The politicians' leverage Hunter had obtained from Frank was split into two parts.
He had already prepared to sell one part to the force behind Diana.
As for the other part, Hunter was planning to sell it to the Continental Hotel.
The reason was that most of the politicians Frank had leverage over were New York City and New York State legislators.
Although the Continental Hotel had a branch in New York, and it was also where its U.S. headquarters was located, Hunter was, after all, based in the Los Angeles Continental Hotel, and the hotel's concierge Cole had treated him fairly well.
So even if Hunter wanted to sell the materials to the Continental Hotel, it would still have to go through Cole.
Hunter still remembered how the Continental had screwed him over last time.
Cole was ambitious too, and he had subtly hinted to Hunter before that the reason things had not worked out back then, and why Hicks Consulting later came after him, was partly because Winston, the manager responsible for the U.S. side of the Continental, had not given it his all.
And Hunter knew exactly who Winston was.
Winston was the former concierge of the New York Continental Hotel, and only later had he been promoted to the position of manager overseeing all Continental Hotels in the United States.
Because of that, Winston had entered the High Table, the highest governing body of the Continental world, and become one of the twelve elders holding supreme power.
Hunter could not afford to offend that man for now, and that was precisely why he no longer had any good feelings toward Winston.
So he did not mind helping Cole from the shadows a bit more.
If, in the future, Cole ended up becoming the new U.S. regional manager for the Continental Hotel, Hunter himself would also benefit quite a lot.
Besides, Hunter was still not even twenty yet.
He could afford to wait.
To help Cole, the material from Frank alone would definitely not be enough.
Fortunately, Hunter did not only have that to work with.
He had not forgotten that a few months earlier, from the corrupt LAPD narcotics officer Stanfield, whom he had nearly tricked to death, he had also taken a fair number of politicians' leverage materials.
Most of those were about Los Angeles officials, but there were also a few California state legislators.
Bundled together with those, and with a few names Hunter had deliberately left out from Frank's list, including two congressmen with considerable influence, Hunter believed Cole and the Continental Hotel would certainly be tempted.
Sure enough, after Hunter called, Cole picked up and heard that Hunter wanted to discuss a deal with the Continental Hotel.
He was quite interested and asked about it.
Then, after hearing that Hunter was the one behind the events at the Paris Hotel in New York, and that Hunter had also obtained some politicians' leverage from the drug lord Frank, Cole immediately became very interested and arranged a meeting.
He asked Hunter to wait until he returned to Los Angeles in two days, and then they would discuss it in more detail at the Continental Hotel.
Hunter had no objection to that.
After all, the big payoff would be from Diana and the force behind her.
The Continental Hotel would still rely on him in the future, and while it could get some benefits, it definitely would not be as much as Diana's side.
Jane did not return until almost five in the afternoon.
When she got back, she saw that Hunter had already packed his luggage.
Seeing that, she looked a little unhappy.
"Are you leaving?"
"Mm."
Hunter poured himself a glass of whiskey.
The whiskey had been bought by the house's former owner, John Smith.
Unfortunately, someone had already taken his life and moved into his house.
Not only were they drinking his liquor, they were also sleeping with his wife every day.
"When I get back to Los Angeles, I'll buy you a property."
"If you are willing to move to Los Angeles, then live there. Of course, you can also live with me."
"At that time, I'll help you register as a member of the Continental Hotel in Los Angeles."
"If you do not want to move, then stay in New York."
"I'll have Perkins take you to register with the Continental Hotel in New York."
Jane kept a cold face and said nothing.
Because of that, even Hunter could not tell for a moment what exactly she was thinking.
Diana only called him again the following night.
"Mr. Hunter, the money has been wired into your account according to your request."
"As for the weapons, gear, and ammunition you wanted, we obtained everything except for two items that are a little difficult to acquire and which we could not get in sufficient quantity in such a short time."
"The rest has all been prepared according to your instructions."
"It is currently stored in a warehouse we rented at the port."
"The warehouse address is xxxxxxxxxx."
"Now, should we get the things you promised us?"
It was obvious that the force behind Diana was very confident.
They were not worried that Hunter would back out or try to scam them.
In truth, that was indeed the case.
Back in Las Vegas, Hunter had been followed by some unknown presence.
Because his physical condition was far beyond that of ordinary people, he could clearly sense the other party's presence.
But whenever he tried to catch them, they would always slip away.
Until he left Las Vegas, Hunter had remained under that person's surveillance.
He had not sensed any danger, so he figured it was probably a modified agent sent by the force behind Diana to investigate and track him.
He could not be certain whether that person was the top assassin known as Agent 47.
But Hunter remembered clearly that, in the story setup of the new Hitman: Agent 47, 47 was the top agent created through a genetic enhancement program.
Not only was he extremely powerful, his physical abilities might already have reached or surpassed the limits of the human body.
And the most troublesome thing was that this guy had also been cloned and bred into more than one copy by the force behind Diana.
If it were a one-on-one fight, Hunter was confident he could kill 47.
But if Diana's backers sent an entire assassination team made up of 47 clones, even though Hunter's current abilities were nearly six times those of an ordinary adult male, he could not guarantee that he could beat ten, let alone a hundred.
That was why Hunter wanted to stay on good terms with Diana's backers, while also using them to keep replenishing his arsenal.
He wanted to fill his private space with a massive amount of weapons and gear.
Then, whenever trouble came, he could give all his enemies a truly crushing firepower display.
Thinking of that, Hunter operated his laptop and skillfully logged into his own online bank account through the official website to check the balance.
At the same time, he answered with a smile, "Good. Straightforward. I like working with straightforward people like you and Miss Diana."
"I'll send the scanned copies to your email shortly."
"Of course, if you want the originals, we can arrange a time tomorrow. I'm leaving New York the day after tomorrow."
Soon, after checking the changes in his account through the official website, Hunter's mood became even better.
"No need. The electronic copies are enough."
Diana replied, "The warehouse area is crowded and has too many eyes on it. Remember to have the items moved out as soon as possible."
"Alright, got it."
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