Chapter 30 The Escape

While the army was stationed for the night, Han Xiao arrived early on the army's return route. He chose an ambush location and arranged Pan Kuang and Ji Jie's corpses as bait. The bodies of two base leaders would surely lure Kelt down to inspect. As long as Kelt got out of the car, he would fall into his trap.

He hid on a distant cliff, using a dummy mine to make the soldiers scatter and hide, making the formation sparser and making it easier for him to aim at Kelt.

Assassinating a senior Hesla officer in full view of everyone, with the presence of two corpses, even if he didn't show up, the Hesla people could guess it was him through speculation. Han Xiao wasn't flustered at all, because without concrete evidence, everything was just speculation. Even if Hesla protested and diplomatically condemned it, as long as the Thirteenth Bureau stubbornly refused to admit it, they couldn't be held accountable. It was exactly the same as Kelt's plan to "accidentally kill" them:

-- Maybe the person who assassinated Kelt was a survivor from Dark Crow Valley.

"You like to play dirty, and so do I."

Han Xiao pulled the bolt, ejected the lightly smoking shell, casually picked it up, and stuffed it into his pocket, leaving no trace.

Kelt threatened his life. Once the mission was settled, it would be time for reckoning. Brother Xiao was once a player who would fight if he disagreed, and fight even if he agreed. If someone wanted to kill him, he didn't care who they were, he would definitely fight back without saying a word, in various positions, towards the mouth...呸, until they died.

Through the scope, Han Xiao saw the Hesla army completely in chaos. The soldiers were shocked and angry, got into their vehicles, and rushed towards the direction of the bullets, approaching rapidly.

Han Xiao folded the sniper rifle and put it into his backpack, his movements calm. He chose this location to make it easier to escape after a successful assassination.

Turning around, he jumped off the cliff. The weightlessness of the fall hit him. He slammed the button on his backpack, and two thin, foldable metal wings unfolded from the backpack, quickly lifting his falling body and gliding through the air towards the mountains and forests below the cliff.

Cloud Swallow Glider!

The Hesla soldiers came to the cliff and could only watch the figure of a swallow quickly disappear from sight.

...

The members of the Thirteenth Bureau were shocked. They didn't expect Han Xiao to be so bold as to directly assassinate a Hesla commander!

It was satisfying, but the consequences were serious. Killing a high-ranking officer of the other side in Hesla's territory, you're going to heaven! Is there anything you wouldn't dare to do!

Qi Baijia's heart was in his throat. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the pursuing Hesla soldiers returning empty-handed, "It's good that he got away. At least he didn't leave any evidence, so there's room to argue."

"Wait! If Han Xiao hides and doesn't show up, wouldn't that mean we have to take his place and accept the interrogation?!"

Everyone's eyes widened, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that this was something Han Xiao would do.

Why is someone so good at passing the buck! Are you a master of shifting blame?!

The surrounding angry Hesla soldiers, holding guns, drove the members of the Thirteenth Bureau into a car and placed them under house arrest. They returned all the way to the border, where the deputy tremblingly reported the news of Kelt's death, which immediately aroused the anger of the Hesla side.

The biggest suspect was the Thirteenth Bureau, so the Hesla agents could only come to interrogate them.

The members of the Thirteenth Bureau stubbornly insisted that they were unaware of the situation. The Hesla agents were so angry that their teeth itched. Wen Na felt deeply helpless in the face of this group of Thirteenth Bureau members who wouldn't budge.

Everyone knew you did it, but there was no evidence. Not even a bullet casing could be found, so they could only repeatedly interrogate them in vain. Due to the status of the Thirteenth Bureau, they couldn't use torture to force a confession. All the condemnations from above were vaguely passed on by the Thirteenth Bureau. This was the trick Kelt had once wanted to play, and now the Hesla people felt this helplessness.

The intelligence minister of the Thirteenth Bureau took a special plane and quickly arrived at the Hesla border. With the high-level officials of Star-Long coming forward, the Hesla side had no real evidence and could only reluctantly let the Thirteenth Bureau agents go.

The intelligence minister led everyone out of the interrogation room, returned to the special plane, and confirmed that everyone around him was his own people. Only then did he ask Qi Baijia to report the specific details. After listening, he looked helpless, "He's too much of a troublemaker. Fortunately, he didn't leave any evidence, otherwise the Hesla people wouldn't let it go."

Qi Baijia was embarrassed. He felt that as the team's staff officer, he should be responsible for what happened.

The intelligence minister glanced at him, didn't say anything, and secretly recalled the bureau's reaction after receiving the news. They believed that Kelt's behavior was actually authorized by the high-level officials of Hesla, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why the Hesla side deliberately sent radical military officers to command the operation. They were very dissatisfied with Hesla's insidiousness. But now, it was good that Hesla tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice. Instead, Han Xiao took down an officer, and they could only swallow this bitter pill.

"This guy did a good job." The intelligence minister nodded secretly. This time, even the hardliners had nothing to say, and instead admired Han Xiao's behavior - dare to secretly plot against our Star-Long, I'll be damned if I don't kill your people.

But admiration was admiration. At a small internal meeting not long ago, the ministers unanimously believed that Han Xiao should not continue to be allowed to do as he pleased. They said that they could no longer let Han Xiao out of their sight, otherwise the loss would outweigh the gain if something happened to the valuable source of information.

Because Han Xiao had been very cooperative, they had been relatively tolerant towards Han Xiao. This joint operation had caused trouble, which sounded an alarm for them, and they decided to reject all of Han Xiao's future action requests.

This proposal was unanimously approved, and even the conservatives agreed. The bureau was willing to cooperate with Han Xiao, but before he told them all the information, they couldn't let him leave the headquarters' control again.

The intelligence minister retracted his thoughts, glanced at the team of agents, and then looked down at his watch, wondering, "Why hasn't Han Xiao returned yet?"

Qi Baijia shook his head, "I don't know."

"Brother Xiao contacted me." At this time, Lin Yao suddenly pressed his earphone, looking excited: But the next second, his face suddenly changed.

The intelligence minister had a bad feeling and asked, "What did he say?"

Lin Yao's Adam's apple moved, and he stammered, "Brother Xiao said... he's going out to avoid the limelight."

"Avoid the limelight? Understandable..." The intelligence minister nodded subconsciously, and suddenly realized something, his face changed drastically: "He's not coming back?!"

Zhang Wei looked unbelievable, Li Yalin's eyes widened, and Lambert's pupils shrank.

Everyone looked shocked.

Is this the rhythm of going solo!

There really isn't anything he wouldn't dare to do!

...

Twenty minutes later, at the headquarters of the Thirteenth Bureau, Gu Hui held an emergency meeting. The ministers who were not at the headquarters joined the meeting through communication, and everyone looked serious.

"Han Xiao ran away!" Gu Hui said in a deep voice.

The whole room was silent.

"Is it a defection?"

"It's not clear. Before this, he sniped a Hesla officer. It's possible that he was afraid of bearing the consequences, so he ran away, but this is not very likely." The intelligence minister said.

The ministers felt a pain in their livers. This reason was not convincing. Did Han Xiao think that Star-Long couldn't protect him? Don't underestimate them so much.

"What about the satellite locator installed inside his phone?"

"It's been stationary at one location for twenty-four hours. It's already been discovered by Han Xiao, removed, and thrown away."

The minister of internal affairs shouted, "This is a defection. He can't run far. He can only go to the wilderness. We must catch him back!"

"We can't be sure if it's a defection yet." Gu Hui waved his hand.

The ministers present were silent and annoyed. They originally planned to wait for him to return, then control Han Xiao in Xidu, but Han Xiao unexpectedly slipped away, completely disrupting their entire plan.

Did he plan this long ago, or was it a spur of the moment decision?

Is this a defection, or is there another reason?

If an agent loses contact, and it cannot be determined whether it is a defection or another reason, the first thing to do is to send people to track down the other party's whereabouts, make contact with the target, and determine what plan to use based on the other party's reaction.

If the target continues to flee or resist, then there's nothing to say, a global wanted order and pursuit.

If the target has a reasonable reason, this will avoid misunderstandings and wrongful killings.

The intelligence minister suddenly said, "Latest news, the reward on the dark web for Han Xiao from Germination has been increased fivefold, up to five million!"

Everyone was shocked. This operation was ostensibly an action between the two countries. How did Germination know that Han Xiao was the leader? Could there be a mole?

The increased reward means that Germination's determination to kill is even stronger, and Germination previously locked Han Xiao's location in Xidu. Perhaps Han Xiao chose to leave for this consideration?

But is he not afraid of being locked down by Germination in the wilderness and being wiped out by Germination's armed forces? You must know that in the wilderness, Germination will not have so many scruples, and it is no problem to directly carpet bomb the area with missiles.

"He came to Star-Long in the first place to seek shelter, so how... does he suddenly have the confidence to leave?"

The question of this minister was also the doubt of everyone present.

Gu Hui tapped the table with his fingers and made a final decision on the outcome of the meeting, "Temporarily retain his agent status, classify him into the missing persons file, the intelligence department collects monitoring data, entry and exit records, airport flight records, train boarding records from all over the world, and strives to make contact with Han Xiao, and send out search teams to find him first!"

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

...

On the special plane returning, the Thirteenth Bureau agents frequently glanced at the four people sitting in the farthest corner, which was the center of low pressure.

Zhang Wei crossed his hands and placed them on his nose, his face solemn, and the veins on his forehead twitched from time to time.

Lambert silently wiped his dagger, without saying a word.

Li Yalin looked anxious and indignant, constantly shaking her legs. The black tights outlined the beautiful contours of her long legs.

Lin Yao sat tremblingly on the side, wanting to stay away from the three, but also looking afraid, shivering.

"It's too much! He just left without saying goodbye. Does he take us as teammates?" Li Yalin slammed the table hard, her voice loud, startling the agents around who were eavesdropping.

Zhang Wei covered the lower half of his face with his overlapping hands, his eyes as lifeless as salted fish, and said softly, "He modified my armor... no one else can fix it."

"..."

The eavesdropping agents didn't know what expression to use to comfort Zhang Wei. This was truly a sad story...

Li Yalin gritted her teeth and said, "He asked me to help him take on business. He has dozens of orders piled up, and I've already given him the deposit. What am I going to do?!"

The surrounding agents were stunned, and suddenly remembered that they seemed to have placed orders too...

Damn it!

Our deposit!

"I used my reputation to guarantee him, that scoundrel!" Li Yalin's tone was like that of an abandoned woman who had been taken advantage of, and she was furious. She grabbed Lin Yao's arm next to her and pinched it as if to vent her anger.

Lin Yao gasped in pain, jumped away like a rabbit, rubbed the pinched area repeatedly, and hurriedly said, "Calm down, calm down..."

Lambert suddenly asked, "Do you know who he is?"

The three of them were stunned.

That's right, they've been on the same team for so long, but they still don't know Han Xiao's real identity. That guy is mysterious and has never revealed any clues about his identity to his teammates. The higher-ups are also tight-lipped.

For a time, everyone was a little depressed.

Li Yalin clenched her fists, her knuckles cracking, and said fiercely, "When I find him, I'm going to beat him up!"

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