CHAPTER 401: CHAPTER 381: FALLING INTO WATER

Mountain Eagle flew the power glider in the air for nearly 40 minutes before arriving at the scene of the speedboat chase...

Crow had already been circling the chaotic scene of the speedboat escape for several minutes, but was unable to effectively discern which speedboat was the one that kidnapped Anna.

When the speedboats began to scatter in multiple directions, the GPS tracker Anna carried provided a clear direction for the pursuers.

Mountain Eagle received information from Galahad, and immediately felt something was off.

Logically speaking, given Black Fox’s meticulous nature and the extensive preparations he had made without progress, it would be ridiculous if he stumbled because of a GPS device.

Mountain Eagle had no choice but to order the pursuers below to split up...

The speedboats heading towards international waters could be handled by the coast guard ships, while those heading to the various islands off Koh Lanta were the ones to closely monitor.

Instead of following the GPS signal, Mountain Eagle chose to accompany Chakdi on the sea and pursue another group of speedboats heading towards the southern coral reefs of the PP Islands by air and sea.

While searching for the speedboats, Mountain Eagle couldn’t help but revisit the whole process...

The entire confrontation began over the Snowden issue...

Black Fox, as Blood Fox’s arch-enemy, targeting Anna made sense.

But from the start, Anna and those around her severely misjudged Black Fox due to their own limitations.

He isn’t a mere mercenary, but a problem solver!

Mountain Eagle’s miraculous maneuvering in Moscow had made Snowden a core element and positioned their team at the top of the ecological chain.

Although their weak position limited their gains, Snowden was indeed crafted into a lever to affect international situations.

As the Cyprus plan progressed, along with deep lobbying within the United States’ corporations, the interests Mountain Eagle was leveraging were being amplified.

Black Fox was formidable. At least he had identified the benefit line represented by Mountain Eagle and Snowden, starting from the moment he received the $20 million deal to take out Snowden, he propped up an ’opposition alliance’.

In fact, Black Fox had gathered those ousted by Mountain Eagle and persuaded them to invest in starting anew.

Russia’s internal opposition, those inside the United States who felt Snowden must die, Pirate King Fayiz...

These were only some that Mountain Eagle had already identified...

For example, by putting pressure on the internal opposition in Russia, Black Fox made Anna feel unsafe in Russia.

Also, it was through these individuals that Black Fox could clarify what exactly happened in Moscow; otherwise, outsiders couldn’t understand what Mountain Eagle had done or who he had mobilized.

Then, to avoid widespread turmoil in Moscow, Anna decided to come to Thailand, intending to use herself as bait to lure and kill Black Fox.

It was from this step that the situation was magnified, and associated parties began to increase.

For instance, there were definitely people in the United States who wanted Snowden dead, likely individuals within government systems.

Because Mountain Eagle released negotiation signals and sincerity through Mori, those businessmen believed that money could resolve the issue, not war, but not some government officials...

These people were likely from the intelligence system, and they were probably the ones who hired Black Fox!

Only through them could Black Fox have learned what the office Seal was doing, and also about the important objects stored on the second floor of the office.

Then he could have possibly made contact with Pirate King Fays through the laptop incident!

Contacting Pirate King Fayiz and through a deal, like promising to help him get the laptop...

This way he could easily mobilize manpower and resources in Malaysia through Fayiz’s power, bypass smuggling boats into Koh Lanta, and successfully set up a trap on Libe Island, causing Round Table Knights and Chi Hu to fall right into it.

Black Fox’s arrangement wasn’t flawless, but as the attacker and hidden in the shadows, he firmly held the initiative.

The only disadvantage he faced was in terms of combat power and luck!

Round Table Knights and Chi Hu stepped right through his trap, and the attack on Sunset Mountain did not make significant progress.

Worst of all, Chakdi accidentally caused him to lose the anti-air missiles and the opportunity to strike Arctic Fox.

At this point, as Mountain Eagle thoroughly reviewed the process, he roughly understood Black Fox’s arrangements...

With Fayiz’s support, Black Fox’s ability to mobilize personnel in the waters of Southeast Asia far exceeded theirs!

If he won the battle on Libe Island, Anna would’ve been forced to join forces with Mountain Eagle, allowing his personnel in Koh Lanta to focus entirely on attacking Sunset Mountain.

Then, using the critical situation at Sunset Mountain to take down Arctic Fox who came to support.

Even if the battle on Libe Island hadn’t succeeded, Black Fox almost achieved his goal to take down Arctic Fox...

And if Mountain Eagle hadn’t shown extraordinary strength, Sunset Mountain wouldn’t have withstood the second round of hostage tactics.

This guy always managed to target the key points of Mountain Eagle’s side or at least hold back their strongest forces...

Unfortunately, he didn’t succeed!

After the great battle, he played the card of Old Royce, which neither Mountain Eagle nor Anna were prepared for!

Mountain Eagle had a feeling that there was an issue within Arctic Fox, as Black Fox seemed too familiar and clear about his and Anna’s situation...

From Black Fox’s actions, he intended to capture Anna alive but was absolutely ruthless with reinforcements from Mountain Eagle and Arctic Fox.

Knowing Anna might suggest an issue within Russia’s ranks, but being familiar with Mountain Eagle was unusual.

Even Tessa only knew one side of him; Anna wasn’t particularly clear about his influence and mobilization capabilities in Thailand.

Only Blood Fox truly understood him!

But Blood Fox would definitely not betray him, so it had to be someone else from Arctic Fox...

At this point, Black Fox was still losing, until the appearance of Old Royce turned the tide.

Mountain Eagle was unclear how Black Fox could mobilize a big shot like Old Royce, but he believed there must be unknown benefits involved; otherwise, such deep enmity would bring retribution.

Thinking of this, a realization struck Mountain Eagle, and he took out his phone to call Sofia...

"Sofia, call Diamond Queen’s cruise company or find some other way, just tell them that Fayiz has been fooled, Black Fox doesn’t have the capability to get the CIA spy information...

Fayiz is just an unfortunate sucker, tell him to withdraw his men so we can truly pin down Anna’s location."

"Understood!"

......

Mountain Eagle accelerated and soon, they passed Chakdi, catching up with two black speedboats.

Crow sharply decreased altitude, flying parallel to the speedboats at a similar speed.

The closed speedboat cabin limited Crow’s view, but infrared heat still distinguished a few figures in the chaotic, paint-like cabin scenes.

There were respectively 4 and 5 people in each boat’s cabin, but because they were all tightly clung to their seats due to the high speed of the speedboats, Mountain Eagle couldn’t tell if Anna was among them.

However, having chased them this far, Mountain Eagle was not about to give up; he quickly lowered his altitude, looped around in the air to be about thirty meters directly behind one speedboat and opened fire with an AK-105 towards the tail of the speedboat.

"Pop pop pop pop..."

A series of bullets hit the rear of a speedboat...

Mountain Eagle couldn’t see any significant destructive effects, but he did feel the boat’s body shaking before its speed started to decrease.

Just as Mountain Eagle was about to turn and attack the other speedboat, several armed militants burst from inside the targeted speedboat.

Seeing one of the guys shouldering an RPG aiming at him, Mountain Eagle cursed under his breath, sharply veered his Power Glider, and opened fire in the direction of the wake of the other speedboat before unbuckling his safety belt and jumping from a height of nearly 40 meters into the calm, dark sea.

The slow flying Power Glider had no defensive capability, and its large delta wing was an excellent target.

As Mountain Eagle plunged into the water, a rocket hit the large delta wing, and the explosion engulfs its lightweight material, sending it spiraling into the sea...

When Mountain Eagle surfaced, the two speedboats had already covered several hundred meters.

Mountain Eagle, frustrated, pounded the sea surface, lit a Burning Stick, and while vigorously waving it, squeezed his radio and called out: "Chakdi, I’m in the sea, look for the Burning Stick, can you see my position?"

"Boss, two minutes..."

Chakdi was very reliable, arriving exactly in two minutes...

As Mountain Eagle lit the second Burning Stick, Chakdi, driving the speedboat, sharply slowed down approximately 40 meters from him and skillfully skimmed past him.

Mountain Eagle leapt from the water, grabbed the rail, and a strong hand grabbed his wrist, pulling him up.

After boarding, Mountain Eagle saw the one-eyed Odin who pulled him aboard. Before he could greet him, he rushed into the cabin, shouting: "Accelerate, accelerate..."

The two engines of the speedboat instantly powered up, and the unsteady Mountain Eagle grabbed the cabin handle, pointing in the direction of the fleeing speedboats, shouting: "They have a boat with a broken engine, catch up, catch up..."

Chakdi, a bit surprised, looked at the soaked Mountain Eagle and then nodded, pushing the speedboat engines to their limits...

"Boss, are you okay?"

Mountain Eagle, still in excitement, shook his head, saying, "I’m fine..."

One-eyed Odin, seeing the sunken Power Glider in the sea, frowned and grasped Mountain Eagle’s shoulder, making him sit down, and said solemnly: "Take deep breaths, carefully feel the condition inside your body, high-altitude entry into the water is very dangerous...

It’s my fault Anna got kidnapped, Blood Fox definitely doesn’t want you to get into trouble again!"

Mountain Eagle took a couple of deep breaths, waved his hand to indicate he was alright, then looked at One-eyed Odin, and said, "Why aren’t you with the Little Dog Team and instead on this boat?"

Odin, with a furrowed brow, replied, "Because your boatman is alone, even if he catches up, he can’t overcome the opposition."

Odin’s response was so reasonable that Mountain Eagle didn’t know how to judge it; he shook his head and said, "I thought you hated Blood Fox..."

Odin, looking at Mountain Eagle’s profile, seriously said, "It’s not Blood Fox I hate, but the rotten-smelling Arctic Fox.

This bunch of oldies cling to the decayed Blood Oath, wanting to drag everyone into the grave.

It seems anyone who questions them is a traitor!

I want to prove they’re wrong."

Mountain Eagle was struck by a thought, looking at Odin, and said, "You know Arctic Fox, who do you think is the most suspect if there’s a traitor among them?"

As he said this, Mountain Eagle stood up and walked up to Chakdi, guiding him towards the fleeing speedboats, saying, "Black Fox knows us too well, that’s not normal..."