Chapter 189: Mission from Mr. Au

At Haneda Airport, a boy who had just returned from studying abroad in New Zealand was accepting a rational inquiry from customs.

The boy's name was Kugayama Takuma, a member of the terrorist organization A21. Studying abroad was just a cover for him to go abroad to receive λ-Driver adaptability adjustment training.

"Alright, that's it."

After the routine inquiry, the customs officer intended to let the boy enter the country. After all, all the boy's documents and procedures were without any problems, but the boy didn't seem to have any intention of entering the country obediently.

"Hey, your tie is crooked!"

Takuma suppressed the restlessness and excitement in his heart and reminded the customs officer.

"What are you talking about? Hurry up and enter the country."

The customs officer felt a bit inexplicable and urged Takuma.

Although his tie was indeed crooked, he didn't think there was any problem.

It was just that Takuma could no longer suppress the irritability in his heart and pounced on the customs officer.

Since the tie is crooked, let the neck be crooked too!

In the end, this commotion was suppressed in time by the airport security personnel.

But Takuma's clearly abnormal spirit attracted the attention of relevant departments and was finally sent to a research facility in Tokyo.

After learning the relevant intelligence, Mithril's high-level immediately contacted the Japanese government, hoping to interrogate Takuma.

Originally, this mercenary organization Mithril had contact with the high-level of various countries, and after the Shun'an incident, the relationship between Mithril and the Japanese government became more friendly, so Mithril's request was quickly passed.

Out of various considerations, Colonel Teresa Testarossa and Major Andrei Sergeyevich Kalinin of the West Pacific Combat Department came to Tokyo.

At the same time, in order to rescue Kugayama Takuma, who was accidentally arrested, the members of A21 also began to move.

Li Boyong, who had been paying attention to the situation of A21, was also preparing to take action, but it was under such circumstances that he received a communication request from Mr. Au.

"Help me stop the destruction action that A21 might carry out in Tokyo."

Mr. Au, who didn't know that Li Boyong was also paying attention to A21, put forward the mission requirement.

"A21, that terrorist organization?"

Li Boyong intended to play dumb, "The other party is preparing to carry out terrorist activities, but since when did we in Amalgam start playing the role of a righteous messenger?"

To tell the truth, Mr. Au would make this mission request to himself, which was really a bit unexpected.

Originally, he had been guessing whether the one who provided the Behemoth to A21 was this Executive Officer, but now it seemed that this was not the case.

But the only organization that possessed this kind of mech was Amalgam, and it must be an Executive Officer-level character.

That is to say, this commotion might be an encroachment between Executive Officers, and A21 just happened to be used.

"This place is different from other places. If it's messed up, the impact will be too great."

For the first time, an anxious tone appeared in the mouth of this Executive Officer, "You don't understand what kind of thing A21 has in their hands. If that thing is activated, the city you are currently in will be finished."

"That thing?"

Li Boyong continued to play dumb, wanting to see if he could extract intelligence he didn't know.

"λ-Driver, do you know it?" Mr. Au asked

"No, this is the first time I've heard that name."

Li Boyong was unusually cooperative. "It sounds like some kind of weapon or device. What does it do?"

Next came the time for the performance; with Li Boyong's cooperation, Mr. Au told him all the intelligence regarding the Lambda-Driver, the Behemoth, and the Whispered.

"The situation is urgent. Most of the forces I can mobilize immediately are in government departments, so I have no choice but to rely on you."

Mr. Au's tone carried a hint of pleading. "No matter what methods you use, please ensure you prevent a disastrous situation from occurring before the Behemoth is activated. I can promise to provide you with a unit equipped with a Lambda-Driver afterward, as well as a guarantee that you will become an Executive Candidate."

Those were truly tempting conditions, and Li Boyong agreed immediately.

As for the reason the other party was so anxious, he didn't think it was because they valued civilian casualties that much; it was likely because they feared the city of Tokyo would suffer excessive destruction.

After all, it was this same Executive Officer who had ordered Jiulong to hijack the plane; if Mithril hadn't acted quickly, the hundreds of hostages on that flight would have already been blown to bits.

Forget it, none of these things mattered anymore.

As long as he could become an Executive Candidate among the cadres afterward, the character of that Executive Officer wasn't something he needed to worry about.

【Faction Mission: Amalgam — Mr. Au】

Stop the activation of the Behemoth and prevent Tokyo from suffering destruction. (Success reward: 5 Plot Points and 50 points of related reputation)

Oh, oh...

The system had actually triggered a mission after such a long time; it seemed things might get busy for a while.

However, the faction reputation seemed to have undergone some changes. Amalgam, which was originally on the reputation list, had split into several parts. Li Boyong guessed that these roughly corresponded to the various factions within Amalgam.

Looking at it this way, completing this mission would allow him to farm reputation with this Executive Officer's faction.

Heh, he wondered if that Executive Officer would burn the reputation reward if they found out he had also sold two Savages to A21.

"How is the situation over at A21?"

Since he had decided to take action, Li Boyong summoned his subordinates from next door, intending to understand the situation in detail.

"The members who were originally scattered in various places seem to be gathering, looking like they're preparing to do something big with their AS."

A subordinate in charge of intelligence immediately reported the relevant information to Li Boyong. "By the way, while I was investigating A21, I accidentally learned an interesting piece of information."

"Interesting information?" This statement piqued Li Boyong's interest.

"Yes. Although it cannot be verified, it seems that the late Wuzhi Zheng'er, who committed suicide, was under pressure from a certain big shot."

"Pressure from a big shot? Go on." Li Boyong waved for his subordinate to continue.

"I learned this while gathering intelligence from a reporter who covered Wuzhi Zheng'er back then. That big shot is the Congressman Qianshan Residence Wu."

It was actually this person. Why would he put pressure on Wuzhi Zheng'er? Was the exposure of that facility and Wuzhi Zheng'er's suicide related to Qianshan Residence Wu?

Li Boyong found it interesting. "Do you know why?"

"No, that reporter only knew a little bit about it."

"I see."

Li Boyong rubbed his chin, feeling it was a pity.

However, he suddenly felt his thoughts clear up.

The truth no longer mattered. Based on this information, he had already mentally constructed the perfect rhetoric to persuade A21.

Qianshan Residence Wu had taken a fancy to A21 and intended to pressure Wuzhi Zheng'er into training terrorists for him. Wuzhi Zheng'er, unable to bear seeing the children become tools for murder, rejected the proposal, which brought about public opinion attacks from Qianshan Residence Wu.

In the end, Wuzhi Zheng'er, not intending to compromise, used suicide to put an end to Qianshan Residence Wu's intentions.

Telling this "truth" to Saina would be equivalent to telling her that Wuzhi Zheng'er's suicide was by no means an act of a coward, but rather to prevent them from becoming terrorists.

This would both resolve the inner conflict of Saina and the other A21 members and increase the probability of them abandoning terrorist activities.

Very good, it's decided that you will be the one to take the blame, Qianshan Residence Wu!