Containment Control Starts With the Umbrella

Inside the penthouse suite.

Hicks and a group of elite Marines were dressed in business-like winter clothes, such as trousers and turtleneck sweaters.

The dome cities of all the colonies have adopted the seasonal changes of the northern hemisphere on the earth, so it is winter in the northern hemisphere in November, and all the marines also put on winter clothes.

The main purpose of this group of lieutenant-level marine elites who came to Sirius 4 was to serve as backup for the local spies.

Because when the local agents investigated a company called 'Hozette', they found that this company was the actual controller of Sirius IV.

Most of the officers of the UNSC army regiment deployed here, including the regiment commander, have received various degrees of bribes from the Hozett Corporation.

And this Huozett company is similar in nature to Umbrella. It is an international arms company, but it also involves many fields.

Of course, other fields are just for the "icing on the cake" of Hozett's enterprise, and the real money is the sale of arms.

It is said that 80% of the UNSC's armament orders are taken by Umbrella, and 70% of the remaining 20 are taken by the Hozett company.

According to the various materials obtained by Agent Umbrella and artificial intelligence, Hozett’s roots were in Britain during World War I, and he made a fortune in World War II, the Vietnam War and other wars.

At the same time, there is also information that shows that the Huozett company also participated in the British "anthrax" experiment during World War II, so it also has rich biomilitary experience.

Simply put, Hozett Enterprises is an arms dealer similar in every way to Umbrella, only orders of magnitude smaller.

But Hozett is still a behemoth compared to other companies and businesses.

And according to the information of the agents deployed on Sirius 4, the ambitions of this Huozett company are not small, so Umbrella has to pay attention to this 'competitor' who is apparently safe and sound.

At the beginning of October 2019, Sirius IV agents discovered a large number of scientific researchers belonging to the Huozett Enterprise, and rushed to the No. 7 dome city of Sirius IV one after another.

And a tin mine not far from City No. 7 was also blocked by those UNSCs who had been bribed, prohibiting any irrelevant people from entering or leaving, thus attracting the attention of the agents.

But because there was no direct evidence, and because he didn't want to scare the snake, William dispatched the elite marines on the Infinity and secretly deployed it to Sirius 4.

After all, all the employee files on Infinity belong to A-level within Umbrella, and even the level that requires a special application to read.

So with the help of Serena, the artificial intelligence, Hudson, Hicks and other lieutenant-level elites have become the financial elites of "Spring Garden Street".

(Since Manhattan was devastated by Elizabeth Green, the status of Wall Street has gradually been replaced by "Spring Garden Street" in Haffa.)

In order to celebrate Christmas, this group of 'financial elites' came to Sirius 4 in advance for vacation and rented the penthouse suite of the most luxurious apartment in the center of the No. 1 dome city.

Every day, he spends a lot of money for entertainment, goes to various high-end nightclubs, and confuses the locals with his extravagant style.

As for their weapons and equipment...

Hicks, who was sitting on the sofa in the suite, looked at Hudson who had just entered the room and asked, "How is it?"

"Just met with the person in charge here." Hudson hung the windbreaker on the hanger and said while changing slippers:

"Tonight, a group of female agents will use the cover of call girls to take us to their stronghold, and then we can act."

Just like the conversation between Hicks and Hudson, those agents would lend their exclusive equipment to this group of elite marines.

As a near-earth colony, and a colony with a population of tens of millions, Umbrella will of course focus on 'taking care' of Sirius IV.

Therefore, the agents on Sirius 4 are relatively "surplus". Every time the company upgrades its equipment, the agents of Sirius 4 can always receive the new equipment as soon as possible.

"Yeah." Hicks nodded lightly, and reminded his comrades who were bored in the house, doing sit-ups or push-ups and other training:

"Guys, tonight we will change the equipment of the agents, and go to the blocked mine with them to confirm whether the project researched by the Hozett Enterprise is the anomaly that the company is worried about."

All fourteen marines stopped what they were doing and responded to Hicks: "Yes, Lieutenant Colonel."

"Hey…"

It was Hudson who sighed heavily, sat down beside Hicks, leaned his head on the soft sofa and looked at the ceiling.

?

Seeing that his best friend was a little sluggish, Hicks wondered, "What's wrong?"

"Tell me..." Hudson turned his head to look at Hicks, clapped his hands and complained:

"This time the boss gave us enough funds to act like the financial elites. This is really... hey!!!"

"Is there any problem?" Hicks asked even more puzzled.

"Why is there no problem??" Hudson suddenly sat up straight, looked around all his comrades in displeasure, and said with extreme dissatisfaction:

"Why can you all spend the company's money to spend the night with those young and beautiful models?? Huh??

Do you know how I spend these days? ah? At night, I watched you go to various hotels with models in your arms, and I returned to this broken suite alone.

When I think about tonight, I can no longer spend the company's money casually, Ma De, I am so aggrieved! "

"Hahaha!"

"I said, you asked to go back to the room."

"That's right, that's right, what did you say 'I'm a man with a family~'."

"That's right! 'Don't hang out with you gangsters', didn't you say these words yourself?"

After hearing Hudson's complaint, a group of people suddenly burst into laughter.

"Pfft..." Hicks, who has always been steady, couldn't help but chuckle, raised his left arm and put it on Hudson's shoulder, and said in a sincere tone:

"Dude, it's fine if you tell us this, if you let Gina know..."

!

Hearing Hicks say Gina, Hudson's face turned pale in a 'shua'.

He shook his head again and again and said, "Forget it, I'm a family man, and I can't let Gina and the children down."

"Hahaha!!"

Seeing Hudson's deflated appearance, a group of comrades laughed mercilessly again.

Ten years ago, after the Beacon incident, the duo, Gina and Hudson, got married and had children.

And because Hudson was transferred to the Zero Fleet, the salary and benefits were very considerable. In addition, the husband and wife received a huge bonus for helping contain a keter-level anomaly.

So Gina became a housewife and took care of the children wholeheartedly.

but…

After all, Gina is a girl from Russia, and her temper is relatively violent, so Hudson has become a famous "strict wife" in the Marine Corps.