Andor pulled fast, but Trickoff's car wasn't slow either, and he went first. In a short time, the distance between the two cars was nearly a kilometer. A flashing red dot of light on the receiver, constantly hovering around the edge.

Andora didn't usually drive fast, but today he went out and stepped on the gas pedal like crazy. The car chased Trikoff's flight in the direction of his flight, jolting and running down the suburban road. Leo called Rolov, who told him not to hang up, keep the signal, and he would send someone to help.

Besides, Trickev almost crawled out of the school gate. When he left the office, his contact person called and told him to take his things off campus immediately. Before he could understand this, the school exploded, scaring Trickoff into silly. He even suspected that he had pressed not the button to end the call, but the switch to activate the bomb.

Fortunately, Trickoff instinctively realized that this was an opportunity to escape. Frightened, he sneaks into the "orchard", picks up the contents, escapes the school through the underground passage, and drives straight to his destination, a lonely grove.

This wooded area, not dense, is on a small hillside, some distance from the road, with only a few inconspicuous dirt roads leading to it. Trickoff parked the car on the side of the road and walked towards the woods.

The further you go in, the steeper the slope becomes. The old professor was already very nervous, and if he walked on such a slope again, he would soon be out of breath. He insisted on not stopping, and walked far in one breath, until he saw a figure on the hillside in front of him.

Raines had been waiting for a long time, and he settled the inn's account today, taking a group of his men, Adjutant Buddy, and nine gunmen. When Trickoff appeared, he beckoned the old man, who was out of breath, to hurry up.

"Where's the thing?"

Trikoff's breathing adjusted and asked, "What about the explosion?" Didn't you say, don't affect other people? ”

"It's the professor who asked for it, let us help you get out. With the police watching, you can't get out on your own, it's a necessary means to divert their attention. ”

Trikoff was speechless, after all, all the responsibility was on himself.

Ever since he had misappropriated someone else's unpublished paper in order to win a meaningless gamble with his friends, he had been overwhelmed by all kinds of rumors. During that time, he spoke carefully and kept silent about the paper, for fear that someone would dig up the truth and make him ruined.

However, various media refused to let go of this fierce news. Even though Trikoff dodged left and right, he could not withstand the onslaught of the reporters. They asked around and sought verification from all sides, and the incident developed step by step in the direction that Trikoff feared the most: academic fraud. In the Arctic Nation, this can put a person in prison.

Just when Trickev was at his wit's end, Rains' emissary appeared, helped him solve the problem, and quelled the rumors. He didn't know where the other party got such magical powers, and he only felt relieved. Then, Trickoff paid his price and became Raines' informant at school.

Shortly after the establishment of the EXP project research group at the University of Ceylon, Raines obtained the personal information of several of its members. The reason for the target was Trikoff, because he was the oldest in the research group and certainly the most respectful. Even if something happens, it only needs a little intimidation to spread the word. Moreover, he is the person in the research group who is not directly involved in the research, but has been of great help to the research, and this special status allows him to better conceal his whereabouts.

In order to grasp Trickoff's movements, Raines bribed another school member to be a contact, that is, the owner of Trickoff's white mobile phone, the owner of the only phone number, to try to contact Trickoff. After a while, Trikoff was overwhelmed by rumors of academic fraud, and Raines lost no time in contacting him, and then, there is today's scene.

"Without further ado, hand it over, Professor." Raines said.

Trickoff sighed and handed over the disk and an aluminum box in his hand. Behind Rainnes, Buddy stepped forward to take it, put the disk into a laptop, opened the box again, and took out the contents - a transparent sphere like a glass ball, with a solid grain of rice in the center of the sphere, which was radiating a pale green light.

Bardy held the box and handed it to Rainnes. With three fingers, Raines gently held the orb up to his eyes.

"This gadget is the 'core' that was made?" He asked Trickoff, who nodded repeatedly.

"This is the thing."

"What can this be used for?"

"It is said that this is an extremely pure EXP core, but I don't know the details."

"Yes, the professor is not an expert in this area."

Raines handed the core back to Buddy, who placed it in a suitcase-like machine and stared at the display on it.

"You'll have to stay with us until the results are in, Professor." Raines said.

"I understand."

The machine made a small noise and worked quietly. Raines made a gesture, and the nine gunmen scattered in all directions, forming a warning circle with the machine as the center and a radius of more than ten meters.

More than fifty meters away from them, behind a weedy bush on a low slope, Leo and Andora hid here, observing what was going on. They didn't hear what Trickev said to those people, but these people were holding guns, and they certainly weren't good at it.

With the light from the machine and the computer, Leo saw Trickoff hand over his things. I don't know what the other party is going to do next, and it's not a way to continue with it.

"Go back, Andora, they're done, and it's in vain to wait."

"I don't think so, the teacher hasn't left yet, maybe they need to inspect the goods, and we still have a chance to get the things back." Andora said.

"Don't talk nonsense, how can we grab the two of us unarmed?"

"I don't know!" Andora lowered her voice as much as she could, but she couldn't suppress the anxiety in her heart, "But, if the things are taken away, won't the teacher be a traitor completely?" ”

Leo couldn't persuade again. This person who usually talks and likes to ridicule, once he gets serious, he won't come back. But if you leave it alone, Andora might really rush out and do something stupid.

No, we have to find a way.

Leo looked at the trees around him, and then at the location of Raines and Trickoff, and had a bold idea.

"I have an idea, but you have to take a risk."

Andora replied without hesitation: "Just say, I'm fine." ”

"...... like this"

*****

After more than ten minutes, the disk check is completed, and the core finishes the verification after three minutes, and the results displayed on both sides are fine. Buddy double-checked it again and told Raines that it was time to receive it.

"Thank you, Professor, for a great job." Raines said to Trikoff, "We'll take it, and I'll do what I say." After that, we should have never met, right? ”

"Wait a minute!" Trickoff hurriedly stopped Raines, for fear that he would disappear immediately, "I haven't cleared the suspicion from the police yet, maybe it's even more suspicious now!" You promised me to restore my life to the way it was! ”

"Don't worry, Professor, you'll be fine," Raines replied quietly, "as long as we disappear, don't tell us, even if the police suspect it, they don't know your motives, and there will be no evidence." After a long time, it will be fine. ”

"But ......"

Trikoff was about to say something when a rustling sound suddenly came from the grass not far behind him, which caught his attention. The gunmen around him were more alert than he was, and everyone's guns were aimed at the loud grass for the first time.

"Who? Come out! Raines shouted.

A figure slowly emerged from the grass, and the gunmen swarmed up in unison.

"Don't, don't shoot, I'm here for the professor."

As soon as Trikoff saw the person, he was stunned - it was Andora, and this unbearable scene was actually seen by his own students. But Trickev had no thoughts of shame at this time, he only feared for Andora's safety.

"Don't shoot, he's my student, he must be worried that I'll find here!"

Trickev waved his hand and stopped in front of Reigns, who frowned.

"That said, the police might have followed, right?"

"Impossible! Impossible! ”

Saying this, Trikoff knew in his heart that it was futile. How do they keep alive an outsider who might have overheard a conversation?

"I'm sorry Professor, you're a bit stupid."

Raines said, raising his pistol and aiming it at Andora.

"Teach you one thing before you die, boy, once you know something, you can't turn back."

"Stop!"

"Ahh

Trickoff was about to go up and grab Raines' gun, but Buddy screamed first, and he was kicked in the back of the head, leaning over and letting go of his hand.

The person who sneaked up on it was none other than Leo. He found a tall tree, and while everyone was watching Andora act, he jumped down, kicked Buddy, and reached out to grab something from Buddy's hand, but only grabbed the disk, and the box fell at Raines' feet.

"Run!"

Leo, who landed on the ground, rolled over, shouted, and ran away, and Andora turned and ran.

It wasn't until the two ran away that the gunmen reacted. One of the gunmen at the front raised his ram and pulled the trigger on the two. A barrage of bullets all hit Trikoff, who was desperate to block the muzzle. The old professor fell, and Leo and Andora fled down the hill toward the road.

"Chase!"

As soon as Raines gave the order, the gunmen immediately dispersed and began to surround themselves. The terrain of this forest is not complicated, and with night vision devices, the gunners quickly locked on to the location of Leo and Andora. The two had not yet run a hundred meters before they came into the gunners' field of vision.

"Looks like we're catching up, isn't that good." Leo said as he ran.

"There was a gunshot just now, where is the teacher?"

"I didn't pay attention to it, it's less auspicious."

"Damn!"

"Found it!"

With a shout, the bullets crackled and flew past Leo and Andora, obviously the other party was not blind, and the fastest gunman was only a dozen meters away from them.

"They're coming! Be careful, Leo! ”

"How can you be careful!?"

Before they knew it, a gunman chased in front of the two. He sprinted two steps, flashed past a tree, appeared right next to Andora, and pulled the trigger.

Bang –

The gun went off, and the two men fell. One was Andora, who fell to avoid the bullet, and the other was the gunman, who was shot in the thigh and lay down, rolled down the slope a few times, and crashed under the roots of a tree.

"You two get out of here!"

A man ran from the direction of the road, with these words, ran towards Leo and Andora, and flashed in front of them in the blink of an eye. Leo was convinced that this was the old man's helper, and quickly helped Andora up and fled.

With one more enemy, the gunners didn't think it was a problem, but they soon learned how good this helper was - Akya Trosimi. Dressed in "nameless" black, with night vision on his head, Akya holds a pistol from which the bullet in the gunman's thigh was fired.

Arkya, who rushed into the battlefield, preemptively struck two bullets and knocked over another enemy. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other gunmen quickly dispersed and fired a volley at Akeya, but Akeya scurried between the trees and could not reach at all. As soon as the salvo passed, Akeya counterattacked, he did not have night vision devices, but his bullets seemed to have eyes, accurately avoiding the interference of the trees, breaking the gunslingers' weapons, night vision devices, or hitting their torsos and limbs, and one of them was shot in the head, becoming the first victim in this shootout.

However, with the advantage of numbers, one of the gunners approached Akya, but unfortunately his muzzle could not keep up with Akya's speed. Arcia circled from behind the tree, took two steps and rushed to the gunman, drew his dagger, and stabbed it into the chest before the gunman's gun could be re-aimed at him. The pistol then pressed against the opponent's heart, and as soon as the trigger was pulled, blood splattered.

"Captain, two of them were killed! The target is also missing! ”

"Stop chasing, all retreat!"

Raines had no choice but to give the order to retreat, there was no point in entanglement with that helper, those two boys had long since disappeared. But Raines was not reconciled, and his good plan suffered accidents one after another, and he wanted to see what this troublemaker looked like.

He found a place to look at the road with his binoculars, just in time to see Akya leave the woods, back to the road, get on a motorcycle, take off the night vision goggles and hang them on the handlebars, and drive away.

Raines slowly lowered the telescope, and a silhouette formed in his mind, a silhouette made of memories piled up. This equipment, this skill, and that vague but similar face......

"Ravi, it seems to be him?"

"The same Silverwing agent the captain saw at Viper last year?" Buddy asked.

"Almost. If it's him, then it's no wonder you can't handle it," Raines said, "and pack up the body, we'll have to move." ”

"But Captain, what about the disk?"

"Anyway, the core is still there, and the data can be made in a little time. By the way, tell the appearance of those two people to the insider, and check their details. Ravi's information is checked with the headquarters, and the results will be told to me. ”

"Yes."

*****

Leo and Andora, who had escaped, drove the car back to school in one go. Andora got out of the car and looked at the campus through the school gate. The fire did not abate in the slightest, and was more intense than it had been when the explosion had first occurred. Firefighters are fighting the fire in full force, and police are cordoning off the scene outside the school.

From distance and direction, Andora guessed that the cafeteria and the two dormitories were on fire. There may be no one in the cafeteria, but the dormitory is difficult to say, if it is not good, there will be casualties.

Yesterday, the peaceful life continued, and in less than two days, such a big change happened. Looking at the fire in front of her, Andora gritted her teeth fiercely and slammed the roof of the car with all her might.

Not far away, Rolov was talking with several policemen. Seeing Andora and Leo, he pulled the police apart and walked over. Looking at Andora's expression, Rolof threw the question to Leo.

"Scared enough, huh?"

"We're scared enough, we almost died there,"

Leo gave a brief account of what had happened to them, took out the disk, and handed it to Rolov.

"I can't get the other one back."

Rolov took the disk and put it in his pocket without looking.

"Where's the professor?"

Leo glanced at Andora, who kept her head down and didn't speak.

"Eighty percent is dead."

Rolov just nodded slightly, pulled out his cigarette and took a puff.

"You're in luck this time, Andora. I understand your feelings, but Trickoff doesn't want you to take your life either, does he? ”

“…… I know. Andora whispered, not even hearing Leo, who was standing beside him.

"Because you are arbitrary, all the plans you have prepared in advance have been disrupted. I have allowed you to join in the action, not to cause trouble. If there is such a thing, it is not as simple as being scolded. ”

"I'm sorry, Lord Rolov."

A frustrated Andora apologized and went back to the car. Leo knew that he was in a bad mood, so he offered to go back alone today, and Andora politely said and drove away.

"Who's that helper? It doesn't seem to be the police. As soon as the car drove away, Leo couldn't wait to ask.

"Of course not, the police didn't have time to get over that quickly. Maybe you've already seen this person. ”

Rolov said, looking in the direction Leo had come back.

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive."

The sound of a motorcycle came from behind him, and Leo turned around. When the car came closer, Leo saw the driver's face clearly, raised his eyebrows, and pointed at the other person.

"You're the ...... you moved in before"

"Hello, Akya Trosimi."

Akeya replied to Leo's words and walked up to Rolov to salute.

"Report to the mayor, the enemy has repulsed."

"Good work, Arkya. I didn't expect to use you so soon, so let's go back and rest today, and I'll listen to your report tomorrow morning. ”

"Yes."

Having been instructed, Akya saluted again and rode away on his motorcycle. Leo looked at Akeya's back, and he was indeed right, this new neighbor was really not an ordinary person.

"Where did he come from?"

"I used to be a soldier, and I will come in handy in the future."

Rolov took a few puffs of cigarette, and when he looked up, he saw a policeman standing not far away, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time to report something. Rolov told Leo to wait in his car for a while, then pulled the police officer to his side. The policeman whispered, and Rolov nodded frequently.

"What about journalists?"

"It's all outside the blockade, and all the major media have been notified."

"That's it, the rest of the old rule is to only announce the fire, and the cause will be determined tomorrow."

"Understood."

*****

Renes, who had withdrawn, asked his subordinates to leave Akiyama City by car first, and he and Buddy moved to Sakura Town, 50 kilometers away from Akiyama City, overnight, and found a small hotel to settle down. He can't leave for the time being, and tomorrow he has more important work.

"Captain, there's a report from the inside." As soon as he entered the room, Buddy said.

"Speak."

Buddy opens his laptop, which has three photos and a few lines of words on it. Raines recognized at a glance that the one on the left was the professor's student, the man he pointed at gunpoint.

"It's him, that's right."

"The man's name is Andora Kepov, an associate professor at the Faculty of History of the University of Ceylon, 27 years old, who is quite famous in the school and has participated in many field archaeological and ruins excavations."

"Doesn't sound special. What about Ravi? ”

"Compared with the information provided by the captain, it is basically confirmed that it is the same person. Judging from last year's personnel investigation by the Silver Wing Intelligence Department, Ravi's real identity is likely to be Private Akya Trosimi. Because the day after the 'Viper' was destroyed last year, he broke away from the Silver Wing. ”

Raines muttered Akeya's name, remembering the few times he had communicated with Akya in the Alpha region. At that time, although he was in contact with the Silver Wing Intelligence Department, the other party was still wary. Regarding the infiltration, he only said that "someone would infiltrate the 'poisonous snake' through the arms deal", and he did not know who that person was.

Looking at Akeya's equipment and fighting methods today, maybe he is not only Ravi who talked to him, but also "Nameless" who has fought with him. Thinking of this, Raines couldn't help but laugh.

"Very well, what about the last one?"

"That kid," Buddy rubbed the back of his head, visibly dissatisfied, "his name is Leo, he's a school security guard, 24 years old, and he's good friends with Andora. I came to work at the school last summer. ”

"That's it? Nothing else? ”

Buddy let out a "uh" and looked at the computer screen carefully, shaking his head.

"No, there is only a little personal information about him from last year, and there is no previous experience at all."

Raines' brow furrowed as he leaned back in his chair in thought.

Despite Akeya's extraordinary skills and Andora's talents, Leo, Rennes felt that it was not as simple as a school security guard. The guts to grab something unarmed are one thing, even if Andora attracts attention, at that time, there were more than a dozen of them, and none of them actually noticed Leo's whereabouts, and even he didn't notice that someone was approaching behind him. This ability to hide the aura made Raines a little stunned and even afraid.

"Tell the inside line to stay one more day and continue to gather their information, especially that Andora and Leo, and meet again tomorrow when the mission is over."

"Understood."