Sensing Boss' unusual reaction, Natasha turned to look behind her.
She saw a car approach them and come to a halt when they turned their heads around.
After the car door was opened, a man in his forties, dressed in a seemingly unorthodox military uniform, strode over.
That man walked up to them and smiled. “Boss, it has been a long time since we last met.”
Boss clenched his fists when he saw that man. Despite the stiff and unnatural expression on his face, he forced a reply. “Is General Will doing fine?”
“Of course.” With that, that man glanced at Natasha before resting his gaze on Boss again. “The mission ended so many days ago. General Will sent me here to inform you to meet with him because he has yet to receive any response from you after so long.”
“I wanted to meet with General Will today, but something urgent came up. I will go and meet with him a couple of days later,” Boss said.
“That's not needed. You can head over there now in my car. General Will is already waiting for you,” that man replied.
“But—”
“What's the matter? Are you trying to defy General Will's order?” that man questioned Boss.
Boss stared at that man. He had no choice but to suppress his anger regardless of how furious he was at that moment. “I wouldn't dare!”
“Good.” That man grinned. Then, he looked at Natasha and spoke in Ustranian. “Please, join us, Miss.”
After listening to their conversation, Natasha could deduce that man to be General Will's subordinate.
Being able to visit Vermillion Base to find out the truth had always been her wish. Naturally, she would not say anything to refuse that man's offer at that moment.
When that man gestured for Natasha and Boss to get into the car, she strode toward the vehicle at once.
He shifted his gaze to Boss, and when their eyes met, Boss had no choice but to follow Natasha into the car.
In the car, that man, dressed in military uniform, sat in the passenger seat while Natasha and Boss sat in the middle seats with two more of that man's subordinates sitting in the backseat.
Natasha said in Chanaean, “So, General Will's busy schedule has been fictitious all along? It was you who had been delaying my meeting with him, right?”
Boss hesitated for a few seconds before uttering, “That's right.”
Instead of questioning the rationale behind his action, Natasha merely chuckled in response.
She had met up with Boss for him to lead her to Vermillion Base in the first place. Unexpectedly, he had become her greatest hindrance.
Natasha said nothing.
Suddenly, Boss uttered, “Do you trust me?”
“Do you think I will trust someone who caused my life to be threatened just a few moments ago?”
Boss gazed at her and was about to speak further when that man sitting in front suddenly asked, “What are you two talking about?”
Boss was taken aback. He looked up at that man. “It's nothing. She was asking me what General Will likes.”
That man glanced at Natasha and fell silent afterward.
Boss shifted his gaze back to Natasha and whispered, “You will understand how much kindness I've been showing you when the time comes.”
Natasha did not reply. She closed her eyes and proceeded to get some rest as the car sped along the road.
As Boss stared out the window, a complex and unfathomable look glinted in his yellow eyes.
Meanwhile, in the room where the surveillance footage was monitored, Dave spoke into the walkie-talkie while watching the car they were following. “We are moving into a more isolated area now. Be extra careful so that you won't be discovered. Immediately retreat after you find out the location of the headquarters, and do not linger!”
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