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Chapter 677: Countermeasures against Countermeasures
Chapter 677: Countermeasures against CountermeasuresIf a large-scale gun battle were to break out in the London city center, the entire London management team would have to take responsibility and resign, especially the police chief, as the nature of the incident would be too severe. If the leaders didn’t take the blame and step down, it would be difficult to appease public anger.
So, if Ithaqua’s subordinates were to take action against the Cult of the Cadaver today, Allen might become the shortest-serving police chief in London’s history.
However, Liu Xing thought again and realized he might be overthinking things.
From the current situation, the Cult of the Cadaver should have already determined that Ithaqua’s subordinates were in Leicester City, so they must have sent people to investigate in Leicester City. Therefore, the Cult of the Cadaver should now know that Ithaqua’s subordinates are heading towards London, and most importantly, they are clear that Ithaqua’s subordinates are targeting them, given Ithaqua’s past record.
So, from the Cult of the Cadaver’s perspective, their best solution would be to have Allen set up checkpoints at various traffic hubs in London, directly blocking Ithaqua’s subordinates outside the city. This way, they would minimize their losses and could also use the London police to weaken Ithaqua’s forces.
However, Liu Xing wondered why Ithaqua would still send people to London to provoke the Cult of the Cadaver, knowing that their movements had been exposed and that the Cult of the Cadaver would counterattack. Was Ithaqua really so reckless?
Liu Xing didn’t think Ithaqua would knowingly walk into a tiger’s den.
Could this be a "lure the tiger out of the mountain" strategy?
Liu Xing suddenly thought of a possibility: if Ithaqua used his subordinates as bait to attract the Cult of the Cadaver’s attention, he could easily infiltrate the Cult of the Cadaver’s base and try to take away the Crimson Ghoul statue.
This must be Ithaqua’s true plan.Liu Xing sighed, knowing that the Cult of the Cadaver might be deceived this time.
As they arrived at the police station, Liu Xing and others saw dozens of police officers walking out of the office building and driving away in police cars. It seemed they were going to set up checkpoints.
Although Sergei was on leave at home, Wesker still knew some things from his old friend, so Liu Xing and others were told that their colleagues were setting up checkpoints at several entrances to London to inspect incoming vehicles.
Then Leon told Wesker about Liu Xing’s previous conversation.
"If Ithaqua’s subordinates and the Cult of the Cadaver were to engage in a gun battle in the London city center, Allen’s position would be untenable. So, Allen setting up checkpoints should be to block Ithaqua’s subordinates, but this has nothing to do with us, so we can just watch the show," Wesker analyzed.
Liu Xing nodded, curiously asking, "Captain, is there any news from Rose Manor? Do we need to go there today?"
"No need, Ithaqua’s confidant had already sent people to retrieve Jorma’s body from the basement yesterday, and they also found several bodies stolen from the Funeral Home in the basement. All the evidence that could be found in Rose Manor has been taken away, so this case can be temporarily closed. We don’t need to go to Rose Manor, and we don’t need to worry about the gun battle, as Allen’s subordinates have already investigated, although they probably won’t find anything," Wesker said, looking at the newspaper.
So, Liu Xing and others each had a cup of coffee and enjoyed their "retirement life" while reading the newspaper.
Just like that, the morning passed, and Liu Xing estimated that Ithaqua’s subordinates should be arriving in London soon.
However, what surprised Liu Xing was that he didn’t hear any news about Ithaqua’s subordinates until he got off work.
Had Ithaqua’s subordinates learned that the police had set up checkpoints at the London entrances and were planning to abandon their vehicles and enter London on foot, or were they waiting until midnight to enter?
"Hey, where did Ithaqua’s subordinates go? Did they chicken out after hearing that we set up checkpoints on the roads?" Leon asked, somewhat frustrated.
Liu Xing shrugged and smiled, "Ithaqua’s subordinates aren’t fools; they know they can’t forcefully enter London in this situation. They’re not a suicide squad, so we probably won’t see Allen get fired in the next two days."
Just as Liu Xing finished speaking, his mobile phone rang.
"Is it Rosa again?" Leon asked, not minding his own business.
Liu Xing looked at Leon with a helpless expression, wondering why this guy liked to stir up trouble.
However, Liu Xing was also curious about one thing: if Leon knew he was texting Miss Wang, would he cut ties with him?
At this time, Jill also showed a bright smile, asking in a affirmative tone, "Oh, can Chris show us the text message?"
Liu Xing felt a chill down his spine, knowing he might be in trouble.
Now Liu Xing could only hope that the text message wasn’t from Miss Wang.
Liu Xing took a deep breath, pulled out his mobile phone, and raised an eyebrow, as it was indeed a text message from Rosa.
At this time, Leon and Jill had already gathered around.
Then Liu Xing heard Leon let out a sigh.
Liu Xing suddenly wanted to break off relations with Leon...
Rosa’s message was simple: the Cult of the Cadaver’s people had gone to Locke Manor in the afternoon, taken a wooden box from Locke’s study room, and left London. From the size and style of the wooden box, it was likely that it contained the Crimson Ghoul statue.
It seemed that the Cult of the Cadaver had realized that Ithaqua’s target was likely the Crimson Ghoul statue, so they decided to take the opposite approach and didn’t bring the statue to their main base in London for safekeeping. Instead, they took it out of London directly.
Moreover, if everything went as planned, Liu Xing thought the Cult of the Cadaver would likely take the Crimson Ghoul statue to the Floral Cemetery in Manchester, as it was unlikely that a new map would be opened at this point. Besides, there were several Ghouls guarding the cemetery.
However, Liu Xing still felt that Ithaqua had a chance to obtain the Crimson Ghoul statue, after all, this was a matter of fate, otherwise, the Crimson Ghoul in the future would not have helped him.
"’Cult of the Cadaver’s move was really clever, I think Ithaqua shouldn’t have expected them to bring out the Crimson Ghoul statue in London at this time," Leon said with some admiration.
Jill shook her head and said seriously, "What if this was all within Ithaqua’s expectations? Right now, Ithaqua doesn’t know the exact location of the Crimson Ghoul statue, so he intentionally arranged for his subordinates to pretend to attack Cult of the Cadaver’s headquarters in the city, with the real goal of forcing Cult of the Cadaver to transfer the Crimson Ghoul statue, allowing Ithaqua to know its exact location. And if Cult of the Cadaver really transfers the statue outside, Ithaqua might use a counter-plot to intercept the vehicle carrying the statue."
Liu Xing and Jill thought alike, because Ithaqua would definitely think more than the people of Cult of the Cadaver.
After sending a thank-you message to Rosa, Liu Xing forwarded it to Wesker.
Wesker’s reply was very simple: to wait and see.
After all, the drama of dogs biting each other was truly enjoyable to watch.
When Jill and Leon’s attention was no longer on him, Liu Xing forwarded Rosa’s message to Miss Wang again.
Another idle day passed.
When preparing to sleep, Liu Xing finally received Miss Wang’s reply.
Miss Wang’s message was also simple: Cult of the Cadaver had safely placed the Crimson Ghoul statue in Manchester’s Floral Cemetery.
On the way, Ithaqua’s subordinates suddenly attacked, although they caught Cult of the Cadaver off guard, but because the incident occurred in a relatively remote area, Cult of the Cadaver’s members didn’t need to worry too much and directly used several large-scale destructive magic spells to annihilate Ithaqua’s subordinates.
This time, it was a complete victory for Cthulhu.
Although Ithaqua’s subordinates were annihilated, Miss Wang could confirm that Ithaqua had already determined that the Crimson Ghoul statue was in Manchester’s Floral Cemetery, because the nearest Cult of the Cadaver base to the incident location was Floral Cemetery, and going further would mean going out to sea.
Moreover, Miss Wang’s subordinates had witnessed Ithaqua leaving Leicester City by car, and the vehicle was heading towards Manchester.
This meant that Ithaqua had already left Leicester City, and this period would be the best opportunity for Liu Xing and others to rescue Dio.
So Liu Xing replied to Miss Wang, hoping that she could let her subordinates quickly find Dio’s whereabouts.
After finishing all this, Liu Xing had a good sleep.
The next morning, Liu Xing and the others saw Sergei downstairs.
At this time, Sergei looked a bit down, but Liu Xing noticed that his eyes were very determined, as if he had made up his mind.
"Chris, Leon, Jill, I’ve decided to follow you to deal with those non-human creatures, because as Chris said, no matter what, I’ll continue to be involved with those non-human creatures, so I’ve decided to hold on to your legs, the professionals, to avoid dying mysteriously one day..." Sergei said seriously.
Liu Xing shrugged and said, "Since Sergei has made his choice, I can only say that it’s a pleasure to cooperate."
Then, Liu Xing told Sergei more about the inside story, such as the matters between Cult of the Cadaver and Ithaqua.
"It turns out that Allen had already defected to Cult of the Cadaver, no wonder he took action against you as soon as he became the director, and even directly squeezed you out of the Special Investigation Team for the assault case. But don’t worry, Chris, I’m still an important figure in the Special Investigation Team, so I can still access a lot of important information... However, I heard a message from my colleague yesterday that Jorma’s body, from a scientific perspective, was already dead and couldn’t be deader, with all life signs completely gone, but he didn’t show the usual post-mortem muscle relaxation, and there were no bacteria or parasites on Jorma’s body!"
Liu Xing and the others furrowed their brows.
To know that in this world, all humans would definitely have parasites and various bacteria on their bodies, it was just a matter of more or less.
Unexpectedly, the ugly and terrifying Ghoul turned out to be a germ-free body.
Moreover, some of Jorma’s bones had also undergone mutations, which could give Jorma stronger activity abilities.
And all this was completely different from Sergei’s previous autopsy results... Of course, the wounds left by Sergei’s autopsy and the organs that were cut out for examination had all recovered.
This was also the reason why Sergei decided to join Liu Xing and others, because these things were beyond scientific explanation.
To avoid arousing Allen’s suspicion, Sergei went to the police station alone, while Liu Xing and the others had a cup of coffee and a sweet pastry outside before entering the police station.
Because the Crimson Ghoul statue had been sent to Manchester’s Floral Cemetery by Cult of the Cadaver, Allen naturally called back the police officers who were setting up checkpoints, but what Liu Xing found strange was that Allen had returned their handguns and indicated that their decision to open fire was reasonable and lawful, so the police station would guarantee their safety and urge the special committee to speed up the review process.
Allen’s operation left Liu Xing and the others somewhat bewildered, completely unable to understand what Allen was up to, because from the current situation, Allen didn’t need to be so friendly to them.
However, since it had come to this, Liu Xing and the others still accepted the handguns.
Of course, Liu Xing and the others, under Wesker’s reminder, specially disassembled their handguns to check if there were any eavesdropping devices inside before carrying them.
Then, Liu Xing and the others continued to read the newspaper and drink tea in the office.
Liu Xing felt that life was still pretty good.
As a result, in the afternoon, Wesker suddenly received Allen’s order to go to Leicester City to assist the local police in capturing the suspects in the assault case.
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