"Ethan, what's the target of the commission?"
After exiting the cave, Cipher curiously asked Ethan, who was looking at his terminal.
Hearing Cipher's question, Ethan handed her the terminal and then said,
"This mission is to destroy a small trading outpost of the Fierce Tiger Gang in the Northern District."
"The commission states that at 10:30 AM today, the Fierce Tiger Gang in Pit bottom's Northern District will conduct a small secret trade with the Vortex Gang."
"The commission was issued by another gang from the Northern District, the Jackal Gang."
"The Jackal Gang suspects that the Fierce Tiger Gang is colluding with other gangs in Pit bottom to deal with them, but currently, they have no evidence."
"Moreover, they are currently maintaining 'friendly cooperation' with the Fierce Tiger Gang on the surface. To disrupt their trade without directly falling out with the Fierce Tiger Gang, they issued this commission."
"After the mission is successful, we will receive 50 credit points as a reward, and nothing else will be requested."
"This means if we can get our hands on the items being traded between the Fierce Tiger Gang and the Vortex Gang, the Jackal Gang won't care, as long as the trade is disrupted."
Originally, Cipher was a bit puzzled as to why there would be a mission to disrupt gang trades; logically speaking, shouldn't this be a matter between gangs?
But when she saw the content below, she understood.
It turned out that it was still a competition between gangs after all, and they were just being used as a hidden weapon.
Forget it, why think so much? Just give me the money!
"Let's go, the address has already been sent to the terminal."
After speaking, Ethan put away his terminal and then put on his metal gauntlets.
"Wait, Sister Cipher, this is for you."
At this moment, Lauren stopped Cipher, who was about to follow Ethan.
Cipher turned her head back with some confusion, then saw a bulletproof vest being handed over.
"Sister Cipher, when fighting with the gangs later, firearms will definitely be used, so you should put this on first."
Taking the bulletproof vest, Cipher saw that Jasmine and Lauren had already put theirs on at some point, so she didn't refuse and began to put it on.
Although she shouldn't be afraid of bullets, to put their minds at ease, she might as well wear it; it wouldn't have any impact anyway.
"Hmm... I feel like this bulletproof vest is a bit small..."
After putting on the bulletproof vest, Cipher could clearly feel a slight tightness in her chest.
"Because it was too late yesterday... the weapon shop was already closed, and now the commission time is quite tight, so there wasn't time to buy another one... So I took out my spare bulletproof vest, which is indeed a bit small for Sister Cipher..."
Hearing Lauren's words, Cipher subconsciously looked at Lauren's chest, then lowered her head to glance at her own size.
Hmm... Lauren's was a small mound, while hers was a pair of mountain peaks; the difference was very obvious, no wonder it felt a bit tight...
"It's fine, let's just go with this."
After saying that, Cipher continued to follow Ethan, and Lauren and the others followed close behind.
Before long, the group arrived not far from their destination, an abandoned warehouse, which had now become one of the Fierce Tiger Gang's outposts.
At this time, about forty meters from the warehouse, the four members of the Spark Team were standing in a small alley, observing the warehouse in the distance.
In terms of observational ability, Cipher felt that no one in the Pit Bottom District could surpass her; with just a peek, she saw a lot of information.
"There are two people guarding the warehouse entrance, each with a pistol on their waist, and there's also a person standing at the small window on the second floor of the warehouse, looking out. He hasn't noticed us."
Jasmine, who was about to take out her binoculars from her backpack: ?
How could she have finished observing all the information before Jasmine even took out her binoculars?
So Jasmine, a bit unconvinced, quietly poked her head out with the binoculars.
After observing for a while, she retracted her head gloomily and tossed the binoculars back into her backpack.
The situation outside was exactly as Cipher had described, and the person behind the second-floor window was dressed in a way that almost blended with the color of the warehouse; if she hadn't looked carefully, she almost wouldn't have noticed him.
"It's 10:20 now, only ten minutes left until the 10:30 trade time mentioned in the commission, Sister Cipher, your observation skills are very strong, please help keep an eye on the movements outside. Jassy, you are responsible for checking if there are any electronic devices inside the warehouse, and if so, see if they can be used to attract the opponent's attention. Ethan, you and I will look for an opportunity to attack later."
Lauren, who was beside them, took out her terminal, checked the time, and then spoke to everyone.
Everyone nodded in agreement, then followed Lauren's instructions and began to act.
Cipher again stealthily moved to the alley entrance, poked her head out, and began to look outside.
As for Jasmine, she took out a laptop-like item from her satchel, opened it, and inserted a signal booster-like device before starting to operate it.
Before long, Cipher saw a car approaching the warehouse, and it quickly stopped at the warehouse entrance.
"A car has stopped at the warehouse entrance. Four men got out, and they also have firearms on their waists. One of them is carrying a briefcase, suspected to be the person coming to trade with them."
After observing, Cipher turned back and reported to the others.
At this moment, Jasmine, who was sitting nearby, also stopped her operation and looked up, saying,
"There are three portable, detachable surveillance cameras installed in the warehouse: two on the first floor and one on the second floor. I've hacked into all of them."
"According to the footage displayed on the monitors, there's one person guarding on the second floor, the one at the warehouse window, and two people guarding inside on the first floor. Counting the four people Cipher mentioned, there are a total of nine people, and all of them have pistols."
As she spoke, Jasmine turned the computer screen around to face everyone.
"Nine people, that's a bit tricky..."
After hearing the reports from both of them, Lauren frowned.
"The main problem now is that we are still some distance from the warehouse. It's very difficult for us to sneak close to the warehouse with one person on lookout and two people guarding the door..."
"Once discovered, even if Ethan and I can take out one or two people, we won't be able to easily deal with the opponents with seven people taking turns to suppress Ethan and me with firepower."
Lauren rubbed her temples. Indeed, commissions like this, offering 50 credit points and additional unknown gains, are usually not that simple.
"So you're worried about being discovered when approaching the warehouse?"
Cipher, leaning nearby, touched her chin after hearing Lauren's statement, adopting a thoughtful expression, and asked them.
Lauren was startled, but quickly nodded.
"Yes, if we can get to the warehouse entrance without being discovered by those two guards, Ethan and I are very confident in taking care of everyone inside."
"Then it's easy! Isn't it just about not being discovered? Watch me!"
After saying this, Cipher, to everyone's surprise, lightly tapped her toes and leaped several meters high.
Then she used the wall for leverage twice and arrived on the rooftop.