Luigi found the perfect place for the three of them to monitor the situation in a holiday house that was rarely used except during winter. The house was owned by a Mongol family who lived and worked in Beijing. Luigi was temporarily staying at Ulaanbaatar airport in case the Gulfstream was needed for urgent flight. Be it by Cecilia's team, Andalas, or himself because of The Kitchen's business.
Luigi hired local technician to install surveillance system in the rental house connected to The Kitchen. Cecilia and her friends could monitor what The Kitchen saw and heard.
Akiko heard the last news that Andalas was in Hong Kong. He sent a message that Target W-06 was in South Africa. However, he postponed his trip to Johannesburg because he received information that the Executor was also in Hong Kong.
Akiko was concerned when Andalas told her about the possibility of Hitoshi Nakamura also being around Hong Kong and Macau. Akiko suspected the Organization was using her father's services to hinder the MS-BA-30 team.
If his guess was correct, Akiko didn't know what to do. She would face his father. Or at least the members of his father's Yakuza clan that some of them she knew well. Akiko was thinking of Isamu and the events near the San Gottardo tunnel. He knew Isamu well. But at that time Isamu was after him and his friends. Akiko felt that she had no other choice.
Everything become so complicated especially for Akiko. If her father had been hired to hunt down Andalas, Akiko would be stuck between rock and a hard place. Obviously she would stand by Andalas. But if there was a head-to-head between Andalas and his father, what would she do? Akiko shook her head hard. Trying to get rid of all those thoughts.
"We're online!" Cecilia shouted from the living room.
Akiko and Lian Xi rushed into the room and watched what was being highlighted by the satellite through The Kitchen.
The video captured by the satellite was exceptionally sharp as if they were watching a live feed from a drone.
It showed a long convoy of tanks and dozens of military trucks. The Kitchen hadn't confirmed if this was OWC or Organization. The convoy had not entered the Gobi Desert. They were still in the Mongolian savanna region.
"Can we send this to Andalas's X-One?" Akiko asked curiously. She wanted to tell Andalas how dire the situation in the Gobi was.
Cecilia turned to Akiko. That was true. Andalas must know what was going on at the moment so that they had the same information as a team.
Cecilia requested The Kitchen for a relay to Andalas's X-One. Park Sung Hoo agreed. That was easy for The Kitchen since all their devices were compatible with X-One.
"They stopped!" Lian Xi pointed at the screen where there was no more movement from the convoy.
The three of them watched closely. It was clear that small dots started to build something.
"They set up camp! The Gobi Desert is just another 30 miles. But why did they stop?" Cecilia's brows furrowed.
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"The OWC is holding its troops on the outskirts of Gobi. According to the agreement between the Chairman and Stepmother, they will only move when reinforcements are ready to enter from the Chinese side." a voice was heard from the other end of the Chairman's phone. It was a report from the Organization's Secret Facility.
"Have the Huang brothers contacted you regarding my request to immediately mobilize the troops we hired in China?" The Chairman said slowly.
The person on the other end of the phone answered no. The Chairman's eyes flashed. The Huang brothers moved like snail. He had requested, or rather ordered the Huang brothers to assemble an army on a large scale to move towards the Gobi since yesterday.
"Very well. Keep me posted. I will contact the Executor to find out whether the Consultant has been captured."
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In Zurich, in a magnificent tower, Stepmother was having conversation with the Advisor.
"I have agreed with the Organization that we will work together. I've ordered my troops to be on standby at the Gobi border. The organization will send troops to penetrate from two directions."
"So you have the coordinates for the Gobi Facility?" The advisor asked.
Stepmother shook her head.
"To be honest both the Organization and OWC don't have the exact location. But the Chairman managed to receive the latest satellite image of the activity in a certain zone in the Gobi. But the image is unclear. They may have a technology to interfere with the Organization's satellites signal detector."
"Did the Chairman agree on our terms?" The advisor asked.
"Yes, most of it. They just don't agree if we start causing riots in every country to topple governments. We must wait until this pandemic destroys the fabric of society, then they will support us to do it."
"Then what about the contract killer?"
"The Organization said they would take care of it and asked our troops to stay away."
"Who did the Organization hire to capture or eliminate contract killer?
"Hitoshi Nakamura and his clan."