Chapter 434, Subversive Action
Pushing open the door of the innermost room on the ground floor of the tavern, Arno Chenko saw a small table inside under the dim light, with a man and a woman standing next to it.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, the two men looked over at the same time, their hands quietly reaching for their weapons.
Arno made three complicated gestures with his left hand in front of his abdomen.
The two men's emotions relaxed a little, and they also made different gestures.
The three of them gestured to each other for half a minute before completing the complicated but necessary process of confirming each other's identities.
"Hello comrade, I am Martin from the Military Intelligence Bureau."
"I'm Amanda from the FBI."
After the two men told their origins one after another, Arnault also said: "I am Benteke from the Investigation Bureau."
He gave a false name, and I believe the other two did the same.
The name is definitely not real. Even after confirming each other's identity, there is no need to say the real name. A pseudonym can be used as a code name.
As long as the origin is correct, it's fine.
This 'gathering' was originally a meeting of the three major foreign intelligence agencies of the alliance.
The operation that the alliance valued was not something that any one of them could accomplish independently. The three organizations, which rarely interacted with each other and only exchanged intelligence at a high level, had a rare direct collaboration on frontline agents.
Without further ado, they quickly got down to business.
Amanda spoke first: "Two days later, at noon, Zelos will come to the 'restaurant'. It was an invitation from several wealthy businessmen and politicians from the native planets, and he has accepted it."
Arno asked cautiously, "Are wealthy businessmen and politicians reliable? Will they reveal our actions?"
"No, they don't know what we are going to do."
Arno nodded slightly, and then took the initiative to explain the situation on his side: "Strikes and riots have been prepared. It is estimated that at least 30,000 people will take to the streets to protest in two days. Weapons and equipment have also been distributed. At that time, the palaces of the planetary government and the star district government will be impacted. The parade will pass by the 'hotel'."
Then, his eyes turned to Martin and Amanda.
Amanda said: "The local police department may take action, which is a challenge."
Martin said: "Several of our comrades will lurk among the marching crowd. They will help resolve the threat to the local police force. If necessary, our special operations brigade soldiers who have lurked in the team will also take action, but that will cause a lot of noise. I hope they won't be used unless it is absolutely necessary."
Arno asked, "What if it's the army?"
Martin said confidently: "I can ensure that the army will act very slowly after receiving the suppression order. Very, very slowly."
Arno didn't know how Martin would fulfill his promise. It was possible that he had already instigated the commander of the army guarding the capital, or it was possible that the number of special agents infiltrated by the Military Intelligence Agency through various means was sufficient to stop the army's actions.
But no matter what the specific means are, Arnault doesn't care and doesn't ask any more questions.
As long as you can achieve your goal.
After the three of them got together and confirmed the details and procedures of the operation again, this secret gathering ended.
With different identities and images, they left the tavern one after another.
When they left, they never noticed that there was a woman watching them on the third-floor balcony of a small building opposite the tavern.
She is Miria de Jong, a demon hunter of the Alliance.
The Alliance officially states that there are eight intelligence organizations, but in reality, there are nine.
There is also a demon hunter organization.
The Demon Hunters were originally established under the Alliance Legal Center, led by Lambert, and also led the Alliance's first anti-corruption wave.
Later, the Demon Hunters were separated from the Legal Center and were no longer under the leadership of the Chief Justice. Instead, they became an agency directly under the Governor's Office.
They are responsible for both internal and external affairs, both intelligence and direct action, and even have the authority to handle tasks without trial.
The Governor has granted permission to execute first and report later!
This is the Demon Hunter!
This operation is so important that the demon hunters have also come.
Milia de Jong is considered the oldest member of the demon hunters. She was the one who set off the wave in the earliest anti-corruption campaign; she also participated in the plague war in Koroja. Although she was not responsible for the front-line combat, she and her demon hunter team played a very important role in controlling the political situation in Mingyan City.
He has extensive experience and made great contributions, and is now a leader of several independent teams in the Demon Hunter organization.
This time, the operation on Baishuo Star was a direct request from the leader of the alliance, and it was extremely important. The three major foreign intelligence agencies of the alliance were all out, and of course the demon hunters were also involved.
However, the demon hunters still act independently. The demon hunters know some of the intelligence of the three bureaus and roughly know what they are doing, but the three major agencies know nothing about what the demon hunters are going to do - unless the demon hunters take the initiative to share their intelligence.
With more intelligence support, more resource mobilization authority, and even all the agents have at least been trained as demon hunters, not only mastering various agent skills, but also having the blessing of psychic power...
After they came to Baishuo Star, the degree of their infiltration was even deeper than that of the three divisions of the Alliance, and they also had their own set of action plans.
However, after learning that Arno Chenko had united the forces of three bureaus and was preparing for an operation two days later, Milia was really interested.
The overall plan seems to make sense, and it seems to have a higher probability of success, and it can indeed achieve the goals that the alliance wants.
In that case, why not give it a hand?
It's done, and you don't have to spend more effort later.
If that doesn't work, the demon hunters have their own backup plan.
…
Two days later.
Arno Chenko, dressed as a waiter, was doing his job in a luxurious hotel.
Clearing the table, serving food, carrying plates, pushing the food cart...that's all.
He has been doing these jobs for two months.
If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the last day.
The luxury hotel where he worked was also the location of the mission codenamed "Hotel".
At this moment, the Grand Hotel is somewhat empty. Today, they have only arranged one wave of guests.
Many politicians and wealthy business representatives hosted a banquet here for Ms. Zelos, the head of the star sector.
Such a distinguished guest certainly needs to be treated individually.
In fact, two days ago, the 'hotel' had already stopped operating to the public to prepare for today's banquet. At the same time, the security team of the star zone leader also entered the 'hotel' at that time to check for safety hazards in the hotel and stay there to avoid any hidden dangers.
As the head of the sector, Zelos has strong security around him.
These were also things that Arnault and others had already anticipated.
He concentrated on doing what he was supposed to do, just as his 'foreman' had reminded him over the past two days, saying that the guests this time were of great importance and no mistakes were allowed.
He couldn't see or hear what was happening outside, but he thought that the first step of the plan should have already begun.
…
The banquet had already begun in the 'hotel'. Ms. Zelos, who had arrived on time as a big shot, had just finished a round of toasts with others and chatted about some unimportant topics when a security officer came to her side.
"summit……"
Hearing the soft call, Zelos smiled perfectly and gestured to the person in front of him, then restrained his expression and walked to the side to listen to the report.
The content was brief: A demonstration broke out in Shuoguo City.
The protests mainly demanded that the government release journalists, critics and scholars who have been arrested in the past month.
The charge for which those people were arrested was the trumped-up charge of "espionage".
This statement is simply laughable!
Isn’t it that the planetary governments and district governments don’t want to join the Seven Horses Pact, and those media people have made some analyses and analyses of the core reasons why the governments are unwilling to join the Seven Horses Pact?
Should you arrest someone if you don’t like what you hear?
That's too outrageous!
This was a set of opinions that emerged in various places on Baishuo Star a few months ago. Some newspapers, radio, TV programs, magazines... all mentioned it in various media. Some experts jumped out and said that joining the Seven Horses Pact is a good thing. There will be alliance protection and completely solve the security problem. Mutual care and mutual assistance is also the responsibility of different worlds of human beings.
Moreover, even though the connection with the star field had been severed and it was impossible to pay imperial taxes, the planetary government continued to collect imperial taxes; collecting imperial taxes would have been fine, but in addition to the imperial taxes, a war tax was also levied; normal taxes had not stopped being paid either.
The high taxes were unbearable, and after being provoked by many opinions, there was naturally a call to join the Seven Horses, believing that this would make life safer and better.
Moreover, some conspiracy theorists hold that the reason for not wanting to join the Seven Horses Pact is definitely not because of freedom, independence, or the fact that the Baishuo people decide their own destiny, but rather it is simply because the senior officials do not want to give up their power and are selfishly acting without considering the overall situation.
This statement is not without reason. Quite a number of people think it makes sense.
It would be too hasty to conclude that those media people who spoke were spies based on this alone.
Dictatorship! Tyranny!
What's more, the term "espionage" is ridiculous!
Even if they received money from the Alliance, how can they be spies? Is the Human Alliance an imperial power? They are said to have the authorization of the Star Domain Government to form the Seven Horses Pact. You call them spies?
Is Baishuo Star an imperial world? Does the government think that it is not an imperial power, so the people sent by the alliance representing the empire are spies?
It doesn't make sense!
So, there was a protest march.
When Zelos learned that a demonstration had broken out, he certainly wasn't in a good mood.
She has at least three concerns.
The first is the angry people.
Secondly, it was dissatisfaction with Governor Baishuo.
The fact that tens of thousands of people were involved in a demonstration like this could be considered a sign of public outrage. The direct cause was that Governor Baishuo's methods of dealing with those media people were too crude and unskillful.
The root cause behind this is the corruption of the planetary government.
Over the past many years, Baishuoxing has had some problems: excessive taxation, failure to address the high unemployment rate, and long-term stagnation in people's living standards.
These accumulated problems have tended to explode due to the recent tax increases and arrests of media professionals due to the green skin issue.
It was Governor Bai Shuo’s poor performance that led to these reasons!
The third point is that she is vigilant.
Although public resentment was boiling, and although there was a fuse and a reason for the explosion, it came so suddenly and so fiercely that she had to wonder if there was some hostile force causing trouble.
Otherwise, has public resentment really reached this point?
Not really, right?
However, even at this point, Zelos still felt that it was no big deal.
It's just a demonstration.
The police have been dispatched, and the planetary defense force has also received orders to start alert. As long as there are signs that the situation continues to escalate or get out of control, the defense force will be dispatched.
In fact, the situation is unlikely to develop to that point, and the Capital Police Department should be able to resolve the problem.
But the following news made her feel that something was increasingly wrong.
First, the mob and the police started shooting at each other in the street, and they actually had a lot of weapons in their hands!
This almost confirmed to Zelos that there must be someone behind the incident!
What is the purpose?
Who could it be? And what is the goal? To overthrow the current government?
She was no longer in the mood for the banquet. After finding a room and asking people not to disturb her, she called Governor Bai Shuo and asked him to mobilize the defense forces immediately to suppress the situation.
Governor Bai Shuo was sweating profusely and stammered that it shouldn't come to that and the police force had already mobilized reinforcements.
Zelos was furious and rebuked, "Things will never be that simple! Mobilize the defense forces immediately! No matter what those guys hiding behind the scenes are planning, they must be suppressed as quickly as possible. We can't let things continue to ferment. Do you understand?!"
"Ming...I understand!"
After hanging up the phone, Zelos felt a little relieved.
But soon, she heard some noisy noises.
"What's going on?"
The security guard asked a few questions into the intercom, and then responded: "There are civilians fleeing due to the riots. They tried to enter the hotel to hide. The hotel security and our people stopped them."
Hearing this, Zelos was about to speak, but he heard explosions and gunshots, and they were very close!
"Someone is hiding among the civilians and attacking the hotel!"
“They are very strong!”
"ah!!!"
Some screams were heard during the call.
And now, Zelos really became nervous!
Was it directed at me?
She suddenly looked at her personal bodyguard.
He also quickly said: "Master, please follow me, we are going to leave this place. Don't worry, the psychic masters and elite teams in the security team are all here, we will definitely ensure your safety!"
"Um."
Zelos knew now was not the time to panic.
And things are not desperate.
It was naive to think of assassinating her in this way.
She has three skilled psykers in her security team, and thirty elite bodyguards in reactive power armor.
It is not easy to break through these people's protection and threaten her.
Moreover, if they delayed a little, the army would arrive. She could also take the initiative to join the army accompanied by security.
Security issues should be guaranteed.
At this moment, Zelos was filled with anger!
She swore that she would make the mastermind behind the scenes pay a heavy price!
No matter who is behind this!
In fact, she already had some guesses about this...
(End of this chapter)
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