Chapter 829 - 370: The Boss

Chapter 829: Chapter 370: The Boss

The sudden noise behind him did not surprise Gu Ji.

Instead, he quickly stepped back to the spot where the item fell, picked it up, and found it was a black quick-draw holster containing an Italian-made Beretta M92F pistol.

That’s right.

From the very first glance at the Asian man, Gu Ji immediately spent 0.28 crisis points to purchase a pistol from the privilege library. Following the principle of "danger plus one," even if the probability of the opponent directly shooting was small, he had to be prepared in advance.

Unexpectedly, before the game’s equipment was deployed on the scene, Gu Ji already took down the enemy.

However, he didn’t discard the firearm; instead, he racked the slide, stood it beside his jaw, and searched the body of the Asian man while keeping an eye on the alley exit.

Unexpectedly, this guy was so confident in his skills that he indeed didn’t carry a gun.

After rummaging for a while, Gu Ji found only four things: a cellphone, a portable signal jammer, and...

A foam grenade hanging on the waist!

This undoubtedly further confirmed his earlier suspicion; only Abe Shigehide from Liangben would choose this rather "gang-like" method of revenge to kill him.

Yet, Gu Ji still had many questions.

How did Abe Shigehide know he’d appear in Romania’s capital? Could it be his recent activities have been under constant monitoring by him?

He quickly dismissed this possibility.

No matter how skilled Abe Shigehide was, dispatching people to bypass his anti-surveillance habits couldn’t possibly monitor him under the eyes of the Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Public Security Special Service Bureau.

Moreover, looking at this close-range assassination.

The idea of setting traps with drones was innovative, but the plan was too simple. Besides an Asian man, there seemed to be no follow-up measures.

From the moment the person died, the enemy hadn’t sent anyone for a second round of killing.

There’s only one possibility: Abe Shigehide only received intel about him temporarily, and their main target wasn’t him but Jian Na of the 7472 unit, which explains the hurried setup since they didn’t focus on him at all.

"Intel obtained temporarily..."

Gu Ji murmured, his brain spinning rapidly as he began to recall the moments where his identity might have been leaked, quickly focusing on a woman with silver-frame glasses, exuding authority.

From the Japan Cabinet Intelligence Investigation Room!

He instantly saw through everything.

Back when surrounded in Japan’s subway station, he’d analyzed with Gao Bo and Wu Kang that Liangben’s group definitely had assistance from intelligence services, and later, when Abe Shigehide and other core members disappeared under Japan Police Department’s nationwide search, it further confirmed this.

"Zzz... Gu Ji! Can you hear me speak?! Gu Ji! Please respond immediately!!"

"Gu Ji! Damn, he might really be in trouble!"

Just as Gu Ji turned off the signal jammer, desperate calls from Chen Zhiyu and Shi Zhengmin started coming through his hidden earpiece intermittently.

He quickly pressed the communication button, "Mr. Shi, Chen Zhiyu, I’m fine."

"Gu Ji? You scared me to death, why did you suddenly stop talking, I called you over ten times, I thought you..."

"I was ambushed."

Gu Ji briefly recounted the entire process of being cornered in a dead-end alley while walking cautiously along the alley wall, using CQB corner-check tactics with his gun to inspect the external street but found no suspicious individuals.

"What? Do you know who did it?"

Shi Zhengmin’s tone was extremely shocked.

Although he knew there would be risks in searching for Jian Na, he didn’t expect someone would dare targeting them, and most importantly, the setup clearly aimed at Gu Ji!

"Not sure, all I know is they were Japanese; the assassination moves were deadly with a distinct military style, possibly from the Japan Cabinet Intelligence Investigation Room!"

Gu Ji couldn’t directly speak the truth, with just the phrase "may humanity’s glory last forever," he couldn’t provide an explanation. So he had to take another approach, attempting to direct suspicion onto that woman with silver-frame glasses.

"Cabinet Intelligence Room... Gu Ji, where are you now? We’ll come to find you immediately!"

"I’ve already grabbed a gun from the corpse, you should be careful; considering the opponent’s cunning tactics, the target might be in danger!"

Listening to Chen Zhiyu’s concern in the earpiece, Gu Ji had already run out of the alley, using the shade of greenery as cover, escaping into another alley, "Tell me your position, I’ll meet up with you!"

"Gu Ji’s right, prioritize finding the whereabouts of Jian Na and Wa Xueming, meet near Bucharest United Square in ten minutes!"

Shi Zhengmin, as the operation leader, was still very decisive in commanding at crucial moments.

Gu Ji headed toward the square while operating the ghost server with spare thought to send news to Jian Na that both they and the Japan Cabinet Intelligence Investigation Room, Liangben, and PM Mercenaries were after them.

In the skirmish at Brazil’s Riverfront District, he’d already learned from Cohen, who carried foam grenades, that both sides had long been in collusion.

"7472 just sent news; we’ve been targeted by Liangben and PM Mercenaries!"

"What did you say? Liangben?"

In a side alley at the center of the commercial street district in Bucharest, Wa Xueming and Jian Na had already changed into local attire at a roadside stand, mingling with the crowd while walking quickly.

Upon hearing what Jian Na said, he was slightly startled, "But they were wiped out by the Police Headquarters long ago, weren’t they?"

"The gang was dismantled, but the main culprits remain at large. I spent nearly half a month with Baron back then and didn’t find any trace of Abe Shigehide, didn’t expect the intelligence agency’s high ranks had an insider."