The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, but Suika Is Behind It / Don't Drive Without a License

Thinking of this Suika's lips curled up. Regardless of whether the one inside was Shapeshifter or not, at least she was certain of one thing: the other party was unaware of her abilities.

Now, their opponent is not themselves, but the Stormtroopers members who have already reached the edge of the abandoned factory.

Suika felt no remorse whatsoever for involving the Victoria army.

After all, this is the Stormtroopers. Think of the Horn and the Bagpipe; even if the other members have different strengths, the difference won't be too great.

A team that can fight ten against one in an environment where everyone is Terra Superman, is Suika to face a dozen bandits who seem to be just ordinary mercenaries. It's easy to imagine what will happen. They'll be quite capable if they can survive the first wave.

"Horn, this isn't our mission. Will there be any problems if we act rashly now?" the Cello asked from the side.

"Others are practically shoving their petitions in their faces, so what's the point of hiding them?"

Also, our purpose in coming here is to find that spy from Columbia.

The appearance of this letter indicates that our infiltration plan has failed, and we can only proceed with an open operation from now on.

"To find out about our abilities, and then use such an absurd excuse as rescuing two students from robbers to expose us, I'd like to see what this mysterious person from Londinium is all about."

The Horn slammed the letter, which had somehow appeared at their doorstep, onto the Cello's hand.

She's in a pretty bad mood right now.

As one of Victoria's proudest military units, she always believed that the Stormtroopers were among the best in Victoria.

She was furious that no one noticed the letter being posted on the door.

This anger is not directed at others, but at oneself.

If the other party harbored malicious intent, then they would probably have died there long ago.

The fact that the other party didn't take action but instead left a letter proves that they weren't enemies, or at least they didn't have any malicious intent.

She planned to rescue the person according to the information in the letter, firstly to give face to the person behind the letter, and secondly to find clues about the person behind the letter through the rescued hostage.

"Horn, target spotted... Seventeen people in total, including two hostages..."

"Something's off with these guys; they don't look like typical kidnappers."

A voice came through the communicator, sounding somewhat doubtful.

"Take cover first, Triangle, we're coming right now!" Horn, who was originally going to rush in and catch the enemy off guard, stopped his teammates after hearing Triangle's words, and then went around to Triangle, who was in charge of monitoring the situation.

"What happened?"

"Look, these people..." Triangle parted the grass and peered through the gaps at the distant target.

After glancing around, the Horn understood what the Triangle meant.

Although the opponent looked quite ordinary, their formation was a typical military defensive formation.

Each person can be seen by at least two teammates, and by being near various abandoned objects, they can immediately take cover behind these objects to defend themselves and retaliate, regardless of the direction of the attack.

Therefore, this was not an ordinary group of robbers...

However, even though the opponent seemed formidable, the Horn still had plenty of confidence in their players.

After returning to their unit, the two immediately rearranged the battle plan. Then, the Stormtroopers split into two teams, one of which circled around to the enemy's rear.

After the success, the horn that was originally Horn in the right direction fired a cannonball at the target's direction first.

To prevent the enemy from using the hostages as shields, the Horn deliberately included the hostages within the blast radius.

Although they were on the very edge, the impression they gave was that they were there to wipe out the entire team, not to rescue them.

This could actually give the two hostages a chance to survive.

From a nearby high platform, Suika, who had witnessed everything, admitted that she had underestimated the captain. Although her actions were somewhat brutal, more like the anti-terrorism style of Ursus, she had to admit that they were quite effective in this situation.

After being suddenly struck, the dozen or so people did indeed fall into a brief state of panic.

Chapter 228 The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Suika Follows Behind

In the chaos, someone tried to take the two hostages away.

Upon inspection, the carriage carrying the hostages was found to have been blown up, with the carriage overturned and the two hostages trapped underneath.

If they want to take the hostages, they have to overturn the carriage again.

This will require time and the assistance of several people.

But what they lack now is precisely time.

At this time, it was still unknown who launched the attack, but the shelling indicated that the attackers were military personnel.

Therefore, the leader did not dare to be arrogant and led his men into the factory.

They attempted to use the more complex terrain here to engage in close combat with the Stormtroopers members.

At this moment, the squad that had circled around to their rear also launched an attack. Encircled from both sides, the enemy was forced to retreat even faster.

Soon, the area around the overturned carriage was filled with Stormtroopers members.

"Captain, that was a great bomb!"

Both hostages sustained minor injuries and happened to be trapped underneath the carriage.

The hostages have been rescued, what's next?

The person in charge of the rescue, Triangle, exclaimed in praise over the communication channel.

No, continue the pursuit.

I suspect that the other party is our target!

The Horn's words surprised everyone else.

They thought their exposure would alert their undercover agents, but they never expected to meet with them by such a coincidence.

The group, who had been somewhat lax, immediately perked up.

After confirming the safety of the two hostages, Triangle chose to leave them where they were and then, together with Horn, pursued the retreating suspected targets.

At this moment, Bagpipe, who was charging the fastest ahead, had already engaged the enemy with his Breach Spear.

The men's expressions changed when they saw the weapon in Bagpipe's hand.

The Breach Spear is not a weapon that ordinary armies can be equipped with.

Regardless of the legion, those who can equip themselves with such weapons must possess immense strength and terrifying power; each one is an elite among elites.

Now, however, they were faced with a young woman Vouivre who looked to be in her early twenties.

This made these people feel uneasy.

You should know that their identities are not ordinary.

If they were just ordinary robbers, they could simply surrender, and at most they would be sentenced to ten years in prison.

But they were different; they were Columbia spies.

The kidnapping of these two people was also due to a coincidence. They discovered a clue related to Londinium, and the key figure in the clue was Principal Elisa Swire.

They had been informed that Elisa would be coming to receive the supplies, so they laid an ambush in advance to kidnap her.

But unexpectedly, the two assistants who knew nothing about the situation ended up being kidnapped.

Then, when one plan failed, they devised another.

He disguised himself as a kidnapper and tried to lure Elisa out.

Of course, besides them, another one entered the city.

If Elisa hadn't come, and instead sent other men, they would have found an opportunity to kidnap her.

The reason for this choice was based on their understanding that Elisa currently had no one else available; otherwise, the task of receiving such a large amount of supplies would not have been entrusted to two assistants.

Furthermore, they felt that even if the other party called the police, given the working style of the Victoria military and police, by the time they were ready, their group would have already gathered the intelligence and made a clean getaway.

And the two hostages and the people who came to deliver the money... they had absolutely no intention of letting them go back.

The reason they hadn't killed the two men earlier was because they were confident they could end the lives of these two people who had seen their faces under any circumstances.

However, to their surprise, the unexpected often comes more fiercely than the plan.

They had only been there a short time when they were attacked by Victoria's elite troops.

Realizing something was wrong, they had no choice but to abandon the hostages and retreat deeper into the area.

However, the enemy's surprise attack was also extremely fierce.

The woman at the very front of the Vouivre was almost inhuman.

In this narrow space, she could swing her Breach Spear with tremendous force, making the scouts, whose weapons were far inferior to hers, dare not even make a little contact with her weapon.

As Suika sat by the window, watching the Stormtroopers members rapidly and swiftly compress the space around them, forcing them into a corner of the factory, she couldn't help but sigh.

With this level of strength, they are among the most elite and cutting-edge on Rhodes Island.

It was truly a pity that such a powerful and promising team died in Little Hill County, and moreover, from the betrayal of their own people.

But then I thought that perhaps in Terra, backstabbing was a Victoria tradition.

For example, the Steam Knight, who should now be almost extinct with only one survivor.

If it weren't for the tacit approval or even assistance of the dukes, even if Theresis had immense abilities, he couldn't have gathered them all together, tricked them into entering the underground, placed them in a narrow space least suitable for these Steam Knights to fight in, and then used his life force to overwhelm them.

Just as Suika was sighing, she suddenly noticed Horn's gaze sweeping over her, and she quickly disappeared through the window.

Horn looked in this direction with a puzzled expression. She had sensed someone nearby, but when she turned her gaze, she found nothing.

"Boom!" A loud noise came from ahead, attracting the Horn's attention.

She turned her head and saw that almost all of them had squatted on the ground with their hands behind their heads in surrender, and on their heads, Bagpipe's Breach Spear had punched a hole the size of a head in the nearly forty-centimeter-thick cement wall.

This single blow shattered the last vestige of resistance remaining among the opposing force.

"Captain, where are you going?"

After binding all those who had surrendered, the bugle, feeling as if it had forgotten something, arrived at the spot where she had just "seen" the Horn.

Although the place was empty, she frowned when she saw the dust on the windowsill.

Moreover, the faint aroma of wine lingering in the air did not escape her sense of smell.

There was someone here before!

This was Horn's first thought, and then, looking at the messy, broken machines outside, she remembered something she had forgotten.

"How are the two hostages?"

The Horn turned and walked toward the location of the hostages, asking questions as it did so.

"When we arrived, the Cello stayed behind to protect the hostages and provide them with basic medical care, after all, Captain, that shot you fired..."

The two talked as they hurried to the carriage.

But by then the hostages had disappeared from the carriage, while the Cello lay motionless on the carriage.

The two quickly walked over, and as soon as they got close, they smelled a strong odor of alcohol.

Looking at the Cello, it was clear that the person was completely drunk.

A note was also attached to him that read, "Thank you, I'll take the hostage with me now."

Chapter 229 Don't Drive Without a License

After confirming that the Cello was unharmed, Horn coldly clutched the piece of paper in his hand.

"Team leader..."

Seeing the Horn's expression, the Triangle was a little scared.

If he had known it would be like this, he should have sent that brainless newbie girl, Bagpipe, to accompany Horn.

At least the Horn, even if it's truly angry, won't be directed at the Bagpipe.

"Take the people back with you, I'm going to a nearby town."

The Horn paused for a few seconds before speaking.

"But Captain..."

"Don't worry, since they chose to get the Cello drunk, they didn't respect us from the start."

The Stormtroopers should not be looked down upon like this.

I have an idea: since the other side chose this location for the hostage exchange, there must be clues in the nearest city.