CHAPTER 1567: CHAPTER 1619: HIGHWAY ENCOUNTER

Li Yifei had already caught up, following the correct path. With several airplanes tracking, the search area expanded several times over. The vehicles dispatched to other roads also quickly returned and caught up.

Cameras on a stretch of highway ahead showed that half an hour ago, three suspicious vehicles passed through and exited the highway.

Sarama glanced at the video and handed it to Angelina. After watching for a while, Angelina pointed at the video and said, "It’s these three cars. I recognize the driver’s eyes!"

"Hmm," Li Yifei responded with a hum, picked up the communicator, and spoke to the people in the other vehicles. He also contacted the people in the helicopters, instructing them to spread out and search in an area formation.

The airplanes immediately accelerated and spread out to both sides, with six planes roaring forward, followed by a line of vehicles on the ground. This setup was not something that could be easily intimidated.

During this time, Li Yifei had not been idle; he had made contact with Ayurhan of the Anchor Organization.

Upon contact, Ayurhan first denied, saying that the Anchor Organization would never touch this matter again in their lifetime, and regarding Li Yifei, the organization hadn’t taken on such work recently.

The last time, the Anchor Organization suffered terribly at Li Yifei’s hands, leaving them seriously weakened. Their recent plan was to recruit and regroup rather than expand.

Li Yifei replied upon hearing this, "It’s best if it’s not you. If it is you, just wait to be wiped out."

Ayurhan was sweating profusely in anxiety and replied, "It definitely won’t be. I swear by Allah’s name, the Anchor Organization has absolutely no involvement in the kidnapping. To be frank, even if there were such work, we wouldn’t dare take it. You need to have the life to earn money and then to spend it."

"Heh, good to know." Li Yifei sneered and continued, "Investigate to see which nearby organization is so foolish as to accept a kidnapping job."

Such matters are very secretive, but within that circle, they aren’t so secretive. Just like the many terrorist attacks occurring every year, certain terrorist organizations’ members would jump out and claim responsibility.

Li Yifei instructed Ayurhan to investigate. Ayurhan dared not refuse and began the investigation after cutting off communication.

Here, Li Yifei confirmed it wasn’t done by the Anchor Organization. His emotions remained unchanged, his expression calm. He turned to Sarama and said, "Have someone investigate those Japanese nationals and see where they are!"

"Japanese? Oh, okay, I’ll check right away." Sarama was slightly taken aback but quickly understood Li Yifei’s meaning. She already knew that Wu Shuwei had been kidnapped by those Japanese nationals hiring people.

The information was quickly reported back: the villa rented by the Japanese nationals had only a few servants, and the Japanese nationals were all missing. According to the servants, the employers returned at noon and then hurriedly left, not returning since.

Li Yifei’s lips curved, his eyebrows knitted, and he said, "Find the contact method and have someone call them."

Sarama did as instructed, but it showed the other party had their phone turned off and couldn’t be reached.

Li Yifei’s expression grew increasingly stern. Wu Shuwei had not met many people in Dubai outside those responsible officials and company leaders and employees. At least, based on Li Yifei’s understanding over the past few days, this was the case.

Thus, the missing Japanese nationals were the prime suspects with ample motive to kidnap Wu Shuwei.

Sarama couldn’t help but remark, "These Japanese are really despicable!"

Li Yifei said, "Have people follow this lead and investigate further. It may very well be them who kidnapped Wu Shuwei this time."

Sarama nodded, "I’ll arrange for someone to investigate immediately."

While they were speaking, two black cars suddenly came driving from afar. Sarama shivered, tapped Li Yifei’s arm, and pointed at the approaching cars, shouting, "Golden Eagle, look quickly, do these cars look similar? Angelina, you look too."

Li Yifei and Angelina had already noticed. Angelina glanced once and immediately shouted, "Yes, yes, it’s these cars, there are three of them, hurry and stop them!"

This sudden incident surprised them all, but Li Yifei was already in action, turning the steering wheel sharply, crashing through the barrier, heading directly for the opposing cars. Meanwhile, Sarama seamlessly grabbed the communication device and instructed the other vehicles, "Intercept the two black cars ahead, at all costs!"

Li Yifei directly drove to ram them, and the other vehicles followed suit.

Yet, Li Yifei wouldn’t really crash head-on; otherwise, at this speed, a collision would be devastating for both sides, regardless of the condition of the people in the opposing vehicle.

Those driving towards them were indeed the kidnappers from the Vulture Organization. They were planning to head back to the city of Dubai to continue kidnapping Li Yifei.

It was quite arrogant to think about it. After kidnapping Wu Shuwei, they delivered her to the location and didn’t even change cars as they wanted to go back to kidnap Li Yifei again.

If they had changed cars, perhaps Li Yifei and the others wouldn’t have recognized them and wouldn’t have run into them head-on like this.

The driver of the leading car was joking in dialect earlier, saying those damn Little Japan are idiots. They only kidnapped two people and ended up paying three hundred thousand dollars. Isn’t that just having too much money to burn? Such a simple task, and they could earn three hundred thousand dollars. They could each get five thousand dollars after going back, and the rest could be contributed to the organization.

Those Japanese also promised that after the job was done and the people dealt with, they would arrange for them to enjoy a full package of food, drink, and entertainment. By then, they might even get more money, so the people in the car were relaxed and happy.

From afar, upon spotting the convoy and helicopters on the opposite side, they mocked, with one of them pointing at the distant convoy and saying: "If a small unit like this were to fight us, we could take them down in minutes. Though well-equipped, talking about shooting skills and tactical quality, they’re far from us."

Someone immediately chimed in: "Of course, we’ve come across these paper tigers of hundred-man squads before, they fall apart with a poke."

"Hahaha!" The group laughed loudly, with one picking up the intercom to say to the car behind: "Don’t provoke them, keep a low profile and pass through, capturing the targets is more important."

As they were saying this, the two sides got closer, and the kidnappers in the two cars glared suspiciously but didn’t prepare to act. In this situation, engaging in a fight with a regular military unit that outnumbered them tenfold was just foolishness.

However, just at the moment of encounter, a fierce Knight Fifteen suddenly crashed through the barrier, seemingly out of control, charging towards the kidnappers’ vehicle.

At such high speed, a collision between vehicles would be deadly. The driver of the leading car screamed in fright, urgently turning the steering wheel to avoid the Knight Fifteen while slamming on the brakes.

Li Yifei shouted, "Hold on!"

He wasn’t really going to crash into the other car. As he rushed forward, he’d already started slowing down, and the highly controllable system had the Knight Fifteen following a route pre-designed by Li Yifei.

Following Li Yifei’s order, the vehicles trailing him also charged forward. This scene frightened the kidnappers in the two cars across from them.

The first car managed to avoid Li Yifei’s vehicle, but the second wasn’t so lucky, getting sideswiped and shoved off the highway, flipping over completely. No need to mention the passengers, none had the habit of wearing seatbelts, so they rolled around inside the car as it flipped.

"Damn it!" The driver of the first car realized they’d been targeted. Someone urged frantically, "Drive fast, shake them off, we’re being tailed!"

"Don’t I know to drive faster? What about the car behind us? They’ve all been hit and flipped!" the driver cursed.

The people inside started arguing, and those cars had already tailed them, catching up. They couldn’t stop, or they’d have nowhere to go.

Someone raised a gun and began shooting backwards, while another quickly made a call to notify others.

Li Yifei didn’t pursue directly. After flipping one car and forcing it to stop, he unbuckled his seatbelt, grabbed a gun, opened the door, and jumped out. Sarama followed him, and they both approached the car that had flipped several times from different sides.

The passengers inside were practically knocked unconscious, but some were still aware. Realizing they were surrounded, one reached for a gun but had barely extended his hand before Li Yifei fired twice, hitting his arm and shoulder, instantly disabling it.

On the other side, Sarama cleanly kicked the glass, shattering it, grabbed a person inside, and forcefully dragged him out, dislocating his shoulders with ease, incapacitating one more.

There were five people in this car. The remaining three were battered and bleeding, looking rather miserable.

The remaining three didn’t need Li Yifei and Sarama to handle it. Soldiers jumped from the trailing cars, rushing over, pinning two of them down and pulling them out. As for the car, someone had crawled in to search it.

Li Yifei and Sarama stepped aside, with Sarama talking into his earpiece before telling Li Yifei, "The fleeing car has been intercepted, but they fired shots, three are dead, two are alive, but no one we need to rescue."

The first car was even more pitiful. Despite driving desperately, they couldn’t shake off the cars behind them. Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, two helicopters suddenly descended in front of them, pointing dark muzzles at them.

The kidnapper driving was utterly stunned, while a fearless teammate fired at the helicopter, only to be met with retaliation. Bullets from the helicopter’s guns pierced through the vehicle, killing the driver and the kidnapper in the passenger seat. The car then lost control, crashing wildly before stopping. A group of soldiers swarmed over, pulling out the remaining two alive, taking them into their vehicle, while the already unsalvageable three were finished off with a few more shots.