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From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 263 - 215: The Missing Mia
According to the Bansel Clan's Abyss Battlefield mission, Lu Heng deduced a lot of information.
The Soul Capturing Monster incident was actually related to the conscription for the Abyss Battlefield; no wonder the information transmitted was so scarce.
However, there was a problem with the timing.
It was the tenth month since the Abyss' descent, and it was still two months away from the time when the Soul Capturing Monster incident first erupted in the previous life.
If calculated based on time, it seemed that the Bansel Clan had failed in their mission to eliminate the Soul Capturing Monster.
There would likely be a second conscription two months later, leading to the exposure of the Soul Capturing Monster incident.
The reasons for the Bansel Clan's failure in their mission could not be speculated with the current information at hand.
Because if everything developed according to the timeline of the previous life, it wasn't even certain if the Bansel Clan still existed.
Even if the Bansel Clan had not been annihilated during the Evil God Resurrection Ceremony, whether Iron Arm could have survived until now was also an unknown.
If the Bansel Clan leader died in combat during the event of the Evil God Resurrection Ceremony, resulting in greatly diminished strength of the tribe,
then this conscription might not fall upon them this time.
If in the previous life Iron Arm had not died in combat and the Bansel Clan, like now, had been conscripted, the outcome might also be that Iron Arm chose to survive for fifteen days before returning, without ever attempting to eliminate the Soul Capturing Monster.
In any case, because the event of the Evil God resurrection had changed, it led to a series of changes.
Many things could only be guessed.
However, a few key points could be confirmed.
Firstly, the mission of the Bansel Clan was to eliminate the Soul Capturing Monster, and the Soul Capturing Monster's hosts were those exposed Fusang politicians.
Secondly, the first appearance of the Soul Capturing Monster was controlled by Sato Ichiro, and later Hasegawa Tom wanted to recover the lost Soul Capturing Monster.
Both individuals were core members of the Mitsui Consortium.
That is to say, the mastermind behind the Soul Capturing Monster was in the Mitsui Consortium.
Having confirmed these pieces of information, the process of solving them was no longer important, as the standard answer had already been obtained.
Mitsui Consortium had repeatedly caused trouble in the Coastal area; it was time to make these self-important beings pay a price.
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After connecting all the dots, Lu Heng said, "Iron Arm Leader, if Mia was captured while tracking the Soul Capturing Monster, I roughly know who might have captured her.
"Since the Soul Capturing Monster is controlled by the Mitsui Consortium, just by searching through the Mitsui Consortium's territories in the Edo area, we are sure to find her.
"Since you've been conscripted here, I suggest completing all the challenge tasks.
"Don't worry, we will help you, not only to rescue Mia but also to deal with both the Mitsui Consortium and the Soul Capturing Monster.
"Before we act, we need to devise a solid plan.
"Of course, the most important thing is to find Mia first and then proceed with the next step."
When preventing the Evil God Resurrection Ceremony, Iron Arm had already discussed the action plan with Lu Heng, so they trusted each other a lot.
Moreover, he was unfamiliar with this place and had no better options; meeting Lu Heng was already the luckiest thing he could think of.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, but Mia has been missing for two days now, and I'm very worried about her," said Iron Arm, worried about his daughter.
These past two days, he had been trying to find his daughter while leading his people to evade Mitsui Consortium's pursuit, which was exhausting.
Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "How many people have you brought altogether?"
Generally speaking, when the Abyss Battlefield initiates a conscription, it conscripts superpower users from the same world.
For instance, when humans are conscripted, the conscripted human superpower users might come from different regions, but they are all human.
Similarly, when the Bansel Clan is conscripted, they usually only conscript members of the Bansel Clan, without mixing in any other otherworldly races.
Given that the Bansel Clan had a very small population, those conscripted all came from Stone Hammer Castle.
It was as if Iron Arm had brought a team of Bansel Clan warriors here.
Iron Arm did not need to count and replied, "Including Mia and me, there are fifteen of us."
Lu Heng pondered and said, "Good, tell me about each person's ability. Based on the abilities we master, we'll discuss the action plan."
The skill set of this Bansel Clan warrior team covered all types of abilities.
Iron Arm was a Strength warrior, Hake was an Agility scout, and besides them, there were Spiritual, Perception, all types of abilities included.
Among them, a Bansel Clan young girl named Itana was a Spirit Control superpower user.
"With Spirit Control skills, things are much simpler. Just grab someone from Mitsui Consortium and use Spiritual Skills to interrogate until we get information about Mia," Lu Heng directly proposed a very aggressive, yet most effective method.
This was also the advantage of Spirit Control superpower users. Just capture someone and interrogate them.
Actually, Iron Arm had also thought about doing this before, but they weren't bold enough; avoiding Mitsui Consortium's pursuit was already very taxing, let alone actively seeking out people from Mitsui Consortium.
Now with three people from Heng joining, things were different.
Lu Heng turned his head to Lin Zeyu and instructed, "Find someone to buy twenty sets of communication equipment and make sure every person can stay in touch."
Lin Zeyu replied, "No problem, it's just a phone call away."
Lu Heng continued, "Dispatch a team of Superpower Users from domestic sources, aim for the highest level possible, cross-national mission, triple payment."
"No problem, I'll make the call right now," Lin Zeyu said as he got up and walked aside to make the call.
Huan Yu Security Company always had over three hundred Superpower Users on call, ready to deploy a team.
The Chunshang Group under Mitsui Financial Group repeatedly sent Superpower Killers to Da Xia to make trouble, now it was time for them to pay the price.
Communication equipment was the easiest; as long as the payment was sufficient, it could be delivered immediately.
After acquiring the communication equipment, they distributed it to every Bansel Clan warrior and taught them how to use it.
The method was quite simple; communication channels had been preset, just turning on the switch would enable them to speak.
This group of Bansel Clan warriors had never seen such miraculous devices. In Stone Hammer Castle, there were similar function transmitting devices; those were high-level equipment and scarce.
Once equipped with the communication devices, the group began to make their move by night.
Guided by Hake, they first located a team of Superpower Killers from Mitsui Financial Group that had pursued them a couple of days prior.
"These are the ones, always chasing us; several of our tribesmen were wounded," Lin Zeyu said.
This group of Superpower Killers were employed by a security company under Mitsui Financial Group.
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In this era, a company dubbed 'security' would undertake any job, not shying away from murder or pillage.
Lu Heng led the Bansel Clan warriors to this security company's door and ordered, "Snipers in position, Spiritual and Perception System follow the snipers, two warriors to protect them. Everyone else, follow me and rush in; anyone who escapes gets sniped, leave two alive for interrogation."
Once the action started, Lu Heng and the Iron Arm leader charged in, and the Superpower Killers nurtured by the Mitsui Financial were no match for them.
Within an instant, the group of Superpower Killers, attempting to shoot, were blown to disarray.
Lu Heng wielded his Sound Explosion Sword twice, killing several; the rest scattered in panic.
A few Superpower Killers escaped the building only to be shot down by sniper rifles and crossbows.
In just three minutes, the battle was over.
The last two were company managers, brought before Itana for Spiritual Torture interrogation.
The two managers couldn't last three sentences before confessing everything.
This team of Superpower Killers was indeed nurtured by one of the companies under Mitsui Financial Group, which ostensibly had no direct connection with Mitsui Financial Group and mainly handled dirty jobs.
Simply put, they were a white glove.
Mitsui Financial Group, after all, was a very highly ranked multinational corporation; although everyone knew they were unclean, some facade still had to be maintained.
So something like fostering killers for misdeeds wouldn't be done openly.
Regarding Mia's whereabouts, they couldn't ask directly but gained a small clue.
One manager mentioned that another mercenary organization nurtured by Mitsui Financial Group indeed captured a uniquely-looking alien but didn't know where they were taken.
This mercenary organization nurtured by Mitsui Financial Group was called "Ghost Warrior."
Hearing "Ghost Warrior", Lu Heng raised an eyebrow.
That's because in his previous life, the "Ghost Warrior" mercenary organization was very famous and known for the ruthless manner of their cross-national operations.
If Mia had been caught by the Ghost Warrior Mercenary Organization, the situation would be more troublesome.
However, to save Mia, there was no need to confront the entire Ghost Warrior Mercenary Organization; capturing a manager of the Ghost Warrior Mercenary Company to find out Mia's whereabouts would suffice.
After dealing with the situation, the group left and blended into the night.
Then, they began investigating the personnel structure of the Ghost Warrior Mercenary Company.
Since the Ghost Warrior Mercenary Organization had an established company, the management's list could be found online.
Lu Heng picked one, went directly to his residence, restrained him, and then called Itana to conduct the interrogation.
This time, they finally found out Mia's whereabouts.
Mia had been taken to a biopharmaceutical lab under the Mitsui Financial Group.
Clearly, they planned to use Mia as a lab rat for biological experiments.
The situation seemed grim; he hoped that in these two days, Mia hadn't been injected with something strange.
Optimistically, since Mia was a rare non-human intelligent being, even if experiments were conducted, they likely wouldn't kill her immediately.
Iron Arm, hearing that she was taken for experiments, twisted his face with worry, his large beard on his chin flaring with anger.
"Finding her location is good, we'll find Mia now. Don't worry, we can definitely rescue her."
Lu Heng said this and waved his hand, instructing the Bansel Clan warriors to silence the mouths.
The Bansel Clan warriors, knowing their young leader had been taken for experiments, were uncontrollably furious, merciless in their action, twisting off the head of the Ghost Warrior Mercenary Company manager.
After finding out the location of the biopharmaceutical lab, the group set off again, heading to the lab to rescue Mia.