Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 783

Chapter 783: Chapter 433, Subversion Operation

Pushing open the door to the innermost room on the ground floor of the tavern, under the dim light, Arno Chinko saw a small table with a man and a woman standing beside it.

Upon hearing the door open, both individuals looked over, their hands stealthily reaching for their weapons.

Arno made three complex hand signals in front of his abdomen with his left hand.

The pair’s tension eased somewhat, and they made different hand gestures in response.

The three of them spent half a minute exchanging signals before completing the complex but necessary ritual of verifying each other’s identity.

“Comrade, hello, I’m Martin from Military Intelligence.”

“I’m Amanda from Foreign Intelligence.”

After both people revealed their affiliations, Arno also said, “I’m Bentek from the Investigative Bureau.”

He gave a fake name, as he believed the other two did as well.

The names would definitely not be real; even after confirming each other’s identity, there was no need to reveal true names. A pseudonym would suffice as a code name.

As long as the background information was correct, that was all that mattered.

This ‘meeting’ was an encounter between three major intelligence agencies of the Alliance.

It was an operation highly valued by the Alliance, one that no single agency could complete alone. The three organizations, which seldom interacted except at the higher levels for intelligence sharing, were now collaborating directly on the ground level, an uncommon occurrence.

Dispensing with pleasantries, they quickly got down to business.

Amanda began, “In two days, at noon, Zelos will arrive at the ‘restaurant’. He’s been invited by several wealthy merchants and politicians from local planets and has accepted.”

Arno cautiously inquired, “The merchants and politicians, are they reliable? Could they leak our operation?”

“No, they don’t know what we are planning to do.”

Arno nodded slightly, then shared his side: “The arrangements for strikes and riots are ready. We estimate that at least thirty thousand people will take to the streets to protest in two days. Weapons and equipment have been distributed, and at that time, the Planetary Government and Star Sector Government’s palaces will face challenges. The protest march will pass by the ‘restaurant’.”

Then, he turned his gaze to Martin and Amanda.

Amanda said, “The local police might intervene, which could be challenging.”

Martin stated, “Several of our comrades will be embedded within the marching crowd to help neutralize the threat from the local police force; if necessary, the special forces warriors infiltrated in the crowd will also take action. However, that would make a big commotion, not a move we want to make unless absolutely necessary.”

Arno asked, “What about the military?”

With confidence, Martin asserted, “I can ensure that the military will be very slow to act on any orders to suppress the uprising, extremely slow.”

Arno didn’t know how Martin would fulfill his promise. It might be that he had swayed the commander of the troops guarding the capital city, or perhaps Military Intelligence had infiltrated a significant number of its operatives to halt military action.

But regardless of the specific methods, Arno didn’t care, nor did he ask further.

As long as the objectives were achieved, that was all that mattered.

The three huddled together, once again confirming the details and process of the operation, before concluding their secret meeting.

Leaving the tavern with different identities and guises, they departed one after another.

Yet as they left, they never realized that on the balcony of a small building opposite the tavern, a woman had been watching them all along.

She was Milia Derong, an Alliance Demon Hunter.

The Alliance had eight official intelligence organizations on record, but in reality, there were nine.

There was also the Demon Hunter Organization.

The Demon Hunters were originally established under the Alliance Legal Affairs Center, led by Lambert, and even spearheaded the Alliance’s first anti-corruption wave.

Later, the Demon Hunters were separated from the Legal Affairs Center, no longer under the leadership of the Chief Justice, but became a direct subsidiary of the Governor’s Office.

They operated both internally and externally, responsible for intelligence and direct action, and even had the authority to handle tasks without trial.

Sanctioned by the governor, act first, report later!

This was the essence of the Demon Hunters!

Given the importance of this operation, the Demon Hunters were also involved.

Milia Derong was among the oldest members of the Demon Hunters, being the instigator of that initial anti-corruption wave; she also participated in the Korolya Plague War. Although she didn’t handle frontline combat, she and her Demon Hunter Squad played a crucial role in controlling the politics of Mingyan City.

With deep experience and significant contributions, she was now a leader of one of the several independent teams within the Demon Hunter Organization.

This time, the operation on Baishuo Star was directly mandated by the Alliance leaders, of utmost importance. With the full commitment of the three major intelligence agencies, naturally, the presence of the Demon Hunters was required.

However, the Demon Hunters still operated independently. The Demon Hunters had some knowledge of what the three agencies were up to but were not privy to the full details unless they chose to share their intelligence proactively.

With more intelligence support and greater authority to mobilize resources, and considering that all their agents were at least trained by the Demon Hunters, skilled in various espionage techniques and bolstered by Spiritual Energy…

They had infiltrated Baishuo Star even deeper than the three agencies and had their own set of operation plans.

However, after learning about Arno Chinko’s plan to unite the power of the three agencies for the action in two days, Milia took a keen interest.