Chapter 151: Capturing Trand
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The Team A leader didn't sit on Qiao Yue's order and completed the 2-hour journey in an hour and a half.
Qiao Yue was more certain about her guess as they got closer to the village. Even if the village was situated in a remote mountainous area, it was impossible that they didn't see another person or a car along the way. It's also suspicious that there were absolutely no lights in the dark of night. Moreover, she found traces of other vehicles when she got out of the car just now.
When they were still some distance away from the village, Qiao Yue asked for the car to be hidden away and that they go on foot.
Qiao Yue led Team A in the opposite direction of Chu Jia's team to prevent them from bumping into each other.
Qiao Yue and her team hid in the bushes and observed the village using binoculars. They could vaguely see light in the village. And because it was moving, Qiao Yue suspected those were headlights from Trand's car.
Time passed by. Suddenly, Qiao Yue saw another light appear somewhere in the village.
The spot of light grew bigger, and it looked like a fire had broken out somewhere in the village.
At the same time, Qiao Yue noticed that there seemed to be numerous dark shadows moving forward slowly near the entrance of the village.
After confirming that there was no one around them, Qiao Yue led Team A slowly toward the village.
Suddenly, an explosion sounded through the clouds. This time, Qiao Yue saw clearly through her binoculars people in C-Country's police uniforms shuttling back and forth in the village. This made Qiao Yue suck in a cold breath.
The Team A leader was extremely shocked when he saw the armed police force. The people next to him also sighed. "Thanks to Master Yue, or we wouldn't be able to escape our ill-fate tonight."
Although Qiao Yue thought that someone else was after Trand, she didn't expect it to be the People's Armed Police. Fortunately, she did not bring many people with her this time and acted separately from Chu Jia. Otherwise, it would be difficult to hide everyone.
The sound of gunfire was endless. Qiao Yue could not help but frown. If Trand was captured by the police of C-Country, he would be locked up in prison and eventually sentenced to death.
But she still had something to confirm with Trand. Qiao Yue's head hurt even more as she thought about this. Why did the police have to arrest Trand at this time?
Qiao Yue felt helpless. However, she had to try something at this time, but the people from Team A...
Qiao Yue glanced at the serious faced people around her. She had to shrug them off.
"You guys wait for me here; I'll go over there and take a look." Qiao Yue said.
The Team A leader frowned and stopped her. "Master Yue, the People's Armed Police has already taken action against Trand, why do you still want to take risks?"
What he said made sense, but Qiao Yue had her reasons.
"I need to make sure that Trand is dead. Wait for me here. This is an order." Qiao Yue was too lazy to explain and gave a direct order.
When Team A heard that it was an order, they stopped questioning.
To avoid detection, Qiao Yue moved very slowly. The closer she got to the village, the louder the gunshots became. Trand was still fighting back.
As Qiao Yue got closer, she could still see the women and children who had been rescued, hiding in the dark. Qiao Yue tried to figure out the situation inside.
Qiao Yue sneaked into the village carefully and headed to the battle site.
Trand was now a trapped animal. Qiao Yue saw many bodies of Trand's men along the way.
Finally, Qiao Yue arrived at the location of the confrontation, right in front of Trand's armory!
After all, it was an armory. Before knowing what was inside, no one dared to act rashly. Once a chain explosion was triggered, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Qiao Yue observed her surroundings, thinking about how she would capture Trand.
There was only one way for her to capture Trand on her own now, and that was to fake his death, get the answers she wanted from him before handing him over to the police.
The atmosphere was getting increasingly tense, and war was about to break out. If she wanted to take Trand away, she had to create chaos.
At that moment, a flash of light appeared. It was... It was Stone!
Attaboy, how dare he disobey her orders? However, now was the time she needed him. Qiao Yue quickly sent a message to Stone.
In less than two minutes, a gunshot pierced through the night sky, causing the people on both sides to tense up.
An intense gunfight broke out in an instant, but the police was very careful in consideration of Trand's armory.
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Chapter 152: The Escape
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Under the cover of gunfire, Qiao Yue quickly took the clothes off one of Trand's dead men and put them on herself, and then smeared her face with dust.
After disguising herself, Qiao Yue quickly moved toward Trand. During this time, an eagle-eyed police officer saw her and fired two shots at her, which Qiao Yue successfully dodged.
It was nighttime after all and men on both sides had to rely on their clothes to tell each other apart. This allowed the disguised Qiao Yue to close in on Trand's team very quickly. Qiao Yue searched eagerly for Trand among his men.
When she reached the entrance of the armory, Qiao Yue looked in through the window and saw Trand.
When one of Trand's men went into the armory to reload, Qiao Yue sneaked in behind him.
As soon as she got close to Trand, Qiao Yue heard one of Trand's men persuading him to escape.
The subordinate said, "Boss, the most important thing now is to escape. We've been surrounded, if we don't leave now, we will all die! Boss!"
Meanwhile, Trand's face was full of gloom.
"F*ck! I haven't even caught the traitor and you want me to run away just like that?"
To be able to say such words, Trand must have let his anger from both assassination attempts go to his head. He was thinking about luring everyone into the armory and then killing everyone.
Based on what Qiao Yue knew about Trand, she knew that he must have thought of a solution to say something like this, but she could not let him execute his plan.
Many things that happened tonight were beyond her expectations. When she first learned that Trand was going to attack Yayi, she was ready to kill him and had asked for reinforcements from the organization.
She didn't make her move at Yayi because firstly, she didn't want the police's attention on Yayi. Secondly, she wanted to minimize damage. The attack midway was to buy more time for Rose and Militant to setup. She also wanted to see what the two of them could do and verify her hypothesis. However, what happened next was completely beyond her expectations.
All her plans were ruined when the armed police of C-Country intervened. The two sides exchanged fire and her people had no choice but to retreat. However, if she missed this opportunity, she might not get another one in future.
Qiao Yue pretended to reload her gun with her back to Trand as she said, "Boss, there's hope as long as we are alive. We still have power abroad. Once we are out of the country, it'll be easy for us to plot revenge."
Whether in or out of C-Country, it wasn't the first time Qiao Yue encountered Trand. She knew how powerful he was and hence said such words.
Hearing someone else persuade Trand, Trand's subordinate quickly chimed in, "Yeah, boss! Even if we are surrounded, we still have an escape tunnel. There's no need to give up because of this failure."
With continuous persuasion from two of his subordinates, Trand's frenzied mind calmed down. He took a deep breath and ordered, "Take all the weapons that can be controlled remotely with us, confiscate all communication devices, and tell everyone to retreat."
Qiao Yue's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. At first, she was glad that she had followed them here and learned that there's an escape tunnel. But now, once she lost contact with the outside world, she'd be in danger with no ability to ask for help.
After giving the order, Trand took the lead to walk down the tunnel with his men. Qiao Yue had no choice but to follow.
Before entering the tunnel, Qiao Yue vaguely heard Trand's men say to the people guarding the tunnel entrance, "After all of our people evacuate, blow up the armory."
Qiao Yue's heart skipped a beat, but since things had come to this, Qiao Yue couldn't really setup any countermeasure.
Although the tunnel was basic, it was very well hidden. Trand, under his men's protection, walked towards the exit, and Qiao Yue could only follow behind them.
In the pitch-black tunnel, everyone relied on their other senses to move forward. Seconds and minutes passed and only breathing sounds could be heard in the tunnel.
Qiao Yue estimated the time. They had been walking in the dark for about ten minutes.
Suddenly, the voice of Trand's subordinate rang out.
"Boss, we're almost there."
"Let's ascend." Qiao Yue heard Trand's gloomy order.
Trand's men went up one after another. Qiao Yue was planning in her heart that after she went up, she'd take care of the others and then take Trand away.
A faint light entered Qiao Yue's line of sight. Just as Qiao Yue bent over to get out, a gun was pressed against her forehead.
"Long time no see, Number 47."
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Chapter 153: Captured
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Qiao Yue's expression darkened. She raised her head to look at the man who blocked her way out of the tunnel.
"You already knew?" Qiao Yue asked calmly.
Trand replied, "I found out not too long ago, but I knew that it was you when the first ambush happened."
Qiao Yue lowered her eyes. As expected of someone who was on the Interpol's most wanted list, Trand thought a lot.
"So, you're going to kill me now?" Qiao Yue looked dauntlessly up the muzzle of the gun pointed at her.
Trand laughed, and the earlier panic on his face disappeared. This worried Qiao Yue. It seemed that all of Trand's actions were premeditated.
"You're so useful, how could I kill you just like that?" Trand looked Qiao Yue up and down before he ordered his men to tie her up and put her in the car.
Meanwhile, due to the reduced number of people on Trand's side, the armed police quickly had the upper hand and ended the battle.
As for why Trand's armory didn't blow up, it was all thanks to the quick action from the armed police. Trand's man was stopped right before he was about to throw the grenade.
Not far away, Chu Jia, who was watching everything with a pair of powerful binoculars, let out a long sigh.
"Luckily boss told us to retreat, or we might have been arrested." Chu Jia sighed.
Stone nodded next to her and took Chu Jia's binoculars to check the situation.
"Looking at the situation, the police must have been watching Trand for a long time! Trand is doomed this time!" Stone gloated.
However, before Stone could celebrate, Chu Jia knocked him on the head. "What are you so happy about? The boss asked us to capture him alive, how are we going to do that now?" Chu Jia said gloomily.
Stone rubbed his head and argued, "We knew that we won't be able to capture him when boss ordered us to retreat. By the way, was my shot cool or what? The shot that caused both sides to fight, hahaha."
Chu Jia rolled her eyes at Stone. "That's because boss ask you to fire the shot. By the way, how did boss know the situation inside so well? Could she be in there?"
Hearing Chu Jia's question, Stone was shocked as well. He then looked at the others, who all shook their heads, indicating that boss hadn't given them any orders.
"Quickly take a look, is boss among the people taken away by the police?" Chu Jia said anxiously.
"No way, boss is so good. She wouldn't be arrested by the police."
Although Stone said that he used the binoculars to study the group of people being taken away by the police.
There were many people in the village. As the criminals were brought into police cars one by one, Stone's expression gradually became serious. Even after the police car doors were shut and the police started to search for prohibited items in the village, Stone still did not see any sign of Qiao Yue.
"Can't find boss?" Seeing Stone's hesitation, Chu Jia guessed the answer.
Who would have thought that Stone's response was worse than Chu Jia's guess?
"I can't find boss or Trand," Stone replied with a frown.
"You mean Trand has escaped?" Chu Jia asked sternly.
"It's possible. People like Trand would be taken away even if he was dead, but I didn't see him. What should we do now?" Stone frowned, wondering if his boss had seen Trand escape and chased after him.
Chu Jia immediately got 01 to contact YQ, and 01 immediately executed the order.
Stone suggested that they sneak into the village to see if there were any traces of Qiao Yue, but Chu Jia rejected his suggestion.
"The police is still there. We might be discovered if we sneaked in. If the boss is still with Team A, our rash action could get her into trouble."
Even though Chu Jia was also worried about Qiao Yue, she was more clear-headed than Stone.
"What do we do now? Are we just going to wait around? I'm worried that boss might be in danger." Stone's brows furrowed with worry.
"Let's see what YQ has to say first. Boss and YQ have a special way of contacting each other. Even if we can't locate boss, YQ can."
Once upon a time, Chu Jia was unhappy about the special relationship between Qiao Yue and YQ. But she could not help but rejoice now. Thanks to their special methods, they were not kept in the dark about everything.
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Chapter 154: Qiao Yue's Codename
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
They drove for a long time. Qiao Yue was blindfolded with her limbs firmly bound. Trand still thought highly of her. If it weren't for the fact that it was too degrading to put a gunny sack on her, he would have put her in a gunny sack.
A moment later, Qiao Yue felt that she was being carried over someone's shoulder. The violent jolting made her feel that the stitches on her wound broke again.
After ten minutes or so, Qiao Yue's feet were finally on ground. Her blindfold was removed, and the light was so glaring that she was forced to close her eyes again.
When Qiao Yue's eyes finally adapted her surroundings, she started to look around.
They seemed to be in an abandoned warehouse. There were abandoned crates all over, layered thick with dust. Although Trand had spotted her, it was not difficult to see that he was caught off guard tonight.
Qiao Yue was tied to a chair as she stared at Trand. Why did Trand bring her here instead of killing her right away since he knew that she tried to assassinate him? Did he want to ask her something? Something about the organization?
Trand looked Qiao Yue up and down coldly and then burst into laughter.
Qiao Yue had heard about Trand's moodiness, but she had never seen it before. She's finally experienced it today.
"Number 47, top sniper of the Beadok Organization, citizen of C-Country, real name Qiao Yue."
Trand didn't go into detail, but since he knew Qiao Yue's real name, he could have easily dug up anything about Qiao Yue of C-Country.
Qiao Yue frowned slightly when she heard this. It seemed that even though she had quickly gotten rid of the person who found her the last time, Trand still found clues about her and discovered her true identity.
Qiao Yue swallowed the bloody taste in her mouth and said, "Tell me why you captured me!"
Qiao Yue racked her brains but could only think of one reason Trand captured her, which was to ask her about the organization, because it was the only place where their paths had crossed. However...
"Qiao Yue, hand over the key and I'll spare your life." Trand said without sincerity.
Qiao Yue was amused. They knew who each other were. He would spare her life? Did he think that she was a three-year-old? But what key was Trand talking about?
Qiao Yue's replied dispassionately, "What key are you talking about?"
Trand's joyful expression turned gloomy. "Are you pretending that you don't know?"
Qiao Yue looked straight into Trand's eyes and enunciated each word, "Tell me, what's this key that you want?"
She had a feeling that the key Trand was talking about could lead her to the past that she didn't know.
Trand looked at Qiao Yue sharply, as if he wanted to see through Qiao Yue from the inside out. He then narrowed his eyes.
"You really don't know? Qiao Qing didn't give you anything before she died?" Trand asked suspiciously.
Qiao Yue felt uneasy when she heard Trand mention her mother, but she could not show it. She just replied calmly, "I was very young when my mother died. I don't remember her giving me anything."
Obviously, such an answer did not satisfy Trand. He stared at Qiao Yue with burning eyes.
"Qiao Qing didn't tell you anything before she died?" Trand continued.
Qiao Yue frowned. "Did my mother take something of yours?"
Trand's incessant questions made Qiao Yue think about other members of the Qiao family. They also said that her mother had stolen something. Were these two things connected?
Trand was silent, as if he was trying to ascertain if Qiao Yue really didn't know. He then said, "You can say so, or not."
Qiao Yue's mouth twitched. What Trand said didn't help. But no matter how hard she tried to recall, she could not remember her mother giving her anything.
At this moment, Trand's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and got up. He gave Qiao Yue a deep stare, then gave his men a look to ask them to continue with the interrogation.
After Trand left, the way Qiao Yue was interrogated changed.
Qiao Yue only communicated with Trand verbally, but to Trand's men, the only thing they wanted were answers. They would use all method to make Qiao Yue spill information useful to them. Qiao Yue knew something about their methods.
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Chapter 155: Conditions
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
As Qiao Yue had expected, Trand's man inched towards her with a cattle prod.
"Number 47, you are a well-known figure in the underworld. Are you sure you want to embarrass yourself like this?" The man's words rang in Qiao Yue's ears.
Qiao Yue kept her mouth shut as the man's cattle prod moved closer to her.
In an instant, the pain of electrocution ran through Qiao Yue's body. She couldn't help but spat out blood, which shocked Trand's men into looking at each other.
Qiao Yue was in a bad shape. The injury on her ribs hadn't recovered, the stitches most likely broken when she was tossed around, and now she's been electrocuted. Pain spread all over her body, to the point of causing her chills.
Just as Qiao Yue was feeling dizzy, Trand's men suddenly tied her up again.
"Are we retreating?" Someone who didn't understand asked.
The person who carried her cursed and then said, "Yes! The police have somehow found their way here! Boss told us to take him and leave immediately."
Qiao Yue's lips curled up slightly when she heard the conversation between the two men. Not bad, Chu Jia acted rather quickly.
Although Qiao Yue couldn't see through the blindfold, she felt Trand's breath when she was put in the car.
"Boss has already asked them to change the landing site of the plane. We need to get to B-City as soon as possible and leave the country tonight!" Qiao Yue heard a voice coming from her left.
Trand acknowledged with a mutter and didn't say anything else.
This time, the atmosphere in the car felt way more tense than before. Everyone was a bundle of nerves, afraid for their lives.
After some thought, Qiao Yue understood the change in Trand's attitude. He thought that he had shrugged off the police and the assassins, and had even caught her, but the police still tracked him down... How could he not be afraid?
"Boss, the police are too quick. I suspect..." Before Trand's subordinate could finish, everyone understood what he was saying, that the mole among them were still with them.
"Impossible." Trand disagreed immediately.
"If we don't have a mole, then..."
In an instant, Qiao Yue felt pairs of eyes on her. Feeling that she had been exposed, Qiao Yue held a blade to Trand's neck in the blink of an eye.
"Don't move," Qiao Yue held the blade to Trand's neck with one hand while removing her blindfold with the other.
Trand's face was gloomy as he looked into Qiao Yue's smiling eyes. "But we've search you earlier..."
Before Trand could finish his sentence, he saw Qiao Yue's bloody arm, and his eyes were filled with horror.
"You actually..."
Before Trand could finish, Qiao Yue's blade was so close to cutting him that he shut up.
"It's my turn now, stop the car."
Qiao Yue ordered the driver while holding Trand hostage. With Trand as her hostage, Qiao Yue was not afraid that his men would disobey her.
The car slowed to a stop and Qiao Yue grabbed Trand and got out of the car. This was her last chance; she wouldn't let Trand escape again. Besides, Trand knew about her mother.
Although Trand was being held hostage by Qiao Yue, his words were still arrogant.
"I've underestimated you, Number 47. What now? Did you capture me to get a reward? If you want money, I have loads of it. I can give you money. I can also let you leave safely, but you must guarantee my safety."
Qiao Yue looked at the people who were pointing their guns at her and said, "Tell me! How much will you give me?"
Qiao Yue didn't really want the money, but since Trand joked with her like this, she'd play along.
"1 billion in C-Country currency. It'll guarantee you a carefree life for the rest of your days. You will no longer need to live a life of wounds and injuries." Trand offered immediately.
Qiao Yue chuckled. "Your life is a little cheap, isn't it? You are an international drug and human trafficker, and you are worth a mere 1 billion?"
Trand was just joking at first. He didn't expect Qiao Yue to negotiate with him. Now that she did, he started to wonder if Qiao Yue even wanted the money.
"I'll double it, and I promise that as long as you don't bother me again, my people will not touch you."
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