Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 273 - 272: Whirlwind

Chapter 273: Chapter 272: Whirlwind

When it comes to action skills, Daria was definitely top-tier!

But when she saw Mountain Eagle rush onto the helipad, drag the rappelling rope to the northeast corner, and prepared to descend from the outside of the cruise ship, Daria sighed...

"Boss, we don’t know the situation below, it’s dangerous to go down rashly!"

Mountain Eagle glanced at Daria, forcefully threw the rope down and then nodded, saying, "It’s very dangerous, so we’ll enter from the third floor..."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle didn’t wait for Daria to respond, and single-handedly gripped the rope to flip over the ship’s bulwark and began to quickly descend.

The moment his feet touched the railing on the third floor, he used his waist strength to propel himself into the corridor.

After landing, Mountain Eagle first rushed to check the stairwell, then loudly called out to the security personnel below...

He then turned back to his original position and just in time to catch up with Daria descending.

He grabbed Daria by the waist belt and easily placed her onto the corridor, Mountain Eagle patted his shoulder, saying, "Follow me..."

......

In the stairwell at the northeast corner, Ah Long, a Malaysian Chinese descendant, moaned in pain, collapsing onto the ground.

These people were not the security on the cruise; instead, they were mercenaries summoned from a nearby security vessel after the Diamond Queen received a warning.

There’s an international rule that states vessels cannot bring weapons into another country’s territory.

This rule applies both to cargo ships and cruise ships.

Thus, to deal with pirates on busy sea lanes, maritime security vessels began to thrive.

Usually, when cargo ships enter the international waters and approach dangerous waters, security vessels deploy mercenaries on board to provide security against potential pirate attacks.

But cruise ships are different, as they host too many guests; any incident involving armed personnel could lead to severe consequences.

Cruise ships also make stops at major coastal tourist cities and carrying weapons isn’t convenient because it goes against international law.

Major cruise operators explicitly mandate that no weapons or armed personnel are allowed on board.

Hence, not only passengers but also crew members must undergo strict security screenings before boarding to keep dangerous items off the ship.

As an additional safety measure, and at the insurers’ request, cruise companies arrange accompanying security vessels to ensure the safety of the cruise during passage through dangerous areas.

However, to cut costs, cruise companies opt to contract with maritime security companies using their vessels for cruise safety.

As soon as a cruise feels threatened, mercenaries from a maritime security vessel are dispatched to board and take part in defenses.

These armed security personnel actually board not long before the pirates; as they routinely check the ship’s internal systems and establish defensive plans, the crew unwittingly let pirates on board.

Fortunately, this team was in the cruise’s interior when they received the news and quickly organized defenses by locking elevators and barricading most of the staircase passages; otherwise, the Diamond Queen wouldn’t have managed to wait for Mountain Eagle’s arrival.

But now these maritime security personnel were trapped!

Had it not been for his colleague pulling Ah Long into a storeroom, he would have been easily ambushed by the pirates suddenly appearing behind him.

Ah Long looked at the wound on his shoulder, let out a painful cry, "Captain, pirates have come from behind, we can’t hold them off..."

The tough middle-aged man holding an M4 gun crouched by the doorway, quickly popped out and fired several shots, pushing the pirates at the end of the corridor back.

Watching Ah Long hold his wound and painfully kick his legs, the tough middle-aged man shouted, "Don’t panic, if it hurts, you won’t die...

Our reinforcements are arriving soon, just hold on!"

Ah Long picked up a roll of toilet paper from the storeroom floor, bit off the core, and with a shout, flattened the toilet paper and pressed it against his wound...

"Captain, you didn’t say we’d need to fight so desperately when you recruited us!"

The tough middle-aged man fired another burst of shots and then loudly called for assistance from his colleagues in the adjacent staircase...

Seeing Ah Long grimacing in pain, the tough middle-aged man cursed under his breath and said, "Don’t worry, we’ll be fine."

Ah Long grabbed a roll of tape, applying it with both hands and mouth to cover his wound, then difficultly moved to the doorway, aiming outside and firing two shots...

He didn’t look outside, instead with a pale face, said: "Captain, the company told me the job was just accompanying security, now we have to fight against the Pirate King’s men...

If I die, will my family receive compensation?"

The tough middle-aged man paused and then irritably said, "Talk of dying? We’re all going to make it!"

Ah Long heard the shouting of pirates outside, he peeked his gun out and pulled the trigger...

Holding the gun with one hand was hardly accurate, but the narrow corridor offered hardly any cover to the pirates, and Ah Long’s wild shooting actually knocked down a pirate, forcing the others to retreat once more.

Ah Long, seeing the bad expression on his captain’s face, bitterly said, "Captain, I had a bad feeling from the start...

When the cruise sent out the alert, no other team on the security ship was willing to move. In the end, they dispatched us.

Did the others already know something we didn’t, and we newbies seeking business became cannon fodder?"