Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 276 275. Perhaps it's a business conflict without moral principles (Part )
Someone attacked!

This was Feldrich's first thought.

It’s so heavy, I’m going to be crushed to death!

This was her second thought - that damn fake thing made of silicone, and the heavy body of the machine pressing down on her, she felt like she was completely unable to breathe.

I thought the attack would continue, but unexpectedly, Cypher suddenly stood up and said, "The meeting is over for now! Don't move!"

At the same time, the floor-to-ceiling windows immediately switched to blackout mode, and everyone rushed to the other side of the room, fearing that they would become the next target of a sniper.

"Where did the attack come from?"

Hearing her question, Cypher reached out and picked her up, brushing off the non-existent dust on her dress. "It came from the bridge, but it looks like it hit next door... I'll go check it out. You wait here."

"No, I suggest everyone leave here with you. Now that the attack has already happened, I don't trust anyone around here."

Although he was not the one being attacked, Feldrich had extensive experience in dealing with attacks. As the group was about to go out, a waiter knocked on the door.

"Dear guest, how are you?"

Seifer pulled the door open and stood there, relying on his own innocence—he was just an ordinary waiter, unarmed.

He simply said, "Where was it attacked?"

"Uh... everyone, we're still investigating the rooms upstairs..."

Feldrich immediately pushed past him and came out, looking grim: "Where's the attacker?"

"I'm sorry, that person came from outside..."

"You're useless. You, you, and you, the three of you, go contact the company's stationed personnel, and you and you, investigate all the residents of this place."

The situation in the hotel was immediately under control. Foldrich, very unhappy, led the dwindling number of participants to the attacked house, led by the trembling waiter who dared not speak.

The identity of the attacked person was quickly verified to be an executive of I/O Enterprise... Isn't it a coincidence that executives of these big companies like to go to this hotel?

The group quickly arrived at the door, which was already open, but no one dared to stand at the door.

The corporate staff and mercenaries in Node City are still busy catching attackers outside.

Seifer didn't pay much attention to the noisy sounds outside. He walked straight into the room - a group of people behind him were nervously holding various self-defense shields and other items.

The floor-to-ceiling windows were shattered all over the floor, but the decoration of the entire room had not changed much. If anything... the biggest change in the room was the middle-aged man behind the huge table, who was already dead and whose blood had begun to coagulate.

Shattered glass covered his body like ornaments. A massive bloody hole appeared on the chest of the well-dressed man. He collapsed unnaturally, still some distance from the table, on the ground...

After observing for a while, Sefer didn't see anything valuable. The terminal used by this person for communication was not on him, which meant it should be in the bedroom.

That's not right. If it happened in the bedroom, why would he take the initiative to walk to the window and get beaten?
Seifer turned around and signaled to Feldrich at the door. At the same time, the waiter outside had put on heavy armor and protected the floor-to-ceiling windows with layers of bulletproof partitions.

The quality is good, it doesn't feel like the first time I've been attacked.

Back at the door, Seifer gathered his words. "First of all, I'm sure none of us took action, right?"

"What nonsense! Is that person dead?" "He's completely dead. The body will be stiff in half an hour. And there's no other relevant evidence... For example, any communication equipment that the person may have carried."

Feldrich felt relieved for some reason. "That's fine. This has nothing to do with us... You, go and explain this to I/O Enterprise."

The man quickly waved his hands, thinking that this kind of thing was not something a middle-level manager like himself could handle. However, under that terrifying gaze, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and make the contact.

After about twenty minutes of operation, the group met the person in charge of I/O company outside the scene.

The identity of the person who was killed was also revealed.

It is not clear why the I/O foreign material export management senior executive, high-voltage resistor level, was targeted.

While they were investigating and accusing each other in the hall, Seifer stood at the doorway where it was easy to be attacked and asked the guy next to him, "What does this level of I/O Company mean?"

"Red, red crossbow? Don't you know... This, in simple terms, is a kind of internal clerical level. Lower-level personnel are collectively called safety resistors, middle-level personnel are collectively called frequency conversion resistors, and high-level personnel are high-voltage resistors..."

"What's the point?"

"Uh...it's convenient for dividing responsibilities internally. Anyway, everyone has their own way of addressing each other...or something like that?"

What Sefer wanted to know was if someone was fired for doing the wrong job, would that be considered a resistor explosion?

Considering that Abian will collectively refer to the levels as P1 to PX, it is not surprising that everyone has their own set of logic.

While Seifer was bored, the people from Abian Company, led by Feldrich, had already cleared themselves of the issues.

So they had to find another place to finish the meeting. When Seifer caught up with them, the person in charge of I/O suddenly realized, "You're the Red Crossbow, the one that's become so famous lately, right?!"

"…It's me. What's wrong?"

"Well, our executive was murdered here. It must have been a tactic used by some rival company to silence him! So we'd like to ask you to help track down the murderer."

It sounded like there might be some profit to be made. Just as Sefer was about to ask the price, he heard two "coughs" from the other end. Considering that he was still a bodyguard, he could only shrug his shoulders.

"Let's talk about it later when I have time. Anyway, I have a feeling that you guys... well, probably won't be able to catch up with anyone for a while."

They could only scratch their heads in frustration - it was true, they really couldn't catch anyone.

The attack came very suddenly, and the angle was very tricky. The attacker was obviously a veteran. He jumped off the bridge immediately after the attack.

Of course, he didn't jump off the bridge to commit suicide. He didn't even need a gun. He jumped down and spread out his clothes like a wing suit and slid down quickly. After twisting and turning, he actually disappeared in the city with an outrageous depth and length.

The only problem is that this node city was built so ridiculously well. Its interior is full of winding paths, and there are huge slopes on both sides. If it were placed on the ground, it would be like a canyon suitable for rappelling.

In addition, there is a large amount of hot air evaporating below, which mixes with the descending cold air to form a cyclone. Although the wind path will appear extremely chaotic, this makes wing suit flying a lot easier.

Sefer didn't study these things in depth, but it was obvious that he wanted to investigate the murder more than being a bodyguard.

It’s simple, the bounty offered by I/O companies is very tempting.

(End of this chapter)