mountain Eagle couldn’t make out the men’s faces, but the moment the restaurant’s back door opened, he clearly identified Blood Fox’s bald head.

Mountain Eagle guessed that the visitors were probably from the Beluga Lake Foundation, he frowned and had Crow broaden the scouting range...

During the dim light of dawn, the streets were already very sparse with vehicles and people, and soon, through Crow’s vision, he found a few suspicious vehicles at the intersection of two streets.

An old sedan and two beat-up Jeeps.

These types of cars are common in Russia, but what’s uncommon is that the windows of these cars are all changed to black, preventing outsiders from seeing inside.

This indicates that these ramshackle vehicles have undergone some level of modifications, and the simultaneous appearance of three is certainly no coincidence.

Because purchasing and replacing those windows might cost more than the cars themselves.

This made Mountain Eagle feel uneasy...

If the task of these people was to pick up the old man entering the restaurant, they would not need to use such vehicles since it totally mismatches the luxury Mercedes parked outside the restaurant.

This is a classic vehicle used by secret attack units—low-profile, disposable, and likely not bad in performance after modifications.

Utilizing the electronic system of Telos Armor, Crow transferred the footage to a mobile phone, and then sent the information to Blood Fox...

Soon, Blood Fox made a call to Mountain Eagle’s mobile phone...

"What’s up?"

Mountain Eagle replied irritably: "These three cars are just parked two streets away, less than a 3-minute drive from you.

The people from Belgar Lake Foundation just showed up, and these guys appeared...

Do you think it’s a coincidence?"

Blood Fox lowered his voice: "We arranged for Snowden to meet them just to fulfill Erin’s promise to them.

I never said that the people from Belgar Lake Foundation would let Snowden off the hook; it’s part of the deal.

Did you think earning 5 million was that easy?"

Hearing this, Mountain Eagle incredulously said: "FUCK, why did you set up a meeting between Snowden and them, isn’t it too early to expose the location now?"

Blood Fox nonchalantly said: "There’s no sooner or later in this matter. Right now, everyone is trying to pressure Snowden to his limit; if Belgar Lake Foundation doesn’t leak the location, Russia will.

It’s all part of the plan. It’s just that Belgar Lake Foundation seems to be in a hurry, so they moved it ahead.

You don’t worry, Mi Lu and I have an escape plan; they definitely won’t catch us."

Mountain Eagle’s expression tensed, then he said in a deep voice: "Push back your evacuation plan, I’m going to take out those guys...

Since you have a safe passage, let’s focus around the restaurant and make our capacity and resolution clear.

Let’s create some major disturbances first, then see the reactions from all parties before deciding the next move."

Speaking of which, Mountain Eyrie said a bit irritably: "From now on, you two old guys must listen to me...

We are not doing the mercenary thing, starting now we’ll step out of their script to solve the problem.

I’m freaking busy to death, I still have a lot of things to handle in Thailand, I don’t have time to mess around with you guys over your ex-wife..."

"OK, now you’re the boss, whenever you say we retreat, we’ll retreat."

Mountain Eagle wasn’t sure if it was his own illusion, but he actually sensed a hint of enjoyment in Blood Fox’s tone...

But now was not the time to make wild guesses, he put on jeans and a T-shirt, picked up a tactical backpack, and quickly left the hotel wearing a cap.

While Belgar Lake Foundation’s people were meeting with Snowden, and those guys were inactive, Mountain Eagle took a detour to the streets that the three cars must pass to get to the restaurant...

With three cars, considering the armed personnel and their equipment, there were at most 12 people in total; using tactics like hand grenades for ambush wasn’t particularly difficult.

Currently, there were very few pedestrians on the street, suitable not only for their movement but also for Mountain Eagle’s!

Once in position, Mountain Eagle, through the Sergeant System, created several Defensive Hand Grenades and Smoke Bombs...

With no outsiders around, Mountain Eagle didn’t even need to carry these items; he could call these weapons anytime through the Sergeant System.

Mountain Eagle leaned against the wall at the street corner, monitoring the movements of the three cars through Crow while messaging Blood Fox...

After about fifteen minutes, the people meeting with Snowden left the restaurant, and then the three cars predictably began to move...

At first, Mountain Eagle couldn’t be 100% sure of their identities, but when the vehicles headed towards his location, both parties entered a life-or-death situation.

Mountain Eagle, through the view of tactical glasses, watched the vehicles approach the street where he was located; he held two Defensive Hand Grenades in each hand, skillfully bit off the safety pins and loosened the levers...

Allowing the dangerous grenades to linger in his hands for about three seconds, Mountain Eagle threw the four grenades as the three cars were about to reach the corner...

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Emergency braking mixed with the roaring explosions echoed through the streets of Moscow...

Just as the assassins intended to exit the vehicles to counterattack, several Smoke Bombs were thrown towards them.

"Ssss..."

A voluminous amount of smoke started to obscure the space at the intersection...

Mountain Eagle switched to Golden Cicada vision, grinning towards the direction of his opponents, he threw two more grenades...

When the explosions occurred and the smoke effect reached its peak, Mountain Eagle, holding an AK-15, emerged from the corner...