Chapter 16: The Man Who Shouldn't Be
"Please, Your Excellency Colonel! Send troops into the city to stop the riots! β
The day after the riots, Elle, who insisted on staying, met again with the commander of the Central Army, who was in charge of commanding the city's suppression mission. The commander who hid for a whole day and refused to meet her.
"Say what? Into the city to stop the riot? Did I hear me right? Lord McDowell? β
The colonel, who plucked out his ears and had a mustache, seemed to have heard something very strange, and stared at Elle incredulously and asked
"What if there is a clash between citizens and the military, and the people are dissatisfied? What if there were two waves of mobs calling for help from us at the same time? What if we managed to restore order to such a population, and they in turn accused us of restricting their freedom? What if we are blamed afterwards and say that we kill innocents indiscriminately and without interrogation? In the event of one of these, can you be a brigadier general to take responsibility? β
It sounds very reasonable.
It would be even more convincing if you couldn't see the miserable scene outside the window.
Outside the train station, Leol was hell on earth by the third day of the riots.
The struggle between fanatical extremists and non-Heliosians, the chaotic war between the madmen who believe that they can ascend to heaven and the commoners who are regarded as infidels by the madmen, and the robbery of the hard-working inhabitants by the thugs who want to get rich......
The whole city, all the tyranny and sin, the ugliness and greed of human nature are on full display here.
The atrocities of thousands of rioters, because there was no military to stop them, quickly infected other people with bad ideas but feared the government army, and when they saw that the first criminals who jumped out to participate in the atrocities did not receive the punishment they deserved, the greed in the hearts of mankind broke through the moral and legal defenses and erupted, and the greed that sustained these people who tried to take advantage of the fire and loot trampled on the dignity of others, the property of others, and even the lives of others.
Under the banner of the huge, grandiose or ridiculous 'Sun God', join in the atrocities of robbery and killing.
Then came the counterattack of the civilians, the riot of the civilians, and more and more people were consumed by anger and fear, and they picked up a qiΔ weapon that they could pick up around them to join the queue of violence or resistance.
Within three days, with the connivance of the Central Army, the people in the city could not escape from the blockaded city and could not get help from the army, so the criminals and thugs became more and more frenzied, and the number of the mob quickly expanded from thousands to tens of thousands, and these thugs who believed in gods or did not believe in gods took advantage of this chaos to vent their greed and ambition, and to take revenge on the jealous or hated people around them.
Slaughtering their own neighbors, classmates, co-workers and bosses.
There is no doubt that, after three days of connivance, the riots in Leol were completely expanded and escalated.
"I say it again, I don't know what General Estes is, she is the commander of the Southern Army and can't control our Central Army, even if the general himself comes, I also say this, if I want to transfer troops, take out the orders of Lieutenant General Raven or the president, otherwise I won't talk about it."
But in the rest room of the station. Ignoring Ellie's bitter words, the commander of the Central Army leaned back on the sofa boredly and snorted, ignoring the people outside the station who begged for the protection of the army.
"Your Excellency McDowell, I know that your military rank is greater than mine, but you can only control the police, not our army, please go back and talk to your boss if there is anything, but even if you talk to General Estes, it is useless, unlike a little girl like you, I am not afraid that your big lady who will be in the nest will sneer-!" Yes!!!!!!!! β
As soon as he was halfway through the sentence, the colonel's arm leaning in his chair was pierced by a long sword that pierced through the wall, accompanied by the howl of killing pigs, and the soundproofing wall of the VIP lounge made of stakes and wood was suddenly broken by a strong external force, and the bricks and sawdust were splashed, and the blue-haired beauty who walked into the big hole with a blood-dripping sword was the unkind General Estes.
"You bastard just said I was here, and it didn't work, right?"
Grabbing the emaciated face in front of him, his face was yellow, his eyes were sunken, and it was obvious that he was too drunk, and he didn't care about the wound on his shoulder, Estes grabbed him by the neck with one hand and pinned him to the wall
"You repeat what you just said, I didn't hear ...... clearly"
Lifting the Colonel up and pinning him against the wall, ignoring the struggles of the other man, Estes asked in an unusually cold voice
The eyes under the big-brimmed hat were so terrifying, more vicious than the dangerous species of Saibei, more vicious than the most vicious beasts.
"You tell me again."
"My arm! My arm hurts! Yes!! Oh my arm! Poof! Yikes!!!!! β
As the Waste Colonel, whose shoulder was bleeding, howled at the wall, Estes' sword came to him again, this time into the palm of his hand.
"You say you don't care about my orders at all, right?"
One hand pressed against the other's neck, and the other hand pressed against the wound on the colonel's shoulder
"Ahh Does it hurt!! Your Excellency, General! Spare me! I was wrong! I was wrong! I shouldn't have said bad things about you! Am I wrong!! Spare your life! Spare your life! β
"Does it hurt?"
Gently, Estes' left hand caressed the wound on his shoulder.
"It hurts, please! Let me go! I ...... anything you ask for. No! No, no, no!! General, I beg you not! β
Watching Estes put away his left hand stained with his own blood and clenched it into a fist, making a charge of strength, the colonel shouted loudly, but how could this make Estes change his mind?
"So what?!"
As he spoke, he punched the colonel in the wounded shoulder
"Ah!!!! Oh!! Ahh!!!!!!!hh β
With a punch, a gunshot wound and internal injuries, Colonel Waste felt that his soul was about to run out in pain
"Does it hurt?! Does it hurt?!! Does it hurt?!! Sue sΓΉ Do I hurt or not?! Does it hurt?!!!! β
Every time he asked, Estes's fist landed on his shoulder once, and each time he fell, the decibel of the other party rose by one level, and each time he shouted, his strength increased by one level, so that the lung bastard on the wall could enjoy the pain, but even so, she still felt that it was not enjoyable, but she had to stop, because the other party's shoulder blades had been broken by herself, and she would die if she continued to fight.
Even she can't kill a regular army officer at will.
Not surprisingly, this officer was supposed to be Raven's lackey.
"What people?! Captain! Your Excellency Colonel! β
Hearing the screams of the pigs inside, a group of regular soldiers outside wanted to count on the numerical advantage to make Estes stop, but they just raised their guns......
"Pong! Pong! Pong! β
Dozens of armed Central Army soldiers who rushed into the house were knocked away and collapsed to the ground.
"No one shall aim a gun at the captain or ......"
The eyes of a black slayer, and the girl with a ghostly skill is a black pupil.
"All burials ......"
Under the sharp blade, the red pupils, the calm voice, this is the red pupil.
"As a soldier, I don't even have the slightest respect for the general......"
Huge blades, this is Lixia Mao.
With three Super Killers by his side, Estes could completely and completely shred the bastard without caring about the feelings of the bastards.
It's just a pity that reason sued her that she couldn't do this......
"Give you a chance to live," Ignoring the fact that the colonel's right shoulder was smashed by himself, and the fact that he couldn't stop bleeding, Estes took advantage of the railroad
"Let the soldiers go into the town to suppress the riot and keep the city safe, or die here." The choice of two is yours. β
ββ¦β¦ Army...... The mobilization of the army ......"
With difficulty, the colonel spoke
"Only received a written order from Lieutenant General Raven and instructions from the President...... to mobilize ...... I don't have that right......"
After saying that, he fainted.
"Cut." [[[CP|W:539|H:400|A:L]]] Looking at the Colonel, who had completely fainted, Estes took him off the wall and threw him like a rag to the waste Central Army soldiers outside.
"Well, since the supreme commander has lost consciousness, shouldn't the army with combat missions obey the command of the highest-ranking officer on the spot?"
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Hearing Estes say this, the soldiers and officers present, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know how to answer Estes's words.
Estes's words are right, the army does have this rule when performing special tasks, but ......
"Oops~ This is really unfortunate~ General Estes."
Just when Estes thought his plan had succeeded, the voice of an old thing, the voice of an old thing that Estes hated the most so far, came from the side, with a hypocritical smile that was not good enough to be beaten.
It made Estes regret why he didn't use the sword to slash the ground last time, so that this hypocritical old man hung up earlier. "Yes, it's really unfortunate to see you as an old man, Lieutenant General Raven."
Estes, who thought that he would be able to seize military power by abolishing a bastard and start suppression, found himself thinking too simply.
Here, in this place where this hypocritical bastard is least needed, Lieutenant General Raven appeared.