Chapter 449, it doesn't matter how you die
Anthony and Mark Mealy were soon there. As soon as he entered the door, Anthony shouted out of breath
"John! What about John! Then they were stopped by four FBIs. With Brooklyn's lesson, they were polite this time, and they looked like they were 'doing their best to obey their fate'.
But alas, this time it wasn't Brooklyn that he stopped. Without Marc Mie speaking at all, the bodyguards behind him stepped forward directly and controlled the four detectives.
Anthony didn't bother to thank him, stumbling into the living room, still shouting
"What about John! What about John! He stood where Brooklyn had stood, looked around, and finally fixed his eyes on the wheelchairs next to Brooklyn and Ray.
That back was familiar and strange at the same time. It was obviously completely different from before, but Anthony recognized it at a glance, it was John Manning.
He stopped shouting. His mouth opened and closed several times, and he came to John Manning's side, and finally let out a sigh.
Brooklyn gently hugged Anthony and whispered comfort to the old man who looked really sad, and then said
"Anthony, Professor John Manning is dead, and many of our things need to be prepared early." Anthony looked genuinely sad, his expression was sad, his eyes were full of nostalgia, but his thoughts were clear.
"Inform Burke, let Burke send an obituary, remember to have him come to New York, and officiate John's funeral."
"When they were young, all three of them had been priestly licensed, and John used to joke that whoever died first would be the one who was alive to preside over the funeral himself. It's time for Burke to make good on his promise. ”
"I'll go back to Boston and replace Burke." Anthony finally raised his head and looked solemnly at Brooklyn
"Brooklyn, it's time for you to make good on your promises." With that, he glanced at Len Sberger and said to Mark Millai
"General Mark Millai, please call the police and inform the NYPD that a fatality has occurred here." Anthony had just seen that John Manning's bare body was draped in a Brooklyn coat, and on the outside was his own trench coat, and nothing else.
As soon as they entered the door, there was a familiar pile of silkworm chrysalis-like clothes, which had been ripped open from above, and cracked down to the thighs, and pants and everything were piled up.
Looks sloppy. On weekdays, Lane Swegg took good care of John Manning, but John Manning had just died, and he was exposed to everyone.
After Anthony had made the arrangements, Lane Sberg suddenly rushed to Brooklyn's side and said quickly
"Brooklyn, we cooperate. I know John Manning has a USB drive that stores everyone's handles. Brooklyn was stunned.
"We work together to find it, and you don't have to face the current crisis." Brooklyn looked at Ryne Sberger with strange eyes.
The Prism Gate project failed to collect the handles of thousands of dignitaries, so why did John Manning hold the handles of thousands of dignitaries?
By virtue of his old age? If John had mastered the handle of so many people and could control so many people, Harvard would have become the first in the Federation long ago, and Yale and Stanford would have been wiped out to scum.
This kind of thing is fake when you hear it. Rien Spegg performed well a few times before, why is it suddenly not very smart now?
Brooklyn shook her head, righteously refusing. At this time, Mark Millai's bodyguard stepped forward and controlled Lane.
Rien Spegg was still yelling at Brooklyn to 'find the USB drive'. Brooklyn shook his head, dialed on his phone, and then looked up at the direction in which Lyne Sberger had disappeared, and took the initiative to explain
"He told me that Professor John Manning had a USB drive with thousands of dignitaries, and he said he wanted to work with me to find the drive." With that, Brooklyn pressed the dial button and went to the inner bedroom to make a call.
In the living room, Mark Millai's bodyguards began to clear the field, and the agents who helped Ryne Sberg search for USB drives were asked out, and only two bodyguards were left, and everyone else left.
Mark Millay walked to the window, looked down at John Manning, and then at Anthony in the distance, and couldn't help but make a bad joke
"You Harvard is an intelligence department, huh?" Anthony rolled his neck sadly, his gaze shifting from the distant night sky to Mark Millai's face.
Mark Milai smiled awkwardly.
"Anthony, to be honest, I don't have much to do with John Manning." He whispered
"What I'm concerned about now is whether his death will plunge Harvard into infighting, or even civil strife."
"I doubt that Harvard will be able to do its job."
"I made concessions to Harvard for the sake of Brooklyn's face, but I'm not alone in this collaboration, and you should know what that means."
"So, we're going to keep an eye on Harvard, and if Harvard can't keep up with the contract, we're going to immediately terminate the cooperation and kick Harvard out. You're okay with that, right? Anthony shook his head and whispered
"No, it won't. Harvard will not descend into civil strife and will not affect cooperation. John had long since left Harvard, and his death would not affect the normal functioning of Harvard. Mark Millet pouted.
The infighting at Harvard doesn't live at all, and even Yale knows about it. At this time, it is simply self-deception to say that Harvard will not fall into infighting.
If you don't get caught up in infighting, why would you arrange for Burke to come to New York and go back to Boston on your own? These questions swirled in his mind, and Mark Millay didn't ask them.
He nodded at Anthony, turned to the door, and made the call. The death of John Manning will inevitably lead to Harvard's infighting, and if Harvard cannot end the infighting in a short time, it will inevitably fall into a long-term chaos, and before the birth of the new 'Gu King', Harvard will have no time to take care of this mess in New York.
Without Harvard's help, the military itself would not have been able to withstand such pressure. Therefore, Mark Millai believes that it is necessary to suspend all plans and monitor the situation at Harvard to see if the infighting at Harvard can end quickly in a short time.
Of course, if the winner of the infighting is Burke Forsman, they will have to reevaluate everything.
Brooklyn in the bedroom has the same concerns. He didn't call Burke right away, but carefully deduced the situation.
The death of John Manning at an inopportune time has brought great variables to an already determined situation.
In Brooklyn's view, John Manning died at an inopportune time. The first to bear the brunt is the NYPD.
John Manning died, and until now, no one had been given command of his part of the FBI, and it is likely that it had naturally lapsed with his death.
The agents who had lent Mark Mee to speed up the processing of Burns Norton would naturally be retracted.
The job of dealing with Pence Norton is back on the shoulders of the NYPD. And then there's Harvard.
John Manning is of extraordinary significance to Harvard. Although his actions in his later years were controversial, his contributions to Harvard cannot be erased.
In a way, Harvard is proud to have John Manning. John Manning has influenced dozens of generations of Harvards.
His death was a huge blow to all Harvards. He is alive, even though he has left the Harvard Council, but everyone still feels at ease, because everyone knows that once Harvard is in trouble, John Manning will definitely take action, and he will not stand idly by.
Now the supertree has fallen. Their source of reassurance is gone. And that's just John Manning's influence on the Harvardists, let alone his influence on the Harvard School.
With him, the struggle between Burke, Anthony, and Brooklyn cannot go too far, they must be controlled within a certain range, and they must not harm the interests of Harvard.
With him, when the three of them cannot agree on certain matters, they can ask him to be the referee and adjudicate.
Now that he's dead, Burke and Anthony will be unrestrained, Brooklyn will lose important support, and the three of them will have no scruples about making another move.
And John Manning's influence on Harvard also indirectly affected New York. As Mark Mee had considered, Harvard, which had lost John Manning, would inevitably be mired in infighting, and the struggle between Brooklyn, Anthony, and Burke would probably be too hot for them to take care of New York, and the series of terms that had just been negotiated, and even the two stacks of papers in the governor's office, would be reduced to scrap paper.
Without Harvard in tandem and sharing the pressure, the military would not have continued to invest. The New York affair will end with a thunderbolt, and the best outcome for the Brooklyn trio is probably to find an agent and sell their butts in prison.
Brooklyn doesn't want to sell his ass, so he has to keep Harvard's infighting from affecting the situation in New York and let the military feel comfortable cooperating.
If we don't let the infighting spread to New York, we have to let it end as soon as possible.
"Burke, Professor John is dead." Brooklyn called Burke Forsman and got straight to the point.
Burke was silent for a long time. He didn't seem to react.
"Anthony wants you to come to New York right away and officiate at Professor Burke's funeral, and he said you had a pact that the living should officiate the dead. Now it's time for you to fulfill your promise. ”
"By the way, don't worry about Boston, Anthony said he was going back to replace you." Burke remained silent.
Just when Brooklyn wondered if there was something wrong with his phone, Burke finally spoke.
"He wants you to say, tie you to him, you don't want to be tied to him, so tell me he made you say that."
"Tell me what you want." Since Burke Forsman is so straightforward, Brooklyn is not beating around the bush
"Make Anthony Speaker." He said
"Harvard needs pacification, not turmoil."
"Are you afraid that Harvard's turmoil will affect the military's cooperation?" Burke was straight to the point, as sharp as ever
"Since you want Anthony to be the speaker, you should take the initiative to take this black pot for him." Yes, if Brooklyn wants Anthony to be Speaker, the best thing to do is not to say that the idea was Anthony's and lower Burke's vigilance.
Anthony probably thinks the same way, he thinks that Brooklyn will take the initiative to take the blame for him in order to keep New York.
Because New York means different things to the trio. It was a big deal for him Anthony and Burke Forsman not to benefit New York, and at most to lose some reputation.
But Brooklyn is different. If the New York affair fails, Brooklyn will lose nothing and will never turn around.
In the past, John Manning was alive, and Harvard could keep him, but now that John Manning is dead, he doesn't mean so much to Harvard.
It was in recognition of this that Brooklyn chose to tell the truth. He was more afraid that Burke Forsman and Anthony Kennedy, two old guys, would join forces and kick him out of the game than at Harvard.
He must preemptively create a conflict between the two and completely eliminate the possibility of cooperation between the two. To his surprise, Burke didn't see through this.
John Manning's death seems to have had a big impact on Burke......
"The infighting at Harvard must end as soon as possible." Instead of answering questions, Brooklyn threw out new ones
"Either you continue to be the Speaker, or you change Anthony, the two of you are fighting, and I am the most important weight."
"We can fight slowly." Burke was just a little slower to react, not lowering his IQ and becoming an idiot, he immediately retorted
"It's you who should be in a hurry, not us."
"You want to create a conflict between me and Anthony so that we can't cooperate and prevent ourselves from being kicked out first." At this, Burke was silent for a moment.
Brooklyn followed with silence. For a long time, Burke asked
"Tell me what you want."
"Without Professor John's support, you're not sure you'll be able to defeat Anthony?" Brooklyn asked, sounding mocking and confused.
John Manning's death was not just adversely affected by Brooklyn. All along, Burke made drastic reforms at Harvard, relying on the coercion of John Manning.
Now that John Manning is dead, Burke has to deal with the discontent of the crowd. Under the trade-off, Anthony, who looks unremarkable, has unwittingly become the one with the highest winning rate.
Brooklyn immediately figured it out, he said
"I'm not going to help you, I'm going to help Anthony."
"Then you will live forever in the hat of your successor." Burke Road. Brooklyn shook his head and said firmly
"Either end the infighting as soon as possible and make Anthony the speaker to calm the emotions. Either I help Anthony and kick you out. "The three of them have different concerns, so their choices are naturally different.
Because of the New York incident, Brooklyn hopes that the infighting at Harvard will end as soon as possible, or if it does not end, a temporary truce, at least maintain a semblance of peace, and not block the progress of the plan, at least not to let the military withdraw.
In his mind, Harvard came second, and the New York incident came first. Burke is not the same as Anthony.
For them, John Manning died, and they were saddened and relieved at the same time. The mountain that weighed on their heads was finally removed!
They can finally have a good and happy fight without limits! They all can't wait to tear their opponents to shreds and devour them!
For Burke, John Manning was also a force for himself, and with John Manning's approval, no one felt blatantly opposed to him.
For Anthony, John Manning was a limited-time shield that protected young Brooklyn and the strong Burke Forsman, allowing them to attack him with impunity without fighting back.
Now the protective cover is broken......