Chapter 48

Chapter 48

While David was conversing with Myron, a portion of his focus was directed toward controlling the Shadow Servant. At the same time, he walked casually toward the entrance of the passageway.

Since the Shadow Servant could only move ten meters away from him, he had to get closer to the area to accomplish his goal.

Sergeant Emery watched David and Myron talking as they looked around, standing to the side without saying a word.

As long as David and Myron did not do anything excessive, he would not intervene. Although he was rigid, he knew that the identities of these two were not simple.

David stood still, while inside the passageway, the Shadow Servant had already entered an operation room that did not even have its door closed.

Because Sergeant Harold had left without closing anything, David did not need to fumble around at all.

The Shadow Servant grabbed the Control Instrument with one hand and adjusted it; the display screen in the center of the room showed the target object.

The Shadow Servant quickly entered the pre-prepared coordinates. Then, a Long-Range Sniper Cannon on the city wall emitted a mechanical grinding sound and suddenly swiveled its massive barrel, turning toward the city.

At the same time, the Identity Bracelet on the wrist of Sergeant Harold, who was currently in the restroom, sounded an alarm; the Long-Range Sniper Cannon he was in charge of was aiming at a safe zone.

Sergeant Harold did not even have time to wipe himself; he pulled up his pants and rushed out of the restroom, sprinting toward the operation room.

Although he was not an Armored Warrior, his years of training gave him a strength of seven hundred kilograms, and his speed was quite fast. However, even at his top speed, it would take him five seconds to reach the operation room.

On the display screen, the entirety of the Steer Hotel had already appeared. Under the constant manipulation of the Shadow Servant's hands, the image of the Steer Hotel zoomed in, finally locking onto the president's office at the very top.

However, the windows of the president's office were made of reflective material, making it impossible for the Long-Range Sniper Cannon to accurately target Mr. Steer inside the office.

A certain program in the Security Optical Computer on the first floor of the Steer Hotel ran automatically, and then the Security Surveillance Scanner in the president's office was activated.

Normally, these Security Surveillance Scanners would only be activated after Mr. Steer left the office.

But under the control of the Security Optical Computer, multiple Security Surveillance Scanners in the president's office began to function. With the structural blueprint of the Steer Hotel, the Security Optical Computer calculated the precise location of Mr. Steer within the massive president's office.

This set of data was transmitted to David's Identity Bracelet. While chatting with Myron, David glanced at his Identity Bracelet.

Meanwhile, the Shadow Servant in the operation room rapidly adjusted the target of the Long-Range Sniper Cannon and pressed the fire button.

At that very moment, Sergeant Harold rushed into the operation room under the furious gaze of Sergeant Emery.

The reason for Sergeant Emery's anger was naturally the sight of Sergeant Harold running with his pants pulled up, which had been seen by the two visiting guests, effectively causing the entire City Defense Brigade to lose face.

As for the abnormal Long-Range Sniper Cannon, Sergeant Emery did not pay it much attention; these sniper personnel often did incomprehensible things, so one more incident was normal.

In the president's office of the Steer Hotel, Mr. Steer was looking at some documents. He picked up a water glass from the side and was just about to drink when he suddenly felt a palpitation.

If he were a combat professional, he would have already realized that he was being targeted by the Grim Reaper.

But although he possessed strong business acumen, he was only an ordinary person. Perhaps he was mentally different from the average person; otherwise, how could he have sensed the palpitation?

He looked out the window and saw a flash of fire erupting from the direction of the distant city wall.

On the city wall, Sergeant Emery, David, and Myron were shaken off their feet by the sudden, massive roar. Sergeant Emery almost instinctively pressed the two of them to the ground to stabilize their bodies.

David had experienced the recoil of a professional sniper rifle in a simulation, but the Long-Range Sniper Cannon used by the city defense was far more powerful than any professional sniper rifle.

He clearly felt the vibration of the steel city wall. Although he had been mentally prepared, he had to avoid showing any obvious reaction, and he was genuinely startled, so his performance was much the same as Myron's.

"Has Sergeant Harold gone mad?" Sergeant Emery let out a roar. He pressed his Identity Bracelet several times, and then an alarm bell rang out.

Just as David and Myron stood up from the ground, two warriors wearing white military-standard Exoskeleton Armor appeared on the city wall. One of them entered the operation room and brought Sergeant Harold out.

David looked at Sergeant Harold with a sense of guilt; it seemed that Sergeant Harold would be the scapegoat for this incident.

Having researched military affairs, he knew that soldiers in white uniforms were Military Police. They were responsible for maintaining internal military order, supervising illegal and disciplinary actions, and possessed the authority to detain, search, and seal off military personnel who violated regulations. During wartime, they were responsible for maintaining battlefield discipline and order.

Since Panshi Planet was in a constant state of war, these two Military Police warriors had the right to arrest any soldier. Of course, to arrest an officer, they would need corresponding evidence.

Sergeant Harold was also stunned; he did not understand why the Long-Range Sniper Cannon had fired automatically.

But he knew that he was in big trouble because when he left the operation room, he had not followed regulations to revoke the operation permissions.

Under the circumstances, anyone who entered the operation room could have easily manipulated the Long-Range Sniper Cannon to attack.

"It was them, it was them! I was just in the restroom, and they were the only ones here!" Sergeant Harold's eyes lit up when he saw Sergeant Emery, David, and Myron, and he shouted loudly.

"Sergeant Emery, who are they? Why are they here?" one of the Military Police warriors turned to look at Sergeant Emery and asked in a deep voice.

"Report, these two are students arranged by the municipal government for a tour. They have a written application report and the approval of Lieutenant Eaton. Please check!" Sergeant Emery saluted and replied, then pulled a document from his Identity Bracelet and transmitted it to the Military Police warrior.

The Military Police warrior opened the transmitted document with his own Identity Bracelet, examined it carefully, and then used his own authority to verify the relevant procedures.

"Their identities are in order!" The Military Police warrior nodded. He did not ask whether the three had entered the operation room, because there were surveillance systems everywhere. The fact that the two Military Police warriors were able to arrive so quickly was due in part to Sergeant Emery's alarm, but also to the role of the surveillance system.

"Two Military Police officers, they were the only ones here when I left. It must have been them!" Sergeant Harold was still making a final struggle.

David heard Sergeant Harold insisting that it was them. Although it was the truth, Sergeant Harold's attitude eased his initial guilt.

He had originally intended to use some connections to help Sergeant Harold reduce his punishment, as he was the one who had implicated him, but now David changed his mind.

Perhaps this accident could help the City Defense Brigade strengthen its military discipline. Sergeant Harold was indeed at fault; such a lax style of work would eventually lead to a major disaster, even if nothing happened today.

The two Military Police warriors ignored Sergeant Harold's shouting, took out a pair of handcuffs to restrain his hands, and led him away from the city wall.

"You two, please do not spread word of today's events. This was just an accidental incident!" Sergeant Emery requested of David and Myron with some embarrassment.

"No problem, we didn't see anything!" Myron replied immediately.

The further away he stayed from military affairs, the better, especially since he still had many doubts about this incident.

"Thank you. The tour ends here for today. I will see you out!" Sergeant Emery said with a gesture of invitation.

The two knew that after such an incident, they could no longer remain on the city wall, so they followed Sergeant Emery toward the elevator they had arrived in.

In fact, Sergeant Emery's hope of keeping this accident from spreading was destined to fail, because the impact of this event was far from a simple mistake.

In this inexplicable attack, Mr. Steer, the owner of the Steer Hotel, was struck by the large-caliber Level One Warhead fired by the Long-Range Sniper Cannon. His body was pulverized into minced meat on the spot, leaving not even a complete corpse behind.