Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 206 Confession (please vote)

Lakeside villa area, in the underground parking lot.

The confidants sent by Ankhbas have returned and are reporting to him the situation at the scene:

"The all-terrain vehicle was driven away, and the ammunition on the truck was basically gone..."

Hearing this, Ankhbas finally came to his senses.

The real purpose of the "massive" attack just now was to steal those arms!

Everything about purging foreign exiles and dealing with collusion with mountain monsters are all fake!

That group of people went around in a big circle, just for that batch of arms!

"Asshole!" Ankhbas cursed.

His confidant who went out to check the situation probably figured out the truth, and asked with confusion and confusion:

“Boss, who could do it?

"Grey Whisperer? DiMarco's butler?"

Ankhbas thought carefully for a while and said:

"It's not them. If it were them, they would point the finger directly at me."

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Ankhbas’ confidants strongly agree with the boss’s judgment:

"Who could that be?"

"In the entire Red Stone Collection, there are only three groups that value the arms more than internal fighting." Ankhbas's mind is definitely not bad. He thought while thinking, "One is Lehman's people, and the other is Trey. Sha, the third is the team of ruin hunters who took over the mission."

Lehman was a smuggler from United Industries, and it was he who sold the arms to Herwig.

"Lehman won't express his opinion easily before we decide the winner, and it's impossible for him to move his family to Red Stone Set unless he has completely fallen in love with the Gray Whisperers or Dimarco's butler. But in this case, he will The focus will also become to attack us." The confidant of Ankhbas started to analyze along this line of thinking, "Herwig's men don't have a leader now, so it is unlikely that they can do such a thing."

Ankhbas, whose beard was so thick that it looked like a natural mask, nodded slightly:

“It seems like it can only be the ruin hunter team.

As long as Han Wanghuo has laid out a good defense line, he can ignore the outsiders and bandit groups.

"They are really brave..." Ankhbas' confidant suddenly fell silent as he spoke.

He remembered the corresponding information.

Ankhbas asked slightly puzzled:

"What's wrong?"

He didn't care about the relic hunter team that had previously taken on the task of recovering the arms, because there didn't seem to be many people there and they didn't pose much of a threat to his side, so he left it to Lopez to handle.

Now it seems that we need to re-evaluate the strength of this team.

Well, they seemed to have beaten Lopez in the afternoon. Not only were they a little emboldened, but they also liked taking risks... No wonder they dared to suddenly attack here and steal the arms... Ankhbas felt like he suddenly realized something.

At this time, his confidant said rather stutteringly:

"They, they only, only four of them."

"What?" Ankhbas doubted his ears, "Four people?" "

Only four people dare to snatch arms under their noses and in front of dozens of armed men?

And it worked!

Judging from the formation just now and the final result, he thought it would only take ten people.

"Yes, there are only four." The confidant of Ankhbas swallowed hard, "I asked the people in the Hunter Guild. It's winter recently. Apart from them, there are no external ruin hunters. It's unlikely that they can find them. helper."

He had just thought that this team of ruin hunters was really brave, but now it seems that this can no longer be described as courage, this is simply crazy!

Four people were at the gate of their base camp, and under the intimidation of dozens of armed men, they easily robbed the arms!

Ankhbas was speechless for a moment. He had never encountered such a thing in his long life.

After dozens of seconds, he asked again:

"There are really only four of us?"

His confidant nodded heavily.

Ankhbas asked:

"Where are Lopez and the others? How many are dead?"

"It seems that not one of them died, they all ran away." The confidant of Ankhbas became more and more shocked as he spoke.

In addition to being crazy, the whole thing also had a sense of absurdity about it.

Ankhbas fell silent and said after a long time:

"That hunter team has a strong man who plays with people's hearts.

"The core of this drama is the announcement, which amplified our internal suspicion, fear and preparedness to the extreme, and cleverly took advantage of everyone's habit of being too vigilant and not blindly trusting.

"After that announcement, the people in the town felt that it might really be armed forces sent by the church. They suspected that the exiles were indeed liaising with the mountain monsters, and the 'clearance' did not involve their interests. Lopez and the others definitely thought it was me. If you betray them and use them as scapegoats, you will naturally not try your best to stop them...

"We are far stronger than them in terms of numbers and firepower, but after this, we are as fragile as a house in disrepair, falling down at the touch of a touch..."

He didn't talk about the little thoughts he had at the time.

This is not appropriate to expose to your subordinates.

His confidant was shocked and angry:

"Do they think they can be unscrupulous in Hongshiji by playing with people's hearts?

"Boss, do you want to go back with revenge and let them know that the most important thing on earth is your own strength."

Ankhbas said "hmm":

“Then we’ll see the opportunity.

"I have other things to do now."

"What?" His confidant was a little confused.

Shouldn't we go out with all our strength now to get back those arms?

Ankhbas picked up a mask with white background and black eyes and put it on his face:

“Go to the Alert Church.”

After speaking, he commanded in a deep voice:

"Look for those Lopez people and kill them!"

…………

Outside the fortress-like vigilance church, Long Yuehong escorted Lopez, who had regained consciousness, out of the jeep.

He glanced at the crates filling every space of the ATV, and felt something called happiness arise in his heart.

He still lacks a sense of reality and thinks things are successful too easily.

At this time, Shang Jianyao, who was wearing a monkey mask, had rushed to the closed door of the Vigilant Church and started snapping pictures.

Soon, the door opened, and a church guard in a black cloak held a submachine gun and asked warily:

"What's the matter?"

"It's a very important matter." Shang Jianyao emphasized seriously, "We are looking for Song Warner."

Bang!

The door closed in front of him again.

After a few minutes, Song He, who was not wearing a mask, opened the slightly heavy door himself and looked around.

His eyes quickly fell on the handcuffed Lopez and the khaki all-terrain vehicle.

After pondering for a moment, Song He asked:

"How many of you, did he attack you?"

Shang Jianyao immediately replied:

"We attacked them and took back the weapons."

Song He glanced back and forth between them several times:

"You followed Lopez and found the arms?"

He explained it based on his own understanding.

"Almost." Jiang Baimian stopped Shang Jianyao's rebuttal and said loudly, "Song Warning Officer, we want to stay in the church for one night. Tomorrow, we will return the arms, complete the task, and discuss with the town guard A deal."

Song He smiled with understanding:

"no problem.

"Under the watchful eye of 'Yougu', no one dares to cause trouble."

Jiang Baimian turned sideways and pointed at Lopez:

“You can ask him about specific matters, and we won’t care.

"Well... give us a room for four."

"Okay." Song He agreed.

…………

Seven or eight minutes later, Ankhbas came to the Vigilant Church with a few confidants.

He immediately saw the khaki all-terrain vehicle parked on the wasteland outside the door, but it was empty inside and there were no weapons left.

Ankhbas' eyelids twitched, he took a breath and walked towards the door.

The door was ajar, not closed.

Before Ankhbas could knock on the door, the voice of Warner Song He came from inside:

"Please come in."

Ankhbas and several of his confidants entered the hall, raised their arms first, crossed them in front of them, and took a step back.

After saluting "You Gu", Ankhbas looked at Song He next to the huge symbol, and knelt down on one knee with a plop.

"Warner, I want to repent!" he shouted in a tone full of remorse.

Song He's expression did not change:

"Say it.

"'Yougu' is watching you."

Ankhbas told "the whole story" how he was deceived by the foreign exiles and how he robbed Hervig's arms.

At the end, he said with tears streaming down his face:

"Greed has blinded my eyes, and I am willing to accept the Lord's punishment."

Song He nodded lightly and said:

"Understanding that repentance is the first step to redemption, and then you must make adequate contributions to the Red Stone Collection's defense against human attacks."

"Yes, Warner." Ankhbas breathed a sigh of relief.

Song He continued:

"Now that Hongshiji is short of manpower, those foreign exiles can add in and let them use their merits to atone for their sins."

Ankhbas agreed without hesitation.

After several of his confidants had finished confessing, he bid farewell to Song He and prepared to leave.

As soon as he turned around, a lively monkey mask suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Shang Jianyao had sneaked behind them at some point.

"I have a few questions," he announced his purpose.

Without waiting for Ankhbas to agree, he looked into the other person's eyes behind the mask and asked seriously:

"Why did you sell arms to the mountain monster?

"Don't you know that after the mountain monster has a lot of weapons, it will attack the Red Stone Collection and cause everyone to lose their relatives and friends?

"Aren't you worried that you and your family will die from this?"

These three questions seemed to pierce the emperor's new clothes, leaving Ankhbas mumbling and not knowing how to answer.

After a few seconds, he said loudly:

"I, I didn't sell it!"

After retorting, he strode past Shang Jianyao and hurried towards the door.

When he got outside, he glanced around and saw Lopez in a black cloak.

"You?" Ankhbas was a little surprised.

Lopez, an exile, smiled at his former boss:

"I'm a churchwarden now."

…………

At the side door of the hall, Long Yuehong saw Ankhbas leading his men away, and saw Shang Jianyao coming back.

He complained: