Chapter 126: The Reaction of the Government Machine
Having decided on the execution plan, Chris left the hotel with Wesley.
"You'll stick with me for now. If my method doesn't work, then it's your turn to step up."
Giving Wesley fair warning, Chris got into the car, holding Stewie.
Fox, who was driving, looked back at Chris, thought for a moment, and then said, "Are you not coming back after you leave this time?"
Chris heard the emotion in her words, but he knew it was all his succubus attribute at work, so he said calmly, "Probably not. But even if I do come back, there's no future for us."
Fox's heart sank. There wasn't much sadness, but she did question her own appeal.
She considered herself a knockout, but how was it that she didn't feel much genuine affection from Chris?
Chris sensed Fox's emotional shift and thought she'd actually developed feelings for him. He sighed and said, "If you miss me, you can watch Family Guy. I just hope you can handle seeing a different version of me."
"Huh?" Fox was confused, not understanding why Chris suddenly said this.
Just then, Cross pulled up alongside them in another car. He rolled down his window and said to Chris, "I hope you're right, otherwise we're taking a massive loss."
Chris dropped the idea of explaining to Fox and instead smiled at Cross, saying, "Trust me, this world's about to go through major changes. Converting cash into gold ahead of time is a very safe play."
Cross gave a cold smile, said nothing more, started his car, and went to handle the Brotherhood's assets.
According to Chris's thinking, since it was already 2008, the year the financial crisis was about to hit.
So instead of letting those assets lose value, it was better to cash out early and then look for investment opportunities during the financial crisis to multiply the wealth.
Of course, the reason he had Cross convert those assets into gold was because of the major operation he was about to pull off.
After he completed this mission, he didn't know what impact it would have on the world.
It might make the financial crisis hit even harder, or it might steer the financial crisis in a better direction.
Therefore, under uncertain circumstances, it was more reliable to get some hard currency.
However, this was also because Cross didn't care much about those assets, so he was indifferent to whether they lost value or not.
Watching Cross and Pekwarsky drive away, Fox also started her car and headed toward the President's residence.
While Chris and the others were en route, high-ranking government officials in the White House had already detected Chris and company's presence.
"The Assassin Brotherhood has been wiped out?"
The 62-year-old President stared wide-eyed at the document in his hand, his shock beyond words.
Since he could remember, his father had told him about this assassin organization.
Thus, in his childhood, he knew there was such a supernatural organization guided by fate existing in this world.
And after his father rose to the office of President, he also learned more information about special entities in this world.
Besides the supernatural assassin organization that migrated from Europe, the Vatican's Knights Templar, various secret societies entrenched in mainland Europe, and various ancient martial arts groups in Asia, etc., were all supernatural organizations worthy of their attention.
But he only truly understood the power of those supernatural organizations after he became President.
It's no exaggeration to say that with technological development and societal progress, those who master supernatural techniques become increasingly powerful.
Except for being helpless against large-scale bombardments, those supernatural individuals, whose movements are more agile than Olympic athletes and whose strength exceeds professional fighters.
After firearms training, the threat they posed could even force the leader of the world's strongest nation to engage in equal negotiations with them.
It was precisely because of this that learning the thousand-year-old Assassin Brotherhood had been eliminated, and without his knowledge, truly terrified this President in his final term.
The Chief of Staff beside him waited for the President to calm down before replying quietly, "Local agents have been deployed to confirm the Brotherhood headquarters was leveled, and even the leader Sloan was shot multiple times and died on the spot."
"Do you know who did it?" Thinking of the most likely forces to strike, Bush Jr. also had to consider the impact of the Brotherhood's disappearance.
The Chief of Staff stepped forward and opened the file in front of Bush Jr., revealing photos of Chris, Cross, and others.
"Currently, it can be confirmed it was destroyed due to internal conflict, but the true identities of these two unfamiliar individuals cannot be confirmed. There's only speculation from think tank experts."
Hearing it was due to internal conflict, Bush Jr. immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
This would make things much easier and avoid too many international complications.
After all, for those organizations that master supernatural techniques, death by external enemy versus death by internal conflict are two different things.
If they were wiped out by outsiders, who knows what kind of conclusions those supernatural organizations would jump to, and forces connected to the Brotherhood might also harbor thoughts of revenge.
If any of those guys who master supernatural techniques lost it and sought revenge in a suicide mission, then who knows what kind of chaos would follow.
If they died due to internal conflict like this, Bush Jr. would find it easier to handle.
Once he'd sorted out what happened, he could give an explanation to the organizations associated with the Assassin Brotherhood, preventing further chaos.
Having made up his mind, Bush Jr. was about to have the Chief of Staff handle it quickly, and then he noticed the pictures of Chris and Stewie, along with the information next to them.
"What does this mean?" Bush Jr. pointed to the symbol next to Chris's picture and asked curiously, "What does 'suspected visitor from parallel universe' mean?"
"Exactly what you see, Mr. President." The Chief of Staff didn't elaborate much, because he too was shocked by the assessment given by the professionals.
"Jesus..." Bush Jr. gasped—how did he end up dealing with all this crazy crap!
The country's internal financial problems hadn't been completely resolved, and with the situation worsening, a financial crisis was about to explode.
Then an ancient and powerful supernatural organization got wiped out, and it was even linked to some damn visitors from a parallel universe.
What kind of mess was this!
Flipping through the information provided by the national think tank professionals, Bush Jr.'s frown deepened.
He was exhausted—let it all just burn down!
Frustrated, Bush Jr. became increasingly irritated. Why couldn't he just have some peace?
However, no matter how annoyed he was, he couldn't immediately resign from the presidency, because the next candidate hadn't been decided yet.
So he had to suppress the anxiety in his heart and turn to consider the country's response.
But before he could make up his mind, a secretary walked into the office.
Bush Jr. gestured for the Chief of Staff to handle it, and then saw the Chief of Staff rush back in panic.
"Satellite monitoring shows they're heading toward the White House."
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