The Goddess Of War

Chapter 198 - The Trap

After a 6-hour drive, the three Hunters finally arrived at an old warehouse near an abandoned port in the suburbs of C City.

When they entered the old warehouse building, they immediately met with Ronald Stewart, Mira Ahn and Steven Stewart who had arrived there a few hours before.

"Mr Stewart, sorry if we're late." Wang Zhu Ming said first, before Ronald greeted him.

"No problem. Sit down first. We still have plenty of time." Ronald's Sahut.

"During the meeting, chief." Liu Gong said as he looked at Ronald's old and tired face with feelings of harrumph.

Hearing Liu Gong still calling him the chairman, Ronald immediately laughed.

"I'm no longer chairman" Ronald said.

"For me, you're the real chairman." Praise Liu Gong, who was very respectful and liked Ronald's leadership during his time in the Association.

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The six Hunters finally sat together, surrounding the dim portable lights that were usually used when the Association raided inside the dark Dungeon.

Ronald finally informed the results of his investigation when the three newly arrived Hunters were already sitting on the floor, dressed in the black cloth that Mira Ahn provided.

"From our investigation, they would usually meet at that abandoned pier once a month at three o'clock in the early hours of the morning which happens to fall on this day."

"Do you know who their plotters are, Mr Stewart?" asked Zhu Ming.

Ronald shook his head, "Me and Steven hadn't dared to chase them directly back then. We think it's just them who will take us down if we ambush them unprepared."

"Are they high-ranked Hunter-hunters?" ask Jester Bailey.

Ronald took a deep breath before continuing. "Yes. Back then alone, there were four S rank Hunters among them and there were six A rank Hunters. They were even extremely confident without even bothering to disguise Mana energy."

Ronald continued, "But we now have three S-ranked Hunters and three A-ranked Hunters" Ronald continued, staring at Liu Gong, Mira and Steven alternately.

Although Liu Gong had already refused Anna and Gina's offer to join the Nine Bears guild, she still had the help of them to raise her rank from A to S, just because he used to help the new members of the Nine Bears in supervising and giving direction to raid missions at the beginning of joining the new members of the guild.

Mira and Steven are the closest people to Ronald. Gina helped them to raise the ranks on the grounds that they should have enough strength if a dungeon break occurred.

Unfortunately Gina couldn't help until they rose to S rank, because the chairman of the new Association has sealed 9 AM's official company and laboratory where the facilities to raise the rank of Hunter and avatar hunter are located there.

The only person who managed to refuse help from Anna and Gina was Ronald Stewart.

With the reason of his old age, Ronald managed to refuse Anna and Gina's request even though they had forced him.

"If you may know, have you told this to Miss Gina, Mr Stewart?" ask Jester again.

Ronald shook his head. "I'm afraid they're tapping our phones and knowing that we're investigating them." Ronald's Sahut.

Jester finally agreed. As he remembered, there was Chris Meyers there who was very skilled in hacking.

"So, what's the plan we're gonna do, Mr Stewart?" Zhu Ming asked.

"They're going to board a ship. I think they have a hideout on one of the islands in the thousand islands that are outside the boundaries of City C,"

"Steve has prepared two speedboats for us to follow them."

"Are we going to split up?" ask Liu Gong.

"Just in case. If circumstances do not allow, one of the groups must save themselves so that their existence does not disappear completely from view. If we were all caught or even dead, no one would ever know the whereabouts of their secret organization." Ronald explained.

Not because of pessimism. Ronald only says it when bad things happen to them. Nevertheless, with their strength, he was confident that their ambush mission would be successful.

Moreover, this mission was only done impromptu without any date that Ronald told them. Wang Zhu Ming was only asked to come to City C earlier this week without telling them the date they moved. In fact, Liu Gong was picked up without knowing anything.

Ronald did so to avoid if his communication tools were intercepted by the opposing party.

Zhu Ming and Liu Gong, who were also aware of the unexpected arrival, stood up and turned to face the door.

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On the doorstep, a tall, middle-aged man with a big belly, immediately laughed as he saw Ronald Stewart looking at him with a surprised look.

To him, Ronald's face looked very funny and it really comforted him.

"During no meeting, Mr Stewart." Greet Chris Meyers in his laughter.

He is a slick fugitive that the Hunter Association has never caught after his evil actions sabotaged the virtual Dungeon system in the Academy.

Although he was very surprised by the appearance of the man, but Ronald tried to stay calm.

"Chris?! How did you know we were here?" ronald asked, while watching another middle-aged man standing behind Chris.

Answering that question, Chris took out a small flat object that looked like a smartphone from the pocket of his fur jacket, then threw it at Ronald.

"You don't know? We've been tracking your movements for the past month." Said Chris, after he saw Ronald welcome the object he threw.

Ronald's two hands holding the mini-tracking radar were shaking. He did not expect that his investigation had been discovered without him noticing at all.

"How can you..."

"You think we didn't know you were spying on us a month ago? You forgot who I was?" chris then laughed. "You underestimated me too much, didn't you?"

"So you set us up on purpose..." Ronald said with a growl.

Chris ignored Ronald who had an angry expression on his face. He looked at the other Hunters who were in Ronald's ranks.

"I'm giving you one last chance." Chris said as he looked at Liu Gong, the youngest son of his colleague who had now become the only surviving son since Chu Gong was killed in the Dungeon. "For the sake of my friendship with your father, I'll give you one last chance to decide to join us, or you'll end up here." Chris said with a threatening look.

Without taking a moment to think, Liu Gong immediately replied, "I don't cooperate with a criminal!"

"Criminals? You think we're criminals?" chris asked, who then turned to the two men who were now standing right on his left and right side.

"See them. How could these two world-renowned Hunters team up with a criminal?" Chris threw another question at Liu Gong.

The six Hunters on Ronald's side stared at the two Hunters standing next to Chris with full vigilance. In addition to knowing that both are very strong, they also know the two Hunters who are one of the first Hunters in the world and the son of one of the world's famous Hunters.

"Mr Tanaka. I've always admired you so much. I know you are one of the few Hunters who still hold justice very firmly. Are you sure you're on the right side?" ronald said, speaking to one of the best Hunters in the world.

He knew, they would have no chance of winning if they had to fight against the Hunter.

Last time, Li Wen Xia had already confirmed that Kenichiro Tanaka was now at the SSSS rank.

In addition, Keisuke Sato is also highly ranked and is now ranked in the SS rankings.

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Kenichiro remained silently staring expressionlessly. Same with Keisuke.

Looking at the flat expressions on the faces of the two Hunters, especially at their blank stares, Ronald who was already very experienced in interacting with the various Hunters along with each of the traits they possessed, became astonished.

However, he finally realized the resemblance of their eyes to the eyes of someone who had been exposed to hypnotic magic.

"Isn't that expression and blank look similar to Anna's as she suddenly attacked her own team?" thought Ronald.

At that moment, someone who was also very familiar to them, entered through the main door of the old warehouse.

The middle-aged man who had just entered immediately looked at Liu Gong and Zhu Ming then spoke to them, "Liu Gong, Zhu Ming. I'll give you one last chance. You want to stand with me or stay against us?"