Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 186 - 186 106 Open Conspiracy

186: Chapter 106: Open Conspiracy 186: Chapter 106: Open Conspiracy “So, the plan to surround and kill Tao Enhai is set then,” said a character clad in a splendid military uniform and adorned with medals within the virtual space.

This was a meeting room.

The entire meeting room was in a dimly lit environment, with all of its furnishings appearing rather vague, except for the large mahogany conference table and the seven people sitting around it, who were exceptionally clear.

The others nodded in agreement.

Just then, someone joined the officers’ channel.

It was a person wearing a white lab coat, whose brightness was entirely out of sync with the surrounding environment, as if they were glowing from within.

All the officers stood up and saluted.

This was a Scientific Knight, and the fact that he had the authority to directly access this meeting channel suggested he had no low level of clearance.

The Scientific Knight looked at one of the officers with a tone of displeasure, “Amilcare Zhao, have you been paying attention to the signals from the rear?”

“What?” Old Master Zhao Amilcare furrowed his brows slightly.

He had the appearance of an ordinary middle-aged Asian man with thick, sword-like eyebrows.

He stood up and asked, “Your Excellency Ashur, may I ask what has happened?”

Ashur-Lei-Goodrian didn’t say much but shared a video clip instead.

It showed the scene of Bengel being pursued and killed.

“Is this…” Amilcare was filled with disbelief, “Mr.

Bengel?

Isn’t this a synthetic animation?”

“It isn’t,” Chief Ashur said with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

“Just a moment ago, about forty seconds before, my Vice Captain died.

You can drag the progress bar to the end and see for yourself how my Vice Captain was killed.”

Amilcare seemed to realize why this Holy Knight had come directly to him.

He stretched out his right hand, making a grasping motion in thin air, and dragged the progress bar backward.

In the footage, countless light tubes converged on the wall of Meiyimei Building to form a vertical path, then a Hero, with a spinning sword stroke, bisected the Official Knight Bengel.

All smiles vanished from the faces of the officers.

They knew this was no minor matter.

“Just today, two Heroes infiltrated my Order of Knights’ compound, disabled the security system temporarily with high-explosive bombs and an EMP, instigated gangs to join in a riot, stole my thesis, killed my subordinates, destroyed my critical data—oh, and they also killed your son,” he described.

“And the most outrageous part is, this Hero executed my Vice Captain using a performative sword technique,” Ashur pointed at the virtual footage.

“In this episode of the story, the Mona Knight Order, Meiyimei Building, and you—are all going to be the buffoons.”

Amilcare sighed, “This indeed is my dereliction of duty…”

Whose else could it be if not yours?” Ashur pressed.

“Mine?”

“I apologize…” Amilcare immediately bowed his head.

“No need for that now, Amilcare,” Ashur sighed.

“What I want now is for you to fulfill your responsibilities properly, understand?

I do not wish for something like what just occurred to happen a second time.”

Amilcare frowned, “But, the operation to capture Tao Enhai is also my responsibility.”

“There are others who can lead the team for Tao Enhai’s capture, aren’t there?” Ashur asked coldly.

“But what about Pine Eagle City?

Since you enjoy playing this medieval role-playing game, then you should take care of your ‘territory’ like a proper medieval Lord!”

Amilcare nodded, “I understand.”

“The Hero might not have gone far from Pine Eagle City yet.

I hope to use his brain to smear over this disgrace,” Ashur said.

Truthfully, he was no longer optimistic about retrieving the thesis.

Informational assets are easily lost.

After speaking, the Holy Knight disappeared.

Amilcare heard a couple of snickers from behind him.

Not everyone was fond of the Zhao family.

Amilcare Zhao acted too much like a feudal lord within his sphere of protection.

Whether it was the Gene Bank’s defending army or the Scientific Knight Order, there were those who didn’t appreciate such behavior—at least they professed to protect in the name of human continuity and progress.

The conduct of the Zhao family, however, was dragging down the style of the entire organization.

However, how each Guard Officer constructed their forces was entirely up to their discretion, which is why the Gene Bank’s operating organization had not formally punished him to date.

Seeing Amilcare get into trouble indeed pleased some.

Amilcare turned around and said, “It seems I’ll have to end my responsibilities here sooner than expected.”

An officer asked, “What do you plan to do?”

“I will take back a general level of martial power, as well as two-thirds of the Martial Artists, to Pine Eagle City.

I need to secure the city’s internal forces and conduct a search in the wilderness surrounding the city,” Amilcare explained.

“This will require a lot of manpower.

However, I’ll leave enough strength to maintain this defensive network.”

The officer shook his head with a sigh, “That’s a bit…

Well, our defensive network was originally estimated based on all the people we brought.

Withdrawing like this might put the operation to capture Tao Enhai at risk.”

“How could it be?” Lord Zhao seemed surprised.

“I’m only taking back my share of the troops.

If we fill in with the reserve teams, the original blockade line can still be maintained, right?”

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“So, you’re saying your mind is stuck in the Middle Ages as well?” another virtual figure with a large beard, an officer, said, “The ‘paper leak’ has had a major impact on the Scientific Knight Order.

Some of us have also received inquiries from the local Scientific Knight Orders.

Every one of us has to spread out some troops to go back and fortify our defenses.”

“It’s really strange,” Amilcare muttered, “Before coming here, we went out of our way to hunt down some Famed Heroes.

The whole New World shouldn’t have any Great Hero left who could threaten us.

Heroes also don’t have mature transportation methods, and if Heroes from the Old World wanted to come over, they would probably go through the Bering Strait.

That would inevitably alert the local Defending Army…

and there wouldn’t be enough time to cross the sea.”

“The Mona Knight Order specializes in neurology and cognitive science, right?” pondered one of the knights, “I remember Tao Enhai was initially recommended by Chen Feng to join the ‘Superhuman Group,’ overseeing the neural surgery for the first generation of Prosthetic Bodies?

If that young Holy Knight brat still harbors ideas like ‘sentimental attachment to the past’…”

“Pfft…” Amilcare couldn’t help but burst into laughter, “Ashur, someone like that scumbag, would never have such Jianghu notions.

Him?

Hahahahaha…”

Ashur-Lei-Goodrian would never become a sympathizer of Heroes.

“It looks like we really need to reduce the density of our blockade line,” the leading officer sighed, “It’s not realistic to maintain it as we initially conceived.

Let’s start by reducing the range…

Remove the outermost blockade line, there’s no need to maintain such a large area.”

The officers knew very well that the Hero who attacked the Meiyimei Building wanted precisely this effect.

Yet, they could only play into the antagonist’s hands.

Such a scandal could not occur a second time.

…………………………….

Xiang Shan shook off the wrist that was grabbing his arm.

Daijiu Tai’a was standing in front of him.

Just a moment ago, when he burst into the dark zone, a tentacle suddenly shot out from a window, wrapping around his wrist and flinging him into the building with force.

In his place, the envoy from the Six Dragons Sect fell at a faster pace, eventually getting shot and turned into a pile of scrap metal by the anticipated bullets.

Daijiu Tai’a was waiting here, using Clever Force to neutralize Xiang Shan’s horizontal impact.

Xiang Shan watched him warily, while slipping the storage device into the slot on his back—at the crossing instant, he had pulled this thing out of Bengel’s split-open brain—asking, “Are you the main deal?

That guy, was he wearing your Pseudo-personality Mask?”

If he continued to accelerate downwards, he wouldn’t die, but whether he would be injured was hard to guarantee.

The envoy from the Six Dragons Sect, however, had easily taken his place as a sacrifice.

This was highly abnormal.

The first thing Xiang Shan thought of was the term he had just learned, “Pseudo-personality Mask.”

If a life was not valuable, then it would be acceptable to sacrifice it.

The envoy from the Six Dragons Sect—Daijiu Tai’a said with a smile, “Perhaps you need a little help.

If I’m not mistaken, you want to burst into the lower regions and then enter the sewer system and the underground rivers, right?”

“How do you…

Ah, right, I remember now.

You had dealings with the local gangs?” Xiang Shan recalled vaguely that before his own gang made a move on the government, they had wiped out a certain gang.

That gang had dealings with envoys from the Demon Sect.

Daijiu Tai’a said, “This method isn’t bad, but I have a safer route.

I will transfer the map to you.

It has no Gu Poison.

I genuinely want to help you.”

Almost simultaneously, Xiang Shan received the file.

Xiang Shan frowned, “If you can give me the core access codes, why don’t you act on it yourself?”

“This thing?

Using this is very likely to leave some trace in the system.

If I were the only person in the building, using this would only draw all suspicions to myself,” Daijiu Tai’a said, “Most of the security forces are now concentrated above the 700th floor, and it will take a few more minutes for the basic patrols to arrive.

You can leave at ease.”

Xiang Shan looked at him and nodded.

Then, he asked in his mind: [So, Little Brother, what do you have to say?]

[I can’t explain my situation to you right now.

I’m in a very dangerous position.

I mustn’t reveal any clues to my existence to anyone.]

[Then, what is your relationship with Hiroshi Matsushima?]

Xiang Shan could discern a person’s inner “style” from their subtle movements.

The mysterious master he encountered in the alley, despite efforts to disguise his external strength, if he added back the choices he deliberately avoided, then it very closely resembled Hiroshi Matsushima that he saw that day.

The strange thing was, Hiroshi Matsushima should not have been capable of Inner Strength.

This was also one of the reasons why Xiang Shan did not hand over “Don’t be Afraid” to Hiroshi Matsushima.

That person stayed silent for a moment before saying, [Mr.

Matsushima is my partner; he provides me with convenience for my actions here.]

[Personality Mask?] Xiang Shan ventured.

There was no reply.

“Little Brother” had already left.

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