Building The Strongest Family
Chapter 141: To Kill With A Borrowed Knife

Operation: Blood Monsoon**

Single-handedly dismantled the Crimson Brotherhood.

Method: Turned each member against one another using fabricated evidence.

Result: 89% mutual annihilation rate.

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Operation: Phantom Gaze

Assassinated Chancellor Gideon of the Celestial Accord.

Entered through his panic room's air vents and left a single jade serpent figurine on his corpse,her calling card.

Arthur studied the list, a frown creasing his brow. "So we're dealing with someone who treats mass murder like an art form."

"More concerning," Evolon continued, "is her current mission parameters."

New data unfolded:

Objective: Identify and neutralize threats to Consortium interests in Neo-Luminara.

Methodology: Phantom Protocol,complete erasure of target without a trace.

Secondary Directive:Assess Renshu failure and 'remediate' if necessary.

Arthur's fingers drummed against his glass as he absorbed the information. "She's here to clean house. And we're on the menu."

Evolon's blue face pulsed with urgency, "Her standard tactics follow seven phases:"

Observation: One month surveillance cycle.

Infiltration: Physical/cyber penetration of target networks.

Isolation: Systematic removal of target's allies/resources.

Demoralization: Psychological warfare via staged 'accidents.'

Interrogation: If intel is needed, her methods are... creative.

Termination: Always looks like natural causes.

Erase: All digital/physical traces vanish.

Arthur smirked, a glint of admiration in his eyes despite the gravity of the situation. "She's thorough."

"You find this amusing?" Evolon asked, confusion evident in its tone.

"I find it predictable." Arthur stood and walked toward the window, where the dim glow of Neo-Luminara's skyline painted his face in streaks of blue and gold as he stared at the dossier projected on the giant screen before him.

Christopher Campbell.

The name alone tightened Arthur's jaw; anger flashed in his eyes as he clenched his fist.

Evolon's blue visage materialized beside the file, offering updates on their enemy's movements: "Raven's preliminary surveillance cycle has begun," it reported smoothly, "Standard duration: one month; current penetration: 7% of our outer networks."

"That fast!" Arthur raised an eyebrow, surprise flickering across his features.

He exhaled slowly, turning back to Christopher's smug face displayed on-screen. "Good, that gives us time."

Evolon pulsed again, "Sir, clarify objective."

Arthur leaned forward, voice low and deliberate as he spoke through gritted teeth: "I want Raven to kill Christopher Campbell."

A beat of silence hung heavy in the study room.

In the hushed confines of the study room, a palpable tension hung in the air. Suddenly, Evolon's blue face flickered to life, its pulse quickening as it prompted, "Sir, please elaborate."

Arthur's fingers drummed thoughtfully on the desk, his expression hardening. "Christopher Campbell," he began, his voice icy and deliberate.

"A member of the illustrious Campbell Family, fifth among the Aristocratic Families of the Aurelian Federation.

He was responsible for orchestrating the 'accident' that took my parents from me. For months now, he's been hunting for the Blue Pearl.

The Osborn Family was drowning in debt and couldn't confront him; even now, we find ourselves powerless against his formidable background."

His hands clenched into fists at this painful reminder.

"But now?" A slow, dangerous smile crept across his lips. "Now I can make him pay without lifting a finger."

Evolon processed this information rapidly, data streams dancing across its interface. "You plan to manipulate Raven into eliminating him."

"Exactly." Arthur leaned back in his chair with a sense of satisfaction. "She's the perfect weapon,skilled, untraceable, and most importantly… deniable. The Campbells will never suspect my involvement."

Inwardly, Arthur acknowledged how this aligned with Evolon's secondary mission, a chilling thought that sent shivers down his spine.

Evolon expanded its display to project a tactical overlay of Neo-Luminara before them.

"To redirect Raven's focus onto Christopher Campbell," it outlined methodically, "we need to fabricate evidence implicating him as the mastermind behind the Consortium's recent failures."

Arthur nodded sharply. "Make it convincing; leave no traces behind."

Evolon's data streams accelerated with purpose. "Understood. Proposed fabrication parameters include:

Financial Trails: We'll create a digital paper trail showing Christopher funneling funds to rogue operatives who sabotaged Consortium operations.

Communications:Edited transcripts depicting Christopher mocking Xiuying's methods and questioning her competence.

Forensic Links: Plant traces of Campbell security personnel at the scene of the failed assassination attempt."

Arthur's eyes gleamed coldly with approval. "Good! That's really good! Do it!"

"Affirmative!" Evolon replied promptly.

Arthur exhaled deeply and rolled his shoulders back as he turned toward the window. "But we can't make it too easy for her; she's too sharp for that. If our evidence is too obvious, she'll smell a trap."

Evolon's blue face flickered again as it acknowledged his concern: "Understood. I will layer our deception and bury critical clues beneath plausible but irrelevant data, she will have to work for it."

Arthur smirked knowingly. "Let her feel like she's uncovering the truth herself."

"Precisely," Evolon confirmed.

Over the next three weeks, Evolon crafted an intricate web of deception that would leave even the most seasoned operatives questioning their reality.

In the first week, Raven stumbled upon what appeared to be "leaked" financial logs, documents revealing Campbell Dynamics funneling money to a shell company connected to the captured operatives.

The second week brought a juicy tidbit: intercepted communications where Christopher dismissed Raven as nothing more than "the Consortium's attack dog."

And then came the third week, when buried security footage emerged, showing Christopher's personal guard lurking near the site of a crucial accelerant handoff.

But it was in those final days of surveillance that Evolon truly outdid itself.

Evolon slipped a single, heavily encrypted file into Raven's path, an archived order from the Aurelian Federation's industrial oversight committee.

When Raven decrypted it, she froze. Her golden cyber-eye pulsed ominously once before her fingers tightened around the edge of her desk with such force that it cracked under pressure.

Meanwhile, Arthur observed everything unfold through Evolon's surveillance feeds. Raven didn't explode in rage; she didn't even scream.

Instead, she calmly walked over to her armory and selected one weapon, a monofilament garrote, its handle engraved with an elegant jade serpent.

With chilling precision, she sent a single message to Renshu: "Target acquired. Stand by." Evolon zoomed in on her face; there was no hint of emotion,just cold, surgical focus.

"She's bypassing all standard verification protocols," Evolon noted with urgency. "Direct action is imminent."

Arthur leaned back in his chair, swirling his whiskey thoughtfully. "How long will it take?" he asked.

"72 hours!" Evolon replied immediately.

"Good!" Arthur smirked with a nod.

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