135: assassination

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, three days have passed since Qin Yang attended the Dongda anniversary celebration.

This anniversary also indirectly exposed Qin Yang to the public eye. An entrepreneur capable of donating 300 million to his alma mater all at once is truly rare in real life. However, Qin Yang no longer cares about being exposed. After all, on the surface, he is running legitimate businesses within the country and isn't afraid of being investigated; there's really no difference between being exposed and not.

In fact, Qin Yang had his own considerations for donating such a large sum to his alma mater. Firstly, while 300 million is indeed a massive fortune to others, to the current Qin Yang, who secretly controls a country, it is merely a drop in the bucket. It's like having ten thousand dollars and spending a cent—you wouldn't feel the pinch.

Secondly, Qin Yang truly wanted to help those impoverished junior students. To ensure the grants actually reached those in need, he proposed the condition of supervision to Principal Hong. With Death Warriors keeping watch, Qin Yang believed the money would definitely reach the hands of those who needed it. If anyone tried to reach for it, the supervising Death Warriors were not to be trifled with.

There is a saying: 'Do good deeds and do not ask about the future.' Qin Yang acted out of this sentiment... On this day, Fernando called Qin Yang. An Country had been stabilized for some time now, and with the 100,000 clone Da Jun produced by the Weapons Factory gradually in place, social unrest had reached a steady state under Fernando's governance.

The purpose of Fernando's call was to inform him that he would officially be inaugurated as the President of An Country in two days, and he wanted to ask Qin Yang if he had any instructions for the newly reorganized An Country.

Regarding this, Qin Yang thought for a moment and replied that he should strengthen cooperation and maintain a good relationship with Dongda. Now that An Country was reorganized, it was bound to step onto the international stage. Although the current world situation was shifting and volatile, generally speaking, it was divided into two camps: one was Dongda, and the other was USA. Previously, the Northern Bear was considered to be in the same tier as Dongda and USA, but after years of war, it had shown itself to be a paper tiger, left far behind by the two countries.

And Dongda, whether you admit it or not, as today's Industrial Cthulhu and a super economy, already possessed all the necessary conditions to become a superpower.

An Country had to make a choice in the future camps, and Qin Yang had no reason not to choose his own motherland over a strange country.

Fernando, of course, executed Qin Yang's instructions to the letter.

That same day, an invitation was delivered to Dongda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the previous internal chaos in An Country, the Dongda consulate in An Country had been evacuated to protect the safety of diplomatic personnel. The appearance of this invitation caught the high-level officials of Dongda somewhat by surprise.

Upon learning that An Country's social order was now stable, that it was reorganizing the nation, and that it had invited Dongda to send representatives to the presidential inauguration, Dongda—which was already quite interested in An Country's oil—naturally wouldn't pass up this opportunity and agreed to send representatives.

Two days later, at the Central Square in Luoda City, the capital of An Country.

At this time, the streets were packed with crowds. Today was the day of An Country's reorganization and Fernando's official inauguration as President.

Through communication, Fernando had not only invited Dongda representatives but also representatives sent by some neighboring countries in Africa. It wasn't that Fernando hadn't invited Western countries, but they had proposed that they would only recognize Fernando's established regime if a certain price was paid. This price was very heavy, no different from ceding territory and paying indemnities. Thus, Fernando naturally would not agree to their shameless conditions.

As a result, Western countries did not send representatives to attend this grand event in An Country, which also indirectly indicated that they did not recognize the regime established by Fernando.

Neither Fernando nor Qin Yang took this to heart. From the moment Qin Yang made his choice, it was destined that the two sides would not get along, let alone with the other party making such shameless demands.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Fernando accompanied a group of representatives to the Central Square. Then, under the gaze of many media outlets from around the world, Fernando announced the establishment of Xinan Country!

The masses gathered at the scene were basically die-hard loyalists who had heard Fernando's speeches. Therefore, with the support of these loyalists, the atmosphere at the scene reached a climax.

Next, Fernando delivered his presidential inauguration speech, slowly detailing a series of reform plans. Whether it was the audience on-site or the citizens of An Country watching the live broadcast online or on TV, under the influence of Fernando's skills, they immediately felt as if they were filled with hope for the future. Even the small groups of citizens who were previously hostile to Fernando's regime were won over during this speech. Most people thought that they might as well support him for one presidential term; what if the happy future he described actually came true?

Not only were the citizens of An Country affected, but even the representatives of various countries who came to observe the ceremony felt a sense of vivid imagery from Fernando's speech in that short time, feeling almost as if they were being bewitched. Fortunately, these representatives were all highly educated individuals and quickly broke free from the influence, but in their hearts, they marked Fernando as someone they needed to be wary of.

And just as Fernando was speaking, on a tall building to the west, six hundred meters away from the Central Square.

A middle-aged white man wearing worker's clothes appeared on the rooftop terrace.

The white man was carrying a toolbox. After entering the rooftop, he first scanned the surroundings quickly, then found a comfortable spot, leaned down to open the toolbox, and skillfully took out parts one by one to assemble them. Once he finished the assembly, any military enthusiast by his side would have recognized that the object in his hands was none other than an MK-22 Sniper Rifle.

The MK-22 Sniper Rifle is a new generation high-precision sniper rifle developed and produced by the Barrett Company of USA. It has a range of 1,500 to 2,000 meters and excellent performance. It has now been designated by USA as its new generation primary sniper rifle.

After the man in work clothes assembled the MK-22, he set it up and lay prone on the ground, looking toward the Central Square through the rifle's scope. Soon, Fernando's figure appeared in his crosshairs.

After a few seconds of adjustment, the man in work clothes did not hesitate and pulled the trigger. Puff!

With a muffled sound, the bullet flew toward Fernando as fast as lightning.

However, just a second before the man in work clothes pulled the trigger, Fernando suddenly felt the hair all over his body stand on end. Without thinking, his body instinctively dove to the left. At the moment he dove, Fernando felt his right shoulder take a hit as if struck by a hammer, and then a golden bullet dropped to the ground.

Immediately, Fernando's expression turned cold, and he quickly shouted, "The killer is on the tall building five or six hundred meters to the west! Catch him for me!"

In fact, there was no need for Fernando's reminder. By this time, Death Warriors had already determined the killer's position based on the trajectory and were rushing toward the killer's location at extreme speed.

The sudden situation stunned all the ordinary people attending the celebration. Then, the scene began to become somewhat chaotic. Fortunately, to maintain order, Fernando had deployed a large number of troops in the square today. Under the reassurance of the Death Warriors units, the situation gradually calmed down.

On the other side, the killer was also stunned after firing the shot. He was Mossad's most outstanding field agent. It could be said that the number of targets who had died by his hand was at least eighty to a hundred. A sniper distance of six hundred meters was the range where his mission success rate was highest. Since he began executing missions, he had never missed. But the scene that just appeared in his scope made him question his life—was it a coincidence or luck?

Fortunately, this man knew the value of time. He cast a hateful glance in Fernando's direction, then quickly stood up to leave the area. To retreat quickly if a single strike misses was a habit these field agents had long since cultivated.

However, this Mossad agent still underestimated the prowess of the Death Warriors legion. Just as he was calculating the time, packing everything up, and preparing to leave calmly, the iron door of the rooftop exploded with a bang. The iron door was instantly thrown several meters by a force and slammed heavily onto the ground. Then, three or four fully armed soldiers rushed in.

This Mossad agent's reaction was quite agile. Upon hearing the sound, he quickly pulled out a handgun from his person. Just as he was about to pull the trigger on the three or four soldiers appearing at the door, someone was one step faster than him.

Bang! Bang!

Two consecutive gunshots rang out, and this elite Mossad agent's arms were hit simultaneously. It was the first Death Warrior who rushed in who had fired.

Seeing the enemy fall, the Death Warriors soldiers from behind quickly moved forward, pinning the Mossad agent to the ground and then swiftly dislocating his jaw before slowing their movements.

"Take him away!" The leading Death Warrior soldier looked around, found the sniper rifle that had just been used to assassinate Fernando, and without further hesitation, gave the order... In an execution room in Luoda City.

At this time, the killer who had been caught on the spot that morning was hung upside down on a torture rack, his body covered in shocking wounds, and he had fallen into a coma.

Fernando was currently sitting in a chair not far away, watching the scene before him.

"Wake him up and continue the execution. Heat the branding iron until it's redder. I don't believe his mouth can't be pried open!" Fernando's cold voice echoed through the execution room.

"Understood!" a Death Warrior replied.

Then a bucket of cold water was poured over the killer's head. Under the stimulation of the cold water, the killer slowly opened his eyes, and immediately his facial expression began to twitch. That was brought about by the intense pain all over his body.

"I'll give you one more chance. Confess your origins, and we guarantee you won't have to suffer that pain again," a Death Warrior said calmly.

The killer opened the only eye he could open, looked at the questioning Death Warrior, and closed his eye again.

Seeing his attitude, the Death Warrior wasted no more words. He picked up a branding iron that had been heated until it was glowing red over a furnace and pressed it against the killer's chest. Instantly, plumes of white smoke rose, and the room began to fill with the smell of charred meat, followed by the killer's agonizing screams.

The Death Warriors ignored this entirely, taking turns with the branding irons and continuously marking the killer's body.

After repeating this twice more, the killer finally couldn't hold out and confessed everything.

Under torture, all are equal. If one doesn't confess, once the continuous punishments are applied, no carbon-based lifeform can withstand it. As for suicide—without confessing clearly, ha, don't even think about it.

Take the War of Resistance period for example; once an agent was caught, being able to withstand a period of torture to delay for some time made them a tough man. Those who could truly withstand torture without uttering a single word were truly few and far between.

Soon, a written confession was handed over to Fernando.

The killer was named Aaron, a citizen of Israel, belonging to the Mossad field department of the Israel intelligence organization. He was a field agent specializing in assassinating anti-Zionist targets and leaders of countries hostile to the Zionists.

This assassination of Fernando was in retaliation for the incident where the Death Warrior Waldo killed several Mossad agents after the Israel diplomat's conflict with the Satans Armed Forces.

Aaron had secretly entered An Country half a month ago. After learning that the Satans Armed Forces had merged into the Xinan Country National Defense Force, the mission target changed from Waldo to Fernando. After all, the death of a second-in-command was far less of a deterrent than the death of a top leader.

Knowing all of Aaron's information, the Death Warriors units were dispatched once again. Aaron was not the only Mossad agent who had entered An Country this time; it was a three-man team. Aaron was the executor, while the other two were intelligence gatherers.

Having obtained Aaron's confession, although the other two Mossad agents responsible for intelligence had already sensed danger and begun to relocate and flee, they were eventually caught on a bus heading to another city under the dragnet-like pursuit of the Death Warriors... Fernando's assassination caused quite an impact worldwide. Most countries, upon hearing the news, treated this assassination event as a joke. The only ones who truly came to offer condolences were the representatives from Dongda.

On this end, after obtaining the confession, Fernando also passed the information to Qin Yang.

After listening, Qin Yang pondered for a few seconds and said, "Have you thought about how to proceed?"

"Boss, I plan to repay blood with blood, an eye for an eye. Such a heinous assassination occurred just as Xinan Country was founded. If we don't mount a strong counterattack, we won't have any international standing to speak of in the future," Fernando replied.

"That's right. To gain a foothold internationally, a counterattack is necessary.

We in Dongda have a famous saying: 'Truth only exists within the range of cannons.' Only when your fists are hard enough will people sit down and talk reason with you calmly.

Fernando, I will fully support your counterattack. Especially those brothers and clone soldiers who have already infiltrated Israel; I am giving you the authority to command them. My requirement is to strike Israel hard once and for all. They really think they can do whatever they want just because they've beaten up a bunch of soft targets and were called the Little Hegemon of the Middle East. This time, we will give them an unforgettable lesson!" Qin Yang replied.

"Alright, Boss, leave everything to me."