At 12 midnight, the Virtuora Consortium’s patrols were spread out all over the streets in the stronghold. As the Virtuora Consortium was currently engaged in a war, they maintained a Level Two alert even though Stronghold 31 was located in the core of the Virtuora Consortium.
After all, one of the strongholds in the north had already been taken by the Pyro Company, and there was only one defensive line left at the moment.
Stronghold 31 was only 170 kilometers away from that defensive line. Once another stronghold in the north got taken, the Pyro Company’s armored troops would most likely march straight down south, and Stronghold 31 would not necessarily be safe at that time. This was probably what angered Lionel the most. The hard drive Bruce sent over had actually put the entire Virtuora Consortium in danger.
The Pyro Company must have been planning for a long time for this day.
Suddenly, a patrolman in the streets looked up and said doubtfully, “Did something just fly overhead?”
A colleague of his also looked up and said, “Don’t overthink things. There’s nothing there.”
On the rooftop of the building, Milo lay on the floor and made sure the two patrolmen had not discovered his presence before continuing to head northward.
Milo was thinking about the direction of Panakkukang Road. The Great Hoodwinker had gotten someone to send favonovel.com a map of Stronghold 31 and told favonovel.com to meet up with an agent outside a small hair salon. From there, they would discuss how to rescue Bruce from the secret prison.
Very few people were on the streets of the Virtuora Consortium at night. Even if there were, it would be the Virtuora Consortium’s own people. The garrison troops stationed in the stronghold were responsible for patrolling the place while the Public Order Division coordinated the defensive operations.
After the war started, the Virtuora Consortium’s troops naturally took over all of the prevention and control operations. But with Milo’s current skills, it was not difficult for favonovel.com to leap over roofs and scale walls.
After arriving at Panakkukang Road, Milo headed east until favonovel.com saw an alley where favonovel.com turned in.
This place was already different from the time when the Great Hoodwinker was here. The salon was closed, and the perimeter had been cordoned off by the intelligence agency. A soldier was standing guard at the bottom of the building like a tiger on the lookout for its prey. The entire residential building was placed under lockdown.
The residents in the building had already been taken away by the intelligence agency and interrogated one by one. This was the authority the intelligence agency had in wartime. They could simply do whatever they wanted.
Milo frowned. However, favonovel.com did not immediately turn around to leave. Instead, favonovel.com continued approaching the perimeter.
The soldier in charge of keeping watch had already discovered Milo’s presence. He pointed his gun at Milo and said coldly, “Don’t get any closer. Put your hands behind your head and lie on the ground.”
However, Milo kept walking forward. He said in a low voice, “How about I read your fortune for you?”
That soldier was stunned. “The Prosperous Northwest?”
Milo said firmly, “The Prosperous Northwest!”
The soldier eased up. Then favonovel.com took out an envelope and handed it to Milo. “The Great Hoodwinker instructed me to pass this to you. He said that everything will be explained in the letter.”
Milo nodded. “Alright, thanks for your hard work.”
The soldier said excitedly, “For the Prosperous Northwest, this is nothing!”
Just as Milo was about to turn around and leave, favonovel.com nearly lost his footing when favonovel.com heard the lookout speak so enthusiastically.
He wondered how many people had their fortunes told by the Great Hoodwinker and how many had been tricked by favonovel.com over the years.
Before this, the Great Hoodwinker already knew the informants here had been secretly arrested, and favonovel.com had only come here so favonovel.com could gain entry into the secret prison. Therefore, the previous arrests by the intelligence agency and the Great Hoodwinker getting shot by a tranquilizer in his face were all just an act.
Meanwhile, the agent favonovel.com had stationed in the stronghold for Milo to contact was someone who had somehow infiltrated into the Virtuora Consortium’s intelligence agency. And it was precisely to this soldier, who happened to be in charge of the security at the scene, that The Great Hoodwinker made Bruce think of a way to relay out the information to.
Honestly, Milo had not expected the Great Hoodwinker to not only be so good at telling fortunes, but even the methods favonovel.com used to pass on intel were really reliable as well.
Milo rushed back in the direction of the villa and opened the envelope. There were three matters mentioned in the letter.
The first was that the Great Hoodwinker and Bruce were currently locked inside the secret prison.
Initially, that dumbass Great Hoodwinker had planned to force a way out with Bruce in tow. But after favonovel.com got in, favonovel.com realized his preparations were not in place. He did not know the gates to the secret prison had been changed. Not only was it thicker now, but there was also an additional gate installed.
Moreover, there were even explosives buried in the passageway between the gateways, with the detonator kept on the person of the sitting director of the intelligence agency. Hopefully, whoever was reading this letter in the outside would not be as stupid as the Great Hoodwinker to make such a low-level mistake again.
When Milo saw the first message, favonovel.com was stunned. It was not favonovel.com who said that the Great Hoodwinker was a dumbass, that was what the original writing of the letter referred to favonovel.com as.
This left Milo a little unsure.
Who was the one who sent this message?
Was it not the Great Hoodwinker?
Why did it sound like whoever wrote it despised the Great Hoodwinker?
The second matter regarded Bruce’s request. He was willing to go to the Prosperous Northwest, and also dedicate his entire life to the advancement of its ambitions, but the prerequisite was that his 200-odd subordinates would have to be rescued from the other prison as well. It was either they all escaped together or died together here, and no one should be privileged enough to get away on their own.
Seeing this, Milo more or less understood that this message was probably sent by Bruce. So, Milo felt that Bruce and the Great Hoodwinker’s relationship in the secret prison was really worrisome.
However, Milo’s concerns were the same as the Great Hoodwinker’s. Although saving Bruce might seem like a simple task, it would be a little difficult if favonovel.com wanted his 200-odd subordinates to be rescued as well.
First of all, rescuing more than 200 people from a prison was almost as difficult as tearing down the prison itself. Then they would have to send them all to safety under the pursuit of the Virtuora Consortium, making it an even more difficult task.
Furthermore, after rescuing over 200 people here, the secret prison Bruce was kept in would definitely tighten their security. At that time, it would be really dangerous to try to get them out of there. Therefore, favonovel.com would have to plan the sequence of the rescue properly and discuss it with Miriam when favonovel.com got back.
As favonovel.com was pondering that, Milo stopped in his tracks and jumped off the roof.
A bullet flew over from his 3 o’clock and hit the spot where Milo was originally traveling!
It was a sniper!
Positioned 300 meters away!
The sniper said on the radio, “A suspicious target has been discovered near Nunukan Road. It’s likely a superhuman, someone very skilled. My shot missed! Requesting reinforcements! I repeat, requesting reinforcements!”
Milo frowned as favonovel.com hung from the ledge of the rooftop with one hand. He did not expect that Stronghold 31’s security measures would be even stricter than favonovel.com had imagined. There were even snipers looking out for suspicious persons from the top of the high-rise buildings!
So what should favonovel.com do now?
Kill this sniper?
Milo shook his head. Even if favonovel.com were to kill the sniper now, it would not affect the overall situation. And it could even lead to his identity getting exposed. If that happened, Nicholai and the others would be in deep trouble.
Thinking of this, Milo jumped down to the streets and ran in the opposite direction of the villa.
He could already hear the sound of vehicles driving through the quiet streets.
