Chapter 159: Heading To The Lone Star State.
Chapter 159: Heading To The Lone Star State.
Hao Ren began to go through all the information related to NSA agents who were involved in this issue. Xiao Mei was very through, she had located even the spouse and the children of these agents. Hao Ren frowned, because killing the people who had families did not seem to be a good idea to him.
Then he looked at the file of the person who was spearheading this whole operation and found the person a bit suspicious. From the details, this man was called Amil Hernandez, and he was a former soldier.
Through his top secret files, Hao Ren found that the person was a member of special forces, and had been deployed in crucial postings, one of the reports in the file recorded how he was injured with seven bullets and he managed to live through that.
What raised the suspicion even more was the fact that the place of the injury was not recorded. Hao Ren frowned and mumbled, "It seems to me that just entering the country will not be enough, I will have to understand the dynamics perfectly before taking any actions."
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Back in Han Nation, Commander Gao and Lieutenant Xia came to find Hao Ren at home but only to learn that he was out of town. The young subordinate said, "Sir, how about we look for Miss Han? President Hao has instructed his office to not communicate with us and even put the trade on hold. They are not willing to even talk to us."
Commander Gao sighed and said, "I have no idea what triggered such a reaction from the young man. I swear if he was in the corps I would have beaten his ass purple. Call Miss Han."
Xia Yun was quick in his response and called Han Lingshi who told them to come to the Yue Mansion. Since this was a military issue, she will involve her forces as well. Yue Chilong was aware of the circumstances, and Han Lingshi was one of his reverse scales. The military administration had caused a big fiasco and Yue Chilong will make them pay.
While the military operatives were traveling to Yue Mansion, Han Lingshi had already reached the place, she was there to practice with the old man to improve her understanding and skills of martial art. Thinking about it, she asked, "Xiao Mei, can you tell me who is responsible for the leak of information?"
Xiao Mei replied, "Mistress, the person is a plant in from the DEHB, which stands for the Department of Extraordinary Human Beings. He is a normal soldier who works for them."
Han Lingshi was surprised and asked, "How did you find out about DEHB?"
Xiao Mei replied, "Recently, I have noticed that a lot of information from the world defense organizations is filtered and then channeled to a secret server. They hid it so well under the plain sight that I almost ignored it.
This server is accessed by a man called Raven, he lives in the Stag Nation, and you won't believe if I told you, that the reason they began to check details by using a backdoor is to keep up with time. I mean, the defense agencies have allowed them access to do so, but what a shitty method. They have no clue that I am onto them."
Han Lingshi narrowed her gaze and asked, "Can you track the people this guys had been connecting with? I mean his complete trail, offline and online. When Hao Ren gets down, tell him about the people Raven connected with in the Hawk Nation. Also, monitor their positions with GPS."
Yue Chilong came over and said, "Commander Gao and Lieutenant have arrived."
Han Lingshi nodded and said, "I am ready to see them, grandfather."
These people have troubled her family, and more than that, her husband had to take a risky flight to the Hawk Nation, although Xiao Mei will make sure that he is off the radar, but it does not mean he was invincible.
If a strong DEHB operative came after him, what would Hao Ren do, that was what Han Lingshi was worried about, so Commander Gao was going to face hell before she gives him any leverage.
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Hao Ren and Yue Shenlong landed and they went through the immigration process. However, while they were still moving through the terminal, Xiao Mei had informed Hao Ren about her new discoveries about the DEHB, this confirmed Hao Ren's suspicion, Amil Hernandez was a member of the DEHB office in the Hawk Nation.
The immigration was smooth and after leaving the airport, all their details were masked, and none would be able to find it. Hao Ren and Yue Shenlong blended in the crowd, but suddenly the young man stopped to bow down and tie his laces as he looked around at the exit gates of the airport.
After some moments, he found two people standing at some distance from each other, and their eyes running around the place, as if scanning everyone. However, Hao Ren had been using his assassination skills, and expected for the enemy to do something like this. He pinched a couple of his acupoints and furrowed his brows, which made him look grumpy, old, and rude.
Yue Shenlong was surprised but Hao Ren gave him a look and he young man understood what was going on. After a few minutes, they got inside a cab and then left. Hao Ren was able to detect the people because of his intuition. Xiao Mei was not almighty, because she needed commands to do a detailed research and the presence of cops was obvious in an airport.
The two people Hao Ren noticed were dressed like cops but their gaze was different.
In the cab, Yue Shenlong looked at Hao Ren and asked in Han Language, "Where to now?"
Hao Ren replied, "The mall, we need to buy supplies."
The cab driver raised his head to look in the rearview mirror. He was curious about the people who were riding his cab. Yue Shenlong cleared his throat and then looked at the driver, before he said, "Uncle, the best mall in the area, please take us there."
The cabbie smiled when he heard this and began to chat with Yue Shenlong, as he appeared to be cheerful and was to be underestimated, and began to extract information. He mentioned a few things like crime, drugs, and party.
The cab driver sighed and said, "I know what you are talking about. In the Hawk Nation particularly, the people have forgotten the meaning of party a long time ago, When I was your age, the people would gather their friends and family to sing and laugh together over beer and barbeque, that was our party, and now, they do drugs, and what not. The streets have turned into crime den."
Yue Shenlong sighed and asked, "Uncle, we are new here, can you tell us whom we should avoid? You know, if we messed up with the wrong person it might be the end of our lives."
The cabbie nodded and said, "You are a wise guy, kid. It is better to know whom you need to avoid. Well, in this particular area the person you want to avoid is called Tenzin. He is a thug on the streets, his real name is Marco, but inspired by the Ryuu Island mafia culture he named himself Tenzin. The idiot does not even know it is a Han nation name."
Yue Shenlong chuckled and asked, "Uncle, is this man very dangerous?"
The cabbie made a turn on the road and said, "Every man here is dangerous. They can buy and carry guns. It is very easy."
Yue Shenlong thanked the man for his input after they reached the destination. They paid the man with Hawk Nation currency and entered the mall. Yue Shenlong had already prepared the currency with him. Since they were going to enter another nation with ulterior motives, they had to avoid going to place that required their identity cards.
Xiao Mei could cover their tracks but it was better to negate the exposure. Hao Ren and Yue Shenlong hit the big stores and they bought a drone camera, some home cleaning liquids, some herbal oils, cold medicine, and lastly, some makeup products.
They billed them separately and left the place separately as well. Then Hao Ren called back home. Han Lingshi picked up the call immediately and asked, "Are you safe?"
Hao Ren smiled and said, "I am fine, we have made the initial preparation, can you have any of your trusted people leave a vehicle and a couple of weapons with ammunition in a parking lot?"
Han Lingshi had an office in the Hawk Nations capital as well. Hao Ren and Yue Shenlong were in the capital itself so this was not difficult. The young lady said, "I have told Commander Gao that they need to draw some lines with the DEHB if they wish to continue the business or the company will go public.
Grandpa Yue is also looking into the matter to make sure that we do not face any backlash from the DEHB."
Hao Ren shook his head and replied, "These sneaky bastards are really after the formula of the spirit rejuvenation potion. I am sure that someone from the spirit shimmer continent is involved in this. Anyhow, I will deal with them later, Xiao Mei has located them, and I will pay them a visit one by one when the time comes, at the moment, the biggest concern is Lingxue."
Han Lingshi nodded and said, "Lingxue is fine, they contacted us and showed us a picture of her."
Hao Ren replied, "I will have Xiao Mei pin point the location with that picture. Don't worry. I will get her back home safely."
Han Lingshi hummed and said, "Eat something when you have the time. Do not neglect your well being over all this."
Hao Ren smiled in agreement and the call was disconnected, he then clicked the pictures of the place, as a child he wished to travel the world, but the first trip of his life was going to be an espionage of a sorts, that was beyond his wildest imagination.
Yue Shenlong walked up to him holding a wrapped burrito, and said, "It smelled nice so I bought it."
Hao Ren nodded and then they discussed the further actions. After a few minutes, Han Lingshi called him to inform him about the location of the vehicle. Hao Ren said, "Brother Shen, when we are done here, lets buy a few more things."
Yue Shenlong nodded and said, "I can try to contact a few people on the dark net."
Hao Ren shook his head and said, "I will use Xiao Mei's help in this. She has been dwelling on Dark net for a long time, so locating a weapons dealer would not be a big thing for her."
Then they flagged down a cab, and headed to the location. Till now, they were going about everything smoothly. Inside the car, they found a two handguns, and a few magazines. Yue Shenlong was about to put one behind his back when Hao Ren said, "Put them in the glove compartment, I will hide them incase we ran into some cops."
Yue Shenlong nodded and then he asked, "Where are we headed?"
Hao Ren opened his mobile and said, "Xiao Mei, did you confirm Lingxue's location?"
The AI replied, "Yes, I have, the guards seemed to have multiplied, they have posted ten armed men outside the house, and five people are inside while one more is guarding the door of Miss Han's room. I cross checked the location with the photo, they are located in a ranch house, located in Lone Star State."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "Put up a navigation, and also find us a motel nearby the place where they have kept Lingxue. Arrange for a weapon and ammunition pick up on the way. Okay?"
Xiao Mei replied in affirmation and Yue Shenlong took the steering for the first half of the journey, they had to drive for sixteen hours.
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Han Lingxue was eating her meal calmly, and the blonde girl was standing a few meters away. The latter asked, "Don't you fear us? What if we poison you?"
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Han Lingxue raised her gaze to look at the person but did not comment. She knew very well how important it was to stay calm. Her behavior had surprised the people. They all did not tell her who they worked for, but it did not mean Han Lingxue was a fool.
The blonde frowned and asked, "Tell me, what gives you such confidence?"
Han Lingxue sighed, and replied, "You will know when the time is right. You asked me to cooperate, and I am cooperating, please do not bother me, after all, I am a human and have a limit. You are not my friend."
The blonde frowned but she could only clench her fist before leaving the place. Han Lingxue was actually very scared, but she had learned from Han Lingshi to not show her vulnerability before an enemy.