Chapter 125: Damn… (1/2)
While underwater, Jin had to take multiple anti-stress pills and groaned throughout the whole excursion. Meanwhile, everyone else prepared mentally by either closing their eyes and half-sleep or clean and check their weapons.
Arima was doing the latter. A lot of the squad members would also observe him and admire their entitled sniper at work. After all, Arima had only trained four years with this rifle but had already reached a master level as if he had used it for more than two decades.
Arima practiced assembling and disassembling his gun until they reached their destination. With the familiarity he had gained with his weapon, he could do the entire process in twelve seconds.
”We've arrived,” Moria announced and slowly opened the hatch. He peeked outside and saw the shore of the island in the night. ”We'll have to swim a little to get there. Jin, let your drone take off from here. You should be able to connect with the other teams too,” he ordered and pulled out a strange sphere from a compartment inside the submarine. He pressed on a button and it extended to become something like a handle with a small turbine on the front.
After that, he jumped in the water and used the device to approach the island. Next was Erin, and then everyone did the same.
”Here,” Arima smiled and took a sphere before throwing it at Jin. The latter grabbed it with a pale expression and shot daggers at Arima with his eyes.
”Hurry up with the drone. We'll go out with you,” Tieria added and Arima nodded. They were the only ones left in the submarine. The three of them had formed a team in this squad, they were basically always together on missions. Although they were the best assassin, sniper, and technician of the squad, no one ever told them something about forming a group together since they were incredibly efficient as it is.
”Us too, hurry,” Tiria's voice sounded from outside as she waited with Garo and Farro.
Jin's expression twitched. ”Damnit!” He deployed the drone and let it automatically fly upward.
When everyone was on top of the submarine, they activated their underwater equipment and so did Jin.
”We'll go first,” Tiria said and jumped in the water with the two big guys.
”Jin, we'll go with you, so just jump and be sure to not let go of that handle,” Tieria reassured her friend and Jin sighed. He closed his bag to avoid his computer being destroyed.
He inhaled and jumped together with Arima and Tieria. The two of them helped him to not panic underwater and then stepped on the beach soon after. They stayed in the water for only a minute, but it felt like an eternity for Jin.
”Let's get in the forest,” Arima quietly said and took the lead. Tieria followed him and Jin lit up an electric cigar before following his teammates with a sullen expression.
They entered the forest and stopped when they found an appropriate foliage to hide in.
”Jin, what about the drones?” Moria asked through the radio.
Jin opened his laptop and checked the signal and the connections. ”We're clear. The other squads are here too. They already opened a channel as well. We've also got a message from our ship, they're ready to send aerial support at any time,” Jin responded calmly.
”Good, stay spread out. We'll advance like this. Take care of any patrolling guard you see,” Moria instructed and cut the radio.
The trio nodded to each other and started heading toward the center of the island under the cover of the trees. And even while moving, Jin continued using his tablet. ”My drone is connected but I can't hack into their security completely. I only can set a loop on the cameras' feedback but they will notice that over time if they're not stupid. What should I do, Sir?” Jin asked on the radio.
”Wait for my signal,” he got his response and Jin put his program on standby.
”Shh,” Tieria signaled her team to quiet down whilst putting a silencer on her gun. Jin and Arima instantly switched the radios off and slowed down. They listened attentively and heard the voices and footsteps of two people. ”Stay here,” Tieria murmured to Jin and nodded at Arima.
The latter slowly put his rifle on the ground and drew his gun and knife before installing a silencer on the former.
He walked toward the voices and Tieria took another path. Both she and Arima spotted two conversing soldiers walking in the forest.
They didn't need to communicate with each other as they sneaked up behind them and swiftly covered their mouths before cutting their throat. They then fired with their guns from behind and shot their hearts before dragging them to a place more secure.
”It's over,” Arima said on his radio to Jin and they rejoined to resume their march. They reached the rim of the forest after a few minutes and saw the walls of the facility at least a hundred meters away from them. Meaning that a hundred meters' worth of flat terrain separated the forest from the target.
”This is… rather troublesome,” Jin commented whilst peeking from behind a tree.
”You bet,” Tieria uttered and took her radio to listen.
”We can't rush there without cover. There are guards patrolling just under those walls and there are some inside the small rooms on top of it; looking at the camera's images most likely. We'll need to be quick. It's the usual. Jin will loop the cameras, and we will eliminate the guards. We don't have that many snipers. Arimane, you will have to take three by yourself, the other three will be taken down at the signal by Julian, Oreo, and Gen,” Moria declared.
”After that, we'll rush there together and climb the wall. We'll have to do it quickly before they notice that the cameras have been tampered with. So, prepare for that,” he concluded and put the radio on standby.
Every member of the squad knew that the signal will be a high-pitched sound coming from the radio so everyone fell silent as the snipers positioned themselves to fire.