I am a Big Player
Chapter 557 - 551. Outside the Chessboard (Second Update)_1

Chapter 557: 551. Outside the Chessboard (Second Update)_1

Freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony...

The assassin asked with a slight annoyance, "What’s this, some kind of code?"

"I’m not sure either," Allen’s head shook like a rattle-drum. It was somewhat difficult for foreigners to comprehend the socialist core values, even after Ren He had recited them for 20 minutes...

At this moment, Ren He was urgently contacting Xu Nuo. Before he obtained Master Level Investigative Skills, he hadn’t realized that there were still many loose ends he had not tied up. Now with Master Level Investigative Skills, he felt there were many tails he hadn’t cleaned up.

Like the hotel surveillance, for example.

If the other party really wanted to look for clues, they would definitely discover that Ren He and Allen had conversed in the elevator. And that elevator was equipped with a camera.

What Ren He needed to do now was to have Xu Nuo hack into the entire hotel’s surveillance system and delete all past surveillance archives, thus reducing his own traces.

However, less than 2 minutes later, Xu Nuo suddenly informed Ren He: The surveillance had already been deleted by someone else, and the entire hotel’s surveillance system was now paralyzed.

Ren He was stunned for a moment. Were these assassins so professional that they had taken care of matters before he even got involved? Well, it saved him a lot of trouble.

Just then, Ren He heard groups of footsteps outside... along with the sound of gun bolts being pulled!

The two groups weren’t from the same party. Relying on Master Level Investigative Skills, he could tell by their footsteps that there was a distinct difference in their cadence, making them easy to differentiate.

However, the question was... who exactly was this Allen, to draw so much attention to himself?

This time, Ren He boldly looked through the peephole, his body tensed and ready to dodge if it turned out the people outside were targeting him.

As it turned out, they were indeed heading towards Allen’s room, and this time, it really was the CIA!

Mark Pen, born in 1976, held the rank of Major and had been stationed in the CIA’s Middle East division for 3 years before being transferred back last year.

Steve had given him three pages of A4 paper worth of information on Mark Pen, but it boiled down to something simple: this man was terrifyingly dangerous, cold-blooded, ruthless, wise, and powerful!

What Ren He saw through the peephole was none other than Mark Pen!

The moment Ren He caught sight of the man, he silently retreated; he was very worried that they had come to capture him. Judging from the footsteps, there were also five individuals. Him against five, he truly didn’t know what the outcome would be in a direct confrontation.

If he did manage to win by relying on his skills as a Master of Combat, a Master of Firearms, and Master Level Investigative Skills during a fierce battle, but got shot in the process, that would be the same as losing.

Ren He strapped the sniper rifle to his back and held the handgun in his hand; at this distance, the handgun was more effective.

However, an idea suddenly crossed Ren He’s mind: there was another hotel opposite the Park Building Hotel, 43 stories high. What if he went out now, rented a room there, and then sniped everyone on this side?

The thought was insane, but Ren He was tempted! He began to nostalgically recall the time when he held power in his hands from ten stories high, on that blood-stained night!

Steve’s information made it clear that the CIA had indeed issued a manhunt for him at all CIA stations worldwide. This meant that the moment Ren He left China to appear on the international stage, he would inevitably face a manhunt from the CIA.

If that was the case, why not strike first? He was no lamb to the slaughter!

Ren He listened quietly to the activity in the neighbouring room. However, Mark Pen did not rush to knock or break down the door but instead had a team member set up professional equipment.

At this moment, the people outside the door were unaware of the situation inside, and those inside had no clue about what was happening outside. Moreover, neither inside nor outside knew that next door was someone who wanted to wipe them all out in one fell swoop...

Ren He also roughly understood by now that the Divine Punishment System had warned him precisely because, after arriving in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, he happened to live right next to this Allen.

And this Allen, who the hell knows what he did to even draw the attention of the CIA!

In fact, Allen himself had never thought he would provoke the CIA, Mark Pen and his team were just after the hacker who leaked the Prism Project...

Actually, Allen was just unlucky enough to cross paths with Ren He!

At that moment, Mark Pen signaled to a teammate to knock on the door, thump, thump, thump.

The assassins inside the room instantly became quiet, their cold gaze fixed on Allen.

Allen frantically shook his head, indicating he had no idea what was going on—he genuinely didn’t know!

The assassin pointed a gun at Allen and cocked his head, signaling for him to answer.

"Who is it?" Allen did as he was told.

"Sir, room service," a member of the CIA operations team calmly stated from outside, while another team member who set up the equipment whispered to Mark Pen: Voiceprint match successful, it’s the target.

Pfft, Ren He, who was eavesdropping, almost laughed himself to pee. Room service again? Do they all use the same trick?

In fact, Allen inside the room was freaking out as well... Again? He looked at the assassin: Your people?

One assassin kept an eye on Allen, while the others slowly moved towards the door, their guns at the ready!

It was certain that the people outside were not hotel staff because hotel staff would first check for a "Do not disturb" sign on the doorknob, at which point they’d notice the lock with an abnormal hole in it!

However, the people outside didn’t seem to notice this detail...

It was then that Mark Pen signaled for his teammate to open the door, and as his teammate aimed the gun to shoot the lock, he suddenly retreated frantically, gesturing to spread out!

He had noticed something was off with the lock!

The CIA team was indeed well-trained, and in just a fraction of a second, all members had scattered from the doorway!

In that instant, the room erupted with gunfire, as the assassins inside didn’t hesitate and turned the door into a sieve!

However, because the CIA reacted preemptively, there were no casualties.

Both sides were shrewd, having already engaged in their first skirmish through the hotel room door. After a round of gunfire, both inside and outside fell silent, no one acting rashly.

Mark Pen frowned, truly unaware he would encounter such a situation. Had Allen hired so many helpers?!

They had also investigated Allen, knowing only that the European Union was after him, but the style of the people inside the room was clearly not that of police work.

Allen... seemed to be more complicated than expected!

In truth, Mark Pen was unaware that the Allen inside the room was so scared he was nearly wetting himself—it was his first time witnessing such a fierce gunfight in his life!

At this time, a shadow silently leapt from the third floor with a giant cello case on his back and sprinted violently towards another building hundreds of meters away.

In the bizarre night, no one could have anticipated that another eerie presence had begun seeking out the intense killing intent in the dark.

Ren He, at this moment, was still like that mad chess piece outside the chessboard in the bloodstained night.