Chapter 35 Action before seven o'clock(1/2)
01:45 P
Change residence.
In an inconspicuous corner of 52nd Street and 10th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, there is a complex of buildings known only to shapeshifters.
These buildings blend so cleverly into their surroundings that ordinary people would pass by without paying them any attention.
This kind of concealment is carefully designed through advanced magic and transformation technology, and it is one of the favorite safe houses of shapeshifters.
Sierra Change drove his car along a familiar route to Change's residence - a secret place known to only a few people.
As a Thousand-Faced Man and an Illusionist, Serra has the unique ability to change his appearance and identity, making him a natural at carrying out missions.
He is the family's market intelligence collection expert and is good at transforming into various identities and sneaking into different social levels to collect information and provide data support for the family's business decisions.
At the same time, he is also a member of the Esoteric Cult and the Emetics. He has participated in the development of a variety of banned drugs circulating on the market, and has profound pharmacological knowledge and magical application capabilities.
He is also a radical conservative. Faced with the family's decision to cut off the secret medicine industry, he showed extreme opposition and dissatisfaction, believing that this was an act that deviated from family interests and traditions.
Serra is one of the most radical voices opposed to the family's rapid exit strategy. He believes that the family's business interests and traditions should be upheld and protected, even in the face of pressure from the Municipal Administration.
He tried to find support within the family to prevent a complete break with the secret medicine industry.
Today is just like usual.
Sierra stopped the car at a regular gas station to refuel.
This gas station is located on his usual route and has become an indispensable part of his itinerary, and he thinks that his itinerary is foolproof because every time he comes here he looks different and drives a different car model.
, using different genders.
Behind the counter of the gas toll booth, the familiar female waiter is still at her post. Her movements are mechanical and skillful, as if this scene has been repeated countless times in her work.
She charged Sera just as she would any ordinary customer, without any fuss.
And this is the last toll booth on the road leading to the boulevard, marking that Serra is about to leave the familiar city scene and enter a more private realm.
He lightly stepped on the brakes and the car slowly stopped in front of the counter. Then he took out the banknotes from his pocket and handed them to the other party as usual.
This simple action has become a habit for Serra. He doesn't like to pay with [debit card] because it will leave payment information, even if it is an anonymous [debit card].
On this ordinary afternoon, Serra was sitting in his Berlin Austrian car. His slightly tilted body and gently rolled up window revealed his habitual vigilance.
His eyes were fixed on the waiter at the toll booth, waiting for the change process. Although the waiter's movements were neat and skillful, Serra's vigilance did not completely relax.
However, even so, he could not foresee what was about to happen - this moment would become the starting point of his endless regrets.
Terra's daily life in this world is as calm as running water, and Sierra's past business and actions have almost always gone smoothly. This successful experience has made him lose the vigilance of always walking on thin ice to a certain extent.
He underestimated his enemies, especially the extensive and sophisticated intelligence network of the Administration, and also underestimated the decisiveness and decisiveness of their actions. At the same time, he overestimated the unity and strength within his family.
Just when he was distracted waiting for change, a quick and sudden voice broke the afternoon tranquility.
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Didi didi——
It was the sound of a car collision, harsh and tense.
At the same time as the collision, Sierra's peripheral vision captured an unusual scene outside the car - two cars seemed to appear out of nowhere and suddenly appeared in his sight. They were like machines performing precise operations, sandwiching his car between them.
In the middle, a violent collision occurred.
He noticed that there was no driver in the two cars.
Sera Change's heart was beating like a drum, and his brain was rapidly analyzing the situation in front of him.
"A car that appears out of thin air, driverless..."
These details quickly fit together in his mind like a puzzle, making him realize the truth almost immediately.
"Authority!!!"
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The vehicle he was in was directly attacked and then quickly collapsed into a ball.
At the moment when the car was about to explode, Serra activated his extraordinary transformation ability. His body began to change rapidly, flowing like mercury, and squeezed out of the gaps in the car, trying to escape from this dangerous situation as quickly as possible.
zone.
His deformation ability was brought into full play at this moment, trying to turn into a light bird and quickly rise into the sky to escape the impending disaster.
However, just at the moment when he almost succeeded in escaping.
boom--
A loud noise like thunder erupted behind him.
Huge air waves swept all around. This force was so powerful that even Sera, who was transforming in the air, could not resist it. His flight path was suddenly overturned, and his body rolled uncontrollably.
The power of this explosion far exceeded Serra's expectations. It was obvious that this was no ordinary vehicle explosion, and efficient explosives must have been placed on the vehicle.
All this points to the fact that the Administration not only used the intelligence network to conduct a precise ambush on him, but also intended to eliminate him in one fell swoop.
Sera, who was struggling in the air, was shocked and frightened. The directness and ruthlessness of this attack exceeded his expectations. They had become accustomed to the powerlessness of the Honkai Authority that had just been established a few months ago.
As the sixth core organization of the Kingdom of Heaven, the Administration is weak and weak. Everyone regards this organization that attracts a large number of disabled secular people as a charity established by the Kingdom of Heaven in an attempt to secularize it, and as a soft persimmon that has not yet developed.
The reason why the Management Bureau can become the three giants of the New World and the New Alliance is entirely because its father is the Kingdom of Heaven, so it treats all the forces of the New World in the Management Bureau in a submissive manner.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This situation did not improve slightly until the fourth sword-bearer of the Kingdom of Heaven announced that he had settled in the headquarters of the Authority and became the director of the Authority.
Everyone knows that this newly ascended supernova of the Kingdom of Heaven will definitely carry out drastic reforms in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Authority, and he will definitely try to implement the Kingdom of Heaven's 'human supremacy' in the new world.
So many people in Hell's Kitchen have gradually become more honest, but they are just afraid of the holders of great power.
They are just afraid of that mighty force. No one from the alien race or even from all realms will willingly succumb to the devil and the abyss.
How can angels decide without authorization what we should do with our lives? How can they decide how to distribute the benefits that already belong to us?
Are you kidding me? The kingdom of heaven is powerful but not invincible!
This is what most young aliens, including Sera Change, think.
According to the prediction, the man in charge of the Management Bureau will have to be patient for at least a few months to stabilize his power before taking action against Hell's Kitchen and the Hub District.
And he believed that he could use his own ability and wisdom during this period to maintain the cooperative relationship with the Secret Cult and the Emetics without violating the interests of the family. Then they would join forces to win over the people of Hell's Kitchen.
All the hub forces and alien races, followed by the twenty-five alien states, the merchant associations at the junction, and the golden royal courts of all realms behind the hub chaebol...
Take advantage of the general trend to put pressure on the Management Bureau and make the authorities of the Management Bureau compromise!
His idea is very good, most young people are like this, and this idea is not wishful thinking.
The people of the entire federation were only afraid that the angels of heaven would collectively go crazy, so they allowed the administration and the fourth sword-bearer of heaven to settle in Edici.
Isolationism is a politically correct behavior in the new world in the Federation, and everyone will try to put pressure on the Authority and the person behind it.
This is a silent game, and the most wrong thing Serra did in this game was that he overestimated himself.
In the eyes of the administration, he was just a "gift list" that the adult had casually crossed off.
At this moment, the hot pain caused by the explosion from behind burned Sera's back like thousands of needles piercing it. His attempt to transform into a bird was ruthlessly interrupted at this moment.
Under the pain, he was unable to maintain any form and turned into a pool of amorphous green liquid, dripping on the ground.
This kind of extreme pain and physical loss of control is something Sera has rarely experienced. He has always been able to control the transformation technique with ease, but now he is forced into such an unbearable situation.
Just as he was struggling to regroup his body, Sera caught a glimpse of several burly people wearing masks with weird emojis on their faces slowly walking towards him.
The expressions on these masks are distorted and ironic, making people shudder at first sight.
Two of them, in particular, wore special finger tigers that shone with light on their hands.
When these people approached, without any hesitation or pause, they used the sealed finger tigers in their hands to hit Sera's liquid form.
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The moment Zhihu touched Sera, a sharp pain that was more intense than the pain caused by the explosion penetrated every inch of his "muscles". The intense pain instantly swept through Sera's entire existence. This pain was far away.
More than the damage to the body, it hits the depths of the soul.
Serra felt his entire body twitching where he was hit, and what was even more horrifying was that he found that his shape was forcibly fixed amidst the unbearable pain. The effect of the sealing finger tiger was undoubtedly evident, and he was
The originally flowing liquid body was fixed into an undeformable "humanoid" green object.
When his last consciousness was about to fade away, his eyes were fixed on the leading masked man. The man was tall and tall, with two eye-catching horns on his head. This feature appeared in Sera's blurred vision.
Extraordinarily conspicuous, he realized that this character was no ordinary character.
Just as Sera was trying to gather the last of her consciousness to analyze the situation in front of her, the other party clapped her hands lightly, as if this action was some kind of signal.
Immediately, invisible ripples appeared in the air, like throwing a stone into still water, causing the ripples to scatter in all directions.
As the ripples spread, a weapon appeared that felt both familiar and unfamiliar to Sera—the Authority's bolter.
The tense atmosphere reached its peak.
Everyone in the surrounding circle held a bolter in their hands. This high-tech weapon looked particularly threatening in the dark night.
Their target is the pile of amorphous, jelly-like "humanoid" creatures in front of them. He is unable to complete the transformation under the influence of the sealing finger tiger. At this moment, he can only face the upcoming attack in this helpless form.
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To be continued...