HA1 12.3 - Night Visit
At 21:00, Hide regrouped with Takeo and Shizuka. While enjoying a piece of sweet bread, he studied the footage from wildlife CCTV scattered around the villa.
“Good job to find this footage,” Hide genuinely praised Takeo.
“Yeah,” Takeo firmly replied before explaining. “In the morning, dozens of people buried something at multiple locations 50 meters from the villa. But at dusk there were only the target, six guards, and a little girl."
"How old is the girl?"
"About ten or eleven."
Hide lightly nodded and said, "I see."
"Maybe there are more people inside the villa," Shizuka added.
"It can be." Hide took another piece of sweet bread before continuing, "And I’m sure of one thing. This is a game of trap and challenge."
Question mark appeared on Shizuka's forehead as she asked, "A game of trap and challenge?"
"Yup, Toruma's Elder used his life as bait to lure people who killed Toruma’s group leader. That's why he put only a small number of security details in the villa. It's a provocation to the challenger's bravery.
Of course, he also prepares QRF that can arrive in the villa in a matter of minutes."
"What if no one answer the challenge?" Takeo asked.
"Toruma's Elder will return to his hideout without losing his pride."
"So, there is a possibility only six men guard the villa?" Shizuka asked.
"Yeah, but don't get too excited." Hide took the third sweet bread before adding, "Small but capable security detail is more effective and hard to infiltrate. They are more dangerous compare to a large number of goons that only provide a false sense of security."
"Hide, it seems from the start you know they are going to play a trap and challenge game." Takeo said.
"Yeah, but as far as I know, they will only play it after they know who they're up against. In the first meeting, Toruma's Elder will only make a brief appearance to save his face."
"Then, what will we do now?" Takeo curiously asked.
"I will answer their invitation." While Takeo and Shizuka stared at him deeply Hide added, "It's very risky, but if I can secure the villa without alerting the QRF, we'll get good loots."
"What about the little girl? Are you going to kill her?" Shizuka asked in a worried tone.
"Of course not, I have a plan for her."
""What is it?"" Takeo and Shizuka asked at the same time.
"I'll explain the details if I manage to kill Toruma's Elder."
After a moment of silence Takeo handed over his tablet to Hide. "I manage to get villa's layouts, inside and outside."
"Good, we have to get closer to the villa then. Let's move to the rest area in northeast."
"Roger."
Wasting no time, Takeo started the engine and drove the Green SUV to their new RV.
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At the same time, Hide took out a notepad and created the simplified versions of villa's layouts. He also marked the spots he suspected as locations where the guards placed motion sensors or booby traps.
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From the edge of guardrail, Hide, Takeo, and Shizuka looked down at Villa Tigera, 1.5 km below their position.
Hide calmly said, "It sucks, but target-opportunity is fluid and most of the time it flows into unwanted direction. It will be very tiring tonight."
"It's not a big deal for me," Takeo said calmly.
"I'm enjoying our situation actually," Shizuka said as she glanced at Takeo.
In reflex Hide smiled. "Then, let's do it. Takeo, monitors the incoming traffic, and informs me if you have guards appears in your observation."
"Roger."
“Shizuka, you will come with me. There is a chance I will need your help to take care of the loot.”
"Roger, I will bring my bow and arrows."
"Nope, no weapon for you. I will secure the villa alone."
"Huh?" Big question mark appeared in Shizuka's forehead as she turned her gaze to Hide, “Alone?”
"Yeah, put your balaclava on and bring our biggest backpack."
"Okay." Disappointment flashed in Shizuka's gaze, but she didn't argue.
Hide then returned to the green SUV behind him. Swiftly, he took off his guns and some of his equipment. In short, he only wore a tactical belt to carry the radio, Fairbairn Sykes knife, steel wire, 3 big nails, and 2 small tubes containing neurotoxin and anesthetic drug.
"You leave your gun here?" Takeo asked.
"One gunshot, and it means I fail to secure the villa. When that happens, I'll throw every weight off my body and focusing my effort only on escaping."
"Hide, at least bring your handgun."
"Normally, I will bring my handgun, but for this one I have a good plan."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm, and trust me I know what I'm doing."
"I see."
After swallowing the antidote for neurotoxin he was going to use and setting a 12-hour timer in his watch, Hide then turned his gaze to Shizuka.
"Ready?"
"Yeah."
"Let’s go then."
Simultaneously, Hide and Shizuka wore their balaclavas down to their necks. Not long after that, the two carefully descended the slope to the villa with the help from moonlight to illuminate their path.
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A slope, behind the bushes, 400 meters from the villa, Hide knelt while watching over the Villa’s side yard.
At a radius of 100 meters, he had to start slithering quietly and find a route to avoid hidden surprises the guards had planted. It would be tiring, but from the pattern of hidden surprise he had to avoid, he could predict the guard’s position.
Hide also noticed that the guards seemed to be expecting a large number of guests. So, their tactic may not be suited to prevent a single intruder, who was sneaking quietly from an unexpected angle.
'My chance of succeeding is not completely zero,' Hide muttered as he turned his gaze to Shizuka who kneeled next to him. "Remember the way home?"
"Yeah." Shizuka then turned her gaze to the only lamp in the rest area. "Our car is 80 meters to the left of that post lamp."
"Good." Hide smiled before continuing, "If there's even a single gunshot or muzzle flash, immediately regroup with Takeo and leave."
"Okay."
"And, if I don't radio you after a gunshot, it means I'm dead. Don't contact me because if they get their hand on my coms, they can use it to trace your location."
"Okay."
Wasting no time Hide then crept towards the villa, leaving Shizuka who nervously watched his back.
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[Check-two, this is Central, come in.]
"Check-two to central, coast is clear."
[Received and understood, Central over and out.]
In the courtyard next to the villa, right in the darkest corner, a guard kneeled next to the wall while watching over his sector. At first glance, the guard was no different from a contra terrorist commando.
Black overalls with kneepad, elbow pad, and shin guards. Balaclava that covered his face, monocular NVG that was ready to be lowered in front of his left eye, and wired-earpiece with microphone in his left ear.
Along with Haka MP5-PDW in his hands, the guard had tactical vest full of extra magazines for MP5s, radio, and toolkit. While around his waist, he had Haka VP9 with four extra magazines, a combat knife, and various pouches.
As for target acquisition, he ran his MP5-PDW with ACSS Micro Red Dot for regular CQB. If the opposing force managed to kill the light, he would activate the invisible laser sight and paired it with his NVG. After that, he only had to point the laser at the target he wanted to kill and squeezed the trigger.
The guard realized that no one guarded the sector behind him, but it didn’t worry him. All morning, he'd been scattering claymores and motion sensors over there. Without knowing their exact location, the guard was sure no one can sneak up on him from that sector undetected.
Therefore, the guard was completely unaware that Hide was already a few meters behind him and waiting for him to deliver sitrep. He only realized the unavoidable danger when it was already too late.
Without prior warning, a nail as big as chopstick hit the guard in the nape and the neurotoxin paralyzed him in an instant. His body powerlessly slumped to the ground, and after a moment of weak convulsing the light in his eyes rapidly dimmed, and then gone without a trace.
Wasting no time, Hide silently dragged the dead guard into a more hidden corner.
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