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Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger

Chapter 690 - 640: Scouting the Area

Author: The rat loves eating chicken drumsticks.
updatedAt: 2025-11-07

Mountain Eagle rested in the hotel overnight. The next day at noon, he called Donkey, who stayed at the hotel to drive him, and together they drove a rented sedan into the downtown area of Anchorage.

Global Leadership Conference on Arctic Affairs, the so-called conference sounds grand, but it has been very low-key from the start.

During the period when the Paris Climate Conference was finalized and welcomed and supported by various countries, especially when the United States had not reached a tacit agreement with its allies, everything was still unknown, so the United States did not focus on media promotion.

They chose to let a group of politicians who usually don't have much presence but can actually participate in decision-making and provide opinions to interact and connect privately to find points of interest among multiple parties.

Once the countries participating in the conference can reach a certain intention, then before the formal conference begins, the White House will increase publicity and use the Arctic issue to compete with the Paris Climate Conference.

The preliminary meeting venue was placed in the Anchorage Marriott Hotel, attended by deputy foreign ministers of American allies and some active NGO Organization members...

Donkey drove Mountain Eagle to the area near the Marriott Hotel. They found a restaurant with fairly good online reviews and went in to have lunch. During their meal, they observed the surrounding environment of the Marriott Hotel.

The Anchorage Marriott Hotel is close to the seaside and is a 20-story L-shaped high-rise building. The hotel's overall appearance is somewhat old, and there are no taller buildings around.

To the north is a shopping center, and to the south are two commercial office buildings. The distance between the hotel and the surrounding buildings is relatively far.

Mountain Eagle and his companion dined in a very famous seafood buffet restaurant. As they arrived, they saw several groups of East Asians moving and socializing inside the restaurant...

East Asians are easy to distinguish...

Apart from the differences in appearance, those who are more quiet and modest are usually island people!

Regardless of whether they are acting or not, most island people appearing in upscale foreign venues behave more composed and quiet.

Those with a strong nouveau riche temperament, speaking loudly, and with a strong sense of superiority and intense self-esteem are Koreans.

Mountain Eagle had Donkey inquire with the restaurant's waiter and quickly figured out the identity and background of the island people and Koreans...

They were invited NGO Organization members from island countries and Korea to participate in the Global Influence Conference on Arctic Affairs and a large group of public intellectual professors invited by NGO Organizations from the two countries.

Compared to the island people's quiet demeanor, those Koreans seemed very restless, as if participating in such a level of conference was an unparalleled honor for them.

These Koreans had a strong desire to engage and communicate...

They eagerly told anyone who would listen that they were important figures invited by the United States to participate in the conference on Arctic governance.

At this stage, Mountain Eagle already began to get familiar with the Western political playbook...

Often, the United States' penetration into foreign countries, even allies, is executed through these NGO Organizations.

They invite public intellectual professors to travel, attend conferences, and then bestow various high-sounding titles that practically serve no purpose to win these professors over, encouraging them to actively rally support.

They don't even need to spend too much money to have these public intellectual professors voluntarily advocate domestically.

From what Mountain Eagle knows, unless it's a black swan event like the 2008 Wall Street crash, as long as the United States is preparing for significant economic moves, there will certainly be various expert professors in East University stepping up to create discussions and internal opinion divisions.

Some people would even voluntarily cooperate with foreign capital to perform asset stripping domestically...

If successful, they would celebrate it as a victory for the free economy!

If unsuccessful, they would loudly criticize the domestic unfree economic system as a stumbling block to the large-scale development of private enterprises.

Compared to East University, Korea and the island countries are more explicit in this aspect; those invited public intellectual expert professors from Korea and island countries behave more devotedly...

Mountain Eagle doesn't care about the attitudes and practices of these people. What surprised him was that Agent Kobe's warning to the United States Secret Service seemed to have no effect at all.

While eating at a window-side seat, Mountain Eagle and Donkey clearly heard a Korean behind them boasting in heavily accented English to an Australian expert about the high-quality treatment they received...

These expert professors invited by NGO Organizations, not only receive free accommodation at the hotel, but also enjoy free group tours around Anchorage.

Moreover, the NGO Organizations provide them with ample travel vouchers, allowing them to freely spend at designated locations in Anchorage.

This is fairly normal, but the lax personnel safety management within the Marriott Hotel caused Mountain Eagle to gasp.

Several countries' deputy foreign ministers have already arrived in Anchorage and are staying within the Marriott Hotel.

They have brought a few security personnel themselves, but what good does this do?

If the Death Angel truly attacked the Marriott Hotel with the Ebola virus, how could they possibly defend against it?

In a setting with a mix of various organizations and individuals, how can one identify and filter out dangerous people?

Mountain Eagle admitted he did not have the capacity!

The Secret Service chose not to impose security lockdown around the hotel and seal the hotel's entrances and exits, inspecting everyone entering and exiting rigorously, thus they could not eliminate the danger.

Aside from installing metal detectors at the hotel entrance, they did not take any stronger countermeasures, at least they had no complete authority over those invited public intellectual professors.

Under such circumstances, Mountain Eagle could think of several ways to bring the virus into the hotel; if manpower was sufficient, he could quickly control crucial exit points, trapping everyone inside.

This dire situation was something Mountain Eagle never anticipated, and he was even more unable to imagine how, despite the warning, the Secret Service could react so sluggishly.

What Mountain Eagle didn't know was that it wasn't the United States Secret Service's incompetence, but Agent Kobe's voice being too weak.

For the administration in its final phase, the Arctic Influence Conference was a highly significant political project, and the pressure from the State Department was immense.

If, due to the speculation of an unknown investigator, the atmosphere became tense, it would severely impact subsequent conferences.

Bear in mind, they organized the Arctic Influence Conference to contend with the Paris Climate Conference, using a vast amount of political resources to bring numerous deputy foreign ministers from allies to align interests.

At this point, if you notify them that there could be terrorists carrying a deadly virus aiming to take hostages at the hotel...

Should those politicians choose to turn around and leave, the Arctic Influence Conference would become a laughable farce, ultimately serving as a stepping stone for the Paris Climate Conference.

The Black President at the White House had very ambitious aspirations, his term ending didn't mean the end of his political career.

The series of political correctness driven by this brother were profoundly influencing the United States and the Democrat Party, which means his influence would continue for a long time.

'Return to Asia-Pacific' 'TPP' 'Climate Agreement' 'Panama, South Korea, Colombia Trade Agreement' 'Afghanistan War Adjustment' 'Strengthen Drone Strike Projects' 'Re-begin Bilateral Relations with Cuba' 'Promote Middle East Peace Process'

These are the major projects the Black President wanted to promote during his term; regardless of success or failure, as long as these projects were initiated, they would extend his world influence and enhance his power inside the Democrat Party.

Because once these projects proceeded, they could not bypass him and the interest groups he represented!

Under such circumstances, the State Department would not permit the Secret Service a rash cancelation or intense lockdown around the Marriott Hotel based on a junior investigator's speculation.

Most of the deputy foreign ministers who attended the conference were sharp individuals, and not all were proactive attendees; if any of them picked up on an unusual vibe, some would likely find excuses to leave.

Under such conditions, wanting the security measures to be watertight is a bit much!

But fortunately, Mountain Eagle did not have to bear this 'difficulty'; he just needed to stay outside, identify security loopholes from different angles than the Secret Service, and arrange for Crow to conduct surveillance accordingly.

If, by chance, he could intercept the Death Angel's attack, it would be a gain.

Even if he failed, it wouldn't matter; after all, he wouldn't be the one suffering. Instead, the Death Angel's appearance would give him a chance to eliminate him directly.

Unlike the past, Mountain Eagle was feeling extremely uneasy being targeted by the Death Angel this time!

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