"????"
At that very moment.
Hearing those words tumble from Old Guo's mouth.
Xu Yun and Qian Wushi, seated across from him, both froze.
Then Xu Yun's pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinholes and began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Engineer Guo, what did you say? Who died?"
Old Guo's face was flushed, whether from running or from panic. He swallowed hard.
"Fitzgerald. The blond man who always seemed so cheerful."
"About five hours ago, he went out to clear his head along the route they'd planned earlier. Perhaps he was under too much mental strain, because he chose to take his favorite convertible."
"But as he passed through Dili Square, a bullet from who knows where blew his brains out. His skull landed right by the feet of one of our comrades."
"Later, that comrade risked blowing his cover to send the news back to the country immediately."
Xu Yun felt his heart clench painfully.
Good grief.
Melody had died at this point in time?
Was this inevitable?
He'd only just been wondering whether he should slaughter a donkey to offer as a sacrifice, and Fitzgerald had gone and volunteered himself.
"Youlai."
As Xu Yun's thoughts churned, Qian Wushi spoke up beside him.
"The organization must have discussed this already, right? What did they conclude? Could this affect our three-bomb detonation?"
Hearing Qian Wushi, Xu Yun came back to his senses and fixed his gaze on Old Guo.
Right.
Since Fitzgerald had died on the spot, there was no need to wait for a hospital to confirm the news. The organization should have received it fairly quickly.
And Old Guo said Fitzgerald had died five hours ago. Judging by that, the organization had probably already held an emergency discussion.
In other words.
They should have reached some conclusions by