Makashev, the commander of the Volga-Ural Military District of the Russian Federation, looked at the Mediterranean melon-faced man who walked in front of him with admiration and respect, and he greeted this melon-faced man with great courtesy, and said: "Mentor Kirk, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your demeanor is better than before, which is really gratifying." ”

The melon face is the host of the Mystic Palace, Grigory? Kirk, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the mysterious palace has also completely become an unknown period of the past, as early as the previous year, Kirk has secretly begun to transfer many important materials and property of the mysterious palace to the outside world, until now, the mysterious palace has basically become an empty shell, most of the important researchers have been transferred to the United States, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and other places through various channels.

Kirk still had a persistent pride on his face, and said: "This time the foundation that has been built up for decades has been ruined in a flash, what is not graceful, but you, at this time, have a heavy army, blocking the east side of the Ural Mountains, if you fall to those rebels in the east, Yeltsin will be embarrassed, if you want to fall to Yeltsin, then those rebels in the east will be in trouble." ”

Makashev listened to Kirk's words with a somewhat self-contained expression, as he was in now, he had become a very important piece on the chessboard, and if he had any inclination, it might eventually lead to a victory for one side.

"It's better to be taught by a mentor." Makashev patted his ass.

Kirk scoffed, "What does this have to do with me, it's just your luck." ”

No one knew that Makashev, the commander of a military district, had such a mentor-apprentice relationship with Kirk. Makashev, who was not yet in the climate, briefly served as a military liaison officer in the Mystic Palace, but later Makashev was trained by Kirk to no longer see the Soviet Ministry of Defense in his eyes, but to fully obey Kirk's wishes.

Although Makashev broke away from the Mystery Palace very early, he never dared to underestimate Kirk's methods, a person who could make him live and let him die, and even survive without asking for death. Although Kirk never ordered Makashev again, Makashev never dared to take Kirk seriously.

"Mentor, how do you think I should take sides now?" Makashev asked Kirk for advice, now that Russia is on the verge of collapse, although he has a heavy army, he still does not feel very safe, but like Kirk can make him feel a sense of protection, if he can reach a closer cooperation with Kirk, he thinks that it is not a problem to ensure his safety and power.

In his opinion, Kirk is a god with hands and eyes to the sky, and his emotions are the same as many officials in the Celestial Empire who are used to asking for guidance from the Great Immortals, but Kirk, the "Great Immortal", is really bullish.

Kirk actually came to Makashev this time, and his intention was to use his convenience to complete some of his own ideas. Kirk was deaf and clear-sighted, and Siberia and the Far East became independent without warning, and it was almost impossible without the role of the powerful neighbor to the south, without the role of the boy he thought came from another world.

However, simply asking Makashev to turn the gun around against the republics of Siberia and the Far East, Kirk believes that the chances are not great, because if these two separated republics are really instigated by China, even if Yeltsin and Makashev are side by side, there is no way to confront them. Kirk knows this.

"Yeltsin's guy can't let you take action against the Siberian side so quickly, your most likely target in the near future should be the group of green cultists in Chechnya." Kirk said.

Makashev is not surprised by this, it is no secret that the Russian Federation wants to use troops against Chechnya, whether it is in terms of military preparations or in terms of public opinion preparations, it has been carried out to a certain extent, and Chechnya itself is a small country and weak force, if it can overthrow Chechnya, it will be very helpful for the Russian army to regain confidence.

"However, once my troops are transferred out of the defense zone, then Yeltsin has a way to isolate me, or even empty me, without logistical support, and even surrounded by other Russian troops, my situation may be very poor, mentor." Makashev asked hesitantly.

Kirk said disdainfully: "Won't you refuse to carry out the orders of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the pretext that you want to defend the enemy in the Siberian direction?" The Urals are your cornerstone, and now that you have an army, you should gradually grasp the power in your hands, like Yankov and Novorzlov, although there is no need to declare self-reliance or secession, but a certain degree of autonomy is still necessary. ”

Makashev nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Kirk's suggestion.

Soon, he asked again: "Mentor, compared with Yeltsin and Yankov, my strength here is still weak, and if the mentor sends anything, I am afraid that I will not be able to complete the ......."

Kirk glanced at him and interrupted him, "Do you want to get some kind of insurance from me?" ”

Makashev couldn't help but nod.

Kirk said: "The Mysterious Palace can no longer exist on Russian soil, but the Mysterious Palace also has its own security forces, about a brigade-level establishment, and is equipped with some special equipment of the Mysterious Palace, and it is not a problem for you to use it as your talisman." However, as in the past, you must be cautious when using these powers, and try to keep them secret, if the Mystic Palace loses its mystery, it will no longer be the Mystic Palace. ”

This is also Kirk's principle, although he is arrogant and crazy, but he is very reluctant to show his achievements easily, the mysterious palace has existed for so many years, and the number of times he shows the results of the mysterious palace is very small. In fact, a large part of the reason is that he did not meet any worthy objects worth doing himself, although at the peak of the Cold War, the mysterious palace contributed some important skills to the Soviet Union, but Kirk only had a sense of ridicule for the hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, and felt that it was not fun. It wasn't until a visitor from another world brought something that fascinated him and defeated him once on the battlefield that he was motivated to start digging holes and making his life more interesting.

After confessing to Makashev and leaving behind a considerable part of the legacy of the Mysterious Palace that could not be taken away, Kirk took off from Russia on a special plane, this time his destination was Alaska.

Kirk got in touch with the CIA not long ago, although he didn't lift all his hole cards, but almost all the technical materials of the important techniques of the Soviet Union have made the Americans ecstatic, and Kirk brought a complete and efficient technical team to the United States, as long as they are given places and equipment, they can immediately put into the previous work, but this time whatever they made no longer belongs to the dead Soviet Union, but to the United States of America.

The Americans attach great importance to Kirk, and of course, if they knew what Kirk was, they wouldn't be as enthusiastic as he is now. Not only did Kirk get American citizenship, but he was also rewarded with a lot of money from the federal government, and he got a villa in San Francisco and New York, as well as a large amount of money.

Americans are not completely comfortable with Kirk, so Kirk's new research base will be located in Alaska, far from the continental United States. Not only that, but the C.I.A. has also sent many agents to nominally protect the actual supervision of this research base, and some American experts have joined in the sand.

It's just that the Americans really underestimated Kirk's ability, and at the beginning, I don't know how many Soviet officials also mixed sand with sand to supervise the Mysterious Palace, but in the end, these people became the lackeys of the Mysterious Palace, and they no longer owed allegiance to their superiors.

Kirk's arrival also made some large American private consortia very interested, because Kirk brought a lot of very novel technology, maybe Kirk took it out just to deal with the Americans, but in the eyes of many Americans, even if there is no military value, it also has a great practical and civilian value, so Kirk quickly found some private big funders to support Kirk's team to conduct some research, and the patents of the results can be shared with these consortia.

Kirk had not yet adapted to this model of capitalism, but his mind was not mainly here now. Although he has left Russia, his eyes are still there. Qi Yiming's "expansion of territory" in Siberia did not disgust Kirk, but it made Kirk see Qi Yiming's thirst for land and resources.

"Is it a vulgar thing after all? I don't want to rule the world world by myself with such an ability, but what kind of farming do I want to do......" Although Kirk complained like this, he didn't resist it much, in his opinion, as long as Qi Yiming developed gradually, gained more powerful power, and at the same time let him see more novel things, this competition could be pleasant.

The Soviet legacy was so broken that even Kirk had a sense that he could not let the Chinese control Siberia and the Far East so easily, so he was bound to provoke a larger dispute, even if the main casualties of this war might be the Russians, his compatriots.

In Kirk's eyes, everything is expendable, including his own body.

The main inheritance of the Mystic Palace was given to Makashev instead of Yeltsin, because Kirk thought that Makashev was better suited to lead such a brawl, and Yeltsin would not have the courage to do such a thing for a while. All he needed was a little provocation, maybe a crossfire on the border, maybe an air strike for no reason, but Kirk thought he had the initiative, and he wanted to use the new war to deepen his understanding of his opponents, just as he had deliberately unleashed a madman virus in Iraq.

Keep knowing the enemy, keep learning from the enemy, just like a poisonous snake, the last blow can be fatal!