Chapter 228: Operation Wolf Slayer. (Part 16)
"The third party..." Night Gale muttered while holding her chin. "I thought they were out of the picture after their Diver was captured."
"Well, we were clearly wrong..." Said White Arrow.
Following the first one, only the leaders of each hero team attended the subsequent meetings. During one of those, it was reported that Blizzard Force had captured Greg Hernández, an Enhanced Individual and notorious Diver who works as a freelance mercenary.
Someone like that wouldn’t be snooping around Blue Ember’s network for no reason, which is why the agreed-on conclusion was that he was working with a third party that’s planning something involving the hotel.
Though there was little evidence that it was related to Operation Wolf Slayer, the police delegated some of their efforts to investigating this third party. Unfortunately, very little came out of it. The Diver managed to corrupt all the data stored in his equipment, and no matter how much they dug, they were unable to trace down his clients or anyone who might be working with him.
It was to be expected. Shark had evaded the authorities for years, always getting away with his crimes. Anyone working with him wouldn’t be easy to find, especially after his capture, which served as a warning signal to the others.
The coalition had to proceed with the operation under the assumption that they had dealt a big enough blow to this mysterious enemy by taking out their main Diver. Unfortunately, that turned out to be a mistake. Now, not only do they have to deal with the Stahlwölfe and Romano forces, but they also have to pay attention to this third enemy.
"This is going to be a little difficult..." White Arrow equipped some large Sunglasses and was fiddling with a smartphone at the same time, though he wasn’t looking at its screen. "The gates are too thick for us to break. We need to find a different path."
"Can’t we just ask for something from the ark?" Sunray asked. "They should have something that can cut through these gates, right?"
"These are nuclear-proof shields." He pointed at the dark gray panels behind him. "It would take days to get through them."