This incredible power made Bill Hawke feel unbelievable.

Who on earth is this guy with such immense power?

Bill Hawke, who had suffered several major losses in a row, took a few steps back, suddenly lifted his head to clearly see the figure in the yellow sand. He only saw Bode clench one hand into a fist, with anger brimming in his eyes, stepping closer to him.

At this moment, Bill Hawke finally saw clearly and couldn't help but shout out: "Bode?! Why is it you?!"

Hearing the other party call his name, Bode frowned and asked, "Who the hell are you?"

Bill Hawke knew Bode; after all, who didn't know this major figure from the Ninth Special Zone, the captain of the security brigade?

However, Bode had very little memory of Bill Hawke; the two might have only met once.

After all, the difference in status between the two is quite big, to be honest.

One is just an armed captain, the other a deputy director.

"Holy crap!"

"Bode, why the hell are you here? Why are you attacking our Commerce Association?!"

Hearing Bill Hawke's incredulous questioning, Bode was momentarily stunned, then came to his senses, looked up, and said, "God damn it!"

"Everybody cease fire, cease fire now!!!"

Hearing Bode's shout, Bill Hawke realized something as well; it seemed like they had misunderstood.

As a rock-solid Bill Hawke, he amplified his voice through throat enhancement, releasing a deafening roar.

"Cease fire!!!!"

Under this fierce shout, everyone instinctively stopped firing. The desert, which was originally filled with gunfire, was now so silent that one could hear a pin drop.

The people who stopped firing all hid behind cover, not daring to show themselves, just blankly looking towards the source of the voice, which was Bill Hawke.

What exactly happened?

"Bode, I need an explanation from you on why your security brigade people opened fire on us, causing the deaths of so many of our brothers!"

"We damn well didn't open fire on you, it's you guys who took the initiative to fire at us, damn it! Your guys died, but none of ours did? Take a look at what's lying on the ground, how many of my brothers died!"

"You guys are from the Commerce Association?"

"Commerce Association Armed Captain Bill Hawke! Deputy Director Bode, we met once at a banquet!"

Hearing Bill Hawke's account, Bode understood something, suddenly recalling some impressions about Bill Hawke in his mind.

Bode clenched his fists tightly: "What is the Commerce Association doing here?"

"Before I answer you, Deputy Director Bode, please answer my question first. What is your security brigade doing here, even taking the initiative to open fire on us! This is sand bandit territory, what were those sand bandits doing that made Deputy Director Bode so angry to lead people to encircle them?"

Bill Hawke was so angry that he was gritting his teeth, looking at his dead brothers and the destroyed equipment, his heart was bleeding.

"We came here to snuff out the Apocalypse Society! I received intelligence that the Apocalypse Society was attempting to make a deal with the sand bandits and prepare to escape... so I came here and set up an ambush!"

Bill Hawke instantly realized: "So you guys were so reckless?! Without fully confirming our identity, you fired mortars at us!? Killing so many of our Commerce Association men?!"

Bill Hawke was almost mad with rage.

Bode replied angrily: "Bullshit, it has nothing to do with me!

My security brigade people were always watching you, we didn't plan to shoot you, those mortars weren't fired by us, they came from behind us, and we don't know what happened!

Goddammit, we were set up, someone wanted to see us fight to the death!

I suspect your eyes aren't actually eyes, damn it, they're assholes clogged with shit! You fired on us and killed so many of our brothers, and I didn't order my men to fire back at first!

It wasn't until we were pushed to the limit that I gave the order to fire back!"

Bill Hawke was taken aback by Bode's furious retort, then his face went green and white. He recalled that after the first mortar bombardment over the dunes, Bode's group indeed hadn't continued shooting.

Nonetheless, Bill Hawke countered: "How were we to know? All I knew was we were shelled by mortars, and you guys were in that direction! Naturally, we thought you were the Apocalypse Society's ambushers!

You didn't open fire, so how could we know what you planned to do? Just because you didn't open fire, should we have kept holding fire, waiting for you to suddenly shoot and wipe us out?

Deputy Director Bode, put yourself in my shoes, if you were me, having just been shelled by mortars, faced with an unknown armed group, would you dare to gamble?"

Bode released a heavy sigh, knowing that even if it had been him, he would have ordered to open fire, holding back his fury.

Snake Woman Erin wiped the powder off her face and cursed angrily: "What the hell is your Commerce Association doing here? Even chumming it up with a bunch of bandits, of course we'd think you were Apocalypse Society people!"

Bill Hawke, too lazy to hide the truth, retorted coldly: "Your intelligence is damn faulty! These sand bandits are our guys! They're with our Tasting Commerce Association; we contacted these sand bandits because we received intelligence that the Apocalypse Society was about to attack them!

To protect the military... to protect the Tasting Commerce Association's property, the association dispatched our armed personnel to assist the sand bandits in resisting!

How the hell did we know we'd run into you?"

Bode's gaze flickered, staring at Bill Hawke in front of him: "You came here because of the Apocalypse Society too?"

"What else?!"

The leader of the sand bandits, Lang Liefeng, almost got blown away by a mortar shell. At the moment, he was full of resentment but didn't dare to act rashly in front of these two top figures. He just quietly said, "Hey, you two, doesn't it seem like you've both been set up?"

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