Child of Destiny

Chapter 1950: Follow-Up Operation

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Right after the concert, Shin and the others immediately went to the prep room and started changing their clothes with combat gear meant for special operations.

They did not care about the success of the concert now, after hearing the sudden news right after they finished thanking the audience.

”What do you mean that Big Sis is injured and currently unconscious!?” asked Arthur with a heavy tone right after putting on his combat gear.

”They have been ambushed by Butcher and another world-class criminal after they learned that their entire operation is compromised. They have even brought some Voidwalkers to deal with her guards,” replied Shin while tightening the strap of his twin swords around his waist.

”Don’t worry. According to Senior Benedict, she is just unconscious and far from any danger,” said Shin, trying to reassure Arthur and himself as well.

”Thanks to the timely arrival of David and the twin ghosts of the Valentine Family, they can prevent the worst-case scenario,” Benedict suddenly chimed in while entering the room.

He then gave Shin an odd look after recalling what he heard from the reports. It seemed like this junior of his had predicted such a situation and asked David and the rest to head to Shiella’s location instead of assisting any other battlefield.

Setting this thought aside for now, Benedict proceeded to another topic. ”Let’s forget about this for now and focus on what’s on our plate.”

”The battle between the World Government people and the agents of the Black Serpent Mafia outside the city has already ceased, but we still don’t know the specifics since they just disappeared from our area of observation.”

”Our scouts are currently trying to look for their traces as we speak.”

”On the other hand, our people have already made some contact with the other side of the continent. The Green Family is also already on the move, so they are in an intense confrontation right now.”

He then paused for a moment before proceeding. ”For now, our current goal for now is to deal with the people that the Lufus Family has sent.”

”We have to lessen the burden on forces so that they can focus more on their respective tasks.”

”From our information, they seemed to have hired quite a few mercenary groups as well, while their main target is Shin and Cloe.”

”These guys will most likely take advantage of the chaos to make their move, so we must be prepared for whatever comes our way.”

”Given the current circumstances, we can’t go back to the hotel, so we will be using the underground passage and head to the safehouses that we have prepared ahead of time.”

”The Alpha and Beta Units will be going through the surface and creating a distraction while we move through the secret passages under the escort of the rest of the units.”

Hearing the instructions, Shin could not help but frown a little before asking. ”We have just finished the concert, so the people must be flooding throughout the city. The entire city must be extremely busy right now.”

”This should be enough to discourage those guys from doing anything big within the city. The information has said that they are currently working under the World Government, so they can’t do anything serious within the city.”

”They can’t do anything that can cause that much unrest within the city, given the current circumstances. They will be provoking the local government of the Sun-Moon Continent otherwise.”

Hearing this, Benedict found it quite reasonable. ”So, we should be using the surface then?”

Shin then shook his head and said. ”No. We will do both.”

He paused for a moment, trying to organize his plan before continuing. ”Instead of using both the Alpha and Beta Units to cause a distraction for those guys, we should be doing something more ’productive’ instead.”

”Let one of the teams disguise themselves as us and let them blend in with the crowd or in the traffic outside. Then they will proceed to ’sneak’ out of the city to head to our supposed next destination.”

”If they can lure some of our enemies out, then it will be good. If not, then they can just be a distraction.”

”Then the other team will be using the underground passage, using it while heading to one of our safehouses. They are also meant to lure our enemies and another form of distraction.”

”As for us, the real team, we will be leaving through the underground passage as well. But we are not going to leave the city,” he added.

”You want to stay within the vicinity to confirm something, which is also a perfect place to respond to any development later,” said Cloe while entering the room. She seemed to understand what Shin was thinking.

”Using a dual bait strategy to lure the snakes out while we are hiding in the dark, huh?” mumbled Benedict while thinking to himself.

After a few moments of thinking, he suddenly nodded. ”It is quite a good plan. I will rely on your thoughts to our superiors and tell them about your plan.”

”For now, you guys should finish your preparations,” he added before quickly leaving the room to report to Dayna and Elijah about Shin’s plans.

The rest of the team, on the other hand, gathered around and discussed among themselves.

”We will most likely get into action later, so everyone must be fully prepared. Avoiding it will be impossible,” said Shin, emphasizing the situation.

”Do you think those guys will really strike us? In the middle of the city?” asked Arthur with a slight frown.

”If we are only thinking about securing the package that the Black Serpent Mafia has in their hands, then I can say that those guys will not dare to deal with us, given the current situation,” answered Shin.

”But given the enmity that we have with the Lufus Family, I am sure that they will risk everything just to get back at us, especially after Big Sis has practically forced those guys to hand their young master to her,” he added.

”Moreover, they have hired some mercenary groups with them,” Jillian, who had also finished gearing up, had chimed in on the discussion.

Leonard recalled their experience when they were attacked by those mercenaries when attempting to kidnap Cloe and assassinate Shin previously.

He then nodded solemnly and added. ”That’s right. Those guys know no bounds when doing the job. So long as they have been paid enough, they will do anything just to finish the task that they have been commissioned.”

Shin nodded as well, especially when he was also greatly involved in that matter.

Alice, who was also somewhat involved in that incident, slightly furrowed her brows as well.

Cloe, on the other hand, felt something strange when she recalled everything, especially when her family was supposed to be quite close with the Lufus Family before all these happened.

With a sigh, she shook her head and forced herself to forget about those unpleasant memories and move on.

Arthur clapped his hands to attract everyone’s attention before saying. ”There’s that, but we have other matters at hand, so we have to focus on the job and kick their *sses again!”

The others turned to him before giving him scornful looks. This guy truly liked to show off, trying to seize this opportunity to act cool.

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In the meantime, somewhere within the city, there was a certain warehouse used for storing huge cargoes.

This warehouse was a private property that used to belong to the Lufus Family and their Weapon Arms Group when they were still operating in the Sun-Moon Continent.

It was quite a huge property and highly protected by very advanced security measures.

This place was supposed to be an abandoned warehouse, given that the Lufus Family had already pulled out all their operations from the continent.

However, the place seemed to be still in full operation despite the Lufus Family not being around. However, instead of the usual weapons and firearms that the family used to store in this place, the warehouse seemed to be filled with different products.

Within this warehouse, there was a hidden room where a group of people was currently hiding.

There was a man who was currently wearing a police uniform, answering a call from his advanced watch.

He listened to the instructions of the party from the other side of the line before acknowledging everything. ”I understand, Boss. We are heading there as soon as possible.”

Beep!

After ending the call, this man walked toward his colleagues, who were currently in different kinds of outfits that did not seem to fit as a group.

Some of them were in police uniforms, others were wearing military ones, a few dressed like traffic enforcers, while the rest were in civilian clothing.

He gave them a series of instructions before walking toward a certain person, who was currently sitting on a corner isolated from the rest of the group.

This person noticeably had a very savage and deadly air surrounding him. The atmosphere around him seemed to be very suffocating due to his presence.

One of this person’s arms seemed to be an implant. It was a mechanical arm that was commonly used by the disabled soldiers from the military forces of the Sun-Moon Continent.

Based on the features of this mechanical arm, it seemed to be one of the most advanced versions of the implants available to the military forces.

This person seemed to be playing with a huge military knife, pitching its blade and grinding it with his metal fingers.

”Mad Dog, we are moving now,” called the person in a police uniform before adding. ”We have already lost the package, so we are changing targets now. We will be dealing with the kids.”

A dangerous glint flashed in the other person’s eye when he heard the update of their assignment.

He then started grinning savagely before nodding his head.

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