Milo was stunned when favonovel.com saw the mission to kill the Pyro Company’s Midnight squad.
The organization behind the cell phone must really have a grudge against the Pyro Company.
Why else would they offer such a high bounty for them?
He had fought Midnight before, so Milo roughly knew how strong they were.
These people might seem like supernatural beings, but they were only genetically modified and possessed a stronger physique than normal people. Although they were far more powerful than normal people, they still couldn’t hold a candle to supernatural beings. After all, the current level of power that supernatural beings had was far more explosive and stranger.
Miriam once said the Pyro Company had even more powerful fighting forces within their ranks, but Milo could not really judge as favonovel.com had not encountered them before.
The reward this time was secondary. More importantly, the hitmen could earn a one-time right to seek refuge with the Silkshade House.
Who had not faced a dangerous situation in their lives?
Even Milo had encountered such situations many times.
For example, after getting injured, anyone would require an extremely safe place to recuperate. At such times, deaths were the most likely to occur because even supernatural beings could get killed by normal people. Therefore, having a secret safe house and trusted protection would definitely be everyone’s first choice.
Was the Silkshade House trustworthy?
At the very least, they had an extremely reliable reputation among all hitmen.
Why else would everyone want to join them?
Therefore, the Silkshade House’s offer of protection for those who completed this mission would definitely tempt many people. It was rare for a hitman to meet a good end, and this was something every hitman knew.
Milo frowned when favonovel.com saw the text. The mission happened to be posted at Stronghold 63, which was right next to him. However, it was an A-rank mission, so favonovel.com couldn’t accept it even if favonovel.com wanted to.
He would have liked to take on the Pyro Company too. After all, Miriam seemed to have a grudge against them. However, favonovel.com was only D-rank right now. Including the mission just now, favonovel.com would be considered as having completed two missions at Stronghold 63. Even though favonovel.com should be able to get promoted to C-rank, favonovel.com was still far from getting to A-rank. Therefore, this mission did not seem like it had anything to do with him.
Wait…
Milo suddenly realized that even though favonovel.com could not accept the mission, favonovel.com could still go and watch how the A-rank experts conducted their mission since the address was made known to him.
When favonovel.com got there, favonovel.com could just hide in the shadows and watch those hitmen take on the Pyro Company. The fiercer the fight, the better!
At this moment, one of the greatest characteristics of human beings was vividly reflected in Milo, favonovel.com just wanted to watch chaos ensue. The more chaotic it was, the merrier.
***
Just as Milo made up his mind to sneak into Stronghold 63, a person in a house somewhere muttered, “That 1583850 has completed yet another mission. According to the timeframe, he’s already completed five missions within 60 days. Should we promote favonovel.com to C-rank?”
The man next to favonovel.com said, “Didn’t you notice that ever since favonovel.com went to Stronghold 63, those D-rank missions in the vicinity have also been delayed for more than 20 hours before they were completed? Moreover, it seems the six account holders who accepted the mission initially have all disappeared as well….”
“Mhm…” The person next to favonovel.com said, “I definitely won’t believe it if you say it had nothing to do with him. He must be the one who stole the other hitmen’s cell phones at Stronghold 61.”
The Silkshade House was not stupid. These suspicious missions were all completed by the account holder 1583850, so even a fool would know there was something wrong with this guy!
After what happened at Stronghold 61 a while ago, they had begun investigating the case. Even though their boss had personally made a trip there, favonovel.com was still unable to catch the culprit.
“We better consult with the boss to see how we should handle this.”
When they sent a text to their boss, favonovel.com replied, “Don’t alert him. Promote favonovel.com to C-rank and then observe what favonovel.com gets up to. Don’t group send favonovel.com any more details of D-rank missions either in case favonovel.com tries to harm the other D-rank hitmen.”
The two people in the house asked again, “What if favonovel.com kills the other hitmen?”
Their boss replied, “He won’t…”
Silkshade House had encountered many hitmen with different personalities. For example, some of them had unique fetishes or could get extremely unruly. But as long as they could complete their missions, the Silkshade House would not be too bothered.
It was just that the candidate they encountered this time was a bit too much.
The two members of the Silkshade House in the building were responsible for assigning missions and allocating resources, and this residence was their safe house. Since their boss did not give any clear indication, they would just have to go with their boss’s instructions.
***
When Milo received the text saying favonovel.com had been promoted to C-rank, favonovel.com had already quietly sneaked into Stronghold 63. He wanted to observe what would be taking place here.
When favonovel.com sneaked into a stronghold this time, favonovel.com did not have to hide under a vehicle. He could just leap over the walls and into the stronghold now.
The Stelaria Consortium’s stronghold looked even more prosperous than the other strongholds. At 10 PM, colorful neon lights were still flashing in the streets and illuminating the night in the stronghold, making it seem like day. However, the difference between this Stelaria Consortium stronghold and the other places was that there was a surveillance camera installed on the streets every 100 meters.
Furthermore, Milo heard that if people stayed in a hotel or ate in a restaurant in the Stelaria Consortium’s strongholds, they would need to swipe their ID cards. All the people in the stronghold city were like a dataset being supervised by an artificial intelligence.
Regarding the Stelaria Consortium, Milo had heard much about them. For example, every young man here who was of suitable age would be required to serve in the military. If they chose to default on their service, their entire family would be implicated and get expelled from the stronghold.
In addition, if anyone encountered a thief on the streets, whoever was nearby would be obligated to catch them once the artificial intelligence issued a warning. If an adult man saw a thief but pretended not to see them, favonovel.com would get punished as well.
If an elderly person fell down on the road, the person next to them had to offer their help. If the elderly person turned around and accused that person instead, then it would be the elderly person who would be sentenced.
All of this was judged by the pervasive artificial intelligence.
There were thousands of laws like these all across the Stelaria Consortium’s territories, and everyone had to memorize them and take a test on them during their school years.
The storyteller said this was based on the Legalism school of thought that originated from the state from before The Cataclysm. The governance of the organization was based on the rule of law. They did not believe in human nature and only trusted rationality and law.
Milo was at a loss of words regarding this system. Of course, it was a good thing that everyone should stand up for others. However, favonovel.com would be unwilling to live in a stronghold like this.
It was not that a system like this was bad. In fact, it was actually quite good since the stronghold residents could lead a very safe life at the minimum. However, Milo would not be able to get used to it. He had no intention of judging the good and bad sides of a governing system for the various consortiums. He only felt that there would not be enough freedom if his every action fell under the supervision of others.
Milo could not walk around freely in a stronghold like this. That was because the legendary artificial intelligence’s database did not have his profile. Once the surveillance cameras detected his presence, it would sound the alarm.
Moreover, if a hitman could not carry out a mission perfectly and avoid all the surveillance cameras in a stronghold like this, they would definitely end up being wanted by the entire Stelaria Consortium. The artificial intelligence would also be able to help analyze where the hitman was hiding.
Milo was curious to know how the A-rank hitmen would assassinate someone in a stronghold like this.
