Chapter 595
Joel stared at the Phantom Wolf coldly. It was also his first time hearing that the Phantom Wolf was
Theo’s descendant, but Joel was still as calm as ever. “Release the hostages, and I will guarantee that
you’ll have a safe passage out of the country.”
Quinton tilted his head as he gazed back at Joel. A cold light emanated from his dark eyes, seeming as
though he was a venomous snake. “My apologies, dear brothers; it’s a pity that we have to meet under
such circumstances.” The Phantom Wolf gave a polite bow to them. “My birth father is Theo, while my
biological mother is Tanya. I was initially born as Hope, but I changed my name to Quinton after my
mother remarried.”
Michael pointed somewhere, and Hale brought Tanya over with a gun held to her head.
“Your mother is with me. I want to exchange her for one of the hostages.”
Even though Michael would love nothing better than to kill Tanya with his own hands to avenge his
mother, Tanya was the only hostage he had.
Quinton took a look at the woman in Hale’s hold and waved at her from a distance.
Tanya’s face was nk. One had to wonder if it was because her facial nerves had been damaged from
all the excessive stic surgery, or if she simply didn’t care. After greeting her, Quinton said to the two
men, “Do as you wish with her. I have no love for her anyway.”
He was just three years old when Tanya sent him to the Phantom Wolf’s organization. At the age of 14,
he crawled out of there to see her for the first time in years, but she sent him for stic surgery because
he looked too much like Theo.
It was well within Michael’s expectations that Quinton had very little connection to his biological mother.
He took a few steps forward and said, “Since you don’t want your birth mother, I’ll offer myself up in
exchange for two hostages. I am a celebrity, and I am known all over the world. You’ll have more sway if
you have me instead, don’t you think so?”
Sophia’s heart was lurching, her tears continuing to fall as she screamed internally.
No, don’t do this! Please don’t!
She would rather stay in the Phantom Wolf’s clutches if it meant that Michael would not offer himself in
exchange.
Negotiations had hit a critical turn, but both parties knew that they were just buying time; the Phantom
Wolf was waiting for Linus to fix the ne, while Joel and Michael were waiting for a chance to strike.
Apart from Mark and Sophia, all the other hostages had been moved onto the ne. Most of the
Phantom Wolf members had boarded the ne as well, leaving only a few people out on the airfield
itself. Everyone had their eyes on the two Fletchers and the Phantom Wolf. The gunmen remained at
their positions outside, but no one noticed that some strange thing had slithered in.
Michael was still negotiating with the Phantom Wolf as he said, “You took my sister in hopes of molding
her into the perfect killing machine. It’s a pity that she isn’t able to match your expectations. You can take
me to see for yourself.”
Mark was so frustrated that he yelled. “Don’t do anything rash, Mikey! I’ve already lived a fulfilling life at a
hundred, but you still have many years ahead of you!”
Sophia wanted to call out to Michael and advise him as well, but her tongue was numb. She couldn’t
make a sound.
All of a sudden, she felt something jab into her arms dangling weakly by her sides.
That jab had a massive effect on her. In just a few seconds, her body felt as though a fire had just zed
through it; Sophia’s mind soon let her know about her control over her limbs. She wiggled them
discreetly, and a sense of joy surged up in her.
She could move again!
She didn’t alert the Phantom Wolf of this. Sophia sneakily moved her eyes to survey her surroundings;
she was figuring out a way to stay alive and rescue Mark while saving herself in the process. However,
her survey yielded nothing. She had no idea why she was able to move either.
The Phantom Wolf currently had his back to her. Some of his subordinates had formed a circle, keeping
an eye on the hostages warily. Two of them had their eyes on Sophia and Mark, keeping their hands on
the detonator. If these two died and the detonators fell to the ground, no one else would be getting out
alive.
The light here was weak, and the member with Sophia’s detonator had his back to her as he gripped her
foot. Hisrge, hulking frame blocked off the dim yellow of the evening sun. Sophia was engulfed with
darkness while everyone’s attention was on the Phantom Wolf and the two Fletchers. No one else was
looking at her, nor did anyone notice the cold vapor that was spreading from the bomb strapped to
Sophia. Sophia fell into extreme nervousness; she watched as the cold vapor soon enveloped the bomb
and felt her chest go cold. Despite the thick coat separating her bare skin from her vapor, the chill still got
to her.
A barely audible voice suddenly spoke up from inside the bomb.
“The low temperature is destroying the bomb’s internals…”
As this went on, a tiny mechanical arm silently reached out and gently snipped the wires on the bomb
under the cover of the night.
The soft sound of those wires snapping sounded horribly loud in Sophia’s mind. She felt her scalp crawl
at that, and she didn’t dare to breathe as her eyes widened. Atst, she could see what it was——it was
a robot!
Linus had mentioned before that the Michels were researching some type of material for military use that
could be truly invisible. He never mentioned the specifics, but the material could confuse human eyes
and radars by repeatedly reflecting the environment around it, thus achieving true invisibility. However,
that material hadn’t been fully developed yet and was still under testing.
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There was no mistake about it; the robot in front of her eyes was made with that material. It silently
neared her, mimicking its surroundings and confusing her eyes by reflecting the actual environment
back.
Since no one was actually watching Sophia, no one caught sight of this. To top it off, the light here was
dim.
Her arm suddenly brushed against something. She seized this opportunity to grab it and picked up a
cold, sharp object.
Linus finally lifted the locks on the ne’s systems and walked out of the cargo hold. A Phantom Wolf
member followed from behind with a gun pressed to Linus’s lower back. As the ne revved up
sessfully, the roar of its engines could be heard even from a distance.
“It’s running now. You can leave whenever you want,” said Linus.
Quinton smiled and said to Michael, “Your offer is very enticing, but I have no interest in you.” He took
another look at Michael’s unsightly expression andughed sinisterly. “Your wife’s the only one I’m
interested in.”
Michael gritted his teeth as he watched Quinton approach Sophia with a gun in his hand. They were
about to watch Sophia and Mark be taken away with no means of stopping it.
Linus suddenly said, “I forgot to mention this, but you’ve got too much cargo. My ne is only a medium-
sized one; there’s no way it can carry that many personnel and cars.”
Quinton took a look. Linus was right; the ne’s cargo limit had been exceeded. There was no way for it
to fly.
The food and weapons couldn’t be disposed of, so he removed some of the cars instead. Nheless, it
was still too heavy to fly. He then ordered for all the other hostages to be booted out, and those hostages
immediately scrambled away. After all, none of them were as useful as Sophia or Mark.
Woody followed the rest of the hostages, but heughed when he saw Linus. “Coop… Oh, there are two
Coops…”
Now that the Phantom Wolf had removed much of the original cargo, the ne could finally take off. He
gave another warning to Michael and Joel as he made his retreat. As the airne roared, it could take to
the skies at any time. Michael and Joel could only watch as Sophia and Mark were about to be taken
away on the ne.