Cracks in the Partnership

At Alpha Squad's temporary base for Abstergo Industries, Head Wolf confronted their temporary employer, Ezekiel Sims. "If you trusted us, you should have handed all the missions over to us instead of running off on your own to deal with the targets. You even got several cops killed along the way, putting our operation in an impossible position."

Ezekiel Sims refused to give an inch. With the arrogant bearing of someone above them, he looked disdainfully at the motley Alpha Squad. "You just hit the key point, Head Wolf. I don't trust you. You missed a simple target twice, even three times. You don't deserve my trust."

Having spent a long time as the captain of a disposable field team within the corporation, Head Wolf was not about to clash with this temporary employer over such distrust.

He merely said with an icy expression, "Mr. Sims, I trust you still remember the terms of employment. They clearly state that when the risks become too difficult to assess, Abstergo Industries has the right to terminate the contract.

"Today, you killed police officers—and more than one. That means you've put all of us over an open fire. With this level of risk exposure, the field team is no longer suited to remain in New York."

Ezekiel Sims did not panic at Head Wolf's threat to part ways. In truth, he had only sought outside help in the first place because there had been too many targets, and having assistants had been more convenient.

Now, only three of the ten targets remained. Whether they had been gathered together by one woman or had split up and gone into hiding again, their numbers were still within the range he could handle alone.

Still, he did not forget to remind them. "I don't need to