Chapter 39: The Hunger Games Studio
The stand-in that Marle absorbed was named Kroll, a Hunger Games champion who excelled at swordsmanship and hailed from the pro-Kepitt Second District. After winning the championship, he became President Snow's personal bodyguard and stand-in, and it has been almost 20 years since then. In order to be better qualified for the work of a stand-in, he has undergone plastic surgery several times, so he has an appearance that resembles President Snow.
When Chief Gonzalez asked for reinforcements, President Snow also learned about the incident at the scientific research center, and the clever old fox immediately thought of Ma Le, but at first he didn't think it was a serious incident, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. However, it was not long before bad news arrived, first with the fall of the Research Center, the mutant monsters taking to the streets, and then the 13th Ward not being destroyed, and the rebels attacking Capit. What's even more tricky is that the rebels are attacking and spreading rumors that President Snow has been assassinated and that Capitol is about to fall!
It's the middle of the night, and there are mutant creatures wreaking havoc outside, and the whole of Capitol is in chaos, and no one will verify the truth of this news. Even Snow himself wanted to refute the rumors to the public, but he could not find reporters and media for a while.
If you talk about the overall strength, the security police are more than one level stronger than the rebels, but now the entire Capitol was caught off guard by an emergency, and there are not many troops that can be mobilized temporarily, plus the news that the president is dead has a great blow to morale, if it is not recovered in time, it is really possible to lose to the rebels, resulting in the fall of Capit!
If you want to turn the situation around, there is only one way, that is, President Snow appears in front of the public to boost the momentum of the security police, as long as he is alive, the Kepits have the backbone, and the security police have the motivation to fight! So, Snow made a decision and secretly went to the Hunger Games studio, where there was a full set of ready-made live streaming equipment! And the presidential palace left his most trusted confidant, Kroll. The reason why Kroll was not allowed to follow was because Snow thought that since the rebels were spreading the news of his death everywhere, they would definitely try to confirm the false news, so there would definitely be assassinations against him. Therefore, Snow mobilized elite troops to guard the presidential palace, and asked Kroll to attract the attention of the rebels instead of him, and try to delay as much time as possible.
Before leaving, Snow also reminded Kroll that the assassin who came to assassinate him was probably Ma Le, who caused the incident at the scientific research center. Although Snow didn't know much about Ma Le's strength, he at least knew that this was a monster that could kill more than twenty heavily armed vigilantes in an instant, and it was not something that could be defeated by man. So Snow warned Kroll not to fight hard and send as many police as possible to ambush.
However, as a strong man and former Hunger Games champion, Kroll's sense of honor and self-esteem began to haunt him, and he did not arrange an ambush for a single soldier, and waited for Ma Le in his bedroom.
Knowing all kinds of hidden secrets from Kroll's memories, Ma Le's goal has now been determined, which is the venue for the Hunger Games. However, it is not close to the presidential palace, and the situation outside is so chaotic that the streets are blocked and you can't drive at all, and it takes at least an hour to walk there......
Ma Le looked at the time, it was only a little more than an hour before he forced his return, and he had to find a way...... Huh? Suddenly, Ma Le saw the battle outside through the window, and the 21st was still maneuvering with the army, and in this kind of close-quarters fighting, the extremely inflexible tank was useless.
"Instead of wasting diesel there, why don't you lend me a try!" Ma Le made up his mind, changed into Kroll's appearance, and swaggered out of the presidential palace.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Kroll, but tanks are no ordinary vehicles, and as a commander, I don't have the right to lend them!" The commander ruthlessly refuted Ma Le's request. No matter what reason Ma Le came up with, the tank just wouldn't give it. Ma Le looked at the time, gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't give it, don't blame me for taking it myself!" After saying that, while the others didn't react, he relied on superman's explosive power to rush towards a tank in the distance.
The tank was circling with the 21st, the hatch opened, and a machine gunner, half exposed, was firing at the moving 21st, jumping up and down. Seeing the moment, Marle jumped up, grabbed the heavy and threw him out, then got into the tank himself and closed the hatch.
At this time, the commander and the other vigilantes finally reacted, Mr. "Kroll's" actions just now were not at all ordinary people could do, thinking of the legendary powerful assassin who was good at camouflage, and the commander immediately ordered an attack on Ma Le's tank!
There was also a driver and a gunner in the tank, Ma Le easily absorbed the driver, and was just about to kill the gunner, when suddenly his eyes rolled, he took out the yin and yang charm, and used the last chance to use it at the gunner. The tanks here are not as convenient as in the prototype, and one person can't drive and fire at the same time, so assistants are a must.
Ma Le had just sat down in the driver's seat when suddenly there was a loud bang, and the tank began to shake violently, which turned out to be a rocket attack. The tank is no more compact and nimble than the 21st, such a behemoth is simply a live target! Ma Le immediately started at full speed, taking advantage of the coquettish position, dodging and escaping, while not forgetting to order the gunner to return fire.
Thankfully, despite several rounds of rockets and howitzers, he managed to survive with his thick armor, but the gunner was so competitive that he blew up an enemy tank in the process of escaping.
Seeing that Ma Le's tank was getting farther and farther away, there was a security police officer who was in pursuit, but the commander waved his hand: "Forget it, our task is to hold on here, since he has escaped, let him go, not to mention, he also took us into big trouble." ”
The chaos and congestion on the streets were not a problem at all in front of the heavy tanks, and the horses were running at full speed, regardless of whether it was a car or a monster. Feeling the vibration from the base and tracks, Ma Le didn't mention how high, but he didn't realize that on the turret of the tank, there was a powerful mutant monster lying on his stomach, Evolver 21!
Maybe it's that Ma Le's tank is too eye-catching, or maybe this monster is tired of playing with the big army, in short, it's now found a new toy and follows Ma Le......
Meanwhile, a few kilometers away, in a dimly lit alleyway, a panting Hemic is hiding behind a garbage can, cold-eyed at the bloody scene on the street.
As a former champion, Hammic has not regressed because of alcohol, on the contrary, he has been secretly honing his skills in order to overthrow Capitt's rule one day. Although he is over forty years old, he is more fierce and cruel in fighting than those half-sized boys! But there is a limit to human physical strength after all, first after a few hours of interrogation, and then nine deaths escaped from the bar, killing a dozen mutated monsters along the way before running here, Hamiqi's body has long been overdrawn, and he may faint at any time.
Suddenly, there was a strange scream overhead, and Hemmic didn't look at it, and rolled on the spot. In the next second, the place where he was hiding was occupied by a mutant monster. Hemic half-crouched on the ground, raising his somewhat twitching eyelids, this monster resembles a leopard, but the mouth is narrower, the teeth are sharper and finer, and the whole body is black, if it weren't for that strange scream, Hemic would never have noticed it.
The monster also seemed to feel the fierceness of this man, and did not pounce directly, but began to circle around Hamiqi, and the tired Hamiqi did not dare to slack off, he clenched the only weapon in his hand, a bloody steel rod, and constantly moved his body, always keeping in the face of the monster.
Suddenly, the monster screamed again, and Hamiqi subconsciously raised the steel rod to defend, but suddenly felt a pain in his back, and then was pushed to the ground by a strong force! "Damn, there's another one in the back!" Hamidage struggled to turn his head and saw another monster standing on his back, his sharp claws clutching at his flesh. And the one who had been the bait came up and let out a strange scream, as if celebrating the victory.
"Am I going to die here...... It's okay, I'm too tired, after so many years, it's time to rest...... This time, you can't afford to get drunk......" Hammic gave up resistance, closed his eyes in despair...... "Bang, bang" Two gunshots rang out, and then Hammic felt something fall behind him.
"Saved?" Struggling to open his eyes, the first thing Hammic saw was a comical tall hat.
"Don't play dead, quick, come with me!" The tall hat reached out and picked up Hemikey and led him out of the alley.
"Where are we going?" Hammic asked feebly.
"We've already started to act, the brothers have taken advantage of the chaos to attack Kepit, and the pampered vigilantes haven't reacted yet!" The tall hat said with some pride
Hearing this, Hemic asked with a happy face, "That kid succeeded?" Snow is dead? The tall hat shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't seen any signal until now, but we have been spreading rumors that Snow is dead to disturb the enemy." But this is not a long-term solution, Snow will have to come out sooner or later to stabilize the morale of the army! ”
Hammic nodded: "That's right, then what should we do now, Capit's strength is too strong, although we are taking advantage of the chaos to gain an advantage, but as long as Snow goes out to reorganize the army, our victory rate is slim!" ”
Gao Hat smiled and said, "The best way to make rumors believe is to make them come true!" ”
"Attack the presidential palace?" Hammic suddenly realized, but then fell into deep thought: "But Snow, that old fox, will really obediently wait in the presidential palace like this, will he have set a trap and wait for us earlier?" ”
"I don't know if there's a trap, but this old thing is definitely not in the presidential palace!" The high hat replied: "Now that the whole city is in chaos, Snow must appear in public if he wants to stabilize the situation, and the presidential palace can't hold a press conference now, so his only choice is the Hunger Games studio!" The leader has given the order to go all out to the Hunger Games studio! ”