Mercenary’s War

Chapter 2173 - 2150: There’s Another Possibility

If we’re being followed again, then something’s really wrong, and it’d be a major issue.

Even though Yake only has one eye left, how should I put it, the fortunate thing is that the eye he lost wasn’t the better one. Anyway, even if Yake is left with the eye with poor vision, Gao Yang still trusts Yake’s judgment.

"What’s wrong, what’s going on?"

Yake said over the walkie-talkie, "There are cars behind us that appeared once, passed us on the highway, and now they’re back again. This means two cars have alternated appearances twice during our long drive. The chance of this being a coincidence is nearly zero."

After a brief explanation, Yake said over the walkie-talkie, "Everyone else, maintain your speed, Bat, reduce your speed. We’ll find out by trying."

Gao Yang felt that Lucica had been out of action for too long, so it was better not to rush her into battle. So he arranged for Yake and Lucica to be in one car, with Lucica driving and Yake in the back seat, and in the trunk was Fatino.

Yake had Lucica slow down, and he picked up his handgun, continuously muttering, "Slow down, slow down, keep slowing down."

Still on the highway, but Lucica’s speed reduced to a dangerous level. The car behind was originally far away, but after quickly closing the distance, it did not slow down at all and rushed past Yake’s car as if nothing was amiss.

After the suspicious car passed, Yake suddenly said, "This is an experienced tail, but it’s okay. Bat, accelerate, catch up, then act like you’re about to hit them without giving any signals. We’ll test if they’ve been watching us closely."

Approaching the Rome city area, as it was early morning, there were almost no cars on the road, with a speed of about a hundred kilometers per hour.

Yake held his handgun, rolled down both side windows, and with the fast speed, the wind noise roared.

Lucica increased the speed again, slowly catching up to the suspicious car, then just as they were about to parallel, Lucica suddenly swerved hard.

In front of Lucica’s car, the suspicious car instantly reacted, as Lucica swerved left, the suspicious car, one lane apart, also swerved left and braked sharply. Without constant attention, they could not have reacted so quickly.

"Shoot him!"

Yake shouted fiercely, not opening the window, started shooting at the car on the left through the glass while Lucica braked, still staying synchronized with the suspicious car on the left.

Yake fired continuously, aiming at the driver’s seat first, then the passenger seat. When his handgun was nearly out of bullets, Lucica picked up the submachine gun on the passenger seat. Once the car stopped completely, she yanked the door open and sprayed bullets at the suspicious car, emptying the whole magazine.

After emptying the magazine, Lucica hit the emergency lights, while Yake got out of the car, and when he couldn’t open the other car’s door, he smashed the bullet-riddled glass with his elbow. Peering in, he glanced at Lucica and said, "Go!"

Back in the car, Yake quickly said, "We were being followed. Three people in the car, armed; no way to capture them alive, all dead. If the enemy keeps tracking us, our situation is very dangerous."

In the car, Gao Yang smacked his hand and said gravely, "Extremely dangerous. There might be a big team ahead ready to fire at us. We need to find out how Mario keeps finding us. Otherwise, we can’t win this fight. The enemy has already identified our current car. Everyone needs to find a place to stop immediately, we must switch cars and can’t go further. Stop on the highway, we need to get off the road!"

Decisively issuing the command, Gao Yang pulled out his phone and dialed Ivan’s number. When Ivan picked up, Gao Yang said urgently, "Got a question, has Mario found your location, or can he always locate you accurately?"

Ivan responded, sounding slightly weary, "Of course not. Mario has just increased his guard. The Cicero Family members either went into hiding or are desperately adding guards around them. If they could find my location, would Mario let me roam freely?"

Gao Yang sighed, "If Mario’s intelligence network isn’t strong enough to cover every inch of Italy, then the problem should be on our end. He always quickly finds our location. We’ve fought once already, and now, he’s sent someone to follow us again on the highway."

Ivan, a bit nervous, said, "Do you have anything tracking you? Mario is an intel broker, but he’s just a hub for a larger intelligence network. Many intelligence dealers must sell through Cicero’s channels, and many must buy through Cicero Family’s channels. But, the Cicero Family doesn’t have many people to gather intelligence themselves—that’s impossible, you know?"

Gao Yang whispered, "Understood, the Cicero Family is like a shopping site. People buy things from the site, people sell things on his site."

Ivan said, "Exactly, so Mario is well-informed but he’s not like a shadow following you. Quickly, find out where the problem is."

Gao Yang was troubled by this, saying heavily, "But we can’t find where the problem is. Yake, Rafael, and I were held by Mario for several days. I’m wondering if one of us has some tracking device on us and we don’t know it. So, I want to find a hospital to take some X-rays or something."

Ivan said urgently, "Any tracking device must transmit signals. What’s the point of going to a hospital for X-rays? Find anything that can detect electronic signals."

Gao Yang gave a wry smile, "Of course, I know that. We’ll find equipment to detect electronic signals. We might also go to a hospital, wherever is convenient. But right now, we must first shake off the tracking. Where are you? If necessary, we might need your help."

"Me? I’m not in Rome anymore. We’ve already moved on to Florence."

Gao Yang was about to say something but then had a flash of insight and immediately said aloud, "Wait! I just thought of another possibility!"

Gao Yang remembered a person and immediately said on the walkie-talkie, "Fox! Check if the problem is with Fatino!"