Chapter 419 - Joint Operation (1/2)

“Then… should we introduce ourselves?” Waldo stammered, sounding much less confident he usually did on Facebook and Instagram.

This was mainly due to Leah being extremely attractive, even more so than certain female celebrities and hosts whose pictures he used to browse on the internet. In fact, most of the photos the celebrities took in private weren’t nearly as good as those posted on the internet

—some even looked like entirely different people.

Leah was one of those hailing from the rarer breed. She looked even prettier in person.

This was the first time Waldo had ever been in such proximity to such a beautiful girl. He was a nervous wreck. Stretching his hand, he spluttered, “I… my name is Waldo. Erm… I’m twenty-four and single. I like Gundam and DOTA2… Oh, and I’m Gaspard’s friend too.”

“Oh? The two of you know Gaspard?” Leah looked at Waldo, eyes wide. “Huh?” Waldo nearly choked at her response. He turned to look at Zhang Heng with a panicked look on his face, “Didn’t you… didn’t you use Gaspard’s ident.i.ty to get in touch with her?”

“No, I told her we’re Edward’s friends,” Zhang Heng answered.

The whole 01 team was flabbergasted. “Huh?!”

Little Boy c.o.c.ked her head. “Why did she believe you then?” she asked.

“Rocky is a stray puppy that my brother and I picked up. At that time, my mother didn’t allow us to keep any pets. So, we found a cardboard box and built a home for him in the yard and brought him food every day. But a week later, Rocky disappeared. We searched everywhere for him but to no avail. He just disappeared so suddenly. We haven’t seen him since. This is a secret between my brother and me. No one else knows about it,” Leah explained.

It all suddenly dawned on Philip. “No wonder you told Leo to write down ‘Rocky will be back next week.’ Wait a minute,” He looked at Zhang Heng, “How did you know that?”

Leah suddenly turned wary. “Didn’t my brother send you guys? Who are you?”

“We are Edward’s friends, and he did send us to save you. As for Rocky, I will explain everything to you when this is all over,” Zhang Heng said, not even flinching, although he made a promise that he knew would never be fulfilled.

By the time everything ended, all the players, including him, would have to leave the quest. There was no need for him to explain anything Ponytail had the Digital Video ready. He said to Leah, “Do you have anything you want to say to your brother?”.

“Is this some kind of prank show?” Leah raised her eyebrows.

“No, we have to send evidence to Edward to prove that we’ve saved you from Black Nest so that he will reveal the next phase of the operation to us.”

“And… What is the next phase of the operation?” Leah inquired as she accepted the camcorder.

“Edward will leak the evidence the press exposing Black Nest’s misdeeds by using CTOS to collect private data from citizens.”

“Then?”

“Err… then the CTOS project will most probably die under public pressure, or its launching will be put on hold until they can protect the privacy of people effectively.”

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