Ye Jian was now more sensitive to the smell of rust within the blood, and the faint hint of a compound gas hidden in gunpowder, no matter how faint the humid air has thinned out the unusual smell, Ye Jian was still capable of sniffing it out.
Ye Jian who was hidden from sight did not move immediately until she believed she was able to get closer to the direction from whence the bloody smell came, did she start slowly lurking her way onwards.
The reek of blood permeating the air inside the rainforest wasn’t abnormal. Still, if there was the smell of gunpowder, then it’s better to be careful, especially when she’s walking on the mountain ridge on the boundary of two countries, she even managed to encounter a party of escaping drug dealers, she’ll have to be even more careful.
Usually, Ye Jian would determine from the situation whether or not she should go and investigate, but this time around, she’ll have to make an investigation.
Brother Hong had mentioned he had reinforcements, and he had already intended on killing the other four bald men escaping with him, this is enough to prove that he indeed had backup, and someone had helped him take out the four bald men.
Meanwhile, the border police in pursuit were only a small squad; if they were to meet head-on with Brother Hong’s reinforcements, Ye Jian really wasn’t sure that the winning odds for the border police would be too great. With an uneasy heart, she decided it’s best to make sure of the situation.
Walking into a part of the forest where the trees grew behind a shade, a sea of shrubs covered the mountainside; Ye Jian managed to spot a barely perceivable pair of skewed feet in the shrubbery within her view.
After a battle, the shrubs were permeated with the scent of death, the surrounding area was quiet, extremely quiet, not even the sounds of birds nor insects could be heard, a dead-like silence.
Ye Jian completely hid within the bushes as she moved onwards, until she reached the position of the feet, after taking a glance, Ye Jian very quietly let out a sigh of relief, on the deceased’s neck, there was a black, fireball-like tattoo, just from that, she was certain they weren’t the border police.
Ye Jian picked up a bullet from a fernbush; it’s China-made 58 style bullet head, used in a Type-87, precisely the assault rifle model which the border police were equipped with.
There was a total of six corpses in the surrounding area, all of them had fireball tattoos on their neck, all of them died from being shot by the Type 87 Assault Rifles, based on her estimates, the gunfight happened roughly three hours ago.
It was currently 8.40 a.m., the gunfight happened between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m., calculating the walking speed of the soldiers three hours ahead of her, as long as they kept on moving, there were at least around thirty-five kilometers ahead of her. From the looks of the current situation, she’s afraid their distance was…
Before Ye Jian finished her thought process, birds in the mountain were startled as they took to flight, spreading their wings and soared into the sky.
One moment ago, Ye Jian was still thinking, in the next one, she darted into the rainforest, moving towards the direction where the birds took flight.
Even though there was no rain today, the air within the mountain was extremely humid; Ye Jian picked a vantage point, her hands clambered onto a tree-like an agile monkey and shot up the top of the tree, under the guise of the tree leaves, she spotted a figure darting left and right within the bushes as he sprinted.
Picking up the sniper rifle, she adjusted it to the largest magnification, from within the scope, she could also see a figure in hot pursuit.
“Bang! Bang!” Two consecutive shots were heard, the figure running in front took two blind shots behind him, attempting to force his pursuer to temporarily find cover, in order to buy himself time to escape.
The person in hot pursuit was border police. At the same time, Ye Jian spotted a familiar black tattoo on the figure who opened fire by his collar, without any further hesitation, she aimed her sniper at the right hand where he was holding the gun.
She doesn’t need to keep one eye open and close the other when pulling the trigger, all she had to do was concentrate, focus, aim at the target, and she was able to accomplish an accurate snipe.
