Revised Edition, Volume 16, The Resurgence of the Storm, Chapter 8, The Legacy of Raising Tigers. Luring the Wolf into the House (Part II)

After eating at noon, I deliberately slept until I was refreshed, and it was already half past three in the afternoon. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Hanhan and the others had already begun to prepare the costumes for the festival, and she casually told me that Kamei Shou had called me five times, saying that Overmars had arrived there to meet Hojo before about two o'clock, and it was rude for me not to go for a long time. But this faux pas was caused by the cold, so it can be seen that it should be a better choice. So I was not in a hurry, so I put on the outfit of the shogun and took Basque Ice and fifty guards to Utsunomiya. There were a number of political dignitaries gathered there, but they were all stopped at the foot of the mountain. My guards have also stopped me, and I am the only one who has gone up.

Probably to meet with me and Overmars, the attendants in the Hojo courtyard were evacuated quite a bit. Along the way, I only saw security guards at two intersections, and the rest of the places were empty. When he found Hojo's residence, he heard a fierce dispute from afar. These two are naturally Overmars and Hojo Kamakura. They quarreled fiercely in Japanese, and I couldn't understand half a word, so I had to step forward and persuade: "The two of you are angry, you are angry, you have something to say." ”

With me joining, the lingua franca of the conference had to be changed to Chinese. For them, arguing in Chinese is not as handy as in Chinese, and the atmosphere can probably be relaxed. Hojo glared at Overmars fiercely and said to me, "I understand your thoughts, but I won't let you do that." Dictatorship in the world, don't even think about it! ”

"I'm a little wronged, sir." I said with an innocent face: "I don't know what you said, you just came here and put a dictator's hat on me." Besides, there are two of us, where is the dictatorship? ”

Hojo Lao'er ignored my interruption at all, and still said sharply: "A billion people are in your hands, will you let go?" GDI has been preventing this from happening for more than 50 years! ”

I had no choice but to confront him head-on and say, "GDI is gone, Your Excellency, you destroyed him with your own hands." ”

Hojo Kamakura snapped, "No, it's you who ruined GDI, and you, my student!" ”

I don't know what they said beforehand to make such a fuss, but Hojo's anger has already invaded me, and I can't do it without resistance. I coughed and said, "That's a bit of a digression, for at the moment the two of us are just shoguns with their territory in the hands of the enemy, far from what you call 'dictators.'" If you think it's not safe to hand over too many people to us, we can set up a neutral regulatory committee or something, we can discuss these issues calmly, why make such a fuss? ”

Overmars said coldly in the back: "Huang Er, the previous words can be summed up in the same one: the teacher only promised us 10 million people and 1 trillion funds. He didn't want to give a penny or more, saying that he couldn't raise tigers. ”

I smiled wryly, are the old men so straightforward? I had to try my best to put on a smile and say, "Kamakura-sama, 10 million is less, let's add a little." ”

"Whatever you say!" Hojo Kamakura's anger did not diminish in the slightest, and he said angrily: "You can fight a battle, but if you get involved in the world, you still don't want to think about it!" I'm too old to see the day when your class teacher returns, but as long as I'm still in this world for a day, I won't allow you to subvert the world! ”

"It's been turned upside down, my lord." I smiled wryly, and the impatience and anger in my heart began to pile up: I wonder what Ovimas told him? I've probably debated it thoroughly. In front of this kind of old man who has walked through three generations, any disguise is futile. He could hear the sincerity and hypocrisy in all his words, and he could see at a glance the most distant possibilities, and as long as he could not avoid the question, it would be all in vain. However, what we need to do now is to avoid that main contradiction and do the current thing. He would not agree to let us delay and avoid it like this, and that willingness is now clear.

Overmars suddenly shouted: "Teacher, please put the overall situation of mankind first!" Even in Naito's 'Billion Mobilization' case, our power is not necessarily enough. If we fail, humanity will have to face the fate of disappearing from the stars, you have to think carefully, don't take selfish feelings seriously! ”

"What's the noise, can't I hear it when my old man?" Hojo proudly despised Overmars and said, "Don't raise the name of 'righteousness' so high, as long as you don't have that ambition, just do what you have with the existing conditions." Thinking too much, it's not what you soldiers should do! ”

"We are still politicians, politicians." I immediately reminded, "We are all the top members of the democratic global parliament." ”

Overmars roared: "Huang Er, it's useless to say that! If those worked, the problem was solved before you came! ”

When he said this, his face turned to me, and he quietly cast a color. Although there is no abnormality in his face and body, and there is no murderous aura leaking out, I can immediately understand what this means after many years of dealing with him. In that case, wouldn't it be good to discuss this kind of thing in advance and plan it before moving on it? It's a pity that we can't trust each other until the last moment we walk into a dead end, and it's just helpless at this time!

Fortunately, I was not completely unprepared in advance, and I used the shortest incident to determine the benefits and losses, and made a decision quickly. With a long sigh, he stood up, picked up the saber beside him, and shouted, "Hojo-sama, it's really not good to talk so stiffly. Since you don't see us sitting big for a day on earth, and you have to ask us to achieve the 'minimum goal,' then you are a stumbling block. ”

"What, do you want to threaten me with force?" Hojo Kamakura sneered, his palm suddenly pressed on the floor, his body jumped up, and pulled out a knife on the knife rack next to him: "There are twenty elite samurai around this house, I don't know how many you two can deal with?" Even if they don't go, the Tai Dao of this pavilion is enough to behead the two of you within ten steps! I wanted to serve as the captain of the guard under King Situ back then, and killed countless demons and clowns under the knife. After returning to Heguo, no one dared to challenge me for 70 years! ”

"You, why are you so excited?" I hurriedly cringed and said, "Am I not reasoning with you, why did you draw your knife first?" Of course, I'm not afraid of you to say that, I am a well-known cosmic combat hero, an interstellar swordsman, who has been to fight with the Ferians many times, absolutely skilled in archers and horses, strong in martial arts, and has a young and strong, hot-blooded and long-lasting aura bonus, you really want to use the knife against me, you have to think clearly! ”

Speaking like this at this time is really a lie. Although those achievements are true, after the adventure from the Vulture Fortress, my skills have not recovered much, and although I am stronger than ordinary people, it is far from the level of fighting this legendary hidden sword master. Hojo seemed to have insight into my inner thoughts, and sneered, "What nonsense? Draw your sword and see the real thing! ”

I had to sigh leisurely: "The major events in the world should be decided by cutting people and dueling?" It's too child's play, even if you win us and cut off both of our heads, what are you going to do? ”

Hojo sneered: "Don't think too highly of yourself, naturally someone will come to replace you." ”

"That's it, I have to fight, lest I be replaced." I slowly drew my knife, raised my hands to the ceiling, and said, "My lord, I haven't learned much knife skills, every move and style is from actual combat, it's very wild, you have to be careful, don't break me!" ”

Hojo Lao'er really hasn't done anything for many years, but at this time he was so excited that his face was red, and his eyes were wide open, even though he was in the twilight of his life, his eyes were still full of souls, which showed what kind of character he was back then. This kind of sword master became excited, but it made me the first to fight. With a sad face, Overmars said coldly, "Teacher, those twenty warriors will not come. Kamei Shoushi took them all away to help defend the sacrificial ceremony, didn't he tell you? ”

Before Ovimas could finish speaking, I threw the knife over. This trick is very rogue-it is a five-pound sharp knife, although it is not a high-vibration particle knife that sharpens iron like mud, but no one wants to take a hit. Besides, the implied content of Overmars's words just now is really terrifying, and it is the key to success or failure, even people from cities like Hojo can't help but be stunned for a moment. Although he reacted very quickly, and slammed my throwing knife into the sky, firmly nailed to the ceiling, it was finally too late. Maybe it was just a flash of the shutter of a normal camera, but it turned the tide completely - just when his old power was gone, I jumped forward and locked the joints of his arms with my GDI standard grappler.

Although Hojo was invincible when he was young and my current strength is still unattained, the age gap is even greater than that, and he tries to struggle hard, but the old man's explosive power can't pull his hand out of my grapple. At this moment, Overmars, who was behind him, suddenly picked up the saber placed behind him, leaned against him, and pounced on Hojo Kamakura's back with a knife. The saber easily stabbed into Hojo Kamakura's left lower back, and then stirred ninety degrees inside him, and the bloody tip of the knife protruded from his right front abdomen. The sword immediately robbed him of the strength he had been building up for a long time, and the hands that were fighting against me suddenly became weak.

Because of the proximity, I could see Hojo Kamakura's face very clearly at this time. An expression of disbelief appeared on his face. I have done a lot of moral things in my life, so I have seen this expression on other people's faces many times. However, I was deeply impressed by Hojo's expression: it was a combination of suspicion, helplessness, pathos, remorse, loss and relief. He turned his head slightly with this expression, then turned his head to look at me again, and finally couldn't say anything, the old man who had manipulated the main star for more than half a century finally fell.

After Hojo fell, the scene became deathly silent, presumably because the two people who were still alive didn't know what to say. It was a long time before Overmars asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

"It's expected, and it's the only option." I sighed and said, "It's just a little unpleasant to attack such an old man." What's next? ”

"You have answered me with your actions." Overmars said proudly: "At this moment, I am finally relieved, you are really a person who does great things!" As long as you and I are united, nothing can fail us. Han Zeng has secretly dispatched 2,000 soldiers from the moon base to form a marine team and rushed to the Kanagawa Mountains to ambush, together with the 2,500 people who have been lurking here one after another in the past month, it is not a problem to control the situation! The list of key targets has been listed, and as long as they are eliminated before six o'clock, the big thing can be decided. ”

I opened my mouth and couldn't say anything. He already knew about my arrangement, and had made the same careful arrangement beforehand, and such an ending could be said to have been made by the two of us by accident or tacit understanding. And what about this old man on the ground?

For the first time, I was disgusted by the blood on my hands.

Two hours later, the person who appeared in the Utsunomiya courtyard to preside over the ceremony was Ovimas, who had changed into a traditional kimono. Even though he had already been a Japanese naturalist and was now known as a close disciple of Hojo Kamakura, the outfit still caused a certain amount of whispering. If it weren't for the fact that there were already a lot of ill-intentioned people in the crowd who had the energy to set off an uproar at any time (the whereabouts of these people could only be found out by looking for Qi Huo Shuxiang's subordinates and Ovimas's henchmen), I am afraid that the scene would not only be whispering, but blowing up the nest.

His Excellency Overmars, a blonde and blue-eyed fake mud stick devil in a kimono, first solemnly announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, as a representative of the family of Hojo Kamakura, I am saddened and honored to announce to you that Hojo Kamakura left us two hours ago. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a certain commotion at the scene. Someone on the European delegation spoke first, but it was Titus: "Dare to ask the Shogun, how did Hojo Kamakura die?" Why is it called 'glorious'? ”

This questioning was tailor-made for Overmars, who calmly said: "Hojo Kamakura is here to inspire us to overcome all difficulties, to unite as one, and to take the resolution of the crisis of human destruction as the highest and only goal." He chose to use his death to awaken the conscience and sense of responsibility of everyone in the world, so that everyone realized that only by fighting can there be hope of survival, and we have no other way out! ”

"I understand your words, but I still don't understand the cause of Hojo Kamakura's death." Titus said in confusion: "Why is it called 'righteousness'?" Did anyone force him to die? If not, what is the practical point of him dying in vain? ”

European and American officials and journalists present at the scene responded to Titus's words and immediately shouted in a ball. Overmars said bitterly: "The first teacher chose this path at the age of nearly 100 years for the sake of lofty ideals, and sublimated his spirit with his own death. We should uphold his philosophy, put aside the selfish feelings of our children and the enjoyment of our voices, and from now on, take the great cause of human survival as our own responsibility, and focus everything on the war of the universe. Only when the goal of defending the homeland and defending the survival of the human race is achieved, the death of the ancestor is meaningful, and he will be immortal! ”

Listening to Overmars say this, there was finally a small commotion in the seat of the dignitaries of the country. Yanagihara Hidetoshi, the head of the Yanagihara family, couldn't help but say loudly: "Could it be ......?"

Overmars nodded and said, "Not bad! The tutor chose to end his life by caesarean section. He was a great statesman, but even more a true samurai! He ended his life as a samurai, and through this traditional and far-reaching ritual we are inspired to abandon all illusions, cut off all back roads, and bravely take on the great responsibility of human life and death! We must uphold his legacy and carry it forward with our own hard work, so that the blood of our ancestors will not be shed in vain. In that case, the spirit of the ancestor in the heavens will definitely be pleased. ”

Titus asked another pointed question: "Dare to ask the Great General, who else was there at the scene when Hojo Kamakura was disemboweled?" ”

"The shogun Huang was also at the scene at the time." Overmars said calmly: "The determination of the first master has been made, and the hard persuasion of the two of us cannot be reversed, on the contrary, I am moved by the righteousness of the first teacher. At the request of the first teacher, I personally took up the position of intermediary for him. ”

Titus relentlessly asked, "Unfortunately, we can't understand why this is the case!" ”

"Mr. Titus, your bloodline is mainly from Europe, and of course you will not understand the special customs of this ancient eastern country." "As a European, I also felt uncomfortable due to the huge differences in race and culture in the first few years of my arrival in Japan. But after many years, I was finally able to understand the spiritual state of sacrificing life for righteousness and taking death as the most magnificent poem. The physical body of the ancestor has died, but he exchanged his death for the awakening of the world, leaving us the most precious spiritual wealth! His level had been sublimated from death to an incomprehensible height, and the ancient sages were no different, but so! I believe that everyone in Japan will be able to understand the choice of the first teacher. ”

"If that's the case, it's really admirable......" Yanagihara Hidetoshi was about to say something more, but Titus interrupted him again: "Even if this strange custom is true, it is a little strange! Is there anyone else who can prove it other than the two generals? ”

"Absolutely." Overmars nodded: "Please tell you about it with your most trusted assistant before my death." ”

Hojo's most trusted assistant is Kamei Shou. He walked onto the stage with red eyes and swollen eyes, and recounted to everyone with emotion how Hojo Kamakura had the idea of righteousness, how he chose the right time, and how he explained everything to the two generals, Overmars and Huang. When he gave his speech, he used Japanese, and the European, American, and Chinese delegations each had an interpreter who spoke in a whispered voice, but there was no one on my side who played this role, so I couldn't understand what he was saying. Our little translator was trying to translate, but he waved his hand to Han Han to stop, but he couldn't understand what he was talking about. It's good that Han Han didn't do this, but the more I did this, the more curious I became, and finally I couldn't help asking, "What did he say?" ”

"Life is like morning dew, go like autumn leaves, Hojo-sama's life is like the vast moon, shining in all directions without leaving private traces, and death is also vigorous, such as the fire phoenix and the like...... Han Han said with a slightly wry smile: "For you outsiders, these words are probably a little ridiculous and more beautiful, but for me, who has been instilled with these ideas since I was a child, my ears hurt when I listen to these clichΓ©s." Spare me, I don't want to repeat it. ”

After Kamei Shou finished speaking, Tan Kang, the head of the Huaxia League, who had never spoken, spoke: "I have heard this custom in neighbors and countries for a long time, and I can see it today, I am really admirable!" The death of Hojo Kamakura has left us with a huge spiritual wealth, which is better than a hundred Gonggong fortresses and a thousand planetary attack fleets! We should uphold his old man's legacy, rally closely around the leadership of the two shoguns Ovimas and Huang Er, and carry out the great cause of human survival to the end at all costs! ”

Titus immediately said: "Although it is difficult for the contemptible to understand the practical significance of such an act because of differences in cultural beliefs. However, what I saw and heard today made me realize that Hojo Kamakura did give us a lot of pressure and motivation with his actions. We must not disappoint his old man's last wishes, and we must carry forward his spirit and pass it on to future generations. This requires us to unite as one, with the two generals Overmas and Huang Er as the core of leadership, to work as one, overcome all difficulties, and achieve the greatest results in the shortest possible time. I believe that under the spiritual inspiration of the old man Hojo, everyone will be able to do it, and they must do it! ”

"Your Excellency said it very well." Kamei Shou wept bitterly and said, "This is also Hojo Kamakura's last wish. Now that we have come to this, we must lift our spirits and open up a bright future. Now, ask General Overmars to preside over the worship ceremony for us! ”

For the first time since the Great Era, the Japanese land style festival ceremony presided over by foreigners began. Although Overmars has lived in Heguo for many years, and has made friends with Heguo people in the Samsung fleet, living a Japanese-style life, and has basically been fully reconciled, it is still somewhat nondescript. I sat in the pergola above, watching absent-mindedly. Han Han suddenly asked, "Why did you stay dumb just now and didn't say a few words?" Look at the people you brought out, each one is more authentic than the other. ”

"The kung fu of running a train with a mouth full of is not something to be proud of." I said lightly: "What's more, as one of the people involved, it's a bit unkind for me to say anything more." Hojo's belief is very stubborn, but from a personal point of view, he didn't do anything excessive to me, so I will spare him once, and I can be regarded as sparing myself once. ”

Han Han smiled bitterly: "It's rare, general." Anyway, I've passed a difficult hurdle, how do you feel now? ”

"There's still the smell of blood in the air." I looked up to the sky and sighed, "This pavilion is still considered a murder, but it is really difficult to express my nostalgia when I smell this smell." Who knows if you and I will have this day in 50 years? (To be continued.) )