188 Trap (2/2)

Despite Laz's rather decent voice impression, the older man seemed to sense something was wrong. Looking at the younger man, he couldn't help but ask,

”You ok?”

”Yeah. Just hot... oh, I found something.” Laz grabbed the dog's leash and pulled the reluctant animal along. With only a glance though, the dog become obedient and just did as he was told.

”What's that?” Even though the older man thought that something was wrong, he didn't think too much into it. After all, so far his year's had been smooth sailing and he had no indication that this job was going to be any different. Seeing the dog follow the young man so willing also caused him to relax and take a look at what he was being shown.

As Laz approached the area of the bushes where he had hidden the almost naked body, he stood to the side with the dog and pointed, causing the older man to wonder what was what. As the man walked by closely and saw the younger man laying there naked, he froze for a moment before he figured out what was going on. He then made to turn on his radio and request for help while he took off running since he figured he had no chance to try to kill this impostor. After all, the impostor had taken out the young man quickly and easily with no noise in only the few minutes he was away. This was obviously a trap that had been set up for him.

Before the man's hand could even reach his radio to turn it on though, Laz had popped out in front of him as though the man had blinked and Laz had appeared. Laz quickly lunged forward and hit the man square in the stomach, causing the air to fly out of his lungs and making him not able to breathe. Laz caught his body just before he fell by moving in close. Within just another blink of time, Laz vanished with the guard and appeared back at the wall.

For the men inside who were watching the camera's this all happened within a moment and he had no idea what to make of it. From his viewpoint, the young man had checked something and then returned to standing with the dog in view. Then the older man came back and offered him a drink which the young man took before going out of the shot. The older man followed and then stepped back into view momentarily while suddenly the screen flickered and the young man was there holding the older man's body. Just as he was watching while cursing the recording quality, the young man was supporting the older man's body as the older man looked like he was vomiting repeatedly.

After seeing and understanding what he thought had happened, the guard watching the camera's let the group leader know who then called over.

”Team 17. Team 17. Report.”

”Team 17, situation normal.”

”Then what's the old man doing 17?”

”Heat got to him sir. He's going to sit back near the wall in the shade and drink some water until he cools down sir. Over.”

”17, do you need medical assistance?”

Laz hesitated on the line for a few before calling over to the older man who was passed out on the wall. As he made it sound like he was getting instructions, the home base just waited. When Laz finally came back on the radio, he simply said,

”Tell them to shove it up their asses. I ain't giving up on this pay day just because of a little puke. I'll be fine,” Laz relayed back the message the old man had supposedly gave, causing those listening to laugh. They all knew about his temper and attitude and knew that fighting him on it was a bad plan. As such, the group leader just laughed and told Laz to tell the old man not to over do it and stay in the shade. He isn't that young anymore. Laz then made it sound like the old man was screaming at him before cutting the call, causing the hq to laugh more while they went back to their business.

As for Laz, he grabbed a few stake nails out from his pouch and dragged the older man over to the open space of the wall. After getting the older man into position, he nailed the man to the wall by means of his uniform, including putting one thought the back of his helmet to keep his head up straight. Although a normal person would have needed a hammer and a bit of luck, Laz was able to do so simple by heating the nail a little and driving it through the wall with his bare hand. He quickly sketched out a rune mark that looked like an R shape by using his black flame energy on top of the man's radio before saying a simple message. The rune was called Raido and based on Laz's use, ever time a message came through, it would send an all clear message back. Although this couldn't work long term, Laz knew it would buy him some time. Laz then used another dart on the older man's thigh, once again playing the game of wake up roulette. If the man was lucky, he would wake up later.

After looking over his handy work to make it seem like the man was leaning against the wall naturally, Laz put the leash around the man's hand and tied it so that it wouldn't go anywhere before turning his gaze back to the dog.

:Stay here, move around a bit but don't pull the leash,: Laz ordered to the dog while glaring at him. After sensing the dog accept his order, Laz walked away and did a quick sweep of the surroundings while making it look like he was doing regular rounds. As he approached the next blind spot, Laz suddenly vanished from the screen using his immense strength to run towards the main compound.

As for the man watching the video of Laz, he simply cursed again a few times while smacking the monitor screen and swearing he would get them to update their system if they ever wanted them to come back and do this again.