Chapter 257: The War that Decides the Fate of 'The Bridge' Part 60

It was quite evident from this that the Assembly of Freedom is pressed on time. Their preparation basically can't keep up with their plan since the Green Horn City has been relentlessly attacking them from every angle all this time.

Moreover, they have to make further adjustments to their plan after the previous two successful operations of Kayn where his team successfully stole the Kingmaker and Levitation Scepter, which affected a lot of their plans.

And to make things worst, their Daze Village was attacked just now and suffered countless damages and casualties. At first, they suspected that it has to do with the Green Horn City, but upon investigation, it turned out to be that one of their army had betrayed them. This event made them realize that not only did they fail to fend off outside attacks, but they also failed in defending against their own.

With all of that taken into consideration, they must make changes and adjustments to their plan.

Unbeknownst to the Assembly of Freedom though, another missile is actually coming to them soon. And this missile is entering their doorstep unhindered and unnoticed.

It didn't take long for Kayn and Gilbert to be shown to their new residents in one of the hotels of Freedom City. As they were important personnel of one of the higher-ups of the Assembly of Freedom, the hotel was located just a few hundred meters away from their headquarters.

"I'll leave you here for the meantime as I still have important matters to take care of in the Daze Village right now," Maria quickly left along with her men. historical

Kayn and Gilbert don't need to ask Maria to understand that she is assigned to fix the event they orchestrated in the Daze Village. The aftermath it brought to the Assembly of Freedom was extreme since it is close to their headquarters, so she can't afford to waste a lot of time, especially in the aspect of just making sure that the two of them are properly accommodated. As a matter of fact, if it didn't coincide with her plan, she would have simply just ordered one of her men to take care of them.

Upon seeing Maria leaving, Kayn and Gilbert locked the door and activated its isolation feature in order to prevent anyone from hearing their discussion.

"So, what's the next step?" Gilbert asked.

"We charm Wesley," Kayn expresses.

Gilbert was instantly shocked.

"How on Earth can we even do that?" Gilbert was curious. It was only by chance that they were able to get close to Maria.

"Trust me," Kayn muttered confidently.

....

The next day.

"Food contest," Kayn proposed.

"Food contest?" Maria narrowed her eyes. "Why?"

"You see, great food can greatly elevate the morale of everyone," Kayn explains.

At this moment, they are walking around the leftover of what used to be the Daze Village.

Countless craters from the explosions scattered almost everywhere across the territory, especially in the residential district as Kayn had purposely targeted the place in order to make it seem like Seven was also targeting them.

Maria fell into deep thoughts after hearing Nyak's reason. She's been having headaches since yesterday evening because of the countless complaints she received from the people who used to reside in the Daze Village.

As expected, they've been complaining about having no place to stay. She naturally knows that their complaints are nothing but mere rants as they seem not to have any problems with sleeping in the wilderness last night.

Nevertheless, Chief Kylo told her that she has to take care of their needs or else they might not be ready for the upcoming war.

And speaking of the devil, they just received news this morning that in less than twelve hours the Green Horn City will officially declare war against them.

That was the exact cause of her headache.

"Go on," Maria motioned her hand for Nyak to continue speaking.

"We can stage both an eating competition and a food cooking competition where everyone affected can participate,"

Maria instantly became intrigued.

Seeing that he has piqued Maria's interest, he continued. "In the eating competition, we can assign a few head chefs along with their assistants to cook the meal for the contest. They'll be cooking the same kind of food that all contestants will enjoy eating and just like every eating competition, whoever finishes eating last will be crowned the winner,"

"How about the price?"

"We can simply make the price an exception voucher for participating in the war,"

Maria raised her eyebrow.

"There can only be one winner, so whether that person participates or not wouldn't really affect the war that much,"

"Indeed," Maria found it reasonable. One person missing wouldn't affect anything. Unless of course if it is one of the higher-ups. "Let's make an exception for allowing higher-ups and elite members from participating,"

"Okay," Kayn nodded at Gilbert who's currently taking notes of everything after Maria gave them the signal to continue.

"As for the cooking competition. We obviously can't allow participants with mediocre talent in cooking to join as that might backfire on us but at the same time, we also can't prevent people who are interested in joining. So, we'll have to make an elimination round to determine who can participate or not,"

"That would take a lot of time," Maria shook her head.

"That's why we will allow professional chefs like us to participate as well. Once they see that there's little to no chance for them to pass the elimination round, they'll get discouraged from participating,"

"I am listening," Maria understood that Nyak wants to fix the contestant.

"Of course, that wouldn't eliminate everyone, but it would for sure make the elimination round shorter for us," Kayn continued. "Then after the elimination round, the real cooking competition will begin where those that got picked will compete in different rounds,"

"There should only be a few rounds," Maria reminded, since they are pressed for time.