Awakening the Daily Intelligence System - Chapter 450

Chapter 450: 166, Lin Mo’s plan begins to take effect, the butterfly effect!_2

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“Speak, Haley!!!”

Gasping for breath, Nikki Haley looked at the doll hanging above her head in utter shock, unable to respond to the person on the phone.

It took her several long seconds to gradually recover, and, mustering her courage, she approached the doll hanging in midair, only to see a line of English written in blood.

As she made out the content, tears could not help but flow, and she was completely panicked, not knowing what to do.

“Haley?”

“Haley? Do you need me to send someone to check on you?”

From the phone that had dropped to the ground, Freeman’s voice continued to emit.

“Huff… ha…”

“Huff….”

Gasping heavily, Nikki Haley scrambled to pick up the phone from the ground and blurted out in panic, “Mr. Freeman, I’m so, so sorry, I think I have to drop out of the race…”

“Our cooperation ends here.”

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Johnson Foster, who was on his way to Johnson Tower, soon saw the news of Kate Laurie’s car accident on the internet.

While others were still guessing who the perpetrator might be, Johnson Foster already knew the answer.

“Damn it, damn it, did he really make a move on the other candidates?”

“Shit… damn it…”

“What’s the use of killing a Kate Laurie? Doesn’t he know that the hardest ones to deal with are the two ranked first and second?”

Although one competitor was gone, Johnson Foster’s mood was not good at all; quite the opposite, it was very bad.

He took out his phone to contact Lin Chen, only to realize he had no way of reaching him.

Johnson Foster said gravely, “Can either of you contact that madman? Tell him immediately to stop this behaviour!”

The driver didn’t speak, driving in silence.

The secretary tried to reassure, “President, as far as I know, Mr. Lin is not a reckless person; he must have his reasons for doing this.”

“So, please be at ease, he won’t treat the other competitors in the same way.”

The secretary had switched allegiance to Lin Mo a year ago, or rather, submitted to him. They had contacted each other several times, and he had personally witnessed how Lin Mo had helped Johnson Foster deal with competitors before.

Those methods were nothing short of brilliant.

And it was precisely because Lin Mo’s actions were so covert that, until now, the outside world simply thought Johnson Foster had some damned good luck, allowing him to get this far on the path to becoming Duke.

“Damn, why do you trust him so much?” Johnson Foster questioned.

Just as the secretary was about to speak, his phone rang.

“President, I need to take a call. It’s from our undercover agent,” the secretary said, looking at the caller info before responding.

Every competitor has a competition team around them, specifically to handle the trouble encountered in the process of competing for Duke.

Bighu Alvin was a secretary, but also a core member of Johnson Foster’s competition team.

Johnson Foster ordered sternly, “Answer it, and better give me a reasonable explanation afterward.”

He really couldn’t understand what magic Lin Chen had to make his own secretary trust him so thoroughly.

“Yes, I will, Mr. President!”

After answering the call, the secretary’s expression turned to surprise, and after hanging up, he said in shock, “Mr. President, Nikki Haley has announced she’s withdrawing from the competition!”

What?!

How is that possible???

Her current poll numbers put her in second place, and with the car accident, Nikki Haley could have easily exploited the situation to sling mud at the one in first place.

In doing so, she might have stood a chance at victory.

But now…

At this critical juncture, she’s quitting the election?

Why?

What’s the catch?

After absorbing too many shocks in one night, Johnson Foster felt the world had become unreal.

As soon as the secretary’s shock subsided, he quickly said, “President, although I do not know exactly how Mr. Lin managed this, this is our best chance!”

“I suggest you hold a press conference immediately to rally public support. That way, we might even be able to climb higher in the rankings internally.”

They had been desperate before, but now they suddenly saw the possibility of winning. How could Johnson Foster not be excited!

“Right, you’re correct!”

“Immediately contact the media to prepare a press conference, and invite all the mainstream media!”

“Tell them, spare no expense to bring the media here!”

Johnson Foster was well aware that he wasn’t the only one planning to hold a press conference now.

What they had to compete on was speed.

Meanwhile, he couldn’t help but ponder a question,

With the second and third-ranked candidates collapsing in less than an hour, how would Lin Chen deal with Ron DeSantis, the one in first place?

That guy was not as easy to handle as the others, especially when the situation was already so advantageous to him.

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Ron DeSantis’s press conference was held at his company.

The hall was packed with staff from major media outlets, all waiting for Ron DeSantis to clarify the car accident issue.

After all, the entire internet now believed he was the perpetrator, and if he couldn’t clear it up, there would be quite a spectacle tomorrow.

Under the gaze of all media workers, Ron DeSantis walked to the center of the venue with a composed and calm stride.

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