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Chapters 454, 824, and 825 [Trassel Pharmaceuticals]

"Look there..."

When Lyon and Sheva Allom looked toward the back of the village, they saw a huge, modern oil refinery that seemed completely out of place in this primitive village, standing quietly in the dark shadows.

That must be their destination—the refinery and chemical plant built by the Trassel West Africa branch in the Kizuzu Autonomous Region!
Leon and Sheva Allom exchanged a glance, neither of them speaking, but both knew exactly what to do next and what they would have to face.

Right now, the only way for them to get to that oil refinery is probably through this primitive village.

Therefore, a fierce battle is bound to follow.

Fortunately, the two of them were already mentally prepared!
boom--

As the speedboat docked at the shore outside the village, Leon and Sheva Allom jumped off and carefully entered the primitive village.

"Ah, that's..."

They had only taken a few steps when they came face to face with a member of the Delta Squad hanging upside down on a gallows not far away.

The victim's death was extremely gruesome; his abdomen had been ripped open with a sharp weapon, and his internal organs spilled out onto the ground...

"These damn bastards!!"

Upon seeing this, Sheva Arom gritted her teeth and her eyes immediately reddened.

"Watch out, the enemy is coming."

Leon pointed to a dozen or so members of a primitive tribe who rushed out of a wooden house across the way. They were armed with wooden spears or spiked clubs, wore skull masks with horns and long tongues, and were over two meters tall. Their bodies were grayish-green, and they were almost all naked except for some straw curtains woven from leaves covering their private parts. He whispered a reminder:
"These people are probably infected too. Be careful to check the ammunition levels... Also, be careful not to get splattered with their blood!"

Sheva Arom looked in the direction Leon pointed, her heart skipped a beat, and she followed behind Leon, using the surrounding wooden houses as cover to evade the pursuit of the primitive infected.

bang bang bang-

The two men walked and fired, shooting the infected who suddenly sprang out from the surrounding buildings and tried to block their way with primitive weapons.

However, Lyon's worst fears came true.

After the tall infected died, their blood, like that of the hideous giant before them, began to evaporate in the air, gradually forming patches of yellowish-green poisonous mist.

"Damn it, forget about those pursuers, let's get out of here!!"

Leon turned around and grabbed Sheva Allom, who was still providing cover fire for him, and charged forward, finally arriving at the back of the village after a close call.

However, to actually reach the oil refinery, one needs to take a simple cable car across a deep river valley and then through a mountain pass.

Fortunately, there was only one simple cable car in the entire village.

In this way, Leon and Sheva Allom no longer need to worry about the original infected catching up with them from behind.

Squeaky--

The moment the makeshift cable car started, a tooth-grinding sound came from the connection between the cable car body and the cable above, and it began to slowly and leisurely move towards the opposite mountain valley.

Whoosh whoosh—

The primitive infected who were chasing behind them saw Leon and Sheva Arom getting further and further away, and they roared and threw their wooden spears in the direction of the cable car.

Fortunately, the cable car was already beyond their attack range, so it posed no threat to the two of them.

"Lyon, look! There's a man-made passage over there."

After getting off the makeshift cable car, Sheva Allom took advantage of the time while Lyon was reloading his weapons and discovered a cave, taller than a person, at the foot of the mountain.

The two exchanged a glance, turned on their flashlights, and cautiously went inside.

The cave wasn't very long; Leon and Sheva Allom emerged from it in just a few minutes, finding themselves in a rugged valley.

"Hey, what are those...?"

Sheva Arom ran a few steps forward, then pointed to the signs on several simple tents near the rock face in the valley and said:
“Lyon, isn’t this the logo of [Trassell Pharmaceuticals]? They shouldn’t be here, right?”

"Yes."

Lyon stepped forward, glanced at it, and nodded solemnly, saying, "The oil field managed by Ricardo Irwin belongs to the Natural Resources Development Department of the [Trassell Group], which is a different business segment from [Trassell Pharmaceuticals]. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be here."

The Terrasser Group is a multi-industry conglomerate.

Its most important core business components are Trusel Pharmaceuticals, Trusel Shipping, and Trusel Natural Resources.

Although the three companies all belong to the [Trassell Group], they are completely independent entities in their respective fields.

So, as Lyon just said, it wouldn't be surprising to find the [Trassel Natural Resources Department] sign here.

After all, they own the exploitation rights to this oil field.

But if it's [Trexel Pharmaceuticals], then that's a different story...

Because Lyon actually had one more thing he didn't say: the reason why the higher-ups of the BSAA organization gave the order to capture Ricardo Irwin alive at any cost was...

One of the key reasons is that [Trassell Pharmaceuticals] is one of the major sponsors of [BSAA].

Lyon wasn't sure if there were any shady deals behind this, but one thing was certain: the reason their operation was so hesitant was probably because they were being hampered by [Trassel Pharmaceuticals].

After all, they sponsor billions of dollars every year. If you kill one of their senior employees without concrete evidence, and the sponsor gets angry and cuts off the BSAA's sponsorship, wouldn't the money for the high-ranking executives to enjoy a luxurious life and support young Nino be reduced by more than half?
Sheva Allom seemed to have thought of something and said somewhat uncertainly, "Leon, do you think... Ricardo Irwin's clandestine dealing in biological weapons might be instigated by [Trassel Pharmaceuticals]?" "This..."

Even Lyon was taken aback upon hearing such a bold guess.

If what Sheva Allom just said is true, it means that the higher-ups of the BSAA organization have been tricked by Trassel Pharmaceuticals.

The reason why the other party is willing to provide hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in sponsorship every year is not because they really want to contribute to the BSAA organization's fight against bio-terrorism, but because they are clearly playing dirty tricks on the BSAA organization!

In other words, it's like the thief crying "stop thief!"

In this way, Trusel Pharmaceuticals not only gained a reputation for humanitarianism on the surface, but also made a fortune through biological weapons, effectively operating in both the legal and illegal worlds.

Thinking of this, Leon's face darkened considerably, but he maintained his composure and looked at the tents, saying:

"Without substantial evidence, we cannot make such an assumption for the time being. Let's first check if any useful information has been left in these abandoned tents..."

After saying that, the two of them went into the abandoned tents one by one and carefully inspected them. However, to their dismay, there was nothing of value inside except for some simple furniture covered in dust.

Then, Lyon and Sheva Allom continued forward along the valley. After walking about a hundred meters, they came face to face with the huge oil refinery standing tall outside the valley.

The factory area was brightly lit, as bright as day.

“Looks like we’ve finally reached our target oil field. This place was really hard to find.” Sheva Arom’s eyes lit up, and she immediately began to check the ammunition reserves.

The two fought their way here, overcoming numerous obstacles. Although they had replenished their supplies several times along the way, their ammunition was clearly running low.

“That’s right, this time we will absolutely not let Ricardo Irwin escape again.”

Lyon cautiously approached the gate, carefully looked around, and found no guards. He then waved to Sheva Allom behind him, and the two of them headed into the factory area together.

"Lyon, look! It's Erwin!!" Sheva Allom suddenly pointed to a tall tower in the distance and exclaimed.

Lyon quickly looked in that direction and, under the light, saw Ricardo Irwin strolling confidently up the external staircase toward a factory building above the platform.

"Great, he really is here..."

The melancholy on Lyon's face finally lessened a bit, and he and Sheva Allom rushed toward the tower.

However, their progress was not smooth, as the two encountered dozens of infected workers who appeared to be healthy.

However, to Leon's relief, the blood flowing from the bodies after shooting the infected did not emit a yellowish-green toxic mist.

A dozen minutes later, the two arrived at the factory where Ricardo Irwin was without any major incidents, and then, just like him, quickly went up the external staircase to the area on the top floor.

However, when Leon and Sheva Allom cautiously entered the factory, they were stopped by a burly man with a pistol before they had gone far.

"Josh?"

Sheva Allom could hardly believe her eyes, exclaiming in disbelief, "Thank goodness! I knew you were still alive!!"

Then she saw that the other person was covered in blood and looked extremely disheveled, so she asked with some concern:
"Are you alright? And... how did you get here all by yourself?"

Upon recognizing the two men before him, Josh Stone's tense nerves immediately relaxed. He lowered his gun, gasped for breath, and mumbled:

“We were attacked at the swamp docks before, and then a few of my teammates and I followed Ricardo Irwin all the way here.”

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he glanced sideways behind Leon and Sheva Allom, "How are the others?"

Lyon and Sheva Allom exchanged a glance, neither of them speaking, but anyone could tell the outcome from the slightly sorrowful expressions on their faces.

"Damn!!"

Josh Stone's muscular frame swayed slightly, as if he had suffered a considerable blow. After all, the team members who died were all his brothers who had gone through thick and thin with him.

Seeing this, Sheva Allom showed a hint of pity on her face and softly advised, "Josh, now the entire squad is down to just us..."

Before she could finish speaking, Josh Stone interrupted her, "Wait a minute, since everyone is dead, why are you two here and not retreating?"

Perhaps fearing his words might sound ambiguous, he quickly explained, "What I mean is that the current situation is clearly beyond our capabilities. We are no match for that guy... Moreover, before you two arrived here, headquarters had already issued the order to abandon the mission."

“That’s because…” Just as Sheva Allom was about to say something, Leon stepped forward and explained first:
"This has nothing to do with Sheva; I have some personal matters that I need to get answers to from Ricardo Irwin."

To prevent any unnecessary disagreements, Sheva Allom quickly said to Josh Stone, "In the intelligence you shared with us at the station, there were photos of the biological weapons lab facility, and two of Leon's friends were in those photos..."

"Wait a minute, two friends?"

Josh Stone, with a strange expression, advised, "Although I don't know how it works, based on past experience, almost no one who is used as a test subject by those guys survives unscathed."

Leon ignored the other party's persuasion and said firmly, "I don't want to involve others because of my personal matters, but I will absolutely not leave until I catch Ricardo Erwin and find out what exactly happened in the [Kizuzuz Autonomous Region]."

Josh Stone gave Leon a deep look, then shook his head helplessly and said, "If that's the case, then I'm afraid you'll need to speed things up."

"What do you mean?" Leon looked at the other person with some confusion.

Josh Stone tilted his head and said, "I overheard Ricardo Irwin on the phone here. He seemed to be planning to blow up this refinery, completely erase all remaining evidence, and then escape [Africa]..."

"So if you want to catch him, you'd better head to that secret dock behind the factory right now. He's probably on his way there right now."

"Damn it, that lunatic," Sheva Allom cursed angrily upon hearing this.

(End of this chapter)