CHAPTER 892: CHAPTER 981: HIGH-END PREY OFTEN APPEARS AS THE HUNTED

The opposition grabbed and left, concealing themselves collectively within a minute.

Meanwhile, the military outside finally resolved the chaos and drove away a large number of people, only then did they belatedly enter the trading hall to host the meeting.

The lights came back on, and the trading hall was a scene of devastation, a mess, bullets scattered everywhere.

Mama Has, clutching his head, emerged from under the podium and sternly reprimanded the officer outside: "What on earth is going on? How did those people get in? Why have you been outside all this time and not come in?"

Turning his head, he looked at the biggest cash cows of the event, finally relieving a breath. Fortunately, Old Zhou and Miss Zhou were unharmed, these two clearly hadn’t gone through anything like this, standing frozen in place amidst such a massive incident, presumably scared stiff.

Yet, Old Zhou pointed at the people beside him, his face pale, saying: "Oh my god, my three sons and several bodyguards have been captured, you must give me an explanation!"

Seeing Miss Zhou still there, Mama Has was anxious in speech but inwardly relieved; as long as these two were untouched, the losses could still be accepted. He said:

"Rest assured, dear Zhou, I will immediately dispatch troops to search. These kidnappers are after money, they won’t harm anyone. They’ll surely contact you, and when the ransom is set, we’ll capture them all in one go."

Upon hearing this, Old Zhou was notably less tense, "Good, hopefully these kidnappers won’t harm my sons, since I have many sons; if some should perish, so be it."

Mama Has: "..." Sure, but no need to say it out loud.

Yet Old Zhou continued, "Certainly, none is worth more than my daughter. As for these sons, I’d exchange merely a few shipments of supplies for them; any more, and let them die."

Many in the surrounding area had their ears perked, their breaths becoming heated, eyes glued to Old Zhou’s sons and daughter, unable to look away; one son’s worth equivalent to so much supplies?

After all, who knew if there was a mole here? The next day, when the kidnappers came to negotiate terms, coincidentally it was a matter of those few shipments. It’s hard to believe there wasn’t anyone inside or with eavesdropping devices.

Mama Has, exhausted, began tallying lost and damaged goods, finding it strange that other tycoons suffered some losses, yet all of Old Zhou’s supplies were completely snatched away?

"The newly auctioned shipment of oil on your side, entirely gone?" Mama Has gasped in shock, what fool is this, why didn’t you secure your purchased items, now they’ve been stolen in robbery? Or was it taken sneakily? Questions abound?

Nearby tycoons’ gazes were strange, revealing a mix of crude pig-like stares; among them were few who quickly contacted others, all inquiring who in Huaxia snatched the batch.

Miss Zhou scoffed dismissively, "Mr. Mama Has, my bodyguards are new to the area, unfamiliar with the terrain; upon taking charge of the goods, they encountered outside robbery, losing the goods is normal, isn’t it? Just one shipment, lost is lost, no big deal. Besides, we’ll exchange for more in a few days."

Mama Has: "..." A true badass, Miss Zhou.

Upon hearing this, people went crazy tagging Jing Shu, a juicy cash cow, dumb pig, foolish with money, ripe for robbery!

Old Zhou stifled laughter, once again fooled by this girl, clearly having hid his newly acquired goods with care; but he spoke as if indifferent:

"Forget it, just one shipment lost, as long as everyone’s unharmed."

Mama Has sighed, inwardly struggling: "I’ll send people out for the lost supplies at Masi, will definitely retrieve them, things haven’t been peaceful lately, so I’ll dispatch troops to accompany you. Don’t worry, I’ll give you an account for this affair."

Old Zhou patted Mama Has, "Thank you, old buddy, with you around, we’re assured."

Tonight’s fiasco at Masi hardly more than a test for depth.

A secret recording captured the whole night with Old Zhou and Miss Zhou from beginning to end.

At a luxurious villa, surrounded by dozens of people, all dressed neatly though among them were a few strange black-robed figures.

In the center lay a special device and a recording, once played, a raspy voice from within a black robe asked:

"What do you think of this matter?"

The blond man in suit, named Mayer, lay comfortably on the sofa, clicking his tongue:

"I controlled the scapegoat, planting explosives in his body beforehand, exploding them during a toilet break, blowing up half the trading hall; other scapegoats disrupted the troops outside.

These tactics, you saw Miss Zhou’s reaction, completely scared stupid, haha, such people wouldn’t last a minute outside Masi.

Thus, I suggest we act at Masi."

Black Robed Man’s raspy voice persisted: "And you all?"

"I also think acting at Masi is better, today quite a few other forces butted in, all eyeing their supplies greedily."

"These dumb huge sheep lost a shipment just like that, and we don’t even know which force stole it."

Black Robed Man, after pondering briefly, said: "Let Meijie scare the captured to glean intelligence on their supplies and armed forces; unless they have skills, crossing the ocean wouldn’t be possible, pirates would have devoured them.

Also check at sea for any encounters with large sheep vessels, surely they wouldn’t pass up on these."

I always felt these people aren’t as simple as they appear."

Mayer casually drinking beer and smoking cigarettes bought from the trading hall, said: "Boss, you’re right, but damn this beer is so good, where did they get so much stuff? Aren’t they planning to build a factory?

Robbing this batch is little gain, understanding their source and method means more to be had."

Black Robed Man nodded, "Let Meijie and the fools probe deeper first."

The table’s radio suddenly emitted a static buzz, Mayer’s eyes brightened: "Boss, they’ve activated the device we gave them, now we can keep listening in."

Black Robed Man acknowledged: "Assign people to listen 24-hours, don’t miss a single message, but remain cautious. Tycoons have Special Ability Users, encountering a magnetic ability user increases exposure risk."