Daniel Fisher, head of the legal department at Global Consolidated Investment, had recently been making frequent trips to the company's Chinatown branch for work.
Luo Xia had chosen him mainly because his build and hair color were similar to his own, making him easy to impersonate. That would make sneaking into the nuclear waste disposal company much easier.
Under Luo Xia's threat, Daniel Fisher had no choice but to strip off his clothes and hand over all his belongings. Before long, Luo Xia had changed into Daniel's clothes and taken his briefcase. With a transformation, he had become Daniel Fisher.
"These pants are a little loose. You're middle-aged now, so you should get some exercise." Luo Xia patted Daniel Fisher's beer belly.
Fortunately, once he tightened the belt, tucked in his shirt, and put on his jacket, it was hard to tell.
After finishing his disguise, Luo Xia opened the car door and got out.
"All right, Daniel. If you cooperate, I'll let you leave safely. But if you try to resist..."
As soon as Luo Xia finished speaking, two mechanical arms sprang out from inside the car. Sharp drill bits spun at their ends, nearly touching Daniel Fisher's face.
He had never seen anything so terrifying. He immediately shoved his budding thoughts of escape deep into the back of his mind.
But the shocks weren't over yet. As Luo Xia walked away, strange images appeared on the black-framed glasses Daniel Fisher was wearing, and an electronically synthesized female voice sounded in his ear. "Daniel Fisher, keep your eyes on the images in front of you. If you see anyone you recognize, tell us immediately. If your mistake causes any further problems, you won't get the chance to make another one."
"Okay, I'll be careful. Please move those drills back a little." Daniel Fisher trembled.
Disguised as Daniel Fisher, Luo Xia headed for the nuclear waste disposal company. Everything he saw along the way was transmitted through the Tactical Goggles to Daniel Fisher.
With Daniel's guidance, Luo Xia had little trouble getting into the company. He walked through the somewhat dilapidated entrance and found hardly any employees inside. The whole place was still decorated in a retro style from the fifties or sixties, and several elderly men were even using typewriters to print documents.
If the Tactical Goggles' connection had still been working, Luo Xia would have thought he'd gone through a time tunnel and arrived decades in the past.
Following Daniel's reminders, Luo Xia showed no surprise as he walked toward the manager's office.
When he reached the door, Luo Xia was about to knock, but Daniel's voice came through his earpiece. "Don't knock. Just go straight in."
Luo Xia found that a little strange. Wouldn't such rude behavior draw attention? Still, he didn't think Daniel Fisher would dare deceive him. Daniel didn't look like someone who was ready to die for a cause.
Luo Xia gripped the doorknob and pushed the door open. He had prepared himself for all kinds of surprises, but only after entering the office did he understand why Daniel Fisher had told him to walk right in.
The manager's office contained only a retro desk and an executive chair. There wasn't a soul in sight.
Luo Xia casually closed the door, then quietly asked Daniel Fisher, "What's going on? The manager's office is empty?"
"It's always empty. Whenever I come here, I just go straight to the safe and take out the company seal to stamp the documents. I don't know why, but that's what the company executives told me to do. The branch manager went on vacation," Daniel Fisher explained.
But the explanation still didn't sound right. Even if a company manager had to leave, someone else should have been assigned to handle the work.
Luo Xia had no intention of looking into it. He was here to find out where the nuclear waste was being stored and transferred, and see whether he could use it to make an Energy Activation Device.
So Luo Xia opened the safe and took out the company seal and transaction documents. He went through the motions of stamping the documents Daniel Fisher had needed to process while searching for the information he wanted.
It didn't take long. Luo Xia only had to flick the documents past his eyes, and the Tactical Goggles recorded their entire contents. Violet could then analyze the key information in a thousandth of a second.
After just a dozen seconds, Violet reported to Luo Xia, "Commander, I found it. There's a warehouse near Sixth Street in Hell's Kitchen. Goods are frequently moved in and out, and it's close to the docks. It looks like they're shipped out by sea."
Having found the information he needed, Luo Xia put everything back the way it was and quickly left the company.
Everything had gone even more smoothly than he'd expected. He hadn't aroused anyone's suspicions. Luo Xia returned to the car and handed Daniel Fisher all his clothes and belongings. "I finished your work for you. Now get dressed and act as if nothing happened. That way, you won't get into trouble, and neither will I. And if I do get into trouble, you won't be able to stay out of it either. Understand?"
After dumping Daniel Fisher out of the car, Luo Xia went straight to the warehouse on Sixth Street. As long as he got his hands on the nuclear waste, nothing else mattered.
The area around Sixth Street was mostly made up of factories and warehouses. It was also close to the docks, so the roads were crowded with people and vehicles. Luo Xia parked some distance away as before, changed to an unremarkable stranger's face, and headed for the warehouse.
From the outside, the warehouse didn't look particularly special. It covered roughly three thousand square meters. Its doors were tightly shut, and there didn't seem to be anyone guarding it.
Early morning should have been the ideal time to load goods onto ships, yet the warehouse was eerily quiet.
Luo Xia looked carefully around, then circled the building instead of approaching the front entrance. He covered his hand with the Sensor Glove, gripped the outer steel framework, and climbed upward.
The Sensor Glove could adjust its magnetism to counteract gravity or cling to steel. Luo Xia used it to climb along the framework.
Before long, Luo Xia had climbed onto the warehouse's metal roof. He activated the Tactical Goggles' see-through function and surveyed the entire warehouse.
Luo Xia had planned to find the stored nuclear waste and try using the AllSpark's energy to make an Energy Activation Device. But when he activated the see-through function and his vision pierced the thin roof, he saw something horrifying.
This place wasn't storing nuclear waste at all. Inside were dozens of iron cages and shipping containers, and every single one was filled with people!
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