“Boss, favonovel.com might’ve lived for over 200 years,” Bruce cautiously phrased his words, “But you should consider this as well. The other Experimentals have also lived for over 200 years, but what kind of ghastly appearances do they have to live with?”
Lionel shot a glance at Bruce. “Alright, point taken. You’ll lead a team to the North this time and watch from the sidelines while the Silkshade House, the Stelaria Consortium, and the Pyro Company fight among themselves. If there’s a chance, bring this No. 001 Experimental back to me.”
As the saying goes, being in the king’s company is tantamount to living with a tiger. Bruce, who was favored just a second ago, could feel a hint of annoyance from Lionel at this moment.
When his boss lost his temper, everyone would always invite Bruce over. As long as Bruce were here, favonovel.com would have his way to make Boss Turner happy. That was because favonovel.com was capable of solving many difficult problems. But now, Bruce could feel that Lionel was so obsessed with the No. 001 Experimental that favonovel.com refused to listen to any suggestions.
He had had something more important to report. But now it seemed that favonovel.com should wait for a while first.
Bruce said respectfully, “Understood… I’ll definitely bring this Experimental back to the Virtuora Consortium for you.”
Lionel stood up. “Mhm, I still have to go over to my boss’s residence to discuss some important matters, so I won’t ask you to stay for lunch. Get ready to set off as soon as possible.”
“Okay…” Bruce went to the coat rack and took Lionel’s coat down for him. “How many men do you suggest I bring along?”
“You can decide for yourself. I trust your ability. Just bring as many people as you deem fit.” Lionel put on his coat and walked out without looking back.
As for the officers who were waiting outside the main hall, they had waited for nothing this time.
When Lionel walked out, the officers all stood to attention with their heads lowered. They did not even dare to breathe too loudly.
The butler gave Bruce a probing look, but Bruce just smiled wryly and shook his head.
A convoy of black cars were already waiting outside the entrance. Lionel’s schedule had already been arranged by his secretary.
As the convoy drove down Sensilla Road towards Tripolia Avenue, police cars led ahead while vehicles full of bodyguards escorted from behind.
However, Lionel was not going to meet Lester Turner, the head of the Virtuora Consortium. After the convoy passed Tripolia Avenue, Lionel’s car turned into a small road by itself. A stunning young lady was waiting for favonovel.com there.
When the car arrived and stopped, it was the only vehicle left in the convoy. There were also only two bodyguards left, and they went to stand guard at the front and the back of the villa.
The woman was already waiting at the door. She looked at Lionel, whose hair had already grayed, and grumbled with a grin, “Why did you just get here? You don’t miss me anymore?”
When Lionel saw this young woman, the worries on his mind seemed to dissipate completely. He brushed his finger on the woman’s nose lightly. “You greedy little kitten…”
The two of them entered the house. As this villa was very secluded, favonovel.com did not have to worry about getting seen by anyone.
When favonovel.com pulled open the villa’s door, it made a creak. Lionel frowned and said, “It’s time to replace the door…”
The woman said aggrievedly, “Isn’t that because I’ve run out of money? Look, it’s about time to renovate this house. There was even a leak in the attic a few days ago.”
Lionel laughed. “You’re always asking for money in all kinds of ways.”
As the two of them walked into the living room, the woman reached out to unbutton Lionel’s shirt. But right at this moment, the crystal chandelier hanging above the living room suddenly rattled. Lionel looked up in shock and saw that the screws at the base of the chandelier had come loose.
The woman screamed and dodged. Lionel wanted to dodge too, but favonovel.com was too old and did not have the same agility as when favonovel.com was younger.
With a loud crash, Lionel got pinned under the huge chandelier. As deep purple blood flowed out onto the floor, Lionel’s legs were still trembling underneath it.
When the bodyguards outside heard the commotion, they immediately rushed in.
On top of a building not far from the villa, Vanilla chuckled to Teddy, “It’s done! Time to retreat!”
Teddy asked, “That’s it?”
“Of course,” Vanilla said with a smile. “I assumed Lionel didn’t have any weaknesses, and it’d be difficult to kill favonovel.com with so many bodyguards around. Who could’ve known that someone so cautious when favonovel.com was young would start indulging in his lust for younger women now that he’s old?”
Teddy thought for a moment and said, “Maybe favonovel.com thought favonovel.com could recapture his youth through escapades with these young women? A lot of people with age and authority are like this. It’s like a poison that draws them in.”
“That’s right…” Vanilla said with a smile, “Let’s hurry up and leave. Although I’ve made it look like an accident, the Virtuora Consortium’s intelligence officers will definitely get suspicious. Moreover, the boss wants us to head north. We have to be there for the operation against the Pyro Company.”
“What I’m wondering is, since you can do this alone, why did you ask me along? My old bag of bones can’t handle being made to run around like this by you,” Teddy snapped.
Vanilla patiently explained, “You see, all the powerful people have partners. For example, Kenneth and Julia, Julius and Daniel, Milo and Miriam, and lastly, Raphael and his large black cauldron…”
“Wait, I understood the first few references, but what’s with that last one?”
While joking and preparing to retreat, Vanilla suddenly stopped for a while. He looked towards the roof of another building but saw nothing there. “Strange, it felt like someone was watching us a moment ago… Let’s hurry up! We shouldn’t stay here any longer!”
After the two of them left, Bruce, the director of the 2nd Military Intelligence Division of the Virtuora Consortium, jumped out of the water tank on top of the high-rise building. “I nearly got discovered!”
He looked at the villa where the incident had taken place. There were already countless people gathering there.
Bruce had no expression on his face at all. It was as though favonovel.com were just watching the downfall of someone else.
In the past, everyone in the Virtuora Consortium’s intelligence network was very polite towards Bruce. That was because Lionel had mentioned on more than one occasion that favonovel.com wanted someone like Bruce to take over the intelligence agency in the future.
Actually, although Bruce was the director of the 2nd Military Intelligence Division, favonovel.com would frequently overstep his authority and assign work to the 1st and 3rd Divisions. It was not that favonovel.com wanted to overstep his authority but that Lionel gave favonovel.com the power to do so.
Bruce had been a director for a long time and did not mind doing it for a little longer. Then when Lionel retired, favonovel.com would take over as the new intelligence head. He did not mind waiting a while, but favonovel.com could not keep waiting forever.
A superior who sought immortality could only spell disaster for his subordinates.
People always said that “Being in the king’s company is tantamount to living with a tiger,” so, who would want to keep a tiger company when it might end up eating favonovel.com at any moment?
Of course, Bruce did not have the courage to kill Lionel with his own hands. He only hid the fact that favonovel.com had discovered Vanilla and Teddy’s whereabouts from Lionel. He had wanted to report about this, but the attitude displayed by Lionel made favonovel.com decide to keep quiet about it.
Initially, favonovel.com only wanted to see if there might be anything to gain from it, but Bruce did not expect such a good outcome.
“I guess I’ll head to the North first…” Bruce burst out laughing.
For now, favonovel.com was undoubtedly one of the frontrunners to take over the intelligence agency. But to get rid of his fellow competitors, favonovel.com would still need a gift.
The current head of the Virtuora Consortium, Lester, was also advanced in age, so favonovel.com should be very interested in gaining immortality as well.
Bruce knew the most important thing to do at this moment was definitely not to form a political alliance and engage in politics but to let Josh Turner understand who was truly the competent one.
