Chapter 526 Betrayed By an Old Acquaintance, and a Deal
A moment later, two shooters who were on the alert were grabbed by their throats and dragged into the bushes.
Luke checked the clip in the AK in his hand and raised the gun behind a palm tree.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! The people who were searching the chalet instantly collapsed. âBehind us! Heâs behind us!â
âHe slipped away!â
Luke curled his lip. Whoâs stupid enough to stay in the chalet to be blown up by you? Switching his position in the bushes, he shot down another two criminals who had just come back from searching the beach.
Not bad, Luke murmured inwardly.
This bunch had suddenly lost a handful of men in the ambush, but they didnât scatter or flee. They were taking turns to cover each other as they moved.
These shooters werenât amateurs. They had clearly received some sort of training.
They werenât the best, but they certainly werenât the worst either.
Labeling these guys as such in his heart, Luke disappeared into the darkness again.
Bang! Bang! Bang! His AK suddenly fired from another side of the chalet, taking down yet another two shooters.
The shooters finally started to panic.
Half of their comrades had been taken down even before they had eyes on the target. They hadnât seen this coming.
Also, they had no idea how many men the other side had.
âCover each other and retreat to the left. Thereâs cover over there,â the captain ordered.
The remaining six men instantly obeyed.
They were sitting ducks in this small chalet. Just like when they launched the RPG earlier, they were live targets, standing here.
Once they blended into their surroundings, they would be able to contend with the enemy.
The six of them spread out as they quickly ran for the vegetation on the side.
They kept several meters away from each other to avoid being killed all at once. When the two men in the lead ran into the trees five meters away, the last two men had just stepped out of the chalet.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! From the roof above the side door of the chalet, Luke shot all six of them in the back one by one from his vantage point.
He liked opponents who ran around the best. They were practically sending themselves to his gun.
Jumping down from the roof, he aimed the AK to the left and right.
Bam! Bam!
Two guys were shot in the back of their heads.
Another three had already been shot in the head, so Luke didnât have to kill them again.
Luke caught the last one, who had been shot in the leg. This was the captain who had given the order earlier.
Dragging the guy to the porch, Luke didnât get the answer he wanted from the tough guy until he crushed all his fingers and toes.
Luke took out a Nokia phone from the guyâs pocket and showed him the call history. âWhich one?â
The captain was practically sobbing. âFirst one, the first one.â
Luke nodded. âTell your boss that youâve completed the mission and that youâre bringing my body back. Got it?â
The captain struggled to nod. He didnât have a choice. This monster had said that if he played any tricks, all his bones would be broken and he would be dragged along behind the car until the man found his boss.
The captain would rather die right now than die from being dragged behind a car.
Under Lukeâs watch, the captain finished the call, then begged, âCan, can you give me a chance?â
Luke nodded, then stood up.
Bang!
âI already gave you a chance to keep your bones intact.â He shrugged, threw away the AK, and took the M1911 and its clips off the captain.
After dropping the bodies of the shooters into the ocean, he went back and picked up Vanessa.
Luke didnât have much in the chalet, but Vanessaâs phone and assorted items couldnât be left behind so carelessly. In the wreck of a chalet, Vanessa, who was drenched, took off her only T-shirt and wiped herself dry with a big towel. Putting on his clothes not far away, Luke asked, âWait for me in a safe place later?â
With her back to him, Vanessa dropped the towel and put on a shirt and light purple underwear. Then, she turned around and glanced at him. âI want to know who tried to kill me too.â
Luke was already dressed by then, and he forced a smile at her words. âActually, they might be after me.â
Vanessa laughed. âI was the one who booked this chalet. I donât think you were the only target of that RPG.â
Luke thought for a moment and realized that it made sense. He could only warn her, âYou might run into an old friend later.â
Vanessa frowned. âWho?â
Luke walked over and took out a pair of shorts from the closet. He sat her down and put them on her. âYou just hide and donât make a sound.â
Vanessa frowned even harder but didnât say anything
Several minutes later, they took one of the shootersâ cars and quietly left the chalet.
In another seaside villa in Rio, two men were sitting across from each other.
One of the men, who was rather short, asked impatiently, âHow much longer do I have to wait, Christophe? Itâs been half an hour. Your men said that they killed them. Itâs time for you to pay up, right?â The man called Christophe had curly long hair and a thick beard. He was wearing a white shirt, dress pants, and a pair of thin, gold-rimmed spectacles, which made him look like a gentleman.
Hearing what the short man said, he waved his glass. âGuadano, you know how I work. I donât trust anything until I see it with my own eyes. So, you wonât get a cent from me before I see that manâs body.â
Guadano frowned unhappily. âYou wonât go back on your word, will you, Christophe?â
A cold light flashed in Christopheâs eyes behind his spectacles. âIâm a man of my word. I donât care about one million dollars, but I donât like being tricked.â
Guadano stood up abruptly. âAre you saying that I tricked you?â
Christophe sneered. âVanessa grew up with you, didnât she? Didnât you claim that sheâs your woman? How can I believe itâs her in that chalet with that man?â
Guadanoâs face darkened. He slowly sat down and took a large swig of the wine in his glass.
Suddenly, he cursed. âThat little b*tch. I pursued her for so many years, but she hooked up with a pretty boy after just several days. If I hadnât checked her secret bank account, I wouldnât have known that she paid for the room. I canât swallow the humiliation!â
Christopheâs expression changed slightly. He was a little more convinced.
Compared with some foreign pretty boy, Guadano had an ugly face; it wasnât a stretch to say that he was uglier than the average Joe.
Of course, Christophe didnât believe Guadanoâs bullsh*t about Vanessa being his dream lover. He believed this was simply Guadano destroying something he couldnât have out of spite.