Just a few minutes before Zayed's luxurious vehicle left "Kali Night"...
Across the busy intersection from the nightclub, an inconspicuous white Toyota Fortuner was parked in the shadows.
The windows were tinted dark, making it nearly impossible to see inside from the outside.
Song Heping sat in the driver's seat, tearing open the wrapper of a giant burger, eating slowly.
A cup of iced cola sat in the cup holder beside him.
His choice of McDonald's was not for the taste, but for the most fundamental consideration of survival—he had heard too many "legendary" stories about street food in the White Elephant Country, and during a mission, any non-combat attrition, especially due to weakness from gastroenteritis, was unacceptable and extremely foolish.
Standardized, high-calorie fast food was the safest and most reliable energy source at the moment.
