The first mission for the Black Medicine Investigation Team came sooner than Wang Ye had anticipated.
20 days later, on a stormy night, his special forces unit was divided into three teams, each consisting of six members. They boarded the Sethiyan Federation Navy's destroyer, the "Barkley," and set off to the western Pacific Ocean to track down an ocean-going commercial cruise ship.
Wang Ye and Schweinsteiger were paired up in one group, and among the other four teammates, two were from the Sethiyan Federation Navy. They were the commanders and recorders of this operation. The other two teammates were from the Black Medicine Investigation Team, but Wang Ye did not know them.
When the target appeared on Barkley's radar spectrum, the three teams took off from the deck in helicopters, flying into the black night against the storm, like peregrines swooping in on their prey.
