Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Laredo Police Station...

There were more media vehicles surrounding the police station than Texas police cars, and the reporters excitedly crowded outside the cordon, aiming their cameras and microphones at the police station entrance.

The "madman" who broke into the police station and kidnapped hostages sent a message last night, indicating his willingness to negotiate with the authorities. Members of the Department of Homeland Security's Migrant Group will enter the police station to arrest the "madman."

These journalists are incredibly curious; the events of the past few months have ignited the entire American media circle.

Gunfights, kidnappings, corruption, political conspiracies, bloody murders, human trafficking, drug trafficking, nuclear material smuggling...

Each of these incidents, each worthy of a front-page news story, erupted collectively within a week.

Jim Clark, that Silicon Valley upstart, arrived in Laredo with several anti-human trafficking NGOs and a large sum of money, putting the Texas State Police and Border Protection officials on the front page of the news.

Texas politics has suffered an unprecedented blow!
First, someone revealed that people in Texas were collaborating with Los Zetas on drug trafficking and nuclear material smuggling, and also claimed that these people embezzled funds from the US-funded drug war with Mexico.

Then, those who appeared on the list of whistleblowers were posted online with the most gruesome deaths and a tearful confession.

And it all started at the Laredo police station...

Many media outlets simply stay here and receive all sorts of bizarre and horrifying news leads and evidence every day.

CNN, which arrived on its first day, received a major front-page news story almost every day, which made its peers extremely envious, and they began to invest a lot of news resources here.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as the journalists wanted, because soon a subtle, powerful force began to intervene and interfere with their reporting.

The focus of the report has been shifted!
Those Texas 'big shots' confessed before they died, but their gruesome deaths captured people's attention.

This objectively reduced the pressure on the U.S. federal government, allowing them to focus public attention on those mad killers.

The Lake Baikal Foundation was behind the scenes, guiding the media and the public to focus on the bloody images, trying to cover up the problems that happened to them, and preventing the problems from escalating because of those people.

The parties are engaged in a game of strategy that ordinary people cannot understand...

The Angel of Death hopes things will escalate as much as possible...

The Lake Baikal Foundation, which includes the U.S. government, hopes that the matter can be confined to the criminal category of 'violent murder'.

Mountain Eagle's actions actually offered a way out for both sides...

He used unreasonable and brutal methods to purge the people in Texas, while at the same time giving the Lake Baikal Foundation an opportunity to use those gruesome images to divert public attention.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes to see that the Angel of Death wants to create chaos within America, to carry out his revenge, increase his leverage, and push the newly established nation of Isis to achieve a miraculous rise.

The series of events and people in Texas were enough to trigger huge political turmoil, but no one expected that instead of going after the Angel of Death, those people went to bully the Mountain Eagle, and ended up being wiped out by him.

Many people died, but the Angel of Death's plan failed because public attention was diverted to those mad killers.

No matter how sensational those men's pre-death confessions were, the impactful images were enough to overshadow their contents. While Mountain Eagle's move was extremely simple and brutal, it did superficially satisfy a certain desire of the Angel of Death, preventing him from exploiting the situation, and also causing embarrassment for the United States and the Lake Baikal Foundation.

This is the result he wanted...

Since you've made me unhappy, I'll make all of you unhappy. Whatever you want, I'll make sure you get a discount.

When Mountain Eagle, escorted by Danon and Dutch from the refugee group, appeared at the entrance of the Laredo police station wearing a black hood, he could see flashes of light through the thick hood and hear the questions from the media reporters not far away...

Sensing the tension on Danon and Dutch's sides, Mountain Eagle raised his handcuffed hands and shouted, "I'm innocent..."

Then, as the media reporters were making a commotion, he tilted his head and said with a smile, "Guys, you're all a bit too tense. Are you worried I'll run away?"

Redneck Dannon waved away two microphones attached to long poles, and pulled Mountain Eagle toward a passageway filled with Department of Homeland Security field agents. As they walked, he whispered, "Sir, we're not worried about you running away. We're worried that someone will come looking for trouble with you. After all, too many people have died these past few days, right?"

Upon hearing this, the mountain eagle laughed and said, "Shouldn't they have died?"

Dannon thought for a moment and said, "I also think they deserve to die. Kobe has been investigating them all along, but your actions have not only ruined our previous investigation, but also covered up their crimes with their gruesome deaths."

Sir, you should understand better than me that only by thoroughly convicting those people can we push through new legislation, request more funding, and implement targeted preventative measures against crime at the US-Mexico border.

Now all of that is ruined!

Amused by Danon's "rationality," Mountain Eagle was forced into an armored vehicle by the man's "rough" shoving...

As the vehicle started moving, Mountain Eagle pulled off his hood, looked at Dalia and Kate sitting inside, and said with a smile, "Look, now that's a smart person!"

Kobe, that coward, didn't even dare to come to the game, so his gains were destined to be diminished..."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle looked at Danon sitting next to him, raised his handcuffed hands, and said, "Buddy, help me unlock them."

Haven't you realized that if we act according to what you just said, we'll become accomplices of the angel of death?

Even if you eventually capture those people and convict them, you won't get what you want; instead, you'll ruin your own future.

This is the best outcome; no one got what they wanted, but everyone got a relatively acceptable result.

Danon paused for a moment when he heard the word 'accomplice.' As he helped Mountain Eagle unlock his handcuffs, he shook his head and said, 'I don't think the outcome is that good. Kobe has been on the phone since this morning...'

Judging from his expression, the person on the phone hadn't said anything nice!

As he spoke, Danon glanced at Kate across from him with disdain, then said to Mountain Eagle, "This woman is a viper. I think she might betray us all at any moment."

Mountain Eagle looked at Kate, who always had a smile on her face, and saw her nod slightly with a hint of certainty in her eyes. He breathed a slight sigh of relief, then glanced at the time and said, "Is the plane ready?"

We're pressed for time, so let's bring everyone involved. We're going to Canada to meet the Angel of Death!
That son of a bitch has been leading us by the nose all along; it's time we gave him a surprise! (End of Chapter)