"...No," Hank's voice came from the earphones, "I still can't find Miss Kiko's signal."
Hong was not wearing headphones, so she naturally had no idea what was going on. Seeing her eyes constantly moving between Jiang Yan and Hodel, who were silent, Iron Arm explained to Hong, "Xiko lost contact after we separated."
The silence continues, which is not a good sign. When differences of opinion occur, conflicts or even ruptures may occur within the temporary team that is tied together by the situation. Jiang Yan knows this very well. No matter how tacitly everyone cooperated just now
, that is only based on the experience gained from fighting on the battlefield. There is no trust in this team.
Second, when a disagreement occurs, the field will inevitably split into two factions. As for how the division will be divided, Rhode Island employees are likely to stand together to find their teammates, and the two black steel operators Jiang Yan and Tiejian are actually
There is no obligation to help Rhode Island find missing operators.
But if divided according to rationality and sensibility, it may not be as simple as dividing camps. The experienced Iron Arm and Hong are likely to stand together to support the evacuation, and what choice will Hodel choose, and what should Jiang Shao do?
How to choose?
Jiang Yan is the first and the second one. It is because he has had such an experience that he feels repulsed by cooperation between different camps. They have the same people under two different command systems, and human nature is complex and difficult to fathom.
.If there are only Black Steel operators present, then the matter is very simple. Whoever has higher tactical command priority can take command.
But they cannot ask others to listen to their orders.
While thinking briefly, Jiang Yan could already hear the sound of something pacing outside. The matter could not be delayed any longer and had to be resolved now. At this moment, Hodel's opinion would become crucial: as both Iron Arm and Hodel
When it comes to the relationship between people meeting for the first time, Jiang Yan must ask Hodel's attitude clearly.
"Hodel..."
"Wait." Hodel narrowed his eyes, "Wait until I finish smoking this cigarette."
He was hesitating, and Jiang Yan was a little surprised. Although they had only worked together once, the two of them were still friends who understood each other through life and death together. Hodel was by no means a sloppy person. There is no doubt about this. In fact, he
Closer to a direct and pure realist, he seems more inclined to act alone and achieve his goals than to cooperate - so much so that when he first met Baldur, he wanted to throw Jiang Yan away as bait.
However, such a pure mercenary is hesitating at the moment whether to look for teammates whose situation is unknown. If this is a person who can be seen everywhere, I am afraid Hodel will abandon him without hesitation, and on the issue of Kiko
Hodel hesitated, which shows that this person must have "meaning" to Hodel.
The few cigarette butts left burned out quickly, and Hodel slowly said:
"Perhaps you don't know that Kiko is just a pure young lady who has never seen the real world. She lacks common sense, is impulsive, has a stubborn streak, is prone to anger, and is often verbose. I would really hate to team up with such a person.
Lived with bloody mold for eight lifetimes."
Jiang Yan listened quietly to his complaints. Hodel changed his tone and said, "But from what I understand, although Xiko is stupid, she is definitely not stupid."
Hodel stood up and confirmed that the suppressor on his body was indeed still working. "If it's like the person in the headset said, Kiko's signal disappeared for no reason, I think this should be a message in itself. Whether it's her
Whether it is proactively sent or passively generated, we should not ignore such news."
...It seems that Hodel has made his own choice. Jiang Yan seemed helpless and relaxed, and everything had to be discussed, not to mention that he had his own responsibilities.
"Then, Hodel, I can't risk the lives of my comrades with you. I want to arrange -"
"No, no, no, Jiang Yan, you heard it wrong." Hodel shook his head, "It's not 'I can't ignore this message', it's 'We shouldn't ignore this message'. From the perspective of corporate interests, now we
We should go find Kiko together."
What do you mean? Seeing Jiang Yan's confused eyes, Hodel continued to explain:
"Why don't we make a more reasonable guess? In fact, the person who destroyed the communication was not with the beast, but with the captured ninja team?"
After Jiang Yan heard this, a big wave of shock arose in his heart. Forced by the urgent situation just now, coupled with the fear of strange beasts, all troubles were linked to that beast. But if you think about it carefully, if someone is really obstructing it,
Rather than controlling or using that inhuman creature that doesn't know whether it can understand human speech or not, it's more possible to cooperate with that ninja.
"Then the problem comes," Hodel spread his hands, "The goals of our mission are obviously linked to that ninja, and it is precisely because we have no conflict of interest and can both benefit from each other that we cooperate. But at this moment, since the mission goal exists, it is
Due to the possibility of hijacking, should we find a way to continue to cooperate and rescue my teammates and targets?"
"Have you not thought about how to ensure your survival?"
"For mercenaries, failure in a mission is no different from losing their lives." Hodel said the word "mercenary" directly in front of the two black steel operators Jiang Yan and Tiejian without any hesitation. If
If someone else comes in, there may be a lot of quarrels, but what he said does make sense: If this is a task assigned by Heigang, and the Longmen Office, which was just established, messes up the matter, then it would be suicide to destroy the sign.
No difference.
The premise is that this is a "dispatched" task. Jiang Yan and Tieji's spontaneous action was not even reported, so it will naturally not affect Black Steel International. Hodel must have guessed that the Longmen Office mentioned by Jiang Yan just now, guess
Seeing that the Longmen Office was in an unstable situation at the moment, he wanted to use this to put pressure on Jiang Shao and the other two, but he never calculated that this operation was organized by Jiang Shao personally.
"……I understand."
Hodel wanted to tie Jiang Yan and the others into a boat with him: acting alone would undoubtedly be an act of seeking death. At this moment, he needed the cooperation of everyone as much as possible. It didn't matter whether it was inducement or threats. Jiang looked at his determined eyes.
I didn’t know for a moment whether he was pretending to be calm, but what I knew was that he probably handed over all his cards.
What to do now?
Tell him directly that such "corporate interests" do not exist?
Jiang Yan looked at Hong, who flicked her ears and wagged her tail. It seemed that she was staying neutral.
Looking at Tie Arm again, his eyes were saying "it's up to you". Although he was higher in administrative level, Jiang Shao should make the decision in the face of war.
Hey, okay, what can I do? Just as Jiang Yan was about to speak, a roar came from the window, and vibrations came from the soles of his feet. It was a slap from the alien beast on the wall of the building. A figure climbed through the window and entered. Then
The man quickly came to Hodel and then——
"Snapped!"
A slap hit the stunned Hodel on the face!
"Okay, you smoke again!" Kiko was furious, "How many times have Gavel told you that you can't smoke anymore!"
"I--"
"Don't try to be harsh, I've smelled it all!"
"Yes, I did have a seizure." Seeing that Kiko was safe, Hodel returned to his original cunning self. "But I had to concentrate on thinking about how to save you. I am a team player and am very good at it."
He cares about the safety of his teammates."
Okay, now the problem is solved. As soon as Jiang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, Xiko came straight towards him. Then, she took out a heavy object and slapped Jiang Yan hard on the face!
"Wang De——" Jiang Xiang, who was photographed in all kinds of ways, was just about to say "Zhang" when Xiko said lightly, "This is NFC, we have a teammate who wants to contact you."
NFC is definitely not connected like this. Jiang Yan gritted his teeth and was about to explode when a surprised voice came from Hank in the earphones, "Jiang Yan, our system has been..."
After a period of noise, a cold female voice appeared on the channel.
"First meeting, all the operators of Black Steel International. Rhode Island Information Operator, code name Gray Swan greets you. I have understood the situation, and I will provide tactical support next. In addition," she paused, "attack
The means are good, 'Black Goat', but the defense is not good enough."
"...I didn't make up this firewall." Even if you haven't seen Jiang Yan, you can still imagine Hank's cold face, "If I made it up, you wouldn't even be able to get in."
But the other party sounded unconcerned, "Yeah, let's just treat it like that.
"Without further ado, please look to the west. There should be a slightly larger platform. Please immediately——