Chapter 387 The Castle Meeting
Victoria, Western Region.
This area is a stretch of rugged mountains.
Halfway up the mountain, in a dilapidated old castle.
Around a long, narrow dining table, nearly ten middle-aged men in suits were seated.
They had different skin tones, hailing from various countries.
The light here was dim, and even the windows were somewhat broken, reminiscent of a vampire castle in a movie.
At the head of the table, a deep voice spoke, "Gentlemen, I spent six whole days personally inviting each of you here."
Someone responded from below, "Sir, it's not that we didn't want to come, but what you're proposing is too risky for us!"
"Do you know why I chose this place for our meeting?"
The figure at the head of the table leaned forward from the shadows, revealing a balding man from Victoria, Sterling, the ruler of Victoria.
"Because I know better than anyone what kind of person the leader of the Punisher Organization is!"
Sterling sneered, "The Punisher Organization indeed has many powerful modified individuals!"
"But!"
"You would never guess that their leader is just a hacker!"
"The hacker who almost blew me up several times, Paul Four!"
"The Punisher Organization has an island and corporate support because he used his hacking skills to threaten them!"
"He has access to modification technology, likely obtained through hacking!"
"He discovered the secrets of our modification institutions using his hacking skills!"
Sterling's expression grew intense as he spoke.
His grudge against Paul Four ran deep!
In Sterling's world, Elbert had never shown any other skills, only a series of sharp hacking operations!
"Don't worry."
"I personally invited each of you using private planes."
"No network communications were used!"
"And this castle, with a 400-year history, has been abandoned for nearly 100 years, with no electronic devices. Even the lighting is from candles I brought!"
"This mountain area doesn't even have network signals!"
"All communication devices were left five miles away!"
"No matter how skilled Paul Four is, he can't find us!"
Sterling's eyes narrowed, his gaze cold, "You are all representatives of powerful nations. I assume none of you are willing to be threatened by the Punisher Organization, living with a sword hanging over your heads, unable to sleep peacefully?"
Someone below chuckled helplessly, "Mr. Prescott, are you suggesting we unite against the Punisher Organization? My country is too weak to take on such a task. Please don't include us!"
"Sterling, my country too!"
"We won't participate in this matter!"
"Yes, don't include my country either!"
Nearly ten country representatives at the table, upon guessing Sterling's intention, had no other thoughts and retreated one after another!
"Cowards!"
Sterling stood up abruptly, "Victoria will take the first step in this matter!"
He gestured, and a bodyguard immediately handed over a stack of photos!
Sterling pointed to the first photo, speaking in a low voice, "This is our Victoria's Black Shark torpedo submarine, which participated in the war in 1981 and retired in 1990!"
"It's been scrapped for 30 years, with no records!"
"Ten days ago, I had it restored!"
Sterling pointed to the second photo, "This is a 30,000-ton neutron bomb seized from international mercenaries, manufactured by stateless individuals, also with no records!"
The room fell silent, sensing something was seriously wrong.
Sterling's gaze was chilling, "This 30,000-ton explosion is just enough to flatten a 20-mile diameter!"
"Even the seawater within would evaporate completely!"
"I have now equipped the Black Shark with the neutron bomb!"
"And the Black Shark has been isolated from all external communications, hidden at a depth of 1,100 feet in the Wavehaven sea area of Veridiania for five days!"
"No one knows of its existence now!"
The crowd was shocked upon hearing this!
It wasn't hard to imagine!
"Mr. Prescott, you plan to use nuclear weapons!"
"You intend to destroy the Punisher Organization's Phantom Island!"
"This is too extreme!"
The few present were completely frightened by Sterling's madness!
They could hardly believe it!
"Extreme?"
"Compared to being suppressed by the Punisher Organization for the next hundred years, even centuries, living in darkness, is this extreme?"
"So what if it violates international conventions?"
"So what if it brings future infamy?"
"Do we have to live in humiliation forever?"
Sterling roared angrily!
"Besides!"
"If you don't speak, and we don't speak, who will know the truth of this matter?"
Sterling squinted, "The worst outcome is Veridiania's anger, the alliance's anger, but so what?"
"We, united here, represent the world's ten strongest nations!"
"We just need to calm the consequences, blame it on the mercenary organization, and turn a big issue into a small one, and a small one into nothing!"
"No one will know it was Victoria's doing!"
"Although there will be a period of international turmoil."
"But!"
"The Punisher Organization will disappear!"
"The major threat to all of you will disappear!"
"The Punisher Organization's E-level heroes, even F-level heroes, are powerful!"
"But can they withstand a nuclear bomb?"
"Can they?"
"They will all turn to ashes!"
At this point, Sterling's eyes were filled with bloodthirsty light, completely losing his sanity!
He was determined to eliminate Paul Four and the Punisher Organization, otherwise, as the ruler of Victoria, he would live in constant fear!
The crowd's eyes widened, their hearts stirred!
This was utterly insane!
This wasn't just anything; even with a small explosion range, it was still a nuclear weapon!
After a long time, an Arcturus representative gritted his teeth, "We agree!"
The crowd was stunned, their hearts slowly swaying!
After all, this was led by Victoria and operated by Victoria!
If successful, the countries only needed to maintain order!
If it failed, they could deny involvement, claiming their country knew nothing!
After ten minutes of deliberation!
The desire for destruction overcame reason!
The representatives of various countries exchanged glances and slowly raised their arms in agreement!
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