[COD] Newbie's Rise to Power

Greaves was speechless: "You don't even know if you have a lover?!"

The ghost did not answer him, but silently stroked its ring finger.

He had a name tattooed in that spot, but he didn't recognize it.

His phone was linked to a monitoring user named "Little Bird," but he had no memory of it.

He seems to have... forgotten something.

It's important, yet it seems unimportant.

A few months later, the higher-ups received news that Hassan had replaced Gobrani as the new leader of the Yon hawks and had gone to Mazra. General Sheffield immediately ordered Hassan's arrest.

When Ghost was about to set off, he learned that his friend Soap was also going.

After not seeing him for several months, the enthusiastic Soap launched into a tirade against Ghost, recounting how cunning his last mission target was and the hardships he had endured.

"Little John, who is the little bird?"

The ghost suddenly interrupted his excited narration with a question in his mind.

Soap was taken aback, then looked at the ghost with a puzzled expression: "Who? I don't recognize him. Did I just mention any little bird?"

The ghost shook its head: "It's alright."

It was a routine capture operation, nothing particularly memorable for Ghost, but he was somewhat surprised that he failed to capture Hassan and discovered an American missile in a container.

Meanwhile, Price and Gates, who were on duty in the Dutch Freeport, also sent back new information.

Hassan collaborated with drug traffickers to smuggle a shipment of goods out of the country and then into the United States.

Given the extensive and dangerous nature of this operation, it is preliminarily determined to be a missile.

Ghost and Soap were then dispatched to Mexico G to work with local special forces member Alexander to capture Hassan again.

After a series of arduous battles on land, in the mountains, and at sea, they finally succeeded in capturing Hassan, but due to international issues, they had to release him when the time came.

Fortunately, they found new clues on Hassan's phone.

It turns out that Hassan wasn't transporting missiles at all, but a navigation system, and the navigation system had already been installed on the missiles.

The location of the missile was known only to Hassan and the drug cartel leader, Anonymous.

So they approached the Nameless One, only to discover that he was actually Alejandro's former teammate, Valeria.

After successfully capturing Valaria, she made a deal with them, offering to provide not only the location of the missiles but also Hassan's location.

After another round of tracking and attacks, the missile was finally destroyed.

However, when the group returned in triumph, Greaves informed them that no one outside the Shadow Force would be needed for the subsequent operations.

Soap could not accept this and said he would report it to General Sheffield.

But Greaves told Soap that the order was given by Sheffield.

Greaves urged them to leave, as he had received orders.

But the hot-tempered Alejandro wanted to continue arguing, saying that his teammates were still inside.

Greaves stated directly and firmly that his teammates had been restricted in their personal freedom, which undoubtedly indicated that the two sides were now on opposite sides.

This is so sudden! Just a moment ago, they were teammates who were bound together by life and death and fought side by side, but now they've suddenly turned on each other!

Alexander stepped forward but was immediately subdued by Greaves, whose soldiers even opened fire on Soap as he charged forward!

Despite Ghost's timely intervention, Soap was still shot, and the two fled in panic amidst the chaos.

Throughout this time, the ghost kept encouraging Soap and guiding him to the church to meet him.

After reuniting with Rudolph and rescuing Alejandro with Price's help, they learned the truth from Price.

It turns out that the missiles were secretly transported by Sheffield's Shadow Force to allies in the Middle East a few months ago, but were intercepted by Russia. Fearing that his mistake and scandal would be exposed, Sheffield sent Squad 141 to capture Hassan.

Greaves' defection was also part of Sheffield's plan.

The others were furious, but the ghost remained calm, as if he were already used to this kind of betrayal.

Finally, to deal with the last missile, Ghost distributed skull masks to everyone and formed a new team called Ghost.

After forming the Ghost Squad, their first task was to raid the Shadow Force, ultimately sending Greaves, who was driving a tank and preparing to escape, to his death with a bomb.

Traitors should be punished with fire and death!

ch.348: The Ghostly Sun

After capturing the Shadow Forces' base, Ghost and his team learned the whereabouts of Hassan and the last missile from the imprisoned Valarians.

Next, Alexander and his team escorted Valeria back home, while Squad 141 went to Chicago to deal with Hassan and the missile.

Price was seriously injured during the incident, but Soap managed to steal the missile's control system from Hassan and ultimately completed the missile's self-destruct sequence.

But Soap was ambushed by Hassan. Just as Soap was about to be thrown out of the window of a building dozens of stories high by Hassan, Ghost provided timely support from the rooftop across the street and shot Hassan in the head!

This dramatic missile crisis also came to an end with Hassan's death.

But the dangers didn't end there.

Sheffield had already fled and had a new partner.

As everyone looked at the photo, their expressions turned serious.

The ghost took the photo, saw the familiar face in it, and looked at Price.

Seeing their reactions, Kate knew they must know each other, so she asked curiously:

"Who is he?"

Price lowered his body and said in a deep voice, "Makarov."

"But isn't he imprisoned in the Gulag?"

Gates was puzzled.

The Gulag prison is surrounded by the sea and is a place where serious criminals are imprisoned, making escape extremely difficult.

After a few seconds of silence, Price said definitively, "Since Sheffield has chosen him, he should reappear soon."

Sure enough, after receiving Farah's call for help, Price also learned that Makarov had been rescued from the Gulag prison on November 10, 2023.

Makarov was an extreme warmonger who believed that only war could make his country great again.

So he created the KONE Group and waged wars through various terrorist attacks.

This time, they stole the three missiles that Sheffield had given to Farah and planned to launch them from Farah's Uzbekistan, so that the whole world would think that the attack was launched by Uzbekistan.

Furthermore, Makarov also seized materials for sarin gas, a type of inhumane poison gas weapon that is prohibited.

Not only that, he also launched a terrorist attack by plane, intending to frame Farah's army.

Finally, with clues provided by Sheffield and Greaves, Soap and Ghost took control of Makarov's female sugar daddy.

That's right, Greaves didn't die; he wasn't in that tank.

When one plan failed, Makarov devised another: he planted bombs in the London Underground.

So Squad 141 set off for London again, but this time the operation did not go smoothly, and Soap was shot dead by Makarov.

For the next few years, Squad 141 was locked in a grueling battle with Makarov, and the squad members gradually died in the fighting, leaving only Ghost.

Whenever he was in unbearable pain, he would rub his ring finger. Even though he couldn't remember anything, the brief blankness in his mind became a rare comfort to him.

Later, when Ghost finally succeeded in assassinating Makarov, he was also stabbed in the internal organs by Makarov.

Between life and death, many long-sealed memories finally surfaced in his mind.

The girl's smile, the sweet kisses, and her warm embrace, and her stiff, cold corpse...

It turns out, it turns out that what he lost in his life wasn't just family, teammates, and brothers, but also...

I lost the lover I cherished.

He finally learned who the little bird was and that the letter on his ring finger was her name, but he could never see her again.

After he woke up, he dragged his ailing body to investigate the other five men, all of whom had forgotten him.

He found the only person still alive and dialed his number.

"The fact that you answered my call proves that you've remembered, right?"

The ghost's hoarse voice uttered a weak question.

The other person replied coldly, "I have never forgotten."

After a violent coughing fit, the usually assertive Ghost softened his tone and pleaded.

"I may not have much time left to live, let me see her one last time."

After a long silence, the person on the other end of the phone finally agreed: "I'll pick you up tomorrow night."

After saying that, he hung up the phone decisively.

The ghost sat by the window, its dark brown eyes staring at the blinding sunlight outside, a faint smile playing on its tired face.

"Finally, I can see you again, my little bird..."

With his inner obsession about to be released, he leaned against the window with peace of mind, finally having the time to appreciate the beautiful scenery.

The warm sunlight made him drowsy until he stopped breathing...

"Simon!!"

You scream in pain, then suddenly open your eyes!

Looking at the puzzled eyes around you, you suddenly remember that you fell asleep on the subway.

"Sis, did you have a nightmare?"

Beside me was my younger brother's concerned voice.

You look back at him and belatedly realize that everything you just saw was nothing but a dream.

Your eyes instantly swelled up, and before they could fill with tears, you quickly covered your face with your hands!

When your younger brother asked you with concern, you simply shook your head and tried to respond in a calm voice.

"I'm fine, I just had a nightmare."