From Bullets To Billions novel Chapter 608

Chapter 608: The Price of Arrogance

"Sir, it seems that the Bloodline group has purposely sent their absolute strongest fighters out individually to act as a series of heavy distractions, or perhaps to systematically stop us floor by floor," one of the towering men in the lab coats stated, his mechanical exoskeleton whirring as they left the ruined showroom behind.

It wasn’t just him, though; the rest of the elite guards had all clinically come to the exact same tactical conclusion. It was glaringly obvious. It was almost as if the regular defenders had been strictly told not to engage with the command group, deliberately leaving the path clear for these isolated, super-powered duels.

"I feel the exact same way," Ramon replied coldly, not even breaking his confident stride as he adjusted his cuffs. "But it honestly doesn’t matter. The end result is exactly the same either way. I will simply step over their corpses and drag that damned chairman out of his office myself."

Up in the security room, Vivian was brilliantly playing directly on their deeply ingrained Syndicate arrogance.

The brutal tactical truth was that if Ramon and his elite guards had actually swallowed their pride and stuck completely together to take on Na in the showroom, or teamed up against Stephen at the front barricades, their combined, overwhelming mechanical power would have easily been able to deal with the Rangers and quickly move on.

Yet, Ramon was arrogantly rushing things. He firmly believed that his individual exoskeleton operatives were fundamentally stronger than any Altered or martial artist the Bloodline had to offer. Which was exactly why he continued to carelessly leave his men behind in one-on-one duels so he could continue his direct ascent to the top.

Although Vivian had confidently set this trap, she had also meticulously come up with backup situations and worst-case scenarios to try and stop the command group if they did attempt to stick together and attack the Rangers all at once. She had pinpointed exactly where each of the Rangers should tactically try and engage from, and then provided secure fallback routes for them to reach the heavy fire doors and retreat before the others could surround them.

This contingency plan was exactly why the absolute last stop on Vivian’s defensive list was the training arena on the upper floors. Just in case things didn’t go exactly as planned and the Syndicate attacked as a unified front, eventually, it would all be forced to end up in one , apocalyptic clash in the arena: all of the Rangers standing together against Ramon, Darius, and the surviving heavy hitters.

However, things were currently going perfectly to her original plan. It looked like Ramon was most likely going to confidently continue dividing his forces exactly that way. Vivian’s read on his ego was flawlessly right.

When Ramon’s shrinking command group made it up to the next designated area, they aggressively entered the Fortis gaming and recreation room. And this was exactly where Darno was firmly holding the line.

"This is getting incredibly frustrating!" Darno yelled, his voice booming over the chaos of the room.

He lifted his heavy leg and delivered a devastating, blunt-force kick right to the neck of one charging Gilt Rat thug. The sheer impact sent the man flying horizontally into another armed intruder, toppling them both over into a pile of shattered arcade cabinets.

As another brave street fighter came charging blindly toward him with a brass-knuckled punch, Darno effortlessly swatted their hand away like a fly. Without missing a beat, Darno lunged forward and brutally headbutted the man square in the forehead. A sickening crunch echoed through the room, and a physical indentation could be seen in the thug’s skull as he dropped completely lifeless to the floor.

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