章 149: Surgery Complete

— 10:00 AM - Tessia Kingdom - Astral Tech Corporation HQ —

It was around 10 AM in the morning, and outside the sleek and futuristic high-rise tower that housed the headquarters, a scene of chaos unfolded. Numerous police cars and ambulance vans were parked at the entrance, while reporters jostled to capture images of a group of handcuffed individuals with bruised and bloodied faces, as if they had been beaten by a group of gorillas.

Among the detainees, Sokolov, with most of the injuries concentrated on his face, was frantically speaking in Russian on his phone, attempting to secure a lawyer to help him. Daniel, who had just arrived from the secret base where he had been stationed, was taken aback. He had rushed here without updates from Penthesilea, merely instructing her to send him a report so he could read it on the way. Now, faced with the overall report from Penthesilea, he confronted the current situation.