Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 883 Strange Reaction
A silent attack is absolutely deadly for someone in a five-star hotel...

The moment the room door was pushed open, Eddie, who was facing the door, opened fire. The bullet pierced through the not-yet-fully-opened wooden door and hit a gunman wearing shorts in the abdomen.

Normally, a person doesn't scream when hit by a bullet; the sudden muscle contraction will instinctively cause them to stiffen.

But this time, the guy behaved a little differently. The moment he was shot in the abdomen, he instinctively fell to the ground and rolled over, while simultaneously pulling the trigger of his pistol...

"Snapped……"

"Da da……"

"shit..."

Camel dodged and finished off the enemy, then cursed under his breath as he rushed into the room and opened fire on a half-open door.

The bullet pierced the doorway, killing a gunman hiding behind it. Due to the angle and the room's structure, the camel, having lost its view, had to slow down and wait for its companions to catch up before it could begin clearing the other room inside.

But the gunshot alerted the people in the last room...

Mountain Eagle called out to Camel and Eddie, then decisively rushed to the door of the last suite. He quickly swiped his access card, stepped back slightly, and immediately pressed his hand against the wall.

Just as the door opened, a series of gunshots erupted from inside the room…

"Bang bang bang bang..." The Glock 17 fired bullets that grazed the side of the Mountain Eagle and hit the wall opposite the corridor.

The other party appeared somewhat panicked, so much so that they didn't even notice the number of bullets in their pistol.

The mountain eagle held its breath and waited for a few seconds, then suddenly crouched down, turned around, and pointed its VSS at the interior of the room…

"Da da……"

The moment the gunman fell, Mountain Eagle decisively stepped forward. This time, he didn't seem too hasty, because the situation inside the room was somewhat beyond his expectations...

Stepping through the two-meter-long hallway leading to the entrance, Mountain Eagle approached the living room, hugging the wall and using the angle to get closer. When he pointed his gun at his target, he saw a red-haired woman wearing only underwear pointing a pistol at a young man wearing a hoodie on top but nothing underneath...

A row of computers was set up in the living room of the suite. Although the power was out on the ninth floor, the laptops still provided some light.

In addition, the dim emergency lights in the corridor shone in from the doorway, which allowed the two to see the mountain eagle.

The young man in the hoodie sat on the ground, clutching his bleeding head. The moment he saw the eagle, he cried out in terror, "Don't shoot! Don't shoot! I'm one of them..."

Mountain Eagle didn't know how he came to be considered "one of their own." Faced with this strange scene, he raised his gun and pointed it at the indecent red-haired woman...

The redhead noticed that Mountain Eagle seemed indifferent to the hostages, so she shouted, "Don't shoot, or I'll kill him! He's a CIA agent..."

Mountain Eagle paused for a moment, then looked at the hooded young man whose lower body was curled up in fear with amusement, and said, "What is the CIA doing in Romania?"
Why are you associating with people from the Edward Foundation?

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle pulled down the scarf covering his mouth and looked at the red-haired woman, saying, "Do you recognize me?"

The room was dimly lit, but even with the faint light, the redhead recognized Mountain Eagle immediately. Her expression turned horrified as she exclaimed, "It's you, Mountain Eagle..."

Mountain Eagle nodded matter-of-factly and said, "Of course, who else would you think it was?"
CIA?

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle looked at the young man in the hoodie who looked like he might wet the ground at any moment, and said with a smile, "Why does the CIA cooperate with the Edward Foundation?"

The hooded young man was a technician whose original mission was to collaborate with the Edward Foundation, using his technical skills and several NGOs they had long sponsored, to change the political landscape in Romania and pursue geopolitical interests.

He didn't really know why the redhead who had just been sleeping with him suddenly turned on him...

When confronted with the mountain eagle's question, the young man in the hoodie said in a tearful voice, "I don't know, I was just carrying out a mission..."

As he spoke, the young man in the hoodie turned to look at the red-haired woman beside him, whose expression was extremely tense. He said sadly, "Why did you hit me?"

The red-haired woman was also stunned, because the mountain eagle had appeared so suddenly...

The two sides had just clashed in the suburban mountains dozens of kilometers away during the day, and the Demon Clan suffered a great loss, losing nearly half of their men.

As a result, that night, the mountain eagle sneaked into the heavily guarded Radisson Hotel and arrived in front of him silently.

The red-haired woman knew the Demon Crew's fighting strength better than anyone else. These were all elites with real combat experience, yet they couldn't even mount a decent counterattack.

In the red-haired woman's imagination, Mountain Eagle was not capable of doing this. At the very least, he could not have found his own base in such a short time in an unfamiliar place. Only the CIA's Black Team had this capability.

As the Ravi family's envoy to the Edward Foundation, the red-haired woman was uneasy... because she knew very well that the Ravi family was not a glorious player in the battle outside Baghdad.

At this time, the United States was in a state of utter chaos due to the dirty bomb issue. Once they realized the problem, the CIA would definitely come knocking on their door at all costs.

So the moment she realized she was being attacked, the redhead pushed away the hooded man who was pressing down on her, trying to use him as a hostage to try and find a chance to escape, even if it was just to buy herself some time.

Realizing her misjudgment, the redhead didn't lower her gun. Instead, she pressed the muzzle against the hoodie man's head again and said in a low voice, "Mountain Eagle, you're not our target this time. If this guy dies, Arctic Fox will be added to the CIA's kill list..."

Mountain Eagle chuckled at the woman's words, shook his head, and decisively pulled the trigger, shooting the red-haired woman in the shoulder...

The moment the red-haired woman was shot in the shoulder, her Glock 17 fell to the ground. Just as Mountain Eagle was about to step forward, the hooded man who had been acting very stupid suddenly grabbed a pistol and pointed it at Mountain Eagle...

Mountain Eagle noticed the guy as he was making his move, but just as he was about to kill him, a large-caliber bullet was fired from the top floor of a building opposite the hotel, piercing the glass door of the balcony and hitting the hoodie man in the back.

The VSSK large-caliber sniper round differs slightly from common 12.7mm anti-materiel ammunition; its structure is more like a pistol round, resulting in slightly less range and power. However, against an unprotected human body, the outcome is essentially the same…

When a large-caliber bullet pierces glass, it changes direction. The moment it hits the hoodie man, it's as if it's struck at an angle into his back, then creates a bowl-sized hole in his chest...

The bullets, still flying with undiminished force, carried a large amount of blood, flesh, bone fragments, and lung pieces. Several flying bone fragments even embedded themselves in the red-haired woman's calf, causing her to groan again.

At this moment, Camel and Eddie from next door rushed over. They saw the situation inside the room. Eddie went up to the red-haired woman lying on the ground, glanced at her, and whistled lightly, saying, "Mountain Eagle, is this a convenient or not?"

Mountain Eagle glanced at the watch on the inside of his wrist, nodded, and said, "There's still time. Find a suitcase, put her in it, and we'll get out of here..."

While Eddie and the others were busy, Mountain Eagle went over to look at a few computers whose screens were still lit up.

He couldn't understand anything too technical, but the several constantly vibrating chat boxes showed that they were communicating with the outside world via the internet. Although he didn't know who they were communicating with, seeing words like "protests," "demonstrations," and "funding" popping up in the chat, Mountain Eagle knew he hadn't wronged these people...

They did have contact with several NGOs that organized the marches and provided them with funding.

With this discovery, Mountain Eagle felt much more at ease. He glanced at the camel, who was stuffing a ball of gauze into the red-haired woman's shoulder wound, and said with a smile, "Buddy, take it easy. I still have some questions for this lady..."

Camel clearly had no sense of chivalry; he covered the red-haired woman's mouth with one hand and twisted the gauze roll with the other, forcefully shoving it into the wound...

Watching the redhead twitch and bounce like a shrimp coming ashore, the camel called out to Eddie, who was searching for his suitcase, "Hurry up..."

"I'm coming……"

Eddie cleaned out what looked like the most expensive suitcase, and casually carried a carry-on suitcase with a combination lock into the living room as well...

Eddie handed the somewhat heavy carry-on suitcase to Mountain Eagle, and while helping Camel stuff the red-haired woman into the suitcase, he said, "We just checked their equipment, and these guys are very well-equipped. If we hadn't launched a surprise attack at this time, it would have taken us a lot of effort to take them down."

This woman doesn't look like a prostitute. The fact that she's still thinking about having sex to relieve stress at a time like this suggests that the things in her room must be of some value…

Mountain Eagle picked up his carry-on suitcase, felt it for a moment, nodded, and said, "It's been about 10 minutes since we came in. Let's leave here first."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle glanced at the computer on the table and said, "This stuff will keep the Romanians busy enough."

A few minutes later, Mountain Eagle boarded the 7-seater SUV driven by Blood Fox. After the vehicle started and drove away from the Radisson Hotel, he took out his phone and sent a message to the Romanian agent who had come to meet him, then threw away his prepaid phone...

As the vehicle pulled away from the hotel grounds, the camel squeezed into the last row glanced at the time, sighed, and said, "Thirteen and a half minutes. If Eddie hadn't talked so much nonsense, we could have been even faster..."

However, I am indeed getting a bit old; my heart still beats a little fast!

Eddie turned around and smashed a bottle of mineral water on the camel, saying irritably, "That's because you forgot to take your blood pressure medication. Your blood pressure is 110 and your blood pressure is 220. It would be strange if your heart wasn't beating fast."

Camel paused for a moment, then deftly pulled a medicine box from his pocket. After realizing the medicine wasn't missing, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Luckily it wasn't lost. For the past month or so, Tiffany has been making sure I take my medicine every day. She hasn't called for two days now, and I had completely forgotten about it."

Watching Camel unscrew the medicine box, pop several pills of different colors into his mouth, and then swallow them with a sip of water, Mountain Eagle said irritably, "You don't need to remind me to keep an eye on Tiffany and the others. They're in Moscow now, and they're being protected there."

The camel breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "So, where do we go next?"

Mountain Eagle took out the GPS, marked a location, and handed it to Blood Fox, who was driving, saying, "Go here..."

This is an abandoned farm. Let's go there to catch our breath, and then tomorrow at the same time, we'll go and meet that 'Bayonet Gang'.

I've already used a drone to scout out the 'Bayonet Gang's' hideout. Some of the people there are behaving strangely, not like gangsters..."

(End of this chapter)