Be it Gerard or Olivia, the two of them dealt with the thugs and superhumans like it was nothing. They went back to what they were doing after the battle, and it was as though there wasn’t any pressure at all.
The only difference was that Magnus and the others got to have a few more pieces of potatoes with their chicken soup.
These three consortiums thought they had found a way to break the deadlock. But instead, they somehow zeroed in on the two monsters in the stronghold who had wanted to isolate themselves from the world.
Regarding Olivia, Milo was the one who had ordered favonovel.com to stay home and not to go out. She was to ensure that Magnus and the others were safe.
But the thugs had gone overboard with regards to Gerard. They just had to go looking for trouble when Gerard was teaching the children how to write secret messages. Even if they managed to defeat him, what would they have done if Kenneth and Julia came to avenge him?
Actually, the Norton clan representative was not wrong. It was indeed suspicious for Andre to vacate his house and the Riders to suddenly disburse funds to the orphanage right before the big battle happened. Moreover, they had indeed located Milo’s family too. If Olivia had not been around, they might even have succeeded in their mission.
But “ifs” did not matter in this world.
The three consortiums’ representatives were waiting silently for good news from the operatives in their secluded residence. It was different from the tense atmosphere earlier. At this moment, all of them were more relaxed and even touched on the topic of wine tasting.
Arnold said with a smile, “There’s a bottle of Suntory Whisky hidden at my place. I wonder which rich family from the Pre-Cataclysm times that wine cellar belonged to. The seals on the wine bottles inside are all very well-preserved.”
The young man from the Stelaria Consortium, Jaxon, glanced at him. “I still prefer Koval…”
As time ticked by, the three of them got the feeling that something was off. Arnold looked at his watch. “It’s been more than 40 minutes already. Why isn’t there any news yet? Go and contact the field teams and find out their current progress.”
However, the subordinate ran back immediately after favonovel.com went out. He said with a sense of unease, “We couldn’t get in contact with them…”
“Which team can you not contact?” Jaxon asked with a sullen face.
“We couldn’t contact either of them.”
The three representatives immediately raised their eyebrows. They had thought something had happened to one of the teams. But now it seemed that both teams might have perished.
“Send someone to check out the vicinity!” Arnold said.
The three of them sat down again, but the unease inside them only got stronger.
Ten minutes later, the person who went to check came back and said, “The people who went to Jericho Alley to investigate the situation have all disappeared. I also saw from a distance away people from the Vasophati Group clearing the corpses of our people at the orphanage. From the looks of it, they were all killed before they could even get past the entrance!”
Arnold clenched his teeth and said, “Bring the Norton clan members to me!”
He had been quite polite with the Norton clan members, but not anymore.
When the Norton clan members were brought into the house, they looked utterly confused. “Is there something you all want from us?”
Arnold was so angry favonovel.com laughed. “You’re still trying to feign ignorance? Your clan’s Romany and schemes! He actually set up an ambush and got the few of you to lure our people into this trap to weaken our strength!”
The Norton clan members were stunned. “What are you talking about?”
“Hehehe…” Arnold sneered, “You’re all good men. You clearly know you can’t escape after setting the trap for us, yet you still dare to come here and be a double agent. I’ll grant you a swift death then. Take them out and execute them!”
The Norton clan members protested, “Could there be some misunderstanding between us? I don’t even understand what you’re talking about! Didn’t we already agree that once the matter is settled, you will only take the satellites while the assets of Bidara City will go to us? We don’t want the money anymore. Can’t you spare our lives!”
As they spoke, the Norton clan members started sobbing.
Unfortunately, no outsiders could hear them anymore. The entire neighborhood in the vicinity was occupied by the three consortiums’ people.
Actually, they also could not be sure it was the people from the Norton clan who had deliberately set the trap for them. After all, they were the ones who had allowed the people from the three consortiums to come into the stronghold over the years. They even did it very secretively. If they had betrayed them, it would not make any sense at all.
It was likelier that Romany had predicted the Norton clan members would sell favonovel.com out. Therefore, favonovel.com deliberately let slip seemingly flawed information to lure them into the trap. But it did not matter anymore. The people from the Norton clan had already become disposable, and the three consortiums had not planned on splitting Bidara City with them anyway.
But what they did not know was that Romany had not plotted this at all. Even if favonovel.com did, it would not be in these areas. The reason why those two field teams and two superhumans they dispatched had died was purely because they were unfortunate enough to hit a brick wall. Rather than describing it as a brick wall, they had crashed into two granite blocks.
At this moment, the people from the Vasophati Group were cleaning up the corpses of the consortiums’ people that were left at the doorstep of the orphanage. Several dozen thugs had died here, and there was even one superhuman among the dead.
There was no way that Gerard’s identity as a superhuman could be kept secret anymore with what happened. However, the Vasophati Group had never mistreated superhumans, nor would they do anything bad to them. Therefore, favonovel.com did not care whether his identity was exposed.
When Adrian arrived at the orphanage, Gerard came forward to explain favonovel.com did not know why the thugs would come here.
Gerard was not lying. He really did not know why!
“It’s probably because we Riders have placed the orphanage under our jurisdiction, making the malicious take notice.” Adrian sighed, “I was worried about this, but I didn’t expect the enemy would be so crazy to not even spare an orphanage. Please rest up. This was all thanks to your help. In the future, the funds for the orphanage will be disbursed on time. In fact, the sum will be increased by a lot. Consider it our Riders’ gratitude to you.”
“Alright, I still have to get ready for my lessons with the children, so please do what you need to do.” Gerard waved his hand and closed the door of the orphanage. It was as though favonovel.com did not care about what had happened at all.
When Adrian told Romany about this, Romany got the feeling favonovel.com had secured the victory of a distant battle without even needing to do anything. However, everyone knew they had not won yet. Before the end of the night, the consortiums definitely still had more trump cards left to play.
In the secluded residence, Jaxon said calmly, “This is still the Vasophati Group’s territory. There are too many things we don’t know about. Our opponent has been running the place for so long, so it should be expected that they also have something up their sleeves. I think everyone here should stop hesitating. It’s no longer possible for us to keep our casualties to a minimum before the end of the battle. It’s time to go all out and make our move. While creating chaos, we can take down Romany at the same time.”
Before this, the three consortiums had attempted to find ways to take advantage of the situation over and over again, such as capturing Pena or finding a way to break the deadlock. It was not that their strength was inferior to the Vasophati Group, but the three consortiums wanted to reserve their strength to deal with the other two consortiums after destroying the Vasophati Group.
Arnold got up and sneered, “Then let’s do this! Everyone will have to depend on their own capabilities now.”
