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IC64 July 18, Greenwich, Bronte Street.

Boronte Street is Greenwich's living district, close to the Royal Palace and Parliament, and only 5 blocks from the Observatory Park Square and Financial Street. It's honorable and quiet. Small, off-white four-story buildings line the streets, like guards. The burgeoning elite and the down-and-out aristocracy vie for the right to occupy every small building here, waiting to one day enter the center of power in the kingdom.

At 17 Borunte Street, the brass door plate is engraved with the family coat of arms of "Hood". Hood's home, he was born and raised in this beige building, the only child in the family, his parents died young, and under the teaching of the old butler, the intelligent Yisi lived a peaceful and mediocre life. He had few friends, and the only peer he could talk to was Miró, the guest of the Wells family. Morpheus.

Once upon a time, the old butler liked this restrained and handsome young man very much, although he had an unbearable past, but he had the upbringing and demeanor of an ancient nobleman in his bones, until 2 months ago. Origins defected, Wells was slaughtered, and Miró moved into the small building as a survivor. The old butler didn't see anything in him that a person should have for the rest of his life, but from the first day he moved in, he talked with Yisi about the so-called "big plan" with great interest.

The old butler did not know the exact contents of the so-called "grand plan", but he knew about the assassination of the foreign minister's palace that took place the day after the concert, and then Issy took this "unexpected" vacant position like a rocket, becoming the youngest important minister under the queen's command, and even the capable people of the queen's guard were willing to deign to be his bodyguard.

This should have been a good thing, but in addition to the joy, the old butler felt a lingering uneasiness. Today is the big day of the Hood family, Young Master Yisi will sign the world-renowned Three Kingdoms Entente in Hamburg on behalf of the queen, and the Hood family will return to the top.

At the end of the corridor was Young Master Yisi's study, the door was not closed, and a shallow light and a little noise leaked out of the gap. The old man was stunned and quickly pushed open the door, and Miró sat on a high stool at the bar in a formal suit, and in front of the bar was a holographic TV, broadcasting the live Hamburg meeting.

The old butler's eyes froze, yes, Miro. Morpheus, one of the two masterminds of the "Grand Plan", did not appear on the list from beginning to end, except for the two people in this room and Master Iss who was far away in Hamburg, no one knew about his contribution to the plan, which was too unusual. Looking back carefully, he was like this when he was a guest at the Wells house, and if it weren't for that marriage letter, the Hood family would not have known that there was such an unknown young man standing behind the speaker of the House of Commons.

Nameless, unprofitable, he is simply an invisible man......

The old butler felt that his back was soaking wet, and he quickly collected his thoughts, and piled his usual smile on his face: "Mr. Morpheus, don't you go to rest so late?" ”

"It's only 9 o'clock, so it's a little early to go to bed." Miro smiled, raised his glass and greeted the old butler, "Today is Yisi's big day, and as a guest, it is also my obligation to watch the ceremony." ”

"It's good to be young, but I can't bear it." The old butler pretended to be calm, "Young Master Yi Si definitely hopes that you will share this glory with him." ”

"No need, I'm good at coming up with bad ideas behind people, really let me stand in front of the stage, I will look foreign." Miro took a sip of his wine, shook his head and chuckled.

"Your humility is comparable to that of an ancient knight." The old butler bowed, "I still have some floors to patrol, so I'll leave first." The old butler turned around, he had already made up his mind to spread the news of Miro, he didn't like fame or fortune, he didn't have any other plans, as long as it was under the sun, the danger of the Hood family would naturally be minimized.

"You're scared of me." Wine glasses clamed against the bar with a crisp clanging sound.

"How could it be ......?"

"You're scared of me. It's a pity, I was going to sneak away like this, but you made me have to kill someone before I leave. ”

The old butler's hand froze on the doorknob, and his muscles were exposed.

"Mr. Morpheus is a rare talent, and he has a good relationship with Young Master Yisi, I believe that you will definitely be reused by Her Majesty."

"It's a pity I don't like to be reused, Mr. Franz." The barstool rubbed against the floor, and Miro stood up and stood behind the old butler, "Speaking of which, I have to thank you for your hospitality in the past two months, but it's a pity that as a butler, you think too much." A thin line of blood spread along the old butler's withered neck, and then one after another fainted over his shirt. Yikes! A thick mist of blood splattered on the wall, and the old butler split into dozens of pieces of various sizes scattered to the ground, "I'm sorry, Greenwich has a lot of idiots like Wells and Hood, but there are also many shrewd people. ”

On the night of the 18th, Hood's house was brightly lit, and the faint sound of television concealed the servant's dying screams, only the blood stains grew larger and thicker.

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Compared with the bloody civil war between the African Union and the League of Americas, the civil war of the Pacific Rim Alliance appeared restrained and peaceful. Two full months after the start of the war, there was not a single battle at or above the regimental level between the two warring parties, and only a few hundred civilian casualties.

But this tacit agreement was about to be broken, and as the agreed date with Maori drew closer, tensions on the front lines of the war intensified.

In order to receive the Māori Support Corps, which will soon arrive, President Hu Erh visited Vientiane and chose to stay in the underground safe house of this front-line command post. In my heart, this is not a suitable residence for the leader of the power, and no matter how luxuriously decorated it is and how solid the protective walls are, it cannot offset the reality that it is only 1,800 meters away from the battle line.

As a frontline, but also as a military location, it can be attacked by separatist forces at any time, and it is difficult for government forces to spare enough strength to protect the leader in a civil war in which high-end forces do not prevail. However, no matter how insistent the staff team is, President Hu, who has always been easy to speak, showed rare toughness this time, and all proposals to change his residence were rejected.

IC64-7-25, Pacific Rim Alliance, Vientiane, Union Government Military Command Post.

The welcome to the president was very simple, and Hu Er, accompanied by Datu Aoun, a powerful member of the government army, visited the command post, shook hands with every officer at the rank of colonel and above, and took him into the safe house without expressing any opinion on the war situation.

Datu Orn is one of the high-level abilities of the Pacific Rim Alliance, codename, head lowering division, is a grim-faced, silent, middle-aged man, as the only two second-order abilities in the alliance, he and Hu Minyi are on the same page, fighting openly and secretly.

This kind of struggle began with Hu Minyi's promotion to the second rank three years ago, and until today, it has evolved into a kind of political child's play that is similar to "I will definitely oppose what he agrees". Just like this alliance civil war, Aoun was the backbone and representative of the anti-Maori ideology and the rise of war theory within the alliance, this time was turbulent, he repeatedly made radical statements in public "choose a side, join the war, and let the alliance rise in victory in Southeast Asia", but when the civil war was about to start, he did not hesitate to join the government forces representing neutrality, thus forcing Hu Minyi into a much weaker separatist force.

If it weren't for the series of changes that followed, he would have won this encounter. The weakness of the separatist forces is all-round, and the military, political, and resource forces, as well as the government forces, continue to squeeze their strength with oppressive confrontations, without paying too much price, but let them slide step by step into the abyss of annihilation.

For two months, under the strong pressure of the government army, the separatist forces not only did not collapse, but even became more and more united, and now, Maori is coming.

"Mr. President......" walked into the safe house, and Aoun hurriedly stopped in front of Hu Er, who had a mission to keep out the military power of the Maori, who could become the strongest club in the world with only one island, and could never be as inaggressive as he appeared, this was the consensus of him and the military he represented.

"I know what you're going to say." Hu Er's hand interrupted Aoun's remarks, "Inviting Maori is not only my meaning, but the meaning of the entire council. The weakness of the military cannot be paid for by the people, the civil war in the Union must end immediately, and if something happens that we do not want to happen, I will take the blame and resign. ”

"Lost sovereignty is not something you can get back by resigning alone!" Aoun's face turned red, and he could barely maintain his demeanor, this group of self-righteous politicians actually regarded the military's strategy as a sign of incompetence, "And the initiative is always in our hands, and the reason why we chose to confront each other is more because of Hu Minyi's special identity." Mr. President, you cannot dismiss the loyalty of the military as incompetent! ”

"Loyal!" Otto's voice was loud, Hu Er's voice was even louder, and this politician, who was known for his elegance, stared at the man with the strongest personal combat strength in the Pacific Rim with blazing eyes, and his momentum was not at all inferior, "I am the president of the Alliance, and you are the army of the Alliance!" Hu Minyi chose to split, chose to provoke a civil war, and you, just because she is my sister, stood still, the whole Vientiane was put in flames, and hundreds of civilians were killed! You dare to claim loyalty! Hu Er took a deep breath, "If you really have the ability to end the civil war, then do it, instead of wasting time talking to me about identity and strategy here." ”

"Mr. President......"

"The Maori army will arrive on August 1 and you only have five days." Hu Er coldly interrupted Orn's words, almost chasing away the guest.

"You'll see our determination." There was no need to talk any further, Orn knew that it was time to make a trade-off. He gave a military salute and strode away past Hu Er.

The door to the safe house closed silently, the crisp sound of the lock sounded, and Hu Er let go of his collar and walked to the bar to pour two glasses of spirits.

"What a great speech, Mr. President, I almost thought that was what you really thought." The huge refrigerator opened, and Miro clapped his hands and walked out, smiling with a teasing face.

"It's really unpleasant to let the adult's apprentice hide in the refrigerator." Hu Er smiled and pushed out a glass of wine, raised his hand to salute, "On the day I was activated, the adult said that only by combining true ideas with the highest ideals can you be a qualified Qingwei, otherwise no matter how good your acting skills are, there will always be a day when they will be exposed." ”

"So that's what you really thought?" Miro was surprised.

"It's President Hu Er's true thoughts." Hu Er replied, "As president, I really hope that the army will fight and eliminate the civil war. ”

"Aren't you afraid that Orn will really kill your sister and end the civil war in 5 days?"

"They can't end the civil war." Hu Er looked playfully at the door of the safe house, "Our comrades are all over the corner, and the trend of this war is beyond the control of Orn and his ilk. ”

"The teacher has always said that you are one of the best executors of Qingwei, I didn't understand it before, but now I understand it a little." Miró raised his glass for the first time and returned the salute.

"There's no need for us to flatter each other, let's talk about it, my lord must have a more important mission for you to sacrifice your identity as Greenwich."

"It's just a trivial little thing and an activation mission, it's not a mission." "As for Greenwich, everything has been done, and the bad thing about a high-speed magnetic train is that once it's on the track, you have to take your time even if you want to brake, and that's enough distance to get the job done." You see, I'm more or less a combat force, and being idle in that kind of place is not in the temper of a teacher. ”

"Also, make the best use of things, the greatest thing about an adult is that he can always put the chess pieces in the right place, even a useless waste like me can come in handy."

"Come on, let's assign tasks, the teacher said, everything is under your command here." Draining the glass of wine, Miró was seated.

"There are indeed some things that you are better suited to ......"

Two hours later, Hu Er left the safe house to participate in the general offensive mobilization, and Miro disappeared again, like a ghost, floating in Vientiane.