Chapter 269 - Crackdown (1)

Ever since he received information from his son and his hacker friend, Mr Bayon started moving his chess pieces. This game with Anastasia had gone on long enough and too many people had suffered. It was almost time to bring down the menace and they finally had all the cards in their hands.

The number of raids needed in this operation is going to be the biggest New York City has ever seen in twenty years. He had to plan it well, nothing can go wrong or the citizens and economy will be severely affected.

Prioritising several individuals to protect, Mr Bayon gave his word to send some guards and spies for Danny to manage. Two squadrons are sent to prepare a trap for Julian with Wilmer acting as their bait. The entire resort was full of Interpol officers and he told the technical team to let news about Wilmer's secret whereabouts leak through a credible informant.

Once that was done, Mr Bayon gave ex-agent Cyborg command of two squads to set up a trap at the Wilde mansion where a spy will disguise as Orita and act like her while the actual heiress moved out of the country. With that, both directly involved parties of the long-standing conflict were secured.

Next, Mr Bayon paid attention to the daughters. These teens were a little trickier to handle. Although the boys didn't disclose their source of information, he had a feeling one of the girls was behind it. The one in direct contact with CEO Zhu had the opportunity to scope out what the Interpol couldn't. Mr Bayon didn't understand why Edward would mix work and pleasure. Yet, this didn't concern him. His foolish son had to sort this out after it was over.

With Wilmer and Orita separated and tightly guarded, it wouldn't be easy for Julian to approach them. Lucian was also busy contacting allies from outside and Mr Bayon made two plans for the following stages.

The Interpol might be able to protect the two girls but that would only make it harder for them to catch the snake's tail. If they wanted Lucian and Julian to completely fall into their trap, first, he had to give them some sort of insurance that their plans would work. He needed them to be too involved to be unable to leave when the Interpol finally rounded them up.

Scarlet and Alex were personally trained by Cyborg and Edward would be with them. Elfie was also a resourceful boy so the best he could do was to leave protection arrangements to this capable younger generation. Hence, to make the enemy less guarded, he dismissed Edward and Elfie from his resources. Mr Bayon was no fool. Anastasia had spies within his office and by doing this, it would give them more reason to plot an ace. 

There was no doubt about this, Anastasia would try to secure the girls using whatever means possible. Security was still tight around the girls with many men by the Wilde's private sources and the Interpol. In addition, Edward and Elfie were starting to make personal plans. It wouldn't be easy for anyone to approach them with so many eyes watching so Mr Bayon waited until Anastasia borrowed the strength of his allies.

Pier 22's meeting didn't go unnoticed by Mr Bayon and his spies. However, the Interpol remained silent and continued to allow the Mayor and NYC Chief Commissioner to proceed as planned. The only problem they had was the lack of knowledge about EZ Express' supporters. Ms Leah Yuan was in China and without the cooperation from the Chinese government, it would be impossible to interfere with the country's home affairs.

When the kids tried to initiate their own trap to bring Anastasia out of hiding by scheduling a press conference for the official announcement of Golden Pineapple collaboration, Mr Bayon felt proud. With such a threatening power to EZ Express' already collapsing business, it wouldn't be long before the other side pulled out big guns of their own to fight back.

Needless to say. CEO Zhu became targeted in China because the mob boss wasn't able to do anything to the Wilde sisters and their huge army of supporters. The guards were very diligent even though the sisters were very busy and constantly on the move. Hence, the scandal happened.

Mr Bayon had to admit, Anastasia was very harsh on two sixteen-year-old girls with such a scandal even if it was obviously photoshopped. It was going to be very heart-breaking for the Wildes who had to be kept away for the sake of the operation but he wasn't going to give concessions.

At this point, Leah Yuan had stepped onto America in a rage, meeting up with Julian. This was the moment Mr Bayon had been waiting for. Lucian thought that his moment was here and ordered for the Mayor to arrange a new order for emergency road closures for street repairs at a certain hour just so that he could start making use of Ms Yuan's new contract for their business deals.

Mr Bayon finally understood how Anastasia was able to move bases so quickly before raids. He had connections in high places for many years that nobody suspected and all the little things started to add up. Pier 22 was put up for auction to someone completely unrelated to the mafia boss and incompetent people were hired for the deal so that the Interpol couldn't find anything useful from them. If they didn't know about EZ Express and the relationship it had with Leah from the tip-off the teens found, the Interpol might still be running in circles until today.

Now that they knew better, it was time to lay some traps.

Mr Bayon ordered for some higher-ranked officials to investigate and oversee the operations of the NYC police department, crippling Lucian's legal side. He also arranged for the Mayor's scandals to reach the publishing houses. With the loss of credibility in their mayor, there would be protests and riots in the city, making it difficult for the goods to move. Pier 22's auction was also secured by an Interpol's spy so they now had the legal rights to stop anyone from entering and exiting after the deed was signed.

Now, the only issue was letting Julian Anastasia go. Mr Bayon frowned. After he let Julian go, the sisters were kidnapped. He didn't understand how Lucian was so easily captured but after the interrogation of the mafia boss and his henchmen, Mr Bayon now understood that Julian had betrayed the group. The businessman readily threw his father and family under the bus. As it was, he had no attachments for all the illegal activities done by his father and under the law, he was an innocent man.

Julian was hiding but he was still giving out commands. The Wilde daughters' kidnapping and the shooting incident at Chinatown was no coincidence. Thankfully, he had men nearby who managed to save the young martial artist's life even though he received a bullet to his chest. Mr Bayon decided to cover all the brave warriors' medical expenses under the Interpol's budget. Because of them, they bought enough time for the Interpol to prepare a raid and track them down to Princess Crown Hotel in New Jersey.

He had to thank Elfie for being such an efficient worker. The kids planned well and now, it was time for the a.d.u.l.ts to take care of the rest. Edward and Claire were on their way but they wouldn't be enough to take out a building full of Julian's men armed with semi-automatics.

"Send in the choppers and ready the snipers. We're going in with a full raid, prioritise the hostages and capture Leah Yuan."

Once Mr Bayon gave his word, he left the office. It was time to see his son's future wife.