Chapter 85 - Discussions with the Devil (1)

28 December, Military Base City K.

Major Hung walked quietly towards a quiet area of the base, while pulling out a mobile phone, and a burner sim card, to communicate with David. He hated using his limited supply of sim cards, and more and more over the years they preferred to use dead drops, but this was something that could not wait. Something was going on, and he wondered if it was related to David's plans to kidnap Lexi Yao, extort money and then burn ISX.

David's last dead drop to him, had given him the information to burn ISX enabling him to enhance his position within military intelligence in bring down that organisation. Lexi Yao's kidnapping was the final piece in the trail that was needed to be able to condemn all members of ISX that he had not manipulated and convinced to join him resulting in them being executed for terrorism offences.

The dead drop information made it clear that he had almost all the pieces in place to finally move on their revenge, bringing down the whole government and its apparatus to get their revenge. David in his guise as the Devil, had carefully recruited from the groups he had used over the years, a team around him, and the final group, while in the criminal underworld, would be the final piece allowing him to act within the next six to twelve months.

Using the encryption program David had commissioned and regularly updated, which he knew had remained unbreakable, he sent a message to his cut-out which would be passed on to David. From previous experience he knew it would take at least ten minutes for David to call him back, so he pulled out a cigarette to smoke, while waiting. While he hated smoking, it had been his cover to move to different locations throughout the base, and communicate with David, pick up dead drops, or make them himself.

Just as he finished smoking his cigarette, the communications program let him know that David was calling him, so he answered it. "Robert why in the hell are you calling me?"

"We may have a problem, something if being hidden …"

"Before you say anything, what can you tell me about a Colonel Matthew Rong?"

"F*ck, what do you need to know?"

"Who is he, and what is his connection to Lexi Yao?"

"He is the idiot senior military officers have parachuted into the position that should be mine. I need to get rid of him."

"Damn, he is special forces?"

"His staff file, in part, is restricted access, but that is not unusual, mine is as well, so he could not know about our past. But the file makes it clear that his positions have been administrative in nature, except one early intelligence posting where from all information I have found he did not distinguish himself. The only incident of any note occurred here a little over eight years ago, where he spearheaded a rescue of a bunch of rich children at a final year dance. That only occurred because he was in the right spot at the right time, and those involved were a group of teenagers out for revenge on other teenagers."

"Well he was in the same car as Lexi Yao, when we struck to kidnap her tonight, so we had no option but to take him as well."

"F*ck, that explains what I know to some extent. I just thought it was him trying to mess with me, but the military know about this. General Man to my face, and Colonel Rong's adjunct on the phone outright lied to me, and told me his brother, who by the way is the CEO of JL International, was ill, and he was concentrating on family matters for the next couple of days."

"Damn, I hoped we have a few days, as I need to finalise the setting up of information to condemn those member of ISX that survive the raid, set up my blackmail against the Yao family in a way that I get what I need, and move to the new group headquarters."

"What are your plans?"

"Those ISX members are so easy to manipulate. They pretend to be religious, but I am not stupid, they simply use Islam to justify their actions. The worst thing is each time we strike, the look to kidnap women and force them into s*xual slavery. Yes, I am a ruthless terrorist most people call the Devil, but those loyal to me have standards, and these people do not. I have been recording their ongoing abuse of women, to use, plus I have footage shows their ruthless actions that I will start moving onto secure drives for you."

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