Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 303 - 299 Found It!

Chapter 303: Chapter 299 Found It!

Taigore’s so-called command center was rudimentary— a high-powered radio with two operators, accompanied by a row of surveillance equipment plus two technicians...

Despite the simplicity of the equipment, they had an internet connection!

Mountain Eagle connected his laptop to the network cable, booted up the computer, and then dialed hacker Zorn’s number, placing it on speakerphone next to him...

"Hey, boss..."

Hearing Zorn’s voice on the phone, Mountain Eagle chuckled and said, "I’m online..."

"OK..."

No sooner had Zorn on the other end finished speaking than the computer that had just been started began rapidly processing, and soon, the logo of Thailand Customs appeared on the screen, followed by numerous pop-up windows...

"Boss, whose information are you looking for?"

Hearing Zorn’s voice on the phone, Taigore, incredulous, exclaimed, "Mountain, you got the hacker to break into the Customs server?"

Mountain Eagle looked at the surprised Taigore and said with a smile, "Are you kidding me? I’m a police officer; I won’t engage in illegal activities unless absolutely necessary.

And hackers aren’t omnipotent, are they?"

While saying this, Mountain Eagle pointed at the computer screen and continued with a laugh, "I traveled to Bangkok on an official plane with Deveka. He got me the username and password for the Thailand Customs server.

I’m just not very good at this kind of stuff, so I asked my buddy for a bit of help—it’s more efficient this way."

Zorn, on the other end of the line, feeling somewhat unconvinced, said, "Boss, even without an account and password, I could still..."

"You can’t!"

Mountain Eagle snapped irritably, then shrugged at Taigore, who had a puzzled expression, saying, "That’s how these tech guys are; they’re actually very cautious and wouldn’t normally do something foolish."

Taigore, staring at the flickering images on the computer screen, said a bit helplessly, "I hadn’t even thought of that..."

Mountain Eagle shook his head and replied, "Those on the front lines should focus more on the enemy ahead; other matters are for the logistics to worry about.

It’s not that you hadn’t thought of it; it’s just that the time was tight and you had too few people who could assist."

Mountain Eagle’s excuse made Taigore feel much better. Waving his hand, Taigore said, "Not having thought of it means just that; making excuses is pointless."

As he spoke, Taigore glanced at the technicians inside the command vehicle and expressed his helplessness, "The tech team at the Crime Investigation Bureau is understaffed. I should really form a small group that can perform field tasks.

At the very least, it would make us look more professional!"

Mountain Eagle admired Taigore’s character. This guy, who could have easily relied on his parents, always maintained a habit of striving for self-improvement and was open to other people’s suggestions.

Looking at Taigore, who was somewhat disheartened, Mountain Eagle said with a smile, "Less than 48 hours have passed since the cruise ship was rescued...

From the start of the terrorists being trapped to the rescue of the cruise ship, the whole process went off track from Fayiz’s original plan, and it didn’t even exceed four days.

The Round Table Knights were hired after it was confirmed that the cruise ship had been rescued, which means they entered the country within 48 hours.

Considering our location and the flight scheduling and stealth requirements, their most likely point of entry would have been through Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport."

Continuing, Mountain Eagle looked at the somewhat absorbed Taigore and said with a smile, "Now, let’s guess the characteristics of these Round Table Knights and see if we can find any clues from Customs.

Do you have any suggestions?"

Taigore furrowed his brow in thought and quickly got into the zone...

"They are English mercenaries, so I think we should mainly search for males, Caucasian or African-American, aged 25 to 45, with a tourist visa..."

Listening, Mountain Eagle said into the phone, "Zorn..."

"OK, boss, tourists who entered within the last 48 hours, Caucasian or African-American, aged 25 to 45, done...

In the last 48 hours, there were a total of 30,000 people who entered through Suvarnabhumi Airport with tourist visas, and there were 7,578 men between 25 and 45 years of age who were Caucasian or African-American."

While Zorn was speaking, the images on Mountain Eagle’s laptop were flashing incessantly. Soon, a table appeared, listing the names, genders, ages, and entry times of the incoming persons...

Taigore, looking at the numbers and dense text on the monitor, shook his head and said, "There must be other characteristics, but I’m not familiar with these foreign mercenaries..."

Mountain Eagle nodded slightly and instructed, "Check the passports, and find all people from this list who hold Commonwealth passports."

A few seconds later, Zorn reported, "Boss, there are 2,354 people left..."

After pondering for a moment, Mountain Eagle said, "The opposition wouldn’t wait in Thailand to receive orders; planning flights and scheduling also takes time. Current hotspots for business are Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa...

Most of the Round Table Knights are English, so let’s include England too.

Coming from the Middle East, a flight from Dubai would take about 7 hours, around 10 hours from Eastern Europe, there are no direct flights from North Africa to Thailand, and England takes about 14 hours.

Excluding African flights, it’s 8 p.m. now, so check the flights that have arrived from these regions within the past 48 hours until today at noon."

Minutes later, Zorn reported, "In the last 48 hours, there have been a total of 11 flights from these places that landed in Thailand, with 254 males matching the profile."

Mountain Eagle stroked his chin and pondered a moment before saying, "Mercenaries on a job probably wouldn’t use their real passports. Zorn, exclude those holding England passports and only keep those with passports from other Commonwealth nations.

Also, exclude anyone among them who has entered and left Thailand multiple times over the past two years."

Zorn quickly said, "Excluding Commonwealth passport holders, we’re left with 76 people."

Taigore looked at the computer screen, the range of suspicious individuals gradually narrowing, yet the number was still not small. He thought about the touching efficiency of his police force, a headache brewing as he rubbed his temples and said, "There’s simply no way to investigate like this..."

Mountain Eagle listened, shook his head with a smile and said, "We’re playing the odds from the start, and the conditions we’ve set might all be wrong...

Call Suvarnabhumi Airport and have them send over the entry surveillance of these 76 people.

It’s only 76 people, and we have time on our hands, watching won’t cost much effort!

Mercenaries are different from ordinary people, if Round Table Knight truly is among these people, we have a chance to find them.

Even if we don’t find a single suspect, it’s not like we’ve gained nothing."

Taigore understood what Mountain Eagle meant...

In this situation, gaining nothing could actually be a gain!

If none of the 76 people are suspicious, it means the range they just delineated is incorrect, or that the Round Table Knight didn’t enter the country by flight at all.

At this moment, Taigore’s shortcoming became apparent; this police second generation had many strengths, but somewhat resisted such a meticulous task as reviewing surveillance.

Many managers display this trait—they are unwilling or simply lack the energy to waste time on such detailed work.

Mountain Eagle was indifferent; although he was also not adept at reviewing surveillance, he believed his observation skills were fair...

And he had other sources of information...

Right when Taigore was coordinating surveillance footage, a call from an unfamiliar number came to Mountain Eagle’s phone...

Mountain Eagle hung up on Zorn’s call, then answered the unknown caller...

"Hello..."

As Mountain Eagle finished his greeting, a deep male voice came through from the other side...

"Hello Mountain Eagle, I am Silver Fox, the current commander of Arctic Fox."

Mountain Eagle was stunned for a second, then curiously said, "Silver Fox? Why are you calling me?"

There was a pause from Silver Fox before he said, "Blood Fox called me a few hours ago, telling me you would be facing Round Table Knight. I’m concerned, and at the same time, I’m quite curious about you."

Mountain Eagle didn’t want to discuss the issue of Arctic Fox in front of Taigore and a bunch of police officers; he spoke solemnly, "Do you have any intelligence on Round Table Knight?"

Thinking it over, Silver Fox said, "We’ve clashed with Round Table Knight in Syria and Colombia, and even killed a few of their people...

I am not sure of their exact identities, but judging by our encounters and the equipment they left behind, the Round Table Knight is a top-tier team made up of a mix of SBS Special Boat Service and SAS Aircrew soldiers.

The code name of all former commanders of Round Table Knight has been ’Arthur’, the current commander is English, female, and probably between 40-45 years old."

Mountain Eagle incredulously said, "A woman?"

Silver Fox affirmed, "Yes, a woman. I’ve spoken with her before, and she paid a ransom in exchange for captives we held.

Arthur is very adept at managing, and the Round Table Knight has been doing really well since she became the commander.

I’ve suspected that she had ties to the British Intelligence Organization and even secretly looked into her background, but came up empty."

Mountain Eagle wasn’t interested in how well Round Table Knight was doing, nor the true identity of their commander—as long as she did not go to the front lines, she wasn’t his target...

"I have the Suwanapu Airport’s entry records and surveillance for the past 48 hours. I need some intelligence or hints to help me lock onto their identities."

Hearing this, Silver Fox expressed, "How did you manage that?"

Mountain Eagle stated matter-of-factly, "I’m a Thai Police officer, what’s so hard about that?"

Silver Fox seemed to remember something, expressing his admiration, "Well, Blood Fox has told me, but I didn’t expect you would be involved in mercenary combat in your capacity as a police officer!

Then, Officer Mountain Eagle, it’s your turn to ask—if you need any intelligence, what would it be?"

Mountain Eagle thought for a moment and said, "You just mentioned capturing people from Round Table Knight. I want to know about their gender, age, physical characteristics, and of course, even more details if available..."

Silver Fox thought for a bit and said, "The outside world tends to believe that Round Table Knight’s soldiers are not young, but in reality, their main members are very young, basically all under 30, only the commander and deputy commander are older.

We’ve captured three of them before, including a sniper, an assault man, and a medic...

The sniper’s codename is ’Longbow’, Irish, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, around 1.65 meters tall with red hair and a scar on his neck...

The assault man’s codename is ’Mole’, Irish, under thirty, around 1.7 meters tall with curly brown hair, has had nose surgery...

The medic’s codename is ’Tailor’, Scots, about thirty-five, 1.85 meters tall, bald, has had chin surgery..."

Mountain Eagle, surprised, said, "You remember so clearly?"

Silver Fox chuckled, "Because those injuries were inflicted by our men..."

Then, after thinking for a moment, Silver Fox said, "Mountain Eagle, do you need our help?

If you need it, we can be in Bangkok in about 10 hours..."

As Silver Fox spoke, Mountain Eagle suddenly reached out to tap Taigore’s arm, then pointed at the surveillance that had just come in, signaling him to pause, before saying to the phone, "No need, I think I’ve already found their people..."