Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 257 - 256 Sofia’s Prestige

Chapter 257: Chapter 256 Sofia’s Prestige

Mountain Eagle was unaware of the conversation between Anna and her mother. After the operation on Fishing Pole was completed, he dismissed the doctor’s advice and pulled him back onto the van before heading to Moscow Filí Park to meet Sofia.

The van stopped outside what looked like a grand, yet antiquated park entrance. As Mountain Eagle got out, he saw Sofia sitting on a bench across the lawn, looking down at her hands, lost in thought.

Mountain Eagle sensed something amiss. Just as he was about to cross the grass with a frown to meet her, Butcher suddenly tugged at him from behind...

"Boss, something’s not right around here..."

Mountain Eagle paused his stride, and as he looked toward Sofia, standing like a lonely statue in the distance, he spoke into the communicator with a frown, "Little Dog Team, disembark and be on guard..."

"It’s Evil Wolf Squad!"

"Be alert, there’s a gunman on the rooftop across the street. Is this a trap?"

Mountain Eagle heard Gray Wolf’s warning and swiftly commanded Crow to lower its altitude and begin circling.

He didn’t believe Sofia would betray him. Besides, "across the street" not only meant crossing a road but also a small river, putting the gunman well over 600 meters away from both him and Sofia.

For such a distance, hitting the target wasn’t an issue, but if it were only an AK, precise shooting at this range would be laughable.

Crow decreased altitude, permitting Mountain Eagle to clearly see the situation on the rooftop across the street.

Four gunmen with rifles stood on the edge of the rooftop, looking professional at first glance, but it was obvious from their positioning and the way they held their weapons that they were amateurs.

Seeing no other gunmen brought slight relief to Mountain Eagle. He gestured to Pigeon with his hand, then signaled to Butcher and the others to stay put while he strode toward Sofia.

The distance of a few dozen meters was quickly closed. Mountain Eagle stood in front of Sofia, creating a shield between the rooftop gunman and her...

Looking at Sofia’s vacant eyes, Mountain Eagle spoke in a grave tone, "What happened?"

Sofia looked up at Mountain Eagle, and after a few seconds, her gaze slowly regained focus...

Taking in the surroundings, Sofia glanced at her watch and nodded slightly, "You’re very punctual. I was just greeting some old acquaintances."

"Greeting?"

Mountain Eagle didn’t grasp what Sofia meant. Just as he was about to pull her from the exposed area...

Sofia bent down, took two packages from underneath the bench, placed them on the seat, then glanced at the small building hidden in the trees across the street. She opened the packages and placed two severed heads on the bench.

Watching Mountain Eagle furrow his brows, Sofia sat down next to the heads, grasping at the sparse hair to adjust the angle so the faces were directed toward the small building.

Mountain Eagle guessed Sofia’s intention, frowned, and asked, "What are you doing?

I’ve already found the forces, going in would be a cinch for us!"

Sofia’s pale face squeezed out a faint smile as she shook her head, "I have to personally take back what’s mine..."

Mountain Eagle saw the determination in Sofia’s eyes, sighed, and sat down beside her...

He had already located the position of assassin Matthias. The guy was by a fountain in the park, due north...

About 30 meters from Matthias, two bodies were lying dead in a bush, with hunting rifles placed beside them.

On another street across the park, a few men were gathered by a truck, arguing about something.

Evil Wolf Squad had already found suitable positions to keep watch...

Pigeon and Glasses, the two snipers, secured their targets at the rooftop gunners, using vehicle cover...

Butcher, holding an AK-105, circled around to a position at the southern entrance...

Daria sat in a vehicle, ready to drive onto the lawn to extract Mountain Eagle at any moment.

Everyone was prepared, but no danger presented itself.

Mountain Eagle turned to look at the two heads on the bench and, with a furrowed brow, said, "You want to intimidate them?

Is it going to work?"

Sofia crossed her arms, leaned back, and looked towards the small building, "I believe they’ll surrender!"

Mountain Eagle, somewhat skeptical, remarked, "If someone brought heads to my doorstep, surrender wouldn’t be my first thought."

Sofia expressionlessly responded, "What if your family was locked in a wooden box that could suffocate them at any moment, waiting for you to save them?"

Upon hearing this, Mountain Eagle frowned and said, "Great White Shark, I don’t like such tactics because they are simply unnecessary. I can break in at any time and take care of those people for you."

Sofia nodded faintly, "I also find it unnecessary, but it’s crucial to make them believe it is!

My accountant is still alive; I need to rescue him safely!

With him, I can retrieve what’s mine!"

Then, Sofia looked at Mountain Eagle and added, "Mister, the Milosevic family is an insignificant branch of the Great Russian Mafia, but they know the rules.

They’ve chosen betrayal and lost. So now, they must either die themselves or have their entire families die!"

Mountain Eagle felt immense energy and confidence emanating from the petite Sofia...

That feeling is hard to describe...

Although Sofia always spoke softly and gently, it still made Mountain Eagle feel as if a recently matured tiger was issuing a deafening roar at the hyenas and wolves that eyed it covetously.

It’s three o’clock in the afternoon now, and Mountain Eagle didn’t know what Sofia had been doing with Matthias in the past 7 hours, but he could feel that Sofia was already holding the winning cards.

Just as Mountain Eagle wanted to ask how exactly she had achieved this, her phone rang...

Sofia looked at the phone, answered it, and after listening for about a dozen seconds, she spoke in an emotionless monotone, "Ensure Old Kaki is safely escorted out...

Miluo, both you and your brother must die, only with your deaths will this matter come to an end!"

Sofia simply hung up the phone without giving the other party a chance to speak...

Then, the young lady quietly waited for 5 minutes, and noticing that there was still no activity in the direction of the small building, she picked up her phone and sent out a text message...

What seemed like a casual act, Mountain Eagle, through the perspective of Crow, saw a completely different situation.

He, having official cover, had never paid attention to the police operations.

At this moment, he realized there were no pedestrians around the park at all, and Sofia, without his help, had already mobilized the Moscow police to block several key roads on the perimeter.

Not long after Sofia sent the text message, people began to trickle through the police cordon, arriving near the park.

The gunmen gathered on the north side of the park were clearly the opponent’s men, but before they could decide what to do, about ten variously dressed assassins emerged from the community across the highway and easily took down those visibly unprepared gunmen.

From above, those diversely dressed assassins seemed like little balls attracted by a magnet, gradually converging towards the direction of the small building.

When those assassins appeared near the small building, not to mention the people inside it, even Butcher and his men retracted near their vehicles, becoming extremely tense.

This phenomenon made Mountain Eagle realize, Sofia’s actions this morning allowed her to reclaim her ’manpower.’

Now, she was using this ’manpower’ to take back her financial power.

Watching the assassins, who clearly were not on the same wavelength as the mercenaries, walk by him armed, Mountain Eagle curiously asked, "How did you do it?

Mario locked you up for so many days, and he couldn’t even control your manpower?"

Sofia watched the assassins pass by and shook her head, "Do you think I know them?"

Then, looking towards the small building, she said, "Mario always thought the assassin middlemen owned the assassins, but he doesn’t understand at all.

Although some of them were screened and trained by me from prison, they were never my subordinates.

We are only in a cooperative relationship!

They think that by seizing the assassin list from my hands, they could command them to do anything.

But they overlooked the most important thing – the ’contract’!

Whenever I issue them tasks, they can obtain an official contract and advance payment from a restaurant.

I only had to eliminate a few people, then reopen the restaurant, and they all came back..."

Mountain Eagle, from the sky above, could feel how staggering the situation Sofia had created was...

Only from a high vantage point could one grasp the immense pressure those suddenly emerging assassins could exert.

At this moment, Mountain Eagle truly felt that the alias ’Great White Shark’ was not given in vain...

Silent! Fierce! Deadly! Emotionless!

When Mountain Eagle fell silent, Assassin Matthias stood up from his hiding spot and slowly walked over to the bench.

The top-tier assassin cast a complex glance at Sofia, then nodded slightly to Mountain Eagle and said, "My task is completed, remember to pay off the other half of the money."

Mountain Eagle watched Matthias, who turned to leave, and frowned, "I remember I paid for your entire day today..."

Matthias stopped in his tracks, shook his head, and said, "Enough people have died today..."

After looking back at Mountain Eagle hesitantly, he turned to Sofia and said, "You are an incredible woman, it has been an honor to work with you!"

After speaking, Matthias gave a solemn nod to both Sofia and Mountain Eagle, then quickly entered deeper into the park, disappearing amongst the various antiquated children’s play equipment.

It was the first time Mountain Eagle had ever seen Matthias show such respect to someone else. Curious, he looked at Sofia ready to ask, but he swallowed back the question that had reached his lips.

Sofia seemed to sense Mountain Eagle’s confusion. She looked into his eyes and, in her unique monotone, said, "Mario’s stupidity ruined my ten years of hard work, I don’t know what I’ll have left in the end, but I made you a promise...

If you want me in Thailand, then I will take everything with me that can be taken."

With that, Sofia watched the backs of the assassins, took a deep breath, and said, "Those who can’t be taken with will remain in Eastern Europe, they will help me maintain my past network of relationships.

I can still continue my past business in Thailand!

I promise, all this will be worth it!"

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

As Sofia spoke, a series of gunshots rang out from inside the small building...

She slowly stood up, turned to Mountain Eagle, and said, "You’re the boss, you should see what I have left in the end..."