Chapter 44: The Scar on the Left Hand
“…… As of now, the ACA official still has not given specific details about the attack, but according to GK security insiders, the attackers are likely to be involved in the privy cavalry, and Sanchez is still missing, and there is a high probability that he has died, and the mayor of Rio City said that he will investigate the incident to the end, and earlier contacted the ACA official, GK security commissioner......
-- ACA National Network Television
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"So, you didn't make him speak?"
Ling Yu pushed open the wooden door of the hiding place and saw Sanchez sitting on a stool with a depressed expression.
It was an ordinary ranger's hut, originally a temporary place for everyone to stay, but the ACA didn't know why they didn't search the forest in a targeted way, so the three daring invaders spent the night here.
Sanchez was not tied up, because an ordinary person has absolutely no possibility of escaping or fighting back in the hands of TF, the middle-aged man with a cigarette in his hand is blind, and the cigarette butt is constantly trembling, not at all like the president of the branch who was still high yesterday, but like a retail investor who is all net worth and is trapped in stock speculation.
"Tsk, why are you two so low-level, and you all ask the same questions." Rogan gently raised his hand and stroked his hair, making a stylish and disgusting expression, "It is much more elegant and civilized to destroy a person psychologically than physically." ”
"It's also more enjoyable for you." Ling Yu, who deeply understood this bad friend, ignored the three provocative words in the other party's words, turned his head and sighed, "What did you say." ”
"That's the problem, and that's why I called you over." Logan had already changed out of the suit that had been turned into a beggar's suit, and it was rare to put on a casual combination of T-shirt and jeans, he turned around and picked up the soft milk on the table, "Do you think that we have done this too smoothly?" ”
"There are feelings." Ling Yu nodded, "For example, according to our calculations, the ACA can confirm that there is no body of this guy in the wreckage of the car in the lake in two hours at most, and then it will be able to find this hut in two hours at most, but not only are they inefficient, but they also narrow down the search area, which is not right." ”
"Besides, I was close to catching up with us on the highway, but I was only able to close the distance after I wounded two TFs...... And the strength of those two TFs is too poor, they are only at the level of recruits, and the number is not right, the St. Paul military base should have at least a TF combat squad of twelve people, but only two people came...... Drones are also not right, not to mention that against the TF standard process at least four drones at three altitudes, and reinforcements are coming a little too late. ”
Ling Yu frowned, last night's battle was too tense to take these into account, but now that he thought about it, it was indeed too easy for them to make a big fuss like this in Rio, the hinterland of the ACA.
"I also noticed, the TF I fought against, well, that beauty." Logan thought for a moment, "She's a mechanical TF and has at least one miniature missile in her left hand, that's the problem, she could have attacked our car directly, but she didn't use this missile until the end, it doesn't make sense." ”
"So, your conclusion is ......"
"We worked as cleaners for the ACA once." Logan tossed the empty soft-wrapped milk into the trash with a shot gesture, "This guy is an outcast." ”
"Well, but our invasion of the villa seems to be entirely under his control."
"I have ...... Backdoors to your communications systems...... Yesterday morning, someone from the ACA military gave it to me. ”
"How is this possible?!" Jesse, who had been in a stunned state just now, suddenly jumped up because of Sanchez's words, "We double-checked all our procedures before we left...... It's impossible......"
"Calm down, Jesse, it's not your fault." Ling Yu frowned, "Anyway, it's good that we destroyed all the electronic equipment when we went ashore, but ...... That's probably where my sense of danger comes from. ”
"You mean, that girl that day?!" Jiesi instantly reacted to Ling Yu's meaning, "How is this possible...... She didn't have access to our gear at all...... And in such a short time......"
"Little girl?!" Sanchez suddenly raised his head, as if a trace of fear had been shot into his cloudy eyes, "It's her, it must be her!" 'Digital Princess'!! ”
"Calm down!" Rogan rushed forward and pressed Sanchez back to the stool, "If you understand your current position, then tell us everything you know, and we can consider protecting you from the ACA's power, such as applying for political refuge in the Knights, I also know some people in the upper echelons of the Alliance, how about it?" ”
"It's her...... ACA 'Eyes of Unity', Commander of Operations of the South American Division, 'Digital Princess' Khrisy Ivanovna Ivanova! Only she could hack your device in a moment's time, without any tools...... I don't know too much, but it's said that she's a sensory TF, and her brain waves can freely invade all open devices like signals, even ...... If the distance is close enough and conditions permit, she can even simulate hardware and forcibly access physically isolated devices!! ”
Sanchez can be the president of the branch, but it is not easy for him to be a masterless person, although his voice is still shaking unnaturally, but at least he is making a coherent statement.
“…… Then we really have to thank her. Ling Yu felt a chill down his spine, and subconsciously looked around, this feeling of being stared at was really uncomfortable, "Thank you for letting us go." ”
"That shipment, and the traitors of the Knights, what do you know."
Jiesi, who was put on a show in the electronic warfare, had a cold face, and the manipulator pressed Sanchez's shoulder, and subconsciously began to exert force.
"Ahh I say! I say! Let go!! ”
"Calm down, Jessy, don't strangle him." Ling Yu stretched out his hand and gently patted Jiesi's cold mechanical arm, shaking her head, and Jiesi let go of her hand, but her gaze could still kill.
"About that shipment, damn it...... Why me! I should have gone on vacation in those days......" Sanchez rubbed his face vigorously with his hands, "it was a batch of components for launching a launch vehicle that was destined for an ACA research facility in Milan, Italy...... The content is...... The latest model of the Alliance, the 'Trailblazer-7', I didn't look at the specific manifest carefully, and it was destroyed after the handover, as if the consignee didn't want others to see the manifest list...... It's not the norm. ”
"As for the traitor of the Knights, I really don't know who it is, maybe there are people from the Knights involved in the transaction, but how can I know who it is!"
As if he had a lingering feeling at the slap that had almost broken his bones just now, Sanchez added.
"Who's the consignee?" Rogan understood that this was almost all that Sanchez knew, and as for the manifest, it was useless for him to get it.
"Char, Char Pierre, vice president of the ACA, chief of the general staff of the three services, he personally signed for it, and I met him." Sanchez gritted his teeth, "This is not the first time, the text says that this cargo is extremely important, probably because Char is supervising the ACA's rocket program to compete with the alliance for the right to control the universe, so it needs to be personally supervised by the chiefs of staff of the three services, yes, it must be so!" It's true! I also shook his hand, and he had a scar on his left wrist! ”
Sanchez was a little incoherent, as he noticed that when he pronounced the name, Ling Yu's face, which had been expressionless, suddenly turned cold.
"Listen up."
Ling Yu suddenly walked up to Sanchez, then got down on one knee, keeping his gaze level with Sanchez, who was sitting on a stool—even a little lower.
"Ling Yu...... You ......"
"Boss?"
Jess and Logan felt the change in Ling Yu's temperament at the same time, if Ling Yu was usually like a stone with no special strengths, now Ling Yu was like a monster from the deepest part of hell, where even the flames were cold.
Ling Yu raised his hand, motioning for the other two to remain silent, and then stared at Sanchez with his black eyes that exuded almost absolute zero.
"Let me ask you again, is the chief of the general staff of the three services of the ACA called Charle Pierre? C-h-a-r,P-i-e-r-r-e。 Did I make any mistakes. ”
"I didn't ...... There is no ......" Sanchez was like a frog being targeted by a snake, and he almost lost the strength to tremble.
"Well, you said he had a scar on his left wrist, isn't that true?" Ling Yu stretched out his left hand and gestured from his wrist, "14.7 mm long?" ”
"Yes...... It's this shape...... Length...... I guess it's pretty much the same. ”
Sanchez struggled to spit out the words, almost biting his tongue.
"Very good, thank you for your cooperation, I will apply for the necessary placement for you."
Ling Yu stood up and showed a smile, but not only Sanchez, but even Logan and Jesse felt that this smile mixed with anger, hatred, and coldness was extremely terrifying.
"I ......"
Sanchez wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't spit out a word, Jesse stepped forward, but noticed that Ling Yu stretched out his hand and took out the half of the armor that had been worn around his neck but hidden in ** from the collar, and gently stroked it.
"Drone!"
Suddenly, Logan, leaning against the window, shouted, and the three TFs in the room fell to the ground almost instantly, and then, a loud gunshot pierced the silence of the woods, and the 9mm armor-piercing warhead turned the head of Sanchez, who was a step slower, into a smashed watermelon.
Almost without hesitation, Ling Yu turned on the overclock, and pulled out the mystery pistol in a dodge - however, faster than him, the silver-white tricopter drone exploded into a brilliant spark from the inside out.
"How did it break through the sensor network I set up and get in!!"
Jess was the first to react, rushing forward and looking at the drone fragments on the ground in disbelief.
"'Digital Princess', it's really not a waste of fame."
Rogan glanced at the corpse of Sanchez who fell to the ground, and smiled bitterly, "It's okay, it's okay to go and apply for refuge for this guy again." ”
"Let's go, Jess, and evacuate as planned."
Ling Yu inserted the pistol back into the holster under his armpit, then turned around, closed his eyes, and shook his head at Jiesi, as if the Ling Yu who exuded a terrifying aura of anger just now was someone else.
“…… I accepted this battle book, 'Digital Princess'. ”
Jesse stared at the broken camera in the fragments of the drone on the ground and closed her eyes.
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"This knight princess, childish."
São Paulo, 17th basement floor, ACA military base, main engine room.
The dark-haired man in the ACA Major's uniform looked at Jessy's expression transmitted back from the broken screen, shook his head and judged disdainfully.
Turning his head, the white light reflected his face—it was the bodyguard of Helis that Jiesi and Ling Yu had seen that day, an oriental youth named Ren Xiu.
"Miss, the finishing touches are done."
Turning around, Ren Xiu bowed lightly to Helis, who was sitting in a chair behind him, "However, Sanchez has already supplied that the goods will be shipped to Milan." ”
The artificial cat ears on the head of the girl, who had changed into a silver cloak, turned slightly, and without opening, she still sat on the sofa with her hands on her lap.
"It turned out to be your plan, it seems that I was overthinking."
Ren Xiu suddenly spoke, as if Helis had used some method to convey his wishes.
Suddenly, the door to the computer room opens from the outside, and a pink-haired girl in a white combat uniform walks in - she is the same girl who fought Logan on the highway before.
"Second Lieutenant Louise Franz Canaris." Ren Xiu looked at the person who came, stood up and saluted, and Helis turned the chair one hundred and eighty degrees, and looked at the girl condescendingly.
"Sir."
The pink-haired girl saluted softly and began to speak, but the voice did not come from her mouth - Logan's continuous attacks on her larynx had taken a heavy toll on her vocal function, and even TF would not be able to speak for a week, and now she could only speak with a miniature external amplifier.
"All your actions, Lord Helis has seen it, spy on Sanchez, you have worked hard, rest and recover first, and then continue according to the plan."
"Understood."
Ren Xiu spoke like a microphone, but Louise just stared at Helis until Helis nodded lightly before saluting in response.
And the petite girl in the silver cloak sitting on the chair still had no expression in the miserable white light.