The guide parked the car behind a precarious hill with tumbling rocks. Fluent in Arabic, not French, he understood Dayeru’s Arabic chatter perfectly. Before the soldiers’ surprised expressions, Dayeru pointed to two locations on the map, spoke in fluent Arabic, and then turned to Kang Chan.0

“He says we’ll reach the target location once we cross over the hill out front, so we should stay hidden from here on out.”0

Kang Chan nodded, recalling the details from the map and the photos he had memorized.0

France’s DGSE introduced this guide to them. Anne also made sure that this guide could be trusted, given the intelligence agency’s mistake in China.0

“As-salamu alaykum,” the guide said.0

“That means, ‘I wish you peace under Allah’s protection,’” Seok Kang-Ho interpreted in a hushed voice as the guide hastily climbed back into the truck.0

Vroom.0

As the truck left the area, moving along the path up the hill, a storm of dust, silence, and cold rushed toward Kang Chan.0

Kang Chan took the map that Seok Kang-Ho handed him and spread it out in the middle of the circle that the soldiers had formed.0

“We are approximately a kilometer away from our target point. Woo Hee-Seung, split Team One into two groups. As soon as we reach our destination, secure this area,” Kang Chan ordered, pointing to the ruins of a building shown in a photo. “Kwak Cheol-Ho, take care of this side.”0

“Yes, sir,” Kwak Cheol-Ho replied with a nod, seeing that he would be taking the area opposite of Woo Hee-Seung’s.0

“Once all the snipers are in position, Seok Kang-Ho and I will go in. Any questions?” Kang Chan asked.0

There were times in the past when soldiers still messed up their assignments even though Kang Chan had repeated his orders multiple times, leading to their entire team standing in one area with one side...0