Chapter 367: Declaration of War
As Grell was thinking about it, Daisy tapped on the keyboard a few times, and once again played the video that she had watched several times, and it was still a normal TV picture at the beginning, and suddenly the human voice became a no-signal 'drip!' Drip! The sound and the image shifted to blood-red banners, ten black rings, crossed swords, and symbols of unknown meaning.
'Drop! Drip! The sound didn't last long, and the picture returned, except that instead of a soap opera, it was an endless desert with piles of sand of varying heights filling the screen.
The camera rotates slowly from left to right, and when it sweeps to the middle, the voiceover sounds, a slightly old voice, very low, full of vicissitudes: "Mesopotamia is an ancient land, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers nourish countless civilizations, Hashona culture, Haraf culture, Samarra culture... There was also the ancient Babylon, which tried to build the Tower of Babel.
But the invaders broke into this place, trampled on the ancient land, enslaved the people here, and frantically plundered everything of value. It brought endless wars, poverty, disease... But from this day on, we will no longer suffer all this in silence, we have lived in this land since ancient times, and no one can enslave us. ”
At this point, the camera also pans to the far right, taking in the military base in the desert, and the voice-over tone becomes impassioned: "This is a nail, a nail that the invaders have driven into Mesopotamia..."
Before he finished speaking, a pillar of flame suddenly rose from the military base, and the barracks were scraped down like paper paste, followed by a dust storm and black smoke that was rolled up by the shock wave, engulfing the huge military base, and it was no longer possible to see what the situation was inside.
"This is just the beginning, the warriors have risen until the aggressor pays a sufficient price, Mr. President, this is the first lesson I will teach you, blood debt and blood repayment." After saying this idiom in slightly awkward Chinese, the picture immediately disappeared, and after a pause of two or three seconds, the soap opera broadcast on the TV station resumed.
Grell stretched out his hand, put it on the soft hand where Daisy was holding the mouse, clicked it again, and carefully watched the video that was absolutely not in the movie, listened carefully to the voiceover, and tried to compare it with the movie Mandarin, which had a very shallow impression in his mind.
In a slightly quaint palace-style villa, Killian sat comfortably on the sofa, smiling and watching the video on TV, and when the broadcast was finished, he clapped his hands with satisfaction and said: "It's very good, but I think the depth is not enough, the lack of humanistic care, and the inner heart of the characters must be explored." ”
Standing next to the sofa were more than a dozen Hollywood screenwriters, directors, editors, dubbing and other professionals, listening carefully to the requirements of the financier, in order to shoot a video that the other party was satisfied with and get a large sum of money promised by Killian.
Killian said a lot of requests, and then he couldn't get enough of it, patted the director on the shoulder, and said: "I'm a person who pursues art, money is not a problem, you must shoot well." Do you understand? ”
The director nodded busily, although he didn't know what this rich man was doing with such a video with an obvious horror atmosphere, but as long as he gave money, he gave enough money, and there was no problem in letting him go into battle to shoot with color.
It doesn't matter what he does with the video, the rich have more quirks, and the things that ordinary people pursue, they are about to vomit and start looking for excitement. What kind of drag racing, turntable... It's just a trivial matter to shoot this kind of video.
Killian instructed the clothing group to make a suitable costume as soon as possible, gorgeous and low-key, and several tailors of the clothing group who listened looked helpless and just wanted to roll their eyes, but in the face of the big boss, they still patted their chests and promised to make satisfactory clothes.
Walking out of the slightly gloomy dilapidated castle, Killian stretched and swept around, a large number of black-clad bodyguards surrounded the big house, all from different security companies, and a few desperate soldiers.
Without his permission, no one can get out of this big house, even if the situation changes, there are more than N bombs buried underground, enough to destroy everything, leaving no evidence, for safety, he doesn't want to involve himself.
"It's not good to be too calm, how can you sell arms in a calm world?" Killian said to himself, "I really want to see how Mr. President's face is..."
Killian said as he walked towards the tarmac, this video is just an appetizer, and there are many things to do, such as the president's special bodyguard, he needs to thoroughly understand the performance of the steel suit made by Stark before he can make a revenge plan.
As Killian expected, the video, which hijacked the national television signal and broadcast it, spread around the world along the Internet, causing an uproar, and the 'terrorist attack' became a Google search buzzword within a minute of the video airing.
The explosion site in this very war-like video is the Alio Salim airbase, and it was indeed bombed more than ten hours ago, almost leveling the entire base, killing and injuring countless people.
Originally, this was strictly confidential information, except for the intelligence departments of various countries, it was impossible for ordinary people to know about it, but the video made everything public, and there were already marching crowds around the White House.
A large number of family members of the garrison shouted hoarsely into the TV cameras that they could not get through to their loved ones, and by the way, they scolded the bastard White House dignitaries, demanding that the truth be made public, and they wanted to know what happened to their relatives.
President Ellis, who had only been in office for a short time, was woken up in the middle of the night, and has been discussing with think tanks for more than 10 hours how to deal with this terrorist attack.
The noise outside the White House can be heard clearly in the round table room, and the secrecy is over before it begins, and the next thing to do is how to deal with the angry crowd and make assurances.
The think tank quickly came up with a plan to deal with it, and in the fifth minute after the video was broadcast, President Ellis waved his fist with red circles and extremely angry eyes, announcing the news of the terrorist attack on Alio Salim Air Base, but did not announce the death toll, but indignantly said that the US imperialists will never compromise, resolutely want to retaliate, and will definitely do a good job in dealing with the aftermath.
Here's a series of things that were done more than a decade ago, such as lowering the flag, mourning, and commemorating, and all President Ellis had to do was to make a gesture of great sadness in public and say something like that.
But after returning to the White House and closing the door, President Ellis's face was ugly, and the other party's behavior was a declaration of war by Hongguoguo, and he slapped the US imperialist hard. The first and foremost must is to find out the attackers, and then 'pay the debt with blood', without compromise or weakness, otherwise they will be re-elected, and they may be pushed down.
The plan that the think tank had spent more than ten hours before could be thrown into the trash, and to make a new plan, President Ellis drank cup after cup of coffee, and the resistance was dozing off, and the think tank was discussing.
At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and an official ran in in a panic, and said with an extremely ugly face: "Mr. President, the TV signal has been hijacked again, exactly the same as yesterday's method." ”
"What?" The whole room was stunned, and the secretary quickly turned on the TV, and sure enough, the screen was played with the blood-colored banner and ten black rings and crossed swords.
President Ellis scolded angrily, he wanted to smash this TV, the other party's fanfare hijacking signal was definitely not an advertisement, could it be that he bombed that base again? Thinking of this, President Ellis hurriedly shouted, "Contact the bases immediately." ”
Before the work had even begun, television images appeared: a rough wall of sand, common in the Middle East, and nothing to make a fuss about. But what is frightening is that there is a row of people with their hands tied, wearing American desert camouflage and black hoods squatting next to this wall.
The familiar voiceover sounded again: "Mr. President, yesterday I taught you the first lesson, and today is the second lesson: these demons survived the divine punishment, but they still can't escape the judgment, because no one can escape the judgment." ”
Before the words fell, a gunfire like fried beans came from the loudspeaker of the TV, and the people standing by the wall had more blood holes in their bodies, let out a terrible scream, and fell to the ground one after another like wheat cuts, and there was no sound.
This scene made the hearts of all the dignitaries in the White House tremble, this is forcing the US imperialists to start a war, and the lantern is not so rampant that the United States will execute the surviving soldiers live, they can think of how angry the people who see this scene will be, and whoever dares to say the word 'no' will definitely be torn to pieces.
After the gunfire subsided, several bandits in Arab costumes stepped forward, began to sprinkle gasoline and then set fires, and in the raging flames, the camera began to turn around, filming the excited AK-wielding thugs and the banners of the Ten Rings hanging all around.
After taking a panoramic view, another picture flashed again, and a bearded old man appeared in the camera, his face was full of wrinkles like old bark, and his eyes calmly said to the camera: "Mr. President, you must be very angry now, but we are more angry than you, and this anger has accumulated for dozens or hundreds of years."
Now these sacred flames have erupted and have burned all injustice. I know you're going to do whatever it takes to get me out, but I'm fearless because you don't know where I'm going, but I know you're there. ”
The old man in the navy blue robe stretched out his hand, pointed to the camera, revealing the five quaint rings of different styles and colors on his hand, raised his neck slightly, made a proud appearance, and said, "I see you!" ”
The video came to an abrupt halt and was replaced with the banner of the Ten Rings, before the TV signal was restored and "The Big Bang Theory" was resumed, and the playfulness of the characters in the play echoed in the office, and everyone looked like they were staring at each other.
This silence lasted for seven or eight seconds, and the head of security in the White House immediately said: "Mr. President, please board Air Force One immediately, the White House is no longer safe." ”
"What?" President Ellis looked surprised and said angrily: "If you want me to escape from the White House at this time, it is impossible, immediately notify the FBI, CIA, and S.H.I.E.L.D., and use all forces, no matter what method is used, to find out this madman for me."
The bases were immediately put on wartime alert, and I don't want to see this madman show off on TV again which of our bases he bombed again? ”
The director of the NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center) thought for a moment and suggested: "Mr. President, I think it is necessary to temporarily suspend flights across the United States, and strengthen security forces in various places, especially the White House. ”
President Ellis hesitated, nodded, he didn't want to repeat the old case from ten years ago, and said, "Where's Colonel Rhodes?" ”
A senior official in the Ministry of Defense said: "Sir, Rhodes has been retired, and his steel suit is not equipped with lethal weapons. ”
"What?" President Ellis felt that he had heard some kind of joke, that the biggest arms boss had not equipped his strongest individual equipment with weapons, which was simply to say that Apple had contracted hundreds of ordinary kilometers of land and was ready to open an orchard.
The head of security in the White House hurriedly said: "Stark refuses to let go of the suit system, for the sake of safety, he did not let Rhodes be equipped with lethal weapons, the steel suit itself already has a strong destructive power, if there are weapons..."
I didn't finish the words, but I know what it means, the steel suit and weapons are the wings of the tiger, which will cause a lot of trouble to the security of the White House, after all, Rhodes has retired and is no longer a soldier, so naturally he can't be trusted as before.
"Contact Stark, tell him that the people need the protection of the Avengers, install enough weapons for Rhodes as soon as possible, and once you find this madman, let Rhodes capture him back immediately." President Ellis immediately decided that the steel suit was the best weapon for assault, and that once he spotted the madman's tracks, he could set off immediately, much faster than sending special forces.
And in an inconspicuous earthen city in the Middle East, a dilapidated TV is playing two videos, and the light on the screen barely reflects the old face in front of the TV, and the ten shimmering rings on both hands are particularly conspicuous in this dark house.
When Mandarin in the TV raised his hand and revealed five rings, the TV was pressed to pause, and the old man in front of the TV also raised his right hand, looked at the ring on his hand, and then looked at the TV and said in a hoarse voice: "It's very similar, so what do you want to use the name?" ”
After talking to himself, the old man stood up and walked out of the door, the darkness of the room was regarded as nothing, and he strode outside, looked at the flags all over the city, and commanded the militants guarding the house: "Put away the conspicuous flags first, and tell Jackson Norris to find out who is using my name." ”