When he heard the call disconnect from the other side, Mountain Eagle casually smiled at Miranda and Barry...

The tumult of the world is all for gain, the clamor of the world is all for profit!

Mountain Eagle doesn't need precise intelligence. As long as he finds the quickest and most profitable path, he can basically find the Achilles' heel of the Edward Foundation or the Talan Family.

Merck Company and Glanstrock, those pharmaceutical giants with huge annual profits, are not particularly impacted by stock price fluctuations, but for those who want to profit from company stocks, the stock price is their lifeline!

Mountain Eagle has never met Abel Ravenstone, but since the other party didn't deny his words, it indicates Mountain Eagle hit their soft spot!

He doesn't know how much the opponent invested in the stock market against the two big companies. He only knows this operation model is essentially creating a 'winning mode'...

Whether Ebola leaks or not doesn't matter to them. As long as they can steer clear of any connection, even some obscure rumors won't affect the stock prices of the two companies rising because of the vaccine issues.

Under the Europe and America capital model, facing a 'winning mode', leveraging is a must!

Bad guys are generally more aggressive. Five times leverage is basic, and with a guaranteed win, they dare go for ten times leverage...

Under circumstances like these, if the stock price drops, their losses are not just limited to the principal!

For large families in the underworld, dignity and face are insignificant; giant monetary loss is the real damage to their bones and muscles.

Mountain Eagle isn't in a hurry. He smiled while discussing the daily life of the assassin couple with the Woodman, satisfying his curiosity a bit, apparently completely forgetting that he's about to hand this guy over to the Department of Homeland Security.

Sled hasn't been around Mountain Eagle for long. He frowned as he watched his boss easily manipulate the emotions of a few captives, then nudged the Pirate next to him, saying quietly, "Is it my illusion, or does the boss seem terrifying at times?"

"I always feel he's more like a villain than those bad guys in the movies, do you feel the same?"

The Pirate glanced at Barry, who was already turning a bit pale. Mysteriously, even though the heater in the room had been turned back on, the guy seemed colder than ever. His body was trembling non-stop with his boss's relaxed chatting and laughter, clearly scared to the extreme.

Facing Sled's question, the Pirate pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, we're not good people either, so don't expect the boss to be a perfect person..."

Sled caught the language loophole in the Pirate's words instantly. He said quietly, "You also think the boss now looks more like a villain, right?"

The Pirate didn't speak, just spread his hands...

Sled nodded forcefully and said, "No wonder I feel relaxed working with him; it's definitely because the boss is the same kind of person as me..."

The Pirate looked at Sled like he was an idiot, shook his head, and said, "No, our boss can sit at the desk behind the doors and earn more money than you will make in a lifetime.

You're just a crazy freak who only knows how to drink and fight!"

Meanwhile, as they were chatting, Daria leaned into Mountain Eagle's ear and whispered, "Boss, Kobe has set off. They'll be here in about 45 minutes."

Mountain Eagle slightly nodded, then looked at the Woodman and smiled, saying, "The people from the Department of Homeland Security have set off and will be here in 45 minutes.

You're considered important suspects. I suggest you cooperate slightly then.

According to United States law, there's a big sentencing difference between premeditated murder and being directed to commit murder.

Moreover, I heard that the report of the lead investigator can influence the judge's ruling to some extent."

The Woodman slightly shook his head after hearing this and said, "I could never betray the Bright Ladder and the people behind them to the Department of Homeland Security...

Because it's impossible for Homeland Security to legally prosecute them, I need to think about myself and my family.

Betraying Abel Ravenstone to you has already been the limit. If I continue to cross the line, they'll do whatever it takes to kill me.

Homeland Security doesn't have the capability to protect me!"

Then, the Woodman suddenly chuckled and said, "Have you ever thought, on what charges can they accuse us?

I can say with certainty that we didn't leave any fingerprints or other identity information on the ambulance.

They don't even have evidence proving we were at the Anchorage Police Department..."

Mountain Eagle listened and laughed without saying anything...

These four assassins are just supplements to Kobe's struggle for control. Mountain Eagle has no intention or necessity to put them to death, otherwise, these people wouldn't be sitting here intact.

Ultimately, whether there's enough evidence to prosecute them isn't decided by Homeland Security but by Mountain Eagle.

Because he has the trajectory and videos of several of their actions, as well as recordings of their conversations in the factory, and he himself is the most important witness!

In other words, if he doesn't help, Homeland Security must find a way to make them talk within a reasonable and legal framework...

With the current development, Kobe simply doesn't have time to pay attention to the silencing case, and Mountain Eagle himself is even less concerned!

Seeing the cooperative demeanor of the Woodman now, he is actually leaning more towards having these people escape on bail after being detained for a while.

Once these people flee, Mountain Eagle has a reason to urge Kobe to continue the investigation. If Homeland Security feels humiliated, they'll likely invest more funds and effort to target the Edward Foundation, which of course, is better.

Also, by monitoring them closely, maybe he can find more big fish like Abel Ravenstone behind the scenes, so he'll have more bargaining chips.

Listening to Mountain Eagle's conversation with the Woodman, Miranda and Barry unexpectedly breathed a sigh of relief...

These two handled the situation until now, which honestly wasn't easy, especially for Barry...

Now, this guy actually feels that being handed over to Homeland Security might be a better outcome.

But what they don't know is, Mountain Eagle deliberately let them hear...

People are hard to withstand ups and downs, especially emotionally...

Just as Miranda and Barry were secretly feeling relieved, Mountain Eagle's phone suddenly rang...

Mountain Eagle looked at Barry, whose complexion had just slightly improved, but now went pale in an instant. He smiled and showed his phone, then pressed the speaker button...

"Hello, this is Mountain Eagle..."

A slightly tired voice of Abel Ravinston came through the phone...

"Shall we talk?"

Mountain Eagle said with a smile, "Talk about what?"

"About those two thieves, 2 million US Dollars, hand over those two thieves to us, or kill them?"

Mountain Eagle sneered at the price and said, "Buddy, you still haven't figured out who has the upper hand, why can't everyone be a bit more honest?

If I hand them over to the Department of Homeland Security and leak tidbits to the media, when the New York and London stock markets open tomorrow, Merck Company and Glanstrock's stock prices will plummet."

Abel Ravinston listened and coldly laughed, saying, "Do you really think two thieves can affect us?

Mountain Eagle, aren't you being too naive?"

Mountain Eagle smiled and said, "Let's assume you really are all-powerful, you can find someone influential on Congress Hill to help press matters down, then take out these two thieves before they appear in court...

You tell me, how much would this cost?

We are now enemies who won't rest until one of us is dead. You tell me, if I protect them like Snowden, escort them to court and make them present legally effective testimony, then break it to the media.

Even if you are still able to manage this, bribing the media, bribing officials, suppressing opposition in Congress...

Tell me, how much would this cost?

Buddy, let me remind you, by going against you and shorting your positions, I can earn more."

Saying this, Mountain Eagle glanced at Miranda, whose face looked awful, and grinned at the phone, "And don't you want to know why things have gotten to this point?

Don't you want to know who's really causing you to be so passive?

Don't you want to know who's treating you like fools?"

As Mountain Eagle spoke, Abel Ravinston's breathing became heavy, and whispers could even be heard from the other end...

"Who?"

Hearing the question, Mountain Eagle raised his fist in silent triumph as if he'd won a world championship, then cleared his throat and said, "This intel is worth 5 million. You have 5 minutes to transfer the money, and after 5 minutes, I'll forget about all this."

As Mountain Eagle finished speaking, the room suddenly became extraordinarily quiet, even the morally flexible Daria looked at their boss with a ghostlike gaze...

So sinister!

Death Angel's involvement with the Department of Homeland Security wasn't really a secret, but for the Edward Foundation, a brief misalignment of goals and information gap led to them not having time to investigate.

In fact, they only needed to wait a bit and then find some connections in the Department of Homeland Security, it wouldn't be hard to figure out Death Angel's role in this.

If the Edward Foundation's mind suddenly glitches and their boss extracts 5 million, their boss surely won't mind, the blame would definitely fall on Death Angel, for he indeed disrupted their big profit plan...

By pouring salt on their wounds, their boss's actions would ultimately become sunk costs, chalked up to Death Angel.

Daria glanced at the pale-faced Miranda and shook her head in contemplation...

Offending their boss is indeed too dangerous!

In Los Angeles, Daria had witnessed firsthand how their boss promoted the establishment of the 'Bangkok Group,' driving the famed Replacer to the brink.

Now he's sent the Edward Foundation onto the Department of Homeland Security's radar, and also watched firsthand how he found enemies for Death Angel.

It's all smooth sailing, ideally smacking the opponent, if not at least mentioning it when encountering situations, and even using information asymmetry to extort his enemies.

Sometimes, although no substantial actions are taken, the enemy's situation visibly worsens!

Mountain Eagle sensed the surrounding gazes, glanced around, covered the phone mic, and pointed at himself saying, "Don't misunderstand, I'm actually a good guy, these guys are the bad ones..."

Old Black Sea Lion rubbed the goosebumps on his arm, nodded and said, "Yay yay yay...

Boss, you're a great guy, I'm the driver of a great guy, so I'm a good guy too!"

Just as Mountain Eagle was joking with his partner, Abel Ravinston's voice suddenly came through the phone...

"5 million, deal, give me an account..."

Mountain Eagle winked at the pale-faced Miranda and said with a smile to the phone, "Seems you really can't tolerate more errors, 5 million is a bit on the low side...

But I'm a person who keeps my word, hold on, I'll send you the account right away.

Seeing as you're so straightforward, I'll throw in a very important piece of intel for you..."

"What information?"

Mountain Eagle smiled and glanced at his watch, saying, "The Department of Homeland Security's people are about 30 minutes' drive away from the thieves...

Your time is running out!"

"fuck!!!"