Half an hour later, the puppet masters all fainted as they lost a lot of blood. Sam and the team went there and collected them into the chessboard.
This time, the battle is a lot easier than Sam had originally thought. Once their puppets are kept busy, there is nothing they could. And since they were caught by surprise, it only became easier.
After they were done, Sam and the team proceeded with the usual bombing of the mine and went back to the city.
There is only one more step left in this part of the plan.
"Get ready for the battle."
They went back to the city where their next target is currently staying.
Dayus is currently feeling extremely stressed. Since the incident in the capital of the Puppet organization in which Brother One lost all his assets, he didn't speak with Dayus again. But every time he looked at him, Dayus could feel the coldness.
He knew that he already fell out of favor. He is currently praying Zeus so that Sam would be caught by Brother One and he would take over Sam's assets to cover his loss. In that way, he could escape the wrath or at least save himself a bit.
He really wished that the plan of the puppet organization would succeed.
As he thought of this, a sudden intrusion of an attendant running into the room made him come out of his daze.
He looked at the large table filled with all kinds of dishes as Brother One ate and awkwardly talked with the young master of the current organization they are in.
This is the banquet organized by the subordinate organization and there are a lot of people at the long table.
He looked at the attendant who is whispering something to the head of the organization.
He looked at Brother One and said.
"The ambush at the mine has failed. The mine was bombed."
When Brother One heard this, he was stunned. That mine ambush was their last hope, now it was also lost. He looked at Dayus with a cold gaze. He really wants to rip this guys face off.
Looking Brother One's expression, the head spoke.
"You don't have to worry too much young master. Since there is a backup plan, we can just use it. The first branch leader already gave the instructions to me."
Brother One was stunned.
"What Back up Plan?" He didn't know anything about it. The Branch leader didn't inform him of any such thing.
"Well, since that person is attacking young masters, one by one in every place whenever young master and his group were caught off guard, we decided to replay the situation.
The First Branch leader secretly arrived here and is in the hiding along with the rest of the elders. Once the attack happens, they will come out and catch those criminals."
When Brother One and Dayus heard of this, they were stunned and looked at each other.
"No way, Branch leader said that he needs to meet with the other two branch leaders to form a proper plan to deal with him in case this fails. How can he be here? Why didn't I know of it?"
Brother One asked with agitation.
The leader just smiled and said.
"It is just that the First Branch leader was afraid that there might be some spies in your entourage so he didn't want to tell you the whole plan."
Even though the leader said that, Brother One could interpret what he really meant. The First Branch leader is suspecting that this was all orchestrated by Brother. After all, he was in the middle of this since the start and he is the one who was most active during this period. From introducing Sam as the enemy to the travel plans of the three young masters, everything was done by him.
Just like how the Brother One suspected Dayus after the plan backfired, the First Branch leader is also suspecting Brother One.
"It is better for you and your group to rest for a while. The plan will begin at evening near the river a few kilometers deep inside the forest."
"I want to meet with the Branch Leader."
Brother one asked seriously.
He is clearly mad for being left our like this. He is the core disciple of the Puppet Organization. He has certain privileges even if he is just a disciple. The Branch leader acting like this is not acceptable and he knew very well that his feigning would be exposed if this plan went through.
After all, Sam never attacked him.
But the leader acted as if he didn't see the mad expression of the Brother One and just said calmly.
"Branch Leader is in a secret location and wouldn't be able to talk with you now. We can talk after the task was over.
You have two hours, you rest along with your team. If you need anything, ask the attendant that was assigned for you."
With that the leader left along with the rest of the members. Only Brother one, Dayus and the rest of the entourage are left on the spot.
Brother one immediately took out a special communication and tried to contact someone, but suddenly he realized that he might in some surveillance and held back.
He went to the room assigned for him and took out his puppet.
This is a large puppet that looked a lot of like an ape.
He made some adjustments here and there and the chest of the ape opened as the metal plates slid to both sides.
There are a lot of holes in that area with metal spikes inside, they are for shooting at the enemies. Along with that, there is a hidden lever which he pulled.
The abdomen also opened up which is a much larger cavity with a lot of mechanisms. He bent forward and looked like he is making adjustments.
But in reality he activated a noise cancelling formation inside and took out a token to contact the leader of the squad two.
After trying for a dozen times, he still didn't connect, but he still tried and tried.
When it finally connected, there was also a knock on the door.
"Young Master, we need to go."
It is the attendant that was assigned to him.
Brother One hurried and said.
"We are aborting the plan. Leave immediately and go back to the capital."
With that he didn't even bother hearing the reply and just turned off the communication token as he came out of the puppet.
By now the attendant already entered the room.
When he saw that Brother One is fixing the puppet, he smiled and said.
"Branch leader is waiting. Please come. We need to execute the plan properly. So, let us go to the briefing."
He closed up the puppet and stored away before following the attendant out. He really wished that the squad 2 received the message and wouldn't come.
He is confident that they did as the communication was connected.
After an hour, Brother One, Dayus and the rest of the entourage are on their way towards the river with a bunch of fishing rods.
Everyone is tense.
A few hundred meters away the first branch leader is currently standing on the tree as he waited for the signal.
They stayed there for an hour. Brother One is relieved a bit that no one came.
But what he doesn't know is that the branch leader has a completely different opinion. An elder asked carefully.
"Branch Leader, there is no one showing up. Do you think the news leaked?"
The Branch leader didn't say and looked at Brother One, he is emitting a faint killing intent. The Elder was stunned and asked.
"Leader you couldn't be thinking…"
"Elder, you tell me something. In the middle of the city the arena entrance exploded and was timed to kill the Second young master. But coincidentally the first young master just happened to stop it from happening.
Then, he happened to have a friend who knew the person that attacked us and what his goal is, even though Agni also said that someone named Sam will try to trouble us, we have yet to see him or his team.
How can someone else know about this incident before our god could inform us? I felt that something is fishy about that Dayus then. He might be hiding something.
And all of this happened with the first young master, who believed that our organization needs to be unified. I couldn't help but think that these guys are taking advantage of the crisis and blaming all of this on Sam while they are doing all of this to deal with the competition.
Maybe Sam is coming, but that doesn't mean these people are completely unrelated to this incident.
If no one comes here to attack or if someone comes just to bluff here, then I will kill this First young master right here and now."
But as soon as he spoke, he saw a purple lightning-covered arrow zooming through the forest and landing near the river causing a flashy commotion.
