Rescue Part 2

Leila didn't have the energy to care about her joke now. Even though all she saw were double shadows, she still held on to her body, staggering against the wall, and looked around.

It was a very ordinary house. The furniture inside was battered and old, and there were some items scattered on the floor. Perhaps the owner had left in a hurry. Leila observed for a long time and found that this place seemed very common and normal, not like a place to detain prisoners.

The dark night outside the window also showed that it was not a prison cell, and my previous worries were largely dissipated.

"If you can still walk, come with me outside to take a look. They are still unconscious, and I really can't do anything..."

Thea was very tired after saying these few words. She had entered the poisonous gas zone twice in a row, and both times were intense exercises involving fighting and killing. The amount of energy she consumed per unit of time was much greater than that of the others who had fainted on the ground. She could barely hold on now with her strong willpower.

Leila naturally noticed her pale face and sweaty forehead. She was silently enduring her own discomfort. As a former soldier and now a senior agent, she couldn't say that her legs were as weak as noodles. If she were to be surpassed by a sixteen-year-old girl, she would be ashamed of the days when she drank anesthetics like coffee.

But she really didn't have the energy to talk, so she just nodded, holding onto the wall and followed Thea to another room.

The layout of this room was basically the same as the one she had just entered, except it was larger. There was a woman lying on the bed in the room. Leila had never seen Felicity in person before, but she had only seen a photo of her, which was attached to Thea's information. At first, she didn't know who this woman without glasses and a red face was, but she soon realized that she was Thea's partner. As for the name, she was dizzy and couldn't remember.

The other two people in the room were not treated so well. They were ragged and bruised. Looking at the miserable appearance of these two people, Leila touched her face unconsciously. Will I be like this too? Although she had an ordinary appearance, she had no intention of disfiguring herself. After feeling around a bit and not finding anything unusual, she finally put her concern aside and began to look at the two people carefully.

Of the two men, Leila recognized Commissioner Gordon instantly because he was dressed so rustically, wearing the same beige coat he had worn for decades. Despite the bumpy trip, his iconic glasses were still hanging on his face. There was only one person in Gotham who was so distinctive and dressed so well in the 21st century.

Several illusory figures appeared before Leila's eyes from time to time, including her relatives and former companions. She knew it was her hallucination and shook her head hard. She vaguely saw two people tied together and thought to herself that the red-haired woman next to the old director should be his daughter. It couldn't be that the old man was caught and tied up for secretly meeting his lover.

"Do you have any way to wake them up?" Thea asked hurriedly when she saw her enter the room and stay there for a long time without saying anything.

What can I do? Leila gave up trying and slowly sat down on the floor, leaning against the wall. She was a soldier, and her current job is more administrative. She didn't know how to answer such a professional question.

Furthermore, her mind was sometimes clear and sometimes confused. Even if she knew, she couldn't remember. "There's nothing I can do. Hey, that's not right. Didn't you wake me up?"

"No, you woke up on your own." Thea stopped shaking her head. The more she shook, the dizzier she felt. She waved to Leila. Although I have done many good deeds and never left my name, this time this good deed was not done by me. Who knows how you woke up?

"So... then how did you wake up?" Leila now wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Thea vaguely felt that it was her strong mental strength that played a role, and at the same time, her physical fitness had reached a relatively high level. After all, the hard training this year was not in vain. Under the double effects of body and mind, the poisonous gas that could make ordinary people lose consciousness prevented her from completely fainting. However, it was too troublesome to explain, so she could only continue to say that she didn't know.

The two of them didn't come up with any practical solution to the problem at hand. Thea looked at the few people who were dizzy like dead pigs, not knowing what to do, and seemed a bit depressed.

Since neither of them had any ideas, they could ask for help from people outside. Although Thea didn't know many people, Leila was a senior figure with the support of the government organization. "Can you find some people to help?"

In fact, Leila could have thought of this question even without her asking. Why did she take off her honored military uniform, join the espionage organization, and work hard to rise to a high position? It wasn't just so that the organization could help her at this critical moment?

Although this organization emphasizes abandonment when abandoned and the human touch has fallen to negative, I am at least the leader's representative and a senior team member. If even someone at my level is ignored and left to die, then the organization should simply dissolve immediately.

She didn't hide this from Thea, took out her phone, and began to exchange secret codes, mission names, and other combinations of numbers and letters with the contact person on the other end of the line.

This password is different every day, so she doesn't fear Thea hearing secrets. In fact, being an agent is not easy, especially for senior officials like her. Every morning, she receives the contact order of the day, which she needs to memorize for half a day and then forget at night because a new one will replace it the next day. If you remember one letter wrong, it won't be much fun.

Of course, Thea didn't want to hear her commands. To avoid suspicion, she went to the window, opened it, and let the night wind blow into the room. With five people staying in such a small room, Thea and Leila were sweating profusely. Gordon and his daughter were also covered in dirt and blood. The smell in the room was terrible.

"Amanda, something happened here, and I can't move easily. Please find my location and send someone here quickly..." Although the voice was a bit distant, it still reached Thea's ears as usual. She was contacting Amanda? It seems the two have a good relationship. After all, not everyone can directly find the top leader when something happens. I hope the people sent here are elite soldiers and generals.

The call ended quickly. "My people will arrive soon, wait a bit." Leila hung up the phone. She still had some confidence in the organization's search capabilities. Her attitude became more relaxed. She said this casually, not knowing if it was to comfort Thea or to encourage herself.

Reinforcements arrived quickly. Four agents in black suits and dark glasses quickly found the place. The leader handed over his identity first. After Leila checked that everything was correct, she told them to transport the people in the house first, and she could still leave.

The agents obeyed orders and followed instructions. Felicity was easy to handle. She was wrapped in a sheet and thrown into the car like a dead pig. "Go!"

When they were preparing to transport Gordon and his daughter, they encountered a small problem. The gangsters also knew this was an important person, so they had tied him up tightly from the beginning. Then Thea randomly tied him up twice more. Eventually, the iron chains struggled and tangled during the air transport, making the two people look like they were wrapped up in a ball of string. It was so dense that no clue could be found. Several agents who didn't understand the backstory were surprised that the gangsters tied them up in such an unconventional way. Fortunately, everyone remained silent and didn't ask questions.

Thea had already come up with a lie and would never admit that the man was originally tied up properly. This was the result of her subsequent processing. Since no one asked, she assumed everyone would believe it was the gangsters' doing.

Although the four strong men were perfectly capable of carrying the father and daughter to the truck, doing so would make them look incompetent, especially in front of Leila, one of the organization's top leaders. They had to at least show some effort. If not now, when?

The lead agent looked back at the two people behind him, who soon returned holding several construction tools like power saws, electric hammers, and welders. The four strong men worked for half an hour and finally freed Gordon and his daughter from the chains.

It's worth mentioning that the former director woke up during the last two minutes of the chain removal. Perhaps because he had been kidnapped many times by all sorts of criminals over his long career, he had developed a strong resistance to poison. However, he was old now, and his body functions had inevitably weakened, so he had been asleep for quite some time.

When he opened his eyes and saw several men in black suits with power saws and electric welding machines around him, he wasn't surprised. He naturally shouted: "If you have any problem, come at me, but leave my daughter alone."

This left several agents confused. Leila, their supervisor, hurriedly explained, but Gordon didn't have much trust in the government, to be honest. He was still wondering if they were behind all this. They could destroy the entire campus so easily. Ordinary people wouldn't have access to such a powerful poisonous gas. The Sky Eye Society was the most likely suspect.

Leila found his distrust amusing and confusing. She also noticed how suspicious she herself had been of Thea when she first woke up. That must be human nature.

By the way, Leila suddenly thought about her own experience and pulled Thea aside to tell the story to the old director right then and there.

"Thank you, Miss Thea. Your selfless help truly leaves me speechless..."

Director Gordon had already assessed the situation. The people around him didn't seem to be bad guys. The power saws and welding equipment looked intimidating, but they were all used to help remove the iron chains. Even at his age, he could see that.

Besides, he had a good impression of Thea. There was no reason for her to join government agents to kidnap him and his daughter.

In fact, he mainly thought that Thea wouldn't be interested in the small amount of money his family had. After all, she was the heir to a major consortium, with all opportunities for fame handed to her. She wasn't seeking fame or fortune and had traveled far to help him. It wouldn't be loyal of him to harbor unfounded suspicions about her.

But his immediate acceptance of reality still impacted Leila.

"I spoke sincerely on behalf of the organization for a long time, but you didn't believe a word I said. Now you trust what someone else says casually?"

Had the credibility of their organization fallen so low?

Gordon wasn't just anyone. He was the police chief of a country with a population of tens of millions and a prominent figure in society.

Leila was ready to return and suggest to Amanda that they make some improvements. Regardless of the truth, they should at least put on a good appearance. Otherwise, not only would ordinary people lose trust, but even senior officials wouldn't believe in them anymore.

What could they do? Should they just disband and go home as soon as possible?

Four people drove two cars. Thea, now nearly recovered, didn't ride with them. She hopped on a skateboard and followed them close to the ground.

This was the first time Leila had seen her skateboard. She had only heard about it before, but now she saw the real thing. Her initial reaction was amazement.

It wouldn't be difficult to build something like that, especially for a government-funded organization. They could definitely create it by throwing money at it.

The challenge lay in the design concept. Could this kind of equipment be deployed on the front lines?

Leila thought about it and found it somewhat risky. Clearly, the thing was expensive. Having only a few would be pointless and might cause conflicts over who received one. But having many — did their organization even have that kind of money?

Thea followed the car for half an hour and arrived at a moderately sized villa complex. The area was deserted, with a silence that gave off a "no trespassing" vibe.

"This is our base in Gotham. Please come in."

Leila, having rested for a while, relied on her youth and high resistance to poison to regain her ability to move. She no longer needed to lean against walls as she did earlier after overeating at the buffet.

Chief Gordon still couldn't move freely, but he didn't need anyone's help. He took a cane and shakily walked in.

The base had a specialized medical team. They examined the two unconscious women and concluded that they were fine and would wake up soon.

But how soon?

Since the cause of their unconsciousness was unknown, no one had a definite answer. Blood samples were taken from the three people who had regained consciousness for testing.

No one dared to give them drugs until the results were analyzed, so eac

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"These are the masks the criminals were using. I don't know if they're common products. I think they were specially made for a specific purpose. You can take them for testing too.

"Go analyze that quickly!" Leila ordered without waiting for a respo

She had gone through so much trouble today that she had even forgotten why she went to the campus in the fi

She just felt like she had never been so embar

All she wanted now was to find the mastermind and shoot him twice from below with a pistol before doing anything else.

Leila still had some work to do, so she stood up and left after a while, leaving Thea and Gordon staring at the two unconscious women, wondering when they would wake up.

Logically, Felicity should have woken up long ago, as she had inhaled the least amount of gas in the group.

However, the doctor said it was related to a person's physical condition, which made Thea a bit worried.

Felicity's physical condition wasn't good. That girl never exercised. God only knew how bad her physical condition was.

Barbara exercised a lot but couldn't avoid inhaling a large amount of gas and had been dragged around by Thea.

She still had a large bump on her forehead.

The medical team had looked at the bump with strange eyes, unable to understand why the girl was injured after falling unconscious.

In the end, they could only attribute it to the brutality of the criminals.

Just when Thea was bored and thinking about placing bets on who would wake up first, Felicity, true to the expectations of the people of Star City, woke up first.