Chapter 409: first virtual market

In a certain underground military shelter.

A group of soldiers under the lead of 2 burly soldiers that radiated fearsome auras entered the underground base as they quickly got their identity scanned before going deeper into the shelter.

From the layout, setting, and construction of the underground shelter, it could easily be deduced that the materials used to build it were state of the art.

Specially trained soldiers in black uniforms guarded the underground shelter. They practically filled everywhere like locusts, and they had devices that could detect immediately if a problem happened to any one of them.

Hidden from plain sight were state-of-the-art weapons. Heavy weapons that could obliterate any high-grade soldier if the power is concentrated enough.

Hidden even more deeply were the computer experts operating these machines of war. They were the best in the country, and getting to work in this underground shelter was the highlight of their carrier.

These were computer geeks that could destroy a country if given room to operate. Give them a computer, and some of them were more dangerous than even the most dangerous high-grade soldiers.

All these and more were packed together inside this underground military shelter, highlighting how important it was.

This shelter was a bane for individual assassins.

It was in such a manner that infiltration and assassination were virtually impossible. And from how it looked, it was built not too long ago.

It did not take long before the group of soldiers that entered the underground base got to a door that was at the deepest part of the shelter.

One of the burly leading soldiers knocked. After confirming their identity once again, the 2 burly soldiers entered, leaving their entourage behind.

They had serious expressions on their faces as they answered. “Mr. President”.

Despite their exalted status, they politely greeted the 2 men that stood at the middle of the round table. The man on the right nodded slightly in acknowledgment, while the other chuckled darkly.

“No need to address me in such a manner, I’m now your ex-President”.

Quickly waving his hand to indicate that it did not matter, he finally asked a question that the 2 soldiers were waiting for. “How is the plan going?”

“There are no complications”.

“Good, I want you guys to make sure everything goes well throughout. I’ll be sponsoring 30% of all the military expenses, so do not hesitate to go all out”.

The 2 soldiers tensely nodded.

Seeing this, the ex-President finally chuckled. “I hope to see all their faces in the expression that I want. Staying in a coma for 3 years is not a pleasant thing at all, they have to pay for all my suffering”.

“Yes, Mr. President”. After answering, the 2 soldiers turned and calmly started walking away.

“Wait”. The man suddenly called. “I want you to transmit a top-quality projection of the proceedings here, I want to watch everything clearly.

The 2 burly soldiers only tensely nodded before they left.

…

“Welcome, Lieutenant Colonel”. Commissioner Patrick welcomed his leader inside the government building with a smile.

Clark smiled in reciprocation while looking around. “I can see that there are some renovations here, you’re really not resting”.

“It’s all due to your help, sir”. The old commissioner replied politely.

Talking in such a manner to a much younger man seemed weird, but after some time he got over it and was already used to it.

As soon as Clark sat down, he turned back to face the head commissioner of his city. He did not beat around the bush as he immediately told him of his purpose of coming.

He gave his warning for him to remain alert, which the head commissioner said that he was already working on.

Apparently, a special emergency strike unit was already being created in the Vatican City military.

After making sure that the head commissioner got his point, Clark finally relaxed. He casually asked the commissioner of the current state of the city, the ongoing projects, and any notable fact.

Commissioner Patrick did not disappoint as he laid down every notable news and achievement in the city that should be known. A few minutes later, he was finally done so Clark stood up to leave.

Because this was an unofficial visit, he didn’t demand the other commissioners. He commended the head commissioner again for his hard work before leaving.

As Clark drove through the streets of the city, he admired the scenery while deliberating if he should leave for the Mako republic now or wait a bit.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to wait a bit. He was sure that the terrorist Commander will not strike immediately after he struck yesterday, so he had time to think about his decisions properly.

He didn’t go back home to his mansion immediately; he instead drove towards the location of a new development in the city that his commissioner pointed out to him.

According to the commissioner, an investor saw potential in the city and decided to open a virtual market here in Vatican City which was the first.

The physical headquarters of the virtual market was here, which gave him more of a reason to want to go.

Smoothly navigating through the familiar roads of the city, he arrived at one of the more developed districts. It only took him 2 minutes before he located the virtual market’s headquarters.

>Tom’s Machinery>

Seeing this, Clark smiled as he entered the machinery market. It was just like a simplified version of the weapons specialist town that he visited some time ago in the Landmark Kingdom.

Before entering there, he changed his face with his mask so as not to draw too much attention to himself.

For 30 minutes, he remained there admiring the scenery.

As he walked along the sides of the transparent wall, he suddenly frowned as he felt something blanketing the sky, blocking the sunlight from shining into the machinery workshop.

The other customers frowned and as one, they turned to look at the sky.

Seeing the sight that presented itself before them, all the customers were petrified while Clark was shocked.

He immediately put his hand into his bag and brought out a device. As he was in the process of activating it, something like a torpedo fell from the sky.

Boom!