Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 225: Chips and Demands

Chapter 225: Chapter 225: Chips and Demands

Anna’s reaction caused Mountain Eagle’s mood to rise another notch...

However, when he entered Room 1108 and saw Blood Fox covered in bloodstains, and Snowden, who looked shaken, that good mood quickly faded away.

is the ambassador suite of the Four Seasons Hotel, about 120 square meters in size, featuring a bedroom, a spacious reception room, and a balcony that overlooks the entire Kremlin.

Butcher and Pirate sat next to the bar cabinet in the living room, with rifles resting by their feet.

The wounded Post Box lay on a long sofa, sound asleep.

Pigeon sat on the balcony lounge chair, staring down at the street.

Blood Fox, who clearly couldn’t use one arm very well, sat on a sofa with a smile, huddling in a corner of the reception room, dirtied like Mi Lu, holding Vodka and drinking merrily.

The otherwise frail Snowden embraced a computer, sitting on a single sofa. On seeing Mountain Eagle enter, he immediately stood up, his face filled with relief from a narrow escape.

Mountain Eagle had met Snowden only once before. He turned to look at Anna and Selena, who seemed a bit embarrassed, and spreading his hands, he asked, "What happened?"

After a series of bloody fights, and having gained the upper hand, Mountain Eagle spoke with an inherent authority...

Anna, still appearing submissive, didn’t speak. Selena, with an embarrassed expression, said, "It’s my fault. The lawyer named Schneider insisted on being discharged and contacted Mr. Snowden through Assange this afternoon, then..."

Upon hearing this, Mountain Eagle sighed deeply and said, "That fat Schneider has been bought off, so Blood Fox’s location was exposed."

Snowden hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It’s not Miss Selena’s fault, it’s me...

I trusted Schneider, I wanted to hear the content of the exemption document from the United States Department of Justice, so I asked Blood Fox to take me to meet Schneider.

Then, during the meeting, we were attacked, and Mr. Blood Fox helped me escape the danger, and we came to the Four Seasons Hotel."

Mountain Eagle looked at Blood Fox and noticed that the old man didn’t seem to care at all about what had happened. So, he sat down on the sofa, stretched his body vigorously, and said with emotion, "All fucking cunning, it’s been a set-up from the moment that pig-faced Schneider got on the plane.

They all think they’re smart, all looking for shortcuts, thinking that killing Snowden will solve everything.

Considering the timing of their attack, does that mean that the person behind Schneider knew Snowden wasn’t kidnapped?

There are villains among the crowd..."

Anna and Selena exchanged glances. They were also unclear on who the leaker was, as Mountain Eagle had been transparent, not hiding anything from any ally, and had been truthful to everyone who called him.

Too many people knew about Snowden’s situation at the time.

However, the factions represented by Anna and Selena likely had no motive to betray Snowden, as their core members needed Snowden alive to achieve their own goals.

Other non-core members, even if they knew the true situation of Snowden, would find it hard to gain the trust of other information buyers under the false intelligence cloud deliberately created by Mountain Eagle.

At the moment, the biggest suspect seemed to be on Assange’s team.

After all, lawyer Schneider was an employee of the law firm they hired, and the negotiations with the Ministry of Justice were conducted through that law firm.

Anna sat down opposite Mountain Eagle, with a serious expression, and said, "This is what I wanted to talk to you about...

Your tactics are brilliant, but now they have backfired. If those people know you’ve bluffed them at the factory, what do you think the consequences will be?"

Mountain Eagle, looking at Anna who was intentionally trying to scare him, made a dismissive gesture and said, "I never said Snowden was at the factory. Everyone who called me was told the truth, what could possibly go wrong?"

Anna, taken aback and choked for words, then looking at Mountain Eagle’s righteous face, said somewhat dejectedly, "Alright, you’re right, but things haven’t proceeded entirely according to your plan, what are you going to do?"

Mountain Eagle, seeing Anna constantly trying to lead him, laughed and said, "Stop this nonsense. Those big shots want solutions, they don’t care about a few people getting hurt.

Your boss has no leverage, his strategy of bluffing is useless to us.

We never needed to negotiate with your boss from the beginning, instead, it’s your boss who needs us.

Do you really think those so-called assassins will pressure us?

Do you think you can make us nervous by arranging an assassin to stay across from us?"

Speaking, Mountain Eagle dismissively waved his hand again and said, "Put away your spy tricks, cunning alone won’t solve problems.

To get something, you need to bring something concrete to the table!"

Not discouraged, Anna already stepped out of the ’loser’s’ rank when Mountain Eagle mentioned only talking to her...

Now, she just habitually tried to do something to gain some useful bargaining chips for subsequent negotiations with Mountain Eagle.

Watching Mountain Eagle’s impervious demeanor, Anna pondered for a while, then took out a brow pencil from her small, pitiful handbag and pulled a napkin from the coffee table, writing down four names...

Pushing the napkin towards Mountain Eagle, Anna said, "One million dollars, kill these four people, that’s your promise to me."

Mountain Eagle picked up the napkin and looked...

The people on the list were unknown to him, but they were definitely targets that needed cleansing in this affair.

Actually, Mountain Eagle didn’t need to get involved personally; it was essentially a form of compensation.

Mountain Eagle looked at the list while stroking his beard and said, "I’m quite busy right now. This money-making opportunity might need to be postponed...

I also have to wait until Snowden’s issue is resolved before I consider making money, otherwise, it’d look unprofessional."

This was an indirect rejection of Anna’s offer, signaling that the price was not sufficient.

Anna appeared troubled and said, "This was something you agreed upon earlier, I’ve already reported to the boss."

Mountain Eagle smiled and said, "Then report to him again; as you see, I am indeed busy.

If your boss is willing to wait, that’s best. If he isn’t patient enough, there’s enough money there for him to find someone else.

We didn’t set a specific time, and I didn’t take any deposit or sign a contract either—I guess that shouldn’t count as a breach, right?"

Anna was probably waiting for this reasoning from Mountain Eagle. After the clear statement from him, she didn’t insist further. She immediately stood up, picked up the phone, and left the room to negotiate with her boss...

After sending the tough lady off, Mountain Eagle turned to Selena and asked, "What about you? Anything you want to say?

If not, I need some private time among our own people."

Selena stood and replied, "I don’t have anything particular. I just wanted to say ’Thank you’!

Oh yes, that child is still in my room. You rescued her. I think you should go see her.

I’ve been wanting to give her a name, but I thought I should ask for your opinion..."

Hearing Selena discuss naming a child so seriously, Mountain Eagle felt uncomfortable and shook his head, "If you want to take care of her, then make the decision yourself!"

Seeing Mountain Eagle seemingly uninterested in the child, Selena looked a bit disappointed and nodded, "I am in charge of coordinating between you and the Security Department. You know where my room is; call me anytime if there’s a problem.

Of course, we will contact you too!

Snowden’s situation involves some international issues, so sometimes we need your cooperation."

Mountain Eagle led Selena out of the room then gestured to Butcher and the others that they didn’t need to leave, before he sat down next to Blood Fox...

Looking at the old man’s arm wrapped in a bandage, Mountain Eagle sighed and said, "You’re so old already, why bother making so much trouble for yourself?

Did your daughter look at you even once from when she entered to when she left?"

Blood Fox indifferently took a sip of Vodka and responded with a raspy voice, "Does it matter?"

Mountain Eagle couldn’t quite understand Blood Fox’s feelings towards Anna. He helplessly said, "I don’t believe you would carelessly bring Snowden to meet that fat Schneider...

You definitely want to force Snowden into the public view, to make everything transparent.

What are you really thinking?"

Blood Fox glanced at Snowden, who looked terrified, and chuckled, "Don’t be scared; of course, I made preparations before I brought you to meet Schneider.

I know you still see yourself as a United States citizen. If I didn’t let you meet him, even if the United States canceled your passport, you wouldn’t give up, right?"

Blood Fox then looked at Mountain Eagle and smiled, "I received a call from Mr. Poincaré, the plan in Thailand has been initiated. I know you can’t wait...

Since it’s come to this, why not speed things up a bit!"

They say having an elder is like having a treasure, but this elder’s autonomous spirit is too strong, which is also stressful for people like Mountain Eagle.

He indeed wanted Snowden to make a public appearance, but didn’t want Blood Fox to take risks.

However, he had to admit that even though Blood Fox made it clear that Snowden was still in danger, the fact that Snowden made a public appearance clearly communicated his resolve to solve the issue.

Snowden is a victim, he isn’t responsible for figuring out who wants to kill him...

He just needs to release all the classified documents when he thinks there is no chance left, and mark some important documents, to ensure some of the giant corporations suffer significant losses.

Previously, Snowden always interpreted his classified documents politically, and the outside world largely viewed it the same way.

Therefore, those people dare to brazenly attempt to kill him, since the United States Government would ultimately take the fall.

Capitalists really don’t care about tens of thousands of classified documents being leaked online because the ordinary people simply lack the patience and capacity to filter through those documents.

The simplest solution is to release more fake documents to confuse and possibly guide public opinion to shift situations.

But what they care about are documents endorsed by Snowden’s death being leaked!

Because during this time, Snowden symbolically represents the public’s demands and authority!

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