: Why did they stop running?

Chapter 172: Why did they stop running? (4K)

Jane called out instinctively.

"Watch out, there's a bomb inside the cake!"

Unfortunately, Jane's voice was drowned out by the contestants' birthday song, and most people couldn't hear what she was saying.

Only Rosen noticed Jane's unusual behavior; indeed, Rosen was also present.

The smaller segments outside of the competition were the main attraction, and all photographers were required to participate in filming them.

Following Jane's strange gaze, Rosen also noticed the constantly flashing red light.

Strangely enough, Spider Ace did not issue a warning, indicating that he was not in any life-threatening danger.

However, Rosen put the camera aside and rushed over to pull Megan, Jane, and Audrey back, while Audrey also instinctively pulled Erin next to her.

No one understood why Rosen suddenly wanted to break this beautiful moment, but they found out the next second.

The huge three-tiered cake suddenly exploded, scattering cream and chocolate everywhere, catching everyone around it off guard.

Screams erupted one after another.

Jane, Audrey, and Irene, who were originally in the inner circle, were lucky enough to escape unscathed, unlike the other contestants.

These beauties at this moment resembled actors in the San Fernando Valley, their bodies covered in a white, viscous substance.

Eileen was completely stunned.

"What does this mean? Is it a prank by the production team?"

Yes, quite a few production teams do like to pull off some weird pranks, especially on variety shows.

But the Miss America pageant should obviously not be like this; it's a very serious program.

Rosen stepped forward and examined the residue inside the cake. Using his VIP card, he determined that the cake contained a very ordinary infrared remote-controlled bomb.

This means that someone nearby had just remotely controlled the cake to explode.

"Fuck!"

Rosen immediately took off his non-prescription glasses and put on hostile sunglasses.

Just then, the staff turned on the room lights, and Rosen's dramatic change in appearance caught Eileen's attention.

Rosen was unaware of all this; he was observing the arc of stance of everyone around him through his hostile sunglasses.

Most people's stance is indicated by a yellow arc, which means they are neutral.

A few people had a green arc in their stance; these were Rosen's good friends, such as Franklin and Mike, as well as a few fellow photographers with whom he had shared cigarettes.

Only three people have their stance arc represented by the blue color of loyalty: Megan, Jane, and Audrey, all women closely associated with Rosen.

Because there were too many people around, the arc of light was very chaotic. It took Rosen more than ten seconds to see a flash of red light in the corner.

Rosen immediately recalled what Sean had said before: "Keith Troy likes to see his work up close."

Without the slightest hesitation, Rosen immediately pushed aside the people around him and chased after them.

Unfortunately, the person who was pushed away by Rosen and almost fell down happened to be the show's director, Alva Davis.

"Fuck! What happened?! Who just pushed me?!"

Davis was arguably the angrier person there; his carefully planned skit had completely fallen apart, and the whole day had been wasted.

Davis was almost pushed to the ground by Rosen, which made him so angry that he wanted to fly up and bite him.

Jane walked over to the exploded cake and saw a note inside the shattered explosive device. She picked it up immediately.

Davis witnessed this and immediately tried to take the note from Jane's hand.

"Jane Banner, what are you holding?"

Jane deftly dodged Davis's hand.

"Director Davis, my advice is to call the FBI right away. This is clearly not a simple prank."

"Are you kidding me? This is the crucial time for the Miss America pageant, how can we let the FBI in!"

Jane wanted to say a few more words, but Davis had already lost patience.

"No one is allowed to tell anyone what happened tonight. Everyone go back to your rooms and tidy up. Let's pretend nothing happened!"

Davis, with a stern face, ushered the contestants back to their rooms. The matter was definitely not going to end there; the production team would certainly conduct an internal investigation, but the contestants didn't need to be involved.

The beauties dispersed, which made Jane a little anxious. She quietly went to Megan's side.

"Ms. Kelly, could I borrow your phone for a moment?"

During the beauty pageant, the contestants' mobile phones were handed in, mainly to prevent the leakage of certain information.

Megan looked at Jane; she had already noticed something unusual from Rosen's behavior.

"Who are you----"

"Ms. Kelly, actually I'm Rosen's colleague, you know what I mean?"

Megan understood Jane's meaning, of course. She had known Rosen's identity as an FBI undercover agent for a long time, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Megan still had a nagging thought that it wouldn't be bad if someone could help share the burden.

The rematch a few nights ago was another crushing defeat for Megan, who was utterly humiliated once again, turning the sheets into an ocean.

"Is it just a phone? Do you need any other help?"

Jane glanced warily at the staff around her.

"Ms. Kelly, we can talk about other things later."

Megan realized this wasn't the place to talk, so she nodded.

"Okay, I'll come to your room in a bit."

Meanwhile, Rosen had already followed the red arc of light to the outside of the Fox Building.

Because of his work commitments, Rosen couldn't carry much equipment. In fact, he only had a G18 on him right now; otherwise, he would have used adrenaline to speed up.

Fortunately, the red arc of light wasn't too fast, allowing Rosen to catch up.

Rosen followed the red arc of light into a small alley, where a dead end lay ahead, and the chase seemed to be coming to an end.

Red Arc turned around, panting heavily, and Rosen saw a long face.

"Run! Why did you stop running?"

Rosen looked at Case with a relaxed expression; the distance he had just run was merely a warm-up for him.

But for Case, that old drug addict, it almost cost him his life.

Years of drug use had left Case's body riddled with holes. In fact, the main reason he was still able to maintain his position at the Continental Hotel was that his marksmanship was still quite good, and he was also quite eccentric.

The premise is that you don't take drugs during the operation, otherwise something similar to what happened at Little Mike's birthday party could happen.

As an aside, Sean has temporarily sent his wife and children abroad for a trip to avoid further danger.

Jamie was very unhappy about this, because she had finally gotten Rosen's phone number and was preparing to take action.

In other words, Sean told his daughter Jamie that Rosen was a traditional man who didn't like rebellious women, which made Jamie behave herself.

However, Sean was even more exhausted.

As a father, relying entirely on another man to educate his daughter is a complete failure!

"Phew! Why do you think you caught up with me? I noticed you the moment you took off those stupid non-prescription glasses!"

Case had a ferocious grin on his face.

When the cake exploded, Case could have left already, but when Rosen put on the first pair of sunglasses, he noticed the man who had grabbed Rosen, who was also grabbing his brother.

So Case deliberately led Rosen into this dead end.

Rosen frowned slightly, and as he turned around, he saw a bald man with a gun blocking his way.

The current situation is arguably the worst battle Rosen has ever faced.

In the past, there weren't as many equipment and aces, but at least Rosen had a bulletproof suit.

Today, Rosen only had two pairs of glasses and a G18.

Oh, and there's the agent's watch, but that's not very helpful for ranged combat.

The bald man had a smug smile on his face.

"Case, what are you going to do with this guy? Just kill him?"

"No, I want to trade him for my brother! This guy is quite skilled; he should be an excellent agent. I wonder if the FBI would be willing to exchange him for my brother."

Case also revealed a smug smile. Judging from the current situation, Rosen really had no chance of turning the tide.

The narrow alley was blocked on both sides, leaving the area vulnerable to attack from both sides.

Bald-headed Dietrich walked step by step toward Rosen, gun in hand, while repeatedly issuing warnings.

"Kid, put your hands up so I can see them! Don't try anything funny, or I'll make you regret it!"

Rosen smiled and raised his hands.

"Hey, I get it. I'm done for this time! All I want now is to save my life. After all, the FBI is just a job, and I don't want to lose something more important for it."

Rosen's near surrender made Dietrich even more smug, and he enjoyed the feeling.

As a result, under the influence of the Joker Ace, Dietrich really let his guard down.

"Are you carrying a gun?"

"Yes, a Glock 18, in my pocket."

Dietrich reached into Rosen's pocket and began to search his pocket, during which his attention inevitably wandered.

Rosen made his move at that moment.

The Magician's main card gave Rosen unparalleled hand speed; anyone who has seen the video knows how fast the hands of top magicians are.

That's a speed that ordinary cameras can't capture; you need a high-speed camera to see it clearly.

Similarly, Dietrich didn't see Rosen's technique clearly at all; he just felt his hand lighten and the pistol appeared in Rosen's hand.

"Wait f*** you!"

Case, who was in the distance, did not expect things to turn out this way. He cursed and pulled out his dual pistols, intending to kill Rosen.

But Rosen wasn't going to stand there like a fool. He immediately used Jiu-Jitsu to control Dietrich's body, turning him into his shield.

"Keith Troy, watch out so you don't hit your own people!"

Worried about Keyes' marksmanship, Rosen almost completely huddled behind Dietrich, with only his arm around the other's neck.

Dietrich, however, was quite defiant, looking at Case with red eyes.

"Cough cough cough! Case, don't worry about me, kill this kid!"

However, the reason Dietrich's eyes were red was because he was being strangled by Rosen's arm and couldn't breathe.

"You talk too much! Behave yourself!"

Rosen smacked Dietrich with the butt of his rifle, then raised his gun and aimed at Keyes.

Now, Case is facing the same situation as Rosen just now: the narrow alley has no room to dodge, and there's a wall behind him, so he can't escape.

All Case could do was ignore Dietrich and fight Rosen.

However, without cover, Case's chances of turning the tide are extremely slim.

Just as Rosen was about to pull the trigger, he suddenly felt a sharp, needle-like pain; this time, the threat of death was coming from behind him.

Without the slightest hesitation, Rosen immediately pulled out his G18 and unleashed a barrage of fire behind him. Just as the bullets were fired, he saw a figure flash past the alleyway.

If Rosen hadn't used the G18 to suppress the enemy, he would have been facing a situation of being attacked from both sides again.

Upon seeing this, Case immediately began climbing the wall behind him.

The wall was a full 3 meters high, but it wasn't a big problem for the assassins from the Mainland Hotel.

Case pushed off the walls on both sides twice and successfully grabbed the top of the wall.

"Fuck!"

Rosen quickly fired at Case, but only hit him in the thigh. Despite being shot, Case still managed to climb over the wall.

Rosen was furious that Case had escaped again.

"Let's see who's causing trouble this time!"

They continued to carry Dietrich toward the alley entrance, at which point the attacker had achieved his goal and was preparing to escape.

Rosen was determined not to let this attacker, who had repeatedly thwarted his plans, get away with it. He raised his agent watch, aimed it at the fleeing attacker, and fired the transmitter.

The first shot missed, but the second shot hit the attacker in the back of the heart.

Then, Rosen knocked Dietrich unconscious, carried him back to the Dodge Viper, and prepared to chase after the attacker.

The attackers sped south in their car, with Rosen following behind in his Dodge Viper.

As it stands, the attacker doesn't seem to have realized he has a transmitter stuck to him. Even if he did, it wouldn't matter now, as Rosen has already locked onto his car.

The attacker was quite cautious, throwing his clothes out of the car window on the way, but he didn't notice that Rosen was following him from a distance.

This is because Rosen put his non-prescription glasses back on, making him less noticeable when being followed.

Finally, the attackers drove to a place that Rosen knew very well: the Long Beach villa area.

The car stopped on a street near a villa, and Rosen stood in front of the villa with a strange look on his face.

Isn't this Frank Castro's villa?

The seals and locks on the main gate are intact, indicating that the entrance was not through the front door.

In other words, the attacker climbed over the wall to enter the villa.

It really is true that the most dangerous place is the safest place.

Because Frank Castro's villa had been seized by the FBI, it would be difficult for him to be noticed if he were hidden inside.

The only trouble is that it's a bit difficult to get in and out, but the foot traffic in the Long Beach villa area isn't actually that high, so as long as you're careful, you won't be noticed.

"What a cunning fellow. I'm getting more and more curious about who you are."

After saying that, Rosen gave Dietrich in the car some more hypnotic gas to prevent him from waking up midway.

The hypnotic gas was enough to keep this guy asleep until dawn the next day.

After doing all this, Rosen climbed over the wall and entered the villa.

(Megyn Kelly)