Chapter Seventy-Eight: God and Doubt
“…… This assassination of Commander Pierre was planned by despicable League spies, a shameless act to shake the hope of the ACA's evolution, which just proves that although they have captured the Spanish region, our army has also inflicted huge casualties on them, and this assassination is the best proof that they can no longer bear the cost of war, even if they lose temporarily, our army will surely achieve the ultimate victory! ”
-- Kinshasa bureau of Evolution Daily
“…… We already have evidence that the 'controversial one' Char? Pierre was assassinated by his men, and with the defeat of the African side in the Spanish campaign, Charl? Pierre's rule in Africa is constantly being shaken, a situation that will eventually lead to the collapse of the ACA order in Africa, from which the hypocritical allies will benefit......"
-- Santiago, Chile, in the daily Evolution newspaper
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"Your Excellency, this side has been cleaned up, and we are waiting for your fate."
While Zakaev was busy looking for a strong partner for this project in Bucharest, Romania, Char Brown. Pierre was also busy, he stopped tapping his fingers on the holographic screen, turned around, and saw Katie on one knee next to him. Simmons.
"Get up." Char nodded, his eyes fell on the floor covered in blood and bullet holes, frowned, turned his head and asked, "Has the mastermind behind the scenes been caught?" ”
"By your will, my subordinates have captured General Cervantes, who planned this attack."
Katie bowed her head and placed her left hand on her chest with a humble expression.
"Isn't he dead yet?" Char raised an eyebrow, "I guess he really wants to see me?" ”
“…… Yes. Katie nodded, "But my subordinates think that it is enough to execute him directly, there is no need-"
"Don't question my judgment. Katie. ”
"The subordinates don't dare!"
As soon as Katie lowered her head, she was about to fall to her knees again, but Char stepped forward directly, grabbed the girl's arm, stopped her from kneeling, and then turned her head to look at the other TF next to her. "Bring General Cervantes here, and since he really wants to see me, I might as well meet him."
"Yes!"
TF next to him gave a military salute, turned around and walked out of the room, Char nodded, this is the normal way of talking to soldiers, he moved his gaze back to Katie, who bowed her head deeply - communicating with this girl always has the feeling of acting in a costume play.
It's really a dislocation of time and space, why is there such a mental illness?
"Sir, we've brought him here."
TF was back soon. Also with two armed infantrymen, a strong infantry wearing the most advanced exoskeleton, led the middle-aged man into the room, this man was wearing the uniform of the ACA general, and turned out to be a second-class general.
"Although I am not disappointed, after all, I once trusted you, so I will hand over the defense command of this base to you." Char looked up and looked at the middle-aged man with a bandage on his head due to injuries and a triangular scarf hanging from his left hand on his chest. A little coldly spoke, "So." If you have anything to say, I can give you a chance to prove to me how great your ideals are. ”
"It's not disappointing, but I trusted you after all, that's why I was bewitched by you and betrayed President Robertson!"
Cervantes gave a sneer. Although he was defeated and injured, he still raised his head with his chest up, did not avoid Char's gaze, and there was even a faint sneer on the corner of his mouth, "I shouldn't have believed you as a madman in the first place." President Robertson may have betrayed our ideals, but he will never be as crazy as you! ”
"I know what you guys think, so I'm not going to ask you why you're doing this." Char turned around and reached out to continue operating the terminal on the holographic keyboard, "But obviously, you still don't understand what I'm doing. ”
"Of course I do!" Cervantes sneered, "You deliberately asked the Spanish Front to stand still, disrupt the chain of command, give the alliance a chance, and let hundreds of thousands of ACA soldiers be slaughtered by the alliance inexplicably!" ”
"Now, I even suspect that you are a spy of the Alliance!"
"Ahh
Char was silent for a moment, then sighed heavily, as if a little regretful and a little helpless.
"If that's what you're really thinking, then there's no point in us going on."
"Phew-"
Suddenly, Cervantes took advantage of the fact that the others were not paying attention, stepped forward, and then spat directly on Char's face!
"You!!"
Katie immediately rushed over, reaching out and choking Cervantes' throat, slamming him into the wall next to him.
"Forget it, Katie."
Just as Katie was about to discharge, Char suddenly spoke to stop her, and the girl's hand stiffened, but she still smashed her elbow into Cervantes' chest.
"I'll cut you into slices, you wait!"
"You think you can intimidate me? Mad dog, your master can't do it, it's better to save it! ”
Cervantes choked out a mouthful of blood, and the splatters of blood splashed on Katie's face with the sound of his gnashing teeth, and Katie was about to have a seizure when suddenly Char's voice came from behind.
"Take him down." Char shook his hand, seeming impatient, "Katie, don't forget what I taught you. ”
"Anger and hatred are the root of a failure, Your Excellency, I keep it in mind." Katie took a deep breath and repeated what Char had told her, then took a deep breath and let go of her hand, letting TF behind her take over Cervantes and walk back to Charl's side.
"I'll help you get a place in hell, betrayer, I'll wait for you." Cervantes spat out a sentence with difficulty, then pushed the TF next to him, barely stood up, and walked out of the room without looking back.
"Let's wipe it." It wasn't until the door closed again that Char turned to look at Katie, who was standing still, and pointed to the blood foaming on her face.
"Ah, I'm sorry for the rudeness, Your Excellency."
Katie took a few steps back in a panic, took out a tissue from her pocket, and was about to wipe herself, only to find that the spit on Char's face was still there, and the girl immediately stepped forward, holding the tissue in both hands. Bow your head and present it to the other person.
"Your Excellency, if you don't dislike it, please use it."
"Normal." Char looked at the double-ponytailed girl with her head down, sighed, reluctantly corrected it, and then took the tissue. Slowly and steadily, she wiped her face, and waited until Katie pulled out another piece of paper and wiped the blood from her face before she spoke slowly.
With Char's reaction, it was too easy to dodge the spitting of ordinary people, but for some unknown reason, he didn't do it.
"Actually, you have the same doubts, Katie."
"The subordinates don't dare!"
"I'm not God. There is nothing unquestionable. ”
Char showed a relaxed smile, turned around, helped the girl who had been raised by himself up, and spoke with some emotion.
"You remember the ACA slogan."
"May the light of evolution shine on all mankind, Your Excellency." Katie nodded.
"May the light of evolution ...... Shine on all mankind. Char shook his head, revealing an ambiguous smile, "This phrase is on the lips every day, but what is the light of evolution. How to shine on all mankind, but few people understand. ”
"Alliance. The ACA, and indeed the order of this world, doesn't really matter, why, because these are the old order, Spain or not. Africa and South America, we should not keep our eyes on the old order - what would we bring if we defeated the Allies on the battlefield and wiped out their presidents, cabinets, and parliaments? The reason why people have built such a system is the Alliance. It is because this system is in line with the existing human species itself, no matter what we think, as long as we still do not have any evolved people, then sooner or later we will still repeat the mistakes of the past, just like His Excellency President Robertson, and fall into another similar cycle. ”
"The Petroleum Association is not a special product, in fact, even if there is no Petroleum Association, there will be an Electric Power Association, or some other association, and they infiltrate and corrupt the ACA not simply because they are good at it, but also because they represent the human demand for order, and from this point of view, there is nothing wrong with that."
"But this qiē is based on a precondition for humanity to maintain its existing existence."
Char raised his head and looked at Katie, who was respectfully bowing her head and listening attentively, "But this is precisely the most dangerous. ”
"As I said, humanity is at a crossroads, and we may not have the next 30,000 years to give us the opportunity to evolve lactose tolerance."
Humans have not always been able to drink milk, and until modern times, there are many lactose intolerant people, but this is precisely the proof that humans are still evolving - moving forward, but not fast enough.
"Therefore, in the face of the urgent need for human evolution, nothing is meaningless, and the greatest role, or the only role, of the ACA as a political tool is to provide us with certain protection and necessary resources before we promote the comprehensive evolution of the entire human race, and in the same way, if the ACA organization needs to be sacrificed for the sake of evolution, then no one should have any hesitation."
"Of course, I don't expect everyone to have such a high level of consciousness, individual human beings are intelligent, wise and alert, but the group is blind, chaotic and ignorant, some things, don't let them know, it would be better."
"In short," Char turned his head, raised his hand, pushed the big-brimmed hat on his head, and gently tapped the return on the control platform in front of him, "When our plan is successful, this qiē will not matter, the old order will be broken, and at that time, Yiqiē will naturally be on the right track." ”
"I will do your will, Your Excellency."
This time, instead of getting down on one knee, Katie bowed deeply.
"Then let's move on, is Zakaev in place?"
"Yes," Katie quickly straightened up, pulled out the electronic board from under her armpit, and slid her fingers lightly a few times, "According to the latest intelligence, Zakaev has made contact with the mercenaries, they are infiltrating Prague in batches, the alliance has not moved for the time being, but the garrison units in Prague are being withdrawn recently, and we have detected that the alliance is currently transferring combat forces from the eastern front to the western front, and the Italian side may be shaken." ”
"What about the Hungarian and Slovak sides?"
Char's hand paused, but then resumed his work, "Nothing has changed." ”
"Yes, Your Excellency." Katie nodded, "Our counterattacks on several support points in Hungary and Slovakia have failed, the alliance has completely shrunk, and the breakthrough of conventional forces has become impossible. ”
"Forget it, Prague is close enough to Germany, and if it goes any further, there is a risk of losing everything." Char thought about it for a moment, "Then let's get started, let that little girl's whereabouts out, it's almost time for our dear Ling Yu little friend to go to Prague to make a big fuss." ”
"Understood."
Katie put away the electronic board, tucked it under her armpit, and bowed again.
It's just that Char didn't know at this time that Marven had already handed over the ACA host access code to Ling Yu, and even if he didn't do anything, Ling Yu would be attracted to Prague by Zakayev's unusual movements and obvious attacks.
Of course, Marvin didn't know that Char never really believed in the ACA.
A new storm is imminent. (To be continued......)