Eh? Do you also want to try the iron fist of the humanoid girl?

After confirming that the fuse and detonator were installed correctly, she quickly retreated to a safe area from where the bomb was placed.

She had done this thousands of times in the training ground.

There was no panic, no jitters.

Raphael took out the electric detonator and pressed it three times quickly to send a signal.

The violent explosion created a huge shock wave that blew the entire door away. The excessive heat generated thermal radiation, vaporizing the surrounding snow and causing thick white fog to rise in front of the office door.

It is hard to describe the feeling of watching an explosion up close. She thinks the way explosives release energy is so interesting.

The heavy security door embedded in the wall flashed in the firelight and pierced into the wall of the office room of the auto repair shop.

If anyone hides in there, they will definitely be turned into freshly squeezed meat paste.

Inside the repair shop, when the explosion occurred, Agent Cecilia felt only fear.

She couldn't control anything at the moment, and she felt that this was the most terrifying thing.

When she received the activation order, Cecilia often thought that she might die in a gunfight in the future, but she never thought that she might die in an explosion accident suspected to be caused by friendly forces.

She was used to thinking about things from a perspective that was beneficial to her, and she also knew that she would face various dangers in battle.

Before leaving the base of operations every time, Doug and she made careful research plans for the various situations they might encounter on the road, and they truly believed in their abilities.

But at this moment, apart from holding on tightly to the hook on the wall, she had no control over anything else.

Boom——

In the few seconds after the explosion, she felt dizzy and dark, and after hearing a high-frequency whistling sound in her ears, she could hardly hear anything. Cecilia could only hold her breath and wait.

She hoped that Doug, who was attacking Main Street, would be able to show his power and force the thugs in the alley to turn around...

Then the world suddenly stopped. However, the air currents blew up the dust in the house, and the noble team was immediately enveloped by the black smoke.

Cecilia took a few deep breaths and blinked to clear the blinding dust from her eyelids. As she squinted to block the dust attack, she saw a figure walking out of the office in a daze.

"Are you okay?" The man grabbed Cecilia's shoulders and yelled at her, pushing her: "Get the hell out of here!"

Just like that, Cecilia stumbled out of the office and fell to the ground in the snow on the sidewalk of 31st Street.

Although she was carrying more than 60 pounds of equipment, she did not feel much burden, nor did she shake violently because of the fall. After she got up from the ground, she did not look back, and rushed forward like an Olympic sprinter, rushing to the abandoned car shelter across the road.

Only after she was in position did she have the extra energy to look back at the scene at the repair shop.

Only the door frame of the security door in the office was still standing, and the heavy iron door collapsed against the inner wall. If she had hidden in the office just now, she would probably have died on the spot, instead of leaving safely like she did now.

Anyway, she and the team were rescued.

Cecilia saw Archie supporting Tony and rushing out of the gray office.

Like her teammates, Cecilia is adept at analyzing tense situations that arise in her career.

She had to think carefully about what to do in this situation. Two minutes ago, she was still angry because she was worried that she might be killed by thugs in the car dealership.

But at this moment she had to be thankful, saying: "We are still alive and standing on the sidewalk of East 31st Street."

The fact that the situation turned around before it reached the worst can only mean that they were not destined to die.

The guys who came to rescue them rushed into the dealership instead. The dull gunshots and fierce crisp sounds stimulated Cecilia's still somewhat drowsy brain.

She took out the cocktail enhancement shot that SHD equipped to the agents, whose effect could transform the agents into supermen for a short period of time, squeezing the body to give the user strength and endurance, while also having a calming effect.

As for the impact of the weak state after the effect of the medicine faded, Cecilia felt that there was no need to worry about it at this time.

There are other people around you who you can rely on and who are trustworthy.

boom!

That was the sound of a grenade exploding.

"That rascal!"

Cecilia decisively injected the medicine into her body, then took off her heavy backpack and said to Alki and Tony:

"I'm leaving my six o'clock position in your hands!"

Raphael used the butt of his gun to knock out a Lex Gang thug who rushed in during a gap in the fire, then pulled out his pistol and aimed at the second spirited young man who was charging forward with a shotgun.

bang bang bang...

She emptied the magazine in one breath, knocked the man down, quickly adjusted her gun belt, raised her assault rifle again, and fired three more shots at the guy lying on the ground, two shots to the chest and one shot to the head, to prevent him from being resurrected.

The members of the Lex Gang were like crazy, fearless and unafraid of death. They would get up from the ground even if they were shot.

Raphael also knew that Doug Sutton had inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy at the entrance to the alley, but that still did not make the lunatics from the Lex Gang retreat.

"You can hear me, man." She pulled the safety pin off the grenade. "I'll meet you at C27 New York Church on East 3th Street."

After saying that, she threw the M67 fragmentation grenade equipped by the US military with her backhand, and then successfully disappeared from the repair shop workshop under the cover of the explosion.

20 minutes later, Raphael selected a temporary resting place.

"Hey, you're the guy who can interfere with the pulse system, right?" Doug pushed the door open and said in a bad tone. Anyone would be unhappy after being stood up.

But at this time the other party helped his team, so he had to keep all his complaints to himself.

"Captain Doug, nice to meet you."

"Is this your first time?"

"What else?" Raphael asked.

"I have only heard of you in the information before, but I know your choice today. You are the hero of the noble team."

“Huh?” She asked playfully, “A hero who breaks his promise after accepting help?”

Doug Sutton said seriously: "You rescued a group of people who had just completed training and did not have much actual combat experience. This is much more meaningful than anything else."

Without any communication or coordination, they accurately found the trapped people, used precious controlled explosives to break through the blockade, rushed into the maintenance room and rescued Doug's team members.

If this isn't worth being thankful for, what else is worth being thankful for?

He is not an asshole who cannot distinguish right from wrong, although there are indeed many agents recruited by the Homeland Security Agency who have character flaws.

This directly resulted in Doug only being able to thank this strange yet familiar third party as a member of the noble team.

Chapter 30 Choice

Raphael nodded slightly and accepted the thanks from Doug and the noble team.

This did not change her negative impression of the Strategic Bureau, let alone a favorable one. Raphael knew this, and Doug Sutton knew it too.

There is no need to explain it to anyone, nor is there any need to make anyone understand it.

She only obeyed the orders of her employer. The current situation is the result of everyone's choice. This is not to defend what Raphael did, but it is the fact.

Everyone makes a decision and must bear the consequences.

Raphael looked at the church and thought that this place was not bad. It was not too conspicuous as a temporary resting point. However, its characteristics of being easy to attack but difficult to defend made people feel uncomfortable, and its safety was worrying.

In today's New York, neither Raphael nor the Strategic Bureau can be perfect, but for now, this is the best option.

After lunch, Doug and the team were about to leave.

Before leaving, he took out the tablet terminal distributed to agents by the Strategic Bureau from his backpack. Facing Raphael's puzzled look, he said:

"The device is very light, only 2.6 pounds. I have cracked the device's permissions, and it is equipped with an intelligent analysis system that always operates in an offline mode."

"This should be an important equipment for you." Raphael was unmoved and did not accept the gift.

"Because of your presence, I believe the ISAC has suffered serious damage in terms of equipment support. It is true that the ISAC can provide a lot of support in combat, but the equipment assigned to us has almost no ability to resist interference."

Doug looked at Raphael and said:

"Simply put, I'm starting to lose trust in SHD and JTF."

"But the terminal still provides great help, for example, the preparation work before the mission can be completed on the device."

"I don't need it anymore."

"Really?" Raphael said meaningfully, "You have made up your mind."

"So, please take it away." Doug Sutton made a silencing gesture to his teammates and continued, "I believe that you and the forces that support you can fully control the offline terminal."

Raphael fiddled with the shoulder straps of his tactical vest, and the radio activated the tactical network.

Almost at the same time, the ISACs of Cecilia, Tony, and Alki lit up yellow, and a rigid voice with a strong mechanical style said: "A military connectable network has been detected."

They all looked at each other with surprise and understanding, and wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.

The military personnel are dead, what does this mean?

Doug and Cecilia looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts. After the "Dark Zone" plan failed, the first wave of agents either disappeared or defected.

Then, the two nodded slightly, confirming that they would not try to approach the dark zone in the future, even if it was an order from the SHD Post Office Operations Center.

The vortex that has now erupted in New York is simply not something that ordinary people like them who have received basic combat training can get involved in.

Cecilia even suspected that the outbreak of the "Greenback" virus was also part of the federal government's plan.

"Then I would be disrespectful."

In front of everyone, Raphael skillfully removed the back cover of the tablet terminal and took out an additional network card plug-in from the tool kit to ensure that the device was always under her control.

Even if ISAC's mainframe concentrated its computing resources in New York, it would not be able to penetrate the physically defended equipment.

Unless this intelligent analysis system can personally take action, walk out of fantasy and into reality, and confront Raphael head-on, don't even think about anything else.

But is this possible? Obviously not.

Raphael has confidence in the black box technology used by the mind.

Doug didn't mind her on-site modification of the equipment, but rather appreciated her cautious style of doing things. So, like a novice grandfather in an RPG game, he gave her the second key item - Doug Sutton's identity verification code.

"I have a personal question." Cecilia raised her hand like a primary school student and asked, "Why do you have so much experience, like when you saved us just now?"

"I did spend some time on the battlefield, but now is not the time to tell stories. Or are you eager to hear my story?"

"Forget it now, but I really like the look in your eyes. Maybe next time if there is a chance, I would like to have a companion like you."

"?"

Doesn't this girl know that they are actually her enemies? Raphael tilted his head.

"Well, Cecilia just wanted to express her gratitude. The kindness of lending a helping hand in an emergency is very important to her."

Doug had a helpless smile on his face. He put his hand on his companion's head, pressed her head and nodded, then explained: "Anyway, it's our honor to know you. I hope there will be more opportunities for cooperation in the future."

"I'm not sure, but my advice is always the same, first find a way to survive, then get out of this damn place."

After saying that, Raphael waved his hand and disappeared in the blizzard.

Cecilia looked at the direction where the girl disappeared, hesitated for a moment, turned to Doug and asked:

"After you hand over the terminal and verification ID to her, how do you plan to deal with the investigation by headquarters?"

"What can I say? The battle was fierce and I accidentally lost it." After saying that, Doug took off his backpack, took out everything inside, and fired a volley of bullets at him.

Then he tore hard along the gap left by the bullet. With a loud bang, a hole the size of a washbasin appeared in front of him.

"That's reasonable." Dongni raised his hand and gave a thumbs up: "Boss, when you go to court, I will be cheering for you outside!"

"You have to go to court, too, idiot." Alki supported Tony and said unhappily, "Our entire team has to testify in court."

"Is that so?" Tony chuckled and shouted to Doug, "Captain, I will never tell them that you gave the equipment to that lady!"

Doug didn't bother to care about this bullshit, and raised his hand to lift Cecilia up. The sequelae of the excessive hormones gradually broke out, which was the price she had to pay for the extra activity time.

According to the instructions for use of the medicine, Cecilia must stay away from strenuous activities for the next half month, otherwise there is a high risk of sudden death.

With the addition of Tony Gaggia who was injured in the leg, the noble team only had two fighters left.

It was impossible to carry out combat missions anymore. Doug and Alki looked at each other and agreed with the decision.

At 12:26 on December 14, Doug Sadow used Cecilia's equipment to upload a report to the SDH Strategic Homeland Security Bureau's New York Command that the Noble Squad had suffered serious damage in the battle and had been evaluated to be out of the combat sequence.

A few minutes later, the headquarters liaison discovered that the noble team was completely offline.