Ultimate Firepower
Chapter 40 - 40 38 Details

40: Chapter 38 Details 40: Chapter 38 Details Having applied makeup, it was natural to change clothes as well.

Mexicali City lies in the depths of the desert valley, where the temperature difference between winter and summer is substantial.

In the summer, temperatures can easily soar above forty degrees, while during the chilliest days of winter, they hover around four or five degrees.

It was now April, not too hot yet, with daytime temperatures hovering around thirty degrees and nighttime around fifteen to sixteen degrees.

There was a significant temperature difference between day and night and the ultraviolet rays were exceptionally strong.

Gao Yi wore a pair of jeans, a long-sleeved shirt, and a pair of sunglasses.

Such attire was very common in Mexicali and didn’t stand out as unusual at all.

Sean no longer wore his suit.

Instead, he had changed into a red plaid shirt and jeans, along with a pair of flashy boots, topped with a ridiculously large cowboy hat that looked both exaggerated and comical.

The car was a Kia Rio, a common sight in Mexicali, albeit a bit small.

Especially when Sean, with his exaggerated attire, got in, it looked even more comical.

“Why are you wearing such an outfit?”

Sean smiled and said, “Because Americans like it.”

Gao Yi looked him over and said, “I haven’t seen anyone else dressed quite like you.”

“An exaggerated outfit draws people’s attention to my appearance.

They think this American hick must have something wrong with him to dress like this, instead of wondering whether there’s any danger in me approaching them.”

Sean shrugged, rolled down the window, and spat outside before continuing, “As an assistant, when I dress like a 19th-century cowboy, it might attract unwanted attention, but it helps you by reducing vigilant scrutiny.

This is called shifting the centre of attention.”

Gao Yi learned something new again, and he sincerely said, “I’ve learned something, thank you.”

Sean answered every question Gao Yi asked and explained without reservation.

An overt strategy was indeed an overt strategy.

It gave Gao Yi a sense of what it was like to have an experienced assistant by his side.

Sean drove out of the five-star hotel’s parking lot and slowly made his way onto the street.

Mexicali was tightly secured at the US-Mexico Border.

The city itself was quite large, and there were plenty of pedestrians, even fully armed police officers on duty at the corners of the streets from time to time.

There were many tourists, and without a doubt, most of them came from the United States.

It was already late when they set off—now it was past ten in the morning.

Even then, one could already spot scattered street prostitutes, most with thick legs and big bottoms, loitering at the intersections in skimpy clothes.

All the while, Gao Yi took in the street scenes until he couldn’t help but ask, “Are we just going to keep circling around the city area?”

“Yes, we need to maintain the appearance of tourists from the moment we depart.

We must be ready to be investigated from the start of the mission, as we might have to wait a while before getting a chance to approach the target.

These are all precautionary measures.

Although the chance of being specifically noticed and investigated is slim, we must be prepared to face an investigation.”

Sean slowed down the car, lowered the window, and yelled to an unattractive woman on the roadside, “Hey, how much?”

The woman approached, and just as she was about to lean on the window, Sean sped off suddenly, rudely shouting, “Bitch, haha…”

Watching in astonishment, Gao Yi heard Sean calmly say, after rolling up the window, “Just greeting a local.

If a woman is already waiting for clients at the roadside in the morning, it means she’s being controlled, and here, only the Hachita Group could control her.

Our actions will leave a lasting impression on her, and there’s a good chance she will tell her pimp about us.

This way, we’ll have left an impression with the Hachita Group; a rude, stupid, ignorant American tourist.

Hence, even if we are discovered during reconnaissance and questioned or investigated, we’ll have established a clear and harmless image.”

“Oh…

I see.”

Gao Yi understood Sean’s intention, but he immediately asked, “But why leave such an impression?”

Sean shrugged and responded, “Simple, do you think an assassin would bother doing something like this?”

Gao Yi had an epiphany and said, “They definitely wouldn’t.

I completely understand now.

This means that today, during our reconnaissance, if we happen to be noticed and investigated, the impression we’ve left will significantly lower the guard of our target.

Therefore, as long as we don’t act, they won’t treat us as assassins.”

“Yes, it’s not just about being an assassin, though.

This tactic can effectively conceal any identities that might pose a threat to the target, such as mercenaries, police officers, members of rival gangs, or even the CIA.

In short, preparations for concealing our identities must start with the details.

Many assassins expose themselves before they act because they neglected their preparations.

However, that’s unavoidable, because it’s difficult for one person to carry out all those preparations.”

Every seemingly absurd action had a thought-provoking reason behind it.

Now, every word Sean said was of great value to Gao Yi.

As for the difficulty of doing all these preparations alone, that was Sean’s subtle hint, which Gao Yi chose to ignore.

“What about tomorrow?

If we come back tomorrow, will we change our disguise?

So today’s preparations are just for today’s reconnaissance, and tomorrow’s investigation will require another cover operation.”

Sean turned to look at Gao Yi and said, “Yes, you’re a quick learner.”

“Thank you.”

It was indeed quite pleasing to be praised.

This time, Sean didn’t beat around the bush anymore; he drove the car out of the city.

The highway was quite good, and the car moved quickly, but the landscape beyond the city limits was unremarkable—just a monotonous desert with only agave and cacti on both sides of the road, enough to make one sleepy.

Not wanting to fall asleep and struggling to make conversation, Gao Yi suddenly said, “If the target is a drug lord who everyone knows about, why do we need to take action?

Everyone knows where he lives; doesn’t Mexico want to kill him?”

Sean smiled and said, “More than half of Mexicali’s illegal business is controlled by the target.

The mayor works for the target, so do the police, and the target even gives lots of money to the CIA.

How can Mexican officials take down the target?

It’s likely that anyone wanting to challenge the target would be killed by him first.”

Gao Yi asked curiously, “I know Mexico has launched a war on drug traffickers, but it seems the results aren’t great.

I’m just curious, are drug traffickers really that hard to deal with?”

Sean replied incredulously, “Knowing Mexico’s current situation, why don’t you understand how difficult the Mexican drug war is?”

Gao Yi genuinely didn’t know because he hadn’t paid attention to Mexico before, so now he was just genuinely puzzled.

“I just don’t get it.

They’ve brought in the military, bombing with cannons, charging with tanks—can a country’s army really be afraid of a bunch of drug traffickers?”

Sean was taken aback and said, “Tanks?

Cannons?

You didn’t know that the Mexican army doesn’t have tanks?

Also, they don’t have large-caliber artillery, so how could they bomb with cannons?”

Now it was Gao Yi’s turn to be surprised.

“What?

A large country with a population of over a hundred million doesn’t even have tanks?

No artillery?

You’ve got to be kidding, how is that possible?”

Gao Yi couldn’t comprehend, and he couldn’t believe that Mexico lacked tanks and artillery.

Sean curled his lip and said, “The Mexican army doesn’t just lack tanks and artillery; they also lack armed helicopters, all for a single reason—they’re too close to the United States.”

With this explanation, Gao Yi understood.

After a moment of silence, Gao Yi exhaled deeply and said, “Too far from Heaven, too close to the United States—that’s what it means.”

“The Mexican military only uses light weapons, so drug lords can have better armed forces than the government, stronger and more formidable.

Alright, we’ve arrived,” explained Sean.

Sean turned his head and said, “Look to your right, there’s a small path.

The estate on top is the target’s property.”

Gao Yi had already seen it.

A low and gentle hill, surrounded by agave and cactus, but near the middle of the slope, there was a patch of woodland.

It covered a large area, with vast empty space all around, and if they parked by the roadside, it would be easily noticeable.

Sean didn’t stop the car, nor did he slow down, driving straight past it.

Gao Yi couldn’t help but say, “Are we just going to drive past and leave it at that?”

Sean’s tone was indifferent as he said, “Do you have a plan?

Let me remind you, stopping will definitely be noticed.

It’s impossible even to get close to the mansion, let alone enter it.”

Gao Yi knew that stopping meant exposure, yet a fleeting glance meant surveillance was impossible.

A city under control, an extremely closed small environment, the tight security, and a target who rarely left home.

Gao Yi knew why the Gardener considered this mission a test; it was indeed very challenging.

But since Sean always answered his questions, it was better to directly ask him.

Gao Yi calmly said, “This mission is difficult.

Do you have any good ideas?”

Sean didn’t answer Gao Yi’s question this time, but simply smiled, “This is your job, not mine.

If there was a way, the Gardener wouldn’t have needed to hire you, right?”

The response made too much sense.

Gao Yi thought for a bit and decided to change his question.

“If we need to wait for the target to leave, do you have a way to monitor him?”

Sean didn’t answer right away, nor was he in a hurry to refuse.

After pondering for a while, he finally said, “To conduct surveillance, the only way is through equipment, like battery-powered cameras.

But setting up such cameras, once discovered, would mean exposure of the operation, leading to extreme caution from the target.”

Having a method was enough.

Gao Yi bluntly said, “It’s okay; if it’s exposed, we’ll abandon the mission—just two hundred thousand dollars.

I can afford not to earn it.”

Sean was momentarily at a loss for words and did not know how to respond.

Gao Yi smiled and continued, “But if it’s not exposed, then we definitely need to try.

No need to monitor the mansion directly; just watch this road.

You surely have the equipment, right?

Bring it out.”

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