Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 229: Dispel the Clouds and See the Sun

Chapter 229: Chapter 229: Dispel the Clouds and See the Sun

Mountain Eagle looked at Anna with a smile, speaking in a Thai accent, "Don’t rush, don’t rush. Let’s take it slow, everything will be fine..."

Anna looked at Mountain Eagle, his confident demeanor made her sigh deeply. She turned abruptly and walked over to sit beside Blood Fox...

Blood Fox saw the defiant expression on Anna’s face. He hesitated for a few seconds and sighed deeply...

Although Anna wasn’t exactly a filial daughter, she still had to give due respect to Blood Fox!

Seeing the old guy looking helpless but with a trace of a smile in his eyes, Mountain Eagle pinched the bridge of his nose and then waved his hand to the Butcher and others, "Keep eating, but don’t stray too far from your guns...

Who knows if the Assassins around us might strike if the negotiations fail?"

Anna, with a steady expression, said, "Daria and Yuliy are my bodyguards, and Mr. Matthias was recruited by my mother as a top-notch expert.

We are allies, so our goals are aligned!"

When Mountain Eagle had put on the tactical glasses and activated Golden Cicada earlier, he had already figured out the situation on the 11th floor...

As Anna spoke earnestly, Mountain Eagle waved his hands and said, "Why would allies need to post a fully-armed squad in the room at the end of the corridor?"

Mountain Eagle, seeing Anna about to retort, smiled and said, "Don’t worry, I’m not suspecting you. I just feel that you’re not completely forthcoming, so I have to be extra careful.

After all, I am responsible for Mr. Snowden’s safety, right?"

Anna, not knowing how Mountain Eagle knew about the people several meters away in another room, bowed her head and after a few seconds of silence sighed, "Those weren’t my people, nor my boss’s.

They are Special Service personnel assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, brought by my mother Erin to ensure Mr. Snowden’s safety."

Anna looked up admiringly at Snowden and said seriously, "We have never thought of harming Mr. Snowden. On the contrary, we have always been considering his safety.

We need to cooperate in order to build enough power to stand against our opponents and achieve the best outcome."

Anna was implying that Mountain Eagle’s power was too limited, and they might not be able to achieve the desired outcome and might be left vulnerable.

Mountain Eagle, smiling, said, "I understand, but we don’t ask for much. Ensuring Mr. Snowden’s current and future safety is our only goal, and they have no reason to refuse."

Mountain Eagle was hinting that if you want to ride along on Snowden’s issues to make demands, you will have to offer something irresistible.

Anna was somewhat accustomed to Mountain Eagle being tough. She took out her phone, pulled up some photos, and while looking at them in front of Snowden, said...

"These are the suspicious figures we identified through the hotel’s surveillance system. Security has already identified four Assassins; one has checked into the hotel, and the rest are nearby.

Do you think just by understanding the big shots’ needs you can resolve the issue?

No, Mr. Snowden is not safe!

You need our help..."

Mountain Eagle did not even look at the photos, instead, he waved his hand and asked, "Tell me, how much money did your boss lose in Cyprus?"

Seeing Anna’s slightly stiff expression, Mountain Eagle chuckled, "I heard about the incident in Cyprus...

In 2013, to alleviate money laundering which caused financial issues and to solve fiscal issues, Cyprus proposed a law to tax bank deposits...

That meant taxing the black money in the banks to repay the European Central Bank for their aid.

But the proposal was vetoed in Congress...

Subsequently, the European Central Bank issued an ultimatum to Cyprus, threatening to stop emergency aid if they couldn’t meet the bailout terms.

Then Cyprus National Bank faced a severe run and went into bankruptcy restructuring.

Cyprus’s second-largest bank was shut down, and the largest bank, Cyprus Bank, announced that accounts with more than 100,000 Euros would partially be converted into shares.

Then some wealthy individuals suddenly became major shareholders of Cyprus National Bank, your boss being one of those with the most shares.

Following that, to prevent capital flight, Cyprus implemented strict capital controls, including limiting daily cash withdrawals, banning non-cash transactions, and restricting fund transfers...

Cyprus met several conditions of the European creditors only to receive 10 billion Euros in aid.

But now, massive amounts of black money are trapped in Cyprus, the value of assets continues to depreciate, bank funds cannot be transferred, and financial activities are semi-stalled; Cyprus is now the graveyard of black money.

Can you tell how much your boss has lost under these circumstances?

Your boss is a real tycoon, holding dual citizenship of Russia and Switzerland, a close friend of Boss Pu, unscrupulously swallowing state assets, indeed dominating both capital and underworld in Russia...

I guess he is not just moving his assets via Cyprus but also helping others move theirs.

If the government of Cyprus does not cooperate, those people’s money won’t get out.

And those people are not as rich as your boss..."

"Some of them have been corrupt all their lives, and they probably only have about a million or so in savings. If they can’t get out, I bet they’d go insane."

Mountain Eagle finished speaking, picked up a bottle of beer, took a sip, then looked at Anna with her mouth agape and said with a smile, "Before coming to Moscow, an old accountant briefed me about what happened in Cyprus, and told me a guy named Will Burns parachuted into the Cyprus National Bank becoming the vice president...

I researched it carefully on the plane, this Burns is from the Federal Reserve.

Ha, at a critical moment of the game between Russia and NATO, some high official’s overseas assets in Russia were seized by the Federal Reserve."

Speaking of which, Mountain Eagle looked at Anna who was both astonished and terrified, smiled and said, "I guess your boss is definitely very anxious right now because he sees a way to solve the problem...

Using Mr. Snowden’s issue, we could leverage some political resources on the American side, freeing some of the corrupt Russian officials’ funds in Cyprus, thus relieving the internal political pressure.

Otherwise, he’d have to dig into his own pockets or face a fatal settlement from old friends like Boss Pu.

Boss Pu is not easy to talk to!

I think your boss was already prepared to dig into his own pockets, and all the efforts you made in Moscow were to reduce his losses.

The big purge will result in deaths, and with people dead, there’s no need to compensate with that money, right?"

Mountain Eagle spoke lightheartedly, but Anna, who had undergone numerous rounds of psychological conditioning, now looked pale and was sweating from her forehead...

"How did you..."

As she spoke, Anna glanced at the still confused crowd around her, and without caring about anything else, she grabbed Mountain Eagle’s arm and dragged him to the balcony...

After forcefully closing the balcony door, Anna stared at Mountain Eagle and said in a deep voice, "How do you know all this?"

Mountain Eagle sat on the lounge chair, propped his legs on the balcony’s railing, lifted the beer bottle for a sip, sighed comfortably, and said, "I’ve felt that something was off about the whole situation from the beginning...

Many things seemed reasonable, but when put together, they couldn’t be logically explained.

I always felt something was missing...

Your mother Erin’s entanglement with the Belgar Lake Foundation, Lady Victoria’s NGO contract, the significance of these two together still doesn’t justify starting a big purge...

Snowden barely counts as a bargaining chip, but before realizing his maximum value, none of you knew the content of those confidential documents...

So the Russia Security Department initially just wanted to take advantage of the situation to offer Snowden six months of asylum, simply to aggravate the United States and cause the European Union to drift away from them.

Blood Fox was just a fool who offered himself as a bargaining chip...

I always felt there was something inconsistent about this, because I could think of Erin’s, Victoria’s, and even Russia’s own demands, but couldn’t fathom why your boss would meddle in everything...

I watch the news too, Crimea is an absolute hot spot right now!

But I guess Germany’s attitude has already softened, so the European Union is likely to compromise, and the Minsk Agreement is just around the corner...

The biggest difficulty now is within your own country!

I couldn’t figure it out before, but now I get it!

Your boss aims to use Erin’s and the Belgar Lake Foundation’s entanglement to initiate a massive purge within Russia, gaining favor from high officials at the Security Conference while trying to minimize his losses in Cyprus, and also trying to please Boss Pu.

It’s a choice that benefits multiple parties. 습니다 However, if your boss wants to stabilize the situation, he has to pay out of his own pocket to shut up the bastards whose funds are stuck in Cyprus.

Otherwise, once the Americans intervene, those held by the testicles by the Federal Reserve due to the Cyprus issue will stir up trouble, making it hard to get the Minsk Agreement signed.

I bet the amount of money involved is terrifying!"

Anna looked at Mountain Eagle with eyes as if she’d seen a ghost, and said, "All this is your guess?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "Is it that hard to guess?

I’m used to understanding the demands of opponents and allies, because only by understanding this can I predict their actions.

I always felt something was missing before, I thought maybe Blood Fox was keeping something from me, but after hearing what you said a few hours ago before you left here, I suddenly figured it all out!

Your boss is a big oligarch, but his base is in Russia, so when Boss Pu made it clear that he wants to take back Crimea, your boss had to show enough responsibility.

Otherwise, should Crimea face any setbacks, based on the everyday behavior of Russian oligarchs, any minor tax official could lock him up for good!"

Anna, surprised, looked at Mountain Eagle and said, "How did you know that the head of the Federal Tax Service Mishuskin has his eye on my boss?"

Mountain Eagle paused for a moment, then let out a disillusioned laugh, saying, "Truly nothing happens without a reason..."

Speaking, Mountain Eagle looked at Anna, smiled, and said, "Now I have Snowden in my hands, and with him, I can leverage a very powerful political force inside the United States...

What can your boss offer?

Don’t tell me something about guaranteeing safety; I need some real profits and assurances."

Listening to this, Anna took a small earpiece from her ear, personally put it on Mountain Eagle, then placed her hand on her waist and gave a thumbs-up, saying, "Our boss wants to have a personal chat with you..."

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