Capítulo 1559: Chapter 1559: Where Is the Signal Vehicle?
Sofia didn’t answer the other person’s question; instead, she hung up the call without hesitation, “What a barbarian.”
Just after she hung up, the call came through again. She shook her head at the maid, “I won’t answer his call anymore.”
As the little princess of the Jansen Family, she certainly has the pride of a little princess — does the FBI think they can be rude?
While she refused to take the call, the maid dared not refuse — she was just a mouthpiece and couldn’t afford any grudges.
But even if she was forced to pick up the call, she could still criticize the other side by saying that it was uncivilized not to answer when the miss asked a question.
The person on the other end cursed angrily, saying that his subordinates might freeze to death — it’s not like Sofia hasn’t done such things before!
Then he threatened, “Do you believe I can now dispatch a helicopter over? Let’s see where you, Sofia, can run to!”
The voice was so frantic that Sofia could hear it from afar. She sneered disdainfully, “Let him come, then.”
Seeing Feng Jun focused on dismantling the surveillance equipment, she felt a solid sense of security, as if backed by a great mountain, with her emotions extremely stable.
Not long after, someone else called the maid. It was Old Jansen, “Sofia, you’re back? The FBI said you kidnapped three of their employees?”
“Absolutely not, Grandpa, what nonsense are you talking about!” Sofia decisively cut off the call and snorted coldly — what an old fool, talking about such things over the phone?
What she didn’t know was that Old Jansen stared at the disconnected phone, paused, and then chuckled wryly, “She’s finally grown up.”
Then another person called the maid’s mobile phone, still from the FBI, but it was a different person with a slightly better attitude this time.
This person claimed to be McWhite from the FBI, apologizing on behalf of Jason, who made the previous call — that guy wasn’t on duty today, had a little too much to drink in the evening, and got emotional upon hearing his subordinates were missing.
He didn’t explain why Jason was so emotional — but no need to, everyone understood.
Sofia certainly couldn’t admit that the missing persons were related to her, so she said she was unaware of the missing situation — it’s truly hard for you all to work in such cold weather.
McWhite almost passed out from being angry, but he also knew he couldn’t expect people to admit it, so he simply said it was snowing and hard to travel — could you help us find these three people?
“I don’t have time,” Sofia refused straightforwardly, “I’m busy clearing out the trash in the yard. I don’t know who’s so mean as to dump so much trash here!”
McWhite had long been accustomed to such accusations — choosing this line of work, why be afraid of criticism? So he directly replied, trash is never-ending business, if you could help find the missing three, I’d do my best to help reduce some trash for you.
But Sofia had never encountered such a situation before; she had indeed experienced quite a lot these past few days but never imagined people could be this shameless, so she straightforwardly answered: once the place is cleared, I’m leaving, whoever wants to dump trash can continue to do so.
McWhite got a bit anxious hearing her say that: Are you not planning to stay this time?
Sofia coldly retorted: Would you like to live in a pile of trash?
McWhite was indeed getting anxious: We need you to clarify some things related to the national security of the Mai Nation, now officially notifying you not to leave at will.
Sofia sneered indifferently, saying, I suggest you focus your attention on those three colleagues first. In such cold weather, it wouldn’t be good if something happened accidentally.
McWhite immediately retorted, so, are the three of them now in the snowfield?
“What a strange question!” Of course, Sofia wouldn’t make such a low-level mistake; she stated: I’m just objectively giving you a hint, don’t overinterpret… If you’re this sensitive again, I can stop talking about those three people.
McWhite also got anxious: Are you treating them as hostages?
“Alright, I don’t want to talk anymore,” Sofia coldly responded, “I’ve cleaned up the trash now and am leaving.”
“No, please wait a moment,” McWhite was also anxious, “I promise not to be so sensitive again, but the police are already on the way, and it will take some time to get there. We hope you can assist them.”
“I’d rather clean up trash at my own home with this time,” Sofia replied with a cold smile, but then she glanced at Feng Jun and, following his Divine Sense instruction, said, “You can seek help from my grandfather, our Jansen Family has some manpower.”
Feng Jun instructed her to say this also as a means to distance herself from the Jansen Family — you aren’t participating in the rescue, but Jansen Family members can.
This not only eased the tension between the Jansen Family and the FBI but also served as a form of humiliation to the FBI.
McWhite obviously considered this point; he gave a dry laugh, “Hehe, good and bad, both are done by the Jansen Family.”
“You can refuse!” Sofia hung up the phone without hesitation.
“Let’s go, that’s enough chaos,” Feng Jun snorted coldly, “Go clean up the trash in that small yard.”
In fact, when that secret little yard was no longer a secret, Sofia already planned to abandon it. As for having paid ten years of rent, it didn’t matter to her; she’s not short of money and can sublease if she wants to save.
But the words she spoke, even if she doesn’t live there, she demands that the garbage be cleaned up—this is a matter of attitude. Many Stockholm syndrome patients have compulsive disorders.
However, Feng Jun appreciated this particular trait of hers, and the two of them walked straight out of the courtyard gate, disappearing into the vast expanse of snow and wind.
The bodyguards and maids wanted to follow, but Sofia left behind a single remark, “Help me keep an eye on the house, that’s the most important thing.”
Watching the two leave, the maid moved her lips a few times, and finally asked aloud, “Johnson, will the missy come back?”
“I don’t know,” Bodyguard Johnson, not a man of many words, replied coldly, “I think it depends on capability.”
Half an hour later, the National Guard and police arrived together.
The reason they arrived late is because they didn’t want to come by helicopter. In this sort of heavy snow, not only are accidents more likely for aircraft, but the pilot’s vision is also easily affected—between the heaven and earth, there’s only one color, white, making accidents prone.
Simply put, the Mai Nation’s police and National Guard handle natural disasters differently from Huaxia, incomparable, and there’s nothing to compare, so it’s normal for the search and rescue to arrive late.
Meanwhile, the Jansen Family had gathered thirty strong young men—mainly bodyguards and drivers, as well as male members of the Jansen Family.
Because they were more familiar with the terrain, they paired with the rescue personnel, and began the search with snow vehicles.
Fortunately, they arrived relatively timely, and the snow wasn’t particularly heavy, after seven or eight minutes, they found the three missing individuals—crucially, their bodies hadn’t been buried by the thick snow.
The three were dressed quite warmly, too—everyone knows what it feels like to be in a car during the winter, even if the insulation is good, it can’t be as warm as staying at home.
In fact, signal vehicles also need to stay discreet, so their power can’t be set too high.
In short, the individuals were found and directly sent to the Jansen Family for immediate treatment, all three had varying degrees of frostbite on their hands and feet, but the risk of amputation was minimal—one person’s left ear might not be salvageable.
Meanwhile, during the rescue operation, they dispatched people to the secret courtyard, but regrettably, Sofia and that unknown young white male had already disappeared, and all the surveillance equipment in the yard had been cleared.
This was truly a lamentable situation.
However, more unfortunate was—damn it, where has our signal vehicle gone?
This is a very advanced surveillance alert processing signal vehicle, most of the data from the surveillance equipment is processed by this vehicle, only a small portion is sent to relay stations, with even fewer parts uploaded directly to satellites.
Feng Jun, at the time, kidnapped the three individuals but left the mobile phones and positioning devices behind, intending to create the illusion that they were still on site.
The last time he kidnapped two priests, he took the positioning device too, which led the church to calculate the time of his action—although it wasn’t a big error, it still exposed some information.
Thus, this time he left the positioning devices.
Nonetheless, the similar incident having happened before, made everyone more alert, in addition, this was merely an advance signal processing unit, which could even be a combat unit, hence they wouldn’t be positioned so close to the highway—allowing for quick apprehension.
Therefore, the command unit at the rear kept regular communications with the front unit.
And if the signal vehicle went missing, the data received at the rear would significantly decrease.
Seven or eight minutes after the three disappeared, someone realized something was wrong, moreover, the surveillance equipment in Sofia’s own yard didn’t solely serve the signal vehicle, some were conveying to relay stations or even satellites.
It wasn’t very early when Sofia was discovered in her home, and neither was the handling process quick—there are countless things to prioritize every day, aren’t there?
Hence, Jason found out his team members went missing, even before Sofia was discovered.
Seriously, because he realized this could be Sofia’s maneuver, questioning upwards step by step, only to realize Sofia had returned to her property today.
His team members were missing, his mood likely soured, and seeing the signal sources diminish over Sofia’s place, he couldn’t help but confront Sofia.
Sofia didn’t buy into his antics, leaving him helpless; in reality, someone as mysterious as Sofia, even Jason couldn’t afford to offend harshly, not even the FBI would dare challenge the church.
The FBI holds considerable sway in Mai Nation, yet would they dare provoke the church? No!
Thus, after Jason’s communication failure with Sofia, he switched to McWhite, who managed to continue the matter onward, and now the individuals were rescued and resting at Old Jansen’s place—the medical care here is not lacking, Old Jansen has a private doctor.
If you were to send the patients to the hospital now…setting aside cost issues, how would you plan to travel?
Everything was flawless, except Sofia was missing—her mysterious vanishing, isn’t this quite normal?
However, hearing about the signal vehicle’s disappearance and being unable to locate it, McWhite couldn’t remain composed.