Back in the office, the coffee on the table was already cold. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ulysses and Josh sat in silence, neither of them speaking in the near-complete freeze of the office.

Ulysses looked calm, but inwardly he was extremely angry, half at Joseph and half at himself.

After the murder in front of the White House, he hurriedly followed Josh downstairs, and then went to the surveillance room, called up the video, and watched it back and forth several times, although the process was not long, but it was not short, Ulysses, who did not take a mobile phone, directly cut off contact with Joseph, and that time was enough for Joseph to come over and report to Ulysses in person.

Another military base was destroyed, and Ulysses, as president, must be the first to know about this kind of thing.

The Marine Corps is the world's oldest elite unit and the main combat force of the U.S. Rapid Reaction Force, with a long and extraordinary history.

The Marine Corps, which numbered about 200,000 men and women, about one-ninth of the total number of the entire U.S. Army, consisted of five divisions and six air wings with 416 fighters, and had participated in every major American battle since its founding on January 10, 1775, when the Continental Congress directive, as well as numerous "police" operations and armed mediations around the world.

This can be said to be the largest and most elite armed force in the United States, compared to the title of the first armored division of the Magic Sword Armored Division, the Marine Corps is not the first, but it is definitely the core force of the United States.

The commander of the Marine Corps has always been a four-star general of the US military, and he is also one of the most powerful four-star generals, and the top boss of the US military.

The Marine Corps' Base No. 6 in Baltimore has about 3,000 people, and the strength of the ground reconnaissance group is not the most elite, but now it has been destroyed in a short period of time, which undoubtedly proves one point.

That is, Lin Xuanyuan has begun to make a move on the real core forces of the United States.

Less than 12 hours after the Philadelphia Massacre, Lin Xuanyuan and Xuanyuan Qinghuan reappeared in Baltimore, a few hundred kilometers away from Philadelphia and dozens of kilometers away from Washington.

The base of three thousand people, in an hour, completely exploded.

This kind of thing, Joseph would have been derelict if he hadn't reported it to Ulysses as soon as he got the news.

So what Joseph did was not wrong.

He was wrong because he didn't report the news at the right time.

It's so wrong.

He shouldn't have said it in front of Josh, let alone after Josh had determined that Lin Xuanyuan was the murderer in front of the White House, and Ulysses told him that he had found a group of masters who could compete with Lin Xuanyuan.

It turned out that Lin Xuanyuan was not in Washington at all, but in Baltimore, dozens of kilometers away.

And Ulysses just told the news that he had found a group of super masters.

There was little evidence, but it was enough to make Josh have some rich associations.

"Mr. President, I don't know what the U.S. government needs the help of the Skeletons, but I still say that, if there is a need, Mr. President, just ask, the Skeletons will carefully consider some of your requests. ”

In the midst of the extremely oppressive atmosphere, Josh finally spoke slowly, and in a very short time, his gloomy and somewhat purple face began to recover rapidly, until the words fell, and his face had completely calmed down.

"That's right. ”

Ulysses glanced at Josh in surprise, but since the other party asked, he naturally didn't mind following the other party's topic: "War between the United States and the Divine Empire will break out at any time, if possible, I hope that the Skull and Bones Society can bear some of the economic pressure for the U.S. government." ”

"How many dollars do you need?"

The corners of Josh's mouth curled into a complex arc, and he asked in an indifferent tone.

The light in Ulysses' eyes flashed, and then he said with some caution: "If the first batch of funds is used, about 20 billion is enough." ”

"Two tens of billions?"

Josh muttered to himself, looked up sharply, looked at Ulysses, and said, word by word, "I'll give you a hundred million!" ”

100 billion.

USD!

This figure exceeds even Ulysses' most optimistic estimates.

If it weren't for Joseph's sudden report, Ulysses would have planned to ask for 50 billion US dollars, after all, this is the first batch of Skull and Bones Society's investment, and if there is the first batch, there will be a second batch, 100 billion, or an early investment, which is definitely a surprising and exciting number.

"Thank you, old friend, I knew you wouldn't let me down. ”

Ulysses said with a look of surprise on his face, his expression was natural: "I will give the Skull and Bones Society enough in return, I heard that the Skull and Bones Society has been interested in several large-scale construction projects in China recently? I can help you take it down." In addition, I will convince Congress that the Morgan family's military-industrial enterprises are already a little backward, and you can cooperate with the military-industrial enterprises that belong to the government. Oh, by the way, I heard that the Morgan family has been having some difficulties with their investments in the Middle East lately? Oil is a good thing, and I'm going to talk to you and help you with all the problems, and..."

"Thank you very much for your generosity, Mr. President. ”

Josh replied lukewarmly, as if he was not interested in these promises of Ulysses, his eyes were still fixed on Ulysses's face, and he said seriously: "But what I want to explain, not these, at least, more than these." Mr. President, you have found a group of super masters who can fight against the royal family, and Lin Xuanyuan is in Baltimore at this time, but my people, the core force of our Morgan Family Creator Army, have just been killed at the gate of the White House. We have all seen the surveillance just now, more than forty seconds, killed fifteen SSS+ masters, and the other party also used armed helicopters, this phenomenon, aren't you going to say something? I thought it was Lin Xuanyuan who did it, but Lin Xuanyuan is not in Huasheng Don now, I think, people who can fight against Lin Xuanyuan can also do this, isn't it?"

Josh's words were clear and fluent, and in just a few words, he said all the doubts in his heart, and pointed the finger at Ulysses.

The smell of gunpowder in the office suddenly escalated.

The stiff atmosphere became cold and murderous.

Near the two, Robin sat up straight and quietly, and the corner of his eye began to look at Ulysses, intentionally or unintentionally.

"You doubt me?!"

Ulysses said lightly, his words were calm, but a trace of fierce anger flashed in his eyes: "Do you suspect that I was the one who let you kill you? What good is it for me to do this?

"We are not enemies. ”

Josh said lightly: "But we all understand, neither of us is anyone's closest friend, is it?, you ask me for help, you can, but I also have the right to refuse, if you send someone to kill the elite of the Morgan family, and push this matter on Lin Xuanyuan, then I have a reason to take action." And Lin Xuanyuan is not in Huasheng, except for him, no one in the Shenzhou Empire seems to be able to kill fifteen SSS+ level masters in less than a minute, right? The most important thing is that near the White House, the other party can actually use a helicopter gunship, and after killing people, he actually leaves directly? If I guess correctly, the Apache helicopter gunship is equipped with shells and missiles, if..."

"No ifs!"

Ulysses stood up suddenly, and under Josh's mocking gaze, his body kept walking around, and after a while, he stopped his body, looked at Josh, and said coldly: "Josh, what you said looks good, but don't forget, if the United States loses the war with the Shenzhou Empire, there is no benefit to the Skull Society, do you think the royal family will let the Skull Society go? No, you know the answer." So although you have the right to refuse, you don't have much choice, don't you? There is a term in the Shenzhou Empire called cold lips and teeth, and you won't not understand such a simple truth. So I'm sure you won't refuse, so there's no need to risk being discovered by you to kill your people! Besides, how can you be sure that there is no third world-shaking level master in Lin Xuanyuan's camp besides him and Xuanyuan Qinghuan? And whether the other party is world-shaking or not, it is not certain that the other party is not alone. It's ten! Ten people, in the case of a sudden attack, as long as you have the strength, killing fifteen SSS+ level masters, even if it is difficult, but it is not impossible to complete. ”

"And. ”

Ulysses pointed to his nose, and the glint of anger in his eyes intensified: "Do I look like an idiot? I know that using a helicopter near the White House will arouse your suspicions, but I still use it? Am I so stupid? What do you think is an American helicopter gunship? A toy parked in the open field? They can loot the helicopter, which shows how powerful they are, but don't they have to run away?" Do you think that the enemy will come here after plundering a helicopter and be able to save the missiles and shells on the helicopter, even the machine-gun bullets, without any loss? Are you stupid, or am I stupid!?"

Josh remained silent, listening to Ulysses's rebuttal, and had to admit that although there was no evidence in the other party's rebuttal, the logic that could be said was completely reasonable, but...

"None of this completely clears your name, does it?"

Josh asked lightly.

"That's right. ”

Ulysses nodded happily, but his eyes became colder and colder: "But now that the enemy is present, you will doubt me, Josh, our old friend for many years, I am very disappointed in you." ”

"Don't talk about this uselessness. ”

Josh said in a gloomy tone: "You shouldn't be disappointed in me, and there is no reason to be disappointed in me, people who have reached our status, doubt that everything is something that flows in our blood, I will not easily believe you, but I will not refuse to help you." Regardless of whether you sent someone to kill the fifteen warriors of the Morgan family today, you are responsible for their deaths, and you have no way to deny this, so if you want money, I will give it, but if I want it, you can't refuse!"

Tough, domineering, crisp.

With the Morgan family and the skeleton as his backing, Josh has enough confidence no matter who he faces.

"What do you want?"

Ulysses took a deep breath and said calmly.

"In two days' time, the Skull and Skull delegation will come back to the White House, and they will talk to you about all of the Skull and Skull Society's requirements. ”

Josh took a sip of the cold coffee in front of him, stood up and said lightly.

In his opinion, today's conversation is over.

"Wait. I'm not done with my request. ”

The muscles of Ulysses' eyes twitched, and he forced himself to suppress his anger and spoke slowly.

Josh raised his eyelids and looked at Ulysses, but didn't speak.

"Over the next few days, I'm going to need skeletons to build momentum for me, and the bigger the better. ”

Ulysses looked at Josh and said seriously.

"To build momentum?

Josh's tone was a little confused: "It's not easy. ”

The U.S. government controls a number of large media, and if you want to whitewash yourself, those media voices are enough, maybe useless, but if you change the media controlled by the Skull Society, the effect will not be better, Ulysses's meaning is obvious, that is, the Skull will use money to brainwash the people, which is definitely not an easy thing.

"Not for the U.S. government. It's to build momentum for Ellain. ”

Ulysses sat down, lit a cigar, and spoke in a tired tone.

"Ellahn?

The vigilance in Josh's eyes flickered, and he finally understood that compared to the previous economic help, this current campaign was the real purpose of Ulysses' appointment with him today.

"What's that?"

Ulysses smiled, meaning inexplicably: "An absolute master who can confront the emperor, and a five-star general in the United States in the future, what do you say he is?"

Five-star general!!

Josh's pupils constricted.

"Is this the condition put forward by the group of masters you found? Five-star general? The other party wants military power?"

"Yes. ”

Ulysses nodded.

"And you even said yes? even if the skeleton would help him build momentum?"

The mockery and unbelief in Josh's tone became more apparent.

"I don't have a choice!"

Ulysses roared in annoyance.

"Yes, you may not have a choice, but I do. I don't agree to this!"

Josh sneered and spoke, his eyes flickering.

For hundreds of years, there have been two major forces in the United States that have shared the supreme power of the United States, one is the U.S. government, and the other is the Skull and Bones Society.

This Ellain had never heard of it before, and now he suddenly ran out and was about to take away the position that symbolized the military marshal, and Ulysses was still talking about that group of masters.

This is tantamount to a force squeezing into the top circle of the United States, and wants to share the full strength of his hands.

Josh had no reason to say yes.

"I know you won't say yes, that's why I'm asking you to come here. ”

Ulysses said softly, "So, sit down now, we can have a good talk, and I will let you agree, because I am prepared to pay enough." ”

He looked at Josh with a straight look in his eyes, and his voice became calmer: "You can't leave until this matter is settled!"