BXBX NOVEL Chapter 439: Indirect Strike
Chapter 439: Indirect Strike
Ivan Whistler was someone who had appeared in the information given to Adam by Doctor Edwards. He was a high-level manager working at one of the world\'s top three groups in the world, making him someone of an extremely lofty status in the eyes of the average person.
However, when compared with the true top dogs of Sandrise City, such as those who were in power in the Guild of Immortality and the consumers of the blank slates, Ivan Whistler was still only a minor character.
He was a pawn that could be easily expended and replaced.
The entire world had already been operating under this set of rules for many years, and there were hidden mechanisms at every single stage of the process, so it was downright ludicrous for any outsider to think that they could destroy the system.
Adam wasn\'t hoping to topple the entire system through this insignificant manager. This type of naive dream was one that he had given up on long ago.
Ivan Whistler didn\'t even have the chance to resist. He knew about the complexities of Adam\'s current status, and he also knew that special psychic police officers had the authority to use force if required.
Hence, he made a call to his secretary, instructing him to find him a lawyer while also pondering exactly how he had been caught.
People like him were doing unscrupulous things every single day, so their psychic worlds were severely contaminated, and the sludge anomalies lurking inside were quite a shocking sight, even for Adam.
At the same time, they were extremely diligent when it came to matters related to confidentiality, voluntarily applying to have certain sensitive memories erased in order to best protect themselves.
Having one\'s memories erased was definitely not a good feeling, but it was certainly a better option than death.
As soon as Adam made physical contact with him, he felt himself space out for a few seconds, and he had no recollection of what had happened during this brief window of time, making him even more fearful.
Who knew what types of special abilities these accursed special psychic police officers possessed?
The entire arrest was being recorded by Shivani and official police recording equipment, and the employees of the financial group were acting as witnesses. Everything was being carried out within the boundaries of the law and standard protocol.
By the time Adam\'s convoy departed following Ivan Whistler\'s arrest, the so-called crisis group that had been assembled to deal with Adam had already been alerted to the news.
"What is he doing? He kicked up such a big fuss just to arrest some manager? Aren\'t all of the financial groups providing services to the organ smuggling organizations? The entire process is meticulously cleaned up everytime, so there\'s no way he\'ll find any incriminating evidence."
All of these high-level managers in Area 48 were extremely intelligent people, and they knew all the relevant legal loopholes like the backs of their hands. Furthermore, the rules that they had established had already resolved the issues concerning illegitimacy to a huge extent, so it was far too easy for them to avoid culpability.
"This must be a bluff. He\'s just doing this to try and appeal to those brainless voters and win more support for himself."
"It\'s inevitable that everyone eventually ends up being assimilated once they enter politics. He\'s only been a politician for a few months, yet he\'s already using these political tactics to win over the voters."
"If he hasn\'t already caused far too much trouble for us, perhaps we could consider convincing him to join us. He would certainly make a good pawn."
"We have more than enough pawns at our disposal already. Let\'s just get rid of him as quickly as possible to put an end to this farce."
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The professional analytical personnel were still compiling all types of information, trying to predict what Adam was going to do next, but unbeknownst to them, Adam had never expected to be able to obtain anything from Ivan at all.
The previous night, Adam had sent a message through the dark web, and he had received a reply prior to setting off.
This was enough time for people in Shadow City to enter Sandrise City and set up an ambush on the route that Adam\'s convoy had to take.
As they emerged from Area 48 and were passing through an abandoned industrial area, an attack suddenly took place.
A rocket launcher took out the two cars at the front and the rear of the convoy, while countless dents were hammered into the bulletproof police vehicles by machine gun fire. At the same time, there were snipers situated at high vantage points, picking off anyone who tried to run away.
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Shivani screamed in terror as she threw her arms around Adam\'s waist while trembling uncontrollably.
Adam\'s prosthetics had come from the world\'s top arms manufacturer, and all he had to do was close his helmet for his entire body to be encased in a suit of armor. Perhaps he wouldn\'t be able to withstand particularly powerful armor-piercing bullets, but surviving a barrage of regular bullets was not an issue for him.
Despite her fear, Shivan quickly sprang into action, forcing herself to sit upright again as she commenced a live stream and pointed her camera at the attackers outside, as well as Adam, who was seated beside her.
Right at this moment, Thunderbird, Flame, and Patriot rolled out of their car before opening fire in retaliation, firing back at the enemy while retreating to Adam\'s car to provide protection.
This allowed the attackers an opportunity to blow up the car that Ivan Whistler was in with a rocket launcher blast, and the handcuffed Ivan was sent flying out of the car before having his head blown into pieces by a sniper.
In this dire situation, Mechguard units made a timely arrival on the scene. The armed drones fired off miniature missiles to take out the snipers, while the other Mechguard units worked with Thunderbird\'s trio to take out all of the remaining attackers.
Their identity was quickly verified, and as it turned out, they were the team of subordinates serving under Succubus Beth who had escaped last time, and they had come to exact vengeance on Adam. The entire battle had been live streamed by Shivani, and the footage quickly became extremely viral.
As a mayoral candidate who was at the height of his popularity, there was a lot of attention on Adam to begin with, and this operation had been made public knowledge thanks to the long drive that his convoy had taken to Area 48, so there were many people following its progress.
All of the media outlets were eager to jump onto this hot story, and the footage of Adam watching fearlessly as cars exploded outside was shared countless times on the internet and used in virtually every single news story covering the incident.
This resulted in yet another massive spike in support for him, inching him even closer to the top spot, and that still wasn\'t the end.
The dust from the battle hadn\'t even settled yet before Adam emerged from his bulletproof vehicle, standing in front of the camera with his head held high as he declared, "I will fight these criminals to the bitter end, and I will never stop or back down! I won\'t make any compromises, and I won\'t let even a single one of them escape!"
As he made this declaration, he also took a subtle glance at the body of Ivan Whistler, which was laying on the ground with a sheet draped over it.
The crisis group quickly caught onto this subtle glance, and they immediately arrived at a series of conclusions.
"He had to have obtained some type of information from that manager! What they\'re saying is that the attackers were subordinates to Succubus Beth, but if you ask me, they were sent by someone to silence that manager!"
"Doesn\'t that mean that when he\'s talking about fighting criminals, his true target is still us?"
"I\'d say that\'s most likely the case."
"Then we have to stop him! This is already the third time, we can\'t keep letting him do whatever he wants!"
The armed forces under the crisis group were quickly deployed, with some sent to important locations concerning the human and organ trafficking supply chain, while others were sent to go after Adam and the people around him.
They weren\'t necessarily going to directly try to kill him, but they were definitely going to impede his future operations.
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The cars in the convoy were quickly replaced, and Adam and the others continued the drive back.
Inside the car, Shivani was looking at Adam with starstruck eyes. To her, he was perfect in every single way.
However, Adam was still mulling over some other things. He had already set things into motion, and the stories that he had generated were being widely propagated by his financial backers. They weren\'t afraid of chaos or even war. In fact, wars simply equated to profit opportunities for them.
Adam was aware of this, so his upcoming operations were going to be even more intense, and he was going to keep pushing his luck.
"Turn around. It\'s time to initiate the next step of the operation."
The convoy turned and began to travel toward an organization under Golden Teeth Incorporated. This was Adam\'s true target.