Dual wielding volcanoes, killing through the west

Zhang Nero, just from the name you know he's terrifyingly strong.

He has a high opinion of the quality of Zhang Renfeng's products and believes they are definitely not inferior.

If one could also add the wondrous supernatural powers inherent in the Silverfrost bloodline, wouldn't that be like adding wings to a tiger, making it virtually invincible?

Once war truly breaks out, Gao Shu's task is to get the behemoth that is Sanyuan Heavy Industries on his side as much as possible. To achieve this, Gao Shu's relationship with the company cannot be severed. These plans should have begun long ago.

By advancing step by step each day, as long as one is determined, one can surely leave behind a great legacy of war for future generations who participated in the war!

By the time……

……

"What's wrong?" Yin Shuang got goosebumps from his stare and couldn't help but cross her arms. "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"If... we really get there and a fight breaks out... please take good care of yourself." Peregrine patted her shoulder and solemnly instructed her, "You are Takagi's future."

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"future?"

Alana crossed her legs, holding two slender lock-picking tools in her right hand. On the table were two tweezers and a probe, while her left hand rested on a large, clearly custom-made lock.

Her attention was probably 80% focused on this. She licked her lips, fiddling with the keyhole and making a clicking metallic sound, while shaking her head and saying, "I haven't thought about it much. I'll just do whatever the boss wants me to do."

"Of course, except for studying. I can't even recognize a few words, and you still want me to go to school... Isn't that just making things difficult for me?"

“Exactly, exactly.” Calaway took a big gulp of chilled whiskey, laughed heartily, and shouted, “Look at me, I can’t read a single word, but before… back in San Quintak, I was a sheriff, and I did a pretty good job, didn’t I?”

With a whoosh, as if by magic, he pulled the revolver out of its holster, twirled it in his hand, and performed an incredibly cool gunfight.

"As long as you have a skill, you can always make a living. The most important thing is to find what you are good at and keep honing that skill!"

"Haha." The chief chuckled, saying with a hint of helplessness, "Should I say you two are optimistic, or what..."

"Didn't Zhang say before that once the company's business grows bigger, he would split up some of the security work and set up a separate security company?" the chief said matter-of-factly. "At that time, you'll definitely be the ones managing that group, right?"

"Actually, about this..."

Calaway cleared his throat. "The reality is that things have changed slightly from the initial plan."

Chapter 840: A Beautiful Initial Intention

"Morgan?"

The chief, somewhat incredulous, repeated, "【Morgan Communications】?! Didn't it used to be something like 'Three Yuan'? He abandoned that strange name?"

Aside from Evelyn, Zhang Renfeng never explained the meaning of "Sanyuan" to anyone else. Yet, every company under his control was named that.

The chief naturally assumed that the company would be called something like "Sanyuan Security Company," but unexpectedly, this time they took a different approach and used Alana's surname as the company name.

“This was Igor’s request; he said the name should be as distinct as possible from the previous company,” Calaway explained.

"It's not just the name."

Alana sounded very excited, feeling honored to be named after herself, as if she were involved in a great undertaking. "It seems like everything was divided up in terms of business scope, members, and other details... all of which was done by sly Jimmy."

"At least on the surface, we are ourselves, a separate company, and have no connection with the boss's three companies."

"Why do this?" The chief couldn't understand it at all. "Aren't we all family?"

“Igor must have his reasons for doing this,” Calaway said nonchalantly after taking another big gulp. “He’s a genuine smart guy, and I’m just a stupid idiot who only knows how to shoot. I’ll never catch up to him in this lifetime. I’ll do whatever he says.”

"However, there's one thing I can guess without him saying it..."

Calaway paused for a moment, then pointed to the carriage behind him with his thumb, his smile fading slightly.

His features are actually quite deep-set, and he can be quite intimidating when he makes a serious expression.

If he could drink less, smoke less, and talk less nonsense when drunk, his image among young women would definitely be much better.

……

"There are too many people."

The carriages behind were filled with soldiers.

Unlike Mike and Mei, Caloway's side is a genuine force with considerable armed power.

In the current organizational structure, Alana is his assistant. The combination of the two is similar to that of Mike and May, with one being an experienced person and the other a newcomer.

However, Calaway also directly commands Meteora, the leader of the Lamon raiders.

This legendary ranger joined during the Battle of Lagras, and under his leadership, the force gradually grew in size. Their initial mission was to accompany the [Sanyuan Timber Company] in expanding their market, venturing deep into the southern lands to find suitable "recruits"—to make ample preparations for the impending, potentially explosive war.

When this decision was made, the Battle of Lagras had just ended, and Zhang Renfeng was still uneasy about the lack of troops. The Illuminati, like a ferocious lion, were ready to pounce at any moment. Zhang Renfeng decided to secretly amass troops and fight them to the death!

Several months have passed, and the world has changed so rapidly that it's breathtaking.

First, the Sanyuan Electric Manufacturing Company burst onto the scene, shocking the world and marking the official end of the era of kerosene and gas lamps. Generators, wires, electric lights... a whole series of related industries quickly spread, radiating to many states and counties in the south.

Then there's the famous "Takagi War," where they fought a real battle with the army, and won.

With the fall of the Cheddar family, the control over New Elizabeth was gone, creating a brief power vacuum.

Sanyuan Heavy Industry emerged out of nowhere, taking over the oil extraction, refining, and sales process with surgical precision, filling this huge gap.

From then on, New Austin, New Elizabeth, and half of Granite State were incorporated into their territory, forming an enclave.

Under these circumstances, the reputation of Sanyuan Group soared like a rocket.

There's no need for propaganda; defeating the army is the best propaganda we can do!

People from all walks of life rushed to the scene, expressing their determination to surrender. Many of them were former defeated Confederate troops who were still organized and had not completely collapsed. There were also some civilian resistance groups, similar to the former Ramoine raiders, who also wanted to take this opportunity to attach themselves to a powerful patron and secure a comfortable life.

The most outrageous thing was that some people somehow heard that Alana was an orphan, and several groups of people came to claim her as a relative, but they were all turned away. This gave the little girl a firsthand experience of what it means to have distant relatives even when you're rich.

In any case, there are just too many people, too many to manage.

The selection process alone took a lot of time, not to mention the subsequent training. After finally managing to find a usable group, they discovered the team was already far too large. Even with three companies in their own family, they didn't need so many security personnel; it would make the entire company structure extremely bloated.

Igor simply gathered these people together and set up a new "company." The essential functions remained the same, and it could also generate some revenue on the side, killing two birds with one stone.

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"So, this [Morgan Communications], specifically..."

“You can tell from the name, it’s mail delivery, mail delivery.” Calaway curled his fingers and gestured as if a carriage was traveling on the road. “Don’t you often see them? Gunmen riding in carriages, or following bank carriages, that’s a similar job.”

"From bank carriages to ordinary letters, everything can be sent through us, and we absolutely guarantee its safety."

“In addition, we also have our own intelligence network.”

“If a company has security needs, such as being robbed or stolen from, it can also hire Morgan Communications. Igor calls this ‘risk management.’ Anyway, we’ve trained so many people that our own company can’t use them all, so having other companies pay to hire them is also a source of income.”

When the topic turned to his career, Callaway spoke eloquently, clearly quite satisfied with the big project that was about to begin.

But the more the chief listened, the more he felt something was amiss.

During his time traveling the world, he had heard and seen many things, and it seemed that someone was already doing what Calaway had just described.

and……

"What you just said, isn't that..."

"The Pinkerton Detective Agency?"

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"laugh----!!!"

The train let out a sharp whistle and sped through a dense forest.

The shadows of the trees were imprinted on their faces, intertwining uncertainly at the edge of light and darkness.

"..."

“Business-wise, we’re probably about the same,” Calaway said with a smile. “But that’s okay.”

"We...we are us, how could we be like those insects? Right?"

……

The chief remained silent.

"Dong dong!"

After a rapid knock on the door, Meteora, dressed in a black suit and wearing a black hat, strode in, nodded slightly to the chief and Alana, and leaned close to Caloway, whispering something to him.

Calaway's expression changed, and he waved his hand, saying, "Stop the car!"

Chapter 841: Slay them again!

"My God..."

Stepping off the train and seeing the dense crowd, Calaway couldn't help but gasp, once again marveling at the undeniable charm of Zhang Renfeng.

Normally, when faced with a large-scale invasion by enemy forces, these unarmed workers, unable to resist, would most likely stay put and give up. According to Calaway's original plan, only a few key members, such as Mei and Mike, might escape to meet up with them somewhere and then plan a counterattack.

Who would have thought that these 4,000-plus people, including many elderly, women, and children, would actually be willing to escape with Xiaomei and try their hand at wilderness survival in the desolate mountains? What surprised him even more was that the leader was Xiaomei, a girl who had just turned 15 after the New Year, who had planned this escape!

Although the exhaustion on everyone's faces was undeniable, and they were all breathless with fatigue, they had indeed safely withdrawn from the heart of the enemy lines!

However, when he looked around and couldn't see Mike and Theon in the crowd, he had a rough idea of ​​what had happened.

“Mr. Callaway…” Upon seeing him, Mei, standing in the crowd, finally breathed a sigh of relief. “I…we…”

“Well done, Ms. Marston, very well done.”

Calaway no longer treated her like a little girl, but like a long-lost comrade-in-arms, gently patting her shoulder and saying in a deep voice, "Go and rest for a while."

"Let's discuss what to do next."

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The soldiers began to set up camp in place, but did not light any fires to avoid the smoke and fire being seen by others.

Xiaomei closed her eyes tightly, tilted her head back, and downed a whole bottle of brandy in one gulp, letting out a practiced sigh. It was hard to imagine that such a thing, typical of an old drunkard, could be made by a fifteen-year-old girl.

She fiercely wiped the wine stains from her face and, facing the crowd who came to her aid, recounted all the information she had gathered.

The peculiar inner workings of Oakwood.

The Illuminati's network of interests extends almost across the entire country.

Samuel Graves, standing at the heart of this fog, the mastermind behind everything... just a little bit more, just a final bit more, and he'll be brought down completely!

But it is precisely this last step that stands there like an insurmountable chasm, the most difficult to cross.

……

Even an optimist like Caloway became serious after listening to the whole thing.

“You mean… the person who defeated Mr. Zhang in a head-on fight, right now…” Meteora took a deep breath, her voice already trembling involuntarily, “is still in that city?”

Xiaomei paused for a moment.

It was only then that she realized the impact of this fact was far greater than it appeared.

Everyone present had seen it all; Zhang Renfeng's extraordinary personal strength was the key to their team's ability to overcome all obstacles.

Now, this sharpest sword has been broken in the process of slashing each other. Whether they can rematch it remains to be seen.

The chief immediately became alert. "How many other people know about this?"

"No," Xiaomei immediately shook her head. "Besides a few of us, we haven't told anyone else."

Meteora's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed a little.

As long as the information hasn't been leaked, it's not the worst-case scenario.

Otherwise, if morale starts to waver before the attack even begins, then we're truly doomed.

“You did the right thing. Old Zhang is our backbone, and we absolutely cannot let the people below know.” Calaway pondered for a moment, “...and we don’t need to worry about him. If it’s a predicament that even he can’t get out of, our presence will only cause more trouble.”

"Let's do our job well, come up with a decent battle plan, and at least get those old buddies out. Elan, Theon, and Captain Istvo's old men are all formidable fighters, capable of taking on a hundred men each. If they can all be released, this battle will still be a fight."

"Of course, if... it's the worst-case scenario, that they've all met with misfortune..."

"We must also be prepared to avenge them!"

Having grown up in Jack's gang, Calaway was used to life and death and never thought of the world as too beautiful.

A fall from a horse, a bullet—these can easily take a life. Moreover, this is a war of life and death; it's hard to imagine the other side letting them continue to live.