A retired reincarnation of a certain American film.

Luke rode in a black SUV, driven by Jack, and soon arrived at the manor that occupied a large area of ​​land outside General Santos City.

The estate even has a private airport with two runways.

After Luke got off the car, he looked at the private airport not far away, and looked at Natasha curiously: "Why didn't the plane come here before?"

Natasha smiled at this question and didn't give any explanation.

Luke just said it casually, and when Natasha didn't answer, he didn't continue on this topic.

What else could be the reason?

I just don’t want him to know the specific location of SHIELD’s branch in the Philippines.

After all, he is not from SHIELD.

Luke can understand.

The SHIELD branch here is not located on the land of the manor, but underground of the main building of the manor.

A space the size of three football fields was dug out of the manor's underground. When we took the elevator and arrived at the real Aegis base ten meters underground.

Luke looked at the huge underground base that was filled with cool silver metallic wind and the SHIELD agents who were busy performing their duties. He once again understood why Natasha didn't let the plane land at that time. Here it is.

Because the base here is not only SHIELD's base in the Philippines, it is probably one of SHIELD's main bases in Asia...

If this place is exposed, and then is taken over by Xu Wenwu, for example, SHIELD may directly weaken 35% of its operational capabilities in Asia.

"Sir!" After Luke and others walked out of the elevator, a female agent had been waiting here for a long time. After shaking hands with Natasha, and nodding to Luke and others, she invited everyone: "This way please."

At this moment.

On a large screen, a real-time satellite monitoring screen was monitoring the freighter "Whitehorse" that had set sail and was sailing on the sea.

Luke crossed his arms and looked at the "Whitehorse" sailing on the sea with an expressionless face.

Natasha, who had been observing him out of the corner of her eye from the moment she arrived at the base to here, still didn't understand whether Luke really gave up rescuing Lucy or did it on purpose.

Her thoughts were the same as that of Wu Daxiong.

Since Luke was able to fly to Seoul in such an emergency, it explained one thing.

He must care about Lucy.

But the attitude shown by Lu Ke now is completely different from the vigorous and resolute attitude he had after coming to Seoul.

Is it because he found a new love in Seoul and forgot about his old love, so he simply gave up on Lucy and wanted to return to Seoul as soon as possible so that he could not find his new love?

Natasha murmured in her heart, but did not forget the business at the same time. She shook hands with the SHIELD supervisor in charge here and asked: "Director Routh, has the port terminal been inspected?"

The supervisor named Rouse is a typical middle-aged white man.

There was a trace of fear on his face.

"The EOD team has passed by and has found them in every corner of the port. It is conservatively estimated that if these bombs were detonated, the port of General Santos City would be razed to the ground."

"hiss."

Natasha took a breath and looked at Luke involuntarily again.

Luke followed his gaze and looked at Natasha, expressionless: "They haven't detonated it yet, which means they still don't dare to explode."

Director Rouse here couldn't help but look at Luke: "That's because we have blocked all signals ten kilometers around the port of General Santos City."

When Lu Ke heard this, he looked at Director Rouse, who had a problem with him at first sight, and smiled slightly: "Really? Congratulations."

Director Rouse said in a deep voice: "There are still more than 3,000 civilians in Santos Port."

no doubt.

Director Rouse also knew that Luke and the kidnappers were clamoring to explode if they had the guts.

He was accusing Luke of not taking the lives of more than 3,000 civilians into consideration.

No wonder he felt that Director Rouse had a problem with him when they first met.

but……

Luke's attitude remained unchanged from before. He once again looked at Director Rouse with a smile, focusing on surface politeness.

"None of my business."

"you……"

Director Rouse's somewhat white eyebrows trembled.

Natasha, who was standing nearby, saw this and quickly spoke out to smooth things over. She looked at the freighter that was being watched closely on the big screen and changed the subject: "Director Rouse, the freighter has sailed to the high seas. Can we start the rescue operation? .”

Director Rouse took a deep look at Luke, took a deep breath, turned his gaze away from Luke, and nodded: "We have reached the high seas, but Commander Hill asked us to wait until dark. Act again because you want to prevent the worst from happening.”

The worst-case scenario is that the robbers will blow up the freighter directly after seeing their strong attack.

It's not dark yet, and although the "Whitehoe" has already reached the high seas, it still hasn't gone far. If it turns into a fireball at this time, it may still be discovered.

and so……

Wait until it gets dark, wait until the freighter has traveled farther, and then take action. Even if the worst happens, they can say that the freighter encountered force majeure and sank on the high seas.

Natasha nodded and looked at the time on her watch.

"What's the estimated time of operation?"

"Eleven o'clock at night."

"Five more hours?"

"Yes."

Director Rouse confirmed the time, nodded, and suggested: "Dinner has been prepared in the restaurant. You can go to the restaurant to have a meal and take a rest. Our people are here to watch the whole process and will not let you go." The Whitehorse left our sight."

Natasha thought for a while, turned around, and looked at Luke: "Director Dann, how about we have a meal first?"

Luke's eyes pulled away from the "Whitehoe" that was still marked on the big screen, and fell on Natasha.

"I'm free to do it."

"Ok."

Natasha nodded and shook hands with Director Routh: "Excuse me, Director Routh."

Director Rouse smiled.

"this way please."

"it is good."

Luke raised his feet and followed, but when he followed, his eyes once again glanced at the "Whitehoe" sailing on the high seas on the big screen.

into the eye.

in the screen. At this moment, the "Whitehoe", which was sailing on the high seas with wind and waves, turned into a mosaic of bits and disappeared instantly as if the Digimon had been beaten to death.

Seeing this, Luke stopped.

The SHIELD agents who were paying close attention to all this also discovered this scene immediately.

"Thick and greasy Xie Te!"

"what happened."

"Where's the boat?"

"What about a ship that big?"

"There's something wrong with the satellite?"

Director Rouse, who had turned around and was about to lead the way, heard the exclamations from the people behind him and turned around to look. He also instantly noticed the "Whitehorse" disappearing on the big screen.

"what happened."

"I don't know."

"The satellite signal is normal."

"Communications are also normal, and no traces of intrusion have been found."

"Director, the Whitehorse's radar signal has also disappeared."

"what?"

Director Rouse was stunned when he heard this.

next second.

He reacted from the shock and quickly issued an order, ordering the pilot to take off urgently to the sea area where the Whitehorse disappeared.

five minutes later.

buzzing.

The Quinjet was pushed out of the cabin, then ejected, raised its head, soared into the sky, turned around smoothly in the air, and then let out a sonic explosion before flying towards the sea.

The large screen was also switched to two screens at this moment.

On the screen on the left, a picture of the Aegis satellite was displayed. There was nothing else in the picture except the endless sea.

The screen on the right shows the picture captured by the high-definition 4K camera carried under the Quinjet fighter jet that is rushing to the high seas.

"We'll reach our destination in two minutes."

"One minute."

"Arrive at the designated location."

"Buzz!"

The Quinjet hovered over the high seas, and the camera under the cabin captured real-time footage and transmitted it back to the big screen at the base.

but……

As shown by the Aegis satellite.

There is nothing but the endless sea.

The Whitehorse…

It really disappeared.

Director Rouse and Natasha looked at the picture on the big screen and looked at each other.

How can this be.

How could such a large cargo ship disappear on the high seas for no apparent reason?

This unscientific.

Director Rouse quickly ordered the Quinjet to raise its altitude.

As the saying goes, stand high and see far.

but……

After the Quinjet was raised and the range of the picture captured became larger, it was still no different from the previous picture.

On the sea, except for the waves that surge up from time to time, there are no other man-made traces.

When Director Rouse and Natasha saw this, they both had expressions of disbelief on their faces and looked at each other.

Because even if the Whitehoe sank due to an accident, it would be impossible and it would not leave any traces.

Luke, who was standing not far away, was also watching.

look……

Nothing has changed.

Without him.

He had already guessed this would happen.

wrong.

Luke had already been prepared. Even if he knew that Lucy had boarded the "Whitehoe", the attack would not go as smoothly as SHIELD thought.

Because when he was rushing to the port, he heard such a report on the news.

This time, the freighter used to escort the suspect, the "Whitehoe", was not randomly selected, but designated.

There may not be 100% cheating by random chance, but there must be cheating by design.

as predicted.

Look.

Such a large cargo ship can disappear right under the eyes of SHIELD.

Amazing.

Luke couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Pity.

It’s useless no matter how powerful you are.

None of the people I have targeted can escape my sight.

...(End of chapter)