Starting from the Planetary Governor-Chapter 788 - 435, Act According to the Script

Chapter 788: Chapter 435, Act According to the Script

“Is this the External Intelligence Agency?”

“Is this the Investigative Bureau?”

When Arno and Amanda met again, they asked each other simultaneously.

But apparently, it was neither.

What they referred to was, of course, the incident that occurred on Baishuo Starport, where flashes of light had burst forth in the night sky.

There was no specific intelligence yet, but it was clear that something major had happened at the Starport, and it was the work of the Alliance.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have received orders from their superiors to continue their mission.

“It wasn’t us. Could it be the Military Intelligence Bureau? But Martin has already lost contact…” Amanda was doubtful.

“Either he’s actually fine and has just moved locations, or there are other agents from the Military Intelligence Bureau in action, or it’s some other department of the Alliance,” Arno offered several conjectures, “but all of this is irrelevant now. What we need to do is to carry out the orders from our superiors. Since we’ve ensured that there will be reinforcements, our operation must continue.”

“I understand,” Amanda nodded slightly but soon felt troubled, “It’s easy to say, but so hard to do. The politicians and business owners I’ve been in contact with are all wavering. I’ve lost contact with many, and some have even started to doubt my identity. My previous cover identities are probably all blown.”

Hearing this, Arno also felt it was a tricky situation.

Although the rebellion was significant and they took advantage of the chaos to assassinate Zelos, the Star Sector leader, in reality, they didn’t have many core operatives.

The scale of the rebellion might have been around fifty thousand people; among them, only one-tenth dared to take up arms and fight. When the rebellion turned into an armed conflict with the local planetary police force, most of the rebels had already scattered in fear.

And this one-tenth, just a few thousand, were merely at the level of armed workers with little military training to speak of.

If it weren’t for the backbone made up of agents from the Investigative Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau, along with some elite special forces brought in by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the military wouldn’t have needed to step in, the police alone would have been able to suppress it.

Even so, that the rebellion lasted vigorously until this third day was largely due to the efforts of the Alliance Foreign Affairs Department.

An Alliance diplomat was here constantly running around; the External Intelligence Agency, under the Foreign Affairs Department, which Amanda and her colleagues belonged to, had shaken some of the local politicians and wealthy merchants. The covert help they provided also played a pivotal role.

Some police forces were tied down; some private militias went unused; even some of the supplies came from them.

But now that they were wavering, much of the help had vanished.

Moreover, after daybreak, the military was likely to move in.

What to do?

Arno didn’t know either.

They had taken the Shuoguo City Government, but the Governor of Baishuo wasn’t there, and most of the government officials had already slipped away.

“For now, we can only hold the government building,” he said.

Arno couldn’t think of a better plan.

“Let’s hope the support from our superiors is strong enough and arrives in time.”

…

The wee hours of the morning, the sky was still dim. The light drizzle from the night had turned into a torrential downpour at the break of dawn. The sky was covered with dark clouds, rain was pouring, and thunder boomed.

Arno Chinko, who personally led the team defending the Shuoguo City Government building, was now engulfed in fierce combat.

Not only had the police intensified their offensive, but a vanguard from the Planetary Defense Force had also arrived.

Despite being only roughly the size of an infantry battalion, their presence brought a crushing change.

The Planetary Defense Force was typically battered by the Green Skins, but in truth, they were not weak; they were, after all, a regular army within the planet.

Their side, mainly consisting of armed rioters, truly couldn’t withstand the onslaught.

Furthermore, the enemy had brought out artillery.

The 105mm caliber artillery fire coming through the rain wasn’t particularly fierce, but it was clearly something the unarmed rioters with no means of response couldn’t cope with.

Under the heavy bombardment, the government building’s defenses began to falter that morning. The inadequately trained armed personnel started to suffer mass casualties and morale was on the verge of collapsing.

Although the infantry battalion’s first tentative ground assault was somewhat impaired by the heavy rain and was repelled by the elites of the Alliance, the next wave, with more intensive artillery barrages followed by an infantry charge, would undoubtedly be unstoppable.

Was this really the end?

Just had an artillery shell exploded in the next room, leaving Arno’s ears ringing and deafened, he was now completely out of ideas.

Leaning against the wall, rainwater trickled down from the damaged wall.

He had only one thought: where were the reinforcements?

As he pondered, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky.

Beneath the suddenly illuminated clouds, he saw many black dots.

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What was that?

A light sparked in his eyes!

It was the relief force!

Grabbing the nearby radio, he shouted excitedly, “Comrades! Hold on! Our reinforcements have arrived!”

There were voices of doubt in the communication channel, with some thinking Arno was lying to boost morale.

Arno didn’t bother explaining further, he simply said, “Look up at the sky.”

Then, many cheers came through the communication channel!

Clearly, they too had seen it.

Not only the ones inside the government building but also the Planetary Defense Forces outside had taken notice.

They became visibly desperate, launching a violent assault on the government building.