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Chapter 1135 Who Is She, Where Is She
"It seems we were wrong," Gin observed as the three figures reached the opposite riverbank. He wasn't in a hurry. "Can you get a clear shot?"
Chi Feichei stared through the sniper rifle scope at the black shadows, his voice hoarse. "No, the concrete pillars under the bridge are in the way, and they're moving too fast."
"Then we'll wait for them to come ashore," Gin's eyes grew colder. "Vodka, the people are on the riverbank near the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant. After they land, bring the men in to surround them!"
After putting down the sniper rifle, Chi Feichei took out his mobile phone and sent an email to Rum. He also spoke into his communication headset. "Stout, Wayne Walkerly, prepare to retreat to the bridgehead. Keep a close watch on the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant area."
Under the bridge, Andre Camel turned his head and saw the car parked on the riverbank behind them. "Mr. Akai, they've discovered us!"
Akai Shuichi also felt the situation was tricky. The other party had guessed their movement along the bridge bottom earlier than he'd anticipated. "Let's get to the shore first. Stay hidden."
"They'll probably send people to surround us, right?" Jodie turned her head to look around. "As for the person currently in that black Porsche, they're probably watching us, confirming that we've actually reached the shore. That means…"
"We just avoided being surrounded in the water, and now we'll be surrounded on the shore," Akai Shuichi smoothly finished her sentence, his gaze serious and solemn as he looked ahead. They were very close to the shore. "But there are many things we can utilize on the shore. It's better than being in the water where there's nothing…"
A minute later, the three of them reached the shore, hiding in the shadows of the bridge.
Akai Shuichi received the wet coats that Andre Camel and Jodie had taken off, tied them to a rope hanging down from the bridge, pulled hard, and shouted in a low voice, "Go!"
On the opposite riverbank, Chi Feichei used the sniper rifle scope to observe the shadows under the bridge on the other side. He suddenly noticed something moving close to the bridge bottom, his attention focused on the black shadow for a moment.
Although it was only a moment, by the time Chi Feichei saw that it was clothing, Akai Shuichi, Jodie, and Andre Camel had already dashed from under the bridge to the wall behind the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant.
"Bang!"
The bullet was a step too late, leaving a bullet crater on the ground beside Jodie.
Chianti and Korn, who were on the Paper Mill Building, couldn't see the situation under the bridge clearly. They only vaguely saw shadows running past before they could fire their guns, the shadows disappearing behind the wall.
Jodie leaned against the wall, staring at the bullet crater nearby, gasping for breath. She didn't know if it was fear or exhaustion, but her limbs felt heavy and difficult to move.
Seeing that Jodie and Andre Camel were unharmed, though battered and fatigued, Akai Shuichi said earnestly, "Hold on a little longer, we can't stay here!"
After the three reached the shore, the Porsche 356A on the opposite riverbank restarted, drove along the riverbank towards the Kamiisshiki Naka Bridge, passed through it, and circled towards the other side.
At the same time, Vodka led his men towards the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant. Rum, having received the news, also sent men to surround the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant.
The three FBI agents were instantly surrounded on the ground—
From the north, near the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant, Vodka and a large number of personnel were closing in.
From the east, near the Kamiisshiki Naka Bridge, Stout and Yingqu Yan Nan were watching from the bridgehead.
Chi Feichei and Gin, after crossing the Kamiisshiki Naka Bridge, circled to the south and searched along the way.
The west was being searched by Rum's men, including Amuro Toru.
Meanwhile, Chianti and Korn remained in the Paper Mill, keeping an eye on the riverbank to prevent Akai Shuichi and the others from turning back towards the Paper Mill.
In the encirclement, although Stout and Yingqu Yan Nan wouldn't move, the searches by the other three groups would gradually shrink the encirclement, compressing the activity space of Akai Shuichi and the others.
And besides Vodka's group, who were searching recklessly due to their numbers, the searches on the other two sides weren't as simple as just opening doors and inspecting.
After parking the car at the intersection, Gin and Chi Feichei got out and observed the traces on the road and the marks on the streetside buildings.
It was easy to tell if anyone had been there during this period.
On the other side, Amuro Toru, wearing a black coat and black trousers, with a low-slung baseball cap, quietly patrolled the streets with two others. Based on the traces, they quickly eliminated places where no one had been, accelerating the contraction of the encirclement at a terrifying speed.
Ten minutes later, Gin and Chi Feichei entered a food processing plant.
Gin looked at the footprints on the ground, surveyed the surroundings, and suddenly laughed. "There are only traces of one person's activity here. It seems the three FBI agents are acting separately. At this time, splitting their already limited personnel… It seems the little cats who have fallen into the trap are planning to do something, to give us a surprise!"
"Their choice to come to the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant is already unusual," Chi Feichei said in a low, hoarse voice, walking to a shelf and looking at the empty space. "They're looking for something…"
Gin walked to the shelf, extended his gloved hand, touched the dusty shelf, turned to look at the marks on the floor. "One of them took something like flour, didn't stay long, and left in a hurry. They came here on purpose…"
Chi Feichei also reached out, took a pinch of flour, and rubbed it between his fingers. "There are at least three different types of flour on the shelf. It's hard to tell what they took."
Gin didn't linger, turning to leave. "Let's talk outside. They can't be hiding here."
Chi Feichei also saw that no one could be hiding here, turning to go out. He hissed into his communication headset, "Wayne Walkerly, tell the people at the signal base station to start interfering with the mobile phone signals in the vicinity, and switch to using the special channel intercom for communication!"
He wanted to know why Akai Shuichi chose to come here and why he split up with his teammates to look for something, but that didn't stop him from carrying out his own actions.
The interference devices were originally placed at the signal base stations in this area to prevent people within the encirclement from contacting the outside if necessary. But since Akai Shuichi chose to split up with his companions, he had to use the disconnection method in advance…
The Organization's personnel gradually switched to miniature walkie-talkies. Their current distances were relatively close, and using the special channel communication with its limited range wouldn't affect their operations.
Leaving the food processing plant, Chi Feichei and Gin waited at the intersection, preparing to rendezvous with Rum's men.
Across the street, a Black-Clothed Man, wearing a baseball cap and hooded jacket hood, emerged from a warehouse. Upon seeing the two people across the street, he stopped.
Gin looked across the street, recognized someone whose face was mostly obscured, and said in a low voice into his communication headset, "No sign of the target. Bourbon, come over."
"Understood…"
Amuro Toru responded, turned to signal the two men following him, and just as he was about to cross the street, he suddenly stopped, ducked behind the side of the warehouse door, and said in a low voice, "Get back!"
The two Black-Clothed Men who had just come out of the warehouse were stunned and had to retreat.
Across the street, Chi Feichei and Gin quickly hid behind the main gate of the food processing plant.
Soon, a figure of relatively short stature flickered past the wall at the crossroads, carefully moving under the cover of the buildings.
Amuro Toru's eyes and hair were hidden in the shadow of his hat brim. He glanced sideways and asked in a teasing tone, "That's the FBI female agent. I can shoot from here. Should we intervene?"
If it were only him and the Advisor, they could discuss it and pretend not to see her.
But the Advisor had Gin with him, and he had two of Rum's men with him, and the vicinity was full of Organization personnel, so he had to play the role of 'Bourbon' well.
"Wait a little longer," Gin said in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the figure that appeared intermittently in the dim shadows, until he confirmed the other party's destination, then he whispered, "Vodka, the target has appeared. Leave two people guarding the intersection…"
No need to search anymore.
Akai Shuichi had shown himself.
After seeing the figure suspected to be Akai Shuichi, Amuro Toru's gaze darkened. He observed for a moment and said in a low voice, "Their current position is too concealed. I'm blocked."
Chi Feichei took out a disguise mask of Jodie's appearance, put it on, took off his coat, and quickly changed into Jodie's clothing and figure.
Gin glanced at the water stains on the ground beside Chi Feichei. No wonder Raki had stood under the water splash earlier. With this, even the wet clothes, just like the Woman's, were accounted for…
Chi Feichei put on a pair of Jodie's glasses and took out a Jodie's usual M36 Special Revolver.
He was familiar with Jodie, so he had prepared the disguise in advance.
If their calculations went wrong and they were caught, he could use Jodie's appearance to deceive the FBI and create an opportunity to escape. If he needed to attack, he could also use it.
He could attack or retreat.
The same reason applied to getting wet. Considering multiple possibilities and making multiple preparations wouldn't hurt.
Just like now, since Akai Shuichi dared to act separately from his companions, he had to be prepared to be 'counter-spied'.
Not far from the intersection, Jodie leaned against the wall, keeping her body low, trying to move in a place that wasn't easily targeted. She suddenly caught a slight sound, immediately turned her head, and at the same time, the muzzle of her pistol also turned.
"It's me," Akai Shuichi said in a low voice, leaning against the wall that could serve as cover in an emergency. "Have you set everything up on your side? Prepare…"
Jodie breathed a sigh of relief. Their situation was dangerous, making her nerves so tense she could barely bear it.
They had guns, but the Organization had bombs, and they didn't know how many people had come this time. As the encirclement tightened, they could easily be trapped and killed.
"Lure them over…"
Akai Shuichi said, but was interrupted by a panicked and worried voice from the other side.
"Shu, careful—!"
A familiar figure appeared at the intersection.
Akai Shuichi subconsciously looked up. At that moment, no matter how calm he was, surprise was unavoidable in his eyes.
Jodie heard her own voice, surprised and turned to see the woman who looked exactly like her. Both of them were stunned.
Time seemed to slow down for a moment. In her surprise, Jodie could see the slow motion of the woman at the intersection raising her gun, and she could also see the group of people behind the woman, also raising their guns.
In Akai Shuichi's constricted pupils, he saw the woman's expression quickly turn cold, Gin's face with a cruel smile, a familiar Dark-skinned Guy's face looking up, and one by one, the black muzzles of guns. He quickly reacted, pulling Jodie back into the narrow alley formed by the walls of the two factories behind them.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!…"
Bullets flew, and a faint red spattered, but more bullets hit the wall.
Amuro Toru didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or feel frustrated.
The speed Akai Shuichi had just burst out with was truly amazing, and the effect of the burst was also good; he wasn't dead.
He wanted to see Akai Shuichi in a more miserable state, and it didn't matter if he used Akai Shuichi to gain merit. But he seemed to hope even more that he could arrest Akai Shuichi with the Public Security, feeling that it would be a pity if Akai Shuichi died like this…
"Humph… Such tenacious vitality!"
Gin stared at the bloodstains at the alley entrance, like a morbid hunter who enjoyed watching his prey struggle to death, his whole body exuding a cold and excited killing intent. "Vodka, take your men around to the back!"
End of Chapter
"It seems we were wrong," Gin observed as the three figures reached the opposite riverbank. He wasn't in a hurry. "Can you get a clear shot?"
Chi Feichei stared through the sniper rifle scope at the black shadows, his voice hoarse. "No, the concrete pillars under the bridge are in the way, and they're moving too fast."
"Then we'll wait for them to come ashore," Gin's eyes grew colder. "Vodka, the people are on the riverbank near the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant. After they land, bring the men in to surround them!"
After putting down the sniper rifle, Chi Feichei took out his mobile phone and sent an email to Rum. He also spoke into his communication headset. "Stout, Wayne Walkerly, prepare to retreat to the bridgehead. Keep a close watch on the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant area."
Under the bridge, Andre Camel turned his head and saw the car parked on the riverbank behind them. "Mr. Akai, they've discovered us!"
Akai Shuichi also felt the situation was tricky. The other party had guessed their movement along the bridge bottom earlier than he'd anticipated. "Let's get to the shore first. Stay hidden."
"They'll probably send people to surround us, right?" Jodie turned her head to look around. "As for the person currently in that black Porsche, they're probably watching us, confirming that we've actually reached the shore. That means…"
"We just avoided being surrounded in the water, and now we'll be surrounded on the shore," Akai Shuichi smoothly finished her sentence, his gaze serious and solemn as he looked ahead. They were very close to the shore. "But there are many things we can utilize on the shore. It's better than being in the water where there's nothing…"
A minute later, the three of them reached the shore, hiding in the shadows of the bridge.
Akai Shuichi received the wet coats that Andre Camel and Jodie had taken off, tied them to a rope hanging down from the bridge, pulled hard, and shouted in a low voice, "Go!"
On the opposite riverbank, Chi Feichei used the sniper rifle scope to observe the shadows under the bridge on the other side. He suddenly noticed something moving close to the bridge bottom, his attention focused on the black shadow for a moment.
Although it was only a moment, by the time Chi Feichei saw that it was clothing, Akai Shuichi, Jodie, and Andre Camel had already dashed from under the bridge to the wall behind the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant.
"Bang!"
The bullet was a step too late, leaving a bullet crater on the ground beside Jodie.
Chianti and Korn, who were on the Paper Mill Building, couldn't see the situation under the bridge clearly. They only vaguely saw shadows running past before they could fire their guns, the shadows disappearing behind the wall.
Jodie leaned against the wall, staring at the bullet crater nearby, gasping for breath. She didn't know if it was fear or exhaustion, but her limbs felt heavy and difficult to move.
Seeing that Jodie and Andre Camel were unharmed, though battered and fatigued, Akai Shuichi said earnestly, "Hold on a little longer, we can't stay here!"
After the three reached the shore, the Porsche 356A on the opposite riverbank restarted, drove along the riverbank towards the Kamiisshiki Naka Bridge, passed through it, and circled towards the other side.
At the same time, Vodka led his men towards the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant. Rum, having received the news, also sent men to surround the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant.
The three FBI agents were instantly surrounded on the ground—
From the north, near the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant, Vodka and a large number of personnel were closing in.
From the east, near the Kamiisshiki Naka Bridge, Stout and Yingqu Yan Nan were watching from the bridgehead.
Chi Feichei and Gin, after crossing the Kamiisshiki Naka Bridge, circled to the south and searched along the way.
The west was being searched by Rum's men, including Amuro Toru.
Meanwhile, Chianti and Korn remained in the Paper Mill, keeping an eye on the riverbank to prevent Akai Shuichi and the others from turning back towards the Paper Mill.
In the encirclement, although Stout and Yingqu Yan Nan wouldn't move, the searches by the other three groups would gradually shrink the encirclement, compressing the activity space of Akai Shuichi and the others.
And besides Vodka's group, who were searching recklessly due to their numbers, the searches on the other two sides weren't as simple as just opening doors and inspecting.
After parking the car at the intersection, Gin and Chi Feichei got out and observed the traces on the road and the marks on the streetside buildings.
It was easy to tell if anyone had been there during this period.
On the other side, Amuro Toru, wearing a black coat and black trousers, with a low-slung baseball cap, quietly patrolled the streets with two others. Based on the traces, they quickly eliminated places where no one had been, accelerating the contraction of the encirclement at a terrifying speed.
Ten minutes later, Gin and Chi Feichei entered a food processing plant.
Gin looked at the footprints on the ground, surveyed the surroundings, and suddenly laughed. "There are only traces of one person's activity here. It seems the three FBI agents are acting separately. At this time, splitting their already limited personnel… It seems the little cats who have fallen into the trap are planning to do something, to give us a surprise!"
"Their choice to come to the Cold Machinery Industrial Plant is already unusual," Chi Feichei said in a low, hoarse voice, walking to a shelf and looking at the empty space. "They're looking for something…"
Gin walked to the shelf, extended his gloved hand, touched the dusty shelf, turned to look at the marks on the floor. "One of them took something like flour, didn't stay long, and left in a hurry. They came here on purpose…"
Chi Feichei also reached out, took a pinch of flour, and rubbed it between his fingers. "There are at least three different types of flour on the shelf. It's hard to tell what they took."
Gin didn't linger, turning to leave. "Let's talk outside. They can't be hiding here."
Chi Feichei also saw that no one could be hiding here, turning to go out. He hissed into his communication headset, "Wayne Walkerly, tell the people at the signal base station to start interfering with the mobile phone signals in the vicinity, and switch to using the special channel intercom for communication!"
He wanted to know why Akai Shuichi chose to come here and why he split up with his teammates to look for something, but that didn't stop him from carrying out his own actions.
The interference devices were originally placed at the signal base stations in this area to prevent people within the encirclement from contacting the outside if necessary. But since Akai Shuichi chose to split up with his companions, he had to use the disconnection method in advance…
The Organization's personnel gradually switched to miniature walkie-talkies. Their current distances were relatively close, and using the special channel communication with its limited range wouldn't affect their operations.
Leaving the food processing plant, Chi Feichei and Gin waited at the intersection, preparing to rendezvous with Rum's men.
Across the street, a Black-Clothed Man, wearing a baseball cap and hooded jacket hood, emerged from a warehouse. Upon seeing the two people across the street, he stopped.
Gin looked across the street, recognized someone whose face was mostly obscured, and said in a low voice into his communication headset, "No sign of the target. Bourbon, come over."
"Understood…"
Amuro Toru responded, turned to signal the two men following him, and just as he was about to cross the street, he suddenly stopped, ducked behind the side of the warehouse door, and said in a low voice, "Get back!"
The two Black-Clothed Men who had just come out of the warehouse were stunned and had to retreat.
Across the street, Chi Feichei and Gin quickly hid behind the main gate of the food processing plant.
Soon, a figure of relatively short stature flickered past the wall at the crossroads, carefully moving under the cover of the buildings.
Amuro Toru's eyes and hair were hidden in the shadow of his hat brim. He glanced sideways and asked in a teasing tone, "That's the FBI female agent. I can shoot from here. Should we intervene?"
If it were only him and the Advisor, they could discuss it and pretend not to see her.
But the Advisor had Gin with him, and he had two of Rum's men with him, and the vicinity was full of Organization personnel, so he had to play the role of 'Bourbon' well.
"Wait a little longer," Gin said in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the figure that appeared intermittently in the dim shadows, until he confirmed the other party's destination, then he whispered, "Vodka, the target has appeared. Leave two people guarding the intersection…"
No need to search anymore.
Akai Shuichi had shown himself.
After seeing the figure suspected to be Akai Shuichi, Amuro Toru's gaze darkened. He observed for a moment and said in a low voice, "Their current position is too concealed. I'm blocked."
Chi Feichei took out a disguise mask of Jodie's appearance, put it on, took off his coat, and quickly changed into Jodie's clothing and figure.
Gin glanced at the water stains on the ground beside Chi Feichei. No wonder Raki had stood under the water splash earlier. With this, even the wet clothes, just like the Woman's, were accounted for…
Chi Feichei put on a pair of Jodie's glasses and took out a Jodie's usual M36 Special Revolver.
He was familiar with Jodie, so he had prepared the disguise in advance.
If their calculations went wrong and they were caught, he could use Jodie's appearance to deceive the FBI and create an opportunity to escape. If he needed to attack, he could also use it.
He could attack or retreat.
The same reason applied to getting wet. Considering multiple possibilities and making multiple preparations wouldn't hurt.
Just like now, since Akai Shuichi dared to act separately from his companions, he had to be prepared to be 'counter-spied'.
Not far from the intersection, Jodie leaned against the wall, keeping her body low, trying to move in a place that wasn't easily targeted. She suddenly caught a slight sound, immediately turned her head, and at the same time, the muzzle of her pistol also turned.
"It's me," Akai Shuichi said in a low voice, leaning against the wall that could serve as cover in an emergency. "Have you set everything up on your side? Prepare…"
Jodie breathed a sigh of relief. Their situation was dangerous, making her nerves so tense she could barely bear it.
They had guns, but the Organization had bombs, and they didn't know how many people had come this time. As the encirclement tightened, they could easily be trapped and killed.
"Lure them over…"
Akai Shuichi said, but was interrupted by a panicked and worried voice from the other side.
"Shu, careful—!"
A familiar figure appeared at the intersection.
Akai Shuichi subconsciously looked up. At that moment, no matter how calm he was, surprise was unavoidable in his eyes.
Jodie heard her own voice, surprised and turned to see the woman who looked exactly like her. Both of them were stunned.
Time seemed to slow down for a moment. In her surprise, Jodie could see the slow motion of the woman at the intersection raising her gun, and she could also see the group of people behind the woman, also raising their guns.
In Akai Shuichi's constricted pupils, he saw the woman's expression quickly turn cold, Gin's face with a cruel smile, a familiar Dark-skinned Guy's face looking up, and one by one, the black muzzles of guns. He quickly reacted, pulling Jodie back into the narrow alley formed by the walls of the two factories behind them.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!…"
Bullets flew, and a faint red spattered, but more bullets hit the wall.
Amuro Toru didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or feel frustrated.
The speed Akai Shuichi had just burst out with was truly amazing, and the effect of the burst was also good; he wasn't dead.
He wanted to see Akai Shuichi in a more miserable state, and it didn't matter if he used Akai Shuichi to gain merit. But he seemed to hope even more that he could arrest Akai Shuichi with the Public Security, feeling that it would be a pity if Akai Shuichi died like this…
"Humph… Such tenacious vitality!"
Gin stared at the bloodstains at the alley entrance, like a morbid hunter who enjoyed watching his prey struggle to death, his whole body exuding a cold and excited killing intent. "Vodka, take your men around to the back!"
End of Chapter
