Supremely Talented Tyrant
Chapter 854 - 853: Advancing into the Grove

"Boss! Found it!"

Quickly, the mercenary ran back in front of Wales, pulling out a dagger engraved with the characters "East, South, West, North" and a small, crumpled piece of paper that looked like discarded trash.

"A directional dagger?"

Wales took the two items, pondered for a moment, and then slowly unfolded the paper.

The directional dagger is a special marker of their mercenaries, usually only possessed by undercover liaisons and operatives during field missions. It seems that Bamboo Pole intended to use it to leave a signal for Wales and his team to follow.

Gently pulling apart the paper, the message inside was revealed to Wales. After glancing at it and memorizing the content, Wales snickered coldly and shredded the paper into tiny pieces, scattering them to the sky.

"Everyone, get in the car! Destination, the small woods on the outskirts!"

With a wave of his hand, all the mercenaries boarded the SUVs, and soon, the convoy of over a hundred vehicles charged out spectacularly under the gaze of the entire city, ramming through any vehicle in its path without swerving or avoiding.

Since we're rushing, if you don't care about your car, then feel free to stay in the way; but if you do, you better make way politely.

It must be said, the Mercenary Alliance's modified SUVs' durability is unmatched by regular vehicles. Ordinary cars crumpled to the roadside upon impact, while their vehicles remained undamaged.

Despite their rampage through the city, no police came to check on the situation, causing some citizens' faces to turn sour. Such a big event was happening, why were the police dragging their feet?

However, Wales didn't care about these; they were mercenaries, unable to blend into the ordinary world. Besides, he had already established connections with the mayor of Los Angeles; otherwise, the police would've been on their tails with their cruisers long ago, instead of them being able to journey so leisurely.

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"Report! Our informants in the city have reported; the Mercenary Alliance has started to move!"

In the vehicle, Hao Jian listened to the message from the radio, his eyes flickering slightly, then he spoke thoughtfully, "Do you know how many people they deployed?"

"Report! A total of one hundred fifteen modified SUVs, an initial estimate suggests about four hundred people!"

"Four hundred people?!"

Hearing the large number, Hao Jian's expression immediately turned grim. Not counting them, they had at most sixty people left, mostly tech personnel with no combat capabilities!

No, these people can't stay with me; it's too dangerous!

Immediately, Hao Jian spoke solemnly into the radio: "Order: all tech personnel must immediately leave the team and head to the nearest city's airport, and take a flight back to their countries!"

"Me, Divine Tiger Squad, and a few armed personnel will handle drawing away those pursuers!"

Their convoy, except for him and Lion, practically had no combat capability. Even for Lion, facing so many mercenaries would definitely be disadvantageous.

And he, despite his arrogance, couldn't possibly handle four hundred armed mercenaries on his own. Under such circumstances, he couldn't let the tech personnel stay.

If they stayed, not only would they become a hindrance, but they could also cause the entire convoy to fall into a much more perilous situation. Although he wasn't sure if there were any undercover agents among them, at this critical junction, Hao Jian couldn't care less. After all, this time, the Mercenary Alliance's target was Dr. Chi Ruo, not them.

In fact, even if the Mercenary Alliance knew they were splitting into two groups, they would certainly not chase the tech personnel. They would definitely come after him because in his possession was Dr. Chi Ruo, their target.

"Yes, Leader!"

The person on the other end of the radio didn't waste words, immediately accepted Hao Jian's orders, and quickly stopped the van carrying Bamboo Pole. Several non-combat capable technicians swiftly got out, and then two armed combatants took their place to drive, turning down the next road and speeding towards the nearest city.

As soldiers, their duty is to obey orders, and now Hao Jian is their nominal highest commander. Whatever order he gives, they must follow, even though they are only technical troops responsible for logistics, but they are still soldiers. Therefore, even though they feel upset upon hearing this order from Hao Jian, they have to accept it.

"Alright, now is the time for you and I..."

Seeing those people leave, Hao Jian also breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced faintly at the road behind him stretching into the distance. At the end of that road, he sensed a dangerous presence slowly approaching...

Letting the technicians leave wasn't a display of Hao Jian's kindness, but rather that keeping them there would have been useless, ultimately detrimental to his retreat, and could even impact the success rate of this mission.

In the past, Hao Jian always operated alone, facing all enemies by himself, which made him accustomed to solitary combat. However, this did not mean he couldn't participate in group battles; it was just unnecessary in these situations.

Having those technical troops leave wasn't only about getting them out of there; more crucially, it was to minimize the size of their squad's target. Hao Jian didn't believe it—these three vehicles merely had to find a spot to squeeze into, and how could the Mercenary Alliance locate them then?!

"Lion, keep an eye on our surroundings, and watch the route, make sure we do not take the wrong path." Hao Jian's grave voice was transmitted to the vehicle where Lion was through the walkie-talkie, saying, "Even though our target has gotten smaller, it doesn't mean we are safe—on the contrary, our risk factor has skyrocketed…"

"Haha! Leader, just watch! I, Lion, have never faced so many mercenaries alone like this!"

Lion's big laugh followed, but within that laughter, there was a hint of cruelty.

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"Boss! I just got the message from number thirty-four, they are not far ahead, almost entering the little forest!" A mercenary sitting next to Will in the off-road vehicle read from a piece of paper and then spoke to Will.

"Hmm, get there as fast as possible; it'll be troublesome if we let them enter the small forest…" Will nodded his head, his deep eyes looking forward, and he reached out to grab at the air, muttering, "Dr. Chi Ruo, you cannot escape the grasp of the Mercenary Alliance!"

The technology held by Chi Ruo is crucial to the interests of the Mercenary Alliance, and for these interests, even if it means losing many people, it's considered worthwhile. Yet, Will didn't know why, from the moment they infiltrated the base, his heart has felt uneasy, though he couldn't pinpoint the reason...

Soon, they arrived in front of the small forest, seeing the three vehicles parked outside, Will's expression also turned grim. They had come at maximum speed, yet unexpectedly, they still allowed the target to escape into the forest, where the dense trees made it impossible for vehicles to enter.

"Now we can only rely on number thirty-four!"

Thinking that he had to depend on the information provided by Bamboo Pole, Will's expression turned even grimmer; when had Will ever had to act based on intelligence provided by a liaison?! But now it was a special situation, and he was unaware of the combat strength he was dealing with, knowing only there was a powerful person inside, but Bamboo Pole hadn't made it clear how powerful.

"Everyone out of the vehicles, take your weapons, and carry out a grid search of this forest: the moment you find the intelligence left by number thirty-four, bring it to me immediately!"

After speaking, Will was the first to step into the forest, followed by over four hundred mercenaries, each carrying their weapons, pouring into the ten-plus kilometers-wide forest where they would search for their target.

"Are we ready?!"

In some part deep within the small forest, Lion roared in a certain direction, his eyes showing some anxiety.

This place was the direction they needed to go, as once they crossed this small forest, they could board a helicopter already stationed here by Huaxia. Then, even if the Mercenary Alliance were formidable, they wouldn't have any means to reach them, unless they possessed some kind of anti-aircraft weapon.

If this was in the base of the Mercenary Alliance, Lion would believe they had such weaponry, but now they were in Los Angeles, having even a hand grenade or sniper rifle would already be considered the limit.

Originally, after entering the forest, they had headed continuously deeper inside, but suddenly, Bamboo Pole claimed he needed to pee and had to relieve himself, leaving Lion with no choice but to let him go, as at least Hao Jian had not disagreed.

Yet unexpectedly, Bamboo Pole took five minutes to relieve himself, a duration which was very critical for their current situation!

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