699 Permission to Arres (2/2)
”We broke into the hall and cleared the zombies. The captain heard a cry for help and walked over, but someone detonated a bomb,” Norman immediately reported.
Jiang Chen nodded and remained silent, but he looked directly above the hall platform.
The interior decorations were ignited and the fire had begun to spread. Even across a distance of ten meters, he could still clearly feel the rising heat waves.
After a brief silence, Jiang Chen suddenly laughed, shook his head and said to himself.
”It seems my approach was too merciful.”
”Sir?” Norman asked with confusion.
”Nothing. I just think that treating some villains should be like treating zombies. Before they cause any more harm, shoot them, regardless of the consequences, and make their heartbeats stop... Sergeant Norman, do you agree with me?”
All along, Jiang Chen hadn't cared too much about the Kurofune. Or, even if he cared, he didn't invest too much energy to investigate.
Takeda Pharmaceutical was a Nippon-owned company and was a reputable firm in the country. However, there was a high risk of executing military operations in developed countries, not to mention that FBA and CIB had been involved in the investigation. So, Jiang Chen also didn't concern himself with it. He sent a Ghost Agent, but he didn't authorize her to execute a capture, or infiltrate and carry out other illegal espionage activities. Instead, he simply wanted her to gather intelligence…
Originally, he thought ”Kurofune” would be restrained by the Nippon government to some extent, but he was wrong.
Although affiliated with the government, they obviously didn't completely listen to the government.
After all, counting on a bunch of terrorists who wanted to destroy humans was impractical from any perspective.
Soon, the Marines dragged Garrett out from the rubble.
”Still alive?” Jiang Chen asked.
”His life signal is active, but it's weak and he needs urgent medical treatment,” replied the soldier who carried the stretcher.
”Go quickly.”
”ROGER!”
The fire was spreading ablaze, and the soldiers beside Jiang Chen stepped forward and whispered to him.
”The fire is out of control, Commander, please retreat.”
Jiang Chen nodded and said nothing. He turned and left.
Escorted by a soldier, Jiang Chen returned to the helicopter. Looking at the cruise ship, the fire had spread to the middle of the cruise ship. The cruise ship was like an alcohol lamp floating on the high sea.
Two hundred survivors curled up on the deck of the rescue boat with no joy of survival on their faces - there was only deep horror.
Three thousand tourists in total, who had bought tickets to enjoy the holidays, hadn't expected such hellish terror to break out on the Pacific Ocean on this beautiful day.
A child wailed to his mother, a man gently patted a woman's back and said words that couldn't even comfort himself. Medical staff on the deck traversed throughout the crowd, checking their bodies and injecting Future Biology's anti-T virus vaccine...
The evacuation was successful; some were wounded, but no one was fatally hurt.
The worst off was Sergeant Garrett - the explosion damaged his spine. He would probably have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair…
The fire was becoming more ferocious. Once it reached the fuel tank, the cruise ship was likely to explode. In order to prevent themselves from being affected, the helicopters and rescue boat evacuated immediately.
Jiang Chen looked expressionlessly at the cruise ship disappearing. Just then, his phone suddenly rang.
He picked up.
”Hey.”
”Among the survivors was a man called Zhu Tianyou. When we found him, he was being tied up in a bathtub full of water. When he was rescued, he was unconscious. We suspected he might be associated with this terrorist attack, so he's under intensive care and being monitored by our medical staff. ”
”You did well. Send him to New Moon Island, and I will personally ask him.”
”Yes!”
After he hung up the phone, Jiang Chen called Ayesha.
”Order the Ghost Agents to go to Nippon. Within a week, I'd like to see the President of Takeda Pharmaceutical appearing in the interrogation room on New Moon Island.”