Chapter 30: You've messed up the plan

Gle Street is the main street of Krisco. Before the revolution, this was the residence of the princes and nobles. After the revolution, it developed into the political and economic centre of the entire country. Not only is the famous Mulin Palace and the Red Square White House here, but also the country's largest commercial centre. The basic status of Krisco here is equivalent to Chang'an Avenue in Yanjing.

On this street, where every square metre of land is worth its weight in gold, there is a modest-looking building that looks as if it has seen better days. On the evening of the 25th, a high-end Volga sedan pulls up here, and two men and a woman get out. These three people are none other than Zhou Ming** and Katerina.

After leaving the White House at noon, Zhou Ming bought a car here to make moving around on the Krško side easier.

'This is Villa 8, which used to belong to a high-ranking Soviet official, but was later bought by Mr. Mata. It is one of his properties in Krisco and also one of the command centres of the Dagger Project here. It is now managed by Mr. Mata's assistant, David, who is not only a core member of the Dagger Project, an expert in financial warfare for the US government, but also the spokesperson for a certain consortium. His task here is not only to operate the Dagger Project for Mr. Mata, but also to seize wealth for his own consortium.'

While giving Zhou Ming an introduction, Kareina led Zhou Ming and ** to the front door of the villa and rang the doorbell. After a while, the door of the villa was opened under control.

Zhou Ming and the others walked into the villa. This villa was actually an ancient castle built in the Middle Ages. It is thought to be the property of a royal family, just like the famous Mulin Palace. Later, the revolution triumphed, the royal family was overthrown, and the ancient castle was taken over by someone else. Later, it changed hands until it fell into the hands of this Mr. Mata.

Looking up at the pointed tower of the castle, Zhou Ming could not help but imagine that this Mr. Maita must also be no simple character. Although for various reasons, there are still many ancient castle buildings in Europe, this is on Gare Street. To own such a castle here is like owning a courtyard house next to Zhongnanhai. That cannot be done with just money.

However, this did not surprise Zhou Ming, because the person who could propose the Dota plan and eventually plunder 20 trillion US dollars from the collapse of the Soviet Union could not be an ordinary person.

As they walked step by step towards the ancient castle, Katerina suddenly muttered in puzzlement, 'It's strange. Usually, when someone comes to this castle, a servant will come out to guide the way. Why can't I see anyone today? And before I came here, I also called here, and Mr. Davier himself answered the phone. This shouldn't be the case. Could it be that something has happened at the temporary villa?'

Zhou Ming shrugged and said to her, 'Never mind if you can't guess. Anyway, that Mr. Davier said before also seemed to indicate that he doesn't welcome us. It's just that you, Miss Katerina, won't get lost, will you?'

'I can walk to this place with my eyes closed,' Katerina said, her tone tinged with three parts indignation, three parts desolation and loneliness.

Zhou Ming turned his head and looked at her in surprise, but in the end he said nothing, just following her towards the inner door of the castle. Since the doorbell had already been pressed, the inner door of the castle opened directly.

Katerina led Zhou Ming into the castle, but at this time, ** suddenly stepped forward two steps and reminded Zhou Ming in his ear, 'I feel that something is not quite right here, as if someone is ambushing inside.'

Hearing **'s words, Zhou Ming immediately stopped in his tracks. But before Zhou Ming could turn around and ask anything, a voice came from the castle: 'I didn't think Mr. Zhou Ming of China would still be on time!'

Zhou Ming looked intently and saw that there was a long table in the middle of the hall on the first floor. An American man in a tuxedo was sitting at the end of the table. He was holding a glass in his right hand and gently swaying it back and forth while looking at Zhou Ming with a contemptuous smile on his face and saying, 'So what's it going to be, Chinese? Are you interested in having a drink with me? Or are you just going to stand there and talk to me?'

He was speaking English, and Zhou Ming could understand a little of what he was saying, but he needed Katerina to translate more of it.

'This must be the famous Mr. Davier, right? On the way here, I heard Miss Karelina say that, and now that we've met, how can we not sit down for a drink?'

Zhou Ming said as he walked over, and Davier's smile grew even wider. He said, 'I advise Mr. Zhou Ming to think carefully before coming in, because you are an Oriental and perhaps haven't heard of the legends of our Western castles.

'Thank you very much for Mr. Davier's reminder. I did not know this legend, but I think Mr. Davier also does not understand the legends of our Chinese people. There is a saying that goes, 'If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger cub.

While speaking, Zhou Ming's footsteps did not stop as he walked forward, while Davier said, 'Then that's good. I can only wish Mr. Zhou Ming good luck.'

As Davier's words fell, several agile figures suddenly rushed out of the rooms on both sides and ran towards Zhou Ming.

At the same time, the King of Soldiers also moved. His figure was like that of a cheetah, first sprinting to the right to fight three opponents at once. However, he quickly knocked out the three men with just a few punches and kicks. Then, without even looking at the three men, he immediately turned back to face the two large men on the left.

Perhaps in terms of body type, these two Western giants were both taller and stronger than him, but **deftly avoided their punches. He kicked them in the knees, and as they fell forward, he punched them in the chin, knocking them both flying. It was clear just how much power was involved.

'Don't move!'

A cold voice shouted, and a man holding a pistol stepped out of the darkness, the muzzle of the gun pointed directly at **.

** raised his hands and waited for the man to walk in. However, he suddenly sprang forward two steps, and before the other person could react, he had already extended his hands and grabbed the man's hand holding the gun. Then, with a strange movement, the pistol was in **'s hands, and the muzzle was instead pointed at the other person.

At this time, a burst of applause sounded, and Davie exclaimed in amazement, 'Wonderful! This is simply wonderful! Is this Chinese kung fu?'

** did not answer Davier, but simply threw the pistol back to the man and said, 'There is no bullet in the gun.'

'The definition of kung fu is very broad. Or in the West, you regard kung fu more as entertainment and sports, but in fact kung fu is used to protect oneself and attack the enemy. Especially my friend, his kung fu is truly used to kill people.'

Zhou Ming answered Davier's words instead of **, and then walked over to the long table, pulled the chair out himself, and sat down calmly. Davier's pupils instantly contracted when he saw Zhou Ming's composed demeanour.

Just now, ** subdued those people very quickly, but it was only a matter of a minute. However, Zhou Ming had just entered through the door and was now sitting at the long table. Obviously, he had not stopped walking. The castle was empty, and Davier did not hear any running sounds, which meant that he had been calmly walking over to this side the whole time, including the appearance of the final gunman. This not only required absolute trust in his friend, but also required great courage.

In an instant, Davier made a conclusion about Zhou Ming: 'Then this Chinese person is no ordinary person!'

'I see. It seems that Mr. Zhou Ming has a good bodyguard, because all of these people I have are professionally trained in military skills,' said Davier.

'Then I can only say that their professionalism is not good enough, or it is a problem with their abilities,' said Zhou Ming.

Davier curiously let out an 'oh,' but Zhou Ming said, 'Well, Mr. Davier, I don't think you invited me here just to discuss this militarised training, do you?'

'Of course not,'

Davier said as he walked out of his seat and walked over to Zhou Ming. It was only then that Zhou Ming slowly got a full view of the man. His facial features had a strong resemblance to the celebrity Leonardo, except that if he hadn't been slightly overweight and had a small pigtail.

Davier came to Zhou Ming and asked him, 'I heard that Mr. Zhou Ming went to the White House today, and also asked Mr. Nikolaevich to have a drink and encouraged him to give a speech, calling on the people to start fighting back?'

'I didn't think Mr. Davier had such good information,' Zhou Ming said with a smile, "Yes, that's what I did this afternoon.'

'If I remember correctly, Mr. Zhou Ming should have arrived in Krisco early this morning, right?'

Davier asked Zhou Ming, who nodded and said yes. Davier then continued, "Then that means that the first thing Mr. Zhou Ming did after arriving in Krisco was this, so I have a question for you here.'

Davier's words came to a sudden stop, and he slammed his hand on the table and said, 'Who actually gave you the authority to do this?'

This sudden question took Kareina by surprise, and she didn't even react at first to translate it. However, Zhou Ming, who had known this would happen, sat there calmly, and only after hearing Kareina's translation did he say, 'I don't understand what Mr. Davier means by that.'

'But I can see that you understand very well, Mr. Zhou Ming!' Davier said, 'Since you, Mr. Zhou Ming, came to participate in this Dota project, you should understand how huge this project is and what the ultimate goal of this project is. Now that the situation in Krisco has become like this, it must also be part of the plan. Then we are all here without doing anything, just to make the situation more chaotic.'

Davyier said this and pointed his finger at Zhou Ming, 'But you, Zhou Ming, have disrupted the entire plan!'

'I can responsibly tell Mr. Zhou Ming that when Mr. Nikolic climbed onto the tank to give his speech today, it was also the moment when all the participants in the Dagger Tower Project were most furious,' said Davyier. 'Everyone is clamoring to get rid of you, the traitor who disobeys the rules and the plan, from the team!'