Chapter 1488 Chase
Rui made sure to strip the outer robe that contained the crest of the Carnil Mafia. That was what he needed. In order to completely curb the Carnil Mafia's operation in the Great Forest of Hypnonarak, he needed to destroy their foundation and thus make the price of continuing their operations extremely high.
There were multiple means by which he could go about accomplishing this. One of the ways was increasing the amount of political pressure they sustained from foreign parties with a vested interest in the Great Forest of Hypnonarak. Resisting this took a lot of Martial power, resources, and wealth.
'Especially if it's from a force with power that rivals the Kandrian Empire and has no reason to cower against the Carnil Mafia," Rui narrowed his eyes. Specifically, if a Martial Senior from the Carnil Mafia attacked the operations of one of the other three powerhouses from East Panama, that would be something that wouldn't work out very well in the Carnil Mafia's favor.
The Republic of Gorteau, The Sekigahara Confederate, and The Britannian Empire. Rui was aware that each of those three nations also had their own black markets within their nations centered around the supply and demand of the narcotic plants from the Great Forest of Hypnonarak.
Normally, the four forces avoided conflicts with each other in this region, the reason for this was because the Great Forest of Hypnonarak was too large. The availability of the narcotics supply far exceeded how much of it was being harvested. There really was no need for them, or any other forces to engage in any real conflicts over the resources because there were surplus resources.
There was an entire nation of resources, after all.
However, Rui knew that didn't mean there was no friction at all. The fact of the matter was that the four powerhouses of East Panama were rivals. It didn't take more than a single spark to light a fire.
He simply needed to give them both an alluring opportunity and a reason to hamper the Carnil Mafia. Reasons such as getting revenge for an attack on their operation by a member of the Carnil Mafia.
Rui donned Senior Gemu's robe bearing the crest of the Carnil Mafia. 'This should be enough to light a fire. Now I need to get going before my window runs out.'
He had chosen this day and time to attack the Carnil Mafia because he knew that the forces of the Republic of Gorteau were conducting operations in the Great Forest of Hypnonarak. Thus he would be able to take the clothes of a member of the Carnil Mafia and fake being a member of the mafia.
He glanced at the dead Senior Gemu. This was why he had chosen him as a target. Out of all the Martial Seniors in the Gereign base, he was the only one Rui could kill without making a mess of their attire and rendering it unusable.
Thus far, everything had gone according to his plan. "Alright, about half an hour that way," Rui glanced to his right as he immediately set off. He had carefully calculated the timeline for the things that he needed to execute, and he was definitely cutting it a little close.
However, he would still make it in time. He quickly began traveling at a high speed through the forest navigating through the trees.
It wasn't too long before he happened on several groups of extraction teams harvesting narcotic plants. Unlike the Kandrian Empire, the Underworld of the Republic of Gorteau did not follow a singular group form of organizing. They deployed many smaller units within a much broader area that was surveilled much more broadly than the operations of the Carnil Mafia.
However, it didn't change what he needed to.
WHOOSH!
He launched himself at a Martial Senior patrolling the general area, ensuring nothing threatening would reach the extraction units.
No one so much as gazed at his rapidly approaching figure. No one could. In this one regard, Greater Phantomind Void simply could not be overcome.
BOOM!!
A powerful attack crashed into the skulls of an unsuspecting Martial Senior patrol. Rui had chosen a valuable Martial Senior but one that wasn't durable enough to withstand his assault.
CRACK!
The outcome was inevitable. The Martial Senior died before they realized what had happened, furthermore, Rui made sure that the resulting impact would be directed towards the extraction units, killing most of them.
The Martial Seniors of the patrol guard were shocked.
"What just happened?!"
"Something hit us!"
The risky part was just about to start. Rui immediately dashed away from the place with technique active while the Martial Seniors scrambled about.
However, once he had put a bit of distance between him and them, he immediately turned off his stealth, drawing the attention of the Martial Seniors. "Hey, I sense somebody that way!" One roared, activating her Martial Heart.
"Chase after him! The Congressman will kill us if we let him get away!"
Rui grinned, this was exactly what he wanted. He needed them to get the crest of the Carnil Mafia on his robes, but he couldn't give it to them too easily. They needed to chase him for it. They needed to push themselves to the limit for it.
Otherwise, it would come too easily. If it came too easily, it would be suspected to be a red herring. He could have easily gotten rid of them with Greater Phantomind Void, but that would be counterproductive. Instead, he would make it seem as though his technique had a time limit so that he couldn't use it continuously, and that it also had a cooling time period.
People would be more inclined to believe that such a technique has such limits than that it doesn't
"Get him!"
BOOM!
An attack from a Martial Senior uprooted an entire hill. Rui carefully ensured that he didn't put too much distance between them that they would give up chasing him, but he didn't want to get bombarded with attacks and inadvertently get caught either.
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