Chapter 109 Who is trying to intimidate whom?
A sneer came from the woods, and Hunter finally appeared.
He took off his mask, revealing his domineering face - there was a scar under his right eye that extended to his chin, which was left by Tang Jingmo five years ago.
"I just wanted to see if the legendary golden partnership is worthy of its name." Hunter's voice was like sandpaper friction. "Now it seems that it's nothing special."
Xiao Bai had already dealt with his opponent at this time, and walked to stand beside Tang Jingmo: "Oh? Then do you want to try the taste of 'nothing special' yourself?"
She hooked her finger provocatively.
Hunter wasn't fooled.
He glanced at his men lying on the ground, especially Sato who was twitching in pain, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "The truth will be revealed on the field. By then, I hope you can still be so confident!"
He turned to leave, but Tang Jingmo suddenly said, "You said the same thing in the Balkans five years ago."
His voice was as cold as the Siberian frost. "And then you killed two of my teammates."
Hunter's back froze for a moment, but he didn't turn around: "War is war, Tang. You should know that better than anyone."
He paused for a moment, "By the way, the official competition will be held in two days. I have a surprise for both of you! It's specially prepared for you!"
Xiaobai felt the man's muscles tense up instantly, and she quietly grasped his wrist - the feeling was like grabbing a taut bowstring.
"Go away." Xiao Bai answered for Tang Jingmo, "Before I change my mind, take all your useless subordinates away."
Hunter sneered and snapped his fingers. Several more masked men emerged from the woods and quickly carried away the unconscious attacker.
When Sato was carried away by two people, he glared at Xiaobai with resentment.
"You're dead..." he cursed hoarsely.
Xiao Bai gave him a bright smile in return: "Remember to go see a doctor. If you don't treat your throat injury in time, you will have trouble even barking like a dog in the future."
Only after the last attacker disappeared into the woods did Tang Jingmo let out a long breath and his tense body relaxed a little.
Xiao Bai immediately noticed that he was not in the right state: "What's wrong?"
"Something's wrong..." Tang Jingmo frowned, "Hunter is not the kind of person who gives up halfway. If he wants to do it, he will definitely-"
His words were interrupted by a sharp sound of breaking through the air. Tang Jingmo almost instinctively threw himself at Xiaobai, and a tranquilizer dart flew past his shoulder and got stuck in the tree behind him.
"Sniper!" Xiaobai reacted immediately and rolled over to hide behind a tree trunk.
Tang Jingmo followed closely behind, and the second tranquilizer dart stabbed deeply into the place where they had just stood.
"Northeast direction, about eighty meters." Tang Jingmo quickly determined the location, "On the birch tree."
Xiaobai pulled out a pistol from the side of his leg - it was loaded with rubber bullets for training, but at this distance, it was enough to cause damage.
She took a deep breath, suddenly jumped out of cover, and fired three shots in a row.
There was a muffled sound in the distance, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground. Xiao Bai did not relax his vigilance, and the muzzle of his gun was still pointed in that direction: "At least there is one more..."
Sure enough, the bushes in the other direction moved.
Tang Jingmo was quick-witted and threw a dagger. A scream of pain came from the bushes, followed by the sound of hurriedly fleeing footsteps.
The two waited for another five minutes, and after confirming that there were no other ambushes, they carefully walked towards the location where the first sniper fell.
A sniper wearing snow camouflage was unconscious under a birch tree, with a modified air rifle beside him.
"Standard equipment of the North." Tang Jingmo checked the weapon, "But the person is not from the North." He turned up the sniper's collar, revealing the tattoo on his neck - a coiled snake.
"The mark of the American Federation Special Forces." Xiao Bai whistled, "Hunter is really getting more and more shameless. Not only did he bring the Japanese to launch a sneak attack, but he also used weapons from the North to frame the enemy."
Tang Jingmo's expression became even more gloomy: "This is not a simple show of power... He is testing our reaction speed and collecting data."
He pointed at the tiny communicator in the sniper's ear, "Hunter saw everything that just happened."
Xiao Bai kicked the communicator and broke it: "Then let him remember what will happen if he messes with us."
She looked at Tang Jingmo and found that his eyes were fixed on the lights of the base in the distance, with a complicated expression.
"What's wrong?" she asked softly.
Tang Jingmo shook his head: "Just thinking about... in the memory of this body, Hunter did the same thing five years ago. He first sent people to test and figure out our combat mode, and then at the most critical moment..."
He didn't say anything else, but Xiaobai understood what he meant.
She held Tang Jingmo's hand, "It's a good time for revenge. Even without me this time, you can still win. The revenge is left to you. The people are left for me to play with!"
Tang Jingmo shook her hand back, "Let's go. There's an opening ceremony tomorrow, Hunter must have prepared more 'surprises' for us."
The two walked towards the base on the snow, leaving a trail of side-by-side footprints behind them.
Under the moonlight, Xiaobai noticed a small stain of blood on Tang Jingmo's shoulder - the anesthetic dart just now still scratched him.
"You're hurt," she frowned.
Tang Jingmo seemed to have just noticed this minor injury and patted his shoulder casually: "It's just a superficial injury, it's nothing serious."
Xiaobai insisted and pulled him to stop, took out the hemostatic patch he carried with him from his pocket and carefully applied it on the wound.
Her movements were gentle, but her tone was unusually serious: "Hunter deliberately provoked you and wanted you to lose your composure. Starting tomorrow, we must be more vigilant than ever."
Tang Jingmo looked at her focused profile and suddenly reached out to touch her cheek: "I know."
He said softly, "It's just that... the moment I see him, I always think of the end of the world. At the beginning of the end of the world, the North and the United States joined forces to try to massacre us..."
Xiao Bai's eyes softened. She rarely saw Tang Jingmo show such vulnerability, which made her heart ache.
But she knew that any words of comfort would be pale at this moment, and she had heard a little about how fierce the doomsday battle was.
So she just stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of his mouth gently.
“We will win.”
In the distance, the searchlights from the temporary camp where the competition was held swept across the night sky, splitting the darkness like a sharp sword.
Farther away, at a window in the contestants' dormitory, Hunter put down his binoculars and curled up a sinister smile.
"The game has just begun..." He whispered to the empty room, running his fingers over the scar on the right side of his face.
"This time, I want you to kill the person you cherish most with your own hands, Tang... I heard that you have become stronger now, but you don't know that I have also become stronger... It's really getting more and more fun."
"Hunter, Ito requests the use of the test agent."
"Oh, give it to him. It's just an extra set of experimental data."
Outside the window, the wind and snow in the north were getting stronger, as if foreshadowing the coming storm.
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