In the north of Settlement No. 1, at a checkpoint near the ruins of Haibei City, Anthony with a cigarette butt in his mouth is sitting in the barracks, rummaging through the checkpoints he bought from a nearby settlement.

He had risen from Centurion to Centurion since he led the negotiation of a deal with the Goblin Corps, and now he was in charge of an entire area from the outpost to the barracks.

After the Battle of the Torch, the forces of the various parties of the Cohesion did not immediately withdraw from the Hague Province, including the expeditionary force of the Eastern Legion, a team of 10,000 people remained in the Hague Province, continuing to loot the little loot left, and along with the excavation of pre-war relics.

Although the Southern Legion and the Alliance were inseparable in Borneo, the relationship between Triumph City and the Alliance was not too bad, and the Eastern Legion followed Triumph City...... At least for now.

It is precisely for this reason that the so-called checkpoints here are actually just posturing, and the two sides declare their military presence to each other.

So far, there has not been a single military friction between the 370,000 troops of the Eastern Army and the Alliance's local garrison.

They can even occasionally pick up some work from nearby settlements to exterminate marauders, mutants, xeno-lairs, and guard railroad lines.

The Alliance is usually paid in silver coins, which can be exchanged for life-enhancing goodies such as cigarettes, happy water, and vodka from nearby settlements and passing merchants.

Anthony was uncomfortable at first, but over time he got used to it, and even went to the bar in the next settlement for a full drink or two during breaks.

As always.

With his butt numb on the chair, he got up and stretched, dropped what he couldn't get enough of, picked up the rifle that was resting on the table, and prepared to go out for a walk and move his muscles.

However, as soon as he walked out of the barracks on his front feet, a ten-captain trotted in front of him and made a military salute.

"Sir, a group of residents of the settlement has come to the railroad to the east, about one hundred and twenty, about the size of a hundred-man team."

Anthony yawned and said impatiently.

"Come on, come here, whatever they do."

Occasionally, scavengers come to pick up scraps in this area, after all, this area is also a ruin of a pre-war city, and you can still pick up something somewhat.

As long as they don't get close to their construction site and get in the way, Anthony generally doesn't bother to care about them.

However, the ten-captain said with an embarrassed expression.

"But...... They took possession of the railway, and it was also a patrol section contracted to us by the railway operating company. ”

"Huh?" Anthony was stunned for a while, and then he reacted, and asked puzzledly, "What are they doing with the railway?" ”

The Ten-Captain said with a wry smile.

"I don't know, I tried to communicate with them, but they didn't want to communicate with us."

Anthony's expression faltered.

After pondering for a moment, he decided to go to the scene to see before making a decision, so he looked at his subordinates and said.

"Take me there."

The ten-captain breathed a sigh of relief and gave a military salute.

"Yes!"

The two hurriedly went to the dirt road next to the checkpoint, got on the open-top off-road parked there, and drove to the railway not far from Haibei City.

Anthony, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, saw a group of people standing on the railroad from a long distance.

Among them were old people, children, and even women with babies in their arms.

They carried wooden signs in their hands and banners that were unfurled.

A patrol team of ten stood beside them, confronting the group of men.

However, perhaps because of the large number of people, there was no fear on their faces, and their expressions and emotions were even more excited.

Anthony took out the binoculars, glanced in the direction of the crowd, and happened to see the "Willant Get Out" written on the wooden sign, and his brows twitched violently.

"...... These guys are here to find fault, right? ”

"I don't know," said the Ten-Commander, smiling bitterly and after a moment's hesitation, "I feel like they are survivors of the province of Borneo...... Perhaps it has something to do with the recent passage of the Willant Street Act at Settlement No. 1. ”

Anthony had heard about it.

As a result of something that happened in Eternal Night Harbor, the local Wilantes fled here, and more than 5,000 people came at a time, causing discontent among the Borneo people who lived there.

If you want him to say, the alliance is still too merciful.

Under the rule of the Wielantes, where did this group of Brahminas come from so many stinky problems?

Even in Xifan Harbor, which is governed by weak and incompetent civilian officials, these guys can only kneel on the ground and lick their shoes.

Now that I finally got up from the ground, I wanted to turn over and be the master.

“…… What to do? Seeing that the squinted chief didn't speak for a long time, the ten-captain asked uncertainly.

"What to do ......"

Anthony sneered, removed the PU-9 submachine gun hanging under the door, and loaded it with a click.

"The alliance has spoiled this group of mudbloods, but Lao Tzu is not from the alliance, so he is not used to them."

With that, he raised the muzzle of his gun and fired a sudden shot into the sky.

Hearing the sudden click, the people standing on the railroad were startled.

Some fled from the crowd, but many remained where they were.

One of the old men, for example, did not run away, and his eyes glared at him in horror and anger.

"What do you want to do!"

Seeing that the other party was finally willing to communicate, Anthony jumped out of the open-top off-road vehicle, walked to the side of the railway with a submachine gun on his shoulder, and said to the old man.

"I should ask you what you want to do."

"And, it's okay with you!"

The old man stared at his nose intently, his shoulders shaking, whether it was because of anger or fear, or both.

The young man next to him stepped forward and plucked up the courage to say to Anthony.

"This is the railway of the Union...... We are citizens of the Alliance, and we built this road, and we have the right to stand here-"

"Power...... Haha, it's strange to hear this word from the mouth of the Brahman, but what's the use of you telling Lao Tzu this, I'm not a citizen of the Alliance. ”

Anthony plucked his ears impatiently, looked at these people with unkind eyes, suddenly thought of something, and said with a grin.

"Let's talk about it, and I won't ask you what you're going to do. You're all here anyway, so you might as well go another ten kilometers. After a street sign, the section of the road over there is no longer under our control, and even if you tear down the railway, no one will care about you. ”

"But here, you want to fight for your 'power', I advise you to go back and bring your guns."

Hearing this, the crowd standing on the railway was in a commotion.

In particular, a few old guys who took the lead exchanged glances and exchanged views in a whisper.

"We're not here to fight...... It's not worth it to clash with these Willantes. ”

"...... in Li"

"Anyway, I've walked more than 100 kilometers, and another 10 kilometers won't get in the way."

Others, however, have expressed concern.

"But...... Further north is the wasteland, where the whole area is no man's land, what if you run into xenos? ”

Looking at the man with a worried look on his face, the old man who led the team lowered his voice and said.

"There are outposts every few tens of kilometers of the railway, and the area it passes through is also far from the water source, so it should be safe."

Watching these guys discuss for a long time without any result, Anthony, who finished smoking a cigarette, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, shouting impatiently.

"Hurry up, you have been grinding and chirping for a long time, have you come up with a result?"

Seeing that the officer was impatient, the old man at the head finally stood up and answered.

"We promise your terms!"

Anthony waved his hand impatiently.

"Get out of here, then."

Although the attitude of the Willant was very disliked, the people standing on the railroad finally did not say anything, and continued to walk along the railroad with a curse.

The matter was over, and Anthony returned to the car, kneeling down from the driver's seat.

"Departure."

The driver expertly started the engine and looked in the rearview mirror and asked.

"Back to camp?"

"Go back to the camp and follow along."

Anthony laughed and cursed, hung the submachine gun with the safety of the submachine gun next to the door, and then looked at the group of guys in the distance who continued along the railway line.

He didn't know what they were going to do, but he always felt that it was much more fun to follow the group than to crouch in the barracks.

Just as he ordered the driver to keep his distance and hang behind the group, the Borneo, who continued north, were whispering uneasily.

"Those Willantes are following us......"

"What do they want to do?"

"Isn't it planned to wait for us to get to the wasteland and quietly get rid of us......

"Impossible, the Alliance is not blind! Unless they want to go to war with the Alliance! ”

"What if the Eastern Legion really has this idea...... It's not like they haven't fought before. ”

The atmosphere of pessimism spread silently, and some people began to retreat in their hearts.

Looking at these cowering guys, the old man who led the team was angry.

It's the same when you're in Massachusetts!

These useless things drop their chains when it comes to a critical moment, no wonder they can't make a big deal.

His name was Jerami, he was from Mammoth State, and he was once a veteran of the Moon Resistance Army, and when Lassi gained power, he fled in anger, first to Fries Harbor and later to Settlement No. 1.

Like Suka, who is also a member of the Luna Clan, he has also tried to take the representative route, but due to the poor performance of the Luna Resistance Army in Massachusetts, he has not been able to convince the Luna Clan to unite with him, nor can he gain the trust of the Rats and Snakes.

In fact, this is also normal, the people he is trying to unite are the most difficult to unite.

If he follows Sukka's example, there may be a way out for him to win over the local survivors, but he does not intend to examine any of his own problems, instead blaming all his difficulties on the fault of the environment.

In his view, the coalition's congress has become a tool for manipulating politics, and the guys who hold the conference will do anything to gain people's support...... However, they simply don't know what people really need.

None of the Brahminas would have agreed to the disembarkation of the Wilantes, so why should the man surnamed Gu let them ashore!

Did the guys ask him for his opinion?

In his opinion, this is not called order at all, but the oppression of the majority against the minority!

However, the manager stood too high to see the pain under his feet. Maybe the adult's intentions were good, but the people below carried it out crookedly.

But it doesn't matter.

He will implore the Administrators to intervene and dissolve the depraved Council of Representatives!

The Union had saved him.

And now, it's time for him to save the Alliance!

It's not just for the good of the Alliance, it's for the good of all those who live on this land!

Jerami is a firm believer in his choice and has no doubt that he is the most loyal person he is.

Looking at the more and more hesitant steps of the clansmen, he couldn't help but roar.

"Don't argue, can you have a little backbone! You've all come this far, are you going to go back now and let those weak and incompetent fellows see the joke! ”

The roar had some effect, and everyone suddenly held back the dejected words.

But it's not because of backbone or anything else, but because of the last half of the sentence -

They don't want people to see the joke.

Jerami continued to strike while the iron was hot, shouting at the men.

"Think about your children, and your loved ones, and you want them and those big noses...... Do you live with those slave owners? ”

"If that's not enough, think of the people who died in Westsail Harbor and Lion City!"

At this point, no one doubted it, and those hesitant steps were firm.

Ten kilometers is a long way in a crowded settlement, but a short time in a deserted wasteland.

They are like devout pilgrims, walking the last leg of the road with firm steps.

Finally, they left the section of the railway guarded by the 370,000th Troop.

Jerami stopped and shouted at the car behind him.

"Is it okay now?"

Anthony Centurion, who was sitting in an open-top SUV, replied with a smile.

"Okay, from the sign in front of you, you can do whatever you like."

Jerami continued to yell at him.

"And what are you going to do with us? How long are you going to follow behind our ass? ”

Anthony pulled out a cigarette, put it to his lips and smiled and lit the fire.

"That's our business, it's none of your business."

After shouting these words, he looked at the ten-captain who was sitting next to him.

"How long is the next bus?"

The ten-captain hesitated for a moment and whispered.

"I think it's almost there...... Maybe half an hour or so? ”

"Tsk, why is there so long."

Anthony squinted his eyes in the old man's direction, and saw that they were gathered together again on the railroad tracks.

And just then, a young man walked up to Jeramy's side and said in a tone of hesitation.

"Mr. Jeramy...... I don't want to doubt your plans, but can we really wait for the managers here? ”

Jerami said with a deep sigh.

"Absolutely! I read in the newspaper that the adult came by train...... It's either today or tomorrow, we brought food and water, and it's a big deal to spend the night here. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and then someone whispered.

"But...... The newspaper didn't say which car the adult was in. ”

Jeramy's expression froze, but he quickly regained his composure.

"This kind of thing is easy to say, there are only a few trains in total, just stop the car and ask it."

This may sound like a nonsense idea, but it's not the most plausible right now.

Managers can't always take a freight train to pull supplies, and this has already eliminated most of the distractions for them.

The trains coming from the north are mainly logistics trains, and the passenger vehicles only run four or five times a day.

Although it may cause some trouble for the people in the car, they petition the manager for the good of everyone after all.

The group camped on both sides of the railway, and some tired people simply sat on the tracks to rest, tore open the cans they had brought, and ate them like picnics.

The crowd was so hungry that Anthony couldn't help but swallow.

However, there were only compressed biscuits in the car, and he could only bite two brick-like biscuits to satisfy his hunger.

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound in the distance, and although I hadn't seen the car yet, I thought it wasn't far away.

The young man sitting next to Jerami threw away the can and stood up, looked at the old man on the side with an excited expression, and took the initiative to ask for help.

"I'm going to stop the car."

Jerami nodded in satisfaction.

"Go ahead, kid."

Under the gaze of a pair of admiring eyes, the young man took off his shirt and ran in the direction from which the train was coming as he waved.

As he ran, he shouted in the direction of the train with all his strength.

"Parking! Stop it! ”

The shout was loud enough, but unfortunately it still couldn't penetrate the shell made of soundproofing material.

Not to mention the distance of several kilometers......

The two sides walked in opposite directions for a long time, until the distance between them was only a few hundred meters, and the conductor sitting in the cockpit faintly saw a young man waving a shirt running on the tracks, and his mouth seemed to be shouting something.

The conductor's face changed instantly, and he hurriedly activated the braking device, and then sounded the whistle to warn.

The brakes attached to the wheels sparkle and emit a tooth-aching metallic hum.

The passengers sitting in the carriage all felt the obvious frustration, and their bodies in the seats couldn't help but shake.

At the same time, the sound of the horn outside the carriage was already like an air raid siren.

The beep was enough to scare off the claws of death that wandered near the railroad, but for some reason it couldn't scare away the young man waving his clothes.

"! What does this guy want to do?! ”

"Is it a marauder?" The security captain who stormed into the cab was already clenching his gun nervously.

His fears were justified, after all, this was a wasteland.

Although the Alliance's military strength is strong enough, there are also many unsightly marauders.

Not to mention the mutants with bad brains.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have put heavy machine guns and grenade launchers on passenger trains.

"I don't think so...... It's like a madman with an abnormal head. Cold sweat broke out on the conductor's forehead, and he cursed in his heart while praying not to bump into it.

He had braked as hard as he could, and no matter how fast he was, there was a risk of collision between the cars, and he couldn't pull the whole car for the sake of a guy who didn't want to die.

Seeing that the young man had no intention of leaving, the deputy conductor's face turned pale, and he picked up the communicator hanging on the carriage and called the nearest watchtower.

At the same time, the young man running on the tracks was almost hoarse, but he saw that the speeding train had no intention of stopping.

Seeing that the front of the car was about to hit, he had no choice but to jump off the tracks.

Less than two seconds after he left the tracks, the rumbling sound rushed in front of him, and the raging air nearly pulled him back onto the tracks.

Looking at the train that "didn't care" him at all, the young man angrily picked up the carriage where the stone was thrown and cursed.

"Stop! Grass! ”

Why not stop yet!

The sound of the whistle continued until the last carriage disappeared from his face.

The young man picked up his clothes from the ground and was about to return the way he had come, but his face changed suddenly.

"It's broken!"

He suddenly remembered that the big guys were still sitting on the railroad tracks waiting for him to go back to report the good news.

From the time he saw the train to the time it drove in front of him, it was only a few seconds.

Although he thought they should be able to dodge, there were not only young men in the team, but also old people, children, and women......

"No...... Wait, get out of the way! ”

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, he hurriedly chased in the direction of the train, shouting as hard as he had when he had faced the train before.

However, two legs could not catch up with countless wheels, and he had not been able to stop the train before, and naturally it was impossible to catch up with the rumbling sound.

At the same time, everyone in the cockpit at the front of the car breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't know why the idiot stopped the car, but the boy dodged it at the last moment.

Then there's the Guard Bureau.

When the guards guarding the railroad arrived, they would naturally teach this fateful fellow a lesson.

"Crisis Relief ......"

The conductor, who had pinched his sweat, sat back in his seat, and just raised his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead, when he suddenly saw the black and oppressive people on the railroad tracks in the distance.

"-"

The heart that had been put down for two seconds instantly rose to his throat again, and he bounced out of his chair like an electric shock.

The co-conductor next to him was one step quicker than him, and he resounded the whistle that had been interrupted for less than two seconds, and the braking system that had just been released.

"Woo——!"

There was a commotion among the people sitting on the tracks, and some of them were so frightened that they fled the tracks, but apparently not everyone was so quick with their legs and feet.

Some people got up in a hurry, some ran away with rolling and crawling, some people tried to pick up the cans that rested on the rails, and some people unfortunately got their trouser legs hooked by nails on the rails.

After all, it is a hundred people, and it is impossible to be as flexible as one person.

The three men in the cab widened their blood-colored eyes as the front of the car rushed into the unsuspecting crowd, knocking an unlucky old man into a pulp, and then crushing half of his body and a leg.

"No ——!"

The conductor inside the carriage and Jerami outside the carriage shouted desperately at the same time.

And the bumpy carriage and the frustration of the instant braking made the passengers in the carriage scream and curse.

The rickety carriage finally came to a halt on the tracks.

The conductor got off the train with several security guards to check the situation, and Jeramy, who was almost scared to pee his pants, also happened to rush up with his people in anger.

"You murderer! Why don't you stop! Why! ”

Looking at this unreasonable old man, the conductor slapped him angrily and slapped him on the head.

"Are you crazy?! Do you think this is a minibus or your tractor at home? ”

Jerami is a member of the Resistance, but who here hasn't carried a gun?

Jeramy, who had been slapped in the head, spun around, and one fell to the ground without standing firmly.

Looking at Jerami who fell to the ground, the Borneo people around the carriage were in an uproar, looking eager to tear the conductor and the "thugs" behind him apart.

Especially the young man who was out of breath and finally caught up, looking at the old man who fell to the ground, his eyes instantly turned red, and he yelled at the conductor.

"I'm fighting with you!!"

The angry crowd startled the conductor, and realizing that something was wrong, he quickly retreated into the carriage and grabbed the communicator to call for reinforcements.

Anthony, who was sitting in the SUV, had a stunned expression on his face, and the cookies that had been stuffed into his mouth fell to the ground.

"I blanch ......"

He learned this phrase from the Alliance, and now he uses it on them.

So these guys went to great lengths to come here just to have a picnic and kill two people?

What are they trying to do?

He thought these guys were going to do a big deal!

At this time, the communicator in the car rang, and the ten-captain sitting next to him looked at him with a strange expression.

“…… Are we going to help. ”

Anthony glanced at the position of the locomotive, which happened to be parked in his jurisdiction, and his brow suddenly twitched violently.

Although he didn't want to mix it in his heart, he still took the communicator and pressed the button to connect it with the generous "protection fee".

“…… Hold on, and we'll be there in a moment. ”

"...... Hurry up! I'm afraid these crazy people will tear down our car! ”

The conductor leaning against the door cursed and yelled as he looked out of the carriage.

Under the perseverance of the guys, the glass of the car window has been smashed into a cobweb-like crack.

The passengers in the carriage were all confused, and they couldn't figure out what the guys outside were trying to do.

The security team had loaded their guns, but the people outside were not carrying guns, and they couldn't fire the first shot.

The conductor also regretted in his heart, he shouldn't have knocked the leading guy unconscious with a slap.

Leaving the shattered window, he yelled at the group of madmen outside.

"What the hell are you trying to do?!"

One of the middle-aged men yelled at him.

"Let's meet the administrators!"

The conductor was stunned for a moment, and was completely confused by these words.

"Tube, manager?! So what are you stopping us from doing? ”

The man who was pounding on the door was also stunned.

“…… The manager is not in the car? ”

The conductor almost choked to death from the spittle, and yelled at the madman.

"Think about it with your head, if the manager were in the car, you would be able to lie on the door and talk to me?!"

The Guards Regiment is not a dry meal!

At this moment, a gunshot rang out in the distance, and everyone around the train was startled and subconsciously looked in the direction of the gunshot.

I saw an open-top SUV parked not far away, and the nasty big nose was standing next to the car with a submachine gun.

With a half-cigarette in his mouth, Anthony glanced at the old man lying on the ground and the blood-stained locomotive, and then at the troublesome Brahmi.

"Okay, stop it, I don't care who you want to see, you're on the territory of the Wilantes now."

The expressions on everyone's faces were still a little unconvinced, and they didn't even pay attention to the submachine gun in his hand.

Anthony was not polite to them, let alone had any intention of reasoning with them, and said impatiently.

"Stand in a row obediently, put your hands above your head and put them on the carriage, if anyone doesn't listen, Lao Tzu will be dealt with as a marauder."

(End of chapter)