Volume 3 Different Paths to the Same End Chapter 121 Undercurrents are surging
"I suppose our negotiations can be halted for the time being, right?" Paul smiled, "why don't you settle the internal problems first?" β
Paul turned and left the chamber without even giving the other party any time to react.
"You should pretend that you didn't hear anything about today, and you are not allowed to say a word, understand, and if I find any rumors about this within AOM, I will do so at my own risk!" Lucas said in a not-so-friendly tone, "Alright, negotiations will continue tomorrow, and you can leave." β
The others left with great interest.
"Joan, are you crazy?" Lucas turned his gaze to Joan after everyone had left, "Fortunately, it's Paul who came today, if the representative of the Holy Spirit Society sitting here today is the same hawkish Lin Ke, then today's matter will not end at all, do you understand?"
"So what? Isn't it an open secret that the three rebel armies are all fighting nuclear weapons?" Joan sneered, "What a hypocrisy. β
"The topic of nuclear weapons is a political legacy of the Battle of Canberra 20 years ago in the Liberal Alliance, which is similar in concrete role to the United Nations, but has much more power than the United Nations. Do you want me to teach you how sensitive you are?
"That couldn't be better for me. Joan said viciously, "Anyway, the current AOM has gone further and further down the road of the radical left, and has become a wild horse in both diplomacy and domestic affairs, this is no longer the AOM that advocated tolerance and freedom at the beginning, and even if such an AOM is destroyed, it has nothing to do with me!"
"Joan, that's enough, you still think this was 20 years ago?" Lucas scolded, "you say that AOM is gone on the path of the radical left, and why don't you indulge in the fantasies of the extreme right? TSOF's stance has begun to evolve towards radicals in recent years, and if we don't make changes, we will only become cannon fodder for them, don't you understand?"
"It's ridiculous, it turns out that in the eyes of you leftists, even defending the most basic right to life has become conservatism? A bunch of crazy people, outright crazy people! Central Australia is still a nuclear wasteland, and you actually started the idea of uranium mines, what do you want to do? Drag everyone to destroy together?!"
"You don't want to change concepts here, Joan. We have never said that we want to take the lives of other people, but you must be clearly aware that there is a fundamental irreconcilable conflict of interest between us and other people, and from our point of view, the current situation is like three travelers who are about to starve to death in the desert to fight for a piece of bread, and whoever gets this piece of bread can get out of this desert, and you conservatives have to get a whole piece of bread to gain enough strength, and you conservatives fantasize that these three people can live in peace and eat this piece of bread, and the final result can only be three people die together in the desertοΌβ
"You just stubbornly believe that the contradictions are irreconcilable, but you have never seriously thought of a solution!" "Joan refuses to back down, "You're not talking about three travelers, but three stupid pigs who don't have brains, because only stupid pigs will give up the oasis in front of you and go to grab that little piece of bread!"
"Forget it, there's no way to communicate with a guy like you!" Lucas slammed the door in anger, and Joan sat down in the conference room without saying a word. The quarrel came to an end for the time being.
Hotel.
Paul locked the door as usual and carefully inspected the nooks and crannies of the room. After making sure there weren't any cameras or recording equipment, Paul sat down at his desk and opened his laptop.
"How's it going?"
Tang Xueqing's voice came from the other end of the notebook.
"No, the negotiation process has been very bumpy. Paul shook his head.
"What's wrong?Did something happen?" Tang Xueqing was a little surprised.
"Don't mention it, that guy Joan doesn't know what to think, and he actually directly poked out the fact that there are a large number of uranium mines in Afghanistan that are not controlled by the Apocalypse Army, what do you think I should do?" Paul said.
"What? How many people are there?"
"Don't say it, there are a lot of people. If a few more TSOF undercover agents are mixed in, then this time it will really be a good show. β
"Have you figured out what to do?
"Why do you want to tell them?" Paul sneered, "to feed them ammunition?"
"But you know, if AOM leaks this, we won't be able to explain it to the Holy Spirit Society. Tang Xueqing frowned.
"Don't worry, you can't help but underestimate AOM's sealing ability, and every S-class Operations Department member in my hall almost fell in touch with them, let alone those civilians. Paul was unimpressed, "I bet the guys here have already been called in for counseling." β
"I hope so. From our standpoint, the Holy Spirit Society must not tear up with AOM and TSOF now, as that will only further accelerate the process of the radical faction of the Holy Spirit Society taking power, and will do us more harm than good. β
"Of course I do. But......" Paul seemed to suddenly remember something, "Xueqing, can you help me check to see if there is a girl named Jane in AOM's public information?"
"What's wrong?, is there anything wrong with this girl named Jane?" asked Tang Xueqing.
β...... The problem is quite large. Paul's tone suddenly became serious, "The girl came with Lucas, but as she walked, the girl suddenly disappeared. I thought she had just gone somewhere else, but when I inadvertently asked about it, I was very concerned about Lucas and Joan's expressions. You know, I'm a Master of Psychology at Imperial College, and I've known them for quite some time, and I know a lot about their micro-expressions, and when I ask where Jane is, both Joan and Lucas are visibly nervous, especially Lukes, and they even tell a very blunt lie. Is this necessary?"
"It's possible that this just proves that this Shan is on a secret mission, or ......"
"No, there's more to her identity than that, and I remembered some not-so-good memories on the way back. Paul held his head, "You know...... Atlantis?"