Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 59 17. Rescue Operation

"whoosh"

In the middle of the night, a small jet flew across the sky like a stalker in the night.

In the cabin, six agents are making final preparations before combat.

"click"

Fury pulled the clip out of his pistol, took a look, and closed it again.

Beside him, Gartler was fiddling with a carbine loaded with a grenade launcher. At the feet of this old cowboy-like agent, there were communicators, night vision goggles and other odds and ends.

Agent Patton was still the most leisurely. He sat on his seat and counted the arrows in his quiver. It seemed that he still didn't plan to use a hot weapon this time.

But Merlin noticed that there was a knife in Barton's hand, very similar to the katana sword used by Psylocke.

He was fiddling with tactical gloves and had two suppressed pistols hanging from his waist. Since he was in charge of rescuing hostages, he didn't carry too many thermal weapons, and replaced them with two short swords for assassination.In his boot, he still had the black combat knife he got from the Winter Soldier.

"I said, have you become a member of us so soon?"

After packing up his equipment, Merlin chewed gum and sat on a chair. He looked at the black widow who was recuperating with her eyes closed, and asked softly.

The super girl agent closed her eyes as if she was taking a nap.

She was wearing a black combat uniform, and except for two pistols, there were basically no other weapons in sight.However, Natasha's wrist has two black belts that resemble wristbands.

Merlin knew that this thing could be regarded as a weapon. At that time in Sokovia, Agent Patton was knocked down by the strong electric current erupted from this bracelet.

According to Fury, this thing is called "Widow's Sting", which is a special weapon specially made for black widows by the secret service of the former Soviet Union.Strong discharge is just one of its many functions.

Hearing Merlin's inquiry, Natasha opened her eyes. She parted her wine-red hair in a somewhat unmotivated manner, pointed to her neck, and said to Merlin:

"see it?"

"Ah."

Merlin nodded. He saw that on Natasha's neck, there was something similar to a small tattoo, and it looked like a scar left after being bitten by a mosquito.

But it's certainly not that simple.

"It's a more advanced miniature bomb inside. If I don't obey, or try to escape..."

Natasha looked at Merlin, opened her hands, and made an explosive gesture with a blank face:

"boom"

"Uh, okay."

Merlin was silent for a while, and he whispered:

"This is also a last resort, Natasha. It takes time to trust each other."

"Yo..."

Black Widow raised her eyebrows, she looked at Merlin, she leaned on Merlin's shoulder ambiguously, she said:

"Little Merlin, are you comforting me? You are still as caring as ever."

"No, I'm just talking about things."

Merlin stretched out his wrist and checked the time.It was 3 o'clock in the middle of the night. According to the planned time, they would arrive at the battle site in 15 minutes.He said to Natasha:

"We went to such great lengths to bring you back from Europe, certainly not to blow your head off."

"I know better than you what you want me to do, little Merlin, and I actually don't resist doing it."

Natasha leaned on Merlin's shoulder, she said calmly:

"It's just a change of boss, and the content of the work is almost exactly the same. But now it seems that the form on your side is not good. I feel more and more that I made a wrong bet."

"From another perspective, this is actually a good thing."

Merlin said softly:

"After going through bad times together, friendship can be deeper. I understand the truth, don't you understand?"

"Hmph, you're pretty good at talking."

Natasha snorted, she straightened her body, leaned on the back of the seat, closed her eyes, and ignored Merlin.

A moment later, the voice of Agent Victoria Hand, who was in charge of piloting the plane, sounded in the cabin:

"We have already entered the scheduled airspace, and we will arrive over the embassy in 3 minutes. I will wait for you in the direction of the airport. Everyone, get ready for the airborne."

"Barton, you and Natasha are in a team and airborne to the top of the embassy! I am in a team with Gartler and are looking for an evacuation route from the rear."

Fury put on a black hood, lifted the carbine at his feet, opened the safety with a click, and said to the agents who stood up beside him:

"Merlin, you are in charge of rescuing the hostages. Barton and Natasha will cover you. Don't get entangled with the rebels. Solve the battle as soon as possible. It's okay, right?"

"No."

Merlin put the headgear on his face, moved his fingers, and then put on the flying mouse suit specially used for urban airborne combat.Behind him, Barton and Natasha carried two backpacks, which were a huge amount of explosives.

Fury stood at the rear of the cabin, he moved his body, and Gartler beside him said softly:

"Furry, the last time we were on a mission together was in 1988, right?"

"Yes, almost five years ago."

Fury, who was wearing a hood, said in an embarrassing voice:

"On the outskirts of Vienna, we almost lost you that time."

"Yeah, that time was really painful, and the intestines were interrupted."

Gartler's voice became softer, and he said:

"This time, you won't leave me behind, will you?"

"Never."

The conversation between the two old men was filled with some kind of emotion, which surprised Merlin who was standing aside.

There is a story between these two people.

But the next moment, under the control of Agent Hand, the rear cabin of the plane passing over the embassy slowly opened, and the cold wind howled into the cabin at this moment.

Fury's arm pointed forward, and he rushed out first.

"action"

"swish swish"

Five figures opened their arms and jumped out of the cabin.

Merlin had received airborne training in flying squirrel suits at the Secret Service Academy. He could feel the wind blowing. In this night, he stared at the brightly lit embassy below. He could even clearly see that in the courtyard of the embassy, There were bloodstains that hadn't been wiped clean.A group of militants have already established positions there, and there are even several wheeled chariots, small mortars and so on.

It's just like the battlefield.

Merlin spread his hands back, allowing the jumpsuit of the flying squirrel suit to open, as if he had added a pair of wings out of thin air.

He moved his arms and steered the direction in the air. Behind him were Barton and Natasha. Fury and Gartler had just flown towards the airspace behind the embassy.

The three field agents hovered in the air like silent birds. Under the cover of the night, they barely made a sound, and landed on the top of the embassy precisely and lightly.

"Puff, puff"

The sound of two sharp knives piercing the body sounded in the darkness. Barton and Natasha cooperated exquisitely, killing the two patrollers on the top of the building almost as soon as they landed.

When Merlin's figure landed, he jumped into the shadow cloak.

He drew out the dagger used for assassination from his waist, and went all the way down the stairs at the top of the building.Pierce and the high-ranking officials who were kidnapped were locked in the basement of the embassy.

Merlin, who was walking in the shadows, did not disturb anyone. He identified the direction, and according to the previous plan, placed the several explosives he carried with him on several load-bearing pillars of the embassy.

Ten minutes later, Merlin successfully arrived at the second-floor basement of the embassy, ​​but the bad news was that it was tightly guarded by militants. According to Merlin's dark perception, there were at least 10 people patrolling here.

"Merlin, report the situation!"

Fury's voice sounded in the communicator in Merlin's ear. Merlin reached out and pressed the communicator, and said in a whisper:

"I have arrived at the designated location. There are a large number of militants ahead. I am going to get rid of them."

"Okay! We've found the retreat route, right behind the embassy. Merlin, make it quick!"

After Fury's order was issued, Merlin took a deep breath, his wrist moved, and he clenched the two assassination daggers again.

"This is the mission... This is the mission."

Merlin told himself this, and a few seconds later, he quietly walked behind the militant closest to him, then he stretched out his hand and grabbed his shoulder. The guy pulled into the shadows.

He struggled subconsciously, but the next moment...

"puff"

The sharp blade sliced ​​through his neck, and blood gushed out.

Merlin tightly covered his mouth, and a few seconds later, he placed the motionless corpse on the ground, and then, like the best assassin, walked towards the second target under the cover of the shadow.

Five minutes later, Merlin, who was showing his figure, stretched out his hand to wipe the blood on his arm, and then pulled the chain on the door in front of him.

"bang"

There was a sound, and the sound of the door opening caused Alexander Pierce, who was trapped in the basement, to raise his head suddenly, and then he saw Merlin wearing a hood in front of him.

Merlin squatted down, tore off the tape on Pierce's mouth, and said to Pierce:

"Sir, you are suffering. We are here to save you, follow me!"

"Ok!"

Pierce is also a ruthless character, even though he was mistreated miserably during this half day, but at the moment of rescue, he did not panic or ecstasy.

Merlin cut the rope around his wrist, released the other five people in the basement, and was about to take them away.

"Give me a weapon, young man."

Pierce limped behind Merlin. The gray-haired tough old man in his 50s gritted his teeth and said:

"I will protect myself, you just need to open the way ahead."

Merlin looked back at the officer whom he had met for the first time. He reached out and took off the pistol from his waist, and handed it to Pierce.The latter took it in his hand, skillfully opened the insurance, and then nodded to Merlin, indicating that they should leave.

"Furry, Officer Pierce has been rescued, and I'm taking him away."

Merlin reported in the communication, and Fury's voice sounded the next moment:

"Received! Barton and Natasha will cover you, and you must ensure the safety of Your Excellency Pierce."

"Come with me, sir."

After saying a word, Merlin stepped out of the basement with double blades in hand.Pierce followed behind him, step by step, and the mouths of the remaining rescued people were still covered with tape. This was Pierce's request, so that these civil servants would not be overwhelmed by the fright and make noises to reveal their positions.

"You did this all by yourself?"

When Pierce walked out of the basement, he smelled the smell of blood. He looked around and found that there were more than a dozen militants lying here and there in this open space, and they didn't hear any gunshots at all in the cage just now.

In other words, the young agent in front of him killed more than a dozen militants with cold weapons alone in the dark.

"Are you... Merlin?"

Pierce immediately thought of the rookie who was personally recruited by Ms. Carter. He had read Merlin's dossier, and he knew that Merlin had some special abilities.

"Yes, I'm Merlin."

Merlin didn't look back, he sensed the life around him with his dark perception, and said softly:

"After learning that you were trapped, sir, I immediately followed Fury and the others."

"good very good."

Pierce nodded, gun in both hands, and responded in the dark:

"You are an excellent agent, and Ms. Carter really has sharp eyes."

"stop!"

Merlin raised his hand to stop the people behind him, and he said to Pierce:

"There is a situation ahead, you wait a moment!"

After speaking, he walked into the stairs in front of him.After a while, Merlin poked his head out from the stairs and snapped his fingers to Pierce below:

"The situation is resolved! Let's continue."

Pierce went around the stairs and saw three more bodies lying there at the top of the stairs.

Seeing it with his own eyes this time, Pierce finally had an intuitive feeling for Merlin's assassination ability.

This guy walks quietly in the dark, he is simply a born killer.

A few minutes later, Merlin led a group of people, and rushed out of the back door of the embassy amidst the hail of bullets that gradually resounded. Fury and Gartler were guarding a wheeled chariot at a street not far away. Firearms fired back at surrounding militants.

"Pierce, get in the car!"

Fury looked back and saw a group of people rushing towards them. He hurriedly opened the car door and stuffed Pierce and the rescued people into the car.

"Patton, Natasha, retreat!"

Fury gave the order to retreat on the communicator.

In the next second, a violent explosion erupted in the main building of the embassy. This rapid explosion destroyed almost all the heavy weapons and wheeled vehicles of the rebels, and even their temporary headquarters were sent to the sky by the explosives. .

Under the glare of the flames, Patton and Natasha rushed out of the bombed embassy in a stolen off-road vehicle.

After the two parties met, they rushed to the airport as fast as possible, and Agent Hand was responsible for receiving them there.

"Someone is coming from behind."

Gartler, who was driving, said to Fury:

"They have weapons, find a way to stop them."

"Merlin, knock out their tires!"

Fury handed a sniper rifle to Merlin, who opened the top cover of the wheeled chariot and set up the sniper rifle.

In the night wind mixed with the smell of gunpowder, Merlin's black hair was blown up. He was holding a sniper rifle and didn't need a scope at all.

"Sorry, everyone..."

Amidst the spread of dark perception, Merlin put the butt of the gun on his shoulder, and he said softly.

The next moment, the trigger was pulled.

"boom"

A plume of flames erupted from the muzzle, and the insurgent driver of the vehicle behind was shot in the head.

"boom"

A second shot was fired, blowing the tires of the truck full of militants.

A car of people screamed and rushed into the ditch on the road.On the last pick-up truck that was chasing, a masked guy was carrying an anti-tank rocket and just aimed at it when Merlin's finger pulled the trigger again.

Like a scythe dropped by the god of death.

"boom"

The headless body fell into the compartment of the pickup truck, and the anti-tank rockets that had been launched roared into the sky, like a ball of fireworks, illuminating the noisy night sky.

"It's done."

Merlin sat back in the car, put the sniper rifle aside, then took off his hood, and smiled at Officer Pierce in front of him.

He held out his hand and said to Pierce:

"Sir, happy cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)