Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger-Chapter 678 - 628: Developments

When Mountain Eagle discreetly appeared in Anchorage, it was already the fourth day...

In the luxurious suite of the Captain Hotel, Daria handed a cup of hot coffee to the dusty Mountain Eagle and then sized up Sled, who looked like a refugee running out from some mountain...

Watching Mountain Eagle take a sip of coffee, then lying back on the sofa with a sigh of relief, Daria covered her mouth, laughing as she said, "Boss, you're the first person I've seen who rushes to do the dirty and tiring work and drives your subordinates to collapse."

Mountain Eagle glanced at Donkey, who was impeccably dressed in a suit, and Sealion, who was flamboyantly dressed, and said unhappily, "Do you think being chased by a bunch of ISA agents is a pleasant thing?

The people from the Department of Homeland Security seem to have gone crazy. I think they want to turn over every mouse in the field to check their gender."

Saying this, Mountain Eagle put down the coffee, lay horizontally on the sofa, sighed, and said, "I still slightly underestimated the people from the Department of Homeland Security...

These past few days, I've been busy playing hide and seek with them. Do you have any news on your side?

My wife and kids are arriving in a few days. If they keep a close watch on that place, I estimate there won't be any peaceful days there."

Daria seemed to have thought of something particularly funny, took out a tablet, sat down pressing against Mountain Eagle's lower leg, and smilingly said, "Boss, I asked Mori to inquire through the 'Losers' Alliance'...

Those two thieves didn't take the northern sea route; they've disappeared.

Glasman and representatives from two major companies were detained by the State Police...

Another team that engaged in a firefight with the special forces of the Department of Homeland Security somehow exposed their whereabouts, then were spotted by a helicopter from the National Guard. Subsequently, ISA agents set an ambush on their escape route and captured them.

These people were sent to Fairbanks yesterday. The Department of Homeland Security merely let them meet Glasman, then used a simple prisoner's dilemma to make them talk.

Initially, Glasman still had coffee to drink; now, I guess he's lying in a dungeon enduring water torture.

A terrorist calling himself 'Atomic Weapon Master' claimed he obtained the Ebola virus and used it to manufacture weapons.

They openly called out to the officials, demanding the release of all detained organization members, otherwise, they would release the virus in Washington.

Merck Company has a very short time to get the vaccine development rights; they couldn't gather enough vaccines in a short time for defense.

Now the top brass of the Department of Homeland Security is under tremendous pressure; the Washington Secret Service has entered an emergency state, and the president's planned trips to Silicon Valley and Seattle have all been canceled.

I asked Snowden to find a way, and sold the information on Glasman's relationship with the Talan family and the Edward Foundation on the underground network for a good price.

The people from the Department of Homeland Security have gone mad; they're willing to spend 1000 Bitcoins for just a sentence.

That Glasman himself is a consultant for the Department of Homeland Security; he can't withstand scrutiny, but the subsequent developments depend on how the Ebola virus is handled.

All intelligence agencies in the United States have been mobilized, and the members of that terrorist organization called 'Atomic Weapon Master' have all been traced, even those imprisoned have been gathered together.

But it's said that the Department of Homeland Security's arrest operations haven't been particularly smooth..."

Mountain Eagle rubbed his temples with a bit of a headache and said, "What kind of organization is this Atomic Weapon Master?

I've never heard of them before...

These people are utterly lawless, and the arrangement of this operation is extraordinarily meticulous. They not only got the virus and vaccine first but also played everyone for fools.

What exactly are they trying to achieve by doing this?"

"From their public demands, they seem to want to rescue their detained companions..."

Saying this, Daria flicked through the tablet in her hand, laughing as she said, "This Atomic Weapon Master is quite interesting...

They are a group of anarchists, most of whom have a militia background. Because they plotted to attack power facilities, nuclear power plants, and Jewish temples, they were defined as the New Nazi Organization by officials.

Their nominal leader, Brand Russell, has been serving in the National Guard of Florida. Three months ago, his two African-American roommates died under abnormal circumstances, then the guy began to flee...

As a result, he was captured in rural Florida, charged with 'possession of unregistered destructive devices and improper storage of explosive materials,' and was ultimately sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Actually, I also find it a bit strange. From the existing information, Atomic Weapon Master has always employed a leaderless resistance strategy.

They are a loose organization of small groups located across the United States, connected by a shared ideology.

That Brandon Russell is just a nominal leader, he actually has no direct control over the others, not even a stable source of funding.

Moreover, he was only sentenced to 5 years, and the prison conditions he's in are said to not be too bad. I can't figure out why those people would use the virus as a condition...

Originally, that guy only needed to serve two years to be eligible for parole, but now it's uncertain. Whether he can hold on until he meets his associates is still a problem."

As soon as Mountain Eagle heard this, he knew there was a problem...

Just the fact that their leader would be caught for 'possession of unregistered destructive devices and improper storage of explosive materials' shows they are not a well-managed and clear-headed organization.

Such an organization doesn't have the capability in Alaska to make fools of the Edward Foundation, two major pharmaceutical companies, and the Department of Homeland Security.

In fact, organizations like the 'Atomic Weapon Master' are like garbage bins, where anything awful can be thrown in.

This world is complex. Sometimes those you think are good people are actually full of vice behind the scenes, and sometimes those famous so-called organizations have no ideals; they're just in it for the money.

Organizations similar to the Atomic Weapon Master exist in every country around the world.

They generally come up with a 'grand ideal' for themselves, then find an excuse like 'the moon abroad is rounder than at home', unite a group of discontented people, and then figure out a way to create incidents to get on the news.

As long as they gain a certain level of notoriety, and the region they are in has some economic or geopolitical value, various NGOs will come knocking with sponsorships.

Various good and bad NGO organizations operate all over the world. Of course, there are those that are purely charitable, but most exist for profit...

Some support terrorists, others inject ideology through funding civilian projects, aiming to create regional instability to facilitate profit for businesses or politicians.

You can find these kinds of things all over the world, and they all share a common trait: they can only organize activities once sponsorship is in place...

The Atomic Weapon Master is different from those who only stir things up on the web and in the media; they are much more action-oriented, and their ideology is much more extreme.

So their basket can hold many more things!

Terrorists, huh, doing inhumane things is quite normal!

Mountain Eagle had a premonition that those who took the virus would definitely attempt to release it...

The Department of Homeland Security probably would make a similar judgment, but as a functional department, they couldn't be as rash as he speculated; they need to thoroughly screen the existing clues.

This kind of situation would give the real terrorists time and space to act...

But this doesn't affect Mountain Eagle himself. He just wants to pit Glasman and the Edward Foundation to death for all the effort he's put into fighting ice and snow over the past few days.

Mountain Eagle lay on the sofa with his eyes closed, thought for a moment, and said, "Notify Snowden to release intel on the dark web pretending to be those two thieves, um...

Just say they were hired by the Talan family within the Edward Foundation to steal the virus and vaccine from the Wenbo Ni Laboratory, with the aim of creating an Ebola virus crisis in the United States to raise the price of vaccine technology.

Only Glasman knows where they hid the virus and vaccine, so they speculate that Glasman must have collaborated with the terrorists to steal the virus, intending to release it using the terrorists and to shirk all responsibilities."

Daria blinked her big eyes upon hearing this and said, "Boss, Snowden has worked so hard on his dark web account, posting fake information isn't that great, is it?

How about we use other channels to release the information?"

Mountain Eagle grinned and said, "Who said it's fake information? Apart from the guesses made by the thieves, everything else is true information."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle suddenly thought of something and curiously said, "Isn't Snowden supposed to be in Russia?

How does this guy have the leisure to mess with these things?"

Daria shrugged and said, "Snowden followed the agreement requirements and went to Russia; he ended up settling in Kazan.

The population there is too sparse, and there isn't much to do.

So this guy took part of his compensation, gave it to Mi Lu as a commission, and then got some computers to start remotely solving security issues for people, while also helping us maintain the Arctic Fox social software.

This guy is actually quite capable. Even when secrets are sealed, he can scoop up all sorts of information from the network as if he were mining.

The dark web is now his playground, and messing with those phishing cops and agents has become a pastime for him.

Last month, he and hacker Zorn pulled off a big job. They tracked the address of a Bitcoin theft organization. I don't know how they managed it, but it seems they made a lot of Bitcoin.

Then they developed some program and created an underground Bitcoin exchange...

The intelligence account is just his window for external communication, and all transactions are done in Bitcoin."

Mountain Eagle was surprised, slapped his forehead, and said, "Did I miss a lot of things?"

Then he said with some amusement, "Seems like that guy hasn't been idle in the Golden Triangle either..."

Daria noticed the boss seemed in a better mood and smiled as she said, "That guy called me wanting to seek investment from you for some mining machine.

I don't quite understand it, so I asked him to wait a bit..."

Then Daria curiously looked at the boss and asked, "Boss, what exactly does he mean by mining?"

Mountain Eagle actually didn't understand either. He shook his head and said, "In my understanding, a mining machine is a tool that wastes electricity to create a so-called decentralized internet currency.

This thing is unregulated, so it's a tool for money laundering and illegal transactions.

Currently, the price of one Bitcoin is close to 400 US Dollars. People holding Bitcoin, besides those internet geeks, include those speculating for profit and those transferring funds..."

Daria was surprised and said, "Can that thing really make money?"