The Story of Blood and Roses Chapter 113

Published at 18th of June 2019 09:55:12 AM Chapter 113
"As I said before, this location has more than half of the stock stored inside its premises . We need all the manpower than we can get, but we cannot let too many people try to enter because the guards will become cautious and may call for more people . " I took in a deep breath . "The more crowded it is, the more complicated and ill-coordinated the mission will become . " Several people started murmuring . "To help with the scarcity of resources, I propose that we attack this building the day before we attack the other two . " Gasps filled the room .

A disappointed look passed Ethan's face . Anthony, on the other hand, seemed curious .
"Would that not inform them that we are coming?" he reasoned . Everyone agreed with him .
"He already knows that we are coming and he gave quite a present for that reason, didn't he?" His eyes narrowed at the comment and he grudgingly listened on to my reasoning . "It would be our present to him . We take away a major share of the shipments, making his loss larger and then the next day ambush the other two locations . In that way, we will be able to recover most of the goods . If we try to be at too many places at once, we will end up winning nothing . We don't and won't do that . "

"But why would we risk our lives for some silly reason?" I could only imagine the sneer that came over my face . The man who had suggested the thought curled back, almost in fear .
"Do you not see? You will be hopelessly outnumbered if you split the group in three . If it is two, then there are high chances that we will have a better chance at coming out alive . For once, don't think from the point of view of a prejudiced man, but from one who wants to survive the shit storm . " The men flinched and shrink back, knowing full well that I had caught them in their hateful act .
I had known full well that it was how me rising in the ranks as fast as I had would impact the image that I would project to the other people . People who knew how hard I worked, didn't doubt my accelerated rate of climbing the ranks, but people who didn't always assume the worse . What else could they do but form opinions?

"Forgive me," he stuttered and looked away from me . I saw his gaze flicker towards Michael and I did the same . He, though, was looking straight at me . I could see from the crinkle at the corner of his eyes that he was trying his best to control his laughter . After a while, he seemed to have regained his composure . He went on to comment on how my plan was something we would keep in mind for further consideration .
"Who do you think should go into each of the locations? We need to plan ahead so that we don't waste time at the last moment . " Anthony diffused the tension in the room . Many people seemed to look anywhere but at us, while others cleared their throats and agreed to the offer .
"We should nominate people for the first day first," I advised . Everyone seemed to be pleased with the suggestion . Quite a few people volunteered, Ethan, being one of them . Anthony, on the other hand, frowned with each person who put their hands up and was backed up by the approval of other people . He didn't like the people who were volunteering, obviously .

I looked at the people who were standing and concluded that most of them were hard-headed males who would probably not be as inconspicuous as we wanted to be in the mission . Knowing full well that what I was about to say next would put me on the shit-list of most people in the room, I proceeded .
"We need people who can work flawlessly on both days . " I voiced . Anthony turned to look at me, his frown still set in place . The disappointment still carved on his face . I mentally urged him to back me up so that my argument was stronger .
"Mia is right . " It was Ethan who spoke . I was surprised at that . He, too, was staring at Anthony, who seemed somewhat placated with where the conversation was heading . "We need people who will not jump first and think later . I need volunteers who can patiently wait to pounce . " Instantly, around half of the group huffed and sat down . Ethan's men had extreme respect for him and knowledge of what they were good at . Some of them were there because of how brutally they could plough through a scene, it helped to keep both lithe as well as bold people on the team . It confused the enemy . The other half that still stood were not as confident as they had seemed before .
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