Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 231 Reaction

Chapter 231: Chapter 231 Reaction

Matthias, the handsome Assassin who happened to share a flight with Mountain Eagle, somewhat bewilderingly accepted the seemingly unserious napkin from Mountain Eagle’s hand...

Looking at the few names on it, Matthias furrowed his brows and said, "I’m not free!"

Mountain Eagle responded with a smile, "No, you are free!

I’ve given Anna orders to give you a holiday..."

After pondering for a while and seeing Anna, who had followed him to the door with eyes wide as bells, Matthias said, "I need information on these people before I can decide whether to accept."

Hearing that, Mountain Eagle laughed, snapped his fingers, and told Anna, "The information..."

Anna, who had been captivated by Mountain Eagle’s charm just moments ago, now had her nose bent out of shape in annoyance...

It was supposed to be a bonus contract, but not only did it jump from one million to ten million, Mountain Eagle also turned around and outsourced the task for half a million.

And to a top-notch expert he had paid a high price to enlist for help, no less!

She couldn’t even bring herself to say no...

Staring at Matthias with an odd look, Anna shot a resentful glance at the grinning Mountain Eagle, then operated her phone for a moment before telling Matthias, "The info is in your email..."

As a very meticulous person, Matthias gestured for Mountain Eagle to wait, returned to his room to take out his phone, and checked his email. After carefully comparing the information with the list of names, he looked at Mountain Eagle curiously and said, "If Miss Anna agrees, then I’ll take the job...

Half the payment upfront, the rest after confirming the task is complete.

Are you paying cash or via bank transfer?

For these unexpected tasks, I prefer cash!"

Mountain Eagle, who was, in fact, worried about having too much cash to carry back with him, nodded with a smile and said, "No problem, you don’t mind if the payment is in a mix of currencies, do you?"

Once he received Matthias’s affirmative reply, Mountain Eagle happily turned around and strolled back to his room...

Passing Anna, he reached out and pinched a smile onto the face of the displeased sister, saying, "Matthias is a good guy, and you’ve got a keen sense for talent, haha..."

After the cheerful Mountain Eagle went into the room, he took out the cash he had collected and briefly counted it, then came out holding a bag filled with a sizeable mix of US dollars and Euros...

Handing the bag to Matthias, Mountain Eagle smiled and said, "If we’re counting today’s exchange rate for Euros, there’s exactly 250,000 dollars in here.

Feel free to count it if you’re not sure..."

Matthias seemed to trust Mountain Eagle quite a bit. He opened the bag, glanced inside, and then shook Mountain Eagle’s hand, saying, "No one would deceive an Assassin..."

Mountain Eagle nodded in agreement and said, "Of course, fraud and wage theft are the most unethical behaviors in the world...

Anyone who commits both deserves the gallows!"

As Mountain Eagle spoke, the door to the next room opened again...

Two blonde girls popped out their heads, revealing their upright torsos, and said to Mountain Eagle with a smile, "Sir, your room seems crowded, are you looking for a place to sleep?

We have some room here!"

The two girls playfully made an inviting gesture but were promptly sent packing by Anna’s killjoy demeanor...

Before turning back, one blonde girl blew Mountain Eagle a kiss and said, "Sir, if you have similar business in the future, you can come to us, we’re cheaper than that guy..."

After Anna cleared the girls with a look, she turned to the somewhat disappointed Mountain Eagle and said with narrowed eyes, "If you want, my room is right next door...

I used to think you were problematic, but now I’m giving you a chance to prove yourself!"

Mountain Eagle firmly shook his head and said, "It’s a professional rule not to get involved with colleagues or their relatives.

You’re Blood Fox’s daughter; I don’t know why you are the way you are now...

Blood Fox might not mind, and I’m not one to preach, but let me tell you...

I’m a normal man, but there can only be a professional relationship between us!"

Anna listened and frowned, "Are you misunderstanding something about sleeping together?"

Mountain Eagle had an old resistance, bolstered by Tessa’s old liquor, to these Westerners’ open attitude towards sex.

Looking at Anna’s puzzled face, Mountain Eagle shrugged and said, "Maybe, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing."

Saying so, Mountain Eagle looked at the quiet corridor and said, "You’ve booked the entire 11th floor, so I don’t need to open a separate room, right?

Give me a room card; I want to sleep!

Alone!"

...

While Mountain Eagle was sleeping, Victor Vekselberg upstairs could no longer sit still...

Agreeing to Mountain Eagle’s terms wasn’t a big deal; if he could really solve the issue, the ten million spent might save him several hundred million dollars.

But Mountain Eagle pinpointing his location made him feel a strong sense of unease.

The bodyguard checked the room repeatedly and found no suspicious items...

Having received the bodyguard’s report, Victor took a sip of his already cold coffee and said with a frown, "Who else knows I’m in Moscow?"

A middle-aged assistant in a black suit took out a notebook and checked it before saying, "Boss, according to our itinerary, you should be meeting with Boss Pu at his estate today and going to Novosibirsk tomorrow to meet with senior management of the company.

Coming here was a last-minute change to the itinerary, and we’ve disguised our entrance to the hotel, so it’s unlikely anyone knows, unless we’ve been watched from..."

Upon hearing this, Victor, looking somewhat fatigued, waved his hand dismissively and said, "Unless we’ve been watched all along..."

Victor then vigorously massaged his cheeks and added, "Mishustin from the tax authority is a mad dog, and now this mad dog has latched onto me."

The middle-aged assistant, looking somewhat anxious, asked, "Boss, what should we do now?"

Victor’s gaze went past the balcony to the Kremlin not far away, his voice drifting and elusive, "Everything we have comes from Russia, what else can we do?"

Then, looking at his assistant, Victor said in a stern voice, "Transfer Moscow’s resources to Anna and let her represent us in the negotiations that Mountain Eagle is preparing.

Inform them that even if things escalate to the worst-case scenario, they can still transfer all their assets in Cyprus to me, and I’ll exchange them for cash at 70% of the market value.

Tell them to keep quiet, or if Mishustin, that mad dog, gets a hold of their tails, I won’t save them."

After speaking, Victor covered his forehead with one hand, weary, thought for a few minutes, then spiritedly said, "Notify the airport; prepare my plane. We leave tonight for Novosibirsk!"

.........

Blood Fox and Anna were sitting on the balcony of the room, two people who had hardly spent any time together, silently spending over an hour across from each other with only a small coffee table between them.

Seeing Anna receive a phone call, which seemed to invigorate her, Blood Fox didn’t know what had happened. After hesitating, he stood up with a raspy voice and said, "Looks like you got what you wanted. Get some rest...

I suspect you’ll be facing a tough battle soon!"

Anna hung up the phone and looked at Blood Fox, hesitated for a few seconds before finally saying, "Thank you!"

Blood Fox, slightly bemused, showed a hint of a smile, nodded, and as he turned to leave, said, "You’re welcome!"

Watching Blood Fox about to leave, Anna hesitated again and again, then fixing her gaze on his retreating figure, she said, "Please thank Mountain Eagle for me..."

Blood Fox paused in his steps, turned his head to look back at the striking figure of Anna, pondered, and then said, "You’d better thank him yourself, he’s our boss now...

I can feel he’s running out of patience with our presumption, so I need to keep it down."

Anna looked at Blood Fox and said, "But you still have a say..."

Blood Fox, leaning against the balcony door, looked at his daughter and said with a smile, "We’ve always had absolute control from the beginning, but what about now?

Mountain Eagle is like a spring; the more pressure you apply, the stronger he’ll bounce back.

We keep everything from him, yet in just five days, he’s gone from a novice responsible for flanking support to the boss.

Do you think if we keep causing internal issues, he might just kick us all out?

Kid, you might have more resources and power, but when we’re on the same side, you can’t beat Mountain Eagle.

That guy’s a monster born out of the Political Arena, and perhaps soon you’ll find that once you show dissent, those on your side might draw even closer to him."

Thinking back to Mountain Eagle hiring Matthias for $500,000 and treating the top assassin she had brought in at great cost as his own subordinate, Anna groaned in pain and said to Blood Fox, "What should I do if I can’t meet Victor’s demands..."

Blood Fox, with a cheery smile, said, "No demands are an absolute must to fulfill!

Every worker has to understand one thing: never fulfill your boss’s requests 100%, or next time the boss will ask for more.

If you want Mountain Eagle to be wholeheartedly on your side, you’ve got to bring all your sincerity to the table..."

Anna thought for a while and said to Blood Fox, "Is this a father’s advice to his daughter?"

Blood Fox was taken aback, then shook his head, "No, this is advice from an old KGB to the next generation!

As a father, I’d rather you stay away from Russia’s political whirlpool because it’s too dirty, too violent, and too many people don’t play by the rules."

Blood Fox looked at Anna, who seemed unconvinced, and with a bitter smile, said, "I’m old, and there are some things I’m powerless to change!"

......

"I’m not an immortal, how would I know how those CIA people died?"

Mountain Eagle was woken from his deep sleep by a phone call, and patiently spoke to Tessa on the other side, "What’s the problem with a few CIA agents dying..."

Tessa on the phone sounded dissatisfied, "CIA lost 6 agents, along with a field team.

According to surveillance at the building where it happened, we’ve identified the attacker. His name is Tom, and before the incident, he was in Pattaya Hospital...

And it was you who helped pay his hospital bills!"

Mountain Eagle, shocked, sat up in bed and said incredulously, "That can’t be right, that guy was pretty banged up when he went into the hospital; it’s only been a few days?"