The Bodyguard System

John hesitated for a moment, before deciding to follow behind Jaden. Mouse did not say anything, and followed behind John. In any case, he would do as John would, considering that John possessed a higher rank as compared to him.

The three of them moved away from the stairs, and finally, they made up with the others, after going down the corridor. The corridor led to yet another conference room, but this conference room was bigger as compared to the one before.

Oliver and the others had already arrived, and during the past few minutes, they had been going through several rooms, but surprisingly, they had not encountered anyone.

That was the exact reason why John and the others did not hear any sound of a gunshot. Otherwise, they would have heard the sound from fighting if there were any more mercenaries present in this building.

"What did you find on your end?" Oliver asked as he looked at John.

"We have killed a few mercenaries. But it seems that they had set up a trap for us. Had it not been that Jaden was keen enough, we might have triggered the trap, and in the end, we might have been blown to pieces by now." John explained, a lingering sense of fear being detected slightly.

Oliver and the others were immediately surprised. It was also at this point that they suddenly began thinking in the same direction that Jaden had been thinking about. There was a great possibility that the activities of the mercenaries recently was related to a trap.

"It seems that there is a possibility that there is a mole within our special unit. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the mercenaries to be able to tell where our group was, and where we are supposed to go next." Oliver stated with a small frown on his face.

It was possible that the mercenaries might have acted within Rezi city, but they did not. After all, it was not as if it was just the special unit that was in charge of protecting Rezi city.

There were other military units that were in charge of security in the entire province. And of course, considering that Rezi city was a first tier city, the number of people that were in charge of security was quite high.

For that reason, the mercenary activities within this city was quite limited, even though it was mostly targeted by the most dangerous mercenaries. After all, for most of the high paying missions, the danger rate was quite high.

And due to that, most of the time, some mercenaries might overestimate their capabilities, and decide to venture into Rezi city. At that time, they would end up being killed, or sometimes they might be lucky and succeed due to the skills that they possess, or might just run away after realizing that it was impossible for them to be able to complete the mission.

Despite the number of failures of mercenaries in completing the missions within this city, there were others that still wanted to prove themselves. Due to that, they would occasionally take missions, not believing that they could fail.

Upon hearing Oliver's words, the others all had a solemn expression on their faces. They could not believe how it was possible that there was a mole present within the special unit.

For a person to be able to become a member of the special unit, they would undergo a lot of screening, ensuring that they are background and character were both clean. This indicated that they would have never involved themselves with criminal activities before.

Additionally, considering that everyone was investigated carefully, it was impossible for any of them to become a mole. It was impossible until this day, when Oliver realized that there was actually a mole within the special unit.

That mole might be within this team, or might be within the intelligence department. After all, the information about the other teams was not spread to the others.

That implied that it was impossible for the Eagle team to be able to know about the whereabouts of the other teams at the moment. From this implication, it was clear that that person was either among the higher-ups, or was a member of this special unit team.

The people began looking around, looking at each other cautiously. At this moment, they understood that if there was a mole between them, there was a possibility that that person might just start shooting at them right now.

So, it could be said that the moment that Oliver said those words, the trust that the members of this team had for each other produced by quite a margin. But considering that they had been together for quite a while, they still believed that their friend was not the traitor.

Oliver saw the situation, and understood that this was not good for the team. Considering that they were always dealing with mercenaries, most of the time, they would trust their backs to their colleagues.

But at this moment, it was clear that nobody would be able to rest easy, leaving their back wide open. At the end of it all, nobody could tell when they would be attacked by one of them.

"Don't think much about it. That is just a possibility, and the probability of something like that happening is quite low. Even then, you should not lower your guard at all. After all, even if the traitor is not among us right now, they are still within the special unit." Oliver said those words in order to make sure that the team would not collapse from this.

And it seemed that his words seemed to have some effect. And for that reason, detention that was in the air reduced by quite a huge margin.

All this while, Jaden had not said anything. No matter the current situation within the special unit, it was not as if he could interfere. At the end of it all, he was just a bodyguard, not a member of the special unit.

"Since we have already handled the mercenaries here, it is better for us to leave. There might be a possibility that they have left yet another trap." Oliver stated a few moments later.

The others Immediately agreed. And so, the group began moving. They got out of the building, and began moving towards the outskirts of the forest, heading back towards where they had landed.

But just after they had gone a few meters away from the building, Jaden's expression changed. He did not understand what was going on, but he suddenly felt that there was a sense of danger that was approaching.

He just felt the hair on his body rising, and his scalp was tingling. At that moment, even without being told, Jaden immediately understood that there was danger.

Since he was close to John, he immediately grabbed John, while the other party was confused, Jaden suddenly pushed him to the ground.

And seeing that mouse was close to them, Jaden also pulled him down, while shouting, "Everyone, get down!"

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It might be true that Jaden had reacted quite quickly, and had even shouted to the others so that they could get down. But, even though he had acted quickly, the same could not be said about the others.

Just after Jaden had shouted those words, while pulling two people with him to the ground, a huge explosion suddenly occurred. And the center of the explosion was none other than the wooden building that they had just left.

They were quite lucky, considering that they had already moved quite a distance away from the building. Otherwise, had it been the day was just a few meters away from the building, they would have suffered terrible consequences.

During the time that the explosion went off, considering that they had received incredible training, the other members of the Eagle team managed to react. All of them immediately tried to get to the ground.

It was just that some of them had not yet managed to react, managing to reach the ground, when the shockwave of the explosion hit them.

Of course, the shock wave of the explosion was not just the hot air that came from the explosion, but instead, it also carried wooden splinters, together with tree branches and other things.

It took a few seconds before the scene finally calmed down. At this moment, the entire area, especially behind them, was completely devastated.

The place where there was the wooden building was no more. The entire area had been cleared up. And, that was not the end of it all. After all, due to the explosion, the vegetation around them had already begun burning.

That implied that if they did not leave soon, they would be encountering a forest fire. At that moment, it would be extremely difficult for them to be able to get out of the forest alive, or without more injuries than they had already suffered.

At this point, people began getting up from the ground. Several of them were groaning in pain, having suffered several injuries. Others had been blown away by the shockwave, leading to them colliding with trees, injuring them.

But all the same, they were quite lucky, considering that they were wearing protective equipment. Even though they did not protect them completely, the equipment were enough to be able to block the majority of the wooden splinters.

Jaden also got up from the ground. During the time that the explosion had gone off, he had pulled down both John and Mouse. Immediately after that, he used his body, to try and protect John.

Despite that, John was also slightly wounded. Even though it was just a few scratches in the area where his skin was exposed, still, it was an injury. As for Jaden, despite using his body as a shield, other than his clothes being shredded, he had only received several red marks on his skin.