Xu Ze quietly lay on top of a large tree, calmly observing the courtyard about a hundred meters away.
The courtyard was as beautiful as he had imagined—ponds, rockeries, corridors, and buildings, all in a retro style that was displayed here in exquisite perfection.
Xu Ze sighed softly. It really was a wonderful place, but what a pity…
“Activate biological detection…” At Xu Ze’s command, the system activated automatically. A faint glimmer flashed across his glasses, and the entire courtyard was covered in a light green hue in his vision. One by one, faint red silhouettes appeared before his eyes.
Looking at those figures inside, Xu Ze couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow slightly. There were far fewer people inside than he had imagined. For such a spacious courtyard, a place that Kuromi regarded as a dragon’s den and tiger’s lair, there were only twenty-eight people inside.
And at the central position on the map Kuromi had given him, the faint red silhouette representing the target “Bluebird” was still there. This made Xu Ze breathe a slight sigh of relief. As long as Bluebird was still there, then this operation still had meaning.
But soon, his eyes began to narrow slowly, because he gradually discovered that among these twenty-eight people, there were actually four whose body heat emitted was much weaker than ordinary people.
“Ninja?” The word flashed through Xu Ze’s mind. Before setting out, there had been intelligence suggesting that special forces might be involved here. It was true after all… No wonder none of the three Wolf Fang operatives had managed to escape after going in. With four ninjas there, even sending ten would mean no return.
No wonder Kuromi said this stronghold was strange. So these cunning bastards had set up a trap here, waiting for their people to walk right in…
But they had miscalculated this time. They thought Xu Ze’s side would only dare to sneak in quietly, not daring to make any big commotion. But today, he simply wouldn’t play by those rules. Once he found the person, as long as he had him in hand, he would launch a direct assault and blow them all to hell…
As long as he escaped, who cared where this was? Anyway, as long as they couldn’t catch him with evidence, would Japan really dare to make a fuss after losing face so badly?
Xu Ze carefully observed the positions of the four ninjas and found that they were respectively positioned around the central location of Bluebird, separated only by a room and about twenty meters.
As for the other twenty-plus people, aside from five or six patrolling the courtyard, the rest were all asleep.
Seeing all this, a cold smile appeared in Xu Ze’s eyes. He then slowly climbed down from the tree and untied the large bag he had brought.
First, he took out two thick, bulky objects—they were actually individual rocket launchers. No wonder Kuromi had been stunned at the time, thinking Xu Ze intended to single-handedly assault the courtyard.
Xu Ze placed the two rocket launchers on the ground, then fished some things out of the bag. He assembled gears and thin steel cables, then fitted them onto the rocket launchers.
Then he took out six square, plastic-like objects and some small pin-like things, along with ten high-explosive grenades and various odds and ends. He packed all of these into a small bag.
The rest were two handguns. Xu Ze reached out and removed the silencers from both handguns, tossing them aside. With ninjas around, silencers were useless. One random shot would alert them…
After organizing all the equipment, Xu Ze looked inside, then found two large trees and placed the two individual rocket launchers on them, securing them with steel cables. He carefully aimed them at the courtyard.
Xu Ze watched the view through his glasses. As directions were displayed one by one in his glasses, the two rocket launchers, driven by those gears and thin steel cables, actually began to slowly rotate in all directions.
Watching these things operate flexibly and naturally, Xu Ze nodded in satisfaction. Then he picked up the small backpack from the ground and began running toward the courtyard.
Xu Ze ran to the wall surrounding the courtyard, then used the biological detection function to confirm that no one was nearby on the other side. The system also detected no electromagnetic fluctuations. Only then did Xu Ze lightly jump up, grab the top of the wall with his hands, and silently vault over.
Then he carefully made his way toward the buildings inside.
Xu Ze ran to the side of the building, then activated the biological detection function again. After confirming that the people inside hadn’t changed at all, he took out one of the six square objects from his bag. He gently took out a pin-like thing and carefully inserted it, then quietly placed it at the corner of the wall.
Then, after using biological detection to confirm that the patrolling people had moved to the other side, he lightened his footsteps and ran toward the other side. He was now not far from the four ninjas’ positions, so Xu Ze could only soften his steps as much as possible to avoid being discovered.
Spending about ten minutes this way, Xu Ze bypassed six patrolling people and finally placed all six blocks of C4 around the buildings in the courtyard in a circle.
After confirming that everything was prepared, Xu Ze then took out his silver needle tube. He fished out six one-and-a-half-inch filiform needles and carefully walked forward. At this point, the six people were divided into three groups, patrolling around the courtyard. Xu Ze spotted two people walking toward him and flicked the silver needles in his hand.
Silently, the two figures froze. Xu Ze dashed out quickly, reaching out to catch two submachine guns about to fall, while using his arms to gently support the two people falling backward.
Feeling the two leaning against his arms without making the slightest sound, Xu Ze couldn’t help but breathe a soft sigh of relief. This step was fine. Next, he had to deal with the other four.
As long as these four were dealt with, then there shouldn’t be much of a problem. He could smoothly infiltrate. Unless one of the four ninjas suddenly came out, his plan wouldn’t have any major flaws.
Meanwhile, back where Xu Ze had left, Kuromi was watching through infrared night-vision binoculars, his heart full of anxiety.
He had watched Xu Ze go over quite a while ago, but there was still no movement from that side. He was genuinely worried. After all, those three Wolf Fang operatives and the first three agents had all gone in like this and then never made a sound again.
And Xu Ze had now been gone for nearly half an hour, carrying such a large pile of things, yet there was still no sign of activity. He couldn’t help but worry.
While Kuromi worried over there, Xu Ze was also tense on his side. Only after successfully taking down the last two patrolling people did Xu Ze finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Now, he once again activated the biological detection system and carefully observed the interior. Everything was still normal. Nothing had changed inside.
Xu Ze took a light breath. This time, he didn’t turn off the biological detection system. After all, those ninjas were no simple characters. If he was careless and got ambushed, that would be a minor issue. The major issue would be if they killed Bluebird first…
Xu Ze carefully made his way inside. He had now reached the position of the first door. Although these doors were simple sliding wooden doors, Xu Ze didn’t dare be careless at all. Pushing one open would inevitably make some noise. If he startled the four ninjas, that would be trouble.
He gently extended his right hand and aimed the ring at the wooden door. A thin red beam of light shot out from the ring. Xu Ze waved his hand gently across the wooden door, and under the small laser cutter, the door was quietly sliced open.
As Xu Ze waved his hand around, then gently supported it with his hand, a door panel about a meter tall quietly fell toward him.
Carefully placing the wooden panel aside, Xu Ze scanned his surroundings, then slowly crawled inside.
He was now only five meters from one of the ninjas’ rooms. Once he passed through the corridor beside this room, Xu Ze could smoothly reach Bluebird’s side.
Standing there, Xu Ze didn’t act rashly. Instead, he once again enhanced the biological detection function and looked toward Bluebird’s position ahead.
He had to confirm that the person inside was indeed Bluebird before he could go over. If the person inside wasn’t Bluebird but someone from the Defense Agency in disguise, then this would be a case of trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice.
As the wall before his eyes slowly faded, Bluebird’s position was gradually revealed to Xu Ze. Bluebird’s feet were on the ground, but his hands were bound behind his back, suspended from the roof beam. He hung there at an angle, his life or death unknown.
As the image gradually zoomed in, Xu Ze said to Number One: “Quick analysis… check if it’s the target!”
“Beep… Analysis complete. Based on previous images of Bluebird, match rate is eighty-five percent!” Hearing Number One’s analysis in his mind, Xu Ze spat lightly. Just say yes or no… what’s with the percentage… damn.
Since it was confirmed to be Bluebird, then it was time to act. As long as he reached Bluebird’s side first, then no matter what, he would just start killing directly. Anyway, he was confident he could guarantee Bluebird’s safety…
Xu Ze held his breath and slowly walked forward step by step. These ninjas were truly too dangerous. If they were low-ranking genin, it would still be manageable. If they were higher-ranking chunin, then it would be very troublesome. As for jonin, don’t even think about it—just start killing directly, that would be simpler…
But Xu Ze didn’t think the Defense Agency could easily hire jonin, and it was impossible for a jonin to be here guarding a prisoner.
The possibility of chunin wasn’t high either. At least, Xu Ze estimated that having even one chunin among these four would already be quite good, and the odds of him running into one were extremely small…
So it all came down to luck. Hopefully they were all genin. Then sneaking past without being detected wouldn’t be too difficult…
