欧美精品午夜理论片在线播放

Chapter 974: Plan

The primary reason, which Gao Zhiming himself hadn\'t even realized, was that these people were with Anna. Subconsciously, he had decided that anyone close to his "sister" was naturally a good person.

"Once those crazies come out from the room, I\'ll introduce you to them one by one," Tobba said with his hands on his hips and chest puffed out. With a confident smirk on his face, he continued, "They are all my subordinates. Anyway, just listen to what I say, and you\'re all set!"

Gao Zhiming didn\'t readily agree to Tobba\'s statement. Instead, his gaze swept over Tobba\'s head and scanned the room. After a while, he asked with a hint of hesitation in his voice, "Erm… Tobba, can I ask a question? What exactly do Big Sis and the rest of you do?"

"Do? What do you mean by what we do?" Tobba was confused.

"I mean, what do you guys do in exchange for money? You know, like there are doctors, astronauts, drivers and so on. Back when I was on the streets, I had to pick up aluminum cans and sell them for money," Gao Zhiming answered.

"Uh… what do we do…" The question stumped Tobba. He had no idea how he should sum up their group\'s existence into a simple job.

"Erm…strictly speaking, back at the IMF site, our job title would probably be something along the lines of \'anomaly research staff.\' But at the moment, we\'re more like… on the run," Tobba eventually came up with an answer.

"What does that mean? So all of you are scientists?"

"Uh… let\'s just go with that. Our job was to assist the researchers with their work," Tobba concluded.

As the two chatted, the tightly closed bedroom door suddenly swung open.

Gao Zhiming\'s face lit up with joy as he jumped out of his seat and bolted toward Anna.

"Big Sis!" Gao Zhiming called out and threw himself into her arms. Burying himself into her embrace, he took in the comforting scent that lingered on her.

Compared to Anna\'s usual stoic expression, the Fhtagnists behind her wore noticeably dejected looks. Whatever Anna had told them inside the room clearly hadn\'t been good news.

Clap, clap, clap!

Anna lightly tapped her own forearm with her right hand. Everyone\'s attention immediately turned to her.

"Let me brief everyone on our next steps," Anna started. "Sanjess, take your men and track down a group of people. They are critical in the next step of our plan."

Anna bent down to pull a stack of files from a nearby drawer. The documents were the information that Wang Jianshe had gathered for her before. Inside were the profiles of individuals who looked strikingly similar to Gao Zhiming\'s "parents." These people were vital in the next phase of their plan, which involved Gao Zhiming.

"Find them and investigate them thoroughly. I want to know everything about them—from their lives to their family background," Anna instructed, extending the stack of files and placing them in the hands of Sanjess, the leader of the group.

Anna wasn\'t sure if there were any powerful memory-altering relics on the surface. Until she knew for certain, the only thing she could do now was to recreate Gao Zhiming\'s life events as he once remembered them.

Altering memories was far easier than fabricating them from scratch. At least, on Gao Zhiming\'s old smartphone, there were indeed real photos of his so-called "family."

"We promise to fulfill the mission given to us," the Fhtagnists said in a collective voice. They stood in a single file with determined expressions as each placed a hand over the silver Fhtagn pendants hanging around their necks.

Having gone through the ritual, they held absolute loyalty to the representative of their God Fhtagn.

"We\'re not safe here," Anna said, her voice edged with urgency. "The IMF could track us down at any moment. We need to seek a more secure hideout. At the same time, we need someone to keep an eye on our surroundings constantly. We need to catch the IMF agents before they can infiltrate our ranks.

"Ideally, it would be best if we could catch one alive. That way, we can find out just how much intel the IMF has on us currently."

Tobba extended his hands to his sides and shrugged with exaggerated helplessness. His infant face bore a speechless look as she said, "That sure sounds easy. But how do you plan to catch those agents? If it were that easy, Agent 2 and the others wouldn\'t have infiltrated the group back then."

"I can\'t do it, but someone else can," Anna said, her eyes turning toward Li Lu, who was watching by the side. "It shouldn\'t be too hard to track down those old colleagues of yours, right?"

Indeed, among the group, Li Lu was the most suitable candidate for the job. Having once been an IMF\'s shadow agent, she had the skills to counter-track the others.

"I don\'t—" Li Lu instinctively wanted to refuse. Before she could complete her sentence, her gaze landed on her son, Tobba.

If the IMF really finds us, then what will happen to Tobba?

The thought of secretly running back to the IMF with Tobba had crossed Li Lu\'s mind at least once. She tried very hard to convince herself that the organization would protect both her and Tobba.

However, there was this gnawing doubt. What if things turned out according to 315\'s words? She dared not take that risk.

"Great. It\'s settled, then. Go out and buy surveillance equipment in the afternoon. The technology out there isn\'t as great as the IMF, so make sure to get the higher quality ones." Anna directly decided for Li Lu.

Li Lu remained silent for a long moment as she grappled with an internal strife. Eventually, she gave in and voiced no objections.

Observing the look of hesitation on his mother\'s face, Tobba walked over to her and patted her calf with a small hand. His voice was laced with confidence as he said, "Don\'t worry. I\'ve got this."

Li Lu\'s heart slowly filled with peace as her gaze settled on Tobba\'s bright and innocent face. She bent down and scooped him up into her arms, brushing her nose against his tiny one in an affectionate gesture.

"High Priestess, then… What about me?" Li Long suddenly stepped forward. His anxiety was evident as he feigned a pleading grin at Anna.

Anna turned her gaze to Li Long, and her expression was unreadable as her eyes traveled up and down. When she had no other manpower, Li Long still had some use, but she no longer had any shortage of hands, so there wasn\'t much he could contribute.Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

"You\'re fired," Anna said in a matter-of-factly manner.

"What?" Li Long froze in his spot. He wasn\'t sure of his own feelings. He was caught between two emotions—relief and sorrow.

He was relieved because he finally had an out, but he felt sorrowful because, despite all the effort he had put in for such an extended period of time, he was still nothing more than deadweight to the group.

"When we were on the plane, weren\'t you telling Wang Sheng that you wanted to leave? Well, now you can," Anna replied.

Li Long glanced at the door and then back at the others in the room. Then, he revealed a fawning smile.

"Boss, I don\'t have a single penny on me. Can you at least spare me a little for public transport?" Li Long asked in a sheepish tone, his manner of addressing Anna had reverted to the old one.

"Sure." Anna reached into her pocket and pulled out a few bills and some loose change before directly placing them into his hand.

Li Long stared at the meager sum in his palm. He had gone through so much hardship, and yet his returns amounted to only this. With a soft sigh, he tucked the money into his pocket and turned to walk toward the door.

Anna\'s gaze followed Li Long\'s hunched figure. Just as he was about to reach the door, she turned toward the clown and raised an eyebrow in a silent command. Immediately after, she raised her right hand and drew a line across her throat.

The clown nodded in understanding. With a flick of its gloved wrist, a knife appeared between its thumb and forefinger; the dagger glimmered coldly beneath the lights.

The subtle but chilling exchange didn\'t escape Gao Zhiming\'s notice. However, he was undoubtedly confused and couldn\'t process what was going on.

The others clearly saw the exchange before Anna and the clown, but they all had a rather bad impression of Li Long, so none of them moved or said a single word to save the man from his impending doom.

Meanwhile, a faint smirk spread across Li Lu\'s face.

Serves him right. If it hadn\'t been for that disgusting man spying on me in the bathroom, my cover wouldn\'t have been blown. If it hadn\'t been for him, everything afterward wouldn\'t have happened.

Cosyjuhye\'s Thoughts

Hi guys, sorry for the missing chapters for the past few days. Personal stuff caught up with me so I have been behind schedule in translation. I will try my best to catch up as soon as possible so please do bear with me in the meantime. Thank you for all the support all these while! Just less than 200 or so chapters till the finish line!