Untouchable: Reaper of the Battlefield

136. 22 Minutes of Miracles - 4

Defense Secretary Juan Manuel Santos quietly answered reporters' questions.

“The objective of this operation is to rescue the hostages without spilling a drop of blood. ”

“Is that possible? ”

“As head of the military, how could you ignore the aspirations of the people? Everyone involved is working to make the impossible possible. ”

Immediately after the Defense Minister's answer, several journalists raised their hands.

But instead of talking to the microphone, he turns his head.

The advisor mentioned his face rushes to the door and hands him a note.

< Operation Hake succeeded. Hostages all clear. Any friendly damage. >

Upon reading the note, Secretary of Defense Juan Manuel Santos widened his head.

He draws a tiger and closes his eyes to put his hands together.

Seeing the Defense Minister praying abruptly during a press conference, the journalists waited for the prayer to end, breathing heavily.

The Secretary of Defense, who gave a simple prayer to God, said in a firm voice.

“Current Time. Fifteen hostages have been rescued safely by our secret operatives! ”

A bomb drops on a quiet press conference.

Along with him, viewership skyrocketed.

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In a relatively calm atmosphere, the impression of President Alvaro Uribe was increasingly distorted while conversing with reporters.

It was because I felt that the focus of the journalists who had been asking and taking hard questions was too blurry to be seen.

One by one, reporters lowered their heads and touched the mobile phone in their hands, and suddenly some reporters even left the conference room with an excuse to use the bathroom.

It's hard to imagine a journalist leaving during a presidential press conference. He decided he would make sure that those who were not there would not leave the press conference.

Alvaro Uribe forcefully smiled to hide his distorted face and gave jokes to reporters.

“Did something good happen yesterday? There are a lot of people looking for toilets, so it looks like a lot of people are drinking too much. ”

No one laughed at the gentle jokes.

Alvaro Uribe made more jokes to clear up the mess. But the more he joked, the more the mood deteriorated.

He looks embarrassed and wipes the sweat off his forehead with a towel.

It was the assistant who saved him.

My assistant, who often walked up to Alvaro Uribe, whispered in a hand closed manner.

“Mission accomplished. You have successfully rescued all the hostages without taking any damage! ”

The president's expression distorted in one blow.

Stupid FARC bastards! ’

I held a press conference to create a problem for the operation, but I went back to Blitz. As soon as this happened, he thought he would be in charge of all future public announcements.

Alvaro Uribe was delighted, feeling dozens of pairs of eyes staring at him.

“We are delighted to give you the good news. ”

I noticed the eyes of the reporters looking at my mobile phone.

He raised his voice in anticipation of fierce camera lights, spilling questions, cheers and applause.

“Fifteen hostages, including Ingrid Bethancur, have been rescued! ”

He didn't get the reaction he wanted.

It was a look that everyone already knew.

Alvaro Uribe didn't know what to do, but his eyes trembled.

The prompter begins to reveal facts related to the hostage rescue incident, but letters do not appear in his confused eyes.

One journalist raised his hand and Alvaro Uribe pointed out the journalist in a reflexive manner.

“The news that the hostages were rescued safely was already announced by the Secretary of Defense 10 minutes ago. You didn't know about this? ”

As one journalist opened his gates, a number of journalists raised their hands to ask questions.

Alvaro Uribe hurriedly found the Chief of Staff.

The secretary looks embarrassed and instructs his men to do something.

After realizing that a serious incident had occurred, the president sought out ministers to find someone to help deal with the crisis.

Up until now, everyone who was trying to make eye contact with him was keeping their heads down and avoiding his gaze.

* * *

It wasn't just guerrillas who were surprised by the sudden brawl that took place inside the helicopter while it was flying.

The hostages who were blindfolded with their wrists wrapped around their eyes suddenly came over < Wudang Tang! > I trembled at the sound. However, no one screamed because he had been through a lot of rough things.

A vow received from the dragon that the guerrilla subjugation of shuttle 2 was successfully completed, sending a full password to the Secret Service Command.

“Anti-freeze all clear! Anti-freeze all clear! ”

The vows once again confirm the restraints of the unconscious guerrillas and instruct the team to release the eyelids and restraints of the hostages.

The hostages resisted as those who had been oppressing them so far sought to untie them suddenly. The only time the guerrillas were good was when they were about to take their lives.

As the resistance continues, the team unmasks the hostages first.

The hostages look at the two guerrillas circling the floor with their eyes unfocused.

vows raised their voices.

“We are not employees of the International Red Cross, we are special forces members of the Colombian military. You are now rescued! ”

A sigh comes out of the mouth of the hostage with a blank expression.

“Ahh…… ”

“Oh, my God! ”

After a moment of amazement and feeling, the American grabbed the crotch of the vow and asked.

“Are we really rescued? ”

He bent his knees and fluctuated his eyes with the man.

Richard Branson. Native New Yorker.

“Do you know where last year's World Series winners were? ”

The man blinks, speechless.

“The 2000 World Series winner is the New York Yankees. I beat Mets by 4-1. ”

Sports and automobiles are an important issue accounting for more than 60% of men's brains in America.

When Richard Branson heard the news of his hometown that he had never seen in the three years he had been detained at FARC, he shed tears, shaking his head.

Americans think crying in front of people is a sign of weakness. So they don't cry at their parents' funerals. How much more men.

As Richard Branson shrugged his shoulders, his vows wrapped around his shoulders.

“Can I tell you something even more surprising? Yankees became a three-year World Series champion. Thanks to you, Derek Jitter became a hero in New York, chasing all kinds of women, and I... Damn it. ”

Richard Branson looks at the vows with his teary face.

The vow tried to resign to a sinister feeling. But Richard Branson wept like a baby, embracing his vows.

As the strongest man in the group bursts into tears, all the hostages watching him burst into tears. They held the team's hands and thanked them for their elongation.

Teammates in shuttle 1, including Terry Cummings, were greatly rewarded for seeing the tears of the people who had just been hostages.

Elena Anaya cautiously steals the tears from her eyes, constantly reminding herself that she was good enough to participate in the operation.

After the tear storm, the team gave water to the hostages.

Elena speaks aloud of the prisoners.

“Everyone calm down. When the helicopter lands, hundreds of cameras will be filming you. Are you sure about this face? ”

The men didn't care much. But the women hurriedly found mirrors and towels. Including Ingrid Vetancur.

Rather than grooming the appearance of other hostages' mess, Bethancur breaks her hair and rubs her face with her dirty hands, destroying her appearance.

Seowon observed Ingrid Vetancur with cold eyes.

Betankur's condition was so good that he could not be considered a prisoner who had been detained for a long time.

Unlike the other prisoners, she doesn't lose much weight and her teeth are in good condition. My skin was fine as if it was taken care of every day.

The eye of the vow sweeps through Bethancur's hair like a hair dissection.

It was a lie to tell the French press that their hair was falling out in clumps. I couldn't find a trace of hair loss on her.

Among all the prisoners he has seen so far, there are no prisoners in such good condition.

Seowon realized to this day that she had been scamming Colombians and the world media.

You couldn't have done this daring scam by yourself with FARC. There's definitely someone else.

You don't even have to ask Ernan Dominguez. By looking at the political situation in Colombia, it was easy to guess who her partner was.

Alvaro Uribe, the president of Colombia.

Rescued vetankur will appear prominently in Colombian media and emerge as the next presidential election.

Alvaro Uribe, who felt at risk, would have tried to stop her from being rescued.

The vows are unknown and not interested in why the two of them made such a false play.

Judgment for sin is not the job of mercenaries.

The helicopter soon approached the military.

Seowon shakes his head, sighing lightly.

* * *

The skies of MI-17 touched the floor.

The hostages cried out, embracing each other to see if the rescue had finally come true.

When the door to the helicopter opened, you saw a man in his 50s in military uniform.

He was Army Lt. Gen. Mario Montoya, who was publicly known to be in charge of the operation.

In a few to ten years, the hostages who stepped on the asphalt road looked impressed as they jumped up and down.

They were moved to a facility designated by medical teams and soldiers who had been waiting in advance.

The pledge to hand FARC guerrilla recruits over to the soldiers shared a handshake with the rest of the team.

The people of Colombia, sent by the Secret Service, each hugged and thanked them. But for the Heart mercenaries, it was not a routine civil affair.

The best praise to mercenaries is not a compliment on the mouth, but a check with a large sum.

* * *

In five minutes.

Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia has officially announced that all hostages have arrived safely in the military.

The whole of Colombia was filled with joy.

So, like a passionate Latin American, various media commentary ignited the joy of the people.

The editor of Colombian Week commented, “The happiest we've been through in a long time, and the FARC is the biggest hit.”

Daily newspaper reads, "Great joy at the national level. Citizens shed tears of joy as they listened to the horns of the vehicles on the road.”

In addition, the majority of media commended the Ministry of Defense and the Secret Service for their successful operations.

On the other hand, there was a story that pinned down Alvaro Uribe's mistake that stopped the press conference.

“What was the idea of a president 22 minutes late and unilaterally interrupting a press conference? ”

The Secret Service and the Secretarial Office of the President were in a state of emergency for different reasons that day.

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