Chapter 202: The Rise and Fall of the Empire
April 20, 1956.
Led by that burly and tall figure, a mighty army of planes, tanks and other mechanized troops drove into the city. Once again, Red saw the destruction of the cityโ
Why say again? Because this is Washington, the capital of the United States, which Red destroyed once.
To be precise, it is now a Germanic land.
"The savior of reality is a new humanity, a proud and ruthless overlord! The pioneer of this nation, holding high the banner of our Eternal Empire Super Warband! Today, Uncle Sam is dead! โ
The Overlord Girl whispered the headline of the newspaper that flew to their feet, then looked up at Red with a puzzled look.
"I don't understand...... Shouldn't this be the hegemon's most glorious moment? Why do you think he's torturing himself-"
"What's going on!"
At this moment, the overlord's obviously angry voice sounded, and Red and the overlord girl didn't know when they appeared inside the White House that had been filled with swastika flags, and in front of them was the overlord with his fists clenched.
The Overlord slammed a pile of documents on the table, looking like he couldn't contain his anger.
"Dr. von Brown, can you explain it to me?! I should have already said that I am here to defeat the evil Judah clique, the thugs who start a war for profit...... But what's going on with those? Massacre, extermination...... An empire built on the pain of others is not at all the result I want! โ
Standing in front of the overlord was one of the scientists who opened the Kryptonian spacecraft that day, and I saw him push his glasses with his old fingers, and said in a low voice.
"This is the order of your adoptive father, the Great Leader himself......"
"I don't believe it, it must be that madman from Goering, or Heinrich, I want to see him, and now he is there-"
"He, he's ......"
After taking a deep breath, Feng Brown whispered in the overlord's ear.
"Just a few days ago, he had been killed in a bunker in Berlin by a terrorist attack by a group of self-proclaimed freedom fighters."
The Overlord's eyes widened and he looked at the doctor in front of him in disbelief.
"How...... Possible! I don't believe he must have been hiding in some leaded underground fortress, or was seriously injured......"
"Calm down, Overlord, it is because of this that he left a will not to publish this news - not to hinder your conquest of Germanica!"
The Overlord staggered a few steps, then sat down in his chair and waved his hand casually.
"Get me out...... Let me be quiet. โ
Dr. von Brown stared at the Overlord for a moment, then turned and walked away, but when he reached the door, the Overlord suddenly stopped him.
"Wait."
I saw the overlord hold up the information he had gathered, and after taking a deep breath, his eyes glowed with a hot gaze, completely turning it into ashes.
"These things will ...... after this Don't do it again, but don't mention it again, that's the end of it, remember? โ
He could see that the mustache was actually very likely to have committed suicide; The hegemon should be able to see it too; The mustache also knew that the overlord could see it.
But the mustache still grasps the weakness of the overlord, and if he is still alive, the overlord will gradually become suspicious and dissatisfied with his methods, and question him again and again to stop his crazy plans.
Until they are completely enlightened and raise the anti-flag.
However, as long as he is dead, the overlord cannot hold him accountable, and can only accept the fact that he has become his accomplice.
In the end, he can only accept the responsibility - or curse - imposed on him, and thus go all the way to the dark.
No one can defeat a dead man.
The landscape changes again, and Red and the Overlord Maiden witness every moment of the Overlord's life that feels unforgettable pain.
When he expressed his silence at the mustache's funeral for the sake of the stability of the empire, choosing to write off all the sins of the empire;
When he chose to marry a woman he didn't love in order to avoid the Imperial Parliament urging him to marry many times, and even openly instigating him and his sister to leave Kryptonian blood for the Empire;
When his only sister who can be considered a relative, the Overlord Maiden, is teleported away by the Darkseid clone of this world using the Omega effect;
When the Overlord gives a speech at the funeral of the Overlord Girl, Uncle Sam leads the so-called Freedom Fighters Resistance in a terrorist attack that kills countless civilians.
In the end, the man-made space station in low-earth orbit fell towards the metropolis under the destruction of Uncle Sam, and the overlord tried to stop it alone, but was unable to do so.
The overlord girl covered her mouth and looked at the overlord kneeling in the ruins with a painful look with her hands covering her face with her hands in disbelief, now this man is so vulnerable.
The strength of the Overlord should be similar to that of Superman, as evidenced by his almost single-handedness in dominating the world and defeating all enemies in this universe, but now he can't even push a man-made space station.
Even, he should have pushed it at least into the Atlantic but did not do so, and perhaps at this moment his self-destructive tendencies took over.
He only wanted to put an end to his sins;
He wanted to end his loveless marriage;
He wants to put an end to this arrogant and conceited thousand-year-old empire.
"How could it be...... My brother used to be ...... all the time We never found out. โ
"It's because I don't want anyone to find out that I forced myself to this point."
To be honest, Red doesn't know much about the overlord's past, after all, this is a story from a parallel world of the multiverse, even in the original work, it is only a hasty mention.
But even so, every life in every multiverse has its complicated past......
"Okay, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid we'll go back to the replay of the scene at the beginning, I've tasted enough, let's go break this prison."
Red floats in front of the Overlord with the Overlord Maiden, but the latter still only kneels on the ground with a blank gaze, unresponsive to them.
"Karlโhuh?"
The Overlord Maiden wanted to caress the Overlord's cheek to comfort him, but her hand passed directly through the Overlord's head, like a disembodied ghost.
"Now for him, are we in pure spectator mode where there is no interaction?"
"Well, then we can't do anything?"
In the face of the somewhat restless hegemonic girl, Red behaved very calmly.
"But I could feel the anger in his heart, whether it was against his adoptive father, against this terrible world, against Uncle Sam, or at his incompetent self...... That's easy. โ
The power of the bright red flesh condensed in Red's right hand.
"Use pure anger to awaken his depressed will!"