North American Detective: I am Proficient in All Kinds of Gun Quick Draws-Chapter 553 - 318: The Fall of Lucifer Part 1 (Additional for the Glorious Silver Pact at Night)_4

"But we can't connect to those experimental ships now."

Everyone else wore masks, hiding their expressions, but Lucifer, unmasked, wore the ugliest expression of all.

The Lucifer Organization had been his pride and joy before the bigwigs of the United States forcibly took it over. If anyone felt deeply connected to the organization, it was undoubtedly him. All of this was the fruit of his labor, cultivated over more than a decade.

Doctor Sean scoffed coldly. "If we can't connect, then so be it. Unit 3 God will use military satellites to locate us, then launch missiles! Bring out your keys now! We must grab the backup system and evacuate as quickly as possible!"

After speaking, Doctor Sean took a diamond-shaped pendant from his chest. Seeing this, the others all took out their pendants as well. Only when all their pendants were combined could they open the base's main door—built to withstand nuclear strikes—retrieve the backup system, and simultaneously activate the base's self-destruct sequence.

During this evacuation, apart from the high-ranking officials and a few top researchers, the rest of the staff and experimental subjects would be buried with the base on this rarely known island. Those "Gods" above didn't want to give their peers any leverage against them.

Just as Doctor Sean had collected all the pendants and was inserting them one by one into the metal panel before the door, the panel flashed an identification screen, then displayed a red exclamation mark!

A line of red warning text appeared: "Key 3 identification failed. Warning: after three failed identifications, the base will automatically initiate self-destruct system. Warning..."

"The Number Three key!" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Number Three!"

The crowd looked towards Gabriel's position with furious alarm.

Gabriel laughed heartily, removing his mask to reveal a contorted face that resembled melting ice cream. "Stop wasting your energy," he said. "I've already notified that dignitary from National Security. This place is now under the control of our National Security! It's too late for you to run!"

National Security was a new organization, independent of the FBI and CIA, formed by the upper echelons of the United States after much negotiation. Strictly speaking, this organization was not yet officially established. There were merely internal rumors, and its members were temporarily operating under identities from other departments.

This man, who had joined them eight or nine years ago, was from National Security? Eight or nine years ago, National Security hadn't even been a whisper!

For a moment, the people looking at Gabriel from under their masks showed varied expressions, all turning their gaze to Doctor Sean and Lucifer. Gabriel was one of the Elders personally recruited by Lucifer.

Lucifer stared at Gabriel in disbelief. "Impossible! If I hadn't rescued you, you would've died long ago, persecuted by the Mafia and burned alive. Those injuries couldn't have been faked. How could you possibly be with National Security?"

It was for this very reason—as Gabriel revealed his talents, gained power, became a true Elder with authority, and eventually stopped heeding Lucifer's commands or anyone else's—that Lucifer began to target him!

Gabriel's teeth, unhidden by lips, parted in a nightmarish grin. "Lord Lucifer, is it possible that everything you saw, from the very beginning, was an act?"

"Bastard!" Unable to contain his anger, Lucifer charged, fists raised.

The next moment, Gabriel executed a swift back throw and chokehold, twisting forcefully. Lucifer's eyes bulged, his body twitched twice, and he died with his eyes wide open.

Doctor Sean watched coldly as Gabriel snapped Lucifer's neck. Without a word, he clapped his hands.

The electronic gate to the base opened. One by one, imposing figures wearing skull masks slowly approached, surrounding everyone.

Seeing the uneasy crowd, Doctor Sean's lips curled into a disappointed smile. "Disappointing. Only one faction's pawn exposed. Well then, it's better to just kill you all."

The base's backup system had been activated the moment the main system was compromised, initiating data transfer to a secret nuclear submarine whose existence was unknown to anyone else. Once the data transfer was complete, the base's self-destruct system would also activate. Thus, any individuals or forces keeping an eye on this place, should they dare to break in, would only find death awaiting them.

Doctor Sean shook his head, waved his hand, and walked away. He still had to oversee the operation, to prevent any forces from intruding into the base during the data transfer. Doctor Sean truly hoped that some foolhardy individuals would attempt to break in before he left, so he could vent his frustration! When the time came, he would show them what true cruelty meant!

"I'm innocent, Doctor Sean, I'm innocent!"

"I've bled for the Lucifer Organization! I've earned merits for it!"

As the numerous elite test subjects closed in, these high-ranking members of the Lucifer Organization—who had once hidden behind the internet's veil, arrogantly watching from on high as innocents were killed in their twisted games, their own minds warped—now scrambled for their lives. In the face of death, their desperation was as ugly and pitiful as that of any ordinary person.

Among the crowd, Gabriel nonchalantly leaned against the cold metal door, staring blankly at the blinding white incandescent light overhead. Dean, he murmured in his heart, take good care of Sheila, Beck, Thompson, and Sinclair...

Death was imminent. At that moment, numerous long-forgotten scenes flashed through his mind. He thought back to when he had infiltrated a small branch of the Mafia under a false identity, only to be bound hand and foot and carried off by the then irrational Sheila and her older brother. Somehow, he'd ended up becoming her husband. A blissful smile touched Gabriel's lips, his eyes filled with happiness.

It's a pity I can't be with you anymore.

As the electronic gate opened and closed, the elite test subjects who had received their orders began the slaughter...