novelraw Chapter 288: Attack
Chapter 288: Attack
The Lakeside Square was packed everywhere with crowds holding Liberal Party flags and various Liberal Party insignias.
Most of those able to attend this public speech today were likely Federation populace who supported the Liberal Party.
If nothing unexpected happened, probably all the citizens within the Main City of the Radiant Flow Star Domain willing to support the Liberal Party were gathered here...
Even though the Radiant Flow Star Domain had various unlawful forces gathering, ordinary Federation citizens still lived here.
Because these ordinary citizens lived year-round under the shadow of various cult organizations, they might also be the ones most likely to support the Liberal Party's political views...
The conservative Liberal Party directly proclaimed its intention to turn the Radiant Flow Star Domain into an ordinary star domain within the Federation.
And to turn the Radiant Flow Star Domain into an ordinary star domain, the most important thing was to first drive out all the unlawful forces entrenched within it...
Obviously, this was not an easy thing to accomplish.
Loren, blending into the crowd, lifted his somewhat chubby head to gaze into the distance at the speaking platform far away.
The area around the speaking platform was filled with security personnel dressed in black suits and wearing headphones, with nearly a thousand personnel providing security.Regarding this, Loren silently sighed in his heart, "The Security Bureau seems to attach great importance to this public speech."
In Loren's spiritual perception, these unsmiling security personnel practically had the words "I am a Security Bureau agent" written on their faces.
These people were also all Superhumans of mid-tier or above; there wasn't a single ordinary person or low-tier Superhuman among them.
After glancing at the situation near the speaking platform, Loren, still blending into the crowd, quietly released his spiritual power, sensing the live audience within the square.
He wanted to see how many Security Bureau agents were mixed within the crowd...
Three seconds later.
Loren silently withdrew his spiritual power, pretending to be just an ordinary person.
"There are actually a full five Legendary-tier individuals. Is the Security Bureau's support for the Liberal Party this high..." Loren marveled inwardly.
Immediately after, Loren figured out the reason for the Security Bureau's such high level of attention.
This was the Radiant Flow Star Domain, the stronghold of cult organizations and unlawful forces...
The Liberal Party, primarily conservative, also wanted the Federation to completely control the Radiant Flow Star Domain, not maintain this default attitude of indulgence...
The five Legendary Powerful Individuals the Security Bureau had sent and mixed into the crowd were very likely there to guard against large-scale disturbances caused by those cult organizations.
These five Legendary Powerful Individuals were probably not the true enemies he himself would have to face.
They had their own tasks to handle...
Thinking of this, Loren quietly released his spiritual power perception again.
This time, the focus of his perception was on those unlawful forces mixed within the crowd...
When Loren recalled the Liberal Party's political stance, he did not believe that the unlawful forces entrenched in the Radiant Flow Star Domain would remain indifferent to this speech...
He did not believe those unlawful forces would peacefully allow this speech to proceed...
If someone wanted to take a place you had operated for many years and completely bring it under another's control...
This kind of thing was something ordinary people generally couldn't tolerate...
Let alone those unlawful forces who had been opposing the Security Bureau for years...
In fact, it was just as Loren had judged.
His spiritual power discovered many individuals with abnormal energy fluctuations within the crowd.
Judging by their aura, honed from years of navigating the dark side, they didn't seem like Security Bureau people...
After sensing these people, the corner of Loren's mouth subtly curled into a smile.
"It seems quite a few people want to ruin this public speech..."
Then, Loren blended into the crowd and waited patiently.
This Commission had no special requirements; in fact, the Client didn't even strongly insist on the standard of whether the assassination succeeded or not...
Therefore, Loren was not impatient. He had even prepared to simply cast his Seventh Ability from afar and then leave.
As for whether the Assassination Target would survive, that would depend on their own luck...
For this assassination, Loren planned to use his ability to carry out a long-range strike.
He had already experienced the power of his own physical body, and was even somewhat tired of it.
Of course, the main reason was that this time Loren wanted to keep a lower profile...
And Loren's Seventh Ability, Fate's Gift, had no obvious signature and wouldn't expose that it was Loren who did it.
After all, those who had the chance to experience his Seventh Ability couldn't accurately describe what kind of ability Loren's power actually was...
It was a secretive and peculiar ability, more like a curse spell from the Mage system.
The massive energy and spiritual consumption, combined with the most unique Misfortune strike, when cast upon a person, didn't resemble a Psychic's ability at all, but more like some kind of deadly curse.
During the last Silver Radiance Festival, if Ms. Carnina hadn't had special requirements, Loren could have even completed the assassination while sitting in the audience seats.
For the current Loren, a Ninth-rank Martial Artist like Councilor Huck, who hadn't fought in years, was like a fragile piece of paper, easily torn with a gentle rip...
Federal Calendar 7708, December 1st, afternoon.
During Loren's tedious wait, the public speech finally began.
Scott Jovi, this Liberal Party candidate for the House of Representatives, escorted by a team of black-clad security personnel, stood on the speaking platform.
The Security Bureau agents near the speaking platform also entered a state of high alert.
Simultaneously, the on-site photographers began the live broadcast.
Standing on the stage, Scott Jovi lightly tapped the microphone in front of him.
After humorously greeting the supporters in the square, this highly popular candidate for the House of Representatives began his public speech...
"It's a pleasure to see you all, just as there are many who did not wish to see me come here..."
A sudden change occurred!
Scott Jovi's voice abruptly cut off!
His speech had just begun when he suddenly turned pale and collapsed onto the speaking platform...
The Security Bureau agents behind him swarmed forward. Using their bodies to shield Scott Jovi, the many agents began escorting him away at high speed!
The Security Bureau agents near the speaking platform also directly formed a human wall, blocking the evacuation route for Scott Jovi.
A steady and serious voice sounded in the earpieces of all Security Bureau agents:
"Did anyone detect an attack targeting the speaker? Those who detected it, report directly to me!"
No one responded!
Clearly, none of the Security Bureau agents present had discovered how the attack occurred!
Even the Security Bureau agents mixed in the crowd had a trace of confusion and bewilderment in their eyes.
These agents, who had been constantly monitoring the nearby crowd, had all failed to detect any abnormality!
At the same time!
The cult organization members present also began attacking the nearby Security Bureau agents!
These equally somewhat confused cult organization members, though they didn't know who had launched the attack first, knew that someone must have taken action.
Having come to ruin this public speech, they almost simultaneously chose this moment to launch an even more spectacularly large-scale assault!