Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 436

Chapter 435, Assassination

the hidden personnel among the civilians, the effect of attacking the hotel is not very good.

Although there are constant explosions and gunshots, Arno knows that it is not realistic for the personnel deployed by the Alliance to rush into the “hotel” to complete the mission.

In the intelligence collected before, it is mentioned that the security level around Zelos is still very high. The elite security guards are equipped with feedback power armor, and there are also psychics and anti-psychic devices to protect them, making assassination very difficult.

And the Alliance fighters hiding outside are indeed elite. They are either agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau or elites of the special operations brigade in the army. But because they are sneaking in and raiding, some heavy equipment cannot be brought, only light weapons and throwing grenades, at most a few rocket launchers, grenade launchers and other things, it is normal that they cannot get in.

But the target is not here.

What will Zelos react after the hotel is attacked?

It should not be panic, but it should be normal to want to leave the “hotel”.

The number of security guards she could bring with her was limited after all. Although the ‘hotel’ had already conducted a security check, it was definitely not as safe as her own official residence. There were more and more elite guards protecting her, multiple escape routes, and the ability to directly contact all parties. It was definitely safer and more suitable for sitting there and coordinating the forces of all parties after a major event.

So, run.

Arno, who was ‘flustered’ pushing the food cart in the aisle, was roughly pushed away by a bodyguard and rushed into a private room.

From the crack of the door of the private room that was not closed tightly, Arno saw a large number of security guards passing by.

He couldn’t see who was surrounded in the middle, but he could guess.

During the time he worked in the ‘hotel’, he had a very good understanding of the terrain and environment here.

After a little calculation, Arno knew that the route they were going to take was one of the two he had prepared before.

That would be no problem.

Estimating the speed of their actions, Arno silently counted seconds in his mind. At the same time, he reached into his pocket, where there was a remote control.

When the time came, he pressed it gently.

Instantly, there was a rumbling explosion, and with it came the scorching heat wave that he could feel from here.

That was a high-performance hot melt bomb!

It took a lot of effort to install it.

The security team of Zelos was very cautious and had been checking from time to time in the past two days.

Although he was confident in his craftsmanship, Arno still did not set up the bomb in advance. He did not want to gamble on this probability. If it was found out, today’s banquet would have to be cancelled due to safety hazards. In that case, all their plans would go bankrupt.

Instead, he chose to install it today after seeing the security complete the routine inspection.

It was definitely impossible to install it in key locations, such as the banquet hall, the lounge and other places, where there were guards all the time.

However, after all, it was not realistic to deploy guards in all places of the hotel.

From the hotel’s banquet hall and lounge to the garage, there are several porches, corridors, and hallways, which require an elevator or three stairs… In any case, it is impossible for these places to have guards all the time. It is considered a relatively tight security to ensure that the patrol team passes through every fifteen minutes.

Today, Arno relied on this interval of less than fifteen minutes to complete the preparations for the placement of the bomb after the last security check.

When the armed conflict broke out, the patrol team naturally had no time to continue patrolling. They either gathered in the surrounding areas of Zelos to perform security work, or went to the lobby of the hotel to fight with armed attackers.

This was also Arno’s last and best chance.

He completed the final placement of the bomb before the patrol team was transferred and Zelos was evacuated, and detonated it at the moment.

Although due to the restrictions on infiltration, large-yield bombs could not be brought in, only grenades were brought in; at the same time, because it was not certain where the target would evacuate from, he placed bombs in all the necessary places, resulting in only two bombs that could really work.

But, that’s a melta.

Even the Terminator armor of the Space Marines can’t withstand the melta bomb.

If this thing is big enough, it can even be used to blow up a starship – some boarding tactics are to let the elite commandos kill to the core of the starship and detonate a large melta bomb.

The one used now, although small, is not the target of the starship.

The explosion site should be a porch. The explosion of two meltas, the splashing high-temperature fluid is enough to cover the entire area, and no creature inside can survive.

Of course, that’s a theoretical statement.

As an agent, Arno must verify with his own eyes whether he has really completed the mission.

He took out the pistol and walked out of the room.

This is a laser pistol, which is quiet to begin with, and with the special silencer, it is really almost silent.

Cautiously approaching the explosion site, Arno saw three or two injured bodyguards who were being helped out.

When the three saw Arno, they were also stunned. Some wanted to speak, but were stopped by their companions.

They saw the gun in Arno’s hand.

Arno fired three times in a row, and three lavender beams penetrated the bodies of the three people, killing them.

Then, he quickened his pace and approached the center of the explosion.

On the way, he saw a lot of debris.

Those looked like some type of feedback power armor, which was slightly different from the Ancestral Gods used by the Alliance. They should have been bought by Zelos from other places through trade.

Under the hot melt bomb, these elites wearing feedback power armor could not withstand it. Many parts of the power armor were severely melted.

Continuing forward, approaching the center of the explosion, Arno’s eyes suddenly froze.

He saw a sudden, well-preserved ground in front of him.

Several thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, and he roughly confirmed the most likely one: a miniaturized energy shield for one person!

This thing is very rare and expensive, but with Zelos’s identity, it is not surprising to be equipped with one.

And if you have this thing, the possibility of survival under the hot melt bomb will suddenly become much higher.

Arno’s eyes were calm, and he quickened his pace.

It has come to this point, and Zelos cannot be allowed to survive.

He has to solve this unexpected situation by himself.

He judged that there should be no guards around Zelos.

Judging from the relatively well-preserved area, there was barely enough space for one person to stand. This was basically consistent with the performance of the miniaturized energy shield mentioned in the relevant knowledge that Arno had learned. The size of the shield released by that thing was only enough to cover one person and could not protect the second one.

The rest of the guards should have died under the hot melt bomb.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there are lucky guys who are out of the explosion range when the hot melt bomb explodes.

Everything is possible, but Arno still has to chase and see.

Even if there are other people who survived, he has to find a way to solve it. He will

act according to circumstances.

The traces left by the survivors of the explosion are still quite obvious in his eyes.

As he tracked forward, Arno’s mood became heavier and heavier. He

was about to reach the underground parking lot.

There, he did not have time to place the bomb.

Moreover, there must be guards guarding there. After hearing the explosion, they might come to support.

It will be troublesome then.

Although they had a plan in case Zelos was not killed in the ‘restaurant’, they still had a backup plan, but things had to be as simple as possible.

He couldn’t help but speed up his pace, and even forgot about the stealth.

When passing a small path, he squinted his eyes and slowed down his pace – he noticed that the traces left by the survivors had changed.

His sight was looking at a small storage room next to it where cleaning supplies were stored. The door there was a small crack.

Arno made a judgment, he concealed his footsteps and approached quietly.

Suddenly, he saw a metal reflection! He

subconsciously dodged to the side, and a beam of light passed by him.

Without caring about the fear, Arno waved his hand and fought back.

He pulled the trigger continuously, and at the same time, he exerted force on his feet and rushed forward!

There was no movement in the compartment.

Arno, who was sticking to the wall next to the compartment, carefully stretched out his hand, opened the compartment door completely, and then aimed the gun.

He saw Ms. Zelos lying inside.

The star sector leader was not dead yet, but a hole as thick as a wrist was melted out of his abdomen by the laser. The laser shot through the residual heat, still continuing to burn her flesh and internal organs from the inside.

She was indeed not dead, but she was about to die.

However, Zelos felt that she could still be saved.

If she could be sent to the hospital now, according to the powerful medical technology and the medical investment at all costs, or even replace part of her body and internal organs with mechanical structures… she should have a good chance of survival.

The premise is to send her to the hospital in time.

Her eyes full of desire for survival looked at Arno Chenko, and she tried to speak:

“I know you are from the Alliance… Save me… I will sign…”

Before she finished speaking, Arno fired.

Two consecutive shots hit the chest and neck; then, he lowered the power and shot another shot in the forehead.

The purpose of lowering the power was to avoid the hole being too big and destroying the head and face.

Then, Arno took out a micro camera and took several photos from multiple angles, and then turned around and left without mercy.

No one alive, definitely.

In this incident, a dead Zelos is more useful than a living one.

The Alliance did not believe that she would completely change her position. After the assassination, only hatred would remain.

In fact, it would be best if the head could be cut off or the intact body could be taken away.

But at the moment, he did not have the conditions to take away Zelos’ body.

It would be enough to have a photo.

Back in the staff dormitory, he took refuge with other hotel employees. At the same time, he found an opportunity and sent a message to Amanda and Martin respectively.

The first step of the action has been completed, and the subsequent actions can be continued.

…

An assassination is not enough to overthrow a government.

But Zelos’s death still caused a huge wave.

Zelos’s identity is very special. As the head of a star region, he is different from the governors of various planets. He cannot be born from the bottom up. This position is clearly appointed by the Empire, acting on the will of the Empire and unifying the imperial forces in the star region.

Of course, the planetary governor is also appointed by the Empire and acts on behalf of the Empire’s power on the planet. However, the more important thing for the planetary governor is to represent the rights and interests of the local planet. If you can’t handle these, the title of “Governor” is not enough.

But the title of sector leader is enough.

Under normal circumstances, if the sector leader dies, the star region government will just send a new one. Although people have different abilities and accumulated connections, the functions they perform are the same.

But now that the contact is cut off, the sector leader cannot fill in a new one.

The Purple Horse sector, which relies on the existence of the sector leader to unify its pace, is a bit blind.

It is difficult for them to produce a new person in charge from within in a short period of time.

And further things happened on Baishuo Star.

The Baishuo Star Government is of course controlled by Governor Baishuo. Although he listens to Zelos very much, he is not dead and the government structure of Baishuo Star has not collapsed. It will not collapse because of Zelos’ death.

However, the assassination of Zelos is obviously just the beginning.

Soon, someone among the rioting people stood up to take responsibility for Zelos’ death.

It was an organization that called itself the “Savior Party”. They used the slogans of the previous march and riot as their platform, clarified their organizational structure, and acknowledged the assassination of Zelos.

They further proposed that the current government should step down and they would replace it.

The riots in the capital were never suppressed, and even approached the government office center at one point.

The police force was beaten up by the mob.

But everything began to improve gradually after the army entered.

Arno questioned Martin about this matter.

But he couldn’t get in touch with him.

After contacting the capital defense force that had been suppressed and had not taken any action before, and now began to take action, he and Amanda both judged that Martin was in trouble and the operation of the Military Intelligence Bureau might fail.

The police and a few guards were defending the city, and the rioters could not attack for the time being; the defense forces outside the city were about to enter the city.

The situation became quite bad.

At this point, Arno and Amanda almost decided to give up the mission.

In fact, completing the assassination of Zelos has already achieved the basic part of the task arranged by the headquarters.

The next challenge is to overthrow the current government and establish a local government that is pro-alliance. This matter can be done for a while.

After all, after Zelos’ death, the scattered Purple Horse Star Region will become easy to control, and there are still many means to use later.

But Arno was still a little unwilling.

He still hoped that his first important mission could be done as perfectly as possible.

But he was also very rational.

Pursuing perfection in everything will lead to bad results.

Now, the most reasonable thing to do is to transfer the power that has been developed on the native planet to the underground, stop the riot, continue to accumulate strength, and wait for the next instruction.

However, just when he and Amanda were about to do this, the situation suddenly changed significantly:

on the third night of the riot, they saw a brilliant fire in the sky.

That was the direction of Baishuo Star Port.

The star port of Baishuo Star is in orbit above the capital city of Shuoguo.

In the early hours of the morning, they received news: Continue to lead the riot, and there will be support.

(End of this chapter)