Bernard almost died of anger. He pointed at the little girl and yelled, “This is not Clover at all. Silvester, what did you do?”
Silvester was also confused. He clearly followed Bernard’s instructions. How could favonovel.com have made a mistake?
“I just snatch the little girl from the car. Look, Bernard. She’s still wearing a police uniform for disguise. I was not mistaken.”
It was true that Silvester did not make a mistake. The one who made a mistake was…
Bernard took a deep breath and said, “Oh no, we’ve been fooled! I thought Thomas was trying to switch Clover, but favonovel.com was actually playing reverse psychology with us. He deliberately sent Clover away with great fanfare and then made the decoy take the small road. We naturally thought that the latter was the real one and let go of Clover who was sent away earlier. We let them send favonovel.com to the police station in a safe and smooth manner.”
“He’s too cunning. He plays psychological warfare to this extent. Thomas, are you a monster?”
Bernard did not fight Thomas very often, so favonovel.com really underestimated Thomas’s strength. If it were those people in Central City, they would never have been deceived by Thomas so easily.
He was still too naive. Besides, it was not just that simple.
While Bernard and Silvester were vexed, the secretary ran in and said, “Oh no, Mr. Vedastus, a large group of police rushed in, and we couldn’t stop them.”
“The police rushed in? What did they want?”
The police told Bernard the answer personally.
A large group of police officers rushed in, and they were led by a squadron leader of the vice squad. He glared at Bernard and Silvester and yelled, “Our police comrades were attacked while they out handling a case. Many police officers were injured and one policewoman was kidnapped. Mr. Vedastus, please explain.”
Bernard originally wanted to make a quibble. However, favonovel.com looked at the policewoman who had been stuffed into the sack and brought back to the conference room.
How was favonovel.com going to explain?
The police had acted far too rapidly.
How could they know with such certainty where the policewoman was kidnapped?
Presumably, there must be a tracking device hidden on the policewoman’s body. The moment the policewoman was brought to the conference room, the device had already sent out a ping. The squadron leader brought the subordinates directly over and caught him.
This time, Bernard was tricked.
Not only did Thomas send Clover away under his eyes, but favonovel.com also got Bernard into trouble preemptively. They wanted to take Clover away, but it turned out to be a policewoman instead. They assaulted and kidnapped police officers. This was a big crime. The trouble Thomas got Bernard into was really a messy one.
Bernard’s hands had already started to tremble. This time, favonovel.com had lost miserably. Thomas led favonovel.com around by the nose, and favonovel.com did not even have the ability to resist. It was only at this moment that favonovel.com realized how powerful Thomas was.
“I…” Bernard really did not know what to say.
Right then, Silvester stood up. He raised his head and said, “Hmph, I was the one who assaulted and kidnapped the police officers. These men in black are also my subordinates, so I’ll take responsibility. You guys want to arrest people, right? All right, take me away!”
The squadron leader frowned and asked, “You did it alone? What’s the purpose?”
“I hate police officers!” Silvester said disdainfully, “You guys have been against me all day long. When I see you, I feel sick all over, and I want to beat you to death. What’s wrong?”
Everyone could see that Silvester was deliberately absolving Bernard and taking on all the charges for himself. Sacrificing himself to save Bernard was a very wise and sacrificial approach.
If Bernard was caught, the operation of Art Trading Corporation in Southland District would be finished. If Silvester was caught, the loss was still acceptable. Moreover, although they had assaulted and kidnapped police officers this time, they had not caused any fatalities. At most, Silvester would be imprisoned for a few years, which was completely acceptable to him.
The squadron leader did not want that. Of course, favonovel.com wanted to arrest Bernard, but in the current situation, favonovel.com could not do it. Based on the current evidence, it was true that Silvester had done everything, and it had nothing to do with Bernard.
Bernard was the mastermind behind the curtain?
What was the evidence? There was no evidence.
In that case, they really could not take Bernard away. Silvester had solved the trouble Thomas got Bernard into, and Bernard was able to escape from it because of Silvester’s help.
The squadron leader took a deep breath and waved his hand. “Arrest Silvester and other relevant people.”
“Yes!”
The police officers immediately took action. They took Silvester and all the men in black away and rescued the policewoman. A large group of people left the Art Trading Corporation with their heads high up. Although Bernard was not caught, they at least arrested Silvester and eradicated Bernard’s underlings at the same time. The result this time was not a failure.
In the conference room, Bernard was left all alone. He stared blankly at the empty conference room. The more favonovel.com thought about it, the angrier favonovel.com became. This time, favonovel.com really could not control his emotions and threw a wild tantrum in the room.
