Chapter 86 - Discussions with the Devil (2)

28 December, Military Base, City K

David Paused on the phone and said, "Check the photo I just sent through to confirm it is your Colonel Matthew Rong."

Robert opened the photograph David sent him, and immediate realised that David was right, it was Colonel Rong.

"It is David."

"Damn, that limits me."

"Hopefully not, I have presented 'intelligence' from some of our clean sources that indicates that there is to be a kidnapping of a businessperson's family member in a few days, that should buy you a couple of days."

"It is not going to be enough to get the blackmail material I need on Lexi Yao and Matthew Rong, to extort money from them. So far, I have had to play the ISX ideology card, knowing that some of them, in part get some s*xual gratifications through observing couples being forced to perform s*xually for them. I have directed one act, and I have to force another humiliating act, that will then get those ISX members to start the ball rolling to get the footage I need."

"I forgot that. Those sick b*stards, who gets s*xual gratification by watching people forced with the threat of death to perform for them."

"The problem is, none of them act unless I have forced at least two humiliating acts. That is when I can get the blackmail material. I am just going to have to speed up my plans, and forget about that, so I can safely ditch ISX on short notice."

"I will alert you through the cut-outs if there becomes a problem. I will see any military intelligence and that from the intelligence agencies, which only leaves the police. Given Colonel Rong is involved, it means it will become a military investigation and therefore the police will be cut out. Plus, with the false information I have given them, the police will be chasing ghosts trying to protect people when they are not at risk of kidnapping."

"Thank goodness. You need to buy me as much time as possible. Three days is the minimum I need to be able to deal with things and move without too much difficulties, and shorter and I will have to take more drastic actions that will impact me in the short to medium term pushing out our ability to act for six months or so."

Major Hung looked at his watch and realised that they had been on the phone close to the limit of the program before it would become just detectable to military intelligence. "We need to end this, but I will contact you if things change on my end."

"Talk soon, thank goodness this will soon be over, and we can resume the life we were always meant to have."

Major Hung ended the call, and to protect himself, he pulled the sim card from the phone, running the magnet in his pocket over it, before crushing it under his shoe, and picking it up to burn it later. The battery remained out of the phone for now, and he would replace it when it became necessary to use the phone again.

He had been looking forward to ending this and moving forward with the life that he should have had. As he paused, he pulled out another cigarette and smoked it realising that if they had to wait another six months to pull off the destruction they wanted, in the end it would not matter, as it had been twenty-eight years already, so what would that time matter.

Wandering back to his office, without being scene he slipped the destroyed sim card into the burn bag, that would go for destruction in less than an hour, before heading into and closing the door behind him. He knew, that Colonel Rong's adjunct had been in General Man's hospital room earlier. Based on the time the nurses said, he went to his recordings from General Man's room. When he hid the devices, he already worked his cover story, in that it was not about surveillance of the General, but about ensuring that while he was ill, that no secret information was disclosed if he started rambling while ill. He had the standing order from about six heads of special forces ago, that he had conned to sign which no one had revoked, that allowed him to do this with immunity.

As he got to the time in the recording where there should have been voices, there was static, just like when Colonel Rong spoke to the General and when Colonel Rong has Police Liaison Officer Nang in his office. He wondered what was going on. Had the caught on to him or was it a standard practice for General Man and Colonel Rong when speaking to certain people. He needed to resolve this quickly as the information was needed to assist David.

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