"What? Beilike ran away? What are you all doing?!..." Kate roared, his rage almost causing him to lose control of his hidden, powerful aura.
Agent leader Wayne hung his head, like a defeated rooster, silently enduring Kate's Gale of angry curses.
Although the Central Intelligence Agency of the Guta Federation is not under the Ministry of Trade and Economic Affairs, before leaving, his superior's superior repeatedly instructed him to treat Kate with utmost respect and to carry out any of her orders without fail. This is why Wayne behaved the way he did.
"Alright, Kate, it's too late for you to scold him now. Nobody would have guessed that Beilike was hiding so much. Besides having a special constitution that can block divination, he also has the ability to create clones." Lundan Simonga shook his head with a sigh.
When the moment came, he remained remarkably calm; this composure alone was far superior to Kate's.
After hearing Lundan's words, the latter waved his hand in annoyance, and Wayne bowed and withdrew with a sigh of relief.
After the intelligence chief left, Kate paced back and forth, saying, "What should we do now? Beilike has a lot of dirt on us. If he spills it all out, the consequences..."
Lundan glanced at him and said, "Try contacting him again and see if there's any chance of winning him back."
"However, based on my deduction, this guy is probably extremely nervous, and his trust in us has most likely dropped to zero."
"Let's give it a try." Kate persisted, dialing an encrypted number, only to find that the other party didn't answer at all.
"Broken!"
Kate and Lundan exchanged a glance.
The latter narrowed his eyes slightly. "It seems we'll have to prepare to abandon our public identities."
Kate nodded blankly. He held a high position and didn't want to "retire" so early, but he had no choice. If Reiner made a move, the higher-ups wouldn't allow him to continue serving as the Deputy Minister of Trade.
In an elegantly furnished room, a thin, middle-aged man with a pointed face and monkey-like features suddenly sat up in bed, panting heavily. Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead like raindrops, soaking a large patch of the bedding.
"Damn it, damn it, all I want is some money. You guys are so rich, what's wrong with giving me a little?"
Beilike roared madly; the fat Reiner from before was actually his shadow clone in disguise.
The one lying in bed now is his true form, but his appearance, physique, and name have also been disguised; his real name is Beilike Kaba.
Beilike couldn't understand why Kate and Lundan wouldn't compromise. He clearly had dirt on the latter two, and once it was revealed, the Guta Federation wouldn't let them off the hook.
In his view, for someone as insignificant as himself, these two powerful and wealthy figures would not be stingy with even a tiny bit of Ta Pound.
Moreover, his request was not high; he only asked for 1 billion Ta Pound.
This amount might be astronomical for ordinary people, but for Kate, the head of the Ximenjia Consortium, it was something she could easily come up with.
But why would they be willing to take such a risk and not even pay themselves hush money?
Beilike simply couldn't understand it!
"Luckily, I had a backup plan. Only the Shadow Clone died, but unfortunately, it will take a year to rebuild it after it collapsed," Beilike muttered to himself, patting his chest as he calmed down.
"Since you want to kill me, let's see who dies first."
With a cold snort, Beilike took out a massive amount of prepared data, opened his communication terminal, and dumped it all onto the dark web. He also used multiple pre-prepared identities to send backups of the data to well-known media outlets in the Guta Federation.
After doing all this, he pondered what he should do next.
"The collapse of my Shadow Clone couldn't possibly escape Kate and Lundan's notice. Even if they're unlucky enough to end up in prison, the powerful interest groups behind them certainly won't let me off the hook. It seems I need to leave Planet Guta as soon as possible and live under an assumed name from now on. No, I'm leaving now!"
With this in mind, Beilike quickly packed his luggage, checked out of the hotel, and left.
The journey was smooth sailing, Beilike breathed a sigh of relief; his ability to create clones was still quite useful.
Take the central elevator and go up to the integrated airport located at the waist of the Cloud-Touching Tower.
However, not long after he stepped out of the central elevator, a hand appeared silently and patted him on the shoulder.
Immediately afterwards, a familiar voice, tinged with laughter, reached my ears.
"Reiner brothers, where are you headed?"
Logo smiled and placed one hand on Beilike's shoulder, his Eye of Insight gleaming with starlight.
No matter how much Beilike disguises himself, his bloodline talent remains unchanged. The existence of this fundamental information allows Logo to easily find him in the crowd and pinpoint his location.
The limitation that the Shadow Clone cannot be more than eight kilometers away from the main body made Logo realize that "Reiner's " main body must still be in the Cloud-Touching Tower.
The latter has offended the Central Intelligence Agency and will most likely evacuate Planet Guta immediately.
To leave the Planet Guta from the Cloud-Touching Tower, one must first take a spaceplane to the space station, where one can transfer to a warp drive to travel to various parts of the plane.
So Logo took Melier and Caesar directly to the central elevator of the integrated airport and waited for them to come to them.
In fact, Logo's chances of catching Reiner were less than 50%; he was gambling.
Fortunately, I made the right bet this time.
"Wh... what, Reiner? You must have mistaken me for someone else!" Beilike's forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat, but he was completely unaware of it.
Logo's lips curled into a slight smile. He stepped forward, reached out and wrapped his arm around Beilike's neck, chuckling, "Heh, stop pretending. In front of me, everything about you is completely transparent. Like Shadow Clone, am I right?"
"Who exactly are you? How do you know about my talent?" Beilike asked incredulously.
Logo smiled without saying a word, simply pulling Beilike away from the airport and back to their hotel.
The latter dared not resist; at this moment, he was not a clone.
If the original body dies, it truly dies.
"What is your purpose?" Beilike sat on the sofa, his face filled with fear.
To him, Logo was like a Mist.
Despite being a complete stranger whom I had never met or heard of, they knew everything about him.
Beilike acquired the ability to Shadow Clone by chance during an adventure, and he has kept it well hidden, never letting anyone else know about it.
However, the incredibly young, Three-Eyed People before him revealed his deepest secret in a single sentence, which undoubtedly caused Beilike's psychological defenses to collapse instantly.
Logo, of course, wouldn't answer Beilike's question.
A mysterious and composed smile always lingered at the corners of his mouth, giving him an air of Mist and making it impossible to fathom Logo's true thoughts.
"Tell me everything you know. Don't try to deceive me. No one can lie to me." At this moment, Logo's tone sounded just like a charlatan, but Beilike, who had been completely subdued by him, dared not harbor any illusions and spilled everything he knew.
According to Beilike, he was originally a member of "Ashes," the largest terrorist organization in the Elven Plane.
By chance, I learned some inside information that Lundan, the head of the Ximenjia Consortium in the Guta Federation, had been providing financial support to Ashes.
It's important to understand that the Guta Federation and the Ashes are mortal enemies.
The previous Federation leader, Mudatuo, perished tragically due to an assassination attempt by Ashes.
Furthermore, the Ashes ' faction is completely opposite to that of the Guta Federation, and both publicly and privately, their relationship can be described as irreconcilable.
In this situation, the leader of the Ximenjia Consortium, one of the major consortia in the Guta Federation, Lundan, actually colluded with their mortal enemy Ashes.
Once this news gets out, Lundan will face utter ruin.
Even the Ximenjia Consortium will suffer an unprecedented blow.
In addition, some politicians who rose to high positions in politics with Lundan's support also found it difficult to remain unscathed.
While it's impossible to directly hold these politicians accountable, arranging for them to retire due to illness is still reasonable.
Among these politicians, Kate Pushkin was the largest, serving as the Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Affairs. For the Guta Federation, which originated from commerce and trade, the power and lucrativeness of this position were self-evident.
It was precisely because of this significant weakness that Beilike was tempted to take the risk.
He planned to use this as leverage to make a hefty profit.
However, to Beilike's surprise, Lundan and Kate showed no sign of backing down. While trying to reassure him over the phone, they also summoned Central Intelligence Agency agents.
At this point, Beilike couldn't help but complain with a wronged expression.
Logo, however, somewhat understood what Lundan and the other man were thinking.
Extortion.
Once it happens, it will happen again.
Once greed arises in one's heart, it is difficult to suppress.
By letting Beilike set this precedent, the two of them would be subject to his control from then on.
For two powerful figures who stand tall in the clouds, being coerced and extorted by a nobody like an ant is worse than being killed.
Moreover, the two of them weren't as desperate as Beilike thought.
Logo couldn't help but recall Kate's aura and her special condition.
"Are you done talking?"
"It's... it's all over."
"Then you should get some sleep first." Logo said, then reached out and gave Beilike an injection.
The latter's eyelids rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground, his breath growing weaker and weaker until he vanished without a trace, like a lifeless boulder.
"Caesar, put him in the safe."
"Okay, boss."
Caesar dragged Beilike out of the living room, while Logo turned on his communicator and entered the cyberspace of Planet Guta.
As expected, the Ximenjia Consortium has become incredibly popular.
Countless Guta Star People, as well as from other planets and countries, left comments and messages.
Most of the messages were angry insults directed at Lundan.
Some radical Guta Star People even included the government in their attacks, saying that if the government hadn't been lax in its censorship and supervision, such a huge scandal wouldn't have happened, bringing shame to the entire plane.
In an instant, a storm of public opinion swept through the entire Guta Federation and spread to the entire Elven Plane.