CHAPTER 19
A plane landed in Colombia.
In Buenaventura Seaport, chaos and fire raged across the docks.
A half-wounded lady in a black mask tried to sneak out of the desolated cargo zone. But a squad of elite armed men quickly surrounded her.
Gang Head: Hand over the portfolio, Valdés.
María (the lady): Get the heck out of my way.
Gang Head: Get the portfolio.
María: Shoot!...
A whistle cut through the air. The men turned sharply.
Perched coolly on a cargo stack was a mysterious figure—covered in full robotic armor from head to toe.
Li Xuefang.
María: Oh shi—
Gang Head: Who are you?
General Li: (Calmly tilts her head).
Gangster: Are you with her?!
Armored Li raised a finger… slowly to give a small nod.
María: (To Li) Whatever you came to me for, I refuse to help.
Armored Li's finger froze mid-air—then moved side to side.
Gangster: Looks like they ain't allies.
Gang Head: (Eyes still locked on Li) Get the portfolio.
They attacked.
María fought fiercely and took down a few, but she was badly wounded. She dropped to one knee, clutching her side.
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Hotel – New York
In a hotel room, Colonel Mei unpacked their luggage. Jiang Ren stepped out of the bathroom, towel drying his hair.
Colonel Mei: Young Master, you know if the General finds out we followed her to America, we'll be dealt with.
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Seaport
María: (Panting) Leah… please help.
General Li: (Indifferent silence).
María: I'll assist with whatsoever, just help…
General Li didn't move.
Gang Head: Paralyze her.
A gun lifted toward María.
Xynra: Calculating.
General Li shifted into a crouching position.
María: I promise! Please—!
The trigger was pulled.
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Ren's Side
Jiang Ren: She's too heartless to know… (muttered) Heartless babe.
Colonel Mei: General Li isn't heartless.
Jiang Ren: Huh? Isn't? She kills without blinking!
Colonel Mei: 😌 That's only on the battlefield.
Jiang Ren: And outside the battlefield?
Colonel Mei: Then she only weakens the enemy.
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Seaport
The bullet never reached María.
General Li had leapt high, somersaulted mid-air, and landed in front of María—catching the bullet between her fingers.
Everyone froze.
General Li slowly lifted her helmeted gaze.
Gang Head: What… are you?
She dropped the bullet.
Gang Head: Kill the stranger!
Men: AH!!
They rushed her.
Her sharp, robotic movements shredded the formation, dropping them one by one.
Then—BANG!
General Li was shot in the right chest. She halted, staring at the wound. The entire dock fell silent.
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Ren's Side
Jiang Ren: What if an enemy tries to kill her?
Colonel Mei: (Stopped) Then – she'll kill without blinking.
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Seaport
The shooter trembled as Li Xuefang raised her head toward him.
Before he could run, two of Xuefang's instant-activated disk blades — "Vanta-Edge Ion Discs" — fired from her suit, slicing through him with lethal accuracy.
Now, Armored Li was merciless.
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Colombia — Safehouse, 45 Minutes Later
The hideout was tucked behind a torn-down textile factory—dusty brick walls outside, high-grade tech inside.
Archive hurriedly set up his equipment.
The corrupted disk connected.
Lines of red-coded viral sequences spiraled across the holographic screen.
Archive: These things breed like roaches on caffeine—this ain't normal.
María stepped forward, rolling up her sleeves.
She inserted her personal decryptor chip—a custom-built Colombian intelligence tool known only to high-level operatives.
María: Virus clusters are mirroring each other. Not defense. They're trying to hide the real coordinates.
General Li watched her work—precise, controlled, terrifyingly calm.
Minutes later, María snapped a key sequence into place.
María: Virus destroyed.
The hologram flickered, cleared, then zoomed into a mapped location.
Archive: WAIT—hold up— is that—?
Xynra: Confirmed. The Silent Case 1-4V has been traced.
Ryan leaned close, squinting.
Ryan: Yo… you tellin' me another Ambassador got this thing? Why the hell they walkin' round with murder in a briefcase?
Dr. Stephanie pulled up the identity file.
Dr. Stephanie: Ambassador Roderigo António Silva. Portugal. Attending a high-level
private event tonight—illegal commerce and underworld contracts.
General Li tightened her gloves in thought.
General Li: ... Then we attend.
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