Chapter 98 – A golden cicada cannot shed its shell

Following the car in front, always maintaining a distance that is neither too close nor too far. But if we follow for too long, we might be recognized.

"I have a question. If we find Gelayev and give him one million, and if we kill Gelayev, we get ten million. So if we track down Gelayev by following this car, can we get one million?"

Gao Guang asked a good question, and Mike immediately became interested and asked eagerly, "Yeah, if we find Gelayev, we get one million, right? Does that count for us?"

John said with a gloomy face, "No, it doesn't count."

"What? It doesn't count?"

"Why doesn't it count? Why?"

John said indifferently, "Finding Gelayev means providing his location without Danny and the others knowing. This information is worth one million dollars. But now Danny's people are tracking Patrov, and we are helping track Patrov. So it's not worth one million dollars. Do you understand?"

It sounded reasonable and fair, but Gao Guang would definitely be disappointed. He immediately said, "What if we kill Gelayev? Do we get ten million?"

John sighed, and Gao Guang immediately understood.

"So even if we kill Gelayev, we don't get ten million?"

"Obviously, the information was provided by Danny. We are assisting in the tracking, so we are part of the entire operation. Even if we find and kill Gelayev, it's not our own doing, but the result of teamwork. So we definitely won't get ten million. But if no one else helps and only the three of us kill Gelayev, then even if we don't get ten million, we should at least get seven million. That's probably how it is."

Mike approached Gao Guang and whispered, "Boss, why don't the three of us give it a try?"

Blinded by greed, Gao Guang began to seriously consider whether he should take matters into his own hands after finding Gelayev.

"Haha, you're really cute. Both of you are cute."

In John's mouth, "cute" was never a compliment. He said with extreme disdain, "Before you start using your imagination, show me the map first and see if there are any convenient escape routes nearby."

Gao Guang reluctantly picked up his phone, enlarged the map, and then said helplessly, "I can't tell from this map..."

The navigation map can show the size of the roads, but it can't show the amount of traffic. John, feeling helpless, said, "Call Hound and ask if they can predict."

"King calling Hound, can you predict which route the fox will take? Over."

"Hound receiving, unable to make an accurate judgment, but there are three routes that are very suitable as anti-tracking routes. King, do you have tracking experience? Over."

Gao Guang looked at John, and John made a small gesture with his hand and said, "We've only done tracking jobs with others before, not very good at it. Ask Hound how many people they have. We might need to cooperate with them later. Over."

"We have tracking experience, but we're not very good at it. Hound, how many people do you have and what equipment do you have? Over."

"Two people, no guns. Over."

Gao Guang was a little surprised, and John sighed and said, "No more helpers."

Mike said excitedly, "That's great. No one will compete with us for the money."

Suddenly, John slammed on the brakes, slowing down the car. But when he saw Patrov's car not turning off the main road, he immediately said, "Call Danny now and ask if Gelayev has any familiar gangs in Tijuana."

Gao Guang immediately called Danny. When Danny answered, he urgently whispered, "We're following Patrov. Caps wants me to ask if Gelayev has any familiar gangs in Tijuana."

Los Angeles is very close to Tijuana. Gelayev started his career in Los Angeles with the help of gangs, so it's almost impossible for him not to have any dealings with Mexican gangs.

Danny immediately said, "Still checking. Gelayev also does cocaine business in Los Angeles, so he should have a stable source of goods and transportation channels, and the source of goods can only be from Mexico. But currently, it seems that Gelayev has a bad relationship with the Tijuana gangs. They are not cooperating, only hostile. This confuses me."

The investigation into Gelayev should have been going on for a while. If they still haven't found anything, it's possible that there really are no gangs cooperating with Gelayev.

John said irritably, "Forget it if you don't know. There's nothing more to say."

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Gao Guang didn't hang up the phone in a hurry. He said to Danny, "We're following Patrov, but it's very difficult. You need to find someone to help us quickly."

"The fastest person can arrive in twenty-seven minutes, and more people can arrive in an hour. Hold on, please. Give me twenty-five minutes, and I will definitely send people over!"

Danny was precise with the time, which indicated two things. One, he really didn't have anyone available, and two, he was indeed mobilizing people.

After hanging up the phone, Gao Guang was puzzled and asked, "Doesn't Warfire Group have thousands of people? Why can't they spare a few dozen?"

"Thousands of people are all in their own positions, and most of them are in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Also, Danny can quickly mobilize a team of two hundred people to protect Renato, but hunting down Gelayev is a dirty job. People who do dirty work need to be absolutely reliable and capable. With these two conditions, do you think it's easy to find people?"

John explained Gao Guang's doubts in the midst of his busy schedule. Suddenly, he made a turn and drove off the main road. Then he urgently said, "Patrov suddenly turned. Quickly tell Hound!"

"King calling Hound, the fox has turned." After quickly checking the map, Gao Guang continued, "The fox has reached the roundabout near Lille Hotel, and he is returning along the same route. Over."

Ending the call, Gao Guang said, "Trouble. I think Patrov is waiting for someone."

"Waiting for someone?"

"Waiting for someone to pick him up. If Gelayev sends someone to pick him up, it's unlikely that we can continue tracking. If Patrov doesn't continue forward but keeps circling around the roundabout, then it's basically confirmed."In this situation, Gao Guang definitely didn't know how to solve it, and it seemed that John had no solution either. As for Mike, he might as well forget it.

However, after Patrov's car circled around the island, it turned directly and drove away. John's car was just able to make the turn. If it had been a little later, he would have had to continue forward and wouldn't be able to turn and follow.

Patrov's car sped up a bit, and Gao Guang suddenly said, "He's not going to the Lille Hotel, is he?"

John was very puzzled and said, "Impossible, it can't be that simple, right? Patrov is not... He actually stopped!"

Patrov's car turned into the hotel's internal road, and Gao Guang and the others drove past the front of the hotel. Gao Guang immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said urgently, "King calling Hound, the Fox has entered the Lille Hotel, we can't go in, over."

"Hound received, over."

John drove forward for a while, then suddenly stopped the car and said to Mike, "Get out! You two get out! Keep an eye on Patrov's car to see if it comes out again. Take the walkie-talkie, hurry up!"

Gao Guang and Mike quickly got out of the car, and then they both ran into the roadside green belt, watching the hotel from a distance. They saw Patrov's car stop for a moment at the main entrance of the hotel lobby, and then the Senna started moving again.

Gao Guang squatted down and said into the walkie-talkie, "Now we're in trouble. The car stopped at the hotel entrance and left again. I don't know if the Fox went in or stayed in the car and left, over."

If Patrov really went to the Lille Hotel, it would be great, but Gao Guang felt that things couldn't be that simple. If Patrov was just bluffing and stopped at the hotel entrance for a moment, they would have to find a way to verify it. If they went to check, Patrov might just pull them out by their tails.

Tracking and counter-tracking were not suitable for novices. It was too professional, too troublesome, and too disgusting.

Gao Guang's walkie-talkie immediately received instructions from Hound.

"We'll follow the car, you go to the hotel to check, over."

As soon as Hound's call ended, John said urgently, "No, I'll follow the car, you go check. I've already got two rookies out of the car, they can't do this kind of work!"

Gao Guang and Mike both felt humiliated, but Hound's response made them even more puzzled.

"You're Caps? You're back?"

"Even if I die, I won't go back to the war. I'm working for King's defense now, King's defense, we're on our own, on our own! My partners are two rookies, hurry up and find them, that's it."

John's voice had a hint of anger and embarrassment.

Sure enough, Hound and John knew each other. No wonder John never spoke and always let Gao Guang and Hound relay messages.

Hound was a bit puzzled, but still immediately said into the walkie-talkie, "There's a back door to the Lille Hotel, send someone to watch it right away, don't let the Fox run away from the back door!"

Gao Guang looked at Mike and whispered, "You run over there, go around to the back door of the hotel and keep an eye on it. You've seen Patrov's photo, be careful, don't let him run away!"

Mike took off running.

Dressed in all black, Mike spread his legs and ran quickly, soon disappearing into the darkness. His skin color was a natural camouflage at this moment, and his speed was fast, making him perfect for this kind of work.

Gao Guang began walking towards the hotel's front entrance, not daring to run for fear of being seen by someone with ill intentions. He also put the walkie-talkie on his back waist and put on the earpiece.

Gao Guang hadn't even reached the hotel's main entrance when he heard Mike say through the walkie-talkie, "I'm at the back door."

In at most twenty seconds, Mike had run more than a hundred meters. This speed was truly unmatched. Just as Gao Guang was amazed and relieved, he heard Mike continue to whisper, "I see the Fox. He's in the parking lot behind the hotel building. He got into a car, the car started, and drove away. Damn, there's a small door here, the small door opened, and the Fox drove out!"

Patrov indeed had someone to pick him up, and he did use the Lille Hotel as a transit point to escape. He almost succeeded, but he didn't expect, Gao Guang didn't expect, and no one here could have expected that there would be a black man who could participate in the Olympic track and field events, running around the hotel at a hundred-meter sprint speed, even faster than the time it took Patrov to pass through the hotel lobby.

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