Summary:
Both Kid, Nikov, Adrian and Patricia are in China, albeit they are separated in two cities. But they both face one common threat together and this threat increases when they seek to get closer to the truth of the Group 5 and its White Lotus connection.
For Adrian, the appearance of Ma Ziyou finally reveals the past and how his sister becomes missing. And the blood runs high almost cost the lives of him and Patricia, until Du Jiaba, his friend, comes to rescue. Kid, Emiliano and Nikov, meanwhile, discover the rogue son of Hu Guoyi is in fact a CIA asset, and survive an assassination attempt. In revenge, the trio plant a sudden attack in retaliation.
Kunming, China
"Ma Ziyou …"
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Seven years ago
Shanghai, China
In Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, a lot of students enrolled there. A young girl became an idol among all the students, as she was working for her future career as a tourist guide and flight attendant.
She had long blonde hair, green eyes, petite and it implied that she was a special student. Yes, she was.
"正理拿,你做的考试非常好。 如果你保持这条轨道,明年你将毕业。" (Zheng Lina, you did the exam very good. If you keep this track, you'll graduate next year.)
"老师,谢谢。" (Thanks, teacher.)
As she was enrolling in the university, she was booking herself for the future. The family was facing many struggles and she had to work, outside being a student. But she proved to be a spectacular student for her outstanding records in the university.
She looked on her mom, dad and her older brother, then a soldier of the People's Liberation Army Special Forces. Being a soldier of the Special Forces, Zheng Wangji stilled not forget to care about the family. Zheng Lina, his sister, became very determined to reach further height.
In a way, a boy, same age with her, arrived.
"理拿,我可以和你一起学习吗?" (Lina, can I study with you together?)
The boy who came here was also an university student and a member of the rock band formed by him. He had a rebellious blue hair and loud-screaming.
"马来顶! 我不知道你在这里!" (Ma Laiding! I don't know you are here!)
Ma Laiding was the son of the famed Ma Ziyou, by then, being the Mayor of Shanghai and just got promoted to become a major official of the Foreign Relations Ministry of the PRC.
"我喜欢和你一起学习。 此外,我想毕业,但这很难。 我不是旅游部门的粉丝。" (I like studying with you. Besides, I want to graduate, but it is very hard. I am not a fan of tourist branch.)
"你可以学习技术。 我说你很擅长。" (You can study in technology. I say you are very good at it.)
"C'mon." Ma Laiding laughed: "请等一下。" (Just this time please.)
Zheng Lina was reluctant to accept his proposal, but then she agreed to let him in. He could not say anything but a thank, and they began to share something together.
Meanwhile, the appearance of Zheng Lina meant something for Ma Ziyou, who had absolute authorities to his son. Ma Ziyou, whose car sitting out there, watched Zheng Lina carefully before carried decision.
"那不是正王集的妹妹吗?" (Isn't that the sister of Zheng Wangji, right?)
"中国人民解放军特种部队的士兵?" (The soldier of the Special Forces in the PLA?)
"也许,我可以邀请她到我们的家庭,我们将与她讨论未来。" (Perhaps, I can invite her to our family, and we will discuss the future with her.) Ma Ziyou talked in the car to his henchman: "而且我们会把她变成我们家庭的一部分。" (And we'll look on turning her into a part of our family.)
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Now
Kunming, China
"Dog …" Adrian remembered to the moment when she first took photo from the mansion of Ma Ziyou, by then, the Mayor of Shanghai: "Since the photo taken, you made her your own, and slowly cut off her link with mine!"
Patricia viewed his reaction, and understood that, the cause of the disappearance of Adrian's sister, was from this man: Ma Ziyou.
But Ma Ziyou was smart. He walked out, but covered with a Beijing Opera mask of General Guan Yu, a famed warrior during the Three Kingdoms in China. Guan Yu was reportedly the favorite character of Ma Ziyou when he took a moment watching the opera as a kid.
And Guan Yu mask is very popular in China.
"马先生,没有人在这里。" (No one is here, Mr. Ma.)
"优秀。" (Excellent.)
The corrupt Sheriff was An Junbao, who many years ago was just a pathetic soldier of the PLA. But for some reasons, he got promoted to become Chief Executive of police force in Kunming, meaning he became the Sheriff. His police uniform dedicated all.
"没有人知道我们藏在那里的尸体。" (No one knows about the dead body we hid there.)
"这是对那些拒绝传递我们信息的人的惩罚。" (This is the punishment to those who refused to deliver our message.) Ma claimed, and it seemed like …: "不允许任何人,直到他学会尊重我们拒绝我们的目标。" (No one is allowed to refuse our goal until he learns to respect us.)
On another side, the dead body turned out served as a punishment, and the skeletal remains belonged to a person who had rejected to continue the illegal trade of Ma Ziyou. Adrian and Patricia got a bit frightened to see them inside the abandoned buildings, but it revealed the real culprits.
"Dang it, Patricia. They're dangerous, filthy, and if you make mistake, it will be very costly."
"I know."
Patricia just tried to maintain her consciousness against possibility of threats, with herself also carried her own pistol. A French-made pistol, Patricia held her nerve, while Adrian kept watching from the hill nearby.
The Sheriff, An Junbao, and the corrupt Ma Ziyou tried to maintain their cover to prepare for the next illegal trades. And finally, another limousine arrived.
The limousine, this time, carried an important figure as well.
"Another limousine!" Patricia looked on as it entered into the same road. This vehicle carried someone, just to wait for them.
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Nanjing, China
Nangang Hotel
While Kid and Nikov were on their road to figure out about the notorious Hu Guoyi, Emiliano Ndongo-Battaglia was busy on cleaning the stuffs and prepared guns for the rest.
Meanwhile, another mysterious person arrived into the door of their room. This man was doing something and that, Emiliano Ndongo-Battaglia might have been unaware with it.
This mysterious man opened the door and pulled out with a knife, used exclusively by the Chinese army, a Swiss-made knife, and he was wearing a T-shirt with the skull featured above. It was meant to do something against him.
The Swiss knife …
Emiliano was quite unaware and still not, so the mystery man finally revealed from the dark, and …
He grabbed his knife and stabbed.
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However, the stab … turned out … only gave something. Emiliano Ndongo-Battaglia, after being stabbed, suddenly stood up. And this time, his real height was revealed: 1m95. Not just tall, he was also very huge and quite strong, having been a very muscular man as a child.
And the reason for that was not clear, but the stab injured Emiliano lightly. Then, he screwed the right hand of the assassin, and …
"ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH …"
He smashed the assassin using the assassin's right hand into the table. In the room where it had two beds only, such clashes were extremely quite frightening.
The assassin, on the other hand, could not believe it. He was facing a man who is 1m95 tall, African by blood and very muscular, perhaps even more than any muscular men right now. Yes, it was Emiliano Ndongo-Battaglia, the Congolese Italian.
"Who the hell are you?" The assassin was shocked, but he still tried to stab him once more, this time, with two Swiss knives, longer, and deadlier. He then ran very fast, hoping to stab Emiliano, but Emiliano reacted very calm. His strong two hands immediately grabbed the assassin's hands, and he used his right foot, kicked into the assassin's stomach.
The assassin was thrown by the kick into the glasses of the bathroom, causing it to broken. Emiliano Ndongo-Battaglia walked slowly to the assassin, and talked very little.
Unbelievable! The feeling of the assassin to Emiliano was extremely shocking and stunned. He could not believe an African man, 1m95 tall, could be so calm and very dangerous in fighting like Emiliano. The assassin, at least, knew English.
"Who … the hell … is you?"
"It's not important." Emiliano responded very cold, as he reached to the assassin. The assassin decided to handle the last by a surprising katana, a smaller one, hoping to stab to death Emiliano. But Emiliano knew the assassin's real intention, and took the right hand of the assassin again.
This time, the cruel nature of Emiliano showed up. He smashed the body, especially the head, of the assassin, three to five times in the wall. This time, the assassin could not react anymore, and blood was everywhere in the bathroom's wall.
The assassin lied there, no longer breathed as well.
But with Emiliano, the light injury on the right of his shoulder showed that there must be a concern. He texted message to Nikov and Kid, telling something was going on.
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As Kid and Nikov gathered information from Hu Dianbai and both had cooperated well in the Binjiang Avenue, due to his CIA link, Dora-the-Kid received a text from Emiliano from his iPhone.
"Emergency alert!"
Kid and Nikov got startled, as Hu Dianbai was trying to depart away, he got a warning.
"Dianbai, don't go there!"
"What?"
A vehicle arrived, taking guns and aimed to Kid, Nikov and Dianbai. Kid then shot his air gun into the vehicle, and Kid was faster.
"Fire!"
His air gun aimed like an artillery, and it hit to the 7-seated car. It crushed in the street, prevented other traffics from taken ground. Kid and Nikov soon addressed: "Dianbai, from now you're my man. Don't come back!"
"Dog!" Hu Dianbai ran together with Kid and Nikov, found that he was targeted. It implied that Hu Guoyi knew about his tie to the Central Intelligence Agency.
"Damn it! You are revealed. Get away from there!"
They had to seek metro in the ground of the city to protect for their safety. Kid and Nikov didn't understand how could Hu Dianbai, a CIA asset, be revealed. They sought to escape back to Nangang Hotel, where the message was sent.
Meanwhile, in the avenue, those assassins could not believe they failed to kill them. Then, one of them reported:
"少将 。 你的流氓儿子被一些外国人救了,他们似乎有危险的武器。" (Major General. Your rogue son was saved by some foreigners, they seem to have dangerous weapons.)
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As Kid and Nikov returned to the Nangang Hotel, they ran to third floor, where their room was located. But inside, when they opened, was full of blood.
Only this time, standing along with them was …
"Emiliano!" Kid got stunned. The body of Emiliano had yet to clean from blood, he had to change clothes. However, the bathroom had a body lying there.
Nikov discovered some reasons. He saw knives, and other weaponry, implied that the man lying in the bathroom was actually an assassin. He urged Kid to investigate it fast, and retreated from the ground as soon as possible.
But Emiliano, whom injury sustaining was not serious, told.
"This man … he is an assassin from elsewhere. But from the way he fought and battled, and how he used knives, he was a member of the People's Liberation Army."
"What?" Hu Dianbai was surprised, and so were Kid and Nikov. Amazed because of the fact, but also …
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Kunming, China
The building compound had a mean. A man, high ranking official, came out.
"Mr. Pattanon Rattisakrat."
"Mr. Ma Ziyou."
Pattanon Rattisakrat was the high-ranking Thai official and current interim governor of the Buriram region. But Pattanon was also involved from the drug trades, possibly due to Pattanon's beneficiary from those Chinese drug dealers. Pattanon and Ma were protected heavily.
Pattanon, unlike Ma, showed himself. A man of 40 years old, but looked like Keanu Reeves with brown hair, long and willing eyes.
"We can spread our drug trades beyond the border. And maybe even more. But buying from the Burmese, is too easy. We need to buy from your country as well."
"No problem. There are many Thai people in China. I can help contact with a Thai who is working in Nanning."
"Mr. Pattanon, I like how you look ahead everything. We will be benefited from such developments. In exchange, I want to have the information of the United States' military developments in the region."
"Of course. By a way, the Americans hate drugs. If this drug trade is successful, it can evade the Americans. Meanwhile, I will share extensive information of the American participation."
Pattanon and Ma talked together as they were issuing a common strategy to change their goal, to finally gain mutual respect.
"Anyway, China is investing billions of dollars in Cambodia. The money from China will be very helpful, but it can be done only when the drug facilities are safe in Cambodia. We have bought and bribed a lot of Cambodian officials."
"So, you instead, want us to transfer safely to Cambodia?"
"Yes. Yaba, more yaba, more goods."
"And sex slaves?"
"Thailand and Cambodia will have a lot of sex slaves."
Adrian realized, the drug trades would not facilitate just only drugs, but even human slave trades and military expansionism. And moreover, on the hand of Ma, also appeared a strange symbol of Zhenkong, with White Lotus surrounding her. This symbol was perfectly on the hand of Ma Ziyou.
While Adrian was watching, the corrupt Sheriff of Kunming looked on to the location where the word "dead" in Chinese written. As such, his eyes turned bright when he saw the wall …
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The Sheriff, An Junbao, had taken measure to investigate, as Ma Ziyou and Buriram Governor, Pattanon Rattisakrat, talked away from the topic. And from the investigation of the murky, insane An Junbao, he came with a complain.
"Boss, I have something to tell, shortly."
"What's this, An?"
An arrived and whispered to the ear of Ma Ziyou, and Ma himself understood the measure. Eventually, Ma Ziyou nodded his head, and then, he told to Pattanon.
"Okay, Mr. Pattanon. It is very nice to see you. But we don't have much time. You need to rest, and so do I."
"No problem, Ma." Pattanon laughed: "Our business will be a success."
And with the vehicles departed away aftermath, the whole discussion and conversation was done. Adrian soon came out from the compound, once again became empty after the departure of Ma Ziyou, An Junbao and Pattanon Rattisakrat from the abandoned buildings.
"It seems like …"
"I am not sure, Patricia. They're not trustworthy. Find them and kill them, and this is all done." Adrian complained: "But this Sheriff … if we let ourselves into his captivity, then we will never get out."
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Nanjing, China
Nangang Hotel
The police was sent to investigate, however, there was no sign except a body being found. One of them reported to another person, which no one was strange anymore.
"少将,他们逃脱了。 我们被派去暗杀他们的特工在那里被杀。" (Major General, they have escaped. Our agent, who was sent to assassinate them, had been killed there.)
"该死的。 这些外国混蛋以前走一步而闻名。 告诉警方不要立即处理此案。 只有这变得复杂,我们才能全力以赴。" (Dang it. Those foreign bastards are known for walk ahead one step. Tell the police not to take the case immediately. Only if this becomes complex, we will rally full force.)
The Major General, from an unknown location in Nanjing, started to dig on the wary. And he knew something from it.
His room, filled with photos and new reports in Simplified Mandarin over mysterious attacks abroad and the military acclaims, as well as information of Chinese intelligence movement, was determined to kill them. However, judging his third son became a CIA asset, he anticipated that.
"所以,你的第三个儿子是一个流氓谁选择了中央情报局对你。 似乎美国人希望报复你在韩国,台湾,菲律宾和香港的行为。" (So, your third son is a rogue who chose the CIA against you. It seems like the Americans are looking to retaliate for your actions in South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Hong Kong.)
"我已经知道了。 我的前妻已经离开了美国。 她把自己的灵魂卖给了美国人。 如果她的儿子没有成为中央情报局特工,我会感到惊讶。" (I know that already. My former wife has left to the United States. She sold her soul to the Americans. If her son were not becoming a CIA agent, I'd be surprised.)
"然而,看起来像美国人发送的那些,它们比预期更专业和危险。 他们杀死了你的刺客,也是解放军最精锐的士兵之一。 你永远不应该低估中央情报局的能力。" (However, it seems like those sent by the Americans, they're more professional and dangerous than expected. They have killed your assassin, and also one of the most elite soldiers of the PLA. You should never underestimate the ability of the CIA.)
"他们还没有看到我释放海妖的那一刻。 准备好车,我们明天会去北京。" (They have yet to see the moment I unleash the Kraken. Prepare the car, we'll go to Beijing tomorrow.)
This man, in military uniform of the Major General of the People's Liberation Army. He was no one but the same person, and this man was …
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… Hu Guoyi, Major General of the People's Liberation Army. Just yesterday, he had been promoted to General, and tomorrow, he would go to receive the honor of the state.
Hu Guoyi was old, but he did command his force, so he knew the foe. However, he was confident that, the camera system would avoid him from being taken. And he was very confident.
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However, unknown best, after Kid, Nikov, Emiliano and Dianbai's subsequent departure from the hotel were nothing but to wait for him. Before Hu Guoyi ordered the failed attack to his rogue son, Kid and Nikov had successfully known his location: it lied near Dashi Lake. And this could be used to track him down.
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22:30
Kunming, China
Kunming Police Officers Reception Station
The police reception station, lies in Beijing Road of the city, was the location where rogue Sheriff An Junbao and Ma Ziyou gathered again, albeit standing outside the door. Aftermath saw Ma and An talked, but not a story to cheer but to be serious.
"老鼠又回来了吧?" (The rat is back, right?)
"也许,不止于此。 这只讨厌的老鼠带着美国护照返回中国。 他把他的朋友带到那里。" (Maybe, more than that. The annoying rat has returned to China with an American passport. He carried his friends there.) Sheriff An complained to his boss: "我有很多人在机场工作,他们确实有他的信息,他们发给我。 他还带了另一个朋友,一个美国女人。 她的名字叫Patricia Knightley。" (I have many people working in the airport, they do have the information of him, and they posted to me. He also carried another friend, an American woman. Her name is Patricia Knightley.)
"一个美国女孩,多么令人惊讶。 他想要什么?" (An American girl, how surprising. What does he want?) Ma Ziyou took a moment, but he soon remembered: "或许,他想要一个也是他心中最深的人。" (Or maybe, he wants a person who is also the deepest of his heart.)
Sheriff An was quick to understand the real reason. He soon comforted Ma and addressed: "老板,冷静下来。" (Boss, calm down.)
Ma Ziyou had very little time to say, but he knew about their appearances, so he didn't waste a single time, immediately asked: "你有没有人可以杀死他们?" (Do you have anyone who can kill them?)
"我有很多。 他们中的许多人与我有联系,他们是我个人的歹徒。 我每次给他们钱,没有我的钱,他们无法生存。" (I have many. Many of them have tie with me, they're my personal gangsters. I give them money every time, and without my money, they cannot survive.)
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"Adrian! You come back late!" Du Jiaba was surprised to see the duo came home late: "I do cook dinner there, want some?"
"Thanks for helping me, Du." Adrian laughed, but immediately Patricia rose her hand, like saying she was ready.
Du Jiaba again had his happiness to meet Patricia Knightley, and they together shared moment to eat dinner again. For Adrian Tseng, his memoir of the sister of his had never faded away. The tragedy of his life had always haunted him because of the trauma of his sister's disappearance.
For Adrian, China was not more likely, a dream land for him anymore. It was a nightmare. Having lost his job as a PLA soldier and had to struggle to survive, he remembered to that time when he first attempted to reveal the drug trade, only to be dismissed from the case as it was "unrealistic".
But Adrian Tseng still felt the sense of wary. He had never felt safe in China since the drug case. He needed to kill the tyrants, those Group 5, and to find out his sister's whereabout. And he ate very little, ignored Du Jiaba and Patricia's happiness on gaming and gambling for some night games.
The story of his sister … it denied him from a good sleep. Du and Patricia slept well aftermath, a much anticipated moment for Adrian and the former PLA man was well-aware to which extent.
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02:00
As Adrian was sleeping on his couch in the underground apartment, Adrian suddenly heard about some secret people walking into the apartment building. Adrian awoke very quickly and soon urged Patricia and Du.
"Wake up! Wake up!"
"Huh? But it is … still early …" Du tried to ignore the warning of Adrian, but Patricia's ears were much more sensitive than Du's ears. She heard it very quick, and stood up.
"Is there something going on?"
"Yes." Adrian looked from the window of the underground department: "We have company."
"Du, wake up!" Patricia pressured Du and the fat Chinese weapon dealer soon opened his eyes. However, the scream from outside was extremely frightening.
Those outsiders were yelling about searching people who were believed to be hiding. But they knew it was themselves that on the hunt of those people. And that was enough to be serious.
"Shit … They know we are here!" Patricia understood the background: "Someone has helped them."
From this moment, the mention of Group 5 soon resurfaced to the man himself. He believed something must be …
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When they entered to the airport, they remembered that, one of the custom officials from the Changshui Airport had asked if they carried their personal information, claiming it as normal business of the Chinese customs. They accepted to do it while …
… meanwhile, those custom officials printed Adrian and Patricia's papers, passports, personal stuffs, to the police stations. As the police force in Kunming was under hand of An Junbao, whom Adrian knew in the past as a corrupt PLA soldier but was backed by the Group 5, still known as Group 6 due to Wang Yushan had been still alive, but turned to become the Chief Executor of the police force in Kunming, which meant, a Sheriff, Adrian found out the reason.
"That Sheriff …" Adrian understood: "Airport officials had helped him."
"So what do we do now?" Patricia carried her own weapon bag: "Du, do you have any secret tunnels?"
Du Jiaba saw what's happening, and because he kept the duo Adrian and Patricia there. With the question over should Patricia and Adrian to be there or not, the question of Patricia put up.
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Those gangsters stormed the building and eventually reached the room of Du Jiaba. Soon, one of them, wearing white jersey and covered half of his face, except the head and eyes, represented as the leader of the gangsters.
"您! 你知道那里有两个美国人吗?" (You! Do you know about two Americans there?)
"什么美国人? 我不知道那里是否有美国人。" (What Americans? I don't know if there are any Americans there.) Du tried to convince those gangsters, mostly tied with the Triads, but none of them listened. The ring leader ordered searching the whole room of his underground apartment.
From the kitchen, bedroom, living room, bathroom, and everything in there. And that was enough to say.
But there was something …
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"大哥,他们逃脱了!" (Big brother, they have escaped!)
"Huh?" He tried to search around as well, but he could not see anything around it. This meant, there were no signs of their involvement and … they were completely missing from the line.
The big brother, or ring leader of the gang, still did not believe it. One of his men asked: "大哥,怎么和他一起解释?" (Big brother, how to explain with him?)
He put his pressure down for a moment, and he could not understand why. Eventually, he stopped talking, and quietly took his signal. His hand turned to the back, calling them to leave.
For some reasons, Adrian and Patricia had escaped from the apartment, and were able to move in. But with Du's compound no longer safe, they must need a new home.
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06:45
Suzhou, China
It was no longer in the city of Nanjing anymore. But it was just crossing through the city of Suzhou. Yup, the city which people often dubbed as China's Venice.
Renowned for its fascinating beauty and ancient culture, Suzhou was a city for people to have their interest on.
And the vehicles … ah yeah, a very huge KIA car from Korea, it was a KIA cruise that was crossing there. It took 10 hours to travel.
In the cruise, one important seven-seated KIA car had a man, and this was the person everyone-know-about.
"这花了很长时间,不是吗,少将?" (It took quite a bit long, isn't it, Major General?)
Hu Guoyi, just got promoted from the position of Major General to General of the People's Liberation Army, was on the route to Beijing to receive official promotion from the government. And with Peng Baode on his aide, it would be better.
"没有什么是非常难的。 我其实很喜欢它。 漫长的旅程,漫长的举动,看到了中国的伟大。" (Nothing is very hard. I actually love it. A long trip, a long move to see the greatness of China.)
He was so optimistic even though he had a problem with the assassination failure against Kid, Nikov and his rogue son. Soon, the convoy left Suzhou and arrived out from the city.
Meanwhile, on the same road, the G3 route, from a forest in the west of the road, a group of people were being there. They were no one else …
… but Kid, Nikov, Dianbai and Emiliano, both hid in the forest near the route. They still held grudges for the sudden attack of the evil General.
"Son of a bitch … daring to assault us!" Kid looked on, his teeth checkered: "Let me give you a similar taste then?"
"(I agree. I want him to be captured. We will see the Group 5 and its White Lotus secret, soon.)"
Kid were ready with his air gun, while Nikov was also ready as well. Hu Dianbai was not known for being violent, so he preferred something nicer: giving contact only, even though he kept an American pistol on his badge.
But nothing compared to the African Emiliano Ndongo-Battaglia. Emiliano was ready to make a boom … with an RPG carried on the hand. The injury of Emiliano, turned out, hurt him little, and he didn't feel too much pain, fact that he was 1m95 tall, and very muscled.
"I am glad to do so."
Something to speak in a fact, the Congolese Italian who held both Italian and American citizenship, something Kid had done for him during a short visit four years ago, was aiming to the convoy which had a KIA Sorento seven-seater holding an important General of the PLA.
Emiliano, usually, was very calm. But when he became a wild animal, he could become a different person. And Kid knew how to unleash that kraken, like how Kid said.
"You want a kraken? I have my kraken."
Emiliano's Russian RPG headed directly to the convoy, and …
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"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ …"
The trigger of RPG pressured the missile from the rocket to be fired. It headed directly to the convoy as Hu Guoyi did not know about.
But Kid knew it would come.
It flied so fast that there was no one to watch it. And it soon headed into the leading military truck of the convoy. It …
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And a massive explosion followed with. Everything was burnt as the truck scramble to keep balance. The street was not really empty as some few vehicles were moving, but the attack was much surprising.
It exploded.
"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"
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"少将,这是一次攻击! 有组织的攻击向我们前进!" (Major General, it is an attack! An organized attack heads to us!)
Hu Guoyi was shocked to know about the level of the attack as it surprised many people. But another RPG missile was sent to hit the other truck, and …
"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"
"还有谁对我发动攻击?" (Who else launched the attack against me?) Major Gen. Hu looked outside, demanding an answer because the attackers seem to be prepared.
"他们是来自新疆的伊斯兰激进分子吗?" (Are they Islamic militants from Xinjiang?) An officer asked: "这种类型的攻击往往是被那些维吾尔族武装分子,以及其他恐怖组织中看到。" (This type of attack is often being seen among those Uyghur militants, as well as other terrorist groups.)
But then, gun fires occurred.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The African guy, Emiliano, took his first shot and it was like a slaughter. Many soldiers and security guards were killed. Some police officers worked closely to Hu Guoyi decided to take part to fight against possible terrorists, but were all taken down.
Kid and Nikov also appeared, firing their guns. Of course, Nikov knew when would Nikov do that.
"Miss me, son of a bitch?"
Hu Guoyi knew English, so he could realize the voice. It was the voice of …
… two former anti-ISIS veterans.
And they were …
"当它,外国混蛋,中央情报局的混蛋,美国混蛋!" (Dang it, foreign bastards, CIA bastards, American bastards!)
Hu Guoyi knew it, and with the road being blockaded, the attack came as a surprise.
But of course, Kid, Nikov, Emiliano had all covered like the master killer Zodiacs, who was renowned in 1960s for his reputation of brutal killing against couples. In the Zodiac costumes, they avoided being found by the police of the PRC, or even People's Armed Police, a paramilitary force of the PLA.
However, Kid and Nikov were known for their ruthlessness. They were not afraid to manage more mass slaughter. But they still had human side, so they were not that stupid.
Several PLA soldiers escorted with them opened fire, but were all taken down later. As the convoy burnt, Kid, Nikov and Emiliano, seen by outside as Zodiacs because of their sunglasses, all black color and the sign of Zodiac in the chest, and Modus Operandi.
The three Zodiacs finally took down all resisting remnants. Even when the driver of the car Hu Guoyi was sitting in tried to evade capture, he was also shot down.
Hu Guoyi, from this point, sought to escape from the car, but he was surrounded by the trio Zodiac-dressing Kid, Nikov and Emiliano. The three Zodiacs carefully monitored the KIA Sorento seven seater, before opened it again.
One of them sought to prosecute the rogue General, and he added in English.
"Hu Guoyi … how impressive … you are part of the army, trying to get promotion?"
Hu Guoyi was no longer young anymore, he was near 60. But he was far from being ridiculous, and Kid, Nikov and Emiliano knew that. In their dress of Zodiac Killers, they soon captured the rogue General away. Dressing as Zodiacs prompted their real identities to not be focused, at least a while.
"Let's go, General."
Emiliano forcibly pushed Hu Guoyi out, and they all charged him from elsewhere. As all vehicles were unable to move in due to damages in the route and people ran away, the Three Zodiacs had successfully put the case into their favor.
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Kunming, China
"I must thank Du for his wall. Dang …" Patricia still regarded highly about the wall's tunnel, and it was a product of Du himself.
In fact, Du managed to turn the tunnel wall into a highly confiscated tunnels which allowed them to escape to several parts. By going further, they finally reached out after an hour of hiding in the tunnels. They soon revived again … in the national route of G8511.
The route was very close to the home of Du Jiaba, lied in Luoyang Residential District. Their resurrection allowed them to manage to sneak out from the city, but this time, they were no longer safe.
Thankfully, money given from Du's honesty gave Adrian enough opportunity to go onward. And they had to head to Chengdu because they had no option. Return meant death penalty was ready.
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07:05
Kunming Police Officers Reception Station
"美国女孩和流氓解放军士兵走出了昆明? 怎么样?" (The American girl and the rogue PLA soldier have gone out of Kunming? How?)
An Junbao could not stand for a long time because of this. The gangsters he hired to handle Adrian and Patricia could not discover where were them, in spite of massive camera eyes. And An tried to scream on the gangsters.
But Ma held the hand of An: "不要拉扯愤怒。 当你雇佣像他们一样的街头帮派时,你不会发现那个流氓士兵和他的女孩伙伴。" (Don't pull the anger. When you hire a bunch of street gang like them, you will not find out that rogue soldier and his girl partner.)
"老板,他们是我能找到的最好的男人。 他们应该很容易完成这项工作,因为流氓士兵和他的女朋友无法获得武器。" (Boss, they're some of the best men I could find. They should have done this job very easy, since the rogue soldier and his girlfriend cannot obtain weapons.)
An Junbao wanted to slap on the leader, but Ma's patience finally calmed the heat of An. Ma told the street gangsters to leave, when An calmed again would talk later.
After that, Ma Ziyou took measures to hold the fire of An Junbao.
"我的兄弟,你努力了。 但你只是昆明的酋长,你不能超越权力。 但是,我觉得他们要前往成都,我可以和几名成都警察联系。" (My brother, you have tried hard. But you are just the Chief of Kunming, you cannot exceed power beyond. However, I feel they're heading to Chengdu, I can connect with several Chengdu police officers.)
"Chengdu!" An remembered: "你有你的资源吗?" (You have your resources there?)
"是。 我们在成都有很多资源。 我可以保证轻松获胜。 你现在明白了吗?" (Yes. We have many resources in Chengdu. And I can guarantee an easy win. Do you understand it now?)
"啊,你说得对。 我可以利用我的权力与成都官员联系。" (Ah, you're right. I can use my authorities to contact with Chengdu officials.)
"那就对了。" (That's right.) Ma Ziyou and An Junbao laughed together and stated very clear about their goal would be a big fish. But when Ma Ziyou and An Junbao were about to make their mark, suddenly, the TV showed a footage which Ma Ziyou had to turn in.
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It was from CCTV, the state-run media of the People's Republic of China. And it had something to do with.
The footage showed a convoy being burnt and bodies of dozens of professional troops of the People's Liberation Army and its police force. The image also showed the photo of missing General, Hu Guoyi.
Hu himself with a grey hair and an old face, but with a cruel attitude. The image meant a lot.
The footage also depicted three mysterious men wearing the Zodiac costumes, reminding to the 1960s famous killers in the United States.
"不可能!" (Impossible!)
In the way, three mysterious people wearing Zodiac costumes, being under warrant by the state. The missing General was also on the search because of the attack.
"胡国意!" (Hu Guoyi!)
