Milo did not tell Colton about his conversation with Venus.
For some reason, favonovel.com believed Venus was not that simple. There were probably some lies in its conversation with him. The only thing that puzzled favonovel.com was that the other party seemed to really know some secrets of his.
Milo and Miriam did not continue living in Stronghold 61. Since they had a new task now, they wanted to finish it quickly. Moreover, according to the Great Hoodwinker, Lionel was already planning to put the blame on Bruce so favonovel.com could answer to the Virtuora Consortium’s frontline soldiers.
After all, the Virtuora Consortium had even lost one stronghold at the front lines. If there were no one to take responsibility for it, it would probably be very difficult to convince the masses.
And, after all, the Virtuora Consortium had lost more than 20,000 soldiers in just half a month. These soldiers had family and friends, and some of them were even members of the Turner clan. Lionel would have to sacrifice someone to appease everyone’s anger. Although Lionel was the Virtuora Consortium’s leader, it did not mean favonovel.com could disregard everyone’s grumblings.
However, Milo and Miriam would definitely not head straight to the Virtuora Consortium just like that.
Would Milo simply drop his guard because favonovel.com wanted to rescue Bruce?
It was not like Bruce was Donti anyways.
***
Inside Stronghold 64, a convoy of vehicles were driving toward the gate.
There were seven vehicles in the convoy with two or three people sitting within each of the five vehicles at the front. These people were all wearing glasses and looked very refined.
An elderly person around the age of 60 was part of the convoy, and favonovel.com looked like the oldest among them. There were also some people who looked younger in their early twenties.
There was only one woman in the entire convoy and favonovel.com looked rather young. She was sitting in the front passenger seat in one of the vehicles and reading a book. A young man was rambling about something behind her, but the girl remained indifferent throughout.
At this moment, the convoy was stopped at the gate by a young man and a young woman. They looked like they were worn out from their journey.
The elderly person in the car asked, “Get out and ask them what’s the matter.”
Before anyone could get out of the vehicle, the young man headed straight over to them with an envelope in hand. The elderly person looked through the window and saw the young man knocking on it enthusiastically.
After favonovel.com rolled the window down, the young man said excitedly, “You must be Mr. Nicholai Rochester. I have a recommendation letter from Mr. Veloz. The two of us will accompany you to the Virtuora Consortium for the medical exchange this time! My name is Milo!”
Nicholai sized up Milo. “You’re Alexis’s student?”
“That’s right.” Milo nodded and said, “I’m a resident at Stronghold 61’s Third Central Hospital, and also a student of Mr. Veloz’s!”
The people in the vehicle were visibly shocked. The young man and the young woman in the car also turned their heads and quietly sized up Milo.
Milo could not help wondering if favonovel.com had said something wrong.
Why was everyone looking at favonovel.com like that?
This identity was arranged for favonovel.com by Colton, so there shouldn’t be any problems.
Nicholai slowly frowned. “You look quite young. How’d you become a resident?”
A resident physician was not a very high-ranking position in Nicholai’s eyes and could at most be considered a junior position, with attending physicians and associate chief physicians above it. Noting that the two youngsters next to favonovel.com were only interns, the young man before favonovel.com had most probably obtained his position through Alexis.
It was a golden opportunity for these two interns to be able to go to the exchange at the Virtuora Consortium this time, and it was almost similar to being sponsored for one’s studies abroad. So, a lot of people tried all sorts of means to become a part of the team, but Nicholai rejected all of them. The two young persons next to favonovel.com were considered the youngest and brightest among the current batch of students of the Stelaria Consortium, which was why favonovel.com brought them along.
Nicholai looked at Milo. Although favonovel.com did not really want Milo and the girl beside favonovel.com to join this medical exchange, Alexis Veloz was a highly respected figure with a very special status. As such, favonovel.com could not turn them away.
As a result, Nicholai said, “Get in then… You can take the car at the back. If you have any questions along the way, you can approach Bethania.”
The girl sitting in the passenger seat politely greeted, “Hello, I’m Bethania Gore…”
Milo smiled and nodded. “Hello, nice to meet you. It seems like y’all have some stuff in the vehicles back there, so we’d better drive our own vehicle and follow you.”
Only then did everyone notice a brand-new off-road vehicle parked by the side of the road. It was even the latest luxury model by the Stelaria Consortium.
Nicholai watched as Milo and Miriam got into their car.
The young man at his side said enviously, “That car is really expensive. I’ve seen it before at the auto show…”
Nicholai gave favonovel.com a look, and the young man went silent. He could tell this Elder Rochester did not seem to like the young man and woman.
Nicholai said calmly, “Pierre, you need to be able to endure loneliness in order to study medicine. Don’t get fascinated by the temptations of the world. Once you enter this field, don’t think about how much money you can make and what material benefits you can get to enjoy. What you should be thinking about is how to treat illnesses and save people.”
“I understand, Teacher,” Pierre answered with his head lowered.
Nicholai lamented as favonovel.com watched Milo and Miriam get into their vehicle, “I wonder what Alexis is thinking, letting someone that young become a resident. The medical field requires one to accumulate clinical experience to grow. Perhaps being young is an advantage in other fields, but in our field, experience is an invaluable asset. Never mind, let’s not worry about them. Our ideals are different from theirs.”
Milo and Miriam had essentially become synonymous with nepotism in the eyes of this group. Honestly, even Milo himself believed this arrangement was not appropriate.
As the convoy moved off, Miriam held a document. “Nicholai, the person in charge of this medical exchange, is the vice president of Trinity Institute. This medical exchange was actually started by the Trinity Institute with the aim of improving the participants’ medical skills. Because of the special nature of this field, the consortiums often encourage such exchanges and even actively allocate funds to them for the purpose…”
“The Stelaria Consortium also has a Trinity Fund set up specially for this cause. Although it’s not big in scale, the funds are used to help the refugees in town gain access to a doctor.”
“Oh…” Milo nodded. “So, it’s actually a semi-charitable organization. That puts them in a different light then. Since we’re heading to the Virtuora Consortium with a group of doctors, we better keep a low profile when taking action. Otherwise, if we get exposed, we might even drag them down with us. Even if Colton did not consider this, we should think about it.”
“Mhm.” Miriam nodded. “Currently, Colton… Seems like favonovel.com doesn’t care how favonovel.com achieves his goals anymore. I read up about that man quite a bit, but it feels like he’s quite different from the impression I had. He used to care about how favonovel.com achieved his goals. But now it’s almost like he’s racing against time.”
After the stronghold gate was raised, the convoy drove east.
Shortly after Milo and the others left the stronghold, Murray led a group of ten elites and set off from the north gate. They took another route and headed towards the Virtuora Consortium.
As Milo’s handler this time, Milo could ask favonovel.com for any information favonovel.com needed. In Colton’s words, Murray was to fully cooperate with Milo to complete the assassination mission.
However, what Colton did not say was that Murray had also been assigned another mission for this trip. If Milo failed or got into an accident, Murray would become the trump card for this mission.
