Chapter 10 - TRIAL BY FIRE
Before Nikolai could pull the trigger, Kenji struck.
He grabbed the barrel of Nikolai’s revolver, twisting the Russian’s wrist with bone-shattering force until the weapon discharged harmlessly into the wooden deck. With his other hand, Kenji drew a hidden tactical blade and drove it through the table, pinning Nikolai’s hand to the mahogany surface.
Gunfire erupted across the entire yacht as Sato marksmen opened fire from the pier, shattering the yacht’s searchlights and taking down the deck guards with surgical precision.
Mason’s assault team breached the lower hull using tactical explosive charges, swarming the vessel in a storm of flashbangs and synchronized fire.
Nikolai roared in agony, pulling a combat knife from his boot and slashing wildly at Kenji. The blade sliced across Kenji’s shoulder, tearing through his coat, but Kenji didn't even flinch. Fueled by years of guilt and a burning desire to protect the future he had just discovered, Kenji delivered a devastating combination of strikes, driving Nikolai back against the yacht’s steel railing.
“This is for Daniel Mills!” Kenji roared, landing a crushing blow to Nikolai’s jaw that sent the warlord crashing over the rail.
Nikolai’s body struck the churning black waters of Puget Sound with a violent splash, swallowed instantly by the freezing current and the darkness below.
Sirens wailed in the distance as federal tactical boats and coast guard helicopters converged on the harbor, guided by the beacon Daniel had created years ago.
Mason rushed onto the deck, stepping over the disarmed mercenaries. “Boss! Federal units are two minutes out! We have to move now!”
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Kenji dropped the spent blade, breathing heavily as rain washed the blood from his hands and face. He looked out at the city skyline, where the first faint rays of dawn were beginning to break through the storm clouds.
“Let them come,” Kenji said, straightening his posture with the unyielding dignity of a man who had finally settled his oldest debt. “The war is over.”
