Invasion of the United States

As a local tyrant, Governor Ellison Parker also has his own set of troubles and constraints.

Politicians need to cater to voters, draw in capital, and unite internally, hence they value their image and persona greatly.

Voters need to be mollified. They like toughness, preferably like an emperor fighting bare-chested and charging headlong on a bear; it's so exhilarating.

Capital only cares about interests, no stance at all, whoever can make them money, they will support.

Internally, it's about power. The underlings are all hoping the big boss keeps rising, so they can also easily rise with him.

Governor Parker attempted to demonstrate his toughness by putting pressure on 'Electric Flight', aiming to gain economic and political benefits from it.

As long as the general direction is set, the backdoor dealings, intrigue and deceit, collusion and betrayal, are all trivial details.

But... Zhou Qingfeng actually escaped in front of the entire nation and the world. This made the ordering governor extremely embarrassed, becoming a laughingstock.

An assistant came over to comfort him, "Your Excellency Governor, the wanted notice has been issued. The bounty is set at 100,000 US Dollars."

"100,000?" The governor shook his head, "One million, raise the bounty to one million dollars to drive people crazy.

One needs basic respect for billionaires, and also needs to let the entire United States know that anyone who is targeted by me, Ellison Parker, absolutely cannot escape."

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Under an apartment building in Orlando, Lisa and Annie were roughly shoved into a seven-seater van.

The two girls, faces filled with terror, tears streaming uncontrollably, looked so miserable it was unbearable to watch.

Half of Lisa's face was swollen like a fermenting dough, and there were fresh red marks on Annie's neck.

They curled up in the back seat, trembling, and sobbing softly, finally realizing how terrifying the "danger" Zhou Qingfeng had warned them about truly was.

In the driver's seat in the front, the bounty leader named Stock turned around, staring at the two girls like a vicious wolf, "In the United States, single girls like you who live alone go missing every day.

Every day!

Some are wanton and unrestrained, some are lonely and empty, some are naïve and foolish. They might lose their life over a single drink, a trusted word, a moment of confusion.

Now, you two are standing at the edge of a cliff. I have a hundred ways to make you vanish without a trace, not even a hair left behind.

But I am merciful and didn't do that. Now behave and think carefully, where did that yellow-skinned monkey Victor run off to?"

Lisa and Annie, scared out of their wits, tear-blurred vision, just shook their heads desperately, pleading softly:

"We really don't know... We've known him for less than a day, he didn't say anything..."

Their trembling voices like withered leaves in the wind, filled with endless fear.

The four-eyed nerdy neighbor was also brought into the car, weakly raised his hand, and whispered, "Can I go? I have nothing to do with this."

Stock turned his head and glanced at him, like hearing the world's biggest joke, sneered, "Let you go? Do you think I'm stupid?

Let you go out and spread the 100,000-dollar bounty clue all over the world?" he snorted coldly, "Stay put and don't make trouble for yourself."

At this moment, one of his men in the front passenger seat, looking down at his phone, suddenly froze, raised his head in surprise, and interrupted:

"Boss, the bounty has changed! Just updated news, it's now one million dollars!"

He raised the screen, vividly displaying the latest wanted notice, the string of zeros after the amount making one's breath heavy.

Stock didn't look happy about the increased bounty but instead cursed with a dark face, "Damn, every hunter in Florida is going to go crazy, there will be a bunch of people coming to rob our business."

He turned his gaze back to the three captives in the back seat, eyes even more sinister, "You better squeeze out something useful from your brains, or the upcoming journey won't be comfortable."

After speaking, the bounty leader looked at his accomplice, "Find a way to check the surveillance in this neighborhood, there will definitely be some findings."

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Zhou Qingfeng had not left Orlando yet.

He was walking aimlessly just three streets away from Lisa's apartment, carrying a hamburger set he had just bought from a roadside food cart.

The paper bag was stained with oil spots, the burger's aroma mixed with the salty smell of fries wafting to his nose. He walked and took big bites, cheeks puffed full, like a starving man.

The blood donation center robbery was just to get some cash.

With money, actions could be smoother, otherwise even filling the stomach would be a problem.

However, for safety consideration, he never stayed in one place for more than twenty-four hours, like a drifting wild cat, constantly changing resting places, making short stops before moving on.

The hunt for Ellison Parker could not be rushed. Because he was getting stronger every day, the growth curve would only flatten after a month, peaking in half a year.

After all, Ellison Parker was just one of the lower-ranked targets on the kill list, there were more than a dozen more important targets than him.

In short, not hasty, but always vigilant, waiting for the brain to recover and body to be half strengthened, the success rate of action would be higher then.

Just as he was thinking about where to find the next resting spot, a black-skinned 'spirit boy' with dreadlocks suddenly appeared ahead.

That guy, wearing a dirty loose sweater, clutching a switchblade, was stopping an old lady like collecting tolls.

The old lady trembled, obediently handed over her canvas bag, without a hint of resistance.

But there was obviously nothing valuable in that bag, the black guy flipped through it twice, spat on the old lady's face, cursed, and turned to Zhou Qingfeng following behind.