Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 172

Chapter 172: The Swap [1]

Bang!

The Vigilants, thanks to Athena, watched in horror as the bullet passed through Zero’s head.

"Hmm?" The man on the other end let out, "there’s usually a couple of blanks before the actual one with the bullet...atleast in the movies anyway."

OmniTech’s avatar’s expression didn’t give away a single change, he just held a frown even as Zero’s head slumped forward.

His eyes had gone completely blank and his hands twitched for a few seconds before completely relaxing.

It was obvious enough that his life had exited his body with the bullet, followed by brain matter that exited the wound the bullet left behind.

"Damn, you really are cold." The man said again, "you just lost a man and yet, there’s not a single change in expression."

Ethan’s avatar finally let out a sigh before hopping off the cube and walking closer to the screen before saying, "it should recharge in a few seconds."

"Hmm?" The man let out a bit confused about his words, but that confusion didn’t last long as the body before them suddenly started glitching and right before their eyes, it started growing.

Soon enough Zero was completely gone, replaced by his former disguise, Laohu whose head was still slumped forward and was still very much dead.

The man was confused seeing the change before asking, "and what do you hope to achieve by reactivating your disguise tech?"

A moment after the words left his mouth, he froze and looked down at his hand, the Mimic tech he had removed still lay there....so how ?

" Your silence shows you’ve realized what’s happening, but all me to explain."The avatar said with a smile on his face.

"Let’s start from the beginning shall we" he said, lifting a finger as if lecturing a student.

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[Five hours Earlier]

"Boss Laohu, are you sure about this?" A bald man wearing a suit asked, "we don’t even know a single thing about this person."

Laohu looked at his reflected self in the mirror before sighing and turning to the man speaking.

"Listen Tu Qian," he started, "I also don’t trust this stranger, but Madam Xu ordered we listen and follow his plans, besides I’m the one who’s going to be the bait, so there’s no need for you to worry."

Each and every one of them fully trusted Madam Xu, so anything she said, goes.

That was why Laohu was appointed as a temporary leader and the reason why he was acting as bait to draw out whoever the attackers of the previous night were.

"As you command, Boss Laohu. But I don’t like this plan. Not one bit."

Laohu Po chuckled in response before patting Qian’s shoulder and added, "besides, think of this as a way to get Madam Xu to return quickly, after all, even I feel uncomfortable being addressed as boss."

Tu Qian also chuckled at his words as he nodded, "you’re right, then let’s go."

With that, they walked out of the mansion that had been attacked the previous night towards a row of black car waiting.

Their plan was simple, they had let just enough information about his movement to Madam Xu’s traditional safe house leak.

Enough information for whoever was targeting them to want to make a quick move.

***

They made their first scheduled stop at a busy public plaza, this was also part of the plan. It was a place full of civilians, cameras, vendors, and blind spots that were small but exploitable.

They wanted the attackers to feel cocky enough to make their move and they would be ready.

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