CHAPTER 541: CHAPTER 541: THE TRUE AND FALSE CONTACT, ARREST, IDENTITY

Washington D.C., Garfield Park, 6:30 PM.

Luo An, Chenier, Winslow, and Reesi, disguised as ordinary people walking, chatting, and running, casually munched on snacks they had bought.

Suddenly, a white man with red short hair, wearing a brown jacket, caught everyone’s eyes.

The man walked up to the meeting spot mentioned earlier, scanned the surroundings briefly, and in less than five seconds, suddenly turned and ran!

"Fu-k!"

Winslow, Chenier, and Reesi, who were inconspicuously surrounding the meeting spot, cursed loudly upon witnessing this and quickly followed in pursuit of the man:

"Don’t run!"

"Stop!"

The brown jacket man ran fast, and coupled with the crowd in the park, he shoved several pedestrians aside as obstacles and managed to break through the encirclement of Winslow, Chenier, and Reesi.

The bystanders at the scene had a confused look, not understanding what was happening. While exclaiming in shock, they followed the unwritten rule of living in the Federation: don’t meddle in others business, and quickly made way for the running figures.

Reesi, worried about accidental injuries and therefore unable to shoot, immediately shouted a command as she ran off to the side:

"I’ll take the left!"

"We’ve got the right!"

Chenier and Winslow quickly responded and dashed to the right, aiming to cut off the man in the brown jacket’s escape route.

In a car not far away, Mona and Michelle, who were responsible for observation and surveillance, heard the situation described by Reesi and were about to get out of the car to help.

At that moment, a command from Luo An came through their intercoms:

"Mona, Michelle, head to the rockery on your right!"

The rockery was not far from where their car was parked, but it was completely off the path of the fleeing man in the jacket, going in the opposite direction, as a matter of fact.

The two women exchanged a puzzled glance as they exited the car, but now was not the time for questions, they immediately followed Luo An’s orders and ran towards the rockery.

Inside the vast park, Reesi, Winslow, and Chenier were chasing the man in the brown jacket towards the south; Mona and Michelle were moving swiftly towards the rockery in the north.

Luo An, the leader of the group, was walking leisurely towards the road in front of the rockery.

There were many pedestrians there, most of whom glanced at Luo An and quickly averted their gaze, among them, a man dressed in sportswear turned to look at Luo An, who immediately waved at him with a slight smile on his face.

"..."

The man in sportswear felt a moment of surprise but kept his expression unchanged and naturally shifted his gaze away from Luo An, then turned and walked off.

He walked naturally with a normal pace but kept his peripheral vision on Luo An walking behind him.

Seeing Luo An following him nonchalantly, getting faster and closer, the sportswear-clad man’s expression suddenly darkened, and he quickly increased his pace.

Walking past a corner, the man in sportswear saw Mona and Michelle running in his direction, his face grew even uglier, ready to turn and take another path.

Just then, a hand suddenly landed on the shoulder of the man in sportswear, startling him.

The owner of the hand, Luo An, chuckled lightly and said:

"Hello, there are some things I’d like to talk to you about."

How did this guy get behind me so fast?!

Catching his breath, the man in sportswear suppressed the shock in his heart and asked with a seemingly calm tone:

"Aren’t you mistaken for the wrong person?"

While speaking, the man in sportswear’s eyes flashed, swiftly turning around, his right hand poised to grab, ready to wrestle Luo An’s hand off his shoulder, leverage it to arrest and disarm the man behind him, and then escape quickly before the two women arrived at the scene!

In the blink of an eye, the man in sportswear had prepared his plan, remaining unflustered, as he had been through many similar situations that had always ended in his success. With ample experience, today would be no exception.

At the moment he grabbed the hand on his shoulder, the sportswear-clad man’s mouth curled up, and he accelerated the turning motion, which would take only a few seconds for his plan to succeed!

The man in sportswear froze mid-action as he turned around, standing petrified in place.

Because a pitch-black muzzle appeared before his eyes.

Athletic man: "..."

With a Glock 18 in hand, Luo An’s face bore a sunny smile as he asked:

"What are you planning to do?"

I*#%...

For a moment, the athletic man’s heart was filled with greetings for Luo An, but he didn’t panic. Instead, he put on a startled expression and said:

"That’s what I should be asking you! What are you planning to do? There’s money in my pocket! It’s all yours!"

While talking, the athletic man calculated the running speed of the two women, making sure they must be close by. Then, he suddenly reached for the handgun in front of him, planning to catch his opponent off guard, snatch the weapon away, knock him down, and leave the area.

Bang—

The next second, as the athletic man reached out, Luo An was faster. With a fierce punch, he struck the man’s stomach.

As the athletic man fell backward uncontrollably from the blow, Luo An pulled handcuffs from his back waist and cuffed the man’s right hand, then stepped over to pin the man down, securing the other cuff on his left hand. With his knee pressing on the man’s back, Luo An firmly controlled him, face down on the ground.

The whole process was both brisk and quick. Mona and Michelle, not far away and running towards them, had their eyes wide open in shock; they felt as if they had only blinked, and Luo An had already locked a man to the ground.

The athletic man, pinned to the ground, was even more stunned; while incredulous and struggling madly, he cursed:

"Damn it! Who the hell are you? Just wait! I’m going to file a complaint against you! *#%..."

A few seconds later, Mona and Michelle finally ran over. After catching their breath for a brief moment, Mona was the first to ask:

"Who is this guy?"

"I don’t know his name."

Luo An smiled, pressing the man down so he couldn’t move, and replied:

"But he’s the real target we were communicating with through text messages on the phone."

Ever since arriving at the park, Luo An had been using his "emotional perception" in his mind the entire time. The increase in his perception range enabled him to constantly monitor the surroundings.

When the man in the brown jacket appeared, Luo An noticed that his emotions were only confused and nervous, which wouldn’t be the emotions of a contact person.

After the man began running, Winslow and others followed quickly. The emotions of most bystanders were panic and confusion, but the athletic man near the artificial rockery was not at all flustered, even feeling a sense of "as expected."

Therefore, Luo An turned his attention to the athletic man. The man appeared normal on the surface but had very intense emotional fluctuations, clearly indicating something was off.

Moreover, given the mismatched emotions of the man in the brown jacket, Luo An immediately guessed he was likely just bait prepared by the athletic man, primarily to probe whether the meeting place was safe.

Sure enough, just as Mona and Michelle had lifted the athletic man from the ground, a somewhat frustrated voice from Reesi came through the earpieces:

"Team leader! We’ve captured him, but he’s just someone making extra money!

Someone gave him three hundred dollars to stay at that street corner for a few seconds, then run away. The person who paid him concealed their identity, so this guy doesn’t know who it was!"

Luo An bent down to search the athletic man, finding a handgun in his pocket while smilingly responding to Reesi:

"No worries, I’ve caught the person who gave him the money."

"What?"

Reesi, Winslow, and Chenier on the other end of the communicator were all surprised, but Luo An didn’t explain much. He just ordered them to bring the man to the car first.

After turning off the communicator, Luo An shook the handgun he found on the man, chuckling:

"Still going to play dumb?"

The athletic man stared at Luo An intently for a long while before saying:

"I want to see your superior!"

"State your identity first."

"...I am USSS! (I am from the Federation Secret Service!)"