Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!

Chapter 71 02.0071: ‘Back to Vegas’

In the F-4 block, a low-key black bulletproof hovercraft slowly drove into the alley and stopped, turning on the sentry mode.

The car and the trunk were filled with enough armor and helmets for four loyal marines to be fully armed, as well as weapons that might be used, including plasma and hot melt.

It was once an asset of the Ministry of the Navy, but now it belongs to Horatio.

Louise sat in the co-pilot seat, while Leidos and Fideo sat in the back seat.

Horatio originally applied to go alone, but for safety reasons, Commodore Peru decided to operate the entire team.

The entire series of tasks was named ‘Draining’ by the Military Intelligence Command.

As a servant of the Inquisition, Horatio is the key leader of this mission, and others play a supporting and guarding role. Even if Louise is the team leader, Commodore Peru hopes that she can accept Horatio’s arrangement.

However, Louise herself didn't care about these details at all. She only cared about the success of the mission and the safety of her teammates, and accepted the mission without hesitation.

Because it was a secret mission, no one wore a navy uniform outside. Horatio and Louise changed into shirts and windbreakers, while Leidos and Fideo both wore leather jackets to cope with the cold temperature and biting dampness underground.

But without exception, everyone's clothes had a hood to cover their faces when performing certain actions.

Although they were casual clothes, everyone wore soft armor that was both bulletproof and stab-proof under their clothes, which was very similar to the bulletproof soft armor of the 3K era, allowing the team members to still have the protection level of bulletproof armor in the dangerous underground world.

The four people got out of the car, each carrying a Lucius-type hell pistol equipped with a large energy block.

This quiet, fully automatic, energy-storing, high-penetration, precious burst laser weapon was handcrafted by the mechanical priest of Lucius Forge World adjacent to the Abyss Port, allowing the vanguard of this special operations team to fight any enemy.

Horatio also carried his father's relics, the Gothic MK3 Navy Revolver Pistol, and the matching fast loader.

When he was cleaning the gun, he found its name - the word "Luculus" was engraved just below the hammer.

This was the name of the last consul of the Roman Republic of Ancient Terra, forming a triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey.

Horatio didn't understand the thoughts of this father he had never met, but the dead were gone, and now he had his own things to do.

This was a hiding place mentioned by Deacon Jonathan, and it was also the largest base of the "Labor Gang" so far.

The sentinels in front of the door blocked Horatio's way, but they gave way in surprise when they saw his face.

"Welcome back, boss." Deacon Jonathan walked out of a house made of steel and quick-concrete, and looked at the people following Horatio.

"My fellow comrades."

Deacon Jonathan moved his eyes away from these imperial elites.

"What is the current status of our intelligence network?"

"It is barely maintained, but we are in a situation where we can't take care of it. Except for the F-4 block and the two places where we made our fortune in the port area, the intelligence network in other areas can only be said to be better than nothing."

Deacon Jonathan pointed to the account book on the table.

Horatio walked up and flipped through it. The handwriting was beautiful and the calculations were accurate, but the red deficit that came to his face made him frown.

"Who is doing the accounting now?"

The reason why Horatio asked this was because this was his job before.

"The daughter of a restaurant cook in the F-4 block, in addition to mixing drinks, she also does accounting for others."

Hearing the description, Horatio already knew who was doing the accounting.

But this girl didn't know who she was working for. Horatio had registered several shell companies to legalize the business activities of the labor gang.

"The labor gang must first solve the problem of survival, and then consider the intelligence network. No one can do good intelligence on an empty stomach."

"What do you need?" Horatio did not hide anything and asked directly.

"Funds, raw materials, ready-made food, heating energy batteries, and...qualifications and licenses. Other needs can be discussed later."

Horatio looked at Deacon Jonathan and motioned him to continue.

"Ready-made food and functional energy batteries are to solve the urgent problem.

But the workers need jobs. Although we have lost a lot of factory industries in Zone Zero, we still have a mechanical and electronic processing plant and a canning factory under our control, but the lack of raw materials makes it difficult for the factory to operate.

To make matters worse, your previously forged inspection certificate was reported by the opponent, and the hostile gang also bribed officials to cancel several of our legal qualifications and sealed the warehouse. These are all urgent problems to be solved."

Zero Zone is a densely populated factory area next to the PW-P-15 giant starport cargo area. Because the last number is '0', it is called Zero Zone.

"Where is the 'Workers Club'?"

On the surface, it is a restaurant and bar run by the Labor Gang, and also a place for rest and entertainment.

In fact, the underground part has secret passages, thinker arrays, arsenals, and advanced monitoring devices. It was once the intelligence transfer and assassination hub of the Labor Gang.

Some experienced killers who know the business will also have fun in it, waiting for Horatio to ask them for money to do things.

"One night, the place was robbed by armed men from the long-planned 'Poison Spider Gang'. Many people were killed. Now it has been transformed into a dirty brothel."

It was the building he saw when he first arrived at the F-4 block, with many sexy girls dancing inside.

Because the building had been greatly modified, many French windows for showing hot dances were replaced, and the nearby roads were widened and replanned.

He couldn't find the building at first glance when he came back here after such a long time. Finally, through the three-dimensional terrain inference in his mind, he was sure that it was the one he passed by.

"What's the situation in the underground part?"

"They didn't find it. The guards inside are very strict. I want to mobilize people to take it back, but many workers have families to support and can't afford the cost of fighting, so they have to leave it alone."

Horatio roughly understood the situation.

These are the things he needs to solve next, otherwise the intelligence network cannot be restored.

Fortunately, with the support of the Fleet Military Intelligence Command, he doesn't need to rack his brains like before, and calculate the price and cost to decimals before taking action.

"By the way, during this period, has a half-cat come over and report my name?"

"Yes. There."

Deacon Jonathan pointed to the house opposite.

The door was pushed open, and the half-cat girl was startled and quickly put down the half-disassembled gun in her hand.

After the improvement of food, her complexion was much better than before, and there was some meat and fat on her skinny skin. Although she was still thin, she looked good.

"Yoyo is now our scout. She has helped us warn of three attacks by hostile gangs. She has trained her body skills in the middle and lower nests for a long time and is good at hiding her whereabouts."

"You did a good job."

"Thank you... Boss." The half-cat girl pursed her lips and thanked: "I can eat on my own now."

Horatio looked into the half-cat's eyes and smiled and said: "Soon, you will have a new mission."

Yoyo nodded with curiosity in her eyes.

Horatio walked outside and said to Louise: "Prepare for infiltration strikes immediately."