After all, the bet between the two was about who would capture Simmons first, not who would see him first. This was a hunting game.
The one who caught the prey would be the ultimate winner.
Therefore, Ada didn't mind snatching Simmons away once Carla caught him; if she did, she would still be the victor.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
And at this very moment,
Inside the hotel elevator,
As Carla saw the number F13 on the display about to light up, she slowly put on a baseball cap and used a red scarf to cover her face.
She wrapped herself up tightly. She had scouted every floor like this, all to avoid being discovered by Simmons himself or the bodyguards of his Family Organization.
As for the deep V-neck blue evening gown she was wearing,
She had only recently changed into it, and Simmons wouldn't recognize it.
After all, it had been a long time since they had last met. Back then, she was still wearing a white lab coat; how could Simmons possibly recognize her now?
This also demonstrated Carla's extremely cautious and vigilant mindset.
In this regard, she had truly captured the essence of Ada. Meanwhile, Ada, in front of the projection screen, watched everything with great interest.
She wanted to see how Carla would handle things. After all, if she were caught by Simmons, what awaited her would be the tortures of a terrifying hell...
Ding—!
A soft chime rang out,
The elevator doors slowly opened.
The moment the doors opened, Carla's expression froze.
Standing right in front of her were two Western bodyguards in black suits and black sunglasses.
These were precisely the two men Simmons had ordered to go downstairs to find the hotel management. They were waiting for the elevator and hadn't expected Carla to deliver herself right to them.
"Who are you...?"
Looking at Carla in the elevator, her face wrapped in a red scarf and hidden under a baseball cap, the two bodyguards glanced at each other and questioned her.
After all, this entire floor had been booked by Simmons.
Aside from cleaning staff, almost no one would inexplicably press the button for the 13th floor, though they couldn't rule out someone on another floor pressing the wrong button. That was why the two bodyguards questioned her.
However,
When Carla saw these two white bodyguards, her heart immediately sank.
She knew she had reached the floor where Simmons was staying, but she hadn't expected to be so unlucky as to run into his bodyguards right away.
Thinking of this,
Carla knew she was in a position where she had to act. Trying to lie her way past these two bodyguards would clearly be a hassle.
Therefore, Carla didn't plan on lying.
Instead, she slowly reached her fair hand toward her thigh, and soon, she had two c-virus injectors in her grip.
Puchi—!!! +2
In the next second,
Without the slightest hesitation,
Carla immediately slammed the needles of the c-virus injectors into the necks of the two bodyguards in front of her.
At the same time, her feet didn't stop moving.
Her high-heeled leather boots kicked both men in the crotch. Doubled over in pain, the two bodyguards clutched themselves and stumbled back, their faces turning a deep shade of purple. It was undoubtedly agonizing.
Having finished this, Carla quickly pressed the close button on the elevator and descended toward the 12th floor.
She intended to let those two bodyguards turn into bio-monsters to deal with the large number of security personnel in the hotel corridor.
Meanwhile, she would quickly move to the fire escape stairwell and wait for Simmons to deliver himself to her like a sitting duck.
When the time came, she would swiftly knock Simmons unconscious and take him away.
It was a perfect and seamless plan. Carla truly was a genius to have come up with this in such a short amount of time.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
"It seems this woman has some brains after all, but unfortunately, I'm intercepting your plan!"
On the other side,
Ada, who was already watching the surveillance footage in the fire escape corridor, couldn't help but click her tongue in admiration.
She had to admit that Carla was quite clever.
In just a few seconds, she had prepared a plan to use the two infected bodyguards as bio-monsters to attack the other security personnel.
In the ensuing chaos, Simmons certainly wouldn't head toward the elevators, since the bio-monsters were coming from that direction.
The only escape route would be the fire escape stairs at the far end of the corridor. By waiting there, she could catch Simmons.
But unfortunately,
Ada was currently inside that very fire escape stairwell.
It was just that she was on 14F while Carla was on 12F. They were only one floor apart. Knowing Carla's plan, Ada didn't hesitate.
She immediately headed to the 14F elevator, descended to 11F, and then circled back to the 11F fire escape entrance.
When Carla, waiting on 12F, captured Simmons and took him hostage to head down, Ada—the oriole behind the mantis—would quietly emerge from 11F and give them both a'surprise'!
This nested plan within a plan made Ada feel perfect.
She felt like a genius and couldn't wait to see the shocked faces of Carla and Simmons.
...
"Heh, heh, heh..."
"Roar—!!!!"
In the hotel corridor,
The two bodyguards Carla had injected in the neck with the c-virus predictably underwent a rapid infection.
Whether it was due to a high mutation rate,
Or the high concentration of the c-virus in Carla's hands, the two bodyguards didn't turn into ordinary Compound Eye Demons or common zombies.
Instead, they mutated directly into specialized variants. One was the familiar Rasklapanje, while the other was a new species, the Neopteran.
The Rasklapanje needs no introduction.
It was a thick-skinned, gorilla-like bio-monster with high defense and immense strength. In the narrow hotel corridor, it could exert formidable power. As it rampaged through, almost no one could stop it.
As for the Neopteran—
One of the complete mutations created by the c-virus, its original name, Gnezdo, comes from the Serbian word for "nest."
The Neopteran resembles a swarm of hornets. They can gather together to mimic the size and shape of a human. Like many social insects, every individual in the Neopteran swarm has its own duty.
Unlike ants or bees, their queen is not responsible for reproduction but acts more like a field commander, much like a general leading an army.
The queen shares sensory capabilities with every individual. If the queen is lost, the entire swarm will collapse. However, as long as the queen lives, the swarm remains intact and carries out her orders...
Simply put,
It is a massive swarm of killer bees led by a queen. These killer bees can mimic a female form.
The queen, about the size of a fist, hides within. Only if the queen is shot will the dense swarm of killer bees disperse.
Because the killer bees can get in anywhere,
The Neopteran is perfectly suited for narrow corridors. Even more terrifyingly, because the individual bees are so small,
It is nearly impossible to hit them with bullets.
The only solutions are flamethrowers, liquids like sulfuric acid, or insecticidal gas. But unfortunately,
As Simmons' bodyguards, they didn't carry such things, so the result was naturally a one-sided massacre...!
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"Buzz, buzz, buzz...!!!"
Leading the charge,
Was the frenzied Neopteran swarm. These black killer bees were so numerous it was as if an entire hive had been thrown in.
In an instant, they surged like black smoke toward the dozen or so bodyguards in the hotel corridor.
Sharp mandibles and venomous stingers set to work on the bodyguards' bodies. Most importantly, the killer bees were only about the size of a thumb.
Combined with their incredible movement speed,
It was almost impossible for bullets to hit them. Thus, the Neopteran is a BOW that is effectively immune to physical attacks.
And unlike ordinary bees, their stingers wouldn't be pulled out upon use. The venom of these killer bees was delivered via liquid injection,
Not by embedding the stinger.
Therefore, they were much more aggressive than normal bees. Their mandibles, like those of hornets, could also tear through flesh.
A living person surrounded by the killer bee swarm,
Would die instantly in about twenty seconds. Exposed skin on the face and arms would be devoured immediately, and the body would be covered in dense puncture wounds from the stingers.
Meanwhile, the Neopteran queen would hide in the shadows, directing the swarm's combat.
The queen was roughly the size of a fist and could be shot with a handgun, but finding the actual body was extremely difficult.
"Damn it, protect the BOSS and retreat...!"
Bang, bang, bang, bang—!!!!
"Ahhh... help...!!!!"
"My face... my face..."
Soon,
Screams echoed one after another throughout the 13F hotel corridor. The sudden infection of the two bodyguards had caught them completely off guard.
The combination of the dense Neopteran swarm and the thick-skinned Rasklapanje was like a perfect pairing of an armored vehicle and a Gatling cannon.
Dozens of bodyguards were helpless against it.
Frantically pulling triggers could neither hit the bees nor damage the Rasklapanje's toughened skin. They could only guard Simmons, the leader of the Family Organization, as they retreated.
Some bodyguards, busy covering the rear,
Were swatted away by the Rasklapanje, slamming hard into the walls. Their heads instantly became like burst watermelons.
Others died from poisoning, their skin swollen and their faces looking like pigs' heads—the result of the Neopteran's stingers.
"What happened...?!"
At this moment, Simmons still hadn't processed what was going on.
He had just moved to a new suite when he was dragged out by his bodyguards. Seeing the blood and corpses scattered in the corridor,
As well as the forms of the Rasklapanje and the Neopteran, Simmons was stunned and hurriedly questioned his bodyguards.
"BOSS, someone released a bio-virus on our floor, causing two bodyguards to become infected. I think that traitor Carla did it,"
"But now is not the time to discuss this. We must flee this floor first. These two bio-monsters are very difficult to deal with. For your safety, it's best to leave immediately."
Hearing the question,
A middle-aged bodyguard who was Simmons' confidant hurried over to explain. Upon hearing this,
Simmons' expression changed.
He naturally understood what this meant.
It meant his whereabouts were exposed. That madwoman Carla had her sights on him and had even sent bio-monsters to attack him.
This made Simmons both annoyed and angry.
Carla could actually be so unscrupulous as to use a bio-virus to attack him.