"Brother Shen, what's happening? Why do we have to get out of the vehicle?"
Hearing Shen Fei order them out, a young woman asked.
"These people say there is some damn Mole among you and they are going to abandon all of you here, but don't worry, I won't leave with them. I will escort you all back to the camp," Shen Fei shouted to the people in the car.
"What?! They're abandoning us?"
"Waaah, I don't want to die yet."
"Don't leave me behind, I'm not the Mole!"
For a moment, there was a clamor of different voices from the car.
"Th-then what about us?" a young man stood up and asked.
"The men can stay, or you can return to the camp with your leader; the choice is yours."
After Wang Zhi finished speaking, the men in the car began looking at each other, occasionally glancing at Shen Fei, seemingly showing no intention of getting out.
"Hahaha, see? This is the righteousness you preach. what has it earned you? Look for yourself. No one is willing to go back with you to wait for death. How about it? It's not too late for you to regret it now; we don't mind taking one more person." You Luo stepped forward and mocked Shen Fei.
Shen Fei, with swollen eyes, looked at the forty-plus women and children in the car. Among them were the wives and daughters of the brothers who had faced life and death with him, as well as the female soldiers who had fought shoulder-to-shoulder with them. He wanted to survive, but he would never survive this way.
Thud!
"please, sirs and madams, have pity! Take some of the people back! There is only one Mole, but there are over forty people here. Take my brother's wives; they absolutely aren't the Mole. We have known each other from the very beginning! I beg of you!"
Shen Fei ran over and knelt before Wang Zhi and the others, pleading incessantly.
"Shen Fei, I will repeat myself: we are following orders. We are powerless to grant your request," Wang Zhi said, then gave his subordinates a look, signaling them to have the women get out of the car.
"Come on, ladies! Get out of the car and return with your Captain Shen," You Luo called from beside the vehicle.
"We are not moles! We aren't leaving!"
"That's right! I have a clear conscience; why won't you take me back?"
"You brutes, you won't even spare the children! You will certainly face divine retribution!"
Instantly, the women in the vehicle began to chatter-some cursing, some pleading, and some weeping.
Gray Wolf, seeing that the women refused to disembark, started pulling them out forcefully. One woman, no longer caring about anything else, screamed and lunged at Gray Wolf.
"I'll fight you all to the death!"
seeing the woman scramble up from the ground and rush him, Gray Wolf frowned. With a sharp snap of bone accompanying a swift side kick, he sent the woman tumbling over two meters away, where she rolled on the ground clutching her arm.
"Get out of the car!" Gray Wolf roared, thoroughly exasperated by the women.
Wang Zhi watched gray Wolf raise his gun, pointing it at the crowd, and then glanced at Old He and the others beside him who couldn't bear to watch. All the villainy had fallen to Gray Wolf.
But Wang Zhi would not let Gray Wolf shoulder the infamy alone; he stepped forward and fired two warning shots into the sky.
After the gunshots rang out, the people in the car fell silent. Some, fearing death, immediately began climbing out to stand behind Shen Fei.
"No... please stop shooting! Give me five minutes, and I will make them come down. Please, do not harm them," Shen Fei said, stepping forward to shield the group.
"Alright, five minutes," Wang Zhi said, then stood aside with his men, quietly watching Shen Fei communicate with the women in the vehicle.
In less than five minutes, Shen Fei had all the women exit the vehicle; only eighteen adult males and children remained inside.
"Wang Zhi!" Shen Fei called out.
"what is it?"
"Can we... for the sake of these innocent people, have our truck returned to us?" Shen Fei pleaded.
Wang Zhi and his men exchanged glances. Their previously stern faces softened into slight smiles. "What kind of joke is that? It was always yours to begin with."
Hearing that Wang Zhi's group had no intention of looting their truck, Shen Fei let out a huge sigh of relief.
"Good... thank you." Shen Fei finished speaking, then turned back to the truck to arrange for the group of women to board.
Wang Zhi's group also quickly boarded their two SUVs, each carrying nine survivors in the rear compartment, and started the engines, continuing their journey back.
.....
After Shen Fei escorted all the women back to the camp, one of the relatively younger women secretly ran to a corner, pulled out a small razor blade, cut her thigh, and then used her last two fingers to dig into the flesh and extract a small chip.
The woman squeezed hard in her hand, and the chip was instantly destroyed.
...
In a room, a screen suddenly flashed a notification. Tanaka Jaku quickly walked over. Seeing that the signal transmission location was still that same camp, he appeared somewhat puzzled.
Previously, he had instructed his subordinate to send him a signal only upon reaching the enemy's sanctuary. Why had they moved for a while only to return to the camp and send a signal?
"Have they been exposed?" Tanaka Jaku muttered to himself.
Logically, the other side shouldn't be able to find evidence of the mole. He had implanted a tracking chip in his subordinate-a chip that even current equipment couldn't detect, let alone a group of survivors with nothing.
The exposure of his subordinate left Tanaka Jaku completely bewildered; it was inexplicable. The only plausible explanation was that there was a traitor within their ranks!
"Who could it be?" Tanaka Jaku pondered the personnel who knew of this plan. Five people knew the plan, and all five held significant positions within their organization. He couldn't guarantee that others hadn't passed the plan down to subordinates either.
However, what he could confirm now was that there was a traitor in the organization!
"No! I must report this situation to the Commander."
Thinking this, Tanaka Jaku immediately left the room.
...
"Commander, I have important news!" Tanaka Jaku arrived at the commander's room.
"Speak."
"This... this news is best heard by you alone," Tanaka Jaku said, glancing at the two people beside the Commander.
"Hmm... the two of you step out first."
"Alright, you may speak now." After the two women left, the Commander spoke.
"It's like this, Commander, there is a traitor in our organization!"
"A traitor? Elaborate." Hearing the word 'traitor,' the Commander's expression instantly turned cold.
Tanaka Jaku relayed his plan to the Commander.
"Heh, traitors again! At this point, they still haven't realized who the ultimate victor will be!" the Commander sneered coldly.
"Then Commander... what should we do now?" Tanaka Jaku asked.
"Regarding the traitor, do not act rashly before confirming the logic, lest we alert this person. You bring your subordinates back immediately; she definitely knows something. Also, issue a notice: pay close attention to this person! If you encounter him, you must capture him alive. Whoever captures him will receive a great reward!" The Commander handed Tanaka Jaku both Wang Zhi's childhood photo and a simulated portrait of his adult appearance.
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