Under Colonel Kunton's despairing gaze, the door he had once trusted most slammed shut.
If he could do it all over again, perhaps he would not have made that choice.
But could things possibly return to the way they were?
Of course not.
That was why Mu Fan had never believed the repentance of the utterly wicked, just as he would never believe a blood-soaked executioner who told him he would never kill again.
"Mu Fan, you're letting that colonel off that easily this time?" Black asked doubtfully.
"Easily? I don't think so. He valued money and life far too much. Now that both have been taken from him, he can quietly count down the time until his death. I could see the deepest fear in his eyes."
As he spoke, Mu Fan removed the cold mask and revealed his impassive face once more.
Rhythmic footsteps emerged from the Mountain Cave. Mu Fan returned to the entrance, where the two bodies lying side by side behind the base vehicle had yet to be discovered.
Even their voices were still carrying on through the communications channel like zombies.
No one knew that, beneath layers of defense and lockdown, Mu Fan had single-handedly completed a brilliant decapitation operation.
All he needed to do now was return the way he had come.
A figure swiftly climbed over the anti-climb fence, then passed unscathed through the Mechanical Dog patrols. Finally, using the sentries' blind spots, he slipped into the shadows and vanished completely.
From entry to exit, it had taken a total of four minutes and thirty-two seconds.
After Mu Fan had walked a hundred meters away from the Temporary Base with his back to it, the countdown on his wristwatch quietly reached zero.
"3, 2, 1..."
His cold gaze turned behind him. The