Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

As night fell,

In the dry ditch beside the airport expressway.

Xiao Zhan then said to Ishida Mako, "You can come with me, but don't stray too far from me. I can take care of you if anything happens."

Ishida Mako knew that Xiao Zhan was protecting her safety, and her eyes immediately welled up with tears. She choked up and said, "Young Master Xiao, thank you. If you hadn't pulled me down just now, I would have been shot by the sniper."

Xiao Zhan: "The CIA's target is the two of us, so we must cooperate even more closely to eliminate all the CIA agents and prevent future troubles."

At that moment, Xia Keke said anxiously through the earpiece, "Xiao Zhan, are you alright?"

Xiao Zhan: "I'm fine."

Xia Keke: "Then you and Shen Jun will be responsible for clearing out the enemies on the left hillside, and Zhang Guoqiang and I will be responsible for clearing out the right hillside. Staff Officer Yuan and the others have already left with the chip."

Xiao Zhan responded, "Alright, let's split up."

At this moment, Shen Jun, carrying a pistol, ran over crouching and said, "Commander Zhan, the mopping-up operation has begun."

Xiao Zhan, holding his pistol, said, "The three of us will form a combat team. I'll lead the charge, Ishida Mako will be in the middle, and Shen Jun will be in charge of cleaning up. No prisoners, kill them all without mercy."

Ishida Mako knew that Xiao Zhan was protecting her again, and she was instantly moved to tears...

So the three of them grabbed their guns and charged up the hillside...

"Da da da".

Suddenly, a burst of bullets struck a spot a few dozen centimeters in front of Xiao Zhan, kicking up a cloud of gravel and dust.

Xiao Zhan instantly executed a standard tactical evasive maneuver, while simultaneously raising his gun and firing three bursts in the direction of the gunshot.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"oops."

A scream came from not far away.

"thump."

The sound of a person falling to the ground.

Xiao Zhan moved with lightning speed and rushed over. He saw a Western man lying on the ground with two gunshot wounds in his chest. Blood was gushing from the wounds. The man was covering his wounds with his hands. When he saw Xiao Zhan rushing over, he struggled to raise his gun to fire, but due to his serious injuries and excessive blood loss, his wrists were too weak to lift the gun.

No sooner said than done, Xiao Zhan kicked the gun out of the man's hand.

"Ouch."

The man screamed as his pistol was kicked away and his wrist was broken, exposing the white bone...

The man lay on the ground, trembling with pain, his mouth agape as he gasped for breath…

"Huff... huff..."

Xiao Zhan lunged forward, pressed a pistol against the man's forehead, and asked, "How many CIA personnel have come in total?"

"puff!"

The man opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes rolled back and he fainted. He was only exhaling and not inhaling, and he was not far from death.

At this moment, Mako Ishida arrived and, upon seeing the man on the ground, said, "I know this man. He is William Thomson, the CIA's Director of Operations for Asia. He and I received three months of intelligence training together at the Royal Intelligence College in the UK."

The man stopped breathing, his blue eyes fixed on the night sky, seemingly thinking of his family back home…

Xiao Zhan looked at the man and said, "The man is dead."

Mako Ishida bent down and pulled a small notebook from Thomson's body. She opened it, looked at it, and said, "This is the codebook for Operation Eagle Claw. It shows that CiA has deployed a total of thirty elite agents this time. There are two objectives: one is to seize the quantum chip, and the other is to take the opportunity to kill you."

Xiao Zhan scoffed, "Man proposes, God disposes. The CIA's elaborate schemes ultimately ended in failure."

At this moment, Shen Jun ran over and said, "Besides the dozen or so corpses that were killed by the drone, there is not a single living person on the hillside. The scene is extremely tragic, with corpses all missing arms, legs, and necks."

At that moment, Xia Keke spoke through the earpiece: "Xiao Zhan, we've finished clearing the area on our side. What's the situation on your end?"

Xiao Zhan: "The clearing operation is complete; we can call it a day."

Xia Keke: "We'll meet at the car."

Xiao Zhan: "Okay."

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the two trucks that had collided at the ramp were engulfed in flames and then exploded...

"Woo-la..., woo-la..."

At that moment, a convoy of police cars and fire trucks arrived with sirens blaring and immediately began firefighting and cleanup operations...

Just as Xiao Zhan and his two companions arrived at the car and met up with Xia Keke, they saw a helicopter flying in from a distance.

"Put-put-put."

The helicopter slowly landed in the middle of the road.

Through the earpiece, Wan Chongshan said, "Xiao Zhan, Xia Keke, you two come to the helicopter."

Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Yes."

The two ran to the helicopter.

Wan Chongshan opened the hatch and said, "Come on up."

Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke jumped onto the helicopter in a flash.

Wan Chongshan instructed the pilot: "Take off."

"It's the commander!"

"Rat-a-tat-tat..."

The helicopter slowly took off and flew towards the Capital Airport.

Inside the cabin,

Wan Chongshan pointed to a black combination lock box in front of him and said, "This is the quantum communication chip that the CIA and Sakura Corporation have been trying so hard to steal. These bastards are just dreaming if they want to steal our ready-made research results."

Xiao Zhan's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood. He said, "So, the previous three groups of six vans were all bait?"

Wan Chongshan laughed and said, "Yes, we've dealt a heavy blow to CiA and Sakura Club this time, so we can have some peace and quiet for a while."

Xia Keke: "Commander, according to Ishida Mako's confession, Tanaka Genichi has activated another group of Sakura Society undercover agents."

Wan Chongshan laughed and said, "Hehehe, Director Xia, with Ishida Mako as our inside man, what do you have to worry about?"

At this moment, the helicopter slowly landed on the dedicated helipad of the Capital Airport. Xiao Zhan saw that an armed helicopter was already parked there, and Yuan Hongjun was leading a special operations team to guard the area.

So he asked, "Sir, I don't understand why headquarters doesn't just pick up the goods directly from Xiao's factory?"

"Is this all just to lure the CIA and Sakura Society into a trap? What if the mission fails and it backfires?"

Wan Chongshan laughed and said, "If only things were that simple. This time, I've planned for six trucks to depart along three routes at different times. These three plans have been given to three different people. You should understand what that means."

Xiao Zhan asked in surprise, "Commander, are you using this operation as bait to lure out the traitor?"

Wan Chongshan: "To be precise, they are the mole's pawns hidden in the military, and this time we can catch them all in one fell swoop."

Xia Keke: "Commander, have you found the chess piece?"

Wan Chongshan laughed and said, "Of course, there are three lines. We will find two hidden pieces. The pieces have been caught and have confessed to their crimes."

Xiao Zhan: "So, does that mean Project Mole can officially end?"

Wan Chongshan nodded and said, "Yes, and your Dragon Shield Project is also over. From this moment on, Xiao Zhan, your special mission privileges are lifted. According to A's instructions, you have two choices: one is to inherit the Xiao Group, and the other is to stay by my side."

"Xiao Zhan, think it over before you answer me."