Chapter 18: Riots, Speeding Cars, and Positioning Devices

　　Lina is a little anxious now.

　　It was now four o’clock in the morning, Galaxy Universal Time, and the news that kept coming in kept her completely unable to sleep.

　　There was a midnight riot at Cole Harbor Prison.

　　The riot happened two hours ago. The main control room on the lower three floors was inexplicably powered off. The doors of each cell were opened directly. The gang of villains imprisoned on the lowest floor broke away from the control and easily seized the weapons of the guards.

　　Now, this group of thugs were engaging in a head-on firefight with the Peace Guards who were rushing over, and the sound of explosions had spread throughout half of Cole Harbour.

　　New pictures kept popping up on Lina’s internet terminal. These were pictures of the gangsters captured by her men, with detailed logos next to them.

　　To Lina’s relief, Hamilton is not in these photos for the time being.

　　The mastermind of the riot was Kolev, a fairly well-known pirate leader who had been active for many years.

　　’Why are these damn pirates causing trouble at this time? ‘

　　’Is Hanton involved? ‘

　　Lina rubbed her eyebrows.

　　Staying up late tonight can cause her skin to age by three months!

　　Lina was sure that the three parties that were now eyeing Hanton - the Sherman Empire’s Military Intelligence Agency, the New Federal Third Bureau of Investigation and the unit she actually worked for. She was the only one who knew Hanton’s true value.

　　[Hanton is the only result of the Imperial Martial God Project. 】

　　What’s even more rare is that Hanton is extremely stable. If he doesn’t fight, he will be just like an ordinary person. Various testing instruments will only find that his body temperature is slightly high, and there will be no other abnormalities.

　　This biomodification technology is almost an epoch-making achievement!

　　Lina had already made perfect arrangements. As soon as her own escort fleet arrived in the airspace near Cole Port, she could use Cole Port’s hidden line to force Hanton back.

　　As long as we return to the territory of the Guel Alliance, all problems will be non-issues.

　　In order to stabilize Hanton, she can completely sacrifice her beautiful body that she has cherished for more than thirty years, and this is not a loss-making deal.

　　But now, things suddenly changed.

　　’These damn pirates! ‘

　　Boom, boom, boom!

　　There was a knock on the hotel room door, and a pop-up window appeared in front of Lina, showing three men and three women outside the door.

　　Lina rushed to the door barefoot, opened the door to let her men in, then quickly closed the door and turned on the shielding device.

　　”How’s it going?” Lina asked calmly.

　　”Sir, we can’t tell what happened inside Cole Harbor Prison. They cut off all Internet-connected devices. These thugs behaved very professionally and were more efficient than our special operations forces.”

　　”We used detection equipment to check, and there were no large-scale casualties in the prison. The guards seemed to have lost their ability to fight very quickly. According to our speculation, they were knocked unconscious by the sleeping gas.”

　　Lina’s eyes became sharp: “Are you sure?”

　　”It’s confirmed that the guards are now being held in the cells on the sixth floor. There are very few casualties and almost all have life-threatening injuries.”

　　Oops!

　　Lina felt powerless all over her body, and she could only keep herself as calm as possible.

　　If everything goes as he speculated - Hanton fought head-on with the Valkyrie and survived - then Hanton would not have any difficulty at all in solving this poorly disciplined medium-sized prison.

　　The only uncertainty now is whether Hanton’s identity as a reformer has been exposed.

　　She didn’t dare to gamble.

　　”Sir, what’s wrong?”

　　”nothing.”

　　Lina did not mention Hanton to her intelligence officers. It was the only way to prevent Hanton from being exposed.

　　Now, she has to make a decision.

　　”Start planning ahead.”

　　Lina’s beautiful face was full of determination:

　　”At all costs, let our fleet arrive in the airspace near Cole Port as soon as possible. Remember, at all costs! Even if there are subsequent casualties! Let our tentacles hidden here be activated!”

　　”Yes, sir!”

　　The six people left in a hurry.

　　Lina hurried back to the bedroom of the suite. She lay down beside the bed with her slender but substantial body. She took out a palm-sized screen and a button-sized host. After lighting up the screen, she quickly typed in the code.

　　Soon, Cole Harbor’s complex three-dimensional topography like an ant hole filled the entire screen.

　　Lina quickly entered a few commands, and a light green cursor appeared at the location of Cole Harbor Prison.

　　As the map zoomed in, Lina quickly discovered that the cursor had reached the edge of the prison and quickly crossed the prison boundary line.

　　He’s out!

　　Hanton left prison almost unhindered!

　　’How did he do it? ‘

　　Lina immediately grabbed the contact device.

　　She couldn’t let Hanton escape her control.

　　...

　　”Oh ho ho!”

　　The floating pickup truck, whose chassis emitted blue light, sped along the empty metal street.

　　In the passenger seat, Kolev was wearing black leather pants and a leather jacket, with a black turban on his head. His wrinkled face was full of excitement, and he kept making strange screams.

　　In the driver’s seat, Hamilton, who was studying how to drive a hover car, frowned at the old man.

　　He was a little worried about the old pirate’s mental state and cardiovascular endurance.

　　The two of them already respect each other.

　　In the process of seizing control of the prison, Hamilton showed a small part of his personal strength; Kolev showed his excellent pirate business ability, as well as his ability to incite and organize prisoners.

　　Now, the battlefield has been handed over to the group of over-excited prisoners.

　　They secretly changed into slightly more normal attire and used the pickup truck equipped in the prison kitchen to sneak out.

　　——This is also part of Kolev’s plan.

　　The hovervan had a biometric device, but Kolev easily hacked into its system.

　　”We should have some music!”

　　Kolev fiddled with the center console and chuckled:

　　”This is so awesome! The two of us actually took down that prison, First Mate Hanton! With your strength and my brains, we can become the most powerful pirates in the galaxy! Oh, why am I already old! Isn’t this fair!”

　　The old man suddenly began to feel sad.

　　Hamilton smiled: “I didn’t come to this world to be a pirate, Mate Kolev.”