Chapter 289 - 275: Self-Rescue
Joelson could no longer turn back.
The Libyans might not understand the proverb "nip it in the bud," but they definitely grasped the concept—the most important thing was to silence someone completely because doing it halfway was taboo.
Joelson wanted to stabilize the Libyans, but the Libyan he was talking to hurried to make it clear that he was not involved in the CIA’s internal strife. The first thing he needed to do was to protect himself.
It wasn’t even up to Joelson to use Gao Yi and the others to kill the Libyans—those soldiers of Libya were even more keen on taking the initiative.
The simplest method was to disarm Joelson and everyone else.
The Libyan Secret Intelligence Bureau personnel spoke as if he had nothing to do with the situation but turned and stepped back. Just as Joelson commented that there were too many onlookers, the man also suddenly shouted, "Watch out..."
Cooperation that lacked basic trust was like this, prone to trigger misjudgments, and the current scene was more likely to lead to an unheralded shootout.
The most pitiable were the soldiers who, unable to communicate and unclear about what their superiors had sent them to do or what they were supposed to do themselves, only knew that one moment they were chasing this person, and the next they were shooting at someone else, completely confused.
They weren’t even from the same unit, and now faced with their unfamiliar, temporary superior suddenly shouting a warning, what else was there to do but open fire?
Both sides began firing almost simultaneously, with no warning—it was an extremely sudden close-range gun battle.