Mountain Eagle detected something from Blood Fox's tone. He didn't rush to the airport but instead wandered around the ambush battlefield with Tessa, who was still excited.

Tessa was used to seeing the big world. She'd dealt with gangsters, terrorists, mercenaries, special forces—she was no stranger to dead bodies, although they didn't scare her.

People shot dead generally didn't look too gruesome; they couldn't be called horrifying.

But when Mountain Eagle took her to see the two guys with broken necks, Tessa's excitement quickly faded.

Mountain Eagle had always believed he wasn't normal, being hardened by the Sergeant System since childhood; his reaction to death was very indifferent. What made him angry was the anti-human, anti-humanity stuff, not the visible cruelty.

To put it bluntly, Mountain Eagle had a typical butcher's personality, like those who work in slaughterhouses for years—they have a strong immunity to physical brutality; simple blood-splatter scenes rarely move them.

The moment he plunged into the Mekong River, crossing the border, he was like Zhang Fei turning rogue, Fan Kui leaving Liu Bang to become a bandit...

A bit of bloodshed meant nothing to someone like him. He could easily ignore the painful groans of the red-haired man.

But Tessa really couldn't...

Despite her excitement upon arrival, looking like she was there to do justice for Mountain Eagle, and to rival Xiao Wan, when she saw the corpse with its head on its back, the guilt inside her was quickly triggered by the cruel scene, taking up part of her attention.

Good and conscientious people have similar weaknesses...

They might be able to fight back harshly against enemy attacks, but when faced with the bad situations they caused, they find it hard to remain completely unaffected. Some even reflect on whether they went too far.

Mountain Eagle's core combat team members basically have no 'conscience', like Blood Fox, Mi Lu, Butcher, Sled—they're completely immune to cruelty.

For people like them, resorting to any means during missions is just basic procedure!

It was Mountain Eagle who defined a fixed direction for them with 'routes' to prevent them from completely deviating from humanity's path.

What remains for them is loyalty and sentiment!

Not bullying the weak is already a high moral standard for them, which is completely different from Tessa, who comes from a family of police officers.

Watching Tessa's face turn pale after the corpse tour but still trying to hold on, Mountain Eagle sighed and said, "I didn't mean to disgust you intentionally. I just want to remind you that I'm not the good person you imagine...

I know you care about me, but reality is harsh. Sometimes when I avoid you, it's not because I find you troublesome or irritating, but because I don't want you to witness such horrible scenes."

Tessa spat onto the snow, watching the saliva instantly freeze into beads. She said unhappily, "I'm a criminal detective; I've seen worse scenes than this...

They're just bodies; you think I'll be scared?"

Mountain Eagle looked at the defiant Tessa and shook his head, saying, "Corpses themselves aren't scary; what's scary is that these people entered the battlefield just for money, fighting to the death with people like me without personal grudges.

Tessa, the confrontation I'm facing now comes from an unrestrained zone. I never doubt your capabilities, but I don't want you to step into this realm.

You're a police officer. As long as you stick to your profession, you will never get used to it!"

Tessa frowned at Mountain Eagle's earnest words, a bit upset, and said, "Your wife too..."

Mountain Eagle was silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said, "That's why I always felt I've been a burden to her. I've always wanted to reach out but never dared.

I once hoped to gain some initiative to appear before them with a relatively decent identity.

But the unexpected events led to me reuniting with my wife and kids at the least suitable time.

My poisoning incident made me drastically change my career plans!"

With that, Mountain Eagle hugged Tessa tightly and said, "Tessa, you've arrived at the 'right time', steering my life back on 'the right track' after hitting a low point...

Your stance and identity are very important to me!

Taigore told me about the problems you're facing; I know what kind of pressures you're under.

The Pasok Family needs an external foothold. I'm qualified now...

Your only task is to continue doing what you love!

Any external pressures you face, you can tell everyone...

Mountain Eagle's business adventures in Thailand are all related to you, so half of those ventures are yours. You have the right to use all my resources in Thailand to do anything you want."

Tessa felt touched for a moment, then suddenly raised her head and grabbed Mountain Eagle's old face, saying irritably, "So what you're saying is, you don't want to marry me...

Then let me ask you, if one day I fall in love with another man, will those things still belong to me?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "If you want them, it's okay to give them all to you.

Honestly, if it weren't for you and the Pasok Family behind you, I wouldn't be running so many businesses in Thailand in the first place.

If one day you want to leave me, then everything will be yours!

At least this way, you can give an explanation to your family...

I may be a bastard, but I'll never disappoint someone who loves me!"

Tessa, who comes from Thailand where emotions are taken lightly, frankly found it hard to imagine a man could be so generous to a woman, but she didn't see any hint of a joke in Mountain Eagle's eyes...

The two remained silent for a few minutes, then Tessa, somewhat helpless and angry, punched Mountain Eagle in the chest, held his waist tightly, rested her head against his chest, and said in a muffled voice, "You're just like them, a bastard who doesn't care about my feelings at all!

Just wait, this time it's your wife who begged me to come and save you, I won't let you off easily!"

Mountain Eagle wanted to tell Tessa that she couldn't outsmart his wife, especially while playing away...

But seeing her aggrieved look, he sighed and said, "Alright, as long as you don't flirt with my wife, you can vent your anger on me...

I have plenty of money now, even if you sneeze, I'd buy you a bag. As long as you're happy, I'll do anything.

But promise me, once this is over, head back to Thailand and settle down...

Getting caught up in too much underground business isn't good for you, doing something suited to your identity and doing charity work fits the angelic image I have of you in my heart."

Seeing Mountain Eagle use all kinds of sweet talk, even though knowing some of it was nonsense, Tessa inexplicably felt happy...

She pinched Mountain Eagle's waist hard, then forcefully pushed him away, inspected him with a strange look, and nodded, "Don't worry, I won't bully your wife!"

Mountain Eagle was stunned by Tessa's strange attitude, feeling he might have missed some details, but it wasn't the time to delve into it...

Seeing Donkey and Sealion standing awkwardly in the snow not far away, watching their playful exchange, Mountain Eagle waved at them, pointed to the prisoner who was still alive, and shouted, "Drag him to the car, take him to the airport and see what his luck is like..."

Then Mountain Eagle pressed the radio button and said, "Supa, what's your situation now?"

"Sir, the opposition has all surrendered, we've disarmed them and are preparing to escort them to the highway..."

Mountain Eagle chuckled and said, "Don't let them idle, have them clean up the battlefield, gather all the bodies and equipment and take them to the airport...

This isn't exactly the wilderness, we should give Anchorage officials some respect and not make the surroundings too messy."

Supa hesitated in this unfamiliar situation and said, "Okay, I'll try to communicate, they should be willing."

Mountain Eagle was amused by Supa's words and shook his head, saying, "If you're uncomfortable, leave the site to Gray Wolf and the others, they know how to handle it."

Finishing, Mountain Eagle called Tessa over, and the two detoured, walking through the snow-draped woods, circumventing Supa's position, letting Tessa enjoy a tranquil Alaskan winter forest...

As long as it's not unbearably cold, Southerners have a mysterious fondness for snow!

The Alaskan snowy woods, absent blood and death, compared to Southeast Asia's always muddy tropical rainforests, had a uniquely artistic purity.

Without the tense atmosphere, even the sensation underfoot of stepping on snow and the 'crunch' sound could bring Tessa joy.

Mountain Eagle, like a diligent tour guide, led Tessa through the first scenic spot in Alaska...

Encountering any problem, he would answer diligently!

Tessa knew well that the relentless attention from this guy was just so he could relax a bit afterward.

However, she didn't mind at all, accepting all of Mountain Eagle's courtesies, enjoying an hour of time happily...

Until they exited the woods to the airport entrance, seeing several pickups dragging dozens of corpses into the airport and piling them in the open space, the previously accumulated bit of romantic atmosphere instantly vanished...

Entering the airport, seeing the shivering prisoners, Tessa looked at the bodies on the ground and the prisoners, hesitated a little, then asked, "What are you going to do with them?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "That depends on how cooperative they are...

But don't worry, since they were captured alive, I won't kill them!

After all, handling bodies is hard work..."

Tessa was surprised and said, "You even handle bodies?"

Mountain Eagle chuckled and said, "Am I supposed to call the police like in Thailand to help handle the bodies?

Don't forget, under American law, I'm considered a bad guy now!"

Mountain Eagle looked at the piled bodies, shook his head and said, "To be honest, being a bad guy is quite a technical job...

Just the task of handling bodies is enough to stump most people!"