章 51: 051 Beru II

Jerry, Biggs, and Wedge, excitedly lead their men to march towards the Spider supply base the soldiers are the same, at first some of them are nervous and maybe a little afraid but all that was overshadowed by their excitement, this is their first battle after all but because of the enthusiasm and excitement their leader have, they too felt the same way. That kind of feeling is contagious, and the positive thinking of their leaders is now affecting everyone.

As they get closer to the Spider Supply base, they saw the damage on the wall in full view, but they notice something strange as they got closer it becomes more apparent the closer they got to the supply base it's too quiet. They all thought that their enemies might be planning something, so they become extra vigilant, but that doesn't change the excitement they all felt. When they passed the damaged gate they saw something that shocked them, in fact, it was not just them even their leaders were shocked…

Eve, in order to give safe and quick passage to the shadow hunters with as few obstructions as possible.

Eve started to direct the battles between the Elders, Leaders, and Captains and their' subordinates versus the Spider HQ Guards and Army, but that makes the top member's subordinates greatly outnumbered so to fix the problem Eve issued the so-called "traitors list" this level the playing field. The list also includes all Beru's runners, whom he has ordered to inform the captains that the system is compromised.

So as soon as they approach their target to give Beru's orders, the people who saw them shot them instantly, those people immediately recognize them as traitors that are to be killed on sight.

They are listed along with their faces and information along with their so-called crimes, they died in confusion as they didn't know of the list, they didn't know that a list for traitors is issued with the shoot-to-kill order was given to all people in the base except for the select few like them, and everyone in the Web conference room.

Of course, different groups receive a different list, and in order to encourage them, Eve reported that anyone who kills the traitors will be greatly rewarded when everything is over. The rewards they receive depend on how many traitors they killed.

All this remained unnoticed by everyone on the Web. In the conference room, all leaders and elders look at Beru like he killed their mother and rape their sisters. If the Head isn't there, they might already tear him to pieces.

Unfortunately, the whole Web conference room is cut off from the rest of HQ and there's no camera or any devices here that can potentially leak what's happening inside the Web that includes the corridor that leads to the Web, so Eve wasn't able to time his conversation with Head when she pretended as Beru she only realizes that when Beru burst into the door.

The leaders and elders pointed and accused Beru as a traitor, at first he was confused as to why is everyone is accusing him of being a traitor but a few moments later he knew the reasons, a wry smile was hanging on his lips he knew that no matter what he said they wouldn't believe him he can only sigh.

"SILENCE!!." Shouted the Head

"This is now a very dangerous time for us, Beru is not a traitor our system is compromised someone else is using it against us. And all of us are in danger, as we are speaking, our enemies might already be upon us." Said the Head

When Beru heard that, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Head our subordinates confirms it, I heard it from their own mouth, and I believe it wasn't just my subordinate who can attest to that," said one of the Elders.

"That's right, Head my men confirm it too." Said another one

"That's right, my men too…"

One by one, the Elders and Leaders confirm it.

"STOP! ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!!" shouted the head

"Didn't you hear what I said? Our system is compromised, someone is manipulating it to confuse us." said the Head

"Head, how was that possible? The system can be hacked sure but the voices and video calls from our subordinate as well as their identity code that only we know who can fake that? And it wasn't just one or two, but all our subordinates? How in the world is that possible? Even HFA or any power I know are not capable of doing that."

"I can attest to that Head, as you may already know, I used to be a communication specialist as well as a technician for the Royal Empire before I become a fugitive and hide here and join the Spider. I'm not saying you are lying Head, but that kind of thing is impossible."

"If I knew the reason, I wouldn't be as confused as you are. The reason I knew that Beru is not a traitor is that I was just talking to him on the comm a second he burst in here he was just telling me in the comm that everything is under control, that's why I was shocked to see him burst into the door because clearly, I was talking to a different person..." Said the Head calmly

"That… how's that possible?..."

Everyone inside the Web is shocked they couldn't believe what they just heard if it's someone else who said that they will think he was just crazy, and they will assume he or she is a traitor themselves. But the one who said that was the Head himself there's no way to refute him as there's no way he would sabotage himself

"That's right the reason I come here in person is that I no longer trust my communication device, a few minutes ago everyone I call or asked about the situation said no problem even though I felt that they are lying to me but no matter how much we verified they all check out," said Beru nodding his head

"I never heard of something like this before, there are some who would fake someone's voices but to do that in real-time and in video chat with multiple people at the same time. I… that's impossible"

"Are they from the Morgan family?"

"Since when did the Morgan Family have these capabilities"

All of them are in disbelief about what the Head has said, some of them called their subordinates to confirm or find anything that would give what the Head said is true, but no matter how they checked, they can't find any evidence of tampering.

"I become suspicious, so I sent some of my trusted men to check, and guess what they also said? No problem, when I call them on the comm. But when I asked them to return they said ok but no matter how long I waited they didn't return, I called them again and again, but they all give various reasons but in the end, none of them returned that's just one of the reasons, but I have to say the way our enemies manipulate our comm was almost perfect." said Beru.

As he looked around, many of them are listening to him including the Head, but many are still talking to their subordinates trying to look for faults.

The Head didn't stop them nor did he say anything, he was looking at Beru, unknown as to what he is thinking.

"I have to rely on my intuition and instinct that I hone for many years to expose them, but even when I do, I don't even know how to explain it. If the enemy didn't make a mistake in his conversation with Head earlier, exposing their schemes, do you really think anyone would believe me?" continued Beru looking very frustrated, angry, and, most importantly, confused.