Spare Me, Great Lord!

Actually, Lu Shu had thought of fooling Bennett for some monetary benefits on the spot. But he did not do so because on the one hand, Bennett was probably smarter than a simple fool and on the other hand, Lu Shu had no confidence in defeating two Class B’s…

At the moment, upon successful completion of his goal, Lu Shu could leave the place.

Honestly speaking, it was not an easy task for Lu Shu to act as Howard. Although both of them had a similar height of 1.8m plus, Howard was indeed buffer than him. Nonetheless, it was not as obvious with the suit on.

And the suit came from Zhao Yongchen too.

After Xia Rensheng’s team arrived in Africa, a huge box of clothes were delivered to Zhao Yongchen. He had been confused for a long while about what it was for, as clearly Heavenly King Nie would not be so kind as to give him warm clothes for no reason. Besides, the clothes were not of his size too. In the end, Lu Shu’s appearance provided the answer…

As the chief officer of the African intelligence network, Zhao Yongchen’s personal safety was highly valued by the Heavenly Network. Hence, under the usual circumstances, communications with him were uni-directional, he would contact others but he could never be traced back to.

Yet, this too changed for Lu Shu. Lu Shu could find him, but not the reverse. It was as if there was a new superior for all the intelligence agents, who now must listen to Lu Shu unconditionally.

And the secret about Lu Shu’s possession of the mask was strictly confidential to anyone below Zhao Yongchen.

Zhao Yongchen was startled when he learned what Lu Shu had done. He was such an intrepid, ingenious and inventive trouble-maker…

Given Zhao Yongchen’s personality, he would have probably devised a more concrete plan if he wanted to create conflict among the large organizations. Yet, Lu Shu’s actions seemed spontaneous and aimless. Besides, Zhao Yongchen could not understand the purpose of Lu Shu’s visit to the EO headquarters using Howard’s appearance…

At this very moment, news spread out that EO had made a public announcement about their alliance with the Phoenix Society, stating that the mineral reserves would be given to the Phoenix Society unconditionally and Bennett himself would assume the role of a councilor in the Society…

Zhao Yongchen was stunned. What the heck? Lu Shu had actually forged an alliance with EO on behalf of Howard. But the thing was, did the Phoenix Society even know of it…

The Phoenix Society had been forced into an alliance!

Meanwhile, Francesco received the message when he was still with Howard. What? Had the both of them not just agreed to take down Bennett first? Why had the Phoenix Society allied themselves with EO in secret?

Howard was utterly puzzled. What the heck was Bennett doing? Since when did the Phoenix Society agree on an alliance?

Then, Francesco turned and hissed at him. “F*ck you.”

Howard was speechless.

“From Francesco Russo’s distress, +999!”

“From Howard Miller’s distress, +999!”

The news came too fast, and there were no words on the side of EO regarding how or when the alliance was formed.

It took Bennett a great deal of effort to cozy up to someone powerful. While he was under immense pressure due to the Department of Faith Theory, the conditions offered by “Howard” were very tempting as well. Therefore, he wanted to quickly publicize the news before the Phoenix Society changed their mind.

Francesco left with his team, looking sullen. He had to settle this emergency. In the meantime, Howard still could not figure out what had happened.

Nevertheless, casting Bennett’s potential mental problems aside, it seemed that things were going in favor of the Phoenix Society. They would not reject the idea of owning the mineral reserves on their own, plus the bonus point that they now had EO experts on their team.

With two Class B’s, they would have indisputable control over the African continent. He was certain that the Class A of the Department would not interfere with the matter. After all, his avoidance of the Puppet Master was evidence of his own lack of power.

As for the promise of a councilor role, Howard let out a cold laugh. Did positions or titles matter that much? Not at all.

Howard decided to play along with it. In the future, the Department of Faith Theory would no longer have a share of the mineral reserves because they would be the legal property of the Phoenix Society.

Certainly, they could still compete for the resources, although it would not be morally right for the Department to do so…

A position and title in exchange for a physical mine and a group of experts. With these, the Phoenix Society would be able to dissolve EO sooner or later. That sounded like just the perfect deal!

But then Howard was informed that EO had come to the villa to claim the resources the Phoenix Society had promised for the merger.

Howard was confused. “What resources?”

His subordinate was confused too. “Bennett said that you know the conditions. Both of you have agreed on them.”

That did not ring a bell at all. Howard said, “Go and ask him about the conditions.”

After a while, the subordinate came back. “30,000 magical stones, ten magical weapons, ten awakening fruits…”

“THAT’S INSANE!” Howard exploded at once.

“From Howard Miller’s distress, +999!”

“You didn’t know?” the man asked carefully.

Howard was in a fit of anger. “Of course I don’t know!”

How could he have agreed on such unreasonable conditions? Bennett must be crazy!

“Then how should we reply to EO?” the subordinate asked.

“Tell them that we will never fulfill those conditions. Stop daydreaming,” Howard replied impatiently.

The subordinate obeyed, in a nicer tone of course. However, his expressions were dark when he reported back to Howard. “Mr Miller, Bennett said that…”

Howard was annoyed by the man’s hesitation. “What did he say? I want his original words!”

The man pondered over his use of words and said, “He said that you are cheeky to deny what you have promised. He also said that you are probably the son of a non-human, and that your son may have inborn physical defects, that your wife may have betrayed you, and he wants to be your step-father…”

Howard was speechless.

“From Howard Miller’s distress, +999!”

Howard had an urge to kill Bennett immediately. Despite his subordinate’s refined phrasing, he could easily imagine Bennett’s original sentences!

Wait a minute! Howard suddenly noticed that something seemed wrong. Bennett would not have been so furious if he had simply been rejected for his unreasonable self-claimed conditions. It seemed as though he had really been betrayed…

“Ask him about the time and details of the alliance!” Howard ordered in a stern voice. He had a feeling that he had finally gotten one step closer to the truth of this farce!