Chapter XXVIII. Reasons for Withdrawal
Of course, Ah Jun knew that the person in front of him was not the real Lin Cong, nor was it the little husband that Mrs. Zhuang had always wanted to get back, although the two looked exactly the same, they were just clones.
However, "Lin Cong" will not appear here for no reason.
So Ah Jun took Lin Cong back to his office and asked him, "Do you have anything to say to me?" ”
Lin Cong said: "Mr. Norman asked me to tell you: stop all hostilities immediately and return to your territory, otherwise your unexpected strike force will befall you." ”
Ah Jun smiled: "But we are in our territory, and the aborigines of this town have not violated the agreement of the city-state alliance back then. ”
Lin Cong said: "I'm just a messenger. ”
Ah Jun asked again, "Who is Mr. Norman?" ”
Lin Cong said: "Mr. Norman is the leader. ”
Jun continued, "Is there anything else Mr. Norman would like you to tell me?" ”
Lin Cong shook his head: "It's gone." ”
Ah Jun asked curiously, "Is that all?" Just for that ordinary diplomatic phrase? As far as I know, it takes a lot of material resources to make a clone, and even as a one-time consumption, it's too wasteful. ”
Lin Cong said: "Don't waste, I have other missions." ”
Ah Jun asked, "Is it convenient to reveal?" ”
Lin Cong said: "Returning to Mrs. Zhuang, being a good husband, and experiencing your life, this is my mission." ”
Ah Jun nodded and said, "Yes, understanding and recording is also very important work." Then I'll ask you again, how did you do with the original one? ”
Lin Cong said: "In fact, there is still a part of my body that is still him, although he exposed his deeds, he still struggled to return to his destination and completed the recovery. ”
Ah Jun said, "I understand. Well, if you don't mind, we will do a comprehensive medical examination for you, including the collection of blood samples and biopsy specimens of living organisms, would you be willing to accept it? ”
Lin Cong said: "If I don't accept it, what will be the consequences." ”
Ah Jun said: "If you don't accept it, I can't guarantee that you will legally enter the metropolis and return to Mrs. Zhuang." Of course, you can still enter the country in other ways, just like your predecessor and all his colleagues. But in that case, no one can protect your legitimate rights and interests. ”
Lin Cong said: "If you know it and don't accept it, you may be regarded as an enemy and be killed like a beast." ”
Ah Jun smiled and nodded, but did not speak.
Lin Cong said: "Follow the customs of the locals, I accept your entry conditions." ”
Jun immediately summoned Irina, who and all the important people involved had in fact overheard Jun and Lin Cong's conversation through the wiretap.
Ah Jun said to Irina: "Your Excellency, this person will be handed over to you, and I will help him complete the entry procedures after the medical examination, and I will be responsible for this matter." ”
Regarding Lin Cong's treatment, the big guy actually has different ideas - they all know that Norman has secretly sent an unknown number of clone spies to everyone's city-state, and everyone is still too tired of catching them, and now he has sent one over in the open, isn't this adding to his own blockage? However, there are also city-states that are experienced in intelligence work and feel that it is not a bad thing for a spy to appear in the bright light, and it all depends on the superiority of each person's means.
sent Lin Cong away, and Ah Jun called Cheng Gang again.
Just as they returned to the base camp, they saw that the steel city-states were withdrawing their army, leaving a fatal gap in the base camp's defenses.
There are different opinions on why the steel city-states actively participated in the expedition and why they suddenly changed their attitudes, but it is the most interesting analysis of the city-states of the Ark Alliance: since a hundred years ago, the steel city-states have abandoned the ideas of peace, environmental protection and racial equality of their ancestors, and began to implement oligarchy and expand their armaments, and in recent years, they have intensified their provocations everywhere, but they are forced by the deterrent power of the city-state alliance and are afraid of arousing public anger, so they have not directly provoked war.
When the Norman city-state suddenly appeared, and showed superb military technology capabilities, it was the steel city-state that felt the danger, so he actively joined the expedition on the one hand, accumulating capital for the military leaders between the city-states, and at the same time sharing the risk. Because if the ultimate goal of the Norman city-states was military conquest, then the steel city-state, which was the most militarily powerful of the known city-states, would bear the brunt.
As for why the steel city-states suddenly changed their attitude and withdrew from the Combine Army, the representative of the Ark Alliance city-states was like this: the threat of being the first to bear the burden was temporarily eliminated for some reason, so he is now more happy to have the other city-states and Norman fight to defeat both sides, and then the steel city-states will come forward again, depending on the interests of the situation, choose to be the savior or sit back and reap the benefits.
Ah Jun agrees with this analysis, but he doesn't just want this kind of analysis now, he also needs to know more precise details, so he found Cheng Gang.
After Cheng Gang came, he first said something with a little cry and laughter, just now an old colleague found him, and said shyly that the expedition's No. 1 airship is also the property of the steel city-state, and the implication is that he wants to go back.
Ah Jun smiled after hearing this and asked, "Then did you give it to him?" ”
Cheng Gang said: "It is said that this is not something I can do, but first, I saw that the base camp was indeed returning all the equipment of the steel city-state, and secondly, I was really angry, so I asked people to dismantle all the equipment that could be used, leaving only the engine navigation and barely enough fuel for them to make do with it and drive back." ”
Ah Jun couldn't help but say: "It seems that we have taught you badly, and you are now surrounded by the habits and mentality of small citizens in the metropolis." ”
Cheng Gang shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and said, "It doesn't matter, I think it's quite comfortable to live like this." ”
However, Cheng Gang couldn't say why the steel city-state suddenly changed its attitude, and finally felt that something big must happen here.
At this moment, someone outside the door asked to see him, and it was actually Major Titanium.
Major Ti has always given people a sense of not smiling and abiding by the rules to the point of admitting death. Usually he is neatly dressed at all times, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't hang his rank on this expedition, he would definitely appear in front of everyone in formal clothes every day. But today's appearance surprised both Ah Jun and Cheng Gang.
Major Ti wore a half-new training uniform, rolled up his sleeves, and opened the two buttons under the wind and discipline buttons, the key is that this dress does not seem to be tailored to his figure, it seems to be two sizes larger, so it is loose and baggy.
Ah Jun smiled in surprise: "What's the matter with you?" ”
Major Ti still said with a serious face, "I decided to stay." ”
Ah Jun glanced at Cheng Gang before he said to Major Titan, "Will there be trouble?" ”
Major Titanium said: "My family has a lot of status in the city-state, so I will not be positioned. ”
Ah Jun asked again, "Can I ask you why you are like this?" ”
"Because this is right," said Major Titan, "we should unite against a more vicious enemy." ”
Cheng Gang suddenly soured him on the side, as Ah Jun said, after staying in the metropolis for a long time, Cheng Gang has really been infected with the temperament of many small citizens: "Are you questioning the decision of your superiors?" It's dangerous to think like this. ”
Major Titanium said: "We always made the right choice in the end. I am convinced of this. ”
Cheng Gang shrugged his shoulders, feeling that he really had nothing to say to a rigid person like Major Titanium, he, he really looked back on himself a few months ago and the Major Ti in front of him.
Ah Jun looked at Major Titanium. The choice of Major Titanium is undoubtedly a good thing for the current situation, after all, now is the time to employ people, not to mention the collateral effect brought by it. So Ah Jun asked Major Ti, "Then what can I help you with?" ”
Major Ti said: "Please allow me to go to the infantry battalion, I am a very good infantryman. ”
Ah Jun smiled and said, "No, you have a better place to go, for example, to be a military judge." The members of the Combine Army are complex, and war requires discipline. I think you're the right fit. ”
Major Titanium thought for a moment, then stood up as a standard, saluted, and said, "Obey your arrangement and be willing to serve the Combine."
Seeing off Major Titan, Ah Jun suddenly said to Cheng Gang: "When I saw Major Ti just now, I suddenly figured out why the Steel City-State chose to quit the United Army, the situation may be worse than we thought." ”
Cheng Gang said: "How is it possible? Could it be that they also came into contact with the Normans first......" Speaking of this, his face suddenly changed, and he said slowly: "The spy ......"
Ah Jun nodded and said: "Yes, no matter how strict the population management of the steel city-state is, it can't completely prevent spies from entering, maybe this is a very deep spy who has surfaced for some purpose." ”
Cheng Gang said: "Even if they have a deep level of contact, what about the basis of cooperation? ”
Ah Jun said: "Race. When I was talking to Major Titanium just now, I remembered his previous attitude towards the mutant race. ”
Cheng Gang listened and muttered: "Yes, the Normans call us a polluted race, and the steel city-state claims to be the purest human race, and the two sides do have a basis for cooperation. ”
Ah Jun said: "I still have to confirm this, if our guess is true, then the Norman spies are definitely not the only ones who are plotting against the steel city-states, don't fight in front of us, and the back will come to pull the horses' legs." ”
Cheng Gang said: "It's even worse. ”
Ah Jun said: "Then let's stop talking here, let's move." ”
Ah Jun went to the headquarters to inform him of his thoughts, and the deputies were shocked, and anyone was afraid of being stabbed in the back. According to previous research and Lin Cong's slice determination, the purity of human genes on clones is 100%, and the steel city-state has always pursued a mutation isolation system, so their genetic purity can reach almost 100%, but almost two words are very important, after all, the ancestors of the steel city-state have also been injected with genetic drugs, and they have also multiplied in the world of Eden for more than two hundred years, and there are more or less recessive components or mutations in the genes.
The war had begun, but it had begun in the rear.