Chapter 183

Arms smuggling was considered a high–level criminal case in Dasmieca, typically handled by elite police units for arrests. However, since it was Hamish–a legendary retired soldier with a skilled team–who discovered the

incident on Aston’s turf, the situation was different.

When Thiago received the news, he dismissed it, advising against wasting police resources. He allowed the parties

involved to settle their disputes among themselves, as long as the culprits were eventually apprehended and the stolen goods were recovered. In any other city, this might be considered shocking, but in Shoneport, in Ashton’s territory, it was just business as usual.

When they arrived, Briar concealed herself in the shadows. After listening to Hamish explain their plan for cleaning

up, she smirked and asked, “So, are we temp workers for the cops this time?” This situation had nothing to do with

the big move they had discussed or any confrontation.

Hamish scratched his nose awkwardly and let out a laugh. “Yeah, you could say that…”

lan instantly lost all his excitement. “Come on, Hamish, are you playing us? What kind of confrontation is this

supposed to be?” He thought they would have the chance to cause some real trouble, perhaps pick up a few weapons along the way, and make some quick money.

Hamish glanced at Ashton, who was walking over, then lowered his voice. “Don’t underestimate this job. Sure, you can’t just walk away with guns and ammo for a quick profit, but the bonus is quite substantial…” He waved his hand in front of Briar and lan, emphasizing his point by wiggling his fingers.

lan’s eyes lit up again. “1.6 million dollars?”

Hamish corrected him, “Nope, it’s 150 thousand dollars.”

lan and Briar just stared, entirely at a loss for

That’s already a lot–Ashton was the one who pushed for it. Otherwise, you’d only be getting 30 thousand dollars After

by the national

both had to show up, and they’re only offering us 150

many of us, that amount is barely enough to go

them. “That 150 thousand dollars is just for you two. Hamish is only in charge

gaze lit up. “Ashton, you mean

right,” Ashton nodded, then crouched down beside Briar, looking at Briar gazing up at him. “Splitting

the two of you, that’s

hours of waiting around,

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dollars–nothing to complain about.

that Briar is an instructor

calmly. “Sure, I’ll

practiced ease. Hamish and Connor quickly followed, subduing the other group. The entire encounter was over in just a few minutes, leaving neither side aware of

would notice them on Ashton’s turf. After half

a leisurely pace. With a flick of her wrist, she pulled a sleek, heavy–range scoped rifle from one of the crates–a masterpiece by Qathana. Weighing around 31 pounds with a range of 2,000 yards, it was compact, efficient, and in the right hand, could fire five

the rifle. He reached out to take it from her just when an unexpected event occurred–a red laser dot suddenly appeared on the body of the rifle in Briar’s hands. The expressions on both Briar

raised the

fired, a second shot rang out right after hers. It was Ashton who

two shots rang out, Connor was the first to sprint over 550 yards away to the sniper’s position. Once he confirmed the sniper was dead–shot through the head–he dragged the body back and gave them a thumbs–up to signal that it was

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