Chapter 1443: Interlocking Links
Namie was anxious, her thoughts were chaotic, she couldn’t figure out what had gone wrong.
When the six women under her command became Captive Turtles, she was astonished to discover that this was fundamentally a trap.
A meticulously planned trap waiting for her to walk into, yet laughably she hadn’t noticed anything amiss in advance.
"How could this happen?"
"How could it be like this?"
"It makes no sense, there’s no explanation at all."
"We didn’t show any weakness, the only problem was Ji Jie’s information."
"Ji Jie’s intelligence was fake, from beginning to end, Ji Jie was luring the enemy deeper, and the laughable thing is that I was completely unaware."
Namie’s face was pale, her fists clenched tightly, a surge of indescribable defeat and humiliation arose within her.
She would never have thought that Ji Jie had been putting on a show all along, until now, she was completely fooled.
She sadly realized that she had been complacent all along, never putting Ji Jie in her eyes, assuming that Ji Jie was a coward, a betrayer beneficial to her, but at this moment, there was nothing left but anger, a murderous intent wanting to tear Ji Jie to pieces.
"Ji Jie, we underestimated you, never thought you would harbor such malicious intent." Namie gritted her teeth and said, "Everything is fake, laughable betrayal and deceit, all just vile tricks to deal with us."
Namie’s emotions were turbulent, her hatred for Ji Jie ran deep.
But now was not the time to pursue these things, she was concerned if her six capable subordinates could escape safely, even though the possibility was slim, she still held onto some hope, waiting for a miracle to happen.
"Escape, find a way to escape, if one can escape, let it be." Namie hysterically issued this order.
After she issued this order, she lost contact with the six people. It was clear that the signal jammer inside the auction house had taken effect, severing her connection with them, turning her into a blind person, unable to acquire the situation she wanted.
"Good luck, I hope nothing happens to you." Namie prayed like this, these six capable subordinates were her strong arms, losing even one would be an irreplaceable huge loss.
Namie did not hurry to leave, she knew her exposure was very likely, but she couldn’t leave.
She needed to support her subordinates, despite the hope of them escaping was extremely slim, she still had to give it a try.
Meanwhile, Zhang Lu, Yang Shu, Shen Tingting, Qian Weiguo, Zhang Kui, and Gao Qiang looked at the screen before them, revealing joy. The efforts to force the enemy to take the bait cost them a bit, but it was all worth it.
To deliberately lure the enemy, Ji Jie intentionally revealed a flaw, and as a result, the enemy took the bait.
To achieve this step, Ji Jie endured grievances for a long time, but heaven doesn’t let down those who work diligently, everything was not in vain.
"The lurking enemy has always been our major worry, no matter which force the enemy belongs to, eliminating this invisible adversary is the top priority." Zhang Lu smiled and said, "The long-laid plan finally worked, Ji Jie’s efforts were not in vain, it’s finally time to harvest."
The means to isolate the six women from Namie’s communication were also their doing, watching the six women step into the trap was obvious, to achieve this goal, much thought was invested.
"It’s time to capture these six enemies, let’s go, the moment is ripe." Yang Shu said, "The instructor is already dead set on Namie, this time, we must make Namie surface, and suppress the enemy’s arrogance."
In the twinkling of an eye, Zhang Lu and others, ready, took action and surrounded the six enemies who infiltrated the auction.
The six women had nowhere to run and couldn’t escape, the choice before them seemed only to surrender willingly.
All of this was beyond their expectations. The confident plan was now a total defeat.
"Didn’t expect you to set such a big trap for us, really underestimated you." One of the six women said coldly, "Painstakingly lured the enemy, achieved this purpose, you really put in a heavy cost."
"Cut the nonsense, if you surrender, you can spare yourself the pain, otherwise you’ll suffer." Zhang Lu said to the six women unceremoniously, "You can’t escape anymore, if you’re smart, surrender obediently."
"Daydreaming, to capture us, let’s see how capable you are." A woman leader among the six smiled, "If one can escape, let it be, don’t engage in battle, escaping is the only logic."
"At this point, still thinking of escaping, truly overestimating oneself, dreaming." Zhang Lu sneered.
"Your tone is arrogant, prepare to die." Yang Shu, ignoring everything, targeted an enemy first and charged.
The battle between Zhang Lu and the six women erupted instantly.
The six women had to retaliate, every move focused on escaping.
But once engaged, they sadly realized Zhang Lu and the others’ strength, trying to break free from Zhang Lu’s group encirclement and effectively evade was fundamentally impossible, there was no hope at all.
At this point, the six women were utterly desperate.
They knew there was no way out.
Time ticked by, outside the auction, in the car, Namie’s nerves were never relaxed.
"Why hasn’t anyone come out, there’s no information inside, what exactly happened?" Namie thought anxiously.
Just leaving like this, she was unwilling, she was still waiting for a miracle to appear, even if one person escaped, it would be good.
But now, this waiting had prolonged for so long, her heart was greatly tormented.
"Should I keep waiting?"
"I must wait!"
"I can’t leave them behind."
"In case they escape, without my support, wouldn’t they be on a dead-end?"
Namie contemplated complexly, her thoughts extremely chaotic.
"Even if I’m being watched, the enemy can’t hold me, a press on the pedal and I can leave, my subordinates don’t have such good fortune, so I must wait till the last moment." Namie was extremely determined on this point.
A quarter-hour.
Two quarters.
By now, Namie also showed a bitter expression, she knew the six women had absolutely no hope of escaping.
In helplessness, Namie could only leave.
What she didn’t know was, at the car’s rear, a shadow snuck in as the car started.