On his way back to the hotel after the mission, Johnny received another message. This time, it instructed him to go to Texas to protect a woman named Kate.
This message left Johnny a bit confused, but the last line of the information highlighted a reward of 200,000 usd.
"For the sake of money, I forgive you."
Originally, Johnny and Matt's agreement was to operate within Mexico, so now suddenly crossing the border into the United States naturally required additional compensation. It seemed Matt understood this very well and was quite sensible.
He did not presume upon his status as a CIA agent, and of course, a deeper reason was that he understood the logical behavior of the assassin industry.
Coupled with Johnny's two highly efficient operations, his dependence on Johnny had grown, so he was naturally even more unwilling to easily offend Johnny.
Upon receiving the directive, Johnny immediately drove to Texas, USA. It wasn't actually far from where he was, just over 100 kilometers.
Johnny drove through the night, and the border naturally opened its doors wide for him.
After entering Texas, he realized that it was a completely different world from Mexico. No wonder these people risked their lives to come here, even if it meant becoming illegal immigrants.
Upon arriving in Texas, Johnny flew directly to Phoenix, also known as the legendary Phoenix City, following the location Matt had given him.
Protecting Kate was only one step; more importantly, he had to protect Kate, this 'flower vase', and prevent her from dying easily, otherwise many subsequent operations would be affected.
Johnny didn't understand the intricacies involved, so he didn't care; he just needed to execute the mission.
When he arrived at Kate's house, he happened to hear movement inside.
So, he kicked the door open without hesitation and walked in.
Upon entering, he saw a man pressing down on Kate, both struggling over a gun.
The man also saw Johnny enter, his eyes filled with confusion, especially when he saw the dark muzzle of the gun.
Kate's eyes were also full of confusion; she didn't know what this man was doing here.
"Relax, I'm here to save you."
After saying this, Johnny pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The corrupt cop, who was trying to snatch the gun from Kate, was thus shot in the head by Johnny.
After wiping the blood from her body, Kate asked Johnny, "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"I'm just an insurance policy Matt hired, and now my usefulness has been proven." Johnny didn't want to talk much with Kate; after putting away his gun, he left directly.
Kate, however, immediately found her friend, Little Hei, and took him with her to Matt's location.
Pushing open the door, they saw all the special forces members inside, sprawled out on beds, chatting.
And Matt finally told Kate the whole story. Only then did Kate realize how naive she was and how foolish her unauthorized actions had been.
Johnny did not show himself but continued to stay in the shadows.
The next day, Johnny received another text message notification from Matt: he needed to follow that guy, Diaz, to find the mastermind drug lord.
All the information was in an email. Johnny took out his phone, received the email, filtered through the information, and then set off.
"Alright, handsome lads, we have an operation tonight! We're going to take down their drug trafficking route!"
All the special ops members stood up and began to organize their equipment.
However, Kate and Little Hei, who had arrived temporarily, had no equipment, and Matt had not prepared any for them.
"Where's our equipment?"
Little Hei also wanted to participate in this operation, but Matt turned to him, "You two just need to handle logistics, which means staying in the car obediently."
"Why do I have to stay in the car?" Kate was very indignant. "I'm also a team member; I want to participate in this operation too."
After hearing Kate's words, Matt walked directly up to her and stared at her, "Listen, I think you should know that the CIA cannot conduct any special operations in the United States. Your only role is to make our operations compliant."
It wasn't until Matt uttered this sentence that Kate realized what her role in this team truly was: a complete flower vase, a flower vase that made their actions legitimate.
After saying this, Matt went back to his work with his team, while Kate walked out of the house, with Little Hei quickly following her.
Arriving at her car, Kate opened the trunk and began to gather her equipment. She was unwilling to just be a flower vase waiting around; she wanted to participate in this operation too.
Little Hei, however, tried to persuade her that there was no need to participate in subsequent operations, saying it was dangerous and thankless.
"Let's just leave. That way, their operation will become illegal, and they'll be in for a rude awakening."
Little Hei's suggestion was very targeted, but Kate didn't want to do that. "I must find out what exactly happened!"
As night fell, Kate followed the members of the special operations team, although they only trailed behind.
And this squad, as darkness fell, arrived at the passage in time and immediately stormed into it, acting decisively, continuously firing their weapons, and executing all the drug traffickers transporting the drugs.
Meanwhile, Johnny unhurriedly followed the blue sedan in front.
As a mission target, there was nothing wrong with him following him, but that guy also had a strong anti-reconnaissance awareness, which made Johnny a bit passive.
Fortunately, he didn't lose track of him, just followed him unhurriedly. Since the directive didn't say to eliminate this guy, Johnny could only follow him slowly.
Soon, Johnny followed this guy to a manor. As the other party was verifying his identity, Johnny acted without hesitation.
Puff, puff, puff!
Three consecutive shots directly took down the bodyguards at the entrance.
Diaz, in the car, was utterly stunned. He hadn't even reacted when Johnny was already in front of his car, pointing a gun at his head.
He could only obediently raise his hands to avoid being killed himself, while Johnny directly tied up all his hands and feet with zip ties, then walked into the villa alone.
In fact, this villa had always been under surveillance by the CIA. Sure enough, the next second, the old man received a message.
"There are still 9 people in the villa. Be careful."
After glancing at the message, Johnny had a clear idea and continued to walk forward slowly.
To be honest, he had no objection to a major drug lord living here, but he had a big problem with such minimal security in the villa.
But none of that mattered. Johnny continued to walk inside. As he passed the first corner, Johnny heard footsteps. He didn't stop, continuing to walk forward.
Sure enough, at the turn, he saw a burly man with a big beard walk out.
The big man was about to draw his gun the moment he saw Johnny, but Johnny was faster.
Puff, puff!
Three consecutive shots. Although the shots were rushed, the aim was precise: one shot to the neck, one to the glabella.
After two shots, the burly man fell to the ground, dying with his eyes wide open.
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