Stephanie's sudden kidnapping caught everyone off guard. It was not until Boris retreated from the crowd with his hostage and slowly reached the edge of the hall that everyone finally realized what had happened.
After a brief moment of shock and bewilderment, all fifty unmodified Hydra agents glared furiously at Boris. Brother, if you wanted to die, you didn't have to go about it like this! It was fine if you wanted to die alone, but if the young lady in your hands suffered even the slightest injury, we wouldn't be able to escape blame either. We'd all have to die with you! If we'd known you were going to do this, we should have drowned you in a toilet the day we met!
Although they hated Boris to the bone, the hostage in his hands was simply too special. Afraid of hurting the hostage, they did not dare act rashly. For the same reason, the Demon Heart Warriors and Evenson's group only slowly surrounded him, as if afraid of provoking the man. None of them dared make any unnecessary moves.
Boris, the protagonist of the moment, had truly reached the pinnacle of his life. Just who was Gideon Malick? Publicly, he was a former member of the World Security Council and the current adviser to the President of the United States. Yet though he was called an adviser, the President of the United States always treated him with considerable deference whenever they met. That alone showed the extent of his influence.
In secret, he was also one of Hydra's major figures, the representative of an ancient family, and among the top three in terms of authority within Hydra. Stephanie was his only daughter, the apple of his eye, as important to him as his own life. Kidnapping her was