Chapter 151: Hector's Scare.
Leo and Snow fell asleep while embracing each other. The young man didn't use the virtual realm from training that night, he just pampered his wife, and held her in his arms making sure that what she suffered doesn't make her feel any lesser of herself.
In the morning, Leo woke up and went out for a run with Lily. When he came back he called Percie Hibiscal, and said, "Percie, today I won't be coming for work, and Snow is going out for a special meeting as well. Can you handle it on your own?"
Percie sighed on the other end as she said, "President, can you please let me act like my job description entails?"
Leo chuckled and nodded as the call hung up. Lily had been sent to school with a pouty face, as she thought Leo and Snow would be partying without her.
The young couple had finished their breakfast, and they were sitting inside the study, and Snow said, "You gave him twenty-four hours to run, right? Would this not violate the agreement?"
Leo chuckled, as he said, "We are not attacking him, are we? We are only observing him."
Then he turned to look at Milo who was using a laptop connected to a projector screen and said, "Milo, track him down."
Milo nodded and his fingers began to fly as he heard the command, and the black screen displayed a lot of complicated code, and after five minutes, he said, "Sir, they are heading to the Thorn Country, they used a helicopter to cross the border and are currently hiding there, with Thorn Armed forces."
Hao Ren thought about it and he asked, "Do we have any contact in the Thorn nation?"
Snow typed on the computer and asked, "We have three main buyers of the mobile exports, from the research gathered by our team, they owe quite a big amount to the local people, and if this deal doesn't happen, they might be killed publically."
Leo nodded and after some thought he said, "Milo, track all the properties that Hector owns, all the properties that his friends own, his subordinates, and also, run a check on his background, who owes him favors and the likes. I want to know where he can run. Also, activate the net of the Pinnacle Securities, I want a pair of eyes on his back for the twenty four hours. I want him to fear that his actions are not a secret."
Milo nodded and Snow looked at Leo as she said, "If he died from fright, then I will not talk to you for the next week."
Leo chuckled and Milo shivered, he was a tech expert who trained with soldiers, but his real involvement in blood shed was very minimal, but working in such close proximity with his new boss, Leo, made him see such sights very often and now he was scared of this demon as well, but he was bound by the system so he was loyal.
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In the evening, Leo came back home with Lily in his arms as the girl swayed her balloons and cotton candies. She shared them with Symphony who thanked her and the two of them began to mingle. After their usual routine, Lily sat in the living room and brushed Momo, who lay in her lap obediently.
Snow asked, "Lily, did you learn anything new at school today?"
Lily nodded and said, "I learned the uses of computers. There are so many, though Miss Verse said I cannot use the computer just yet or it will harm my eyes, so tomorrow we are to bring some models or drawings of the computer as homework."
Leo asked, "Did you draw a computer with Symphony?"
Lily nodded quickly with a smile, and Leo leaned forward as he asked, "How about we make a computer from clay? We will make a cute butterfly wallpaper on it too."
Lily's ears perked up, as if she was a cat, and she looked at Leo with a smile so big that her eyes turned crescent as she said, "This is why I love you so much Baba, you always know what Lily wants."
Leo chuckled and remarked, "Little goblin."
The trio headed to the studio and Leo took the opportunity to stream his session and they used air-dry clay to make the computer model.
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While the three of them were busy, Hector was sitting on the couch of a lavish mansion with a thick cigar in his mouth. Beside him stood a young man with a respectful expression on his face. The young man asked, "Master, are you thinking about something?"
Hector nodded and replied, "Yes, I am thinking about how to kill that bastard, Cardinal."
The young man frowned and said, "Sir, I think we should not hurry. From our sources, I caught the news."
Hector raised his brow and asked, "What news is it, Steven?"
Steven gulped and replied, "It seems that someone investigated all the people in your circle, even if they were remotely linked with us, they have been put through a scanner and the source suspects that it was done by Leo Cardinal."
Hector was shocked and looked at Steven, "What do you mean? He really has such power under his command that can run such investigations?"
Steven replied, "It appears that he placed a contract with Pinnacle Security."
Hector frowned hard, and his brows furrowed, he didn't expect this. As he was thinking about his next move, the phone placed on the table rang and Hector picked it up. However, he didn't speak grumpily and asked, "Mister Ambassador, what can I do for you?"
The voice on the other side, said, "Mister Hector, I apologize to you, but if you don't leave the country within seven hours, you would be arrested by the police. The ministers don't want any friction with one of the strongest economic contributors in the country at this moment. I am only informing you because they have begun to process detention laws for you."
Hector was shocked and he couldn't believe what he just heard. After a few moments, he asked, "Mister Ambassador, what does the shot-caller want?"
The Ambassador sighed and replied, "I have no idea. I need to go, please be careful."
The call was disconnected, and Hector clenched his fists tightly, almost bending the frame of the phone. He took a few minutes to calm down, and then said, "Steven, pack up, Thorn nation cannot give us an asylum."
Steven frowned and held back from speaking, they went out and reached the airport before boarding a flight, and on the other side, Hao Ren was having a nice meal, after they finished the air-dry clay modeling and placed it to dry in the studio. They had colored it, and made it with great detail in mind.
Lily was coaxed to sleep by Leo, the weather was getting colder outside as the night darkened, and soon, the young man looked at Snow and asked, "Shall we begin?"
Snow lay in his arms and asked, "You can't control yourself anymore?"
Leo chuckled and said, "I have been holding back since last night. Had it not been for the commitment, I would have taken him out while he was still here and not even inside the airport."
Snow sighed, she snuggled a little closer to him, aware that what he said was the truth. After a few minutes, the two of them were sitting inside the study and on the other end of the room, a projector screen displayed the faces of several people.
Leo sat on the table, and asked, "Markus, what is the status?"
Markus replied, "They have just landed in the Banana Islands, our ground team is waiting for your command."
Leo smiled and asked, "How many men does he have?"
Markus replied, "Around twenty-five. Twenty of them are local people from Banana Island."
Leo thought for a bit and said, "Have a team move around, take out the local guards, don't kill them, but use tranquilizers to take them out. Scare them into thinking it is an attack."
The people were surprised to hear this and Snow said, "We don't want to kill them right away, but to play. The pleasure of a hunt increases a lot when the prey is scared and is on the run from your claws."
The operatives understood their tasks and teams were mobilized. If Hector can gather locals to his aid, then Pinnacle Securities could do the same.
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Hector's car drove through the streams of the Banana Island. This place was known for its nightlife and parties, but Hector was no longer in the mood of admiring all these festivities, he was more focused on his safety. He knew that he needed to gain a safehold before he could plan his next move against Leo and Snow.
However, just when he thought that Banana island would be a good choice, he heard a loud screeching sound coming from the back of his five car motorcade, and looking around through the back window, he found a group of unknown assailants attacking his guards, and he clenched his fists as he yelled, "Fuck!"