"Don’t jump to conclusions so quickly, maybe we’re overthinking it."
Ling Chen shook his head: "Impossible, the world isn’t that coincidental." Saying this, he looked at the bomb device, his brows furrowing tightly, "I made this bomb, aside from a few of you, no one knows."
Originally, he accepted a mission from the Ghost Organization to ambush the legendary figure from the worlds of rcenaries and assassins, Blood Wolf, at the hotel. During that mission, before Blood Wolf returned to his room, he secretly installed the bomb as a contingency. If he couldn’t complete the mission successfully, he would detonate the bomb, perishing together with Blood Wolf.
Only by doing this could he avoid leaving any clues and revealing the existence of the Ghost Organization.
During the mission, the organization assigned two mbers to carry out the task with him; the result was two dead and one injured. The two mbers sacrificed their lives heroically to save him. It was precisely because of this incident that he decided to retire.
After Blood Wolf was killed, because the commotion at the hotel was too big, he didn’t dare to linger and quickly retreated, leaving the bomb behind at the scene.
And now, the bomb in Tang Yuan’s hands was exactly the one left behind back then; it had a triple triggering chanism, installed personally by him. When he first saw it monts ago, he hadn’t paid much attention, until he rembered the affair with Blood Wolf and the realization hit him.
This bomb installed unchanged in his hotel room, was this really a coincidence? Impossible! He didn’t believe the world could have such coincidental matters. His identity might already be exposed right now, and the bomb was a ssage that soone knew he killed Blood Wolf. As for whether the Ghost Organization behind him had been exposed, he wasn’t certain and he didn’t dare to think about it because the consequences would be too severe, involving too many people. A slight misstep might bring cataclysmic disaster to the Ghosts.
Seeing Ling Chen silent and deep in thought, Tang Yuan walked to the balcony and dialed a number on his mobile phone.
At the sa ti, on a street opposite the hotel, a fiery red Ferrari parked at the roadside. The driver sitting in the driver’s seat looked through the window at the hotel room lighting up on the fifth floor, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"I’ve contacted Mr. Han, he wants us to head back to base imdiately." Tang Yuan said after putting down his phone.
"Let’s go." Ling Chen stood up and followed Tang Yuan out of the hotel room.
After driving around the city for half an hour to ensure they were not being followed, the two drove to the countryside manor.
At the manor, Mu Zhiyuan was already waiting at the entrance, he patted Ling Chen’s shoulder, managing to force a thin smile: "Everyone has arrived; you can go straight down."
Entering the base, everyone gathered together in the spacious and bright conference room, each person silent with heads lowered, the atmosphere heavy.
After Tang Yuan reported the situation, Han Bing imdiately convened all the senior mbers of the Ghost Organization to discuss solutions.
Seeing Qiao Zhen’s tense face, Ling Chen said with a sense of guilt: "General, I’m sorry, I was careless during that mission."
Qiao Zhen waved his hand: "This matter isn’t related to you. It must be we who leaked the information internally; hence your identity was exposed. If we really want to bla soone, it should be . You are a retired mber of the organization, and we have a duty to ensure your safety. Your exposure is our negligence." He then turned and said: "Han Bing, explain the situation to everyone."
Han Bing opened a file, taking out a docunt, and looked at the people present: "Currently, we have six mbers of the Ghosts out on missions, I just had the headquarters contact them, only five people are reachable, with no news from the other one."
"Who is it?"
"Yang Tao. His mission was an assassination, targeting an arms dealer who had settled abroad. That arms dealer controls all the arms smuggling in the Asian region, extrely vile in nature. We’ve gathered a lot of evidence against him, but the problem is, the country he’s in has no extradition treaty, and we don’t have law enforcent authority, so he’s been getting away with it over there. After discussion amongst the top brass, we decided to remove this nace without anyone noticing."
"According to the plan, if nothing unexpected happens, the mission would be completed in half a month. Yang Tao has been at the location for over ten days now, he might be in the middle of the mission, which is why it’s inconvenient for him to make contact. According to regulations, all mbers out on a mission must contact headquarters at least once every three days to report on progress. It’s been two days since Yang Tao’s last report; he should contact us by tomorrow. If there’s still no news tomorrow, it ans sothing has happened to him."
Ling Chen tapped the table with his fingers, slightly frowning: "Yang Tao is an old mber of the organization, well-acquainted with all of us. If he gets caught and reveals our nas and faces, it’d be easy for the opposition to track us down."
"Han Bing, notify everyone, all mbers out on missions must withdraw imdiately; raise the state of alert from level one to level three at the base, everyone is forbidden to leave, cut off all external communications. Before this matter is resolved, no one is allowed to leave their post. Any violation will be severely punished."
"Yes, General."
"Ling Chen, your identity is already exposed for the ti being. It’s best to stay at the base; this way, your safety is guaranteed."
Ling Chen hesitated for a mont, then declined: "I should go back. What’s coming will co; I can’t hide from it. Besides, I want to know who exactly wants to take revenge for Blood Wolf."
Qiao Zhen cautioned: "Then be careful. Tang Yuan, you stay with Ling Chen these next few days. If anything happens, it’s better for the two of you to look out for each other."
"Understood."
Leaving the base, the two drove back to the hotel.
By now, it was approaching midnight. Ling Chen lay on the couch with his hands behind his head, his eyes fixated on the bomb placed on the table, continuously pondering in his mind.
Seeing this, Tang Yuan couldn’t help but ask: "What are you thinking about?"
"Blood Wolf. From what I know of Blood Wolf, that person always acted alone without any companions. Although Blood Wolf was a mber of the God Organization, that mysterious organization wouldn’t expend so much effort just to avenge an outsider like him."
"You make so sense in your analysis."
"Damn, there’s just too much trouble these days." Ling Chen scratched his head and stood up towards the bedroom.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"What do you think, if not to sleep?"
"Where do I sleep then?"
"Obviously on the couch. Or do you want to share a bed with ? My sexual orientation is very straight, so don’t even think about it."
Tang Yuan spat out in disgust: "As if I would want to sleep with you."
The next day.
Ling Chen hadn’t woken up yet when the internal phone in the bedroom began to ring.
He sleepily answered the phone, yawning, "Hello."
"Mr. Ling, good morning, a guest in the lobby is asking for you."
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