Chen Gu had already found cover and simultaneously notified the action team on the communication channel, "Take cover, it's about to blow..."
This explosion, Chen Gu didn't face the blast directly but still felt uncomfortable. The most critical part was that the look of terror and astonishment in the eyes of the man in the black leather jacket, when he received the "flying kiss," lingered in his mind...
Chen Gu retched for a while. I've had it! he thought, steeling himself. Unless absolutely necessary, I will never use Milna Katerina's memory again.
From a distance, Marcus had just used a super-explosion to deal with Sidro's big toy. The explosion was so powerful that it completely disintegrated the massive thing. Sidro's "King Kong Muscle" cybernetic body was left in pieces, with only his skull rolling away.
Marcus was quite smug as he boasted to Boluo, a fellow Alchemist Sorcerer rookie, "This is the true essence of an explosion..."
Before he could finish, a Radiation Missionary set off a nuclear explosion like a firework in the sky...
Marcus, feeling somewhat deflated, cast an irritated glance in that direction. "Silver Eagle, grab that head!"
"Everyone else, come with me to check it out."
On the way, he secretly called Director Mei Lixue and asked with humility, "Director, about that... we might need another set of life support equipment..."
Director Mei was about to explode as well, roaring over the phone, "Millions, millions! Half of your merit points for this mission, Marcus, will be deducted!"
Marcus hastily ended the call and, in front of his team members, regained his leader's demeanor, directing them, "Search carefully. The box could be hidden around here."
He also called the leader of the Cleanup Team with great enthusiasm, "HAHA, let me tell you, there are no Mutants this time! It'll be very easy to clean up, so hurry up and thank me."
"However, we have to find one big box in a tiny pile of ruins. The task is very simple, and the merit points are significant—you're in luck."
Chen Gu quietly glanced at the building's mountain of ruins, thinking of the box that was hardly bigger than a soccer ball. And the team leader talks about it so casually! A wave of admiration for him surged through Chen Gu.
Marcus had snagged an easy job. This small convenience store's rubble wasn't much to deal with.
A group of professionals rummaged around, quickly clearing the entire pile of debris.
But they found nothing; the box had left no trace. Marcus had no choice but to say, "We'll have to interrogate Sidro's head for clues." This content belongs to novel✦fire.net
But everyone knew that for a criminal boss like Sidro, especially now that only his head remained, getting him to talk was far from easy.
Punishments were of no use. Only offering him sufficient benefits to make a judicial deal that satisfied him would work.
And Sidro was sure to demand a king's ransom, likely resulting in the Internal Affairs Team having to forcefully read his memory and then piece together various clues.
Suddenly, Dora's long ears started twitching, and she slowly walked to one side.
The nearby houses had also collapsed due to the battle. Next to the convenience store's warehouse, Dora cleared away a pile of debris, revealing a square cover plate underneath.
Marcus immediately rushed over, "Don't act recklessly!"
As a veteran of the Special Operations Team, he recognized this type of cover plate. "This is an entrance to the Poison of the Gods' underground world."
Chen Gu stepped forward and gently lifted the cover plate's latch, which fell off with a CLICK!
Marcus's face turned grim. "Someone has been in and out of here recently! It's very likely that someone has taken the box into the underground world!"
Chen Gu understood. "That guy held me back while his accomplice took off with the stuff!"
He reproached himself, "I still lack experience..."
Marcus patted his shoulder. "You can't blame yourself for this. We underestimated the task, which led to a shortage of manpower. Even if you knew someone had escaped, you wouldn't have been able to catch up alone. We were all tied up by Sidro and couldn't make it in time."
He thought for a moment, then contacted headquarters and received instructions from above. "First, block off this area. Everyone stay put. The Director and the Chief are on their way."
Sitting to one side resting with everyone else, Chen Gu silently apologized to the team leader in his heart.
Although he understood that this was for the good of the whole team, Chen Gu still felt extremely guilty, believing that he had deceived and betrayed the entire team. In the future, I must find a way to make it up to everyone, he vowed.
He received a signal from Gorilla and saw that they had entered the underground world.
Gloomy, dirty, chaotic, dangerous—Gorilla and Man Suling were tracking a target, with Man Suling's nose twitching constantly. The guy ahead had no chance of shaking them off.
When Chen Gu spotted the man in the black leather jacket, he had switched to Griffin Wester's memory. The tactical master immediately saw through the man's delaying tactics.
But by that time, the one carrying the box had already entered the underground world.
So, Chen Gu handled the man in black leather while Gorilla and Man Suling immediately gave chase.
During the fight with the man in black, Chen Gu could have used Quantum Teleportation to instantaneously escape the metal cage and cleanly kill him, but instead, he "patiently" sparred with him in a back-and-forth battle.
When he used High-Energy Combat Art to send the man in the black leather jacket flying, he could have switched memories and finished the fight with a Biological Nuclear Explosion.
The man in the black leather jacket must also be connected to the one who secretly took the box, Chen Gu speculated. My fight with him was to reassure that person that the pursuers had been delayed.
Chen Jixian arrived with Mei Lixue and the others, but First Division's Marcel was nowhere to be seen.
Director Mei and Marcus discussed swiftly, exchanging sentences quickly, with urgent tones, as the case was very critical and the contents of the box extremely important.
As for the Director... he kept his arms folded, his eyelids half-closed, quietly listening.
The two of them secretly admired him. That's indeed our Director—calm in chaos, always composed in critical situations! What is the manner of a great general? This is it. No wonder he's the Director!
"Director, what do you think of this arrangement?" Director Mei asked cautiously.
Chen Jixian nodded slightly. "Execute it."
Immediately, Marcus chose two agents, "Silver Eagle, Ragdoll, follow me down!"
He looked at the other operatives. "You guys go back and get some rest, be ready to replace us at any time."
Selena the Siren was instantly dissatisfied. "They are newcomers, and you exclude them from this mission. But I am a veteran, so why can't I go?"
Marcus glared at her fiercely, dragged her aside, and said in a low, firm voice, "If all three of us run into trouble, you'll be the cornerstone for forming the fifth group! Do you understand? I need to leave one veteran behind!"