Chapter 496: Duke Thomas
"Here you go, crush the shock!" After entering Sifang City, Zhou Sen bought two cups of milk tea and handed one to the frightened Liao San.
"Ah...... Thank you. ”
Liao San took the milk tea unwillingly, at this time, he was still immersed in the thrilling battle just now and couldn't extricate himself, you know, at that time, he thought he was going to die there, but the result was that Zhou Sen actually escaped with him, and the whole process was like a dream.
"You have a grudge against that Mark?" Zhou Sen stared at Liao San and asked.
"He ......" Liao San hesitated.
"If it's inconvenient to say, don't say it." Zhou Sen said lightly.
"There's nothing inconvenient about it." Liao San's face showed a look of loneliness.
"I don't care." Zhou Sen shrugged.
"Mark and I used to be brothers." Liao San let out a long sigh.
"Brother Bye?" Zhou Sen was stunned.
"Yes, at the beginning, we established a public welfare organization together, he served as the president, and I served as the secretary general, mainly to assist the human interstellar federal government to combat the phenomenon of interstellar illegal fishing and indiscriminate mining, and later, I found out that he was actually using the banner of public welfare for personal gain, and later, when he cracked down on illegal interstellar fishing, he found that he actually sold the illegal prey privately, and seized some illegal mining boats on behalf of law enforcement agencies, and then used it to extort...... According to the laws and regulations of the human interstellar federal government at that time, non-governmental public welfare organizations did not have the right to enforce the law, that is, we could only assist the relevant departments of the government in enforcing the law...... During this operation, I was injured and had the idea of retreating......"
"You have the idea of quitting, why does he still hold a grudge against you? Did you report him? ”
"No, I don't know why, anyway, after I resigned, he was out there slandering me in all sorts of ways, and I didn't bother to bother with him...... It wasn't until a year ago that Ronnie began to break out sporadically after the ironclad cockroach plague, he approached me again and asked me to help him, but I refused, and after that, he was involved in several coups one after another, one moment followed the royal family, and the Duke of Windsor, the four empire alliances invaded the Ronnie people, he immediately attached himself to the four empire alliances, and fought against the Ronnie resistance, in short, he saw the wind and steered, whoever has the most power will follow whom...... In the end, the alliance of the four empires withdrew, but because the Ronnie Empire was scattered, he was not liquidated, but instead formed an armed team in the name of a public welfare organization...... These are some of the things I've been hearing one after another, but I don't know the specifics, and I don't even know that the Mecha Club has fallen into his hands, otherwise I wouldn't have taken you there. Liao San smiled bitterly.
"That is, this Mark now has a military force in his hands?" Zhou Sen frowned.
"Yes, moreover, it is said that he has a lot of power, and he is second only to the existence of the third princess."
"Will he attack the Sifang City?"
"Not really." Liao San shook his head and said.
"Why not?"
"Now that the Ronnie Star warlords are divided, there are countless armed forces of all kinds, on the surface, the armed forces led by the third princess are the most powerful, but in fact, the really powerful is the Howard family, that is, the Sifang City, but because the Howard family has not thought about ruling Ronnie Star, they have been watching from the sidelines, and have not participated in the competition of various forces, so everyone does not count the Howard family as an armed force."
"Are there any armed forces in the city that support or fund it?"
"I don't know about this, but as far as I know, there should be none, because the Howard family just wants to do business with peace of mind, and there is no need to wade into troubled waters."
"No, it's not wading through muddy waters, it's your life or death." Zhou Sen's face became grim.
"What do you mean?" Liao San looked dazed.
"The Mecha Club is only more than a hundred kilometers away from here, what is the concept of more than a hundred kilometers? For military mechs and suspended armored vehicles, it is only about an hour and a half away, and Mark's mechs are equipped with fire control systems, once they break through the defensive line of the Sifang City, the Sifang City will be turned into a sea of fire in an instant. ”
"Ah...... So serious? Liao San looked shocked.
"It's only going to be worse than you think. It is not necessarily a problem for the mecha club to be occupied by someone else, but there is definitely a problem with this Mark, at least, judging from his previous performance, that is, he is an opportunist who sees the wind and steers, and if the interests are big enough, he will definitely take risks. ”
"The question is, what will be the benefit of him taking the Quartet City?" Liao San looked puzzled.
"No, he won't take it, he'll just destroy."
"Destruction ......"
"Yes, sabotage! Think about it, now is a good opportunity for mecha to flourish, the mecha companies in the five star fields are expanding their production capacity competition, if the production base of the meteor mecha company is destroyed, how much market share will be vacated? ”
"That is, someone will buy Mark?" Liao San's body shook.
"I'm not sure, but it's very suspicious, because, Mark has already placed the military mecha in the mecha club, so the four sides of the city have to be guarded." Zhou Sen looked at the night sky of Sifang City, and in the night sky, he could see a suspended armored vehicle cruising in the air, and the cold barrel of the cannon made people palpitate.
"Are we going to report back to the Howards?" Liao San asked.
"No, I don't."
"Why?"
"If the Howard family can't see this clearly, then they won't be able to last more than 800 years...... However, the Howard family is currently very passive, because they don't want to become a warlord on the separatist side, so it is impossible for them to take the initiative to remove the tumor, and they can only defend passively, but the result of passive defense will be very bad, after all, Sifang City is not a military base, but the production base of the Meteor Mecha Company, which cannot build a defense line in a short period of time, and it is easy to be destroyed and affect production. Market share will also be eaten up by mecha companies of all sizes. Zhou Sen's brain was running rapidly.
"What then?"
"Dead. Unless ......"
"Unless what?"
"Unless the Howard family competes in the five star fields, however, from the current point of view, they don't seem to have such plans, so this is not meaningful...... By the way, there's another way. ”
"What's the solution?" Liao San was a little anxious, because his wife and children were all in Sifang City, and if Sifang City was destroyed or destroyed, the residents living in Sifang City would bear the brunt.
"That is, send private armed forces to make a secret move."
"Private armed ......" Liao San's eyes lit up.
"Third brother, don't worry, we think of it, and the Howard family can also think of it, presumably they will find a way, after all, they are a big family that has stood for thousands of years, and we don't need to worry about it. It's not early, I have to go to work tomorrow, so let's rest early. Zhou Sen patted Liao San on the shoulder.
"Hmm."
……
Zhou Sen returned to the villa to cultivate.
Liao San went home, but when he was at the door of the house, he was stopped by a person - Zheng Changgong, the head of the security department of the Meteor Mecha Company.
Zheng Changgong should be in his early thirties, his figure is not majestic, but he is straight, exuding a military temperament, he looks much younger than Liao San, he is standing alone at the door of Liao San's house, and in the distance, there is a group of security personnel wearing exoskeleton armor.
"Hello Minister!" Liao San's heart was beating wildly, he didn't expect that Minister Zheng Changgong, who was only seen in the hologram, would actually look for him, you know, in the Meteor Mecha Company, Zheng Changgong is a mythical character, and he usually can't see his trace at all.
Zhou Sen is the head of the maintenance department, Zheng Changgong is the head of the security department, although both of them are ministers, the disparity in their status in the Meteor Mecha Company is not an exaggeration to describe it as 108,000 miles.
The total number of employees of the Meteor Mecha Company in the five star fields exceeds 10 million, Zheng Changgong is responsible for the overall security work of the Meteor Mecha Company in the five star domains, and its subordinates are at least more than 30,000 people, and Zhou Sen is only a minister of the maintenance workshop of the headquarters, and all his subordinates add up to more than 40 people.
"Third brother is good." Zheng Longbow is quite polite.
"......" Liao San was suddenly flattered and couldn't say a word.
"Third brother, the Duke wants to see you."
"Lord Duke!" Liao San let out an exclamation.
"Yes. Please! ”
Liao San's whole person was stunned, his brain fell into a blank, and the whole person became chaotic, in a daze, and he didn't know when he followed Zheng Changgong into an extremely powerful armed suspension car.
After sitting on the hovercar, Liao San found that around him, there was a convoy of armed vehicles, and in the sky, there were high-speed aircraft circling.
"Minister, may I ask ......" Liao San was a little uneasy.
"Don't worry, Lord Duke just wants to ask you about tonight, and you just tell the truth." Zheng Changgong saw Liao San's apprehension in his heart, and his tone was very gentle.
"Tonight...... Are you talking about the Mecha Club thing? ”
"Yes."
"Mecha Club ......"
"Don't worry, the Duke will ask you later, just answer truthfully." Zheng Changgong smiled.
"Uh-huh."
……
The suspended armored convoy flew along the Sifang City, and after half a circle, it landed in a dense forest. There are some places to park hovercars in the dense forest, but the ground is paved with artificial turf.
In the courtyard, there are several movable armed fortresses, which are actually turrets, equipped with high-speed laser cannons, capable of destroying any near-ground vehicle, and the power is immense.
There was a low building in the middle of the forest, and around the building, there were some security personnel wearing exoskeleton armor on duty. In addition to the security personnel wearing exoskeleton armor, in the dark places of the dense forest, there are also some steel mechs.
Heavily guarded.
Apparently, this is a secret official residence of the Howard family.
Led by Zheng Changgong, Liao San passed through a security machine, and then, entered the building.
The interior of the building is not luxurious, but it looks simple and clean......
……
After walking through a winding classical corridor, we turned into a small landscaped garden with a small reception room next to it.
"Lord Duke!" When Liao San walked into the reception room, he saw a middle-aged man with white skin and well-dressed clothes, and suddenly he was excited, and he fell to his knees at once.
This fair-skinned middle-aged man is none other than Lord Thomas of the Howard family, he is actually in his sixties, but because he is well maintained, he looks like he is only in his early forties, full of extraordinary elegance.
"Mr. Liao, get up! It's all interstellar times, and what kind of kneeling is still done, this set is outdated. Duke Thomas helped Liao San up with a smile on his face, and his whole body was full of affinity.
Although Duke Thomas was amiable, Liao San was still very restrained, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet when he sat on the sofa. Although Liao San can be regarded as a person who has seen the world, he has never seen any big names in his life, so he naturally can't let go.
Duke Thomas motioned to Zheng Changgong, who was standing on the side, to sit down as well, and then, the maid made tea, and at the stall where the tea was made, Thomas casually asked a few words about Liao San's family situation.
Duke Thomas is worthy of being a duke, and he is very open to adjust the atmosphere, and after a few words, Liao San relaxed a lot.
"Mr. Liao, I have a few questions I want to ask you, but it's okay if you don't want to answer." Duke Thomas gets to the point.
"Lord Duke, please ask, Liao San must know everything!" Liao San hurriedly said.
"What are you and Zhou Sen doing at the Thunderbolt Mecha Club?" Thomas's bright eyes became incomparably deep, like a vast and mysterious starry sky.
"We ...... Yes...... Lord Duke, we didn't betray the intelligence of Sifang City, we didn't ......" Liao San was just about to answer, he suddenly thought of what Zhou Sen said, it was obvious that Duke Thomas was suspecting him of colluding with the Mecha Club, and he was so frightened that he slipped from the sofa and fell to the ground.
"Hmm...... Why do you have this idea? Duke Thomas was stunned for a moment, and his gaze suddenly became as sharp as a knife. At the same time, Zheng Changgong, who was sitting on the side, also exuded a murderous aura that seemed to be substantial.
"I ...... I ......" Liao San has been taken away by the momentum of the two, and his heart is in a hurry, and he is more and more speechless.
"Get up, it's okay, we have time, talk slowly." Duke Thomas saw that Liao San was too nervous, and personally got up to take the servant's teacup and put it in front of Liao San.
"Thank you, Lord Duke, thank you, Lord Duke!" Liao San was flattered.
"Third brother, the Duke is not bad to his brothers, right?" Zheng Changgong on the side stared at Liao San.
"Yes, yes, if it weren't for the care of the Duke, my Liao San would have died a long time ago." Liao San nodded repeatedly.
"Mr. Liao, why do you think I will doubt your intelligence about betraying Sifang City?" Duke Thomas stared at Liao San.
Zhou Sen...... The head of our maintenance department said that the Howard family is in a very dangerous situation now, and the mecha club has been occupied, and a large number of military mecha with fire control systems are stationed, in this case, they must covet the Sifang City, and we must be suspicious when we go at this time. Liao San smiled bitterly.
"You didn't know about the Mecha Club before?" Duke Thomas asked.
"I don't know, if we knew, we wouldn't have gone." Liao San regretted it.
"Does Zhou Sen know the situation over there?"
"I don't know, I told him."
"You're there for training?"
"Yes. Because Zhou Sen was going to challenge Egger, but he couldn't enter the Steel Paradise to train, I suggested that he go to the Thunderbolt Mecha Club to train, and the result was ......"
"How did it turn out?"
"As a result, I met the enemy...... It's not an enemy...... However, he wants to kill us...... Then, Zhou Sen drove the mecha out and killed it......"
"He drove that meteor, the G13, to kill it?" Duke Thomas asked.
"Yes, he took out a total of twelve heavy metal A......"
"Third brother, seek truth from facts!" Zheng Changgong on the side couldn't help but remind.
"It's true...... Liao San lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zheng Changgong's eyes, his voice was full of grievances.
"Let him speak." Duke Thomas frowned and glanced at Zheng Longbow.
"Yes, Lord Duke!" Zheng Changgong leaned over slightly.
"Mr. Liao, you just said that Zhou Sen drove a meteor - G13 killed twelve heavy metal A?"
"Yes, I was in the cockpit of the Meteor - G13 and saw it with my own eyes."
Duke Thomas and Zheng Longbow looked at each other, and then fell into a long silence. Obviously, the two don't believe in this result, after all, the meteor - G13 against heavy metal A itself is at a disadvantage, if it is said that relying on the advantage of driving technology one-on-one, the possibility of meteor - G13 defeating heavy metal A is still there, but to say that one meteor - G13 defeated twelve heavy metal A, it is a bit of a fantasy.
"What's the situation with twelve heavy metal A?" Duke Thomas was silent for a while. When things go wrong, there must be a demon, Duke Thomas believes, and some important information must have been missed.