Accompanied by the heavy breathing, a burst of static soon came from the other side of the phone.
Hunter could feel that the phone seemed to be covered by someone's hand.
Then, a voice came through that even with his current hearing, he could only hear intermittently.
"Ask him... what does he mean... ask clearly..."
It was a man's voice, heavy yet cold.
If Hunter wasn't mistaken, that should be Dominic.
Soon, the hand covering the microphone position on the phone moved away.
Mia's somewhat anxious voice came through.
"Hunter, what do you mean by that?"
"Someone is targeting Dom?"
Dom was Dominic's nickname; his full name was Dominic Toretto, and the affectionate name for Dominic was precisely Dom.
Hunter had already thought about what to say, so he answered Mia directly.
"It seems someone has their eye on Dominic!"
"A couple of days ago, I felt like someone was following me, but the other party's tracking skills were very sophisticated."
"I could only faintly feel someone peeping at me in the shadows, but I could never find them."
"Then this morning, I had that conflict with Slant and the others."
"In the afternoon, two people claiming to be FBI Agents found me and asked me some bizarre questions."
"Most of them were related to Dominic and the vehicle modifications of his crew."
On the other end of the line, the heavy breathing reappeared.
Even Mia, who was holding the phone, had her breathing become a bit heavier.
However, Hunter still pretended not to hear anything unusual.
He continued: "I can't be sure if they were really FBI, but I managed to fool them."
"I'm calling you now just so you can notify Dominic."
"Although I haven't seen an FBI badge, I reckon no one would casually pose as the FBI to trick me."
"So for whatever reason, your brother and the others might be being watched by the FBI right now."
"Tell them to be extremely careful!"
Exposing to Dominic in advance that they were being watched by the FBI...
This was something Hunter had planned a long time ago.
Because for Brian to get close to the highly vigilant Dominic and his crew, the difficulty was anything but ordinary.
The only breakthrough point he could find was actually Mia.
So, Hunter had planned long ago to find an excuse to inform Dominic and the others that they were being watched.
However, the development of events was far stranger than he had previously planned.
Hunter hadn't expected that Vince would block the door and target him.
As a result, before he had even joined Dominic's team,
He had already had a very unpleasant encounter with his team members.
But although the plan was disrupted, Hunter unexpectedly discovered Brian today.
Clearly, the FBI had already set their sights on Dominic and the others.
It's just that for now, the FBI didn't have solid evidence to arrest Dominic and his crew.
Even if it was just to prevent Mia from being snatched away by Brian,
Hunter felt it was necessary to give Dominic a heads-up in advance.
After all, that man was his cheap brother-in-law-to-be.
As for whether his advance warning would lead to the FBI failing to catch this wave of highway bandits like Dominic,
That was not something Hunter cared about.
After all, this was America; although he had transmigrated into a Chinese-American,
Hunter had no sense of identity with the 'land of the free' beneath his feet.
The education he received in his previous life made him wish it could be even more chaotic here.
On the other end of the line, the familiar static reappeared.
Hunter was absolutely certain that Mia had covered the phone's microphone again.
However, he didn't care.
For the time being, Hunter was not ready to expose Brian.
At least, he would wait for a while before doing so.
It would be best to wait until Brian had proactively appeared around Dominic and the others multiple times.
Then Hunter would pretend it was accidental and tell Dominic and the others that Brian's identity was one of the FBI Agents who had once come to question him.
Of course, there were many parts of this that wouldn't hold up to scrutiny.
But Hunter believed that as long as Brian's identity was exposed,
Dominic and the others wouldn't have the energy left to focus on the loopholes on his side.
Along with that, the FBI side would also be in a scramble for a while.
And by the time they were done being busy again and started having time to review the reasons for the mission's failure,
Hunter estimated that he would either have already flown far away with Dominic and the others,
Or he would have seized the remaining gold from Steve's hands.
Regardless, at that time, he wouldn't care about an FBI investigation.
Without making Hunter wait for long, Mia's voice rang out again.
"Thank you, Hunter!"
Her voice sounded like she was in a very good mood.
Clearly, Mia was touched that Hunter had discovered the FBI was secretly investigating her brother.
And even after being repeatedly targeted by several of her brother's subordinates, he still didn't forget to come and notify him.
Mia was very moved in her heart.
Because she knew very well that Hunter was not familiar with her brother.
In fact, the relationship had become quite bad now because of Vince and the others.
But Hunter still told her and asked her to pass this very important news to her brother.
Clearly, he did this because of her.
This move undoubtedly made the mixed-race girl, who had just experienced a transformation, feel incredibly moved in her heart.
Along with that, the feelings that had been gradually suppressed over the past few days because she couldn't see Hunter,
Surged up once again.
Hunter also knew the principle that speaking too much leads to slips.
Moreover, Dominic and the others should be beside Mia right now.
So, he didn't plan on chatting more.
In any case, the information that needed to be revealed to Dominic, he had already let him know.
If even like this, Dominic and the others were still caught by the FBI,
Then it would have nothing to do with Hunter; at most, there might be a tiny bit of trouble later on.
"No need to thank me. Although I don't know why the FBI is investigating Dominic..."
"...I won't let you get hurt!"
"Alright Mia, I'm going to get some rest now."
"I'll contact you once I've settled on a new place to stay."
"Mm!"
Hanging up the phone quickly, Hunter looked at the device in his hand, a curve involuntarily forming at the corners of his mouth.
He didn't actually care whether or not Dominic got caught.
But if Brian wanted to get close to Mia, Hunter would shut him down, even if there was only the slightest possibility.
"Brian, you'd better just stick to being your promising FBI Agent."
"Mia's side is very big and deep; you won't be able to handle it."
"Better leave the handling to me!"
Just as he was thinking this, a knock suddenly came from the door outside.
Hunter was taken aback. From outside the poorly soundproofed room came the voice of the motel owner.
"Sir, the night is long."
"Do you need some fiery friends to keep you company and chat?"
The moment the voice sounded, Hunter couldn't help but think of a certain skill that had been triggered by Mia...
...but hadn't leveled up since!
He thus decisively agreed!
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