Daniel came over to Nicola at the bench and sat down happily while the rest of his subordinates scattered to keep watch.
Just as Nicola thought that Bill, who was following Daniel, would stand behind Daniel like his bodyguard had, Bill actually nudged Daniel to the middle of the bench so favonovel.com could sit down as well.
Nicola was even more surprised that Daniel was actually willing to make some room for Bill.
All of a sudden, the three of them were huddled together on the bench, looking as odd as they could be. Daniel’s large figure nearly even squeezed Nicola onto the ground!
Bill closed his eyes to catch up on sleep. “You guys go ahead and chat.”
Daniel laughed out loud. “This is the chief secretary of our Panaqua Consortium, Bill.”
Nicola smiled and said, “Oh, so it’s a brother of our clan. May I know what business brought Boss Eastwood here to the Central Plains?”
“It’s nothing much.” Daniel smiled and said, “It’s mainly because some of us in this world were born to be friends, so here I am to make a friend!”
“Although the Stardust Consortium and the Panaqua Consortium are very close, we’re still separated by a mountain range and won’t get to see each other. Why would the elder brother of the Panaqua Consortium come to be friends with our Stardust Consortium?” Nicola said noncommittally.
Daniel smiled and replied, “I’m not here to be friends with the Stardust Consortium. I’m here to be friends with you, Nicola.”
“Oh?”
“I’ve always been a blunt person.” Daniel said with a smile, “I heard Brother Biden’s group is supportive of the research and development of nuclear weapons within the Stardust Consortium but has never been able to convince the conservative Busby Churchill to do so. That’s why I’m here to help you.”
“How so?”
“Let’s not talk about that yet. I’d like to know why Brother Biden supports the research and development of nuclear weapons?” Daniel said, “From what I know, there haven’t been any wars in the Central Plains for over a decade now. The Stelaria Consortium to the north has always been on good terms with everyone, the Vasophati Group is content with that little area they occupy, and the Virtuora Consortium is very far away from you guys. Brother Biden, who is it that you want to attack by developing nuclear weapons?”
Nicola said calmly, “Must I use it to attack others? Building a nuclear power plant is also a good thing.”
“Hehehe…” Daniel smiled and said, “Actually, I know what you’re thinking and who your enemy is. In this aspect, we have a common goal.”
Nicola did not answer. Instead, favonovel.com asked, “Does the Panaqua Consortium really have a nuclear base? I heard that even the Saboteurs have not found it yet?”
“Yes.” Daniel smiled and said, “Of course!”
“Then why didn’t you all use it against the Skyfort Consortium and the Radianz Consortium?” Nicola asked.
“Um…” Daniel was hesitant.
“Even if you had some reservations against those two, why didn’t you use it when you battled the Experimentals?”
Daniel stopped talking.
Nicola laughed hard. “So, do you really have one?”
The consortiums in the Central Plains had always been wondering if the Panaqua Consortium had successfully developed a nuclear weapon.
Had it really been developed already?
Or was it a lie to make others stay away from them?
There were two reasons for suspecting this. On the one hand, the Saboteurs had yet to find the Panaqua Consortium’s nuclear base.
In recent years, the Saboteurs had already destroyed five nuclear test sites in the Central Plains and assassinated around ten extremist scientists. Suddenly, everyone was deterred by the danger they were put in and no one dared to publicly declare they wanted to develop nuclear weapons anymore. But even so, Nicola still went about his life with a group of bodyguards protecting favonovel.com every day and even spent large sums to hire supernatural beings as his bodyguards too. Therefore, since the Saboteurs could not find it, did that mean the Panaqua Consortium was trying to mislead everyone?
On the other hand, the Panaqua Consortium’s war efforts in the Southwest were well-known. But in this war, the Panaqua Consortium did not even use any heavy payload tactical ballistic missiles.
If they really had any, why did they not use them?
Daniel said seriously, “In the Southwest, I once used a particle beam produced by nuclear fusion shot through an astronomical distance to wipe out hundreds of millions of bugs.”
Nicola didn’t understand but thought it was amazing. “Was it during the previous bug infestation?”
Next to them, Bill finally opened his eyes. “Weren’t you just drying your blanket in the sun? That’s an old joke from before the Cataclysm. How many more times do you want to repeat it….”
Nicola was confused.
***
At this moment, Milo, who was 1.8 kilometers away, was leading Olivia up a tall building.
Before entering the building, Milo took a look at the pedestrians outside. Then favonovel.com stopped in his tracks for a moment. However, favonovel.com did not say anything.
When they arrived on the rooftop, Milo chose the best observation spot and silently overlooked the park through his spotting scope.
Nicola’s subordinates did not have this area under surveillance as the high ground here was too far away. It seemed they also believed there were very few snipers in the world who could hit a target from such a long distance. The snipers who could do this would not want to attack Nicola rashly either. After all, Nicola was not the leader of the Stardust Consortium.
Olivia was munching on melon seeds as favonovel.com asked, “What do you see? Let me take a look too.”
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com carefully discarded the melon seed shells into a small bag to prevent anyone from using them to get favonovel.com DNA samples and input it into a database.
Milo suddenly put down the spotting scope.
Although it was very far away, and others might not be able to recognize that person, how could favonovel.com not recognize that large figure of Daniel?
He wondered why this fatty had suddenly come to the Central Plains. And favonovel.com was even with the mission target, Nicola?
So, when Kimmy said that Nicola was going to meet a VIP today, favonovel.com was actually referring to Daniel!
Wait!
The mission text message said Nicola was an advocate of nuclear weapons development. That did seem related to Daniel.
At this moment, Kimmy and the others were loitering in the vicinity of Liberation Park. However, they did not enter the park according to their plan even after a long time.
Milo put down his spotting scope and picked up his sniper rifle again.
Nicola was right in his sights. If favonovel.com took the shot at this moment, Milo was confident favonovel.com could hit Nicola. This was the reason why the various organizations were always very annoyed with snipers from opposing forces. It was simply too difficult to guard against them.
The role of a sniper on the battlefield at the front lines was not that of stealth. But in a decapitation strike, even supernatural beings would have to be wary of the presence of a sniper. After all, not even they could not withstand a shot from a sniper when they were defenseless.
But if favonovel.com took the shot, what would happen to Daniel?
He would probably get arrested by the Stardust Consortium immediately!
However, Daniel would definitely not get into any big trouble. After all, the Panaqua Consortium was not to be trifled with due to their influence in the Southwest. Without any warning, the Panaqua Consortium had become the largest force in the entire Alliance of Strongholds. However, Daniel would certainly get locked up.
Olivia continued munching on melon seeds and asked, “Are the conditions not right for shooting?”
“They’re fine.” Milo said, “But the person next to Nicola is my friend…”
Olivia was stunned. “So, you’re gonna give up on the mission…”
Before favonovel.com could finish speaking, favonovel.com saw Milo look into the scope. He was starting to seriously calculate the ballistic trajectory.
The melon seeds in Olivia’s mouth dropped to the ground.
Was that really his friend?
So, was a friend or the mission more important?
Milo had already made his decision. Money was the most important. Besides, favonovel.com still had his follow-up plans.
