288 Up Front and Within the Shadows, The Two Different Form of Dangers (1/2)
Day 43 – 1:45 PM – Government Official's Residences, Central Business Park, Bay City, Parañaque, Metro Manila
When Senator Estrada spoke those words, every person in the room looked at him in silence. The expression and aura the senator was exuding was more than enough to make them shudder. Behind the senator, there was also his bodyguard who was continuously releasing a strong air of blood. Even though they were all here forming an alliance, they could still feel that these two people were the most dangerous in this settlement.
Raver seemed to have disagreement with those words however but he could not speak his will right now. He totally took fancy with the girl named Mei Xiao. Not only was she beautiful and skilled but also the princess of the renowned Xiao Industries. The only problem was that it seemed that her family neglected her and only valued her as a bargaining chip before. Even before the outbreak, he had already known her through business events and parties but even though he was a business prodigy, he was still far from the eyes of the president of Xiao Industries. There was no way for him to pursue her.
Now however, he had all the chance he wanted and as such, met with her several times. Just to be rejected. He had all his influence and even people but his existence did not even enter her eyes. She did not even face her, not even once.
”What are you going to do with Xiao Industries? That ”Fairy Sniper” is their princess. Everyone knows that.”
Congressman Escobar spoke.
”There's no need to bother with them. They might have some private forces but there's nothing they can do if we made our move. Besides, their family mostly moves inside the settlement, they don't make too many movements outside. They don't even participate in military commissioned missions. They are just a bunch of cowards. There is also that issue, their princess didn't want to have anything to do with them now. The amount of things they could do to interfere is very minimal.”
Senator Estrada spoke with a grin befitting a schemer. Even his arms were bent over the table and his fingers on both hands were crossed.
”Movements outside… Are you perhaps…”
Senator Asucena voiced his realization.
”There will be a mission in a few days. Of course, the military has yet to announce it. Another infected nest is found in the NAIA Airport. As all of you know, that is not far from here.”
Senator Estrada spoke with confidence.
Then, he revealed information that no one else knew aside from the higher-ups of the military. It was an obvious display of how deep his connections within the military despite the scuffles between the government officials and the military that already started to come to light to the public.
”Are you confident about this?”
One of the men who kept silent until now spoke. He was a lean man with strict looking eyes. He was the retired Senator Osmeña.
”You all don't have to worry about this. In a day or two, this will come in public. With the information we have, we can prepare and take advantage of the situation.”
”Wait, are you all sure about this. There is a rumor that that group is somehow related to an Evolver that have prowess on Par with the Unknown.”
The other silent person also spoke. He was Congressman Montesoro. Of all the people here, he was the one known for being cautious.
To those words however, Senator Estrada frowned.
”As you said, those are nothing but rumors. Those rumors included that the person you are talking about is a vengeful person. However, nothing happened to those that harassed their group until now. Think about it. Those baseless rumors could be deliberately spread by the military to get people away from that group.”
That made Congressman Montesoro silent. While the rumors were there but there was also the fact that nothing happened to those that supposed to be suffering due to that person's revenge. In fact, not a shadow of that person was seen for the whole month that group stayed here.
”Then, what do you want to do?”
”It's like this…”
Their meeting took more than an hour before it finished. Everyone else moved out of the room before Senator Estrada since this was his residence.
”Are you really sure about teaming up with those useless people?”
The man standing behind Senator Estrada spoke. His voice was deep and had a chilling vibe. It would make anyone with the faint heart feel fear. Although his appearance was similar to those bouncers that could be seen in cliché nightclubs, the faint bloodlust he was emanating was too thick. Even those that had no experience in these fields would be able to tell that he had killed many people before.
This person was not just some body guard Senator Estrada hired. He was a mercenary from an international criminal organization.
”Devon, although they might look useless, they still have some uses.”
”I really like your line of thought.”
Devon smiled. He and this Senator had been working together for a long time now. The mercenary could tell that those useless idiots would become scapegoats if things get awry. Still, those six idiots seemed to have no idea, no, there seemed to be two who were able to catch up to some extent.
”What are you going to do with those two? They might bite you back.”
Devon asked. He was talking about Raver and Congressman Montesoro.
”What's the use of your men if they could?”
Senator Estrada replied with a smirk.
To those words, Devon moved his hands as a signal. There, six people appeared as if they left from the shadows of the room. These were surely not normal people.
”You six go and observe those people.”
With Devon's words, the six melded into the shadows once more and vanished.