Chapter 520 Upside Down

ShadowCipher went to work without delay, monitoring the smugglers' phone in real time.

If any of them contacted their boss, he would home in on them immediately. However, he must be careful to avoid detection as well as to better utilize this chance. That in turn meant that he would need more time to work his magic.

Gwyneth had no complaints about that and went straight to the garrison commander with the data ShadowCipher provided.

"The smugglers are clearly hostile considering what we have on them, and they're clearly prepared. Any reckless move would startle their mastermind."

The best solution was to stick to attrition tactics and force the mastermind out in the open to round them up.

The commander certainly understood that, but he had to ignore Gwyneth's proposal in order to minimize casualties.

"The smugglers are already harassing citizens at the border," he explained grimly. "We can't afford any delays or it means our citizens will suffer. You need to understand—we don't h