Chapter 823 The Plan Failed
“What did you say?” the masked man raised his voice. He hurriedly walked out of the room with his phone, leaving Ronin in the room.
Looking at him leaving from behind, Ronin had a faint smile. A few minutes later, the masked man was back in the room. One of his phones was left there and remained untouched when he was back. “Why didn’t you call for help?” The masked man looked at Ronin in confusion.
Although he was masked, Ronin could feel his rage. It seemed they had been through quite a crisis.
Ronin looked up and down at him with interest and casually said, “The room is under surveillance from every angle. Even if I pick up the phone, do you think I have a chance to dial? Or do you think of me as a fool?”
This room might seem ordinary, but it had many hidden mechanisms and cameras. Ronin’s every move in the room was under surveillance.
Hearing his words, the masked man said coldly, “You better bear that in mind. It’ll keep you alive.”
Ronin sneered disdainfully. When the masked man was about to leave, he stopped him. “Now that we know each other, why don’t you tell me your name? I can’t always call you the masked man.”
The masked man remained silent for a moment and gave a name when Ronin thought he would not tell him. “Flash.”
“What?” Ronin was absent-minded. He did not quite catch him.
Flash left without explanation.
After he left, Ronin whispered. “Flash, good name. Too bad he’s a fool.”
Flash contacted his superior, the man in the black robe after he walked out of the room. “Sir, things went wrong in the basement. We thought Catherine would come and set a trap for her. But she did not come. Branden’s people came. They were much stronger than we thought. Our people were all captured.”
Flash knelt on the ground, his arms trembling with fear.
He did not expect his well-designed trap to fail. They spent a lot of time and effort on it. But they did not capture Catherine, and Zobber and Withal ran away. Their people were captured.
The man’s face darkened, his rage uncovered. “Useless!”
He knew Catherine might not come. Her experiment had come to a critical point, which gave her no time for anything else. Only she and Marshall were able to carry out this experiment. Marshall was not as talented and capable as her in developing and breaking through, but he could help stabilize the foundation.
They were in close cooperation. She could not give up on the experiment and Marshall to save Zobber and Withal.
His target was not Catherine from the beginning. He aimed at Zobber and Withal, two of Catherine’s best assistants.
With them and Ronin, he had enough stakes. He would trade the three assistants with Catherine for a successful experiment. He trusted Catherine to make the right choice.
He did not expect Branden to ruin his plan. “Bloody Branden.”
His curse made Flash lower his head even more.
“What about those captured people? Have you dealt with them?” Those people were his elites. He did not expect them to be taken down by Branden so quickly. Now, he wanted these people to shut up before they said anything against him.
Hearing his question, Flash answered with a guilty conscience. “Sir, We haven’t got the chance to eliminate them yet.”
“What?” The man in the black robe roared angrily.
His rage made Flash collapse. To save his life, Flash eagerly explained. “Sir, Branden gave all those people to the police. We can’t walk into the police station and kill them. Not in Eskana.”
“Branden Duncan!” The man in the black shouted his name and gritted his teeth.
He did not expect Branden to save their lives by handing them to the police.
Unlike other countries, Eskana had a well-developed legal system, which could not be controlled with capital. Any provocation against the rule of law would be severely punished.
Powerful as they were, they did not want to challenge the legal system of Eskana.
The man in the black tried every effort to suppress his anger.
He said, “Do whatever you can to shut them up. Or the next time, I’ll be talking to your dead body.”
“Yes, sir!” Flash dared not hesitate.
He knew the man in the black robe spared his life because he was still useful. Or else he would not be alive now.
“Get out of my face,” said the man in the black robe.
Flash left quickly.
After visiting Zobber and Withal, Catherine and Branden returned to their apartment.
“Have a rest.” Branden poured a glass of water for Catherine.
Catherine sat on the sofa and asked, ” Zobber said they found some documents. Does Paxton have them?”
Branden’s hand paused when he heard Catherine’s words. But he realized what she meant quickly and went back to normal. “Yeah. I’ll have Paxton email you a copy.”
“Get my laptop.” Catherine wanted to read those files as soon as possible.
Branden frowned. “It’s too late, and you have to get up early in the morning. How about reading them tomorrow?”
Catherine’s physical strength was good, and her continuous high- intensity work had not caused any fatigue on her face.
But Branden did not want her to overwork. She was human, not a machine. She needed to rest. It was late at night, and she had to get up early. She would break down if this continued.
Seeing her hesitation, Branden said patiently, “You have to listen to me this time.”
“Fine.” Catherine gave in to him.
“That’s more like it.” Branden reached out and gently felt her hair.
