They drove towards the address Eric had given them, a location they’d studied on the map.
It was the broad countryside with a factory there, abandoned for many years.
Clearly, Eric was being deliberate.
In the deserted countryside, there was only a wide road around.
If Georgia’s cars arrived, Eric’s people would definitely find them.
They were in the open, while Eric was in the shadows. For this battle, it would be more costly on their side.
Wilson had brought a lot of men.
He sat there in the car, directly the formations from later on.
Robert and Ivan listened on in patience at the side. Georgia and Aston didn’t understand this sort of thing, so the two of them were silent.
According to their speculations, Eric wanted to play around with them, so Emilia had to be there.
As for what situation Emilia was in, that took confirmation.
With Eric’s personality, he’d have already strapped a bomb to Emilia, and might even have her trussed up on the rooftop. Whichever way was best to use Emilia to threaten them and torture them, Eric would do it.
But as for what methods he was using and what he was doing to Emilia, those were all guesswork.
They were planning their countermeasures based on Eric’s potential reactions.
There was danger ahead, but they couldn’t just up and deliver their heads on a platter.
So they had to speak about all possibilities and find a perfect solution with their own reactions, at least to minimize everyone’s chances of injury.
The best method was to negotiate with Eric and compromise, of course.
In the half hour, the car sped on.
After making rough plans, the car finally arrived.
Getting off, Robert got out with Georgia, with Wilson and Ivan following close behind.
Soon, a man in shades and a jacket walked over.
“Mr. Simpson, Miss Lane, our boss tells us only to let you two in.”
“That won’t do. He’s just going to do what he wants with the two of you if you go in!”
Aston shot down the invitation right away, while the man in shades grinned.
“Of course, our boss also says that if Miss Lane and Mr. Simpson don’t want to go in, that’s fine too. The only person who’s going to die is the lady inside, after all.”
At that, Ivan’s face changed.
“Tell your boss that I’ll go in. I’ll trade with the girl as your hostage.”
The man in shades shook his head.
“Dr. Simpson, the boss mentioned you. He says it doesn’t have much to do with you, and there’s no value for you to go in.”
Seemed like Eric was forcing a choice. He had the hostage. Before Georgia could say anything, Robert turned to Eric’s man.
“Words don’t mean anything. You have to at least show us that Emilia’s in there before we go in.”
“That’s fine, of course.”
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