As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 247 Breakthrough

Lelena mentioned a few names.

They were all prominent figures from various industries in Dawn City.

Perhaps she felt there was no need or possibility to hide it from the gravedigger.

Or perhaps, she also wanted to use the power of the gravediggers to verify whether these high-ranking figures were supporters of the Black Dream organization or even deeply hidden Black Dream believers.

Xu Yan listened patiently.

He had heard most of these names in newspapers and in casual conversations on the street.

Several of them, in his own analysis, were targets that he considered highly suspicious and required close attention.

However, Xu Yan was slightly taken aback when Lelena mentioned that there seemed to be a very important Black Dream follower hidden in the Dawn City Security Bureau.

"It's him?"

Xu Yan asked with interest, "You suspect he's a member of the Black Dream organization? Why? Is there any irrefutable evidence?"

"No, it's just a feeling."

Lelena said, "Or, to put it another way, based on my investigation of the Dawn City Security Bureau over the past ten years, most of the Security Bureau's agents have been bought off by Dawn Heavy Industries, or even were Dawn Heavy Industries' henchmen from the beginning. Only he has a dishonest relationship with Dawn Heavy Industries. He never talks about relationships, only about evidence. In several head-on operations, he made Dawn Heavy Industries very embarrassed, offended many people for this, and suffered several unexplained retaliations."

"The last retaliation was exceptionally severe; he and his family barely escaped death."

"After that, he seemed to be frightened, had a sudden realization, and became a completely different person, blending in with the world."

"However, I don't think that a strong-willed security commander like him would be intimidated by mere retaliation, or that he might be utterly disappointed and choose a completely new path."

"Sure enough, the recent destruction of the big boss's underground laboratory has implicated Liming Heavy Industry. He has been relentlessly pursuing this matter, which has made some of the senior executives of Liming Heavy Industry very unhappy."

"It is said that some of the higher-ups at Dawn Heavy Industry were frustrated by his stubbornness and refused to listen to reason. They even offered to promote him, give him a raise, and transfer him to a more promising city, but he refused. His reason was that he was born and raised in Dawn City and had sworn to his fallen comrades that he would stay here for the rest of his life to protect his homeland!"

"Uh……"

Xu Yan said, "You mean, the reason you suspect he is a member of the Black Dream organization is simply because he is not like his other colleagues, willing to collude with Dawn Heavy Industry, but is upright, impartial in enforcing the law, and willing to defend his home at all costs?"

"Yes."

Lelena said, "You've seen the current state of Dawn City. Tell me, does anyone who truly wants to save Dawn City have any other choice besides cooperating with the Black Dream Organization?"

What she said makes a lot of sense.

Xu Yan was speechless.

“Okay, ‘Black Butterfly’ Relena.”

Xu Yan said, "Thank you for your honesty. I have a feeling that if you continue to maintain an open and trusting attitude, our relationship will become more and more pleasant, and you will definitely have the opportunity to protect your home."

……

By the time I hung up the phone, the city lights were already on.

Back at the warehouse that served as a temporary command post, the squad members gathered together, a rare occurrence.

During his investigation, Gao Ce made an unexpected discovery.

"You saw 'Golden Boy' Carlos at Jean-Jacques's place?" Long Jianhuan's eyes lit up.

"Golden Boy" Carlos is the number one ace of the Shattered Star team.

Unlike Chu Zhifeng, who just joined the club, he trained at the Shattered Star Club from a young age and followed Sheikh Kratt for seven or eight years. The two have a very close relationship.

Sheikh Krat has put a lot of effort into building the "Golden Boy" brand.

Of course, this did not prevent Sheikh Krat from ruthlessly sabotaging "Golden Boy" Carlos when he realized that Dawn City was in an irreversible predicament.

Since Sheikh Krat's death, the Shattered Star Club went bankrupt and was besieged by its members, "Golden Boy" Carlos, along with most of the senior coaches and team members, disappeared without a trace.

Even after several coaches and players couldn't resist robbing the underground casino owned by the Golden Iris Entertainment Center, he still didn't show up.

According to the Security Bureau's preliminary investigation, "Golden Boy" Carlos's father runs a card reader manufacturing company in Dawn City.

As Dawn City became rich in resources and Dawn Heavy Industry's business flourished, Carlos's father's card reader manufacturing company also seized the opportunity, riding the wave of opportunity and making its first fortune.

If one retires at the height of their success, they might accumulate wealth that they could never spend in their next life.

Unfortunately, Carlos's father, like countless other businessmen in Dawn City, believed that the mineral veins hidden deep underground were inexhaustible wealth, and that the good fortune of Dawn City and Dawn Heavy Industries would continue forever.

As the underground crystal veins gradually dried up and Dawn Heavy Industry fell into difficulties, Carlos's father still chose to invest all the profits, even borrowing from banks, to develop new technologies in an attempt to keep up with the pace of industrial upgrading.

The result can be imagined.

No matter how talented and capable his father was, a card reader company tucked away in a small border town could never compete with the mega-corporations in the core area.

The result of being unwilling to make tough decisions is that one keeps taking out loans and increasing debt until the debt piles up and becomes unsustainable.

Before this year's Dawn Cup, Carlos's father's company was already in dire straits, on the verge of its bubble bursting.

Perhaps this is why "Golden Boy" Carlos risked everything, placing huge bets on himself and the Shattered Star team through underground casinos in an attempt to turn the tide.

Unfortunately, Sheikh Krat's death shattered all his dreams.

The day after the Shattered Star Club was formally sued by the parties involved in the transaction, Carlos's father took ten times the normal dose of neurotoxins at home, causing his brain to stop functioning forever.

After that, the once-shining "golden boy" disappeared into the depths of poor streets and alleys.

Based on psychological analysis and personality profiling by security experts, they strongly suspect that "Golden Boy" Carlos has not left Dawn City.

These gifted children, who grow up amidst applause and praise, often have a competitive spirit that is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

He could accept death, but he could not accept failure, and even less could he accept fleeing his hometown like a stray dog ​​after failing.

Carlos is likely plotting something big in the shadows.

They might even be seduced by the Black Dream organization and become pawns of evil.

—This was the earlier assessment of Long Jianhuan and others.

However, Gao Ce said that he saw a spirit master who resembled Carlos in an underground arena under the Golden Iris Entertainment Center.

In other words, Carlos became Jean-Jacques's subordinate.

(End of this chapter)