The King of City

5 Athena Finds Her Target

“What?!  Are you kidding me?” Lionel asked that already seemed like a bad joke.

“Come on... If you are afraid, you won't come.” The man said, going ahead and entering the garbage container first.

Seeing this, Lionel entered the same place, but when he arrived there was nobody, he was really conflicted. Where could he go? Feeling the walls of the container, he realized that one of the unusual sounds were heard like people talking to each other.

Looking closer, he managed to see that somehow that wall had small openings, so he tried to open the small gate. In the end, he succeeded and went to the other side where there was a short tunnel that had to crawl on all fours.

“You took a long time.” The strange man said to Lionel

“There was no way I knew where to go.” Lionel said, he had found the journey very uncomfortable.

“Now if we can talk about business, what can Blackwing do for you?” The strange man said without really caring about Lionel's comfort.

“I need a false identity and settle in another country for a while.” Lionel said without finalizing details to measure how far these people's abilities would be.

“What country would it be?

“to Lucien.”

“Give me a couple of hours, we'll meet again there.” He said showing him a bar where you could have a few drinks.

After a couple of hours, the strange man returned with a small package in his right hand, sat at the table, and called Lionel to accompany him.

“This’s your new identity, your name is Larson, you are from Batesburg, you’re a real estate seller and you’re going to Lucien to give you a sabbatical year, that is why you rented the villa that is located here.” He said while pointing to a point in the Map.

“Thank you.” Lionel said picking up the package.

“Remember, you never met us, if we found out that you opened your beak, Charles and you will be dead.”

“Goodbye then!” Lionel said he understood the message and didn’t want to harm Charles who had helped him so well.

“Wait! That’s not free” He told Lionel that he was leaving absent-minded. Of course, Lionel paid, but with a lot of effort because the value was excessively expensive, so much so that the cash he was carrying was not enough, so he had to leave them as part of payment the imported watch that Amber had given him for his birthday.

Once he reached Lucien he was ready to begin his mission, he arrived in the town where the villa was located, he rented a van to go directly to his new home, however, when he got there he was surprised to see that the villa wasn’t alone and apparently his privacy and his plans won’t go as he expected.

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“Athena, we already have the identities of the men in the photograph.” one of his agents informed Corrine, “Athena, we already have the identities of the men in the photograph.” one of her agents informed Corrine.

“I'm going there.” replied Corrine, who immediately took her car and went to LICB in order to know first-hand who the guys were.

“Who’re the men?” asked Corrine

“According to preliminary investigations, they actually belong to a Blackwing faction, who are in charge of removing false identities from Lucien, their main clients are terrorist organizations and human trafficking groups- Corrine listened with satisfaction, for at last there were real leads to find Blackwing.

“The man in the dark overcoat is in charge of meeting with other clients in other countries and delivering false identities. The other guy, the one in the light suit, is in charge of managing a Lucien bar. The LICB agent continued, Corrine immediately came to mind the guy that she had seen in the early morning delivering a package to the person responsible for driving the truck that was in front of the bar that she had just inspected.

--Their modus operandi consists of having contact or subject in any country, that contact is in charge of "offering" their products, after which this contact makes the "order" to Blackwing and the man in the dark overcoat is the one who receives money and makes the delivery- Corrine was listening

- The shipment of each package or false identity can take around two weeks- continued reporting the agent

-They have a damn built- up company. “Corrine yelled.

“Yes director, also this week we tracked something unusual.” the agent expressed again

“What happened?” Corrine replied

“Yesterday they took out one of those packages, apparently, it contained identification and a forged passport.”

“Where did that lead?" Asked Corrine.

“We don't know yet.” replied the agent

“DAMN IT!” Corrine shouted.

“We could only find out that that same guy in the overcoat was in Tonversil visiting some Villas in order to rent one of them for his supposed boss, a renowned seller.”

“And did he rent any?” Corrine asked again.

“Yes director, he rented this Villa.” At that moment the agent showed Corrine a photograph of a very modest Villa in the area

“It seems that the man who is going to occupy it will arrive in two days.” the agent finished

“That supposed seller must be some important member of Blackwing, they are taking too much trouble to give him a home.” Corrine deduced, “It's time to organize a mission, that guy can take us to the boss of Blackwing.” said, Corrine.

After learning the information her men had obtained, Corrine set out to devise the plan to reach the mysterious vendor, she knew that she had to think fast because in two days that important member of Blackwing would be in Lucien planning more misdeeds and she couldn’t allow that. The first thing she thought about was infiltrating a couple of agents, but she immediately discarded the idea, since she wanted to fully deal with the infiltration of that criminal organization.

So her first decision was that she would be the LICB's infiltrator, her second strategy was to manage to occupy the Villa before Blackwing's man, which was extremely complicated since she had to look for the owner of the place and get her to rent it to her within two days. However, Corrine very surely risked looking for the owner of the Villa.

“Agent, I need a new identity immediately.” Corrine asked one of her men.

“Any special boss features?” asked the man.

“Mmmm ... that is a woman born in Tonversil who did her university studies in architecture far from the town and decided to return to do research on the architectural style of the town.” indicated Corrine, “Let's call her Mary.” Corrine finished.

“Understood, in an hour we will have your new identity boss.” said the agent.

“I’m surprised by his speed- congratulated the man Corrine. As the agent promised, he delivered Corrine's new identity on time.

“Gentlemen, today I’ll go to the most important mission for LICB, I want you to be attentive to all the information that I transmit to you.” Corrine said energetically

“I don’t know how long the mission takes, maybe a week or ten years, here the important thing is to dismantle Blackwing and stop the misdeeds once and for all.” said Corrine

“Yes director.” all the agents who would support her from the LICB offices responded in unison.

Minutes later Corrine left for Tonversil with a new identity and unsure of obtaining the Villa before the alleged Blackwing man arrived. Once she reached the town she looked for the owner of the Villa

“Good afternoon, are you Mr. Cont?” Asked Corrine

“That's right young lady.” replied Mr. Cont dryly who was the owner of the Villa.

“Can I talk to you for a moment? I’m interested in a property.” Corrine asked again

“Yes, of course, go ahead.” Cont replied a little more kindly than the previous minutes

“You see, I’m an architecture student and I came to Tonversil to study its buildings in order to carry out a little research for my University- Corrine told him

“I don't understand what I have to do with your investigation.” replied the man.

“You can help me a lot, Mr. Cont, I know that you own many Villas in this town where some magnificent buildings were built and I would like to rent one.” Corrine continued talking.

“Of course, at the moment I have two Villas that you might like.” said the man willing to show him the photographs of each of the Villas that he had just mentioned to her.

“Don't worry, I don't need to see photographs, I want a specific one.” Corrine continued.

“It is this.”at that moment Corrine showed Mr. Cont the photograph of the Villa in which her objective was to stay.

“I'm sorry girl, that Villa is no longer available, a few days ago I rented it and soon the new tenant will come.” said the man.

“I can share it, I only need it for my research.” Corrine insisted.

“I don't think it's possible, I signed a contract.” explained Mr. Cont

“I promise to pay you if you let me stay there, it will only be for a few hours a day.” Corrine continued insisting, she knew that she must be very persistent because otherwise, her plans would fall apart.

“I don't think so, young lady.” the man replied again

“I give you $ 50,000 USD.” Corrine said to Mr. Cont

“Where are you supposed to get that from, if you're a young student?” He answered surprised Cont

“The research is really important and the University allocated that money for the purpose, understand Mr. Cont, that place is an architectural jewel.” Corrine explained to sound convincing.

“Mmmm ... the only possibility I give you is that you talk to the man who will take the place, he will arrive tomorrow.” said Mr. Cont. Those were the words that Corrine was waiting

“Of course, I do, Mr. Cont.” Corrine answered cheerfully, “Can I take the place today then? I can give you the money now.” Corrine expressed.

“Okay girl, these are the keys, if the man doesn´t allow you to stay I won’t return your money.” said Mr. Cont flatly

“Don't worry Mr. Cont, thank you very much.” Corrine said before heading to the Villa.

Once at Villa Corrine, she settled and unpacked her luggage. All she had to do was wait for the arrival of the Blackwing man, who didn’t even have an image to identify him.