Chapter 1043 - In a Storm of Scandal (2/2)

Horvat sat down beside him and stared into his eyes.

“Where is Jeff? How come I didn’t see him?”

“Jeff…” It took a while for Carol’s concussed brain to recall the owner of the name.

Coughing violently, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm his violently pumping chest.

“He was taken away by the militants.”

“How could that be with Jeff’s skills?” a mercenary interrupted.

Horvat frowned, raised his hand to cut the mercenary off and persisted further.

“Tell me all the details.”

“The militants broke into the underground research institute’s security system and opened the alloy door. The last mercenaries and the militants exchanged fire in the corridor in front of the main entrance, and Jeff took me to the office at the back of the lab. Then…”

“And then?”

Recalling the tragedy that occurred an hour ago, Carol was frightened. Suppressing his fear, he narrated what happened with great discomfort.

“Then they quickly pushed the front door and threw a grenade inside. Jeff and the other three got down, but the grenade didn’t explode. There was only a very faint static noise then they couldn’t crawl back up. They were knocked out by the militants who rushed through the door. If I’m not wrong, that should’ve bee—”

“EMP” Horvat muttered to himself and spoke the three letters for him.

Located in the Finnish manor, Carmen quietly listened to the report from his phone.

The 7th Institute was attacked by the militant army organization claiming to be the “People’s Liberation Front.” They released a video of the battle at the research institute, not only publishing evidence of human experiments to the whole world but also letting in the protestors.

“The traces of EMP weapons were found on the scene,” Johnson said with a dignified look.

Whenever these three letters were mentioned, it wasn’t difficult to guess who was behind this. All Celestial Trade possessed were non-nuclear EMP weapons. However, Carmen didn’t expect that not only did they reduce the size of their EMPs to non-guided support rockets, but they also further reduced it to a portable grenade.

After listening to Johnson’s report, Carmen didn’t speak. After a long silence, he picked up the phone and called the Krupp Group to tell them that the ‘Lightning’ exoskeleton required EMP protection then hung up.

After being neglected for a long time, Johnson waited for Carmen to finish calling then he hesitated for a moment before asking: “…What should we do now?”

“I’ll give you all of Arrow’s resources in Frankberg. Find them and kill them in their cradle. ”

“Roger.”

Johnson lowered his head then left with quick steps.

Looking at the closed door, Carmen gritted his teeth in anger. He gazed at the Golden Apple on the table sullenly and said, word by word, “You will pay for your stupidity.”