The Federation.
That night.
Yang Pan was about to go to sleep when his phone rang.
It was Howard.
"Hello, Mr. Howard."
"Yang... sorry to disturb your sleep, but I may need your help," Howard said urgently. "The plan has been exposed. The chairman has decided to pull our people out first. We need your help."
He was already like a bird startled by a bowstring.
He was terrified that Shadow Ghost would strike and kill them all.
"All right..." Yang Pan thought for a moment, then gave a meaningful smile. "Send me the rendezvous point. I'll send someone to pick them up."
"Room 1020, Queen's Hotel, Hong Kong Government."
They had chosen this location not only because the Hong Kong Government's elite were quite favorably disposed toward the Federation, but, more importantly, because it was far enough from the Capital.
Yang Pan had long been waiting for him to ask, so he readily agreed.
Howard thanked Yang Pan profusely, unaware that he had personally sent the team down Yellow Springs Road.
"Where does the chairman want me to send them?"
"The entire Asia Region is within the Dragon Kingdom's sphere of influence. Unless they retreat to the West, it'll be hard to escape Shadow Ghost's pursuit."
As Old Man Guan's other blade, Shadow Ghost had almost never failed an assassination.
Howard fell silent for a long time before asking reluctantly, "Yang, do you have anywhere safe?"
"If you'd told me in advance, there would've been a way." Yang Pan sighed awkwardly. "Now that this has reached Guotai Min'an, and Zhang Yang of the National Situation Bureau is personally overseeing the case, even fleeing into another alien race's gathering zone won't help. You know Shadow Ghost's methods. Like maggots clinging to bone, they're impossible to shake off."
Beside him, Gu