Chapter 31: Investigation (1/2)

Chapter 31: Investigation

Aldrich kicked over the Odinson boss so that he faced upwards He could not htly wrapped up he was in the brown tarp Valera had rolled hi you want, I'll tell you! You need soet it to you!" said the Odinson boss, his one biological eye so wide that it looked like it was damn near ready to pop out of his skull "Just don't put htmares, God, no!"

"Well, that was easy," said Aldrich He jotted down a er just a siainst those with no htardless of hoilling the boss was to talk, Aldrich still put his staff right on the h pressure to let hiht through and end hisyou know about them Tell me," said Aldrich He spoke to the techno as well "And you, listen to what he says and bring up any relevant info on his phone"

"You got it, boss," said the techno

"Fisk, is that you?" said the boss, perplexed and betrayed "You're working for him now?"

Aldrich allowed the techno, Fisk, his name was, to respond, curious as to whether there would be any recognition of his former boss

"Uh, don't knoho you are, but yeah, I'ht to get talkin' instead of chattin' with me," said Fisk

"You heard hi his staff deeper into the boss's throat, hed the boss "We started working with the Trident a year ago"

"In Haven?" Aldrich narrowed his eyes "I've done my fair share of research on the Trident, and I was fairly certain they had no presence in Haven"

"Y-yeah, you're right," said the boss "It wasn't in Haven They got in touch with us for a heist We had to snatch soi convoy further down south Around the S48 Highway

After the Monstering, the United States highway and road system had been completely overhauled due to the threat of monsters and vast swathes of land rendered uninhabitable Two sets of roads were developed

'Secure' roads numbered from S1 to S50 that were reserved for transfer of crucial supplies and 'Commercial' roads numbered from C1 to C100 that mapped a web of traffic around the states

The US governed the commercial roads, but the Panopticon - a anization that worked with alency to fend against Variants - ed the secure roads

Thus, S roads had a ton more security, surveillance, and hero presence

"A ragtag, twenty or so i convoy? On a S road? fucking ridiculous," said Aldrich as he began to press the staff into the boss's throat again, suffocating hia-corporation based in Korea that stood at the absolute top of any military tech and developi was absolute razor cutting edge, creating top notch technology tailor i convoy would have been guarded heavily No, heavily guarded was an understatement There would have been absolute top of the line autonomous defense systeh-endit

This was on top of auto-turrets, cannons, and uarded a S-road

"He's right," said Fisk as his red tinted visor flashed and glowed "Got some comms and credit transfers that prove it"

"Hm," said Aldrich as he eased the pressure on his staff

"You-you have to believe me," said the boss "We didn't do it by ourselves The Trident helped us They sent out a guy to help us Villain called the Vanisher He helped us He just sorta flew over the convoy and then anything that could shoot at us just disappeared

It was real easy to just bust in and take what they needed after"

"And what did they need?"

"I don't know"

Aldrich glared at the boss

"I really, really don't know!" said the boss, panicked "They-they wouldn't tell us, and ould they? We're just nos B-but I do know that it was a case of some kind Real secure and fancy lookin', that case was They made us transfer it, too"

"Where to?" said Aldrich

"To Haven We got a real strong presence in Haven, and we're reliable unlike them crazy ass Boltheads or Fiends, so I think that's why the Trident chose us to carry that package We got it over to that nightclub, the one with real classy cocktail party theht about this for a moment

It was true that the Trident had no real presence here in Haven Their north Aest tier 1 walled city in the states, not in a tier 3 city like Haven

Itdelivered to Haven, they would hire local help

It was not uncoer criminal syndicates to hire nos like the Fiends or Boltheads, for dirtier work, especially where their influence was limited

After all, noely untraceable, and could easily be abandoned when anything rong

But why at Haven? Soi, too

And to the Red Circle? A randohtclub?

"Any info on this?" Aldrich asked Fisk

"Sorry, boss," said Fisk "I got correspondence with a guy called 'Mr X' that set this whole heist up, but after the heist was done, there's nothin' more"

"So that's it, hm?" Aldrich shook his head "You Odinsons are just too low level to know anything useful I've reached a dead end about the Trident with you