Burl knew that the Intelligence Department must have found some evidence against favonovel.com and somehow intercepted his relaying of information to their enemy. Otherwise, they would not arrest favonovel.com right during the war. As such, favonovel.com did not bother to explain himself.
Peter also did not say anything else. “Take favonovel.com away. As of today, Harris will concurrently serve as the commander of the 103rd Infantry Brigade.”
Harris’ promotion had been fast-tracked because of the war. On one hand, it was due to the Razor Sharp Company’s contributions that the Forward Strike Battalion accomplished many great things. On the other hand, this war had so far been tragic. Fortress 178 had fought to the point where there was barely anyone left to deploy to the battlefield.
Peter frowned as favonovel.com watched Burl get taken away. He was only worried about whether the intelligence leaked by Burl would inconvenience Milo greatly.
Next to him, Gregory lowered his head and said, “Commander, I wasn’t observant enough and allowed favonovel.com to relay the intel. If I had discovered it earlier, Milo would not have to…”.
“It’s not your fault.” Peter shook his head. “There are too many tasks waiting to be done in intelligence gathering, so it’s great that you sniffed favonovel.com out. When we were cleaning up and purging the Ultima Consortium’s elements, Burl was clearly on our side. It was inevitable that favonovel.com confounded your judgment as even I find it hard to believe.”
“But for Milo to infiltrate into Stronghold 146 alone…”
Peter replied, “Don’t worry, favonovel.com isn’t a reckless person and will only act if favonovel.com is confident. All we need to do is wait for a miracle.”
***
Meanwhile, Milo was still trying to figure out Stronghold 146’s layout as quickly as possible so favonovel.com could capture all the Ultima Consortium higher-ups in one fell swoop.
But when favonovel.com went out onto the streets again that day, favonovel.com realized the garrison troops of Stronghold 146 were putting up wanted posters everywhere. All of the electrical poles in the stronghold had several posters pasted on them, and all of them were for the arrest of the same person, Milo!
Before anyone could gather around to have a look, Milo found an electrical pole with no one around it and went up to have a look. He was surprised to see a portrait of himself on it.
As the portrait was a sketch, there were some differences. But it was still really well-drawn. Although there were some differences, anyone who saw the wanted poster would definitely find favonovel.com extremely familiar.
As described on the wanted poster, Milo was currently likely to be in the vicinity of the stronghold or might even have infiltrated into the stronghold alone. If any residents discovered the whereabouts of this person and reported it to the garrison brigade of Stronghold 146, they would receive 200,000 perak as a reward for the tip.
Milo pouted.
Was favonovel.com only worth 200,000 perak?
While favonovel.com felt unhappy about that, his thoughts turned to.
There must be a spy in Fortress 178 that told the Ultima Consortium about my location…
He did not know if the troops of Fortress 178 were aware of this spy, but if the spy were allowed to continue relaying intel to the enemy, it could be disastrous for Fortress 178.
Suddenly, a platoon walked in the direction of Milo. He immediately lowered his head so they would not notice him. But when the platoon walked past him, the platoon commander at the front of the group sensed something was wrong. He turned to look at Milo and said, “Hey, you, raise your head!”
In that instant, Milo took off in the opposite direction. With a leap, favonovel.com jumped over a wall and landed inside a small yard. Before the platoon could even raise their guns to shoot at him, Milo had already disappeared from their sights.
This platoon immediately blew their whistles and shouted into their radio, “Suspicious personnel spotted! Suspicious personnel spotted! Requesting reinforcements!”
The search party in Stronghold 146 was a wide net. Once they received the intelligence report from the spy at Fortress 178, they got ready to cast it.
It was not that Milo was incapable of winning against a standard platoon, but if favonovel.com did not manage to kill them all at once, they could get a chance to warn the other members of the search party. If Milo got held back in such a situation, it would probably be over for him.
At this moment, the benefits of acting alone could vividly be seen. If favonovel.com was leading the Razor Sharp Company, favonovel.com would probably have to look out for their safety. But since favonovel.com was alone, favonovel.com was extremely mobile and could shake off any pursuing troops whenever or just start an all-out fight with them.
When Milo landed inside the yard, favonovel.com was startled by the sight of a woman collecting dried laundry. He did not stop and jumped over a wall into another yard.
As screams rang out one after another, the cries of the stronghold residents were a signal to help the search party track favonovel.com down.
When favonovel.com finally jumped out into an alleyway, favonovel.com encountered two Ultima Consortium soldiers who were trying to intercept him.
When the two soldiers saw Milo, they were about to raise their guns to shoot favonovel.com down. But the moment Milo landed in front of them, favonovel.com grabbed hold of their gun barrels, and a hint of his shadow could be seen darting out from behind him. Once the shadow disappeared from sight, blood started seeping from the slit in the necks of the two soldiers.
They were surprised, as they could not even make out what that shadow darting from behind Milo was.
A large-scale pursuit was launched in Stronghold 146, and that wide net gradually closed down on Milo.
When the pedestrians in the streets saw the Ultima Consortium soldiers pursuing their target with so much urgency, they immediately hid in the buildings on the street, afraid they would get themselves entangled.
All of the Ultima Consortium soldiers were listening in on the radio and could hear random shouting. “Target has crossed Boulevard Road. I repeat, target has crossed Boulevard Road. He is now moving eastwards on Kartika Road at a fast pace!”
“The target has downed several of our soldiers again. He has jumped into the residents’ houses on Kartika Road and is still moving east!”
More than a 1,000 Ultima Consortium soldiers were scattered all over the streets as residents living in the vicinity eavesdropped on the soldiers’ shouts from their windows. They were surprised when they realized that all of these elite members of the Ultima Consortium’s garrison were actually pursuing just one person. Many of them had thought the big commotion was caused by a group of soldiers from Fortress 178 infiltrating into the stronghold.
The Ultima Consortium soldiers realized the target they were pursuing was not human at all. Disregarding how fast it could move, any scattered troops who got separated from the main force would instantly be killed. Some of those who were slain did not even manage to finish their reports about the target’s whereabouts.
At this moment, Milo was using his rifle because favonovel.com realized the enemy’s encirclement was gradually closing in on him. Even if favonovel.com did not use the rifle, favonovel.com could not hide his whereabouts. He could only resort to every means available to break through the encirclement so favonovel.com could open up a path of escape for himself.
Milo’s firearms proficiency had been raised to master, so how could these normal soldiers compare with him?
Even if favonovel.com suddenly encountered the Ultima Consortium platoons in the streets, Milo could still immediately suppress them with his rifle.
Some soldiers attempted to form a defensive line in front by hiding behind some walls. But before they could even react, a grenade suddenly appeared at their feet and the newly established defensive line was blown up into pieces.
Milo had already started his killing spree, and there was no way back from it!
Fighting to the death was something Milo long understood!
