He Wenjie's intuition was not wrong. Less than half an hour after he sat down, as the sky began to grow dim, two figures approached the front door and two the back door of his room. He took a closer look and recognized all four as members of that foreign mercenary squad, though Scorpion was not among them. He Wenjie knew that old fox was surely positioned somewhere in the distance covering the area with a sniper rifle. However, because the surveillance cameras he had bought were very basic equipment, he could not pan the lens to search for the sniper's vantage point. He could only hope the enemy would reveal a flaw.
The four men approached the front and back doors of the rented courtyard with extreme caution, then silently vaulted over the walls. Though He Wenjie's monitors lacked audio, he had studied lip-reading and could see them reporting the situation outside after climbing in. Once the four reported that the coast was clear, and after receiving some unheard instructions, He Wenjie saw them turn to climb back out upon command. Knowing Scorpion must have guessed that he had discovered them, He Wenjie didn't hesitate for a second. He pressed a button, detonating a small explosive device he had planted inside the room. Immediately following a loud bang, the gas-filled house exploded in an instant. Of the four men trying to scramble over the wall to escape, two ran fast enough to cheat death, while the other two were bowled over by the shockwave. He Wenjie's cameras were de…
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