157 THE ARREST…NO FAKE WARRANT
Dan woke up to the alarms and hurried to the lobby.
The place was in a chaos. Liorea wasn't there to handle the ergency.
"Liorea …. why did I hire you? where the hell are you?" he muttered.
"I heard you," Liorea replied over his comms.
"Big Brother, stall them in the lobby," Kail said. "We need ti."
"What the hell did you two do?" Dan asked into the air.
"It's for the company," Liorea answered.
Dan sank onto a sofa as Director Ambrone stord in, with his warrant in hand.
Beside him stood a burly soldier in professional armor—with uniform and equipnt that Dan recognized. This wasn't a routine inspection. This was military.
They had co ready for war.
Ambrone's voice cut through the lobby. "Where are Zairgid Aukouma and Dan Dark? I have a search warrant. You are suspected of—"
Dan didn't flinch. "Again? Last ti you ca here you planted bugs in my office. How dare you co here again without…"
He rose furiously and added, "You installed surveillance in my place. I have not co to you about it yet. How dare you co here again."
Ambrone blinked. This wasn't the nervy intern he once knew. This man now owned a conglorate. That ant power. But this ti he had the backing of the city behind him. This was not the place for the boy to be arrogant.
"I have a search warrant," Ambrone repeated.
The armored guard raised his weapon.
"Don't try to fool
with a fake warrant. I know lrose law—no one, not even the general of the city guard, may use force on private property of a registered corporation." Dan's voice was steady.
A registered corporation in lrose city was a rubber stamp for power. Even the governnt wouldn't thread on the liberty of the corporates and industrialists in the city.
"The warrant is genuine," Ambrone repeated with his face hardening.
Dan snatched the paper and, without a second glance, burned it with a flick of his palm.
"How dare you destroy a search warrant…that's illegal!" Ambrone shouted.
"Now you don't have one. Leave." Dan sat back down.
"Are you insane? This is treason!" Ambrone fud.
"Coming onto my property without a proper warrant…that's treason," Dan shot back.
Ambrone faltered for words. An assistant stepped forward. "Don't worry sir, we can pull the arrest warrant from the court database. He can't deny it."
Ambrone moved to the assistant's datapad.
The assistant's eyes widened. "It's not in the court database. There must be a clerical error," he cried.
"What?" Ambrone snarled.
"Damn, I was right…You ca with a fake warrant," Dan smirked.
"You hacked the court server?" Ambrone accused him, stunned by the clerical mistake.
"No warrant. Get lost." Dan's tone was final.
The guards exchanged uneasy looks. They'd never executed a warrant so dubious before. They were considering abandoning the search.
"Director, without a valid warrant we can't enforce this," Captain Zor, the armored soldier beside Ambrone, said.
"He burned it right in front of us," Ambrone protested.
"Then produce a copy now," Dan said.
"I don't care. Bring him in. Arrest him now," Ambrone barked. "I'll see him jailed myself."
Captain Zor hesitated.
Ambrone was the SIA director and brother to the governor. He was the embodint of power in the city. Defying him was unwise…
… but it was against the rules. He could be held accountable if he made a mistake.
"There's no warrant present, Director Ambrone… I can't execute a warrant without one," Zor objected.
"There's a duplicate at the court. We'll fetch it now. anwhile execute the arrest imdiately, I'll bear all responsibility," Ambrone ordered.
Zor weighed his options and complied.
He stepped toward Dan. "Co with ."
"Are you really going to use force on
in my property without a lawful warrant? I could kill you and face no consequences—lrose law protects private property more than the rights of a soldier," Dan warned, loud enough for the lobby caras to capture it.
Zor's fist moved.
Dan turned to the caras. "This is recorded. This is an illegal use of force on private property without authority. I will use lawful defense, including lethal force if necessary."
Dan glanced at the overlay on his Vision Connect and read the captain's stats.
Na: Captain Zor
Strength Rank: B??ta Rank: C
Strength: 759??Charm: 12??ta: 241??Command: 242
Zor was a textbook Strength ta with impressive raw power but low ta sophistication. His pure strength skills may hit hard but they lacked nuance.
This was typical of soldier's training - rigid and outdated.
Dan knew exactly what that ant: Captain Zor was predictable.
Zor lunged. Dan slipped the punch and let Zor's montum carry him forward, falling empty-handed.
"You're quick at dodging, I'll give you that," Zor grunted.
Soldiers opened fire.
Bullets slapped against Dan and skittered away like they hit rubber.
"How did he block bullets?" Ambrone spluttered.
Ambrone was shocked that soone he thought was a nobody beca so tyrannical. Even an army of soldiers couldn't touch him.
"No wonder he's so arrogant
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