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Locsin hung up but kept the phone at his ear as if he were still listening He eyed the trees around the entrance, but he couldn’t see anything unusual

When his soldiers arrived, Locsin whispered, “I want you to go back and get your weapons, then do a sweep of the area”

“What are we looking for?” one of them asked

“Anyone who shouldn’t be here”

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Juan and Max watched as Locsin ducked back inside the tunnel with his two men They kept an eye on the camera feed froot back to the opening they’d widened

“Soh the bushes “You think they’re getting ready to leave??

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“Depends what they found inside that tunnel,” Juan said They’d heard only snippets of Locsin’s phone conversation, so about documentation but no pills

“Wait, there are theto”

“But where’s Locsin?”

The two communist soldiers leaned over the trailer so only their feet were visible to the Crawler’s ca Then the men went back toward the tunnel entrance Max moved the Crawler to the end of the trailer, but Juan could see only the backs of the

Seconds later, they e Chinese-made Norinco QBZ-95 assault rifles

Locsin was still nowhere to be seen

“That’s soh-quality hardware,” Max said