3:20 PM, five hours have passed since Owen learned that Jack’s family was kidnapped.
On the mountain road, a Volkswagen Beetle drove silently into an open space. There was a van parked alone in the open space. Nina stopped the car and got out of the Beetle.
It was quiet all around. Owen did not meet at the place called Mertic as Nina requested, but chose a place five kilometers away from there.
Just as he needed to see Nina, Nina definitely needed to see him, otherwise there would be no need to ask him to meet. So Owen changed the meeting place willfully, which was more beneficial to him, and Nina was not like her.
He acted so strong and still came as promised.
"I'm here, Owen, come out..."
Nina looked at the empty cab and shouted around, knowing that Owen was hiding somewhere and observing her.
"Owen~~~"
When she yelled for the second time, something quietly hit the back of Nina's head, and Owen's voice sounded from behind her: "I'm sorry that the party location has been changed. I hope you don't mind."
Owen, who was wearing a large trench coat, took out Nina's weapon from the holster on her back and threw it aside. Then he searched it from top to bottom with the hand that was not holding the gun, and then turned to her front.
Owen lowered the muzzle of the gun. No matter how fast Nina was at such a close distance, his bullets could not beat her.
"Tell me, you told me to come over and tell me all the truth. What is the truth?"
Owen's tone was playful.
Nina also put her hands down, looking indifferent.
"Sorry, I have nothing to say."
"Are you kidding me when you called me over and told me you had nothing to say?"
"You're too naive, Owen. Telling you the truth is just an excuse. It's not me who really asked you to come here, it's him..."
Nina took two steps back and suddenly pointed to the side and said.
In that direction, a black man in a suit walked slowly, and behind him there were several people, all holding guns and looking confident.
Owen raised his gun, but then he put it down obediently, because several red dots appeared on his chest. The red dots extended all the way around. Owen followed the rays and quickly found the guys who were pointing guns at him.
He had already been surrounded.
"Put down your weapons~~"
Someone on the other side shouted, and Owen obediently threw away the P226 in his hand. He deliberately threw it very close, but was kicked away by Nina. Everyone smiled contemptuously at him, but no one noticed that he was still holding it in his hand.
Holding a small mobile phone.
"Steve Irwin, we finally meet..."
The black man came over slowly and lit a cigar for himself.
"It seems that you are Isaac Johnson, the guy who framed Swagger..."
"Haha, he is just unlucky."
The black colonel stood out with a smoke ring and a confident smile on his face.
"Where's Swagger?"
Irving ignored him and asked: "Why don't we make a deal? You tell me what you are going to blackmail Jack Bauer into doing for you, and I will tell you the whereabouts of Swager..."
"Hahaha~~, you are very interesting. At this time, you still want to trick me..."
The black colonel patted Owen on the shoulder with appreciation.
"It's okay if you don't tell me. I know he must be nearby, maybe aiming at my head with a sniper rifle, but he doesn't dare to kill me..."
"Why?" Owen was a little confused.
"Because I am the only person who can prove his innocence. If he wants to clear his innocence, he must let me live, otherwise he will always be the murderer of the Ethiopian Archbishop..."
On the hills surrounding the valley bottom, Swager could not help but frown when he heard the proud laughter of the black colonel coming from the headset. However, these emotions did not affect him. As a sniper, he must always be integrated with the surrounding environment.
One body.
"Did you hear that, Swag, you will always be charged with murder. You can't escape. Sooner or later you will be caught. Maybe you will be shot indiscriminately, or you will be secretly executed by the country's powerful departments.
Maybe I will die quietly in a corner, or even if I don't die, I can only live in the shadows, and I will always walk in the sunshine and enjoy people's flowers and applause..."
The black colonel kept stimulating Swager. He knew that Swager must be hiding somewhere around. As long as Swager couldn't bear to show any clues, the people he arranged would kill him.
"Don't forget that we have evidence that you massacred civilians. You don't think we only have that copy, do you?"
Owen responded forcefully. He was also afraid that Swagger would suddenly show up. But to be honest, even he didn't know where Swagger was hiding. He could only hear the breathing in his headset.
Still alive.
"So what? Do you dare to publish the evidence? Do you know how powerful the power behind me is? Whoever publishes it will disappear. Not only him, but his family and friends will all die.
Do you dare? Does Swag dare? We already know the relationship between him and Sasha. As long as it is announced, Sasha will die. I believe you also have a family, but we haven’t found it yet, but with the strength of the forces behind me,
Ability, how long do you think it can be kept secret?
There are no secrets in America, especially from those who have money..."
The black colonel's words made Owen's heart tremble. Although he was arrogant, what he said was all the truth.
After being around the CTU for a while, he saw a lot of dirty things, including the power grab in the Pentagon and the insiders in the CTU. Becky, who knew more about it, also told him some other inside stories.
The black colonel is not lying. For those consortiums and trust companies, any secrets in the United States are transparent to them.
"No trace of Swag has been found yet..."
A report from his subordinates came through the black colonel's earphone. It was the sniper he had arranged on the hilltop, specifically to deal with Swager. However, the delay in finding any trace of Swager made him a little irritated.
The colonel didn't know that just when his men had finished reporting, a bullet penetrated his men's heads.
Swager's voice also sounded in Owen's earphones at the same time: "We've got the opponent's sniper."
After hearing the good news from Swager, Owen calmly pressed a button on his phone and started counting down in his heart.
five
Four
three
…
No one noticed Owen's little move, and the black colonel was a little impatient. This time he came in person to solve the trouble once and for all.
Representative Dick has not contacted him for a long time. He must be dissatisfied with him. He must make some achievements to prove his worth.
The most convincing thing is of course Swager's head.
He had tried all his methods just now and failed to let Swager reveal his clues, but he was sure that the other party must be nearby. This was a soldier's sensitivity out of danger.
Since words could not stimulate Swager, the colonel decided to change his approach. Then he turned around, took out his gun, pointed it at Owen and pulled the trigger.
Just when Owen's countdown reached "one", the black colonel suddenly shot him.
Owen felt as if his chest was hit by a sledgehammer, and his body fell to the ground.
And the moment he fell to the ground, the roar of a machine gun suddenly sounded behind him.
The M2HB heavy machine gun hidden in the trunk of the van spurted out flames. The 12.7mm bullets directly penetrated the body of the van, and the muzzle of the gun sprayed out lines of fire according to a preset trajectory.