Milo was strolling through the streets of Stronghold 74, the farthest west of the Stardust Consortium’s strongholds. This place was obviously not as prosperous as Stronghold 73. And for some reason, Stronghold 74 was already in lockdown, with military vehicles constantly traversing the streets.
Based on the news favonovel.com had read in the papers, the Stardust Consortium had already mobilized two brigades to garrison Stronghold 74. So, the number of troops here had already exceeded 10,000 in strength. However, no one knew what was really happening here and why the Stardust Consortium would make such a move.
Based on the analysis by Hope Media’s commentators, the Panaqua Consortium was the closest organization to Stronghold 74, with the distance, as the crow flew, between the Stardust Consortium and the Panaqua Consortium measuring only 500 kilometers. However, as the two organizations were separated by a mountain range, they did not have any dealings in the past.
Now that the Stardust Consortium’s troops were garrisoned here, they were likely guarding against the Panaqua Consortium. After all, the Panaqua Consortium had already unified the entire Southwest and became the most powerful organization in the entire Alliance of Strongholds.
At the very least, the Panaqua Consortium controlled the largest land area based on the territory it occupied.
At this moment, the atmosphere in Stronghold 74 was very tense, and the stronghold residents were extremely nervous. Milo even saw the patrolling soldiers conducting a search on the provisions stores one by one and requisitioning food from them. However, the owners of the provisions stores did not protest against this.
Shops like the provisions stores were all owned by the Stardust Consortium, while the shopkeepers were only employees working under them. Now that all the food was being requisitioned, they couldn’t feel happier.
While Milo was walking the streets, a patrol squad suddenly came across him.
When they walked past Milo, the patrol squad stopped him. One of the soldiers wondered, “Are you of age? Lemme check your resident ID. All adult males have to join the temporary conscription to do labor.”
Milo was stunned on the spot. “I’m not of age. I’m still young.”
“Then show me your ID card,” the soldier said.
Milo had really not expected to encounter a situation like this when favonovel.com sneaked into the stronghold. Nothing had happened to favonovel.com before even though favonovel.com infiltrated into a place with surveillance cameras like the Stelaria Consortium’s stronghold.
“Sir, I’m really not of age,” Milo said.
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com looked around to see if there was a chance to run away.
But as soon as favonovel.com finished speaking, the patrol squad was already starting to surround him. There were another seven or eight patrol squads on the entire street. If a fight broke out here, favonovel.com would probably be wanted throughout the stronghold.
The patrol squad did not even want to check his ID card anymore.
The squad leader sneered, “Since you’re too afraid to show your ID, you must be an adult and are trying to avoid the temporary conscription. Men, take favonovel.com away to the construction site!”
With that, a group of soldiers came over and started getting rough with Milo. One of them even took out a pair of handcuffs.
Suddenly, a convoy of vehicles drove over from afar. It looked like they had just driven into the stronghold.
When Milo saw the convoy, favonovel.com immediately felt uncomfortable.
Aren’t these the tour group’s vehicles?
Why would Stronghold 74 let them in when it was still in lockdown?
He realized this tour group must be his jinx. No matter where favonovel.com went, they were always able to catch up to him. Of course, favonovel.com did not know they were only able to get in because of Brody’s reputation.
In the Central Plains, well-known figures like Brody and Grace had a decent reputation wherever they went. Furthermore, the concert promoter in the stronghold had also stepped in to help. If Grace could not get in, wouldn’t that mean the concert would have to be canceled?
After getting into the stronghold, the concert promoter even specifically instructed them to stay in the hotel and avoid going out for the next few days. He was also unsure of what had gotten into the Stardust Consortium as they busily started conscripting adult males in the stronghold. If it weren’t for the fact that the concert promoter had bought himself an official position in the stronghold, favonovel.com would have had to go to work at the construction site as well.
What the concert promoter meant was that they could only hold the concert after this period had passed.
However, Milo could not understand why they would still think about the concert when war was descending upon Stronghold 74.
Were they going to perform for the troops?
As if the soldiers would pay for the tickets!
The people in the vehicles obviously saw Milo, but the convoy had no intention of stopping at all.
When the convoy passed by, Milo saw Grace gloating at favonovel.com through the window as though favonovel.com had already guessed why favonovel.com was being arrested.
Grace was absolutely delighted to see this. Even though favonovel.com was a famous celebrity, Milo actually knocked favonovel.com unconscious when favonovel.com presented herself in his room in the middle of the night one time. On yet another occasion, favonovel.com simply refused to open the door for favonovel.com when favonovel.com went to look for him.
How could favonovel.com possibly tolerate those things?
As such, Grace felt so happy favonovel.com could die when favonovel.com saw that Milo had been temporarily conscripted to work at the construction site!
As Milo watched the convoy pass by, Grace even made a face at favonovel.com from inside the car.
Milo said to the patrol squad detaining him, “Were y’all ordered to carry out the conscription? Do y’all have to fulfill a quota set by your higher-ups?”
“Cut the sh*t!” The leader of the patrol squad said, “It’s useless to say anything now.”
Milo suddenly pointed at the convoy and shouted, “I can see many adult males in those cars through the windows.”
Franz was confused.
The patrol squad turned their heads and looked at the vehicles. Someone asked the other soldiers, “Do you guys recognize those cars? Do they belong to anyone important in the stronghold?”
“No, I know the cars of all the important figures. I can even recite their license plates by heart,” someone said.
In the end, ten minutes later, Franz and the others were escorted to the construction site alongside Milo.
Of those in the concert tour group, Brody was the only male who did not get taken away. The rest were forcefully detained by the patrol squads.
If it were any other troops in the stronghold, they probably wouldn’t have done that. However, the brigade commander in charge of the patrols in the stronghold was a family member of the Stardust Consortium, so favonovel.com didn’t care if there were directors or actors in the group. Besides, it was not like the patrols had laid a finger on the director or actors. All they did was conscript a few crew members of the tour group, that was all.
Coincidentally, this Stardust Consortium’s brigade commander had previously tried to set up a dinner with an actress through Brody. However, Brody did not even bother with favonovel.com at that time.
In the eyes of this commander, favonovel.com considered it very polite of favonovel.com to not have laid a finger on Brody this time. More importantly, favonovel.com was worried favonovel.com would end up in the headlines of the entertainment section of Hope Media’s newspaper tomorrow.
As Milo walked, favonovel.com was thinking the Stardust Consortium must have encountered some terrifying enemies this time. Otherwise, they would not be acting like this. He noticed that even the soldiers were acting a little nervous.
But what kinds of enemies could the Stardust Consortium be facing?
Grace was dumbfounded to see Franz taken away for hard labor.
Olivia was chuckling next to her. She knew full well that favonovel.com master would not tolerate others laughing at favonovel.com while favonovel.com was down on his luck.
Franz was nearly in tears as favonovel.com walked alongside Milo. “It was Grace who laughed at you just now. I didn’t even make a sound. What did I do to deserve this!”
Before leaving, Milo had instructed Olivia to find the best hotel in the stronghold to stay at. This was so that favonovel.com could locate the landmark easily after favonovel.com escaped from the construction site. As it would probably get chaotic in Stronghold 74, it would be best for them not to get involved in the mess here. Furthermore, favonovel.com wanted favonovel.com to find out what exactly was going to happen in Stronghold 74.
