Chapter 230: Chapter 225: Dark Forces

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Three tasks emerged all at once – something that Finn Lewis had never envisioned. He quickly shifted his focus onto the pair in front of him. As he ascertained the nature of the first two tasks, Finn felt his heart sink. The first task needed no discussion – he had to accept it. Failure to do so would mean punishment – wouldn’t that mean he’d be sent back in time?

But what was crucial was the second task. Finn’s voice wavered as he asked, “Zero, can you explain what this second task is all about? What does ‘already accepted’ mean?”

“The task cannot be refused. You have minutes to embark.” Zero reDlied in the unvarying, cold tone.

“Damn it! Shouldn’t you consider what the hell this task is about? What’s this ‘Dark Force’? Vampires? Werewolves?” The appearance of these words brought to Finn’s mind the notorious dark forces frequently featured in the movies from Floral Village. As he took off in his car, he asked in exasperation.

“You’re overthinking it,” replied Zero with curt candor. Before Finn could utter a word, Zero continued, “The task has begun.”

A soft screech, and Finn immediately slammed the brakes, parking the car at the roadside. “What do you mean ‘The task has begun’? What the hell is a ‘Dark Force’?” His voice resonated with the nervousness induced by the inevitability of the task – a task that he had been made to accept by default. This suggested a potential encounter with danger given that he had heard of no such ‘dark forces’ before.

No sooner had Finn spoken than an explosive sound echoed from outside. Looking up swiftly through the windshield, he saw an off-road vehicle ramming another car at the crossroads and barreling down the roadway, disappearing into the distance.

Leah Tyson stormed out from the crowd in frustration. The foolproof plan seemed to have been hijacked, and the abductors were escaping in a car. Without her own vehicle nearby, Leah looked around hurriedly and upon spotting a car down the road, she darted towards it.

Opening the passenger side door, Leah scrambled inside and shouted, “Drive!”

Finn found himself dumbstruck at the sudden appearance of this familiar-looking beauty and frowned. “Pretty lady, who are you?”

“I am a police officer. Drive,” Leah responded crisply, brandishing the pistol in her right hand for emphasis.

Finn recognized the police woman now and quickly stepped on the gas. Zero’s voice had disappeared, but its parting words about the commencement of the task, combined with Leah’s unexpected intrusion, led Finn to reason. Could ‘the dark forces’ be referring to some criminals?

This made sense; given that Leah was a police officer, chasing criminals would be a norm. “Move faster!” An impatient Leah commanded Finn, who was driving at a moderate speed.

“Hey, Officer, it’s not that I don’t want to speed up, but there are speed limits and also, there’s a red light up ahead,” mollified Finn.

“Talk less and drive faster. Catch up with that off-road vehicle. If it gets away, I’ll put you behind bars,” retorted Leah without a hint of uncertainty.

“So I need to run a red light then, ” thought Finn, steadily confirming the correlation between his task and the present situation.

“Hurry up!” Leah shouted vehemently.

Damn it! Without a second thought, Finn commanded, “Olivia! Locate that off-roader and plot the shortest route for me. Also, turn on the navigation.”

Leah was taken aback by the name ‘Olivia’ and was about to ask who that was when she saw the car’s interior change dramatically. The front windshield suddenly lit up, revealing a map of the nearby routes projected onto the passenger-side windshield. Then the road ahead began to glow with sharp green arrows – unlike the usual navigation arrows, these arrows carved a direct path ahead. Abruptly, two seat belts shot out and secured Leah to her seat.

Before she had a chance to speak, a wave of acceleration swept over them. Finn had floored the accelerator, the formidable power of their car, the Goddess of Light, instantly kicking in. In a matter of seconds, Leah found it slightly difficult to breathe. She quickly adapted, but the fleeting images outside the window and the rapidly approaching red dot on the windshield indicated just how high their current speed was.

“Don’t… don’t follow too closely!” Leah Tyson suddenly spoke again.

“Why?” Finn Lewis hesitated before asking.

“There are hostages in the car, and they have heavy weapons.” Leah’s face became very serious.

“Heavy weapons? Who are these people?” Finn hesitated and asked incredulously.

“How should I know? By the way, you should probably ask yourself that

question.” Leah frowned and turned to Finn.

“Ask me? What does this have to do with me?” Finn was confused, not understanding how he was involved.

“We received intel that a shipment of heavy weapons entered Celeston City, so we followed the leads. We finally got information on these people. Why do you think I’m here? They’re hiding near Vi,’Ys headquarters in Celeston City. Obviously, they’re planning to attack the WY headquarters building. If we hadn’t discovered this early, I can’t imagine the state the I’VY headquarters would be in now.” Leah spoke rapidly.

Finn’s expression darkened. He had suspicion earlier, but now he was certain. They must be targeting him. Why else would they randomly attack l,VY’s headquarters in Celeston City? WY has no feud with them. It couldn’t be people hired by those game companies, could it?

If they weren’t hired by those game companies, they must be targeting him. But he wondered, how many enemies does he have? Finn thought of Bryski

Miller first, but he could only speculate. Finding evidence wouldn’t be easy. Even with Zero’s capability, it would be difficult since Bryski wouldn’t leave any obvious evidence.

Zero could find evidence left on the internet and from video or audio recording devices, but without those, Zero couldn’t find anything unless Finn let it monitor in advance.

“Do you know what kind of heavy weapons are in the car ahead?” While tailing the SUV ahead, Finn asked.

“I don’t know. We received information that they have heavy weapons, but we don’t know specifics. Their plans were disrupted by us. They shouldn’t act rashly now.” Leah shook her head.

“Olivia, scan the car and highlight the weapons.” Finn wasted no time and gave the instruction directly.

As Finn spoke, a blue light engulfed the car ahead. Leah was startled but then realized that was the scanning Finn just mentioned. This scanning light couldn’t be seen from outside.

Soon, the scanning image of the SUV appeared on the windshield, detailing every part and every weapon involved. Seeing the weapons, Leah couldn’t help but gasp.

Seeing this, Finn’s expression turned gloomy. It wasn’t just about attacking the WY headquarters building anymore. This was already bordering on a terrorist attack.

“Olivia, scan the occupants of the SUV. Generate 3D images of all the personnel on board.” Finn quickly instructed.

Soon, image after image appeared on the windshield. Images generated by the holographic game engine were almost indistinguishable from real people, let alone the ones generated by Olivia. They were the same as real photographs.

Meanwhile, Leah was in shock. The technology in this car was beyond her imagination! She had previously seen Finn’s car, which was why she commandeered it when she saw it during the chase. She knew about its strength and believed that it was bulletproof, making it safer than the average civilian cars.

After all, she couldn’t risk civilian casualties. But Leah hadn’t expected that once she stepped into Finn’s car, it felt like stepping into a science fiction world. She hadn’t even heard of many of the advanced features, let alone seen them. If the earlier scanning could be attributed to radar, then the long-distance scanning capability was almost impossible!

But now it was happening right before her. When Finn said this car cost 1.1 billion, although she had seen how strong it was, Leah hadn’t quite believed him. But now… it seemed the price wasn’t exaggerated at all..