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Chapter 105 No Champagne at Halftime
Next, the group was teleported to the Cactus Kingdom using the Red Devil's abilities.

Just as the Hellfire Club had established connections with Colonel Hendry, they also maintained close ties with the Red Bears' leadership.

Sebastian met with General Volkov, a senior Red Bear leader, and held a private meeting with him alone. Using the deployment of missiles by the United States in Turkey as a pretext, he pressured General Volkov to push the Red Bear to take reciprocal action and deploy missiles in Bagu.

The task of Du Mu and his companions was simple: just like they had done with Colonel Hendry at the Hellfire Club, they would simply make an appearance and go through the motions to intimidate General Volkov.

Putting aside their individual identities, the whole process is actually similar to gangsters collecting protection money.

The process went quite smoothly.

The Red Devil only needs to stand there; with his imposing appearance, some people might believe he is Satan descended to earth.

Du Mu, on the other hand, was a heavyweight. He was impeccably dressed in a suit, and the patterns on his magic mask seemed to writhe and twist as if they were alive. He exuded a strange and evil aura, which immediately intimidated General Volkov.

General Volkov immediately concluded that the mysterious masked man in the suit was the real mastermind behind the Hellfire Club.

As for Sebastian, he was nothing more than a messenger pushed to the forefront.

Sebastian: "."

Regardless, General Volkov ultimately agreed to Sebastian's request and pushed for the Red Bear to deploy missiles in Bagu.

The news spread like wildfire throughout the world.

Relations between the two superpowers have suddenly become tense, and the situation is precarious, slowly sliding towards the brink of spiraling out of control.

The terrifying shadow of nuclear war is gradually looming over the entire world.

Sebastian's plan is progressing as scheduled, and now all they need to do is pop some champagne to celebrate and then wait patiently.

After a few rounds of drinks, Emma seemed to be unable to hold her liquor and leaned limply against Du Mu.

She mumbled, "I'm drunk. Help me back to my room to rest."

Where is your room?

As a newcomer to the workplace, Du Mu naturally dared not refuse the tasks assigned by his superiors.

Seeing this, Jiliu stepped forward and offered, "I know where she is. I'll take her home."

However, in the end, this difficult task still fell back on Du Mu's shoulders.

The rapids suddenly started flailing their arms and legs in place, shouting in panic at the air, "Red Devil, no!" It's unclear whether they were drunk or hallucinating from being controlled. Given that the only person who could control them was completely unconscious, the former is more likely.

Du Mu had only been there a short time and had no idea where Emma's room was. After hesitating for a moment, he had no choice but to take her back to his own room.

As soon as he locked the door, he turned around and saw that Emma had switched to the Emperor's New Clothes outfit, her face filled with intense fighting spirit, looking like she wanted to kill him. There was no trace of her drunken state.

"No! I fell into a trap!"

A few days passed quickly.

As expected, Red Bear swiftly launched its operation, deploying missiles in Bagu, escalating the conflict once again and bringing tensions to the brink of eruption.

Even that cheerful young man gave a speech on television, announcing that if the other side did not withdraw its missiles, they would blockade Pagu at sea the next day, and that the people of his country were prepared for nuclear war.

people;"???"

We didn't, don't talk nonsense!

Now that things have come to this point, the intense conflict between the two sides is not something that anyone can easily mediate, not even Shanks's influence.

As time passed, both sides were on edge, and a single spark would be enough to detonate this super bomb.

And Sebastian is now planning to light that fire himself.

[Mission 'Bagu Crisis' completed!]

[Rewards: 1500 EXP, Anchor Point Fragment *2]

Upon hearing the system notification, Du Mu stroked his chin and pondered, "It's time to take action."

"What action?"

Emma's voice came from the side.

She sat up in bed, not wearing any equipment, her extremely high modeling attributes on her upper body were on full display.

Having suffered two humiliating defeats, Emma's competitive spirit was completely ignited. She would randomly appear outside Du Mu's room to attack him, then force a long cutscene into the room.

Emma became more and more courageous in the battle, just like playing a game of Black Monkey against Big Head Doll. The more she lost, the more excited she became. For this reason, she specially changed several pieces of equipment with powerful attributes, determined to defeat Du Mu, this hardcore BOSS.

Seeing how hard the other party was trying, Du Mu felt a little sorry for them.

So he proactively revealed several of his weaknesses, such as being weak to dark attribute leg equipment, weak to light attribute leg equipment, weak to healer classes, and weak to the succubus race.
Unfortunately, Emma is a pure skill-based player. She has a lot of fancy techniques, but her base stats are too low. Even if she has mastered the strategy, she still falls before she can even reach Du Mu's kill threshold.

Du Mu did not answer Emma's question, but instead said, "Emma, ​​would you be interested in joining the Brotherhood?"

“The Brotherhood?” Emma was slightly taken aback.

Du Mu nodded: "That's right, this is the mutant guild I founded. All members are mutants. Our guild's mission is to fight for a better tomorrow for mutants!"

Emma raised an eyebrow: "I'm from Hellfire, how could I possibly join another organization?"

Du Mu disagreed, saying, "Who says a person can only join one organization? Just like Hydra members can also be S.H.I.E.L.D."

Emma hadn't heard of either of those organizations, but she understood the gist of it.

"Sebastian would never agree to this."

Hearing Emma's refusal, Du Mu was not disappointed, nor did he expect Emma to agree immediately.

After getting to know the other party better over the past few days, he realized that the other party was not someone who could be easily persuaded, and even sleeping with him wouldn't work.

Moreover, they only have a very pure friendship, and despite watching so many cutscenes, Emma's affection level hasn't increased much.

Indeed, the idea that feelings grow over time is a lie.

Du Mu stood up and said cheerfully, "There's no need to rush into a decision now. You can answer me in a few days."

"What do you mean?"

Emma was puzzled for a moment, then saw Du Mu defiantly pull up his pants and put on his clothes.

"What I mean is, I've resigned, see you later."

Du Mu waved to Emma.

The next moment, his figure vanished from the spot, leaving Emma looking utterly astonished.

Meanwhile, at Charles Estate.

Since the day the CIA base was attacked by the Hellfire Club, Charles knew that this place was not safe, so he brought the Brotherhood members to his manor, making it the Brotherhood's new base, and put the members through a series of special training sessions.

Having personally experienced the power of the Hellfire Clan, the Brotherhood members realized their own weakness and expressed their desire to join the special training.

With authorization from the CIA high-ranking official, the bespectacled fat man, they also transferred the brainwave amplifier to the manor.

However, even after using a brainwave amplifier to conduct a global scan, Charles still couldn't find any trace of Du Mu and the Hellfire Club.

Although he knew that Du Mu had left with Sebastian voluntarily, he always believed that Du Mu would not betray the Brotherhood. Du Mu must have had his reasons for doing so; otherwise, he wouldn't have had Raven leave him those words. This was trust in his comrades!

Now that we've lost faith in Du Mu's integrity, could this guy have really betrayed us?
Charles suddenly felt uneasy.

He believed in Du Mu, but not in the other man's integrity. Given the man's style, it seemed he was really capable of doing such a thing!
But after Du Mu ran away, Charles became the sole leader of the fraternity.

He couldn't show his inner worries, so in order to reassure the others, he could only tell them that Du Mu had been forced to leave, that he must have had some unspeakable difficulties, and so on.
Whether others believe it or not, he believed it!

Similarly, they also saw the news of Red Bear deploying missiles in Bako, which further strained the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

They knew perfectly well that Sebastian was behind all this.

Inside the hall, Raven stared at the television screen, looking worried, and said, "Do you think this matter might be related to Du Mu?"

Charles shook his head decisively, his tone firm: "I believe Du Mu. He's not that kind of person. Even if it really involves him, he must have been coerced by Sebastian and his gang!"

"Old Cha, you're the one who understands me best."

Just then, a familiar voice rang out, and Du Mu slowly walked in from outside the door.

"Du Mu!?"

Everyone was stunned, never expecting that Du Mu, who had been missing for so long, would suddenly reappear.

Charles was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Du Mu, you're finally back! I knew you'd come back!"

He's finally back! If he hadn't come back, he wouldn't have known how to continue the story!

These past few days, he's racked his brains trying to keep the members in line and prevent their morale from plummeting; he even woke up with a clump of hair on his pillow.

Du Mu patted Charles on the shoulder, moved, and said, "I never expected you to trust me so much, Charles. It was worth it to invite you to join the Brotherhood first. There's no need to say anything more. Come on, take whatever you want!"

He pulled up his right sleeve, revealing his entire arm adorned with various expensive watches, leaving everyone in awe.

"This is?"

Even Charles was speechless for a moment.

"These are local specialties I brought back from the Hellfire Club. If you don't like them, there are other styles available."

Du Mu pulled up his left sleeve, revealing another arm full of watches, their dials gleaming under the light.

"If you don't like watches, I have other ones here."

As Du Mu spoke, he reached into his collar and pulled out more than a dozen necklaces, their gemstones sparkling and their gold chains dazzling, almost blinding everyone.

These are all from Sebastian's private collection, and their value is immeasurable.

With nuclear war imminent, he no longer cared about these useless things and simply let Du Mu benefit from them.

Everyone: "."

Are you sure this guy was coerced?
This looks like he's doing really well at the Hellfire Club!

Raven reacted quickly, suddenly rushing forward and grabbing Du Mu's arm, saying firmly, "Du Mu, I've always believed you would come back!"

She said this, but her eyes were fixed on the necklaces with huge gemstones on Du Mu's chest.

The meaning couldn't be clearer: I want it!

Du Mu narrowed his eyes: "I saw it all just now. You were the first person to suspect me."

Raven immediately retorted, "Someone used their abilities to imitate me!"

It's possible for you to imitate others.

Du Mu chuckled, but still tossed a necklace to Raven as a perk for the guild's long-time members.

The other members watched with wide eyes. They wished they could pounce on him like Raven, but unfortunately, they weren't very familiar with Du Mu, and most of them were men. Rushing in would likely only result in a beating, so they could only secretly envy him.

Charles didn't accept Du Mu's local specialties. His family was already quite wealthy, and he had never been interested in luxury goods. The clothes in his wardrobe were all simple, monotonous styles.

In contrast, Eric's daily outfits are incredibly diverse, and he dresses like he's walking a fashion show every day.

"Du Mu, how did you get back?" Eric asked, a hint of wariness in his eyes.

He was not as unguarded as Charles.

At this sensitive time, Du Mu's sudden appearance is hard not to arouse his suspicion.

Du Mu said with a relaxed expression, "It's simple, I can be back with a teleport."

Map teleportation is also possible within the instance, and Charles Manor happens to be a teleportation point, which he activated on the day he entered the instance.

"It's like this."

As soon as Du Mu finished speaking, his figure vanished from the spot in an instant, much to everyone's astonishment.

A few seconds later, he walked in again through the door, just like before.

While this ability is amazing, it's only considered a minor skill among mutants, and everyone quickly accepted this fact.

"Since you have this ability, why didn't you come back sooner?" Raven asked, puzzled.

Du Mu explained, "Because I'm going to infiltrate the Hellfire Club to secretly gather information. According to my investigation, Sebastian is preparing to take action the day after tomorrow to interfere in the struggle between the two countries and cause a nuclear war to break out."

"We have to stop him!"

Charles's expression instantly turned serious.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of military and political matters knows what this means.

If a nuclear war breaks out, the whole world will immediately enter Season 3, and everyone will suffer.

The Brotherhood members all agreed, including Eric. Putting aside the fact that Sebastian was his mother's killer, he felt that Sebastian's actions were too extreme and might even lead to the demise of all mutants.

Du Mu said with a serious expression, "This is firsthand information that I obtained with great difficulty from a member, but unfortunately the other party is cautious and I did not get any more detailed information."

"You have worked hard."

Charles looked at him with admiration.

He was right about Du Mu; his trust in the man and his integrity were well worth it.

"It's all worth it for the Brotherhood."

Du Mu shook his head slightly, appearing as if he were keeping his achievements hidden.

It was indeed tough. He had to go through several cutscenes every day, and they couldn't be skipped. Only he knew the hardships he endured.

Everyone was very happy to see that Du Mu, the founder of the brotherhood, had returned, so someone suggested opening champagne to celebrate.

Du Mu decisively rejected the proposal.

"The champagne can only be opened after everything is finished; that's the rule."

"And the opposing team has already started celebrating with champagne in the second half. In terms of chances of winning, we've at least won by more than half!"

(End of this chapter)