Chapter 59: War Never Changes (Part I)
War has never changed.
"Just let them go, really No Problem?"
In the high-level conference room of the International Illusion Club Building in Nevada, USA, Rafiru in a black suit and Becas Brown in a red suit J. Crodor, standing in front of the window looking at the departing black Ford beneath the building, Becas asked, holding a glass of red wine in his hand.
Although the IFD building is not far from the International Illusion Building, the two sides chose to borrow Bekas's conference room for this meeting, and the fundamental reason is distrust.
This distrust is rooted in the hearts of almost all the upper echelons of the "Taiyi" and the US official, so not only Rafirou, but also Marshall seems very happy with the location of the meeting - Becas is, after all, a big man in the country, and his presence is a good buffer between the two sides.
Today, for example, Rafiru, who represented the IFD, and Marshall, who came to him in his personal capacity as the commander of the fleet, would negotiate this in their conference room...... After all, American society, including Marshall, did not know that Becas and Rafirou were all the way - on the surface, the International Illusion Society had been denouncing IFD for taking away the "sole printing rights" that they could make a lot of money lying down.
This beautiful misunderstanding can be said to be one of the results of IFD's years of "strategic flickering", and of course it can only be regarded as a small addition compared to the biggest achievement.
"I've said everything I can say, and I personally think that there shouldn't be any need to continue talking. Rafiru nodded, and then said to Bekas, "You shouldn't have gone out just now, did you?"
In the previous meeting, Bekas, the host, had nominally left the room for Rafirou and Marshall to talk to alone, but Rafiru knew he was not leaving.
Becas smiled and didn't answer directly, but blinked and said, "You also know that he didn't come to cooperate with us alone as a military representative, but as a fleet commander...... This attitude, combined with some information we have received before, is enough to show that there is now a great deal of disagreement within the military. ”
"I think so too, but it is undeniable that we still need 'conventional forces'. Rafiru pinched his chin and said, "I was there on the day the 'Overlord' woke up, and I felt that he was a person who only cared about powerful duelists, and he might deliberately release destructive dueling spirits to sabotage everywhere, just to force out powerful duelists." ”
"So the 'regular troops' need to stall when those elves show up, right?"
"That's right, but with his sympathetic character for soldiers, it's okay to fool around once or twice, but it's not suitable to be long-term cannon fodder. ”
During the meeting just now, the two sides had a full and frank exchange, and in the end no effective progress was made - although Rafiru himself felt that Marshall was much better spoken than other high-ranking officials in the country, it was impossible to make a decision so quickly.
"So, the target is still the Ackerman family?"
"Yes, who made them the spokesmen of those guys? But this Mr. Marshall...... It's not for no other use. Rafiru tapped the table, pointed to a document on the table, and said, "Maybe he'll need to help when we clean up the mess." ”
Becas had also read the document on the table, and what was written on it reminded him of a "small talk" with him seven years ago when a bad spirit borrowed Fujiwara Yukino's body from him, and Becas remembered that Li Zheng told him that the establishment of IFD was inevitable, and that the International Illusion Society must hand over the sole printing rights in order to protect itself in the storm.
Becas asked him why, and Li Zheng gave many reasons, but the most sensational was that "when a game of cards can produce hundreds of tons of oil, the country under your feet will be terrified of the dueling monster and completely stifle its existence."
At that time, Becas thought it was nonsense, but agreed to the deal because of other preferential terms given by Li Zheng, but he did not expect that all the speculations that Li Zheng had said in just seven years were coming true one by one!
The IFD branch in North America is one of the most powerful, often holding a variety of tournaments, and at the same time there are several dueling academies and dueling gyms in various states.
But these are just appearances, and Rafiru and Becas know it.
The actual power of the North American IFD division is small, because the upper echelons of the American "shadow government" know that the "IFD" is an extension of the "Taiyi", and the "Taiyi" is the heir of the "Dorma".
The United States is a country full of "shadow governments", and in the past there were only two "shadow governments" in this country: "Doma" and "Other".
But now that "Doma" has fallen, the "Taiyi" who took over "Doma" has internal friction in the transition of power. This gave the "others" who had been trampled under their feet time to breathe, and after Li Zheng and others really grasped the power of "Taiyi", the "others" had been twisted into a rope, and a new "shadow government" had emerged, with the capital to compete with "Taiyi" to a certain extent.
Of course, the "Taiyi" high-level officials always complain that the reason why these "others" dare to jump like this is that Li Zhengtou has too many salted fish than Dazi......
Suppressed by the "Doma" for a long time, they want to get rid of the "Doma" influence so much that they are now almost opposed to what the "Too-One" wants to do, regardless of whether it is good or bad.
However, although Li Zheng believes that after the concept of "duel energy" is formally perfected, the world's energy structure will be completely reshuffled, and the United States, whose interests have been devastated, will definitely turn its face with the "Taiyi". But before that day comes, the work that needs to be done still has to be done, but it is not cooperated.
It's like the North American branch was much slower to react than the other branches after the "Bad Beast Descending" event began, but this was not because IFD didn't do anything, but because IFD was blocked by the FBI when it wanted to make a move.
When the IFD was not moving, the U.S. military carried out a large-scale strike on the two "bad beasts" born in the United States, causing a large number of casualties...... The Bad Beast's actions are completely unhindered.
Finally, before the bad beast was about to set foot in Detroit and New York, the government sent the "ZONE" to the rescue of the IFD as if in a hurry.
Of course, they were accompanied by senior officials of the U.S. government, who probably wanted to see the "ZONE" joke.
But soon the high-ranking officials watched with a bewildered expression, and the "bad beasts" that could not be harmed by either missiles, artillery or electric shocks were dealt with by a few card players with a few cards...... This sense of disparity made them feel as uncomfortable as if they had eaten Xiang.
Especially in New York, when Rafiru's "Guardian Ayatos" descended from the sky like an angel, almost the whole city prayed for Ayatos, and at the same time, a large number of videos were posted on the Internet, making Ayatos an angel in the hearts of countless people in an instant.
In a country where Christian culture is the mainstream, how appealing will an "angel" come in times of crisis...... It's unimaginable.
This made the high-ranking officials who wanted to see the joke even more uncomfortable, but it was uncomfortable, and this onlooker also gave them a rough "understanding" of how to deal with the dueling elves.