novelODS Chapter 49 Cutting the Back Row
Chapter 49 Cutting the Back Row
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yong's face immediately darkened.
What's going on? How did Nott manage to lock onto them?!
In the midst of his busy schedule, he took a moment to glance at the screen of the interstellar terminal, intending to confirm the current location of Group Two. What he found was shocking—the rendezvous point between the Dark Raven and the members of Group Two was, unfortunately, right within the surveillance range of the Army Ant Company Commander!
However, the ant company commander's surveillance range is not small, enough to cover half of Munger Town, so he can't blame his luck.
"Wait a moment……"
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Jiang Yong's mind, and he realized a problem: before the operation, he had read the files on the members of Group Two and the spy Dark Raven, and knew that their disguise and infiltration skills as intelligence agents were sufficient. Even if an ordinary person stood by and listened to their conversation, they wouldn't realize they were actually meeting. Moreover, they wouldn't use such a clumsy method as face-to-face communication; as experts who could freely control their Pokémon abilities, they had countless ways to exchange information discreetly.
To catch such a person, only an expert with similar expertise in reconnaissance and tracking can personally take action; a commander-in-chief of an army ant company who needs to divide his attention into hundreds of parts is not enough!
More advanced swarm-type elves could use each offspring as a terminal, leveraging their internal psychic network to allow true intelligence experts to gather clues and bypass radio transmission. However, the army ant platoon leader level is insufficient; its hundreds of offspring can only perceive through smell and vibration, making information transmission inefficient and completely inadequate for the technical communication required for espionage.
This mechanism is only suitable for conveying simple conclusions such as "found," "not found," or "at a certain location." However, finding spies inevitably requires a tightly coordinated team, and at the level of Carlo, internal information exchange must and can only be done via radio.
In fact, the group's communication had been constantly monitored by the interstellar terminal. Jiang Yong had reminded the second group several times to evade their detection, so it was completely transparent and posed no threat whatsoever.
The various clues quickly pieced together, and a fairly plausible possibility began to emerge in Jiang Yong's mind—
That means Nott hasn't actually confirmed whether the person at that location is the contact!
After one group was exposed, he raised his vigilance to the highest level, and had to personally investigate any news or disturbances reported by the ant company commander.
If that's the case, then there's still a chance!
"Chen Yue, did the contractor who controls the reconnaissance spirit go out with Nott?"
The moment the speculation occurred, Jiang Yong immediately looked down and asked into the communicator.
"...No, he's still alone in his room!"
Jiang Yong was overjoyed—the other party had been careless!
He probably felt that he wouldn't need to solve the problem himself for long, so he temporarily kept his informant alone!
Moreover, they remained in radio silence throughout, so if Jiang Yong hadn't had the combat panel, he wouldn't have been able to find their location at all. The probability of it being a decoy trap is very low!
Jiang Yong now faces two choices: one is to watch the second team and the entire spy squad be wiped out and the mission fail; the other is to remove Nott's informant, which has a certain probability of drawing him back, but will also put himself in danger...
Damn it, I gambled!
"...Roman, get to this spot and activate the Polarized Maze skill, then wait for me!"
Jiang Yong gritted his teeth, quickly made a decision, pointed to a location on the map, and then turned and ran.
A terrifyingly large red number burst out from above the other person's head, a white light flashed across his body, and then he fell straight down.
[You have defeated the level 25 "Army Ant Company Commander" and gained 2060 experience points!]
[You have defeated a level 12 "Tian Du Cheng Special Agent" and gained 3090 experience points!]
"That's some serious damage."
Jiang Yong's eyelids twitched—even if Nott himself were to receive this attack, if he didn't react in time and activate his defensive skill, one of the Pokémon would be instantly killed.
The Contractor and the Fusion Spirit share attributes, including health points, somewhat like the shared damage between a Stand and its user. Therefore, even though most of the Army Ant Captain's offspring are scattered, this attack will still affect the main body as long as it hits it. Furthermore, due to its immense power, the attack not only killed the Army Ant Captain but also destroyed the Contractor's main body with the aftershocks.
Therefore, mastering the distance between yourself and the spirit is an important skill, as it determines whether the contractor's main body has an additional role in the battle or simply increases the area of attack.
The "Overload" attack had just drained a lot of his stamina, leaving Jiang Yong feeling unwell. He was about to use his spiritual threads to escape after his successful strike...
"asshole!!!"
A furious roar suddenly rang out from afar, and countless thick white arcs of electricity arrived without warning, like a crazed and ferocious giant python smashing straight into Jiang Yong's chest!