Chapter 894 The Fig Leaf Torn Away
Chapter 894 The Torn Fig Leaf
Eight o’clock in the evening.
Yongye Port has completely merged into the night, leaving only the colorful lights floating on the water.
Alman, who was standing by the window, had a trace of worry between his brows and sighed softly.
”It’s getting more and more uneasy here recently.”
Gang fights, addictive drugs, power-for-money transactions… good people are either forced to become bad people or die in depression, whether they are Weilant or aliens.
He has been here for less than a week, and he sees bad things or hears bad news almost every day.
However, when he opened the newspaper, all he could see was the proud Weilant people striding from one victory to the next, and there was no mention of the problems the Weilant people were facing.
News and reality are like two parallel lines that do not intersect. The more you read, the more you can feel the separation.
Sometimes he couldn’t help thinking, if the Marshal could order to take care of this terrible settlement, it would be great, but the reality is that the respected Marshal might not know that there is such a place as “Eternal Night Harbor” under his feet.
Moreover, where should we start to take care of it?
This is probably an unsolvable problem.
Sensing the trouble in her husband’s heart, Margaret, who was wearing pajamas, walked in front of him.
She put her arms around his neck, kissed him on the cheek, and comforted him softly.
”The whole world is like this, let alone here? Don’t worry too much about us, we will take care of ourselves… and you too, take care of yourself outside.”
Looking at those eyes, Alman was silent for a moment, and said the thought in his heart.
”…I want to take you away from here.”
Margaret also stared at him intently and asked in a very soft voice.
”Then where to go?”
Alman took a deep breath.
”I wanted to go to Golden Gallon Port before, but then I found that French Fry Port is not bad, and there is also Settlement No. 1… There are actually quite a lot of places to go.”
After a pause, he continued.
”The business I do now is actually not very dependent on the colonies of the Legion… The market here is huge, but the risks are also not small. In comparison, there are better options. Moreover, I want to be closer to you, so that if something unexpected happens again, I won’t be able to get back in time.”
After listening to her husband’s concerns, Margaret nodded, but a trace of sadness still floated between her brows.
”But… We are fighting with the Alliance, is it really okay to go there?”
Putting his hands on his wife’s shoulders, Alman gave her an affirmative look.
”There are also many Willant people living there, and… Based on my experience with those shelter residents, they will treat us equally.”
He remembered that a shelter resident who had been on his ship once told him that when jackals come, there are shotguns, and when friends come, there are fine wine.
Their enemies are not those with higher noses than others, but those who want to ride on the necks of others to shit and pee.
Even if that guy has the same nose as theirs, don’t even think about it.
Margery was still a little hesitant in her heart. Although she believed in her husband, she was not only worried about herself.
It was not the first time they moved, but the colonies they had moved to before were all directly or indirectly controlled by the Legion.
She had never thought about completely leaving the territory controlled by the Willant people.
”Then…what about Ruby? She just met new friends not long ago.”
Alman fell silent.
What his wife mentioned was exactly what he was most worried about.
Ruby was still young.
He couldn’t let her drift around like a sailor like himself.
Margery keenly noticed the hesitation in her husband’s eyes and straightened his collar.
”You want me to talk to her, but I think… she might want her father to talk to her about this issue in person. She is no longer a child who knows nothing, but a member of this family… If you are willing to talk to her, I think she will be very happy.”
”You are right, I should talk to her myself, about my concerns, my ideas… and her ideas.”
After listening to his wife’s words, Alman felt that his troubles had dissipated a lot, and a smile stretched on his frowning face.
”And… thank you.”
Seeing her husband’s shy look, Margaret smiled.
”When did you become so polite to me?”
”I said a long time ago that no matter where you go, I will accompany you.”
She left a goodnight kiss on his lips, turned around and left the study, and gently closed the door.
Looking at the figure leaving gracefully, Alman suddenly felt that the heart that was like an old clock was burning again.
He smiled and shook his head, wanting to take a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet, but then he remembered that he had to talk to his daughter later, so he took out the tea bag of black tea.
The Evernight Harbor was no longer peaceful, but at least the moonlight tonight was as peaceful as water.
He put a piece of sugar in the steaming teacup and pressed the button on the radio.
This was not a decision that could be made casually.
He needed to calm down and think carefully…
But at this moment, the voice coming from the radio made him stunned.
”Good evening, residents of Evernight Harbor.”
”I am Kant, an operator of the Intelligence Department of the Garrison. I served in the 300,000th Squadron. I am a little-known person like you.”
”But it’s not exactly the same.”
Alman subconsciously stopped the index finger next to the teacup. The astonishment on his face gradually turned into contemplation, and then was replaced by a look of interest. An
unusual light seemed to appear on the sea level shrouded in darkness.
The spark of hope was looming.
He planned to take another look.
Or listen to what this friend named Kant was going to say.
Not only did he stop his actions, but the people in the tavern in the port area also put down their glasses and stopped whispering.
The radio station in Yongye Port tonight seemed different from usual.
However, it was precisely because of this that people cast curious eyes towards the radio on the bar, wanting to hear how the guy named Kant was different from them.
Including Kuran sitting at the bar, the lame customs officer,
and everyone else sitting here.
The pupils reflected in the wine glass were slightly turbid.
”…The difference between us is that between faith and bread, I choose faith.”
…
The studio of the radio station.
Willoughby, who was sitting on a chair, slowly woke up from his coma.
He had a very long dream.
And not just long.
Everything in that dream was so beautiful that he wished he could sleep forever, and it would be best if he never woke up.
”Are you awake?”
Hearing the faint voice, Willoughby shuddered all over, as if he was splashed with a basin of cold water.
He subconsciously looked around and saw that the room was empty, with only a beam of light coming from the front.
There seemed to be a chair under the light source, and a person was sitting on the chair.
This place was like an interrogation room.
But it was not exactly the same.
He avoided the dazzling white light with his eyes half-closed, and tried to move his hands and feet, and found that his arms and ankles were tied tightly to the chair and could not move.
Willoughby swallowed his saliva, faced the reality and finally gave up struggling, whispering in resignation.
”…Where is this?”
The man sitting in front of him did not hide it and answered his question frankly.
”This is somewhere in Evernight Harbor.”
Hearing that he was still in Evernight Harbor, Captain Willoughby breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as he was still in Evernight Harbor, it would be fine.
After all, it was a big deal that the captain was missing. Soon someone would find out about his disappearance, and then the garrison would go crazy… including the governor who had been turned away during the day.
That idiot should be extremely regretful now that he did not meet him at that time.
Willoughby secretly felt relieved.
However, he soon thought of his situation and was no longer happy.
”…Are you Kant?”
Kant nodded calmly.
”Yes.”
After receiving an affirmative answer, Willoughby’s heart raised a little courage, and his originally weak eyes became sharp.
”Kant…are you fucking crazy? Do you know what you are doing?”
”I know,” Kant nodded, as if it was unnecessary, “I kidnapped the commander-in-chief of the garrison, Captain Willoughby.” Willoughby frowned
slightly.
For some reason, the way and tone of the guy in front of him made him feel that something was wrong.
But at this critical moment, he was obviously more concerned about the pretentiousness of a small person.
”…What do you want to do? Money? Or something else?”
At this moment, he hoped to hear the word money from the mouth opposite.
Because that thing is the easiest problem to solve for him, and it is also what he lacks the least.
However, unfortunately, Kant sitting in front of him did not do as he wished, and spit out the word that he did not expect from his mouth.
”The truth.”
”…The truth?”
”Yes, that’s all I want,” Kant asked in an uncompromising tone, looking at the stunned Willoughby, “Why was the Wasp plan cancelled? Tell me the reason.”
”Why…what’s the reason?” Willoughby’s forehead was covered with cold sweat, staring at this blind guy angrily, “Don’t ask about things that don’t concern you, knowing too much is not good for you!”
Kant listened to his roar quietly, without interrupting, until he stopped panting, then took out an alarm clock from his arms and put it quietly on the ground.
Looking at the countdown on the LCD screen, Willoughby’s pupils shrank suddenly.
”…What is this?”
”A bomb.” Looking at the gradually pale face, Kant smiled faintly and continued in a very light voice, “Whether it is good or not, I will judge it myself. You just need to answer my questions while there is still time, understand?”
Willoughby’s eyes were wide open, looking at the subordinate who threatened him with a bomb in disbelief.
This guy is a lunatic!
Looking at the indifferent expression, he swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice.
”Because… the pressure from above, I also have my own difficulties. Listen, although I am a captain of ten thousand men, the garrison is not a military unit, and I manage fewer people than that grandson of Yahui.”
Kant frowned.
”Whose pressure? Governor Yahui?”
Willoughby shook his head.
”I can’t say it. If I dare to say it… I’m finished.”
Kant shrugged his shoulders lightly, dimmed the light behind him, and revealed his indifferent face.
”…It doesn’t matter, you still have nine minutes, it’s okay to waste a little time thinking, as long as you answer the questions behind quickly.”
He has gambled everything for this trial, and he doesn’t care about anything except the truth.
Looking at that indifferent face, Willoughby’s expression gradually became distorted, and then he gradually became crazy in the struggle.
Eight minutes!
The countdown seconds ticked, just like his only remaining heartbeat!
Finally unable to bear the pressure of death, he compromised and opened his mouth, roaring hysterically.
”It’s the General Affairs Department! The General Affairs Department of the Battle Zone of the Borneo Province! Are you satisfied?”
Kant answered in a very light voice.
”Not enough, this answer is too broad, I need you to be specific about which person.”
This lunatic!
The rope sank into his clothes, and Willoughby’s eyes were full of bloodshot.
In order to survive, he was completely desperate.
”Minister Dickens… It was his secretary who contacted me. He stood in my office and asked us to stop the investigation!”
Kant lit a cigarette for himself, glanced at the timer on the ground, and asked slowly.
”There must be a reason, right?”
Willoughby, who had already given up, let go a lot and sneered.
”Reason? Do you think they will tell that kind of thing… But I guess you can guess it.”
Kant: “Snake oil?”
Willoughby curled his lips and looked at him like an idiot.
”Otherwise, what else could it be? ‘Sharon’, which is used to treat post-war trauma symptoms, is the raw material for making ‘snake oil’. The active ingredients of both come from snake grass. We can’t tell those veterans that the tranquilizers we give them are mixed with hallucinogens, and that the beautiful dreams they have every night are not because of the ‘Southern Army Victory Report’, but because of the medicine prescribed by the Logistics Department.”
Kant clenched his fists, then suddenly unclenched his fists and looked at him with a sad face.
”Why?”
”Why again, where do you get so many whys… Even if you know, what’s the use?”
Glancing at the countdown, Willoughby asked impatiently.
However, Kant, who was sitting in front of him, seemed not to hear him and continued to talk to himself.
”Our soldiers are fighting for the honor and living space of the Weilant people, and you… you would rather prescribe them a bunch of drugs that can’t cure any disease, use chemically made bliss to numb their pain, let them rot in a corner we can’t see, but you just refuse to face the problems they are facing.”
As he said this, Kant stood up from the chair, stared angrily at Captain Willoughby who was tied to the chair, and reached out to grab his collar.
”You bunch of worms! Scum! Do you really regard them… regard us as your compatriots!”
Willoughby stared at him tightly, without a trace of fear in his eyes.
”What bullshit are you talking about? If I’m not a Weilant, how can I be an alien? This is the decision of the General Affairs Department! And this is the most economical way. At least we prescribe drugs for them for free, and they can sell them if they don’t want to take them!”
”And then they will be bought back by the villains in Blackwater Alley and made into more powerful and vicious goods, harming more people… right?”
Kant sneered.
Looking at Captain Willoughby who was staring like a goldfish, he spoke word by word.
”And you can make a lot of money from the taxes paid by all the Willant people.”
There is no such thing as free things in this world. At most, the hand that pays the bill is hidden.
The taxes contributed by the Willant people should have been used to make the Willant people live a better life, rather than squandering them on inexplicable places for someone’s ambition.
For example, launching a stupid and inexplicable war, and then filling the holes with countless lies.
Snake oil is just pus floating on the surface, and there is more stubborn pus underneath.
As long as these insects are still there, the Willant people will never be able to realize that unattainable dream.
Willoughby laughed and looked at Kant with an idiotic look.
”Haha, I don’t deny it, but this is just your speculation. You don’t have any evidence, and neither do I, and even if I do, it won’t change anything. If you want to ask why, it’s because the Legion is just a thing. Can you expect a chicken to lay duck eggs?”
”…Ask whatever else you want to ask quickly. It’s really boring to kidnap your boss just for something you know the answer to.”
Looking at the countdown of the last three minutes on the LCD screen, his expression became panic again.
He is not really afraid of death. He
said so much just to stay alive.
With a bit of disappointment in his eyes, Kant loosened his collar, took two steps back, and returned to his chair.
”The last question, answer it, and I will let you go.”
After a pause, he continued softly.
”…What did you dream about in that dream just now?”
Hearing this unexpected question, Willoughby was stunned, thinking that the guy in front of him was joking.
However, there was not much time left, and he didn’t care whether Kant was joking or not, so he could only bite the bullet and tell the unspeakable dream.
”…I became the commander of the legion.”
”And then?”
”And then?” Willoughby was stunned and said in confusion, “That lord appointed me as the governor of a thousand worlds, and then there was nothing more… Is there any problem?”
If possible, he would like to have that dream for a little longer, so that he can see the continuation of that dream.
It was really a great era.
After paying billions of sacrifices, the borders of the legion finally expanded to the edge of the Milky Way.
Kant looked at him with pity for the last time.
”Nothing… I have asked everything I want to ask, untie him.”
Taran, who was standing behind Willoughby, took out a dagger and cut the rope tied to the chair.
Willoughby was startled.
He didn’t even realize that there was a third person standing in this room.
Of course, there were many things he didn’t know, such as the live broadcast in the studio.
His “impassionate” speech stripped the underwear of the entire Southern Legion.
Now most of the Weilants in the settlement know what the ingredients of “Sharon” are and what “snake oil” is.
Not only that, there is also the dirty work behind the General Affairs Department and the involvement of Minister Dickens.
As for what the Wasp Project is, and the Enlightenment Society that was not mentioned in this interrogation… these trivial details are no longer so important at this moment.
Redundant information will only make people forget the key points of the problem and lose focus on the real contradiction.
Kant’s purpose from beginning to end was only one.
That is to try to wake up his compatriots who are still pretending to sleep.
The problems of the Weilants must be faced and solved by the Weilants themselves.
This has nothing to do with the Alliance and the Enlightenment Society, nor with the opponents they are fighting – the Poros.
However, he is just an agent of the Intelligence Department, and this is all he can do.
”Just let him go?” Holding Willoughby’s collar, Taran looked at Kant and asked.
He suddenly admired this guy a little.
He has played this game for two years and learned the human language, but he has never had such a deep interaction with any NPC, or even become friends with them.
Although they have only known each other for a few days.
”…Let him go. He is just a poor guy who keeps silent about the truth. He is not a wicked guy. Besides, the survivors of Evernight Harbor have seen the true face of these guys. As for what to choose next, that is a matter after dawn, and we have done what we can tonight.”
Kant’s voice was a little tired, but also a sense of relief.
At this time, he suddenly remembered something and looked at Taran and said.
”By the way, don’t just drive him out. Put him in front of you and let the guards outside give you a car full of gas, then drive north all the way to the desert… Just throw him outside the settlement, and it’s up to you what happens next.”
Whether this guy is really the leader of the Alliance or just a stupid fool, he has done a lot of good things for the Weylant people.
He doesn’t have to die with me.
Taran frowned.
”What about you?”
Kant joked.
”My mission is over, and the planet named after me is still waiting for me to take office.”
Taran was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed out loud.
”You are quite interesting.”
Kant smiled.
”Haha, is this your evaluation of me? By the way, you also sucked that stuff… To be honest, what did you see? The prosperous world of people with noble blood? Just lie to others, the people in your shelter don’t talk about blood.”
Taran was silent for a while and answered truthfully.
”In an equal world, people have achieved true equality. There are no guys who are always thinking about how to ride on other people’s heads and shit, and there are no endless intrigues. My compatriots and I live a rich life. Although we are still far from utopia, I am quite satisfied.”
Kant’s eyes showed a hint of envy and sighed.
”Really… That’s great.”
”Have you talked enough?” As the two were talking, Willoughby’s eyes were fixed on the countdown timer, trying to break free from Taran’s hand.
Looking at Willoughby, the captain twisting like an earthworm, Taran laughed and threw him directly out of the door.
”Go away.”
Willoughby stumbled and fell, and crawled up from the ground, rushing towards the stairs desperately, not daring to stay here for a second longer.
Kant looked at Taran in astonishment and asked with a strange look in his eyes.
”…You just let him run away?”
”What else? What’s the point of keeping him?” Taran shrugged his shoulders and grinned, “Besides, running away is not my style. We five-star good citizens prefer to fight our way out of the siege.”
Kant didn’t understand what five-star good citizens meant, and Taran didn’t intend to explain to him.
At the same time, Willoughby, who was fleeing in a panic, had already run downstairs. Just at this moment, a timer was thrown in front of him, and he screamed and lay on the ground.
”Bomb! Get down!”
Everyone around was startled by this sentence.
However, at this moment, the untimely alarm sounded suddenly.
”Ding–!”
The harsh sound made everyone present stunned, including Willoughby who was lying on the ground in a hurry.
His face gradually turned into a liver color, and he got up from the ground in anger and patted his clothes and pants covered with dust.
That lunatic fooled him!
Thinking of his embarrassing reaction, Willoughby was furious, grabbed the collar of the young man next to him, and yelled at him.
”What are you waiting for! Are you here to watch the fun? Go in and kill those two bandits!”
The young man’s face was tense, and he looked at the spitting Willoughby with strange eyes.
It was not just him, but everyone around him was like this… except for the furious Governor Yahui.
Looking at the yelling Willoughby, Yahui walked up angrily and slapped him on the head.
”You stupid pig, do you know what the hell you said?”
Willoughby was stunned for a moment.
”What… what are you talking about…”
Yahui grabbed his collar fiercely.
”Look carefully where you are! This is a radio station! Not only the people here, but now everyone in the settlement has smelled your fart!”
Willoughby’s face turned pale, like a wall that had just been painted.
His lips trembled, like a mute.
The sound insulation of the studio was too strong, and he didn’t hear the broadcast outside at all, let alone the radio sent out by the radio station.
He thought Kant had hidden a recording on him, but he didn’t expect that the other party would open a live video feed directly to him…
Seeing the look of this waste, Yahui angrily threw off his collar and shouted at the captains of the guards present.
”Are you here to watch the show? Go in and shoot the people inside!”
The captains of the guards looked at each other, all of them hesitant.
Seeing that no one moved, Yahui’s nose was crooked with anger, and he stretched out his trembling index finger.
Just at this time, five “Greyhound” reconnaissance vehicles surrounded a “Beast” infantry fighting vehicle and drove over.
Looking at the thick and long gun barrels and the group of soldiers armed to the teeth, Yahui was happy.
Reinforcements have arrived!
The leader was a centurion wearing a “Rhino” exoskeleton and carrying a light machine gun with a belt on his shoulder.
He walked to the front of Governor Yahui, saluted neatly, and said with a stern look.
”I heard that someone intends to rebel.”
Yahui nodded quickly, and then pointed to the radio station in front.
”Right there! A traitor and a spy have occupied our radio station!”
Just two people?
The centurion raised his eyebrows, glanced around at the group of guards holding submachine guns, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.
Although these guys don’t have to go to the front line, they are useless if they can’t even take down a building with only two people.
Without saying a word, he waved his hand and led a dozen soldiers in bulletproof armor to press forward.
At the same time, on the other side, Taran, who was guarding the building, had excitement in his eyes.
”Good guy… the infantry fighting vehicles are out!”
Now I finally have five stars!
(End of this chapter)
