[COD] Newbie's Rise to Power

"D-2! You come here right now!"

He shouted at a figure.

This stern shout drew everyone's attention.

Joseph, who was collecting guns, froze upon hearing the sound, a sense of guilt creeping into his heart.

But he still mustered his courage, turned around, and walked towards Wang Zhiqiang.

"Sir."

He gave Wang Zhiqiang a military salute in response to his search.

Wang Zhiqiang took a deep breath and tried to keep his tone calm.

"Where's YN? Didn't she go to help you?"

ch.48: Searching for You

After all, the matter was not yet clear, and Wang Zhiqiang did not want to treat others with his personal emotions.

Joseph recalled what Lake had said.

“We are all involved in yn’s affairs, so you’d better watch your mouth, or I won’t be the only one who gets punished.”

"Joseph, you can't escape either, you've abandoned her too! Stop pretending to be a good person!"

He wanted to answer that he didn't know, but then he saw in his mind YN's smiling hand outstretched to him for a high-five, and the concerned look she gave him after shooting the enemy.

He clenched his hands and then looked up at Wang Zhiqiang.

"I..."

"yn? Didn't she come back first?"

A voice suddenly interrupted Joseph.

Next, Lake walked over.

He looked puzzled: "After the support mission was completed, I sent her back first, while John and I stayed behind to examine the enemy's corpses."

After saying this, he turned his head and looked at Joseph with a warning in his eyes:

"Is that right, Joseph?"

Joseph paused for a few seconds, then nodded silently.

Wang Zhiqiang's expression turned cold. He wasn't stupid; of course he didn't believe such words.

Seeing Joseph's silence, he turned his attention to Lake.

He grabbed Lake by the collar, his eyes threatening:

"You think I'd believe you? Tell me! Where's YN!"

Lake shrugs innocently:

"Sir, I'm telling the truth. You can doubt me, but please provide evidence."

Of course, there is no evidence, and no one can know what happened at the time.

Apart from himself and Joseph, the two parties involved.

As Joseph's childhood best friend and also a party involved with him, Lake was confident he could shut him up.

Wang Zhiqiang released Lake's collar and said coldly, "You better not let me find out anything is wrong."

After saying that, he bumped into Lake's shoulder and they passed each other.

Lake's face turned cold, and he reached out and patted his shoulder.

Behind him, he could hear Wang Zhiqiang calling for help.

"You all, come with me to find YN."

Wang Zhiqiang picked up his gun, ready to lead his men to find you.

"what happened?"

Ghost and Soap, who had just taught the hostage a lesson, walked over.

They naturally had to inquire about Wang Zhiqiang's actions.

Wang Zhiqiang told you that you had disappeared.

But they concealed their suspicions about Lake and his group.

After all, making hasty judgments without evidence is not good for anyone.

Upon hearing this, Soap immediately comforted Wang Zhiqiang:

"Zimo, don't panic. Maybe the situation isn't so bad."

The ghost immediately summoned everyone.

Under the ghost's arrangement, the fifteen people split up in different directions and began their search.

By this time, it was already bright outside, and the surrounding scenery could be clearly seen, so the clues were quickly discovered.

Four fresh tire tracks were found on the hilly road at the original hiding place of Group D.

The four tire tracks overlapped and interlocked, but two of them were identical, belonging to the transport vehicle they had just captured.

There are also two more tracks... that look like military truck tracks.

And they all turned back directly from here, without driving forward.

In other words, besides the time when we needed support, there were other people who drove here later.

Then, for some unknown reason, it returned.

Ghost and Wang Zhiqiang, along with their men, followed the returning tire tracks, driving all the way to track it down.

Eventually, the military truck was found at the location where you had the accident.

There was also a dead soldier and two other pools of blood on the ground.

"Besides this soldier, there are two other wounded here."

The ghost drew its conclusion.

At this moment, Rowe, who had been inspecting the military truck, quickly came over to report.

"Reporting to Lieutenant, there are unloaded equipment and rifles in the truck, they are...ours."

This statement directly implies that the equipment came from you.

In other words, you were indeed taken away by the enemy, and your fate is unknown.

Wang Zhiqiang slammed his fist on the car, making a loud noise.

The ghost remained silent for a few seconds, then crouched down and began to examine the dead soldiers on the ground.

After finding the fatal wound on his neck, they looked towards the woods opposite him, following the direction of the wound.

The ghost stood up and looked in one direction in the woods.

“There was a sniper lying in ambush there, who shot and killed this soldier.”

He then examined the soldier's rifle, looked at the rope left on the ground, the distribution of footprints, and combined with the direction of the bloodstains, he deduced a conclusion.

"It must have been that YN broke free of the ropes binding her, wounded one of their key figures, and was then shot by this soldier."

Because your female footprints stand out clearly against the larger footprints around them.

The distribution of the footprints shows that you and a man were always surrounded in the middle, and your last footprint was very close to that man's and interspersed with his.

Therefore, it can be determined that you attacked that man.

Is YN still alive?

After all, you and that man have both disappeared; you must have been taken away by someone.

Whether it was that group of people or a sniper firing from the woods, we don't know.

The ghost's voice was deep: "I don't know, but... we can take the bullet out of his body and take it back to examine it to see what type of gun it was."

The ghost pointed to the corpse on the ground and said.

If you were taken away by the original group of people, then the chances of survival are really slim.

But if you were taken away by that mysterious sniper, then the bullets left behind by the sniper are a clue.

After all, the types of guns used by snipers are relatively fixed over a long period of time. The type of gun can be identified by the bullets, and the type of gun may indicate which organization's sniper is in this area.

Wang Zhiqiang immediately pulled out a dagger, inserted it into the corpse's neck, and dug out the bullet.

After tidying up, Wang Zhiqiang approached the ghost and thanked him.

"Thank you for going to the trouble of helping me find her."

After all, you only signed an employment contract, which is equivalent to being a mercenary.

For a mercenary without any legal protection, once he dies, he's basically dead. It's not worth wasting resources and effort searching for him; that's the default rule.

Ghost took the bullet from Wang Zhiqiang, his voice calm but tinged with sadness.

"After all, she was trained by me, she's one of my people."

Thinking of the wary, admiring, yet stubborn look in your eyes when you look at him, it's like a fledgling bird striving to grow.

The ghost murmured to itself:

You are a resilient little bird, you must live.

Chapter 49: Bullet Tracking

The atmosphere was unusually heavy on the way back.

Although the mission was successfully completed, no one was happy.

Your disappearance has weighed heavily on the hearts of the new recruits, and those who knew you well are even more worried.

It was nearly afternoon when Ghost and his group returned to the base, but as soon as they entered, a large crowd gathered around them.