Mr. CEO, Spoil me 100 Percent! - Chapter 480

Chapter 480: Chooses His Wife

 

Philip gripped her throat tightly and warned, “Before I make my decision, I will kill you if you dare to lay a finger on her! Listen closely, if anyone of your group dares to have any malicious idea about her, I will spare no expense to hunt down every single one of you. I’m a man of my word, now get out of my house!”

He shoved her roughly out of his way. Aliyah widened her eyes in shock; she was having a hard time stomaching such a humiliation.

She glared at Philip and smirked. “Fine! You sure have guts, Philip. But don’t think you can stay at the top for long, you will understand the meaning of regret soon enough. Let us go!”

After that, Aliyah took her men away. At the same time, numerous methods to torture Kelly bubble up in her mind. After she won the election, she would dispose of Philip. After that, she would torture Kelly in front of him, to show him what the price for ignoring and humiliating her was.

…

Of course, Philip could guess Aliyah’s thoughts.

He turned to Mubai’s group with his icy gaze, and said directly, “All of you heard her, right? If I don’t participate in this election, Aliyah will win. She has been in bed with IV Syndicate since the very beginning so all hope will be lost after she wins.”

“But your wife is in their hands,” Xinghe said seriously.

“Therefore, you have to save her as soon as possible, before the general election,” Philip replied firmly.

Xinghe asked, “What if we can’t?”

Philip was stunned. That’s right, what if they fail? Should I succumb to them or watch them rape my wife?

Neither of the results were desired by Philip.

Xinghe stood up to stare at him and asked, “What will be your choice if we are unable to save her before the election?”

For some reason, Philip felt pressured by her question. He felt he must give her an answer. He held Xinghe’s eye contact for two seconds before announcing slowly, “I will choose to work with them—”

“In other words, you’re willing to surrender your parent’s revenge for your wife?” Xinghe asked to confirm.

Philip’s face darkened and hissed, “That’s right, so you better find and save her before then. This is your only choice!”

F*ck, he dares to threaten us like this!

Sam unconsciously wanted to help Xinghe say something.

He was thus shocked by Xinghe’s direct promise. “Alright, we will give it our best. Don’t worry, I will make sure that our cooperative relationship will not end like this.”

Sam was shocked. Why would Xinghe agree to this? Philip was willing to cut them lose to save his wife so why was she still willing to work with him?

Only Mubai’s mouth curved smilingly.

Philip chose correctly. If he chose to surrender his wife, then Xinghe probably would not cooperate with him anymore.

At the end of the day, he was still loyal to his wife and cared about her. He didn’t lose the big picture, after his wife was safe, there would still be time for his revenge. Being alive was the most important.

Furthermore, this showed that Philip was a loyal individual. Xinghe preferred people like this rather than those that worked for the highest bidder.

Now Xinghe had to make sure she held up their end of the bargain, to not disappoint Philip and make sure their cooperation last.

Philip appeared to be shocked by Xinghe’s reaction as well.

Chapter 481: Found the Base’s Coordinates

 

He thought they would be disappointed in him and choose to end their collaboration. Who knew the woman would be so frank and straightforward? He could see why Mubai valued her so much. She was indeed one of a kind.

“In that case, I will cooperate to the best of my capabilities. If you can save my wife, I, Philip, will be forever in your debt!” Philip promised.

Xinghe smiled. “Since General Philip has such trust in us then we will definitely respond in kind. Can you bring me a computer?”

Philip was confused. “Why do you need one?”

“I’m going to take down all the online videos!”

Philip was shocked but he didn’t question her. He quickly had someone prepare a good computer for Xinghe.

Under Philip’s gaze, Xinghe made herself comfortable in front of the computer and started working her magic. All the videos of Kelly online were taken down one by one. Thankfully, the videos hadn’t gone viral so she only took half an hour to remove every single one of them.

Furthermore, in a country like Country Z, news refreshed itself hourly. A video about a cowering naked woman wasn’t enough to catch much attention. Therefore, even though the videos were suddenly taken down, it didn’t cause much commotion, not many even paid attention to it in the first place.

However, for Philip, the existence of the video was a humiliation so he felt much better after all copies of it were all removed.

“Mubai said you have the ability to find this IV Syndicate and steal all of their information. Actually, I was doubtful of that. But now it looks like he has found the perfect person for this job.” There was a slight change in Philip’s tone; there was an additional respect that was previously absent.

Sam and the gang also didn’t think Xinghe would be so good. She might be ever better than they’d imagined.

Xinghe didn’t dare to make baseless promises, she replied softly, “I can’t guarantee that one hundred percent but I’m ninety percent confident that is doable.”

“That is more than enough. Miss Xia, if you have any requests in the future, please come to me immediately, I will fulfil them if I can!” Philip said generously.

Xinghe nodded. “Actually, I do need certain things prepared. I will give you a list; hopefully, you can help me procure them.”

“No problem!”

Just like that, a computer control room that Xinghe wanted was prepared. It had everything she needed, filled with the latest high-tech computer accessories. Back in City T, Mubai could prepare all of this easily, but since they were in a foreign country, it was easier for Philip to make certain things happen.

The next step was to locate IV Syndicate’s base. The base was said to be far from the city, deep in the desert.

Charlie only knew the general direction; they still needed Philip’s men to comb the area before Xinghe could step in.

In that period of time, Philip kept receiving threats from IV Syndicate. The general election was going to happen a week later. If they still couldn’t save Kelly in that one week, Philip would bow out of the election. That would be the end for them, so they were racing against time.

Thankfully, the following morning, Philip’s men came back with good news: the coordinates for the base had been ascertained!

“Wonderful job!” Philip and everyone else was overjoyed. They surrounded Xinghe in the control room, watching her operate the computers.

Mubai offered to help but Xinghe had her own way of doing things.

Chapter 482: Like In Combat

 

Afraid that he would mess up her flow, Mubai didn’t get himself involved. She sat in front of the supercomputer, her fingers flying over the keyboard.

Xinghe’s first task was to hack into the base’s server. The base’s powerful defense was powerless before Xinghe. She hacked into it easily and took over the internal surveillance system.

Instantly, a series of surveillance videos appeared on screen. Everyone was excited when that happened.

Ali praised Xinghe without reservation, “Xinghe, you’re too good! You hacked into their system so fast.”

“I didn’t expect the base to be so big, the videos here only show part of the whole compound,” Charlie observed in a serious tone.

Philip said directly, “Check every corner of this place, and I need an accurate layout of the place!”

“Naturally,” Xinghe said as she continued working on the computer.

Mubai suddenly sat down beside her and asked, “Do you need my help?”

Xinghe looked him and smiled. “Sure, I will pass over the surveillance to you, you save them and make a layout map.”

“No problem,” Mubai replied with a wicked smile. Philip and the rest were equally surprised by Mubai’s computer skills, they’d thought he was only a successful businessman, turned out he was equally good in computer. In their eyes, he was as good as Xinghe.

Furthermore, they cooperated with each other flawlessly. One was responsible for collecting the data, another collating them. There was minimum verbal communication between them but they seemed to know what the other needed.

Instantly, the room was filled with the sound of fingers tapping on keyboards. They were in the zone, their expressions deeply focused.

The surrounding people didn’t dare make any noise, afraid that they would disturb the two. Even their breathing had gotten slower.

However, their hearts were beating fast with excitement. They still hadn’t physically infiltrated the IV Syndicate’s base but watching the two of them work felt like they were in the middle of real combat.

The sensation would make anyone’s blood boil!

…

After some time, Xinghe finally stopped working. She smiled. “This whole base is now fully under our control.”

Mubai stopped the next second, “The layout’s ready.”

Xinghe was surprised. She praised, “You were fast.”

His speed honestly did impress her. Mubai smirked. “It’s just a map layout, it’s no biggie.”

However from the rest’s perspective, he was already crazy good!

The map was immediately printed out and they began to familiarize themselves with it. Philip was a military strategist; when he saw the map, he had already come up a few strategies to destroy it.

However, it was not yet time to strike because they realized this sizeable base was only a branch!

“Is there any way you can trace their main base from this one?” Philip asked Xinghe.

“I can but I will need a day or two to do that,” Xinghe replied with a frown. She felt the time needed was a bit too long but Philip was already satisfied.

“We have one or two days to spare. I will go and arrange my men; when you’re ready, we’ll move out immediately.”

Chapter 483: No Money, No Sex

 

“Okay.” Xinghe nodded before turning back round to work. She didn’t want to waste even a second. They were running out of time; she had to work fast.

Philip was also racing against time. He was going over the combat strategy with Mubai, the first step was of course to save Kelly. After she was saved, everything else would be easy. They wouldn’t need to hold back against IV Syndicate anymore. The base could be destroyed with the simplest and most effective way.

“The day after tomorrow will the deadline to name the running candidates. We will have to break into their main base before then,” Mubai told Philip. Regarding this, Philip had his own plan.

He explained, “I will figure out a way to drag this until the last minute, I will hand in my candidacy form eventually but I will make them feel like I’m still hesitating. Don’t worry, I know what to do.”

“Okay, we will try our best to locate the main base before then,” Mubai also promised. While Xinghe was following their electronic footprints to trace the main base, Mubai tried his best to shoulder some of her workload.

This was the first time two of them had cooperated but they cooperated very well. Xinghe never had to worry about Mubai making a mistake and vice versa.

They saw each other as an extension of themselves so they could trust each other implicitly. Depending on how one looks at it, Xinghe or Mubai’s speed had doubled.

They gelled perfectly on the aspect of technicality and they shared the same outlook, which was to give it their best to not disappoint Kelly and Philip!

…

Xinghe and Mubai spent the whole day in the computer room, neither touched a morsel of food. Ali carried a tray of food in carefully, intending to advise them to take a bite but she decided otherwise when she witnessed how serious they were.

She set down the tray noiselessly and retreated back out to the living room. Cairn asked her immediately, “Have they eaten?”

Ali shook her head. “No, it’s the same, I didn’t have the heart to tell them to stop.”
Sam was busy playing a shooter game on the computer, he replied without taking his eyes from the screen, “Let them be then. They have gone in too deep like me and this game, I can understand how it is for them.”

Ali, Cairn, and Wolf rolled their eyes behind his back.

“Please, your situation is not one bit like theirs,” Wolf chided him.

Cairn also added without reservation, “They’re doing serious business and you’re playing a game. How is that the same?”

The sudden insult made Sam lost focus and he was head-shot in game.

“F*ck, you people just made me lose!” Sam grumbled with dissatisfaction, “Do you know how many levels I’ve passed in this game? Eighty of a hundred in total, okay? I was so close to the end!”

Ali who sat across him suddenly said, “Now I understand why you’re still single.”

He asked cautiously and fearfully, “What do you mean by that?”

Wolf and Cairn also leaned in closer. They also wanted to know because that might be the reason why they were single as well…

Ali started at Sam and replied with a devilish grin, “Because Mr. Xi uses the computer to earn money while you use it to waste time. As they say, no money, no sex!”

The three guys looked at each other speechlessly. For various reasons, they felt sorry for each other…

Chapter 484: Sharing the Same Bed

 

When night fell, Xinghe and Mubai were still working even though most of the others had gone to bed. They were still energetic, showing no signs of fatigue.

The tray of food had gotten cold but neither of them had taken a bite.

Mubai was worried about Xinghe, but he stopped himself from advising her to take a rest. He knew he wouldn’t stop when asked so he should expect Xinghe to react the same way. Therefore, the only thing he could do was assist her, to fight by her side.

Finally, with both of them contributing, Xinghe finally found IV Syndicate’s main base!

She cried out in surprise, “This is it!”

Mubai leaned in and revealed a proud smile. “You finally found it.”

“Yes, we did it.” Xinghe sighed with satisfaction before rearing up for another round. “Now I will hack into their server.”

“Why don’t we leave it for tomorrow?” Mubai was quick to stop her. “You have not eaten for a whole day and your body needs to rest. We’ve made great progress today so there’s no need to rush for now.”

Xinghe was persuaded. Being too tired wasn’t beneficial in the long run.

“Alright, we’ll take a rest. You haven’t had anything either, right? Remember to eat something and then go rest.”

Mubai smiled and pulled her up. “Let’s go to the kitchen, it’s already so late, it’s better if we don’t wake anyone. We’ll just make something ourselves.”

Xinghe didn’t object. The lights in Philip’s house were still on but most were already asleep.

When they opened the refrigerator, they realized there was a lot of cooked food inside. It was obvious that it was all left for them.

Mubai heated up two plates of steak and spaghetti. As they had their late dinner, Xinghe continued discussing the mission with Mubai. He listened closely as he helped her slice the steak.

“I think I will return to the computer room to finish the rest. I don’t think I can rest knowing there are things needed to be done.”

“You want some wine?” Mubai suggested suddenly.

Xinghe was surprised but she eventually nodded. “Sure.”

Mubai poured her half a glass of red wine, a perfect accompaniment to her steak. After Xinghe drank the glass, she couldn’t help but start to get drowsy. She hadn’t even finished her meal before her eyelids started to droop.

Mubai put down his utensils and picked Xinghe up in one graceful movement. That woke Xinghe up completely. She asked with shock, “What are you doing?”

The man replied with a gentle smile, “I’m taking you to rest, we can take care of the rest tomorrow.”

“But…”

“Both of us need to rest,” Mubai said sternly. Xinghe knew that, that was not her point of contention, she wanted him to put her down.

However, for some reason, she couldn’t bring herself to raise the issue anymore.

Mubai carried Xinghe back to her bedroom and placed her gently onto the plush mattress. He even helped her take off her shoes.

Xinghe looked at him do all that and her heart was a complicated mess. When Mubai lay down beside her naturally, she still couldn’t find her words.

Mubai didn’t give her the chance to say anything as he pulled on the cover and yawned. “Good night, don’t think about it anymore, we can continue the first thing tomorrow.”

After that, he closed his eyes.

Xinghe stared at him for a while before deciding to let it be and sleep. Discounting the last time he snuck into her bed while she was sleeping, this was the first time they shared the same bed after their divorce.

After their divorce, Xinghe thought that would be the end of their relationship…

Chapter 485: Mr. Xi Cheated on Her

 

Who would have thought, for the past few months, their interactions would have been so constant. Lying there in the dark, Xinghe let her mind wander.

If she hadn’t stumbled into him and Tianxin several months ago, she wondered how her life would turn out. She wouldn’t have recovered her memory and he wouldn’t have anything to do with her…

Then again, if she didn’t lose her memory so many years ago, she wouldn’t have married him in the first place. Maybe everything was already written the stars. Xinghe decided to leave this relationship to fate, since she couldn’t handle it on her own, she was going to let everything slowly fall into place.

Her decision made, Xinghe cleared her thoughts and slowly drifted off to sleep.

After she fell to sleep, Mubai opened his eyes slowly. He shifted to lie on his side and looked at Xinghe’s profile. He didn’t want to find himself alone in the bed after he woke up so after he made sure Xinghe had really fallen asleep and wouldn’t steal away in the night, he was finally relaxed enough to fall into his slumber…

…

Outside the sun was rising. Everyone had started to stir. They unconsciously decided to gather at the computer room. When they arrived, they saw Xinghe was already there hard at word.

Ali was the first to respond. “Xinghe, you didn’t sleep?”

“You should have gone to bed!” Sam scolded her lightly.

“Miss Xia, actually you don’t need to rush this too much…” Philip moved forward to advise her but as he got near, Xinghe suddenly passed him a stack of document.

“The location of the IV Syndicate’s main base has been found. This is the address, you can have your men look at it now.”

Philip was stunned. “You’ve found it?” He quickly recovered and accepted the document happily. “I didn’t think you would locate it so fast.”

“Actually, I found their server location last night but not their physical location because I took a quick nap for a few hours.”

“No worries, you need to take breaks. Thank you for your help, I will have my men follow up on this. This is perfect, this means that I can hand in my candidacy form today,” Philip looked at Xinghe, deeply appreciative.

After that, he turned to leave. Right then, he saw Mubai who was standing by the door. When Philip passed him, he clapped Mubai’s on his shoulder and commented, “Your lady is indeed something else.”

Mubai smiled proudly.

“Then, why would she divorce you?” Philip asked with a confused expression.

“…” Mubai grumbled internally, Did you have to bring that up?

“What, you two are divorced? This means you were once married to each other‽” Ali widened her eyes in shock. Sam and the rest did the same. They were married to each other, how come they had no clue‽

Philip who knew half of the story explained on Mubai’s behalf, but he only made it worse, “Well, a man is bound to make some mistakes here and there. A divorce is nothing huge, the important thing is that he has learnt his mistake.”

Ali who was a woman understood what Philip was insinuating, “In other words, Mr. Xi cheated on Xinghe‽”

As if on cue, the guys turned their noses up at Mubai.

“How could you cheat on someone like Xinghe after you married her?” Sam was indignant. The man was not as good as he thought. “Ali, this is your so-called good man?” Sam huffed at Ali.

Ali, Wolf, and Cairn immediately looked at Mubai with disdain. Ali felt the most betrayed because she was the one supported Xinghe getting back together with Mubai. He’d disappointed her!

Philip again stepped in to explain, “That is all in the past, Mubai is proving his worth now, isn’t he?”

“No one will think you’re mute if you don’t speak,” Mubai suddenly interrupted him, he glared at Philip severely. “Didn’t you say you have something to prepare? Why are you still here?”

Chapter 486: Dating with Marriage in Mind

 

If Philip didn’t stop with the nonsense, Mubai couldn’t promise he wouldn’t physically assault him. Philip who felt the discord was confused. What did he say wrong? However, his instinct told him to leave first.

“Then I will go now, call me if you need anything,” Philip coughed awkwardly before leaving the room. After he left, Mubai found he still need to deal with Xinghe’s new friends.

“Come clean with it, did you do anything wrong by Xinghe?” Sam cracked his fingers scarily. Ali and the rest glaring at Mubai behind him.

“That’s right, I did disappoint Xinghe,” Mubai admitted with a light nod.

Sam chuckled humorlessly. “How dare you do wrong by her, you don’t deserve her and now I’m going to help her teach you a lesson—”

Sam swung at Mubai, but his fist was caught in mid-air. Sam tried his best to wiggle out of Mubai’s grip, but he couldn’t. Mubai turned out to be more powerful than he was…

“I might have made a mistake, but it is certain not your place to teach me a lesson,” Mubai glared at him and stated. “Furthermore, even if I did do something wrong, you would have no chance with her because our son is already four years old.”

Sam and the rest were shocked beyond words. The two of them even had a child together already!

“By the way, if I really did cheat on Xinghe, do you think she would ever let me be here so close to her?” With that, Mubai swung Sam’s fist away and turned to strode into the room.

The atmosphere in the room got instantly curious. If it was not disloyalty, then what kind of sin did Mubai commit?

Subconsciously, they all turned to Xinghe. Xinghe met their eyes and gave her side of the explanation, “Actually it was me who called off the marriage. We didn’t love each other so there was no reason for us to stay married.”

Sam and the rest didn’t think that would be the reason.

“Then… do you love him now?” Sam asked as a test. There was also hope hidden in it. If Xinghe said no, then maybe he still had a chance!

“We’re currently dating with marriage in mind,” Xinghe answered seriously.

That sent Sam crashing back to reality. He was in deep despair, then again, he should have known that when Mubai came to save them from Barron.

Wolf and Cairn patted him on his shoulder as he shuffled out of the room. Ali also looked at him with pity.

Xinghe looked at them curiously before turning back to work.

“We will eventually get married again,” Mubai said suddenly as he sat down beside her. There was a confidence in his voice.

Xinghe was shocked. She turned to look at him. His dark eyes were ablaze with passion.

Mubai opened his mouth to say, “I was glad to hear you say that.”

He didn’t think Xinghe would treat their relationship so seriously. Even though dating was not technically a romantic relationship, but for him, it was already a giant step forward.

Eventually, he would change their dating status to couple status and then finally to married status!

Xinghe laughed. “For some reason, I knew you would say something like that.”

“Of course, I would. I would give up the world to marry you right this moment!”

“Then, we’re still on different pages; I’m not in a hurry to get married.”

“No worries, we will be on the same page sooner or later,” Mubai replied with confidence. He would use his lifetime to win her heart.

Chapter 487: Like an Underground Country

 

He had confidence and determination. He fully believed that only he could give Xinghe the greatest happiness and no one could love her more than him. She seemed to have sensed his thoughts and returned him a smile.

Then she averted her eyes and said, “Enough chit chat. We need to get back to work, I will hack into their system now.”

“Alright,” Mubai smiled and also turned back to work.

After Xinghe hacked into IV Syndicate’s system and studied their surveillance. They finally knew how great this organization was. For one, the base was built underground. For another, the base was so huge that it was akin to an underground kingdom.

It was fitted with the best equipment and had airtight defense. There was a test at every door because the doors were only openable via facial recognition.

Even for Xinghe, searching through the server was a cautious business. One careless mistake and she would be found out.

Mubai seemed to have spotted something. He stared at the screen unblinkingly.

“How can this base be so big?” he queried. Xinghe had checked through many surveillance videos but she seemed to have only gone through the tip of an iceberg. It would probably take days to go through the entire base.

“This is IV Syndicate’s main base?” Suddenly Philip walked in. He too was shocked by what he saw.

“That’s right,” Xinghe answered. “This is the IV Syndicate’s heart.”

Looking at the high-tech devices, bustling researchers, large amount of munitions and guards, Philip’s face darkened. He announced, “This base must be destroyed, its continued existence will definitely cause harm to this country!”

“I will steal all their information now, but the time needed will probably be over our supposed limit,” Xinghe added softly.

Initially, she thought that after she located the base, she could have everything she needed from them. However, the size of the group was something she didn’t predict. Therefore, it was only logical that their information storage would be humongous as well.

With her alone, it would take some time before she could finish copying all the necessary information. However, there was no other candidate. If someone else did this, they would have been found out.

“How much time do you need?” Philip asked.

Xinghe shook her head. “Not sure, maybe one or two days, but even so, I don’t think I have enough time to copy everything.”

“We don’t need everything. But first, you have to help me find my wife.”

“Naturally.” Their first mission was to save Philip’s wife. Only with her safe and sound that the other operation could begin. Xinghe started combing through the surveillance to look for Kelly.

Philip was going to leave his house after he assigned his men to deal with this base but now he needed to stay.

He stared at the screen nervously, hoping to spot his wife soon.

However, the base’s defense system was indeed powerful. Xinghe needed to re-hack into the system whenever she ventured into a new area. This ate into their time…

Right then, Philip’s phone rang. It was Aliyah.

Philip answered his phone with a drawn face. Before he could say anything, Aliyah’s voice came from the other end.

“Philip, have you come to a decision? The election list will be announced tomorrow. If you don’t register now, then there will be no chance in the future. Of course, you have to make the right choice before you make that decision or else I can’t guarantee what will happen to Kelly.”

“Was that the whole reason of your call?” Philip asked coldly.

Chapter 488: Biggest Bet

 

“Of course, this is just me being kind by reminding you. Other than that, I’ll be waiting for you at the state hall, don’t make me wait for too long.”

With that Aliyah ended the call.

Philip almost crushed his phone. He met Mubai’s searching eyes and said, “It’s Aliyah, she wants me to make the choice today.”

“But, we still can’t ascertain your wife’s condition yet,” Mubai said.

Therefore, Philip couldn’t come to a decision. If Kelly was safe, the decision would be easy. Alas, that was not the case…

Philip turned to Xinghe anxiously. “Still no sign of her?”

Xinghe didn’t answer but focused on her work. She jumped through many surveillance cameras, her hands tapping the keyboard non-stop, hacking into every surveillance point. After a flurry of action, Xinghe suddenly stopped on a screen!

“Found her!” She heaved a sigh of relief.

Philip and Mubai widened their eyes at the same time as they looked at Kelly on the screen. Kelly was kept inside a small room. She was curled into a ball on the corner of her bed. She stared listlessly at the empty space before her. She reminded Xinghe of the first time she met Xiao Lin.

Philip’s heart was gripped with pain when he saw her.

He gripped his fists tightly. “What did they do to her? Kelly is not like this; she is the most optimistic person I know in this world, but this…”

The woman on screen was like mannequin that had lost her soul. If not for unspeakable horror, a person wouldn’t have changed so much.

It had been almost a year since Kelly was kidnapped by IV Syndicate. Philip hadn’t seen his wife for that long. He didn’t dare to imagine how her life was in that year, he was afraid that he would go through a mental breakdown. He didn’t know the reality was worse than his greatest nightmare…

“We will be able to save her soon. What you need to do now is to tell them that you’re willing to cooperate,” Xinghe told him clearly. Her voice pulled him out of his painful memory.

“You’re right.” Philip’s expression darkened. He turned to Mubai and said seriously, “I’m going to the state hall. It’s likely that I will not be able to leave there for a few days, so I will not be able to oversee this operation. Therefore, I leave the reign of command in your hands. Please save my wife!”

Mubai stood up and repaid him the same amount of severity. “We will do our best.”

“Thank you!” Philip gave him a salute before turning to leave. He was going to the state hall to prepare for the upcoming election.

The fate of his wife and even the entire Country Y hanged in the balance.

He had no idea whether his choice was correct or not, but now, he had no choice but to believe his instinct. This was the biggest bet Philip had made in his life. However, he felt confident in it; he believed Xinghe and Mubai would pull through in the end.

Philip left after he arranged everything.

Mubai and the rest gathered to discuss the upcoming mission.

“I have to go to IV Syndicate’s main base personally, this rescue mission is too important. We can’t afford to make any mistakes,” Mubai announced.

Xinghe looked at him and said firmly, “I’ll be coming as well; I will provide the necessary support.”

“We are going as well!” Sam’s group said in unison.

Chapter 489: Election

 

Mubai had been hoping for that. He felt better knowing they would protect Xinghe. “Alright, let go together. Go prepare now, we will move out in a minute!”

…

Mubai’s group soon left for the base. Philip dispatched a highly trained unit for Mubai to command.

The sole objective of their mission was to rescue Kelly. However, saving her without raising the guards’ suspicion was easier said than done. Therefore, they had been strategizing on the way there.

Xinghe had brought with her some computer equipment. Without them, she wouldn’t have been of any use there.

As they travelled to the base, Philip handed in his candidacy form; he would be joining the election tomorrow. Aliyah was happy to see him finally compromise.

“Philip, you should have done this a long time ago, but better late than never, trust me, you will not regret this decision.”

“Remember what you’ve promised me; if you touch Kelly, I cannot promise what will happen,” Philip said expressionlessly before turning to leave. He didn’t want to see this woman anymore.

Aliyah smirked as she watched his back. Of course, she would not let Kelly go so easily. The woman had taken her Philip, so of course she would need to pay for her sins.

Regardless, she was going to reach her goal soon, after that, nobody could stop her from doing what she wanted!

And Philip would have to beg her for mercy…

Aliyah couldn’t help but laugh thinking about this; she couldn’t wait for tomorrow’s election to arrive.

The whole Country Y welcomed the election with good cheer. In this rocky country, the general election was always something momentous.

On one hand, people hoped the new president could save them from the endless war, but on the other, they lamented the futility of the rigged system. Therefore, there was a clear line between citizens that supported it and citizens that opposed it every election. Other than that, hidden intervention from hostile countries was a common occurrence.

However, in conclusion, Philip had the highest support among his countrymen.

Due to his ruthlessness in taking down terrorist and illegal organizations, he had always held a lot of support from Country Y’s people.

Behind him was Aliyah. She was also quite popular in Country Y, famous for being an iron maiden.

Furthermore, she came from a decorated family background. Her grandfather was Country Y’s ex-president, so she had quite a number of supporters as well.

However, due to the country’s archaic mindset, a majority of citizens still placed their hope in Philip. In a way, the result of the election was already predetermined. Everyone knew Philip was going to win.

However, Philip knew things were not going to be so simple. His only hope was Mubai’s group.

…

Mubai’s group had finally reached the edge of IV Syndicate’s main base when night fell.

After a full day of planning, they finally had some down time to pay attention to the general election.

Sam said happily, “With so many people supporting Philip, this must be a sure win for him!”

Ali and the rest thought the same way.

However, Xinghe shook her head, “That is not a certainty, at least until we save Kelly.”

Cairn asked curiously, “Are they not going to let Philip win? But he has already agreed to working with them.”

“The people from IV Syndicate knows Philip’s cooperation is unwilling. Do you think they will let a liability like him ascend to the presidency?”