Chapter 442: Sting Operation
The plan was to become a content creator dedicated to educating the public about the Angel Association.
With Xiao Ye fanning the flames, "L" quickly amassed a considerable number of followers.
And so, the online persona of "L" began to seem even more authentic.
No one would have guessed that he was, in fact, a fictional character.
Soon, one of his videos started getting a lot of traffic, with many people leaving comments.
「Half a month later.」
The videos "L" released grew increasingly sensational, and his portrayal of the Angel Association felt more and more authentic.
Xiao Ye deliberately drove traffic to him, causing the name "Angel Association" to catch on and become a minor sensation within certain circles in the Dragon Country.
Even many bloggers who specialized in conspiracies and strange phenomena began to produce similar content.
Members of the Angel Association soon discovered this and immediately sent "L" a private message, telling him to stop posting related videos, or else he would be harmed.
Naturally, "L" didn't listen. He even exposed the threat publicly.
The name "Angel Association" began to appear more and more frequently.
So, someone tracked down L's virtual address and prepared to go there and eliminate him directly.
Xiao Ye's men were already lying in wait. Seeing their targets walk right into the trap, they didn't hesitate to send them to their graves.
But before they died, they were thoroughly interrogated. Know thyself and know thy enemy, and you will never be defeated.
When the Angel Association realized their agents weren't returning, they dispatched more, but each team was eliminated.
It was only then that they finally realized something was amiss and began to investigate.
They discovered that "L" had indeed been an ordinary person. After his older brother was killed by a member of the Angel Association, he had vanished for two full years.
For those two years, no one knew where he was. He hadn't even contacted any of his relatives or friends.
Two years later, he reappeared online and began posting articles and various videos.
At first, the Angel Association assumed he was simply seeking justice or trying to expose them. But now, it was clear that wasn't the case at all.
This was clearly a setup to bait and trap them!
「Country A」
The group looked at L's file, vexed.
"Those lowest-level members are just too reckless, killing people so brazenly!"
"First it's an 'L,' next thing you know there will be a 'Y' or a 'Z'! Especially in a country like the Dragon Country, where family is so important. We have to give them a stern warning."
"Enough. They're just a bunch of peasants. If they die, they die. Who cares? The most important thing now is to figure out what to do about this."
"And another thing: find out exactly what happened to this 'L' during the two years he was missing. I don't care what methods you use, just get it done!"
The Angel Association's leadership was deeply worried. "L" knew too much, and they feared he would continue to leak information. Their sense of crisis was so great that they even activated their assets in the Dragon Country to investigate.
Every time they launched an investigation, Xiao Ye would leak a small piece of information.
He lured them in, bit by bit, making the Angel Association believe that every piece of intelligence they gathered was the fruit of their own investigation.
Only then would they not suspect a thing.
As the investigation deepened, some clues about L's two-year disappearance began to surface.
For instance, he apparently hadn't been in the Dragon Country at all. Instead, he had gone to Country A specifically to investigate the Angel Association.
Not only that, he had even killed one of the Angel Association's high-ranking members.
In reality, the killer was indeed from the Dragon Country—but it had been one of Xiao Ye's subordinates.
'A high-ranking member of the Angel Association would know so much!'
No wonder they couldn't find the killer. "L" was supposed to be a nobody; no one would have paid any attention to such an insignificant pest.
Just as the Angel Association was plotting how to assassinate "L"...
...a bombshell video dropped.
It was a new video from "L." In it, he described the Angel Association in detail and even released a list of names.
He didn't just post this video in the Dragon Country; he posted it in Country A as well.
When the members of the Angel Association saw the list, their faces fell. "Quick, block his video now!"
But how could Xiao Ye possibly let them have their way?
For every video they took down, another would immediately pop up.
Furthermore, Xiao Ye had people manipulating the online public opinion.
The internet used in Country A was shared with all Western nations.
The Dragon Country had its own national internet; one had to use a VPN to access foreign sites. People from other countries, however, faced no such barrier.
So, even without stirring up public opinion directly in Country A, Xiao Ye could ensure that people there—and indeed, people all over the world—would see it.
The Angel Association was frantic to censor the content, but the more they tried, the more they played right into Xiao Ye's hands.
The videos they forced offline became a new kind of proof, attesting to the truth of the claims.
Just look at the Angel Association, going crazy trying to delete everything.
"Damn it!"
"How did that list get leaked!"
"Great, now the whole world is talking about the Angel Association!"
Watching the discussion unfold on foreign networks, Xiao Ye smiled faintly. "This isn't enough. Release the next video."
"Yes, sir!"
L's channel dropped another video. It was shot from a first-person perspective and showed the creator being chased by assailants wielding real knives and guns!
And this was in the Dragon Country, a nation reputed to be the safest in the world.
If this could happen here, it must be even more common abroad.
The video of the chase instantly blew up online, quickly capturing the attention of countless people.
As a result, even more people saw L's videos.
People in other countries were already fond of conspiracy theories. They'd heard a little about the Angel Association, but most dismissed it as mere rumor.
After all, no one had ever come forward to personally confirm the stories. But now, L's videos seemed to say it all.
If the Angel Association wasn't real, why would he be hunted down?
At that moment, "L" started a livestream. He was hidden beneath a hood, but the back of his exposed hand was clearly real, not computer-generated.
"Hello, everyone. I'm L. I assume that those of you watching this stream have already seen the videos I've posted."
"My parents died when I was young, and my older brother raised me. He was just an ordinary man, but he was killed by a member of the Angel Association."
"The Angel Association firmly believes that people are divided into different classes. Ordinary people like my brother are at the very bottom, disposable beings they believe they can kill at will."
"My own power is limited, so the only way I could think of to avenge my brother was to expose them!"
"And now, I declare war on the Angel Association!"
"I have already created an anti-Angel Association organization, and I sincerely invite all of you to join! And to the Angel Association, I'm telling you now: don't even think about trying to infiltrate us."
"It's useless. I know far more than you think. During those two years in Country A, I lived like a homeless man every day, but I learned a great deal."
With that, the figure vanished.
But then, a few lines of text appeared on the screen.