Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

Ralph fell from the tree and landed on the ground, crying out in pain, "Ouch, ouch, ouch! Leona, can't you be a little gentler? You'll never get married if you keep doing this!"

Despite Ralph's words, the blue-haired girl called "Leona" showed no change in expression and quietly stood back beside Ralph.

Clark smirked: "How does it feel to be blasted away by 'La Erpao,' who usually thinks he's invincible?"

"Not very good!"

Ralph rolled his eyes.

Ralph's answer made Clark want to laugh even more. He often sparred with Ralph and had been knocked flying by him quite a few times.

Ralph, who was getting up from the ground and feeling sore all over, asked Clark, "What do we do next? The fortress has collapsed, and our trail seems to have gone cold."

Clark thought for a moment and said to Ralph, "The explosion just now was very strange. Let's go there and investigate."

Then he turned to Leona and said, "Leona, your mission is complete. You can leave now."

Of the three, Ralph and Clark actually had other missions, while Leona's mission was to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a high-ranking government official. Now that Leona's mission was complete, she could go back early, while Ralph and Clark were to continue their mission.

"Let me go with you. The situation is unclear right now, and the more people there are, the more strength we'll have."

Leona replied.

"Wow, our Leona is showing concern for others now, that's amazing!"

Ralph chuckled, then Leona rolled her eyes at him.

Clark thought for a moment and nodded, "Alright, you can tell us what you saw in the fortress on the way."

The three set off together, and along the way, Leona told Clark everything she had seen and heard in the fortress.

Yeah, I didn't bring Ralph, and that guy is unreliable.

After listening to Leanna's words, Clark said, "You mean, in that fortress, you only found the target child and didn't see the other children?"

Leona nodded: "Yes, and I've investigated; there are no other children in the fortress."

"Have you asked the target what their situation is?"

Clark asked.

"She said that after she was kidnapped, she was separated from her classmates and taken to the fortress, while she didn't know anything about her other classmates."

Leona replied.

The target of the mission was not the only one kidnapped by the drug lord; it was her and all the students in her class. The drug lord kidnapped the entire busload of students while the target was on a class trip and took them all away.

“In recent years, there have been frequent cases in Mexico of an entire class of students being kidnapped, but these incidents have been suppressed by pressure from the local government. This time, the Mexican government finally decided to investigate the matter thoroughly. As a result, the person who advocated for the investigation had his daughter and all the students in her class kidnapped and were threatened that if he continued the investigation, his daughter would suffer the same fate as the other kidnapped children.”

Clark Road.

Leona nodded. That was exactly why the government official had asked the Ikari Team to help rescue his daughter and investigate the truth behind the children's disappearances.

Although it was a drug lord who threatened the government official, both the official and the "Rage Team" knew that there must be other forces behind this. After all, why would a drug lord want children if he had nothing better to do? Trafficking people is not as profitable as drug trafficking.

"Besides the explosion, the collapse of the fortress is too suspicious. It's as if someone deliberately wanted to destroy the evidence. It seems that the mastermind behind this is incredibly powerful."

Clark said with a solemn expression.

Ralph, who was traveling with the two, didn't care about any of this. He put his hands on his head and whistled all the way. He seemed to have thought of something funny and couldn't help but laugh. He said to the two people beside him, "Clark, Leona, what do you think will be the look on Long Wu's face when he goes through all the trouble of completing his mission and joining the peacekeeping force, only to find out that his superior is us! Hahahaha!"

Clark and Leona: "..."

Has this guy lost his mind from being hit?

Chapter 122 "Nest"

Ralph said he would become Long Wu's superior. What's going on?

It turns out that the government official's first call for help after his daughter was kidnapped was to the "Ikari Warriors," not because Ralph and his men were slow to act, as Ralph claimed, but because they had to call on the "Ikari Warriors."

The Ikari Warriors have excellent relationships with governments around the world, so they would naturally agree to the request from that high-ranking government official. However, unfortunately, the Ikari Warriors had another important mission at the time, and many of their main members were not present. Even Commander Heidern had personally gone to investigate. Therefore, this mission could only be entrusted to Ralf, Clark, and Leona, who were staying at the base.

In terms of combat strength, the three of them are more than capable of completing this mission. However, the problem is that rescuing people requires not only combat ability but also the ability to gather intelligence. The drug lord's lair is located in a dense forest where even locals get lost. How Ralph and his two companions will find the drug lord's lair in the vast forest has become a major problem.

So Ralph and his two companions came up with a terrible idea: to have the government official assign the mission to Long Wu and his "Scorpion Soldiers."

Long Wu had clashed with the "Ikari Warriors" several times before, so Ralph and the others knew his abilities very well and knew that he was a rare talent. Moreover, they also found out that Long Wu and his group wanted to join the organization, so they asked the government official to recommend Long Wu and his group to join the peacekeeping force as a condition for them to take on the rescue mission.

In reality, Long Wu and his group didn't consider that while that high-ranking government official might have some influence in Mexico, what guarantee did he have of getting them to join the peacekeeping force? Therefore, what actually got Long Wu and his group to join the peacekeeping force was the "Angry Team."

Although the "Ikari Warriors" and Long Wu's group are both mercenaries, their status in the mercenary world is completely different. Heidern is almost a legendary figure in the mercenary world. Although the "Ikari Warriors" he founded is a special force with only a few elites, it has completed countless extremely difficult tasks and has saved several countries from the brink of destruction more than once. Although he is not in the military system, he has many friends who are generals and his network of connections is extremely powerful.

Last year, Hadilan resolved a deep-seated issue and began to feel that the mercenary profession had too many limitations. Therefore, he prepared to join the peacekeeping force. Given Hadilan's reputation and strength, the peacekeeping force would naturally be eager to join him.

With Hadilan joining the peacekeeping force, his subordinates, including Ralph, will naturally follow suit and have already decided to join as well.

But at this very moment, an extremely strange and serious event occurred. The man whom Hadiran regarded as a nightmare seemed to have reappeared. In order to investigate this matter, Hadiran postponed joining the peacekeeping force and went to investigate in person.

Even so, joining the peacekeeping force is a done deal, so some things can begin to be prepared, such as recruiting subordinates.

Since they were going to join the peacekeeping force, they would naturally need their own troops. Although the "Ikari Warriors" had many skilled fighters, the entire force only numbered in the dozens. This was enough for mercenaries, but it would not be easy for them to form their own independent unit within the peacekeeping force.

Of course, the "Ikari Warriors" can also recruit new members from peacekeeping forces, but the problem is that they are mercenaries by origin, and their style of doing things is too different from that of regular troops. The two groups are like oil and water, completely incompatible. So if they want to recruit soldiers, it is best to select people from mercenaries.

So naturally, they set their sights on Long Wu.

Within the industry, Long Wu's "Scorpion Soldiers" weren't the most outstanding in terms of strength, but they were still quite good. More importantly, they had a good reputation, unlike other mercenaries who would take any job for money. However, the "Rage Team" and the "Scorpion Soldiers" had a few clashes and didn't get along. If they rashly extended an invitation, Long Wu would easily see it as a provocation. So, taking advantage of this opportunity, they first stole the rescue target and then returned it to Long Wu, as a favor to him and his men. This way, when Long Wu led the "Scorpion Soldiers" to join the peacekeeping force in the future and found out that his superiors were Ralph and his men, there wouldn't be too much resistance.

It could be said that involving Long Wu and his group in the rescue mission was both a last-minute decision and a long-planned scheme. Even without the kidnapping of the government official's daughter, Ralph and his team would have devised another event to entangle Long Wu.

Well, all I can say is that the martial arts world isn't just about fighting and killing; it's about human relationships and social interactions.

The only unexpected thing here was Li Xin. They didn't expect that Long Wu could invite such a master as Li Xin to defeat Ralph, which made their original plan of bestowing favors not as complete. Fortunately, Long Wu also accepted their favor and did not let the "Ikari Warriors'" plan completely fail.

Over here, Ralph was already imagining what it would be like if Long Wu reluctantly called him "commander," while Leona said very coldly, "I think Long Wu will say, 'Hello, Mr. Commander who got knocked away.'"

Ralph's smug expression froze instantly, and he said angrily, "Xiao Na, you'll never find a boyfriend like this!"

Leona remained expressionless, while Clark shook his head and said, "Alright, stop fooling around, we've arrived at our destination."

The explosion had turned the original ravine into flat ground, revealing the hidden base. However, at this point, whether it was revealed or not was no longer important, because as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but a dark hole and rising black smoke.

"They went to such lengths?"

Ralph lost interest in clown talk and was alarmed by the ruthlessness of the enemy in the shadows.

With his extensive professional experience, he could naturally tell that this was not sabotage by outsiders, but rather that the base had initiated a self-destruct program, which was why it was so thoroughly destroyed.

Clark walked back and forth on the ground nearby, then stopped abruptly at one spot and said, "The echoes in this area are a bit off; there's a tunnel underneath."

Glancing at the direction the tunnel led, it was clear that it led directly to the collapsed drug lord's lair.

"It seems that the drug lord was just a shield pushed forward by some organization. He kidnapped those children to work for that organization."

Clark guessed.

"That little girl!"

Leona suddenly said, "That little girl was rescued from here by the experts that Long Wu hired!"

Previously, Leona was actually a bit strange; where did Li Xin rescue the little girl from?

After following Long Wu and his group to the drug lord's lair, she first infiltrated and investigated for a long time, confirming that there was only one child, the target of their rescue, in the lair. And since this place was deep in the forest, where did the other children come from?

In retrospect, it seems that Li Xin may have mistakenly entered this base, mistaking it for the drug lord's lair, and even rescued the white-haired girl as his target.

Even the fact that this base would self-destruct must be due to something Li Xin did.

“Go back and find Long Wu. We might be able to learn about that organization from that little girl.”

Clark said decisively.

"Huh, now?"

Ralph was somewhat reluctant.

If he met Long Wu after Long Wu joined the peacekeeping force, he could make Long Wu call him "commander" and show off his power in front of Long Wu. But if he went to see Long Wu now, he would lose face!

Yes, now, immediately, right now!

Clark said seriously.

The severity of this incident exceeded his expectations, and he had to find out the truth as quickly as possible.

....................................

After completing the mission, Long Wu immediately ordered a return to the military camp.

Although the drug lord's fortress has collapsed and most of the drug lord's men failed to escape, there are still some who have slipped through the net. Who knows if they might suddenly decide to attack them?

Protecting someone is much more difficult than killing someone. Bullets have no eyes on the battlefield; what if they hit the target being rescued? Long Wu didn't want to encounter such bad luck as a mission that was about to be completed suddenly failing.

After a rapid march, the main force finally returned to the camp.

Long Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief after returning to the heavily guarded military camp with various defensive facilities, but the young lady he was trying to rescue was very unhappy.

Why? Because when she came back, she asked Li Xin to carry her, but Li Xin refused. He had to carry the white-haired girl whose identity was unknown, so he couldn't carry the girl he was rescuing. So Long Wu carried her back.

Why did it have to be Li Xin carrying the white-haired girl? Because no one else could carry her, or rather, even if they could carry her, they absolutely couldn't carry her while moving through this rugged, dense forest; it would be fatal.

Therefore, Li Xin was the only one who could carry the white-haired girl.

Upon arriving at the military camp, whether it was the time of day or the aroma of cooking, the white-haired girl's long eyelashes trembled a few times, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Unfamiliar environment...

Looking at the military green tent roof, this was the white-haired girl's first reaction after waking up, but she showed no panic. Instead, she said energetically, "Finished with the treatment? I want meat for lunch today!"

Li Xin had nothing to do, so he was looking after the white-haired girl. After all, he was the one who had saved her, so he couldn't just leave her aside and ignore her. Seeing that she was so energetic after waking up, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to her, "Lunch will have to wait. I'll ask around for you later."

The white-haired girl was speaking English, which Li Xin could understand.

The white-haired girl looked very peaceful when she was asleep, but she was very lively when she woke up. She looked at Li Xin and suddenly laughed: "Haha, are you today's coach? You look much better than that big guy from before!"

"coach?"

Upon hearing the white-haired girl's words, Li Xin realized that he knew nothing about her. Moreover, after talking with Long Wu on the way, Li Xin already knew that the place he had gone to was not the drug lord's lair. Although the location was very close, almost like neighbors, it was definitely not the same place.

However, even if it wasn't a drug lord's hideout, given that organization's ruthless style of immediately self-destructing when things went wrong, they were definitely not benevolent people. Therefore, Li Xin felt no guilt about taking down the base where the white-haired girl was located.

"What coach?"

Li Xin asked the white-haired girl.

"Heh, trying to get close to me like this, uncle, you're so old-fashioned!"

The white-haired girl said with a smile.

Seeing the white-haired girl's rambling behavior, Li Xin had no choice but to tell her that he had rescued her from the base and that the base had exploded.

After hearing Li Xin's words, the white-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then immediately jumped up excitedly: "Great! That lousy organization is finally finished!"

"They give me injections every day, and they give me those awful-tasting medicines. They also cut me open all the time saying they're doing an examination... Go die, go die, go die..."

The white-haired girl recounted the various forms of abuse she had suffered at the base and uttered her most sincere curses at them.

Li Xin: "..."

Yes, it's clear that this little girl harbors deep resentment towards that organization. At the same time, Li Xin can finally confirm that the destruction of that base was entirely justified.

Although the white-haired girl's speech wasn't very logical, Li Xin could still roughly figure out that she was being kept by that organization as an experimental subject, and that she had also received training from that organization, seemingly to be groomed into some kind of combatant.

"Gurgle..."

A rumbling sound came from her stomach, and the white-haired girl stopped cursing, touching her belly and saying, "Uncle, I'm hungry. They didn't give me any food this morning to help me adjust my body, and I've been starving all morning..."

"Hey, sir, you're not going to treat me like that organization did, are you?"

The white-haired girl looked at Li Xin with pitiful eyes.

Li Xin smiled and patted her head, saying, "Of course not. You're free now. No one will force you to do those things anymore."

The white-haired girl nodded happily: "Yes, you're so kind, uncle!"

Li Xin asked the white-haired girl, "By the way, I still don't know your name."

"My name is Angel."

The white-haired girl answered.

"Angel...does she only have a name?"

Li Xin asked the white-haired girl, "When foreigners introduce themselves, they usually say their full name, but this white-haired girl only said her own name. That's a bit strange."

Oh, is it because I'm too young?