The dark sky, the dense forest, and the hidden danger.
Another two hours had passed, and the dense forest still looked as quiet as before. But when you actually walked in, you would realize that it was not the case.
The number of excited flying ants grew, and Silin no longer needed to search for their nest. They would naturally transmit this excitement and cause even more flying ants to become active.
Tiger Thorn sat next to Theresa and stared at the biomonitor in his hand without saying a word. Brown Thorn grew a little restless and moved closer to look at the light dots on the biomonitor.
There were a total of thirteen people who came to Seven Lights for this operation. Including Brown Thorn and Tiger Thorn, all thirteen light dots were originally on the biomonitor, but now six — no, seven — had already been extinguished. While Brown Thorn was looking at the biomonitor, another light dot had been extinguished.
"It looks like there are some crucial things that we really don't know." Tiger Thorn stared at the biomonitor and said, "How can a young master of the Douance Family possess such skills?"
Tiger Thorn pressed the sonic gun against Theresa's head. "You know, as long as I pull the trigger, those complicated nerves in your head will be thrown into chaos, and you yourself will die a very tragic death."
Theresa raised her head and stared straight at Tiger Thorn, "I'm only responsible for contacting and conveying Aiflon's intentions. I don't know anything else. I don't know anything about Douance Silin's past at all!"
Tiger Thorn knew that Theresa was speaking the truth, but this sense of unknown about their target made Tiger Thorn very uncomfortable. In the past, they would always analyze their target before carrying out a mission to ensure that nothing would go wrong. But ever since they accepted the mission to assassinate Douance Silin, everything had changed. The losses caused by all kinds of variables, the pressure from all sides, and those with ulterior motives eyeing them from the back had finally created Black Thorn's current situation. It was fake.
False. All the information they had received about Cillin Douance back then was false. Aiflon had begun his preparations more than ten years ago, and all the information provided to them by their investors was false! Right now, they even felt that they had never understood this young master of the Douance Family at all!
The Black Thorn was about to disappear into the dust of history. Even if it wanted to rise again, it wouldn't be possible in a short period of time. Those people from the Douance Family provided them with enough money and a sufficiently safe and hidden identity to avoid being hunted down by all parties, and the condition was that they had to kill Douance Silin.
While Tiger Thorn was deep in thought, two more light dots on the vital indicator went off.
Brown Thorn could not help but look at Snake Thorn, "I'll contact Golden Thorn."
Gold Thorn was the one who stopped Brown Thorn and entered the forest with Snake Thorn. Generally speaking, unless it was an extremely urgent matter, the commander would not easily contact the operatives because the electromagnetic waves of the receiver could expose them. Unless the operatives felt safe and took the initiative to contact the commander. But now, looking at the constantly extinguishing light spots, Brown Thorn could no longer sit still.
Tiger Thorn did not say anything, which meant that he was giving his tacit approval.
Brown Thorn took out his communicator. This was a communicator specially prepared for their internal personnel, and its signal coverage was set to only cover this area. It would not be received through satellites, nor would it use any other signal reception equipment in Seven Lights.
However, there was no response from Gold Thorn's communicator.
"Contact Snake Thorn!" Right now, Tiger Thorn had an especially bad feeling. Perhaps the other party's movements were much faster than they had imagined. His vital indicator had not disappeared, but why?
Unlike Golden Thorn, Snake Thorn's communicator was connected very quickly.
"What on earth happened?" Brown Thorn asked urgently.
"Be careful …"
Snake Thorn only managed to utter two words before he went silent. Tiger Thorn glanced at the life indicator on his hand. The dot representing Snake Thorn was still lit up, proving that Snake Thorn was still alive. However, he could not make a single sound. Just what in the world had happened?!
"Snake Thorn? Snake Thorn! "
Brown Thorn shouted twice more, but there was still no response from Snake Thorn. However, there was a blurry splashing sound that sounded like flowing liquid coming from the communicator.
Snake Thorn really wanted to tell Tiger Thorn and Brown Thorn to be careful of the flying ants. His assassination skills might not be as good as Golden Thorn's, but his analysis of clues was better than Golden Thorn and Eagle Thorn's. When he arrived here, he had already noticed that something was wrong with the flying ants in the forest, but it was still too late in the end.
The three needles on the back of his neck prevented Snake Thorn from making any sound at all. It was as if his reflexes had been cut off, rendering him immobile. The needles gradually merged into Snake Thorn's body. Snake Thorn felt all the blood in his body flowing in reverse. Blood was flowing out of his nostrils and mouth. The flying ants smelled the excitement factor in his blood and swarmed towards Snake Thorn's body. Snake Thorn's face, twisted from pain, was covered by the flying ants and could no longer be seen clearly.
On Brown Thorn's side, there was an eerie silence. Even Theresa, who was lying there, felt a chill run down her spine.
A gust of wind blew past, accompanied by the rustling of leaves. It was abnormally cold.
After a moment of silence, clear and unhurried footsteps came from the communicator.
Tiger Thorn snatched the communicator from Brown Thorn's hand and said in a deep voice, "Douance Silin, I know you're there …"
"Beep —"
Before Tiger Thorn could finish his sentence, the communicator lost its connection.
Although she couldn't see the face of the person on the other side of the communicator, Theresa felt that the current Silin was so calm that it was almost cold. Before this, Theresa was still confident that she held a certain amount of weight in Silin's heart. But from the looks of it now, Theresa suspected that if Tiger Thorn had placed her in front of him as a hostage, would Silin have opened fire without hesitation as well?
Passive, too passive!
Tiger Thorn and Brown Thorn felt at the same time that perhaps Douance Silin hadn't come here for Theresa at all. Perhaps Douance Silin's goal was the same as theirs, and that was to eliminate the other party. Perhaps...
Of the thirteen people, only the two of them were left now.
Tiger Thorn grabbed Theresa's long hair and pulled her over. Brown Thorn understood and stood up to stand back to back with Tiger Thorn, vigilantly observing their surroundings. Keeping Theresa alive was their final shield. From the information given by that person from the Douance Family, Tiger Thorn knew that Aiflon valued Theresa very much. No matter what, Douance Silin would still take her into consideration, at least a little.
Right now, they had already noticed that the disadvantages of facing them in this forest were greater than the advantages. The dozen or so people before them had already been eliminated, so the chances of their covert assassination wouldn't be too high either. From the looks of it, they might as well come out in the open.
An hour later, under Tiger Thorn and Brown Thorn's vigilance, the sound of footsteps gradually came from the distance.
Brown Thorn didn't dare to act rashly. This person gave him too strange a feeling, and he didn't know if these clear footsteps were a trap of some sort. After all, no one would expose themselves so openly in a situation where they could be killed by the other party.
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