Agnes returned to Dr. Goddard and saw him talking to a soldier.

"Oh, you're back, Agnes."

Dr. Goddard's bald head turned, and his attitude towards Agnes was a little better, he knew Agnes's past and saw Agnes's ability to communicate, and he no longer looked at Agnes with an arrogant attitude as before, but gradually accepted her.

"The matter is negotiated, I will pay some money, and Eddie has agreed... Just one thing to remind you. ”

Dr. Goddard motioned for the soldier to wait, looking at Agnes with some questions.

"What?"

Agnes thought about the previous conversation with Add, what she had seen.

"Eddie is an acute, and as you say, a rude person... He's actually very emotional about you, I'm afraid your last trip didn't go well, right? ”

Goddard touched the head of the braised egg, remembered the last bad experience and agreed with Agnes, although many of the contradictions at that time actually came from Goddard's arrogance, but he would not change himself or deny himself.

"That's right, but it's all because of that hillbilly."

There was no surprise in his words.

"Goddard... If you have anything to say in the future, tell me first, I have been a diplomat for many years, although my eloquence is still average, at least I know how not to arouse strong disgust from the other party... And a lot of times you'd better stop arguing with him, that guy is still a crazy guy at heart, I think so, and when we get halfway there, we might get into trouble. ”

Goddard shook his head irritably, but said whatever it was.

He introduced Agnes to the soldier next to him.

"Introduce you to this young man, Sergeant Larsen, who is the leader of the protection team assigned to us by the National Counter-Terrorism Agency, and will follow us east with five soldiers to the Dome to protect our personal safety, and if necessary, to arrest Dr. Prester.... They're all on the right track from the Hoover Dam, and I know they're a little less, but now there's a lot of pressure from the Brotherhood, and that's the biggest support. ”

Goddard patted the soldier next to him and pointed at Agnes.

"This is Dr. Agnes, sort of... My colleague, the second-in-command of the team, you also need to get to know him. ”

Sergeant Larsen saluted Agnes, who nodded in acknowledgment, but she could see that the soldier's face was a little gloomy, and he didn't seem to be a good match.... But at this point, you can't ask for a replacement because of your own subjective opinion, that can't succeed and is not beneficial.

Larsen left the place after the meeting, promising to do whatever it takes to keep the NCR Pillars safe.

.............

After Larsen left, Goddard and Agnes sat in two chairs to discuss their next steps.

"After two days, we will take all the supplies and necessities, and then we will meet at the location I have designated, and then my men and yours and the soldiers will get into Eddie's car together, he knows the route and does not need me to show the way.... After that, we left the Hoover Dam and headed north, where there were some NCR-controlled colonies and settlements that could provide some protection, and then east against the mountains all the way to the Great Dome. ”

Goddard drew a line on the map, and this was the planned distance.

"It's going to be open for more than a week... That's the ideal speed, but it's impossible not to have an accident, a native, a marauder, or some other monster or something, and when the time comes, leave it to Larsen and them, let's just protect ourselves, our lives are much more precious than Larsen's kind of thing. ”

Agnes frowned when she heard this.

"Why do you say that, those soldiers are not easy, for the sake of the country to obey orders to participate in our protection mission, we should establish a good relationship with them."

Goddard wanted to sneer, but he held back.

He touched his bald head, which was his habitual action, in fact, when he was young, he had thick hair, but he had a small habit of grabbing his hair whenever he had mood swings, and the result was that he was now bald.

"Dr. Agnes, you've never been to the east, and you don't know anything about the situation here.... The NCR Eastern District has greatly loosened its grip on the military, if not at all, and the soldiers are under a lot of pressure every day, and the higher-level missions, the barbarians, and the elusive Brotherhood of Steel squad, guess what will become of them? ”

His chin pointed to the door.

"Just that Sergeant Larsen, I've looked into him, he was one of the soldiers who had been sent to Dog City to guard the prisoners, and he just got bored and brought his men back to Hoover Dam. At that time, the situation was exceptional, and no one looked into his behavior, but how was this different from desertion? .... That guy from Dodge knows that he deliberately sent this kind of guy who is not distressed by the loss to protect us, and they are cannon fodder that everyone knows well. Maybe they themselves know this, but they have to accept the task, and if they run away again, they won't have to wear that skin, and go to a military prison! Although the military prisons in the Eastern Special Region contain fewer people, the punishments are much harsher than those in the mainland! ”

Agnes was speechless, she really didn't know much about the situation in the east, and there were some things that she still didn't know much about when she heard Dr. Goddard.

"But... We still need them to protect us along the way... When the time comes, we must pay attention to the relationship with those soldiers. ”

Goddard nodded, then grumbled with some resentment.

"You know Agnes? When I first arrived at the Hoover Dam, I was directly given a military escort team, and those people were called professional and determined, so I successfully discovered the big dome.... And now only give me this kind of guy? Hum! If Daoqi asks Daoqi to estimate that he is the same set, what is the shortage of manpower and manpower, and it is necessary to retain the strength to protect the Hoover Dam and so on. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly touched his chin and lowered his head and began to think.

"What do you think of me? Agnes? ”

Goddard asked about the topic without a trace.

Agnes froze for a moment, it would be too ugly to tell the truth, but the two of them were already somewhat familiar, and perhaps they could express some opinions tactfully.

"This.... Actually, a lot of people don't pay much attention to you, after all, Dr. Prester's reputation has always been..."

"Keep pushing me head, right? Hum! I know this, go ahead..."

Dr. Goddard didn't seem to react much, he just wanted to know what he was going to do.

Agnes sorted out the objective comments in her head about what others were saying about Dr. Goddard.

"Uh... I hope you don't get angry, there are some people in the scientific community who think that you are purely a fame seeker, and that it is because you oppose Dr. Prester that you were promoted to Vice-President of the Scientific Advisory Board by President Tanti. ”

Goddard scoffed, indifferent to the ridiculously ignorant assessment, which he felt must be remarks that Prest's fans were talking about, but only he understood what Prester was.

Agnes saw that Goddard's condition was still acceptable, so she continued.

"Some people think that you are too domineering and often make some radical remarks, sometimes hurting others. Quite a few people feel that you should give up this vice-chairman's position, or even expel you from the scientific community.... Having said that, I don't know too well whether these remarks have anything to do with the fact that you suddenly came here on a research mission in the eastern part of the country. ”

Goddard was silent for a moment, then acknowledged it.

"You guessed it right..... At that time, I was under unprecedented pressure in the inner circle of the NCR, and there were voices in the scientific circles, political circles, and even military circles, and there were people who united those forces to try to mess with me, and I knew who did it.... Prester for sure. Because I saw through him for what he really was! Those ignorant people laugh at me for being stupid, but they don't know that I have become someone else's pawn and puppet... I took the eastern exploration mission on my own initiative. A lot of people thought I was a nuisance at the time, so no one stopped me from coming here... It's ridiculous to say that the entire Eastern District, from the mayor of Dodge to me to the soldiers, is almost all exiled. ”

Goddard laughed mockingly.

"Tell me about Agnes, it's no wonder that the NCR's eastward movement doesn't fail if it's so much in the Eastern Special Zone."

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