Chapter 154
In the
l suburbs of midnight, silence reigned, broken only by flickering streetlights amid the ominous darkness.
A resounding roar shattered the stillness
Morris, atop his motorcycle, slowed as he gazed at the brightly Lewis Chemical Plant, which stood out like a beacon in the
night.
His deep–set eyes scanned the surroundings before he halted at a concealed spot 0.1 miles away. Dismounting, he removed his helmet.
In an instant, he dashed towards the chemical plant, moving like a fierce tiger, swift as the wind.
Five minutes later, a sleek black sports car came to a gentle stop in a hidden glade across the way. Cherise, dressed in black. emerged from the vehicle.
Even in the eerie silence of the suburban night, her expression remained unfazed.
As she gazed at the brightly illuminated plant, a chilling glint sparkled in her eyes beneath the darkness. Cherise sprinted toward the chemical plant, moving so swiftly she was but a fleeting shadow in the night. Upon arriving. Morris noticed a group of black–clad bodyguards loading crates into a large truck at the entrance. He glanced at the towering 16–foot wall and surrounding surveillance, then raised his wrist. “Execute.”
Leo received the command and entered the control room after confirming there was only one security guard on duty. As he swung the door open, the guard sprang to his feet, demanding, “Who are you? How did you get in here?”
Leo casually brushed his hair back. “Ivor sent me to clean the control room.”
As he advanced, the guard remained skeptical; late–night cleaning was uncommon.
Just as the guard was about to voice his doubts, Leo struck him at the base of the skull, knocking him unconscious in his
chair.
Morris, receiving the signal from outside, quickly retrieved a miniature computer from his pocket. Moments later, the security footage from the chemical plant froze.
Morris stepped back, executed a nimble leap, and easily scaled the wall, landing soundlessly inside the plant.
Once inside, Morris expertly dodged the patrolling guards, quickly slipping into the first floor.
Unlike the daytime bustle with workers, only a handful of guards remained.
Fixing his gaze on the staircase, he swiftly darted inside with agile grace.
According to Leo’s intel, the information storage was on the tenth floor.
Without hesitation. Morris surged forward, reaching the ninth floor in an instant.
As he reached for the door, he quickly sidestepped as a shadowy figure entered the stairwell.
Before the man could raise a cigarette to his lips, he collapsed to the ground.
Morris kicked him aside and stepped through the doorway, his eyes filled with cold determination.
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Chapter 154
Meanwhile, Cherise had arrived outside the chemical plant, checking the surveillance only to find it frozen.
Furrowing her brow, she mused, ‘Is it Crow? It must be him, he just messaged he was ready
Setting aside her thoughts, Cherise leaped lightly, landing gracefully in the courtyard of the Chemical Plant.
Workers by the entrance continued their labor.
She glanced up at the rooftop before sprinting toward a concealed area at the back.
Coming to a stop, she extended her left hand upward, driving a thin steel wire deep into the top of the plant.
With a firm grip, she stabilized herself against the wall, scaling up the wire with remarkable resolve.
Her speed was so great she reached the rooftop in barely twenty seconds.
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Awaiting her arrival in a stairwell, Crow observed the unconscious forms of several guards beneath him, yawning as he wondered, Where is Cherise?”
Morris had already reacleed the entrance to the chairman’s office on the tenth floor, attempting to alter the facial recognition device’s programming.
Inside the warehouse adjacent to the office, several bodyguards lay sprawled, unconscious.
These guards had been incapacitated by Morris moments earlier and were dragged here to avoid detection.
Morris stood before the facial recognition device, covering the camera with a small piece of paper.
His fingers deftly manipulated the software, his demeanor calm and collected.
In the next heartbeat, two beeps signaled that the office door would open.
Morris peeled the paper from the camera and slipped through the door, shutting it behind him. Felix’s office, always illuminated, was brightly lit, its layout instantly cataloged in Morris’s mind. Morris’s gaze was drawn to a filing cabinet on the right, and he walked purposefully toward it. Scanning from bottom to top, he retrieved a paperclip and easily unlocked the repository
Morris pulled a volume of records from the Chemical Plant’s data layer, flipping through it rapidly.
After a brief glance, he exhaled sharply in disdain.
He grabbed another file, quickly perusing it with the same efficiency.
After sifting through five volumes, his already deep–set eyes appeared even more ominous.
Having completed his review, Morris extracted a brown leather envelope from the bottom tier of the cabinet, placing all the crucial documents he had just examined inside.
As he prepared to turn and conclude his task, the tightly shut door suddenly emitted two beeps, indicating someone was
about to enter.
Morris swiftly sidestepped, skillfully concealing himself behind the filing cabinet.
