Chapter 5: The Steam Brotherhood

"You want to fight in the West?"

Admiral Lesa sat behind his desk with his arms crossed, his two sharp pupils staring at An Jie tightly.

“………… Yes, General, I want to go to war. ”

An Jie scolded Simon in her heart, and after getting her confirmation, the captain said to prepare for war preparations, and then called Lieutenant Colonel Thompson to pick her up at the hospital. She thought that she would be able to see the procedures for sending her to war after getting off the plane, but she didn't see the formalities and only saw the general who picked her up............

"That, General. Is sending me to support the Western Theater of War a matter worthy of personal review by one of your generals? ”

Anjie couldn't be wilted when she faced Lesa. After the end of the Warcraft Battle, in order to prevent the Earth Warcraft from wreaking havoc again, Laisa directly revised the original military district code to make a major reform. The armies in all districts and regions were scattered and reorganized, and everyone was tossed and choked.

Although the effect was very significant, the iron-fisted image of Lysa during the reform period was also deeply nailed into everyone's heart. This general, who has been hiding in the shadow of Admiral Christine all year round, gave people a glimpse of what a general is as soon as he made a move.

Terror and majesty coexist.

Anjie was tossed to the point of having a heart attack because of this, so in her small semi-mechanical heart, Lesa Saint-Boan ranked NO.1 in the "list of people who can not be seen".

"Can you tell me why you want to go to war?"

I didn't want to see NO.1 suddenly said to An Jie, but Before An Jie could answer, he smiled mockingly and said, "Sorry, I asked a stupid question." For a war maniac, there is nothing more attractive than the battlefield. ”

Anjie: "............ Hehe. ”

What could she say.

"I'll tell you straight, Second Lieutenant. If you want me to agree that you can participate in the war in the West, I can even fight for you a great privilege! ”

An Jie's heart tightened, and she waited intently for the next but.

"But!"

(Coming, coming!) )

“…… There is one condition. ”

Lesa rose from her chair and took out three items from under the drawer and placed them on the table.

An Jie's eyes followed, and the three items were: a strange badge with a brass texture, a large screw with blood, and an arm.

"Ensign, have you heard of the Steam Brotherhood?"

An Jie shook her head, she hadn't heard of it.

Lesa didn't rush to explain, but first pointed to the three things on the table and said, "These are all found from the wreckage of the Dull." These...... It's all the clues that connect Christine! ”

An Jie: "Oooo ”

Leza: "............"

Anjie: "............"

Leza: "............"

Anjie: "............"

Leza: "............"

An Jie: "Xiaguan will definitely actively look for clues about Admiral Christine!" ”

Leza: "Too slow!! ”

An Jie tilted her head and smirked, trying to get by.

"Forget it, there are so many things you don't know, and you can't be blamed for this reaction."

(Good, passed.) )

Admiral Leza sat back in his chair and picked up a cup. An Jie picked up the bottle on the table very discerningly and poured him a cup of coffee.

"First of all, let me explain to you what the Brotherhood of Steam is."

Lesa picked out the bronze badge from the three items on the table and handed it to Anjie, "This is their emblem, cross-musket and gas mask. ”

An Jie took it and took a look, and indeed as the general said, the brass base was depicted with a crossed musket and a gas mask that might give you nightmares.

In addition to this, there are six letters on the edge of the coat of arms.

"Utopia, utopia?"

"That's their philosophy."

Admiral Lesa said: "A utopia of eternal peace...... Why, looking at your expression, it seems like you're trying to say something? ”

"Nothing."

"Something to say."

"Shall I say it directly?"

"If there's a fart, let it go!"

“emmmmm…… How did Admiral Christine manage to lose to such a bunch...... Delusional. ”

"Delusional?" Lesa didn't mind the part about Christine, but said with interest, "This is what you say about the Brotherhood?" A bunch of delusionals? ”

"Isn't it?" An Jie asked strangely, "How can utopia exist?" ”

She said this in a declarative sentence, clearly convinced. When Lesa heard her answer, she silently took a sip of coffee and did not speak, and the scene fell silent for a while.

An Jie, who couldn't stand the silence, began to have nothing to say: "Originally, you see, the original meaning of the word utopia is 'no place', Wu is 'no', Tuo is 'sustenance', and Bang is 'country', which together is 'utopian country'." Since the idea is set to no, what is the guy who has to work hard to pursue utopian dreams and is not a delusional? ”

An Jie once fantasized about the existence of utopia, but reality told her: it is better to have time to fantasize than to shovel two more shovels of coal.

After realizing that using her dreamless time to work would allow her to have a big dinner on the weekend, Anjie became a realist through and through.

"Honestly, I have a new impression of you." "You're right," said Lyza, "the only one who chases fantasies is delusional. And the last thing you need in the army is a delusional person! You're saying a good thing. ”

An Jie breathed a sigh of relief, and then stood up and saluted. "Where, there is still a ...... in the lower officials"

"I'm not praising you, you don't need to salute."

An Jie swallowed back the modesty that came to her mouth.

"Although you are right, delusional is not the same as weak. They are strong...... Very strong! ”

Lesa took another sip of coffee and said solemnly. "They have a very terrible weapon in their hands, and the name of that weapon is ......"

"What's the name?" An Jie also became solemn. And Admiral Lessa, having whetted her appetite, burst out of the mouth with two sharp teeth:

"Science!"

An Jie hung over and fell on his heels.

"Don't look disappointed, I ask you, what is the basis for the progress of science?"

"A long-lasting effort." An Jie opened her mouth and came.

"Half the truth is, the correct statement should be: a group of ordinary people who have endured and one or two key geniuses."

"Unfortunately, members of the Steam Brotherhood...... All geniuses! ”

He pointed to the two remaining items on the table and said, "This is unreported evidence, the badge confirms who Christine fought with, and the screws and severed arms prove the identity of the attacker." It took me almost all of my connections to find out the information about the screw and the owner of the broken arm, and my conditions were related to her. ”

He continued, "The Empire knows very little about the Brotherhood, except that their members are no more than two hands away, and all of them come from all over the world, and each of them is a genius who has reached the pinnacle of a certain skill. They were very secretive, and if it weren't for Christine's hard fight before she disappeared, we wouldn't have been able to find a clue to the owner of the screw. ”

Speaking of this, he took out another photo and handed it to An Jie. and pointed to a girl who looked about the same age as An Jie in the photo and said, "This is my condition." ”

"The Imperial West once handed in an observation report of a girl similar to hers. I don't care if this observation is true or not, all I want you to do is find her! ………… Life or death! ”

"For this I can give you great privilege to open the way for you. But you also have to give me a satisfactory answer! ”

Admiral Lysa gritted his teeth and said, "I want you to arrest a member of the Steam Brotherhood for me, Victoria Frankenstein!" ”

"Instead of me who can't leave, arrest her or shoot her! That's my condition! ”

An Jie looked at the expressionless girl on the photo and the severed arm with an unknown number of stitches, and said seriously:

"Yes!"