The helicopter descended on a small airstrip outside the coastal area. Zhong Feng and Kaito did not know where to look first. While they had the clue about Rocky Dock, they could not go there after arrival and hope the best.

Moreover, if they were too early in their arrival, they would raise suspicions, and the other party might disappear before they could get anything.

After all, a low-level mercenary would not be able to get from the city to the coast except in a car.

Currently, they had no way to determine the location or identity of the ship which they theorised was waiting for Hu Lei.

"Are we going to search for Hu Lei in a two-man team?" Kaito asked sceptically after they stepped out of the chopper.

Zhong Feng smiled. "Of course not. We will have help."

They walked across the large open area before Zhong Feng led Kaito to a closed hangar. He knocked on the door three times before stepping back.

There was no response for a while. Then, the large door opened.

What happened next was not within their expectations. The ten or so people in the room turned to the pair and pointed guns at Kaito.

"Put your hands in the air. Do not resist, or I swear, I will shoot." The tall man with deep blue eyes spoke while looking at Kaito.

Kaito looked at Zhong Feng to determine if he had betrayed him, but his cold eyes showed that he had nothing to do with this turn of event.

However, he was the one who had led them to this place. He had to know something about this matter.

"If it is not my old friend Kristian..." Kaito put away his doubts and smiled at the man.

"I have been looking for you, and you have delivered yourself to my door." Kristian laughed coldly.

"You must Agent Kristian Larsen." Zhong Feng said.

The people in the converted hangar finally looked at the other man.

"Mr Zhong, I apologise for this turn of events, but this man must be apprehended." The agent had an unyielding look in his eyes.

"Agent Larsen, I am sure that you have been briefed by your superior about the importance and urgency of the situation. Moreover, Kaito is not to be touched before my wife is safely back. And as far as I know, Kaito is only on a watch list. There is no outstanding warrant for arrest." Zhong Feng had a sharp look in his eyes.

As an Interpol agent, Kristian had met all kinds of people, but he knew those that should not be messed with. And this man was one of them.

He indicated for the people behind him to lower their weapons, and he holstered his own. Still, he could not resist giving one more hard glance at Kaito. He understood that what Zhong Feng had said was true.

Of course, he had been briefed about the situation with Zhong Feng's wife, but he could not get over seeing Kaito walking around freely like there was not a worry in the world. How could he calm down and work with a criminal?

However, he also remembered that it was not easy to become a member of the special task force in Interpol. He had been a simple police officer in Halden, and he had caught the eye of the brass in Interpol.

He loved his hometown, but now, he had seen more of the world.

He was not willing to go back to the perfect life in Norway. He wanted more.

But he could not help but be irked by Kaito.

This man had been his first assignment after becoming a member of the special division of Interpol involved in the handling of human trafficking cases.

He had not per se failed his mission.

He had even been commended as a promising newbie.

But his sense of justice had felt betrayed after the case.

He had been sent to observe Kaito who had been meeting with a major human trafficking overlord in India. His work had been fairly simple. Find out if Kaito had expanded the reach of Shadow Brotherhood to human trafficking.

Kaito's stronghold in the criminal world had always been assassinations. Everyone in Interpol knew it, but there was never enough evidence to point him out as the culprit.

He had always gotten away scot-free since before he was of legal age.

If he was involved in a messy business like human trafficking, it would only be a matter of time before he was caught.

Kristian had believed firmly that he would be the one to bust Kaito.

So, he had observed the countless meetings between that overlord and Kaito. For three months, he had studied everything about the assassin and had felt that he would be able to arrest him after the case was over.

He did not know how things had ended so unexpectedly.

One morning, he woke up and went on with his routine as usual. He did not see Kaito or the overlord. Then, he went to look for them at the usual haunts where he had followed them in the past.

He did not find them.

Later in the day, he found out was that the human trafficking overlord and all the members of his operation had been found dead. The cause of death was unknown. It was only later that it had been identified as a small puncture to the lungs from the back.

The small bee sting perforation was hardly enough to write a report, let alone convict Kaito.

The kidnapped people who were still in the human trafficking ring's control had been released.

The most annoying thing was that Kristian had found a binder with all the information about the overlord and his business in his carry-on bag when he returned to Europe.

The culprit was obvious.

Kaito had known about his surveillance from the beginning and never let it on.

He had not even been concerned about him and had even killed tens of people while knowing that he was watching.

It was too frustrating.

He had poured his concerns to his superior, hoping that Kaito would be upgraded from the watch list to the wanted list.

The old man just patted him on the back and told him to take the win.