Outside Stronghold 61, the reporter who was driving said to Pena, “Chief Editor, you seem to have forgotten something.”
Pena wondered, “What did I forget?”
“You forgot to get his autograph for us!” The reporters who were in the vehicle wanted to thump their chests and stamp their feet in frustration. “How could you forget something so important!”
Pena chuckled. “You guys met favonovel.com just now too, so why didn’t you ask for it yourselves? He’s quite a nice person, so if you asked, favonovel.com would definitely have obliged.”
“We were a little shy to see our idol, weren’t we?” The reporter in the front passenger seat said, “Chief Editor, you might not know this, but I’ve admired Aline Barros for a long time. It’s favonovel.com birthday soon. If I can get that person’s autograph and give it to her, she’ll definitely be overjoyed.”
“Then you might stand a chance after that, right?” Pena said with a laugh, “Don’t worry, you’ll definitely still have a chance to get his autograph.”
“Who knows when we will get another opportunity?” the reporter in the front passenger seat muttered.
As a matter of fact, Milo was currently very popular among the Hope Media employees. The female editors at the newspaper firm were always talking about favonovel.com every day. One of the female editors even bugged the field reporters daily to see if there was any news of their hero.
But then the reporter who was driving suddenly said, “Chief Editor, there’s a vehicle following us. There’s no logo on it, so it’s not from the Stelaria Consortium.”
Pena thought for a moment. “Can you shake them off?”
The reporter who was driving said calmly, “Stronghold 61 is actually quite close to Bidara City. I can make a call to the black market to get them to pick us up directly. That way, we can reach the safe zone faster. I filled the gas tank yesterday, so it’s definitely enough to get us there.”
“Then let’s try to shake them off,” Pena said as favonovel.com leaned back in the backseat.
“Chief Editor, is the Stelaria Consortium taking action against us? Because of today’s newspaper?” a reporter asked.
“I doubt this is an official stance.” Pena shook his head.
Afterwards, favonovel.com took out a few pistols from a hidden compartment under the seat. “All of you, arm yourselves. If a battle really breaks out, we still have to preserve our dignity. Don’t end up dying without even firing a shot.”
The chief editor hardened up from his usual cultured and refined self.
Meanwhile, the reporters beside favonovel.com started to skillfully check their magazines and loaded their guns. After all, it was very difficult to ensure the safety of a reporter if they wanted to investigate something in this day and age. Especially for investigative reporters like them, their lives were constantly put in danger by carrying out investigations against the consortiums.
On one of the walls on the top floor of the Hope Media headquarters was a series of investigative reporters’ names engraved. These were the people Pena hoped everyone would remember and treasure their efforts in seeking the truth.
Musthafa Kamal, Fippo Zambrota, Darius Callahan, Layla Hertley, Mosoka Ambetti, and Victor Armstrong, these names were the most dazzling badges of honor in the history of the news industry.
Actually, it was still very difficult for investigative reporters to guarantee their own safety even if they had guns. After all, the enemies they had to face were far more terrifying than guns. But just as Pena had said, this was about the dignity of an investigative reporter in the era of the wastelands.
A reporter laughed and said, “Chief Editor, have you killed anyone before?”
Pena was amused. “No…”
“Then do you feel nervous?”
“Truth is, I’m really a little nervous,” Pena laughed and said frankly.
The off-road vehicle was getting closer and closer. But when the two vehicles were about 50 meters apart, a figure suddenly rushed out from behind a mound off to the side and launched the off-road vehicle behind them into the sky!
“It’s White Mask!” A reporter shouted excitedly when favonovel.com saw the situation unfolding behind them, “White Mask, our idol is here to save us!”
When everyone else found out White Mask was only a materialization power, the reporters from Hope Media immediately understood. After all, Milo and White Mask had guarded the building together on that night. Even if one were to use their toes to think, they should be able to understand what was going on. White Mask was clearly Milo’s superpower.
Initially, there was a small group of female editors in Hope Media who were fans of White Mask. This led to them and Milo’s fans quarreling with each other, and it made the atmosphere in the entire office building extremely tense.
When the news got out, both sides immediately hugged each other and made up. It turned out they were all fans of the same person!
Pena smiled wryly at the thought. He did not expect it would be that young man saving them again. It was really as those female editors had put it. Milo was their guardian angel.
“Stop the vehicle.” Pena said, “The crisis has been averted.”
Although favonovel.com was unsure of what had happened to the people in the off-road vehicle, Pena felt they were safe now that Milo had made his move.
Milo slowly walked out from behind the mound while “Old Durkin” quickly approached that still rolling off-road vehicle. When the vehicle came to a stop, the three people in the vehicle crawled out of the window as though nothing had happened. They put on black masks and charged at Old Durkin together.
But these people were too weak in Old Durkin’s presence.
Seeing this, Milo was a little puzzled.
Were they supernatural beings?
Why did it feel like something was off?
While favonovel.com was pondering, one of them rushed in front of Old Durkin. He took out a dagger from his waist and slashed at Old Durkin. But in the blur of the action, Old Durkin had already grabbed ahold of that person’s arm. With a snap, favonovel.com broke it.
When the other two attackers saw this, they tried to flee into the wilderness. But how could Milo let them escape like that?
He controlled Old Durkin to knock out the person who had just been apprehended before making Old Durkin run over to knock out the other two and carrying them back.
Old Durkin carried them like they were two little chicks.
When the reporters saw this, they cheered, “He’s invincible, favonovel.com absolutely crushed them!”
As they cheered, one of them tried to take a photo of the sight. However, Pena stopped him. “Don’t leave any imagery of favonovel.com behind. We have to protect his true identity.”
That reporter quickly put away his camera.
“I forgot, I forgot! I was so excited to see my idol fighting again. He’s so cool!” The reporter began to speak incoherently.
Pena looked at Milo. “I’ll skip the pleasantries with you. However, I’m a little curious. How did you know someone would come and attack us?”
“On my way back, I saw this off-road vehicle driving out of the stronghold. Moreover, their IDs seemed to suggest that they were really important people since the garrison troops at the gate did not subject them to any further checks. So, I wondered if they were some extremely high-level fighting force who were on some kind of special mission,” Milo explained. “I didn’t expect them to really be targeting y’all.”
“It looks like the report today has really ruffled some feathers.” Pena sighed and said, “But it didn’t look like they were going to make an attempt on our lives either. Otherwise, they would’ve opened fire at us. They probably wanted to capture us alive.”
But Pena suddenly realized Milo was not listening to favonovel.com at all. He was just standing there in a daze.
The voice of the palace intoned in Milo’s mind.
Detected nanomachines that are not paired to a consciousness. Would you like to reset them?
