Chapter 247 Come with Me?

"I never expected that emperor-level Honkai Beasts would appear even on the bottom of the sea."

Mei's voice came from the communication, but Mikael did not respond immediately. He leaned on the deck railing, and in front of him was a "whale" as long as two cruise ships floating on the sea with its belly turned over.

The storm has long subsided, only some golden thunder arcs still flash from time to time on the surrounding sea.

It's just an imperial-level Honkaimon, and Kosma has already solved it without even needing Mikael to deliberately lay out a battle plan.

Now he was standing on the deck with his head lowered, and Destobia was holding a large towel to wipe the seawater on his head - even with Vishnu's ability, swallowing the seawater could be easily done in an instant.

Kevin stood in front of him with his hands on his hips, warning him never to act without orders like this again...

As for the rest of the people, they naturally stood aside and ate. Seeing that Alicia thoughtfully prepared a handful of melon seeds for everyone, Mikael couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.

He shook his head and said:

"Maybe it has something to do with De Moana Kino's underwater city. But it's okay, at least for us now, the Imperial-level Honkaimon can be easily dealt with - still remember when we were in Luluye , the four of us, Ai Li, Captain Himiko and Sakura, fought hard against an emperor-level Honkai Beast. Now that I think about it, that was six years ago.”

"Um……"

Mei snorted softly, but she also did not give a complete response immediately. You didn't need to think about it to know that she was probably listening to Kevin's voice.

"Get ready to recover Honkaimon's body. I'm sorry to disturb your vacation."

"What kind of interruption is this?"

Mikael smiled bitterly. It was really troublesome to encounter the emperor-level Honkai Beast. Although he killed it quickly, the subsequent body recovery and other procedures would still take nearly a day. In this way, they first wasted three days due to seasickness, and then wasted one day because of the storm. Now it takes another day to deal with the Honkaiju, and only two days of the seven-day holiday are left... This is a substitute holiday. It’s just a holiday after seven months of rest days!

If it were anyone else, Mikael would definitely complain or even accuse.

But since the other party was Mei, who was forced to cancel her vacation before it even started... he couldn't complain.

Even if he said that he didn't have any schadenfreude, Mikael himself wouldn't believe it.

"But having said that, speaking of Luluye... how was your communication with the coalition government? [SEELE] What are those guys trying to do? Are they making things difficult for you?"

The communication situation may not be smooth, but it is definitely not too bad. Mikael, who is more or less the manipulator behind the scenes, certainly understands this. He couldn't say that he could 100% guess what issues [SEELE] people wanted to discuss with Mei, but he had an idea.

But you still have to ask, and you have to deliberately show curiosity. After all, some of the things he did, whether it was the earliest sneak attack on [SEELE] with Aponia, or this move, Mei was not informed. .

This has nothing to do with trust. After all, trust does not mean telling all the secrets. For some things that are unnecessary and can easily cause misunderstandings to others, it is best not to do them, or even if you do them, it is better not to say them.

There is no need to test other people's trust in you, especially in the end of the world when everyone's nerves are extremely sensitive. Although the relationship between the fusion warriors is very harmonious due to Mikael's efforts, what about others other than the fusion warriors?

Mei has never shied away from her absolutely rational attitude. Based on this attitude, once she knows that Mikael can do this to [SEELE], can she also do the same to her?

The emotion of trust is inherently emotional. Compared with other fusion warriors, Mikael's identity is quite special. Especially after the painful lesson of the seventh Honkai Impact, if she had not done some "emergency" against him, "Preparation for any situation", Mikael absolutely did not believe it.

In fact, she must have done so.

In fact, she must be fully prepared for every possible emergency situation caused by the fusion warriors, including Kevin.

Of course, Mikael will not be disgusted by this. Unlike some people and organizations who are unclear about the situation, or are deliberately causing trouble, Mei is just using complete rationality to make the necessary vigilance and plans for all situations that may have a negative impact on "defeating Honkai".

This is also an indispensable role in a "family".

"The communication status is not completely secure. I will send you the specific meeting minutes in an encrypted file later. To put it simply... the situation is much better than expected. I have previously uploaded a document based on Prometheus The calculated "Analysis and Argument on the Thirteen Herrschers" is now recognized by [SEELE] and agrees that human civilization has reached a state of life and death. "

"Tch, it's really not easy. Getting these people to admit this is even harder than fighting all the Herrschers so far at the same time."

Mikael shook his head and smiled bitterly.

How to say it? If Mikael hadn't intervened with his power, the two sides might not have even reached an ideological agreement on this point.

"only……"

"Just what?"

"I feel like this exchange went a little too smoothly?"

Hearing Mei's question, Mikael's heart tightened, but he still pretended not to know anything and asked with a smile:

"It took three or four days to reach an agreement on this issue. Do you think this went well?"

This was originally a mockery, but Mei began to analyze it rationally:

"Their attitude has changed too much. It is clear that a few days ago, they were not even willing to admit the birth of the Eighth Herrscher, but now they directly push it to the end. This has exceeded my best expectations for the outcome of this meeting. Judgment... What’s even more unbelievable is that they actually proposed: discuss, discuss, merge, and merge with us!”

At the end of Mei's words, you could feel from her tone that she was really confused.

Even Mikael was stunned. He remembered that he shouldn't have made such a strong "material", right?

Probably...no...

The reason why he didn't use the commandments was because he was afraid that too obvious a change would make people suspicious, but now...

It doesn’t make sense! He only hinted at two sentences in total...

One sentence is very serious - "Unite to fight against Honkai". Another sentence was the song that suddenly sounded in his heart for some reason and was finally uttered... no, it was a prophecy.

"On that day He fell from heaven. People on the earth looked up and saw the stars."

…

Now was not the time to think about this, and he gradually understood that what Mei just expressed was not pure confusion...

He continued to play normally and answered accurately:

"Merge? You mean the merger of the coalition government and the Fire Chaser? In theory, this is indeed a good thing, but the issue of leadership is probably not that easy to solve, right?"

Just like Mei's previous words were somewhat tentative, Mikael's words seemed to be just normal questions, but what he expressed was not just a simple question.

Mei obviously understood the implication of Mikael's words, and she quickly said:

"When things go wrong, there will always be monsters. It's good to be able to negotiate, but if we really can't reach an agreement, I will use the only method. Don't worry, I will not put my hard work into the hands of that kind of person."

"That's good."

The so-called "only way", you don't need to think about it, is to let the spiritually aware fusion warrior influence the process of the meeting.

Well, the so-called "if it is true", once this kind of flag is set, there is no need to think about it. In the end, the "only way" must be used.

Mikael is not willing to get too involved in this matter. After all, he has solved the biggest difficulty, so he should leave some work for Mei, right?

Besides...this is also good. Everyone's butts are dirty, so don't dislike anyone.

However, the back-and-forth conversation between the two had another meaning that Mikael was not quite sure about—a kind of frank admission.

"Well, let's do that for now. I wish you a happy rest of the holiday."

Mei's farewell words interrupted Mikael's reverie, but he was not prepared to let Mei go so easily:

"What? It's lunch break right now, are you in such a hurry to hang up the communication? Don't you need to say a few words to Kevin?"

Hearing Mikael's teasing, Mei, who was somewhat used to it, chuckled twice and said calmly:

"That's good. Just ask him to stop training Kosmo. I'm afraid the child will cry if he continues to train him."

Mikael was also unambiguous. He did not hesitate to use his power. As soon as he got the answer, he shouted with a voice that could resound for several kilometers:

"Kevin! Your Mei called you to answer the phone!"

The waves on all sides rolled back into a concave shape into the distance, making the invisible sound waves tangible.

But in the next moment, everything became crystal clear, and even the bubbles in the waves were frozen in this moment.

Kevin finally let go of Kosmo, and was replaced by sky fire burning on the ice sea, and his extremely shameful and angry roar:

"Mikael, take your life!"

…………

"Wow - wow -"

Mike turned over. In this special prison, the entire cell was empty, not even the most basic bed. He could only stare, lying on the ground, and the chains on his hands and feet made noises as his body turned. A heavy sound.

Cold, hunger, pain, self-blame, despair, physical and psychological pain were intertwined. He stared, but he could no longer sleep like a normal person.

But in fact, it doesn't matter. In this completely enclosed darkness, you can't even tell the time, and no one is forcing you to do forced labor, so it doesn't matter whether you sleep or not. You will naturally fall asleep when you are tired anyway.

But Mike still couldn't sleep. He could only stare into the bottomless darkness, because as soon as he closed his eyes, everything that happened in the court two days ago flooded into his mind uncontrollably.

He thought that he would be miserable if he disobeyed, and he was very sorry for his family, but he never thought that so many people would be implicated...

I never thought that the so-called "balance" would be such an ironic thing——

"The defendant, Mike Joffrey, received an order from his superiors on February 14 to lead the third squadron of the 31st Helicopter Group of the United Government Armed Forces stationed in mainland China to perform a suppression mission. He did not obey the orders of his superiors and opened fire. , which has brought a lot of trouble to the subsequent work of stabilizing order. Does the defendant have anything to add to this? "

Mike stood alone in the dock, his head lowered, his body leaning back against the railing of the dock - behind him was an empty space, there were no witnesses in the huge courtroom, only three former comrades sitting there, and for a moment he only had the railing to lean on.

But rather than saying it was a railing, it was better to say it was a semi-open prison. The moment he was locked up here, he was already half a "prisoner".

Even his originally straight military uniform had been stripped off and replaced with a striped prison uniform. Even the boots on his feet were taken away, and he could only step on the ground barefoot.

The weather at the turn of February and March, although it was near the equator, the metal floor was still cold. At first, he didn't feel anything, just a slight numbness, but after standing for a long time, the coldness was like a needle, breaking through his skin and flesh, constantly piercing and scraping his bones, especially the big toe and heel.

He had no choice but to put one foot on the other foot, rotating from time to time.

But this action soon aroused the judge's dissatisfaction. He didn't say much nonsense, just tapped the hammer lightly, and soon two military police came to Mike and pressed his shoulders on the left and right.

"Don't move!"

Mike smiled bitterly twice, but was hit hard on the cheek. He opened his mouth, and bright red saliva flowed from his lips and teeth, and soon a red vertical line was drawn on the prisoner's uniform.

Okay, he finally understood what the presumption of innocence and the presumption of innocence were. In the military court, especially at this moment, no one thought he was just a "suspect".

Looking at the proficiency of these judges and military police, this is obviously the "extra money package" that has been circulating for a long time.

"Cut, what's the point? It just caused you to be criticized, Mr. Zhongxiao... cough cough!"

The military police on the side may not have heard what he said clearly, but they must have discovered the fact that he was talking. They punched the kidneys on the side of the waist without hesitation.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

"This is a court! We recorded it!"

"This is too much!"

Several comrades who were already full of anger jumped up instantly. As pilots, the lowest among them was a second lieutenant. Now they were willing to come here, basically with the intention of ruining their careers, so why would they care so much?

His old partner Iverson cleverly took out the micro video recorder hidden in his butt crack, and the other two impulsively flipped out of the spectator seats and rushed towards the two military police.

Mike hurriedly turned back, but he had no time to stop it. He was punched on the temple again, his vision blurred instantly, and a sharp sound came from his ears.

Amid the sound, he finally managed to hear his old partner's shout of disappointment: "What are you two rushing for..."

It was too late to regret now. The two pilots who rushed up were quickly surrounded by another wave of military police and were soon pinned to the ground and stepped on.

Mike looked back again, and this time the two military police did not stop him. He saw Iverson holding up the micro video recorder in a daze, looking at the scene in front of him in disbelief, which was completely beyond his cognition.

Everyone has heard of the "extra money package" of the military court, but the most outrageous rumors are not as outrageous as the facts!

Who would have thought that humans would hold the code high and create a sacred and magnificent court just to do such a dirty and barbaric act!

If taking money to do things, forcing confessions, and false and wrongful convictions are still unknown and dark, then this rough and violent scene in front of you is torn apart all the disguises, allowing you to observe every moment of the ugliness underneath, and you don't care.

Why don't you care?

Mike opened his mouth to remind him, but was slapped to the ground by the military police next to him. He could only use the gap between the "prison cells" in the dock and the scarlet vision to watch his old partner being pounced on by three military police and pressed to the table.

"What are you doing! We are both active military officers. According to the law, if I don't resist, you can't take coercive measures...ah!"

The military police twisted his right wrist and snatched the miniature camera.

"Damn, you talk too much nonsense! Lieutenant, how did you bring your camera in?"

The military police captain was experienced. He had not taken any action at first, just to prevent this situation.

Iverson's right hand was broken abruptly. Regardless of whether he answered intentionally or not, he just screamed for a while.

The military police captain pinched the camera and rubbed it on the white gloves twice, and the snow-white fabric was soon stained with a little yellow.

He picked up the camera and put it under his nose to sniff it, then immediately shrank his neck, pursed his lips, and fanned it with his other hand.

"Tsk! Another one who walks the valley road. He likes it so much. Take off his pants and stuff them back!"

"Ah!"

Mike stared at the scene in a daze. If the previous violence only stained this sacred place with a little darkness, so that it became ironic, then this behavior has undoubtedly gone beyond the scope of civilization. As for how to describe it in words... I can't think of the right words at all.

This is, the judge who always sits on the high trial platform and hides his figure under the "holy" light actually speaks to comfort for the first time... Maybe it's comfort.

"Don't blame yourself. They are not essentially implicated by you. You should have heard of the "extra money package" and never doubted it. Why has there never been a witness?"

His playful tone naturally didn't allow Mike to say anything more, and of course Mike didn't have the energy or mood to talk nonsense.

So the judge went on talking to himself:

"Since this kind of thing can't be seen in the light, there shouldn't and can't be witnesses, so you really don't need to blame yourself. Your comrades are destined to be unable to get out from the moment they enter the court. Of course, we won't be like that either Cruel, well, he will probably be assigned to the reconstruction camp in East Asia."

The military police opened the cell and pulled Mike out.

"As for you, you will go to a dark place... Tsk! I didn't expect you to be able to bring three people in. Well, I have to ask Lieutenant Colonel Lewis for three more money... Ah, yes, you must want to ask, If there are really many people coming in, a dozen or dozens, will we... Well, of course not, if that's the case, you will be acquitted. Okay, no more words, goodbye."

…………

"Framed!"

The iron gate hit the wall next to it, making a loud noise and letting in light from the corridor.

Mike raised his eyes aimlessly, then narrowed them. Now that the dazzling light intervened, he felt a little groggy and wanted to sleep.

"Pull him out."

He heard a strange voice... No, it couldn't be said that it was completely strange. It seemed that he had heard it somewhere before, but it was definitely not common.

The voice sounded a bit old, at least not like someone in their twenties or thirties, no, not even forty years old, probably fifty or sixty years old.

A person of this age has vaguely heard voices. Besides, he can also command the prison guards here, so he must not be a small role.

Despair and hope came to my heart almost at the same time, but the despair was gradually overwhelmed by hope——

Lieutenant Colonel Lewis is not a person with good hands and eyes. Even if he is, he is angry that his disobedience has deducted his impression points in the eyes of his superiors. It would be okay to spend money to send himself to prison. It is unnecessary and will not waste money and connections. Kill them all.

So what comes here is probably a result that is beneficial to him.

But he also felt that things should not turn around so quickly, and that even a reversal was impossible.

He has figured it out. The situation in the world is obvious to all. Although the coalition government does not say it, the emptiness caused by the 50% of the population that has not left is obvious to all.

This is already the end of the world, and the end of the world will completely unleash the evil side of human nature, and until the pressure of survival is resolved, no one will pay attention to an unjustly imprisoned captain pilot and his three comrades.

He was dragged along the ground by his arms. Although there was a little hope in his mind, he still suppressed it and wanted to think about the worst -

This is also a kind of survival wisdom. As long as you look at the future with sufficient pessimism, life will always be full of surprises.

But when he saw the person who came to him clearly, he only had one thought in his mind - this surprise was a little too big.

"Can you stand on your own?"

"able!"

Although he had not eaten for two days, Mike still shook off the prison guard who was supporting him, tried to straighten his body, and gave a military salute:

"Hello, Minister Tarot!"

But Tarot did not return the gift, and just said coldly:

"Mike, your name is Mike, right? You have been stripped of your military rank now, so you don't have to salute me."

It didn’t mean that Mike immediately lowered his hand, nor did he continue to salute...

"Okay, without further ado, I heard that your grades in the military school were quite good. You could have been assigned to one of the best fighter wings, but you ended up being assigned to the almost useless helicopter unit because you offended your teacher's nephew?"

"……yes."

"In the end, you ended up like this because of your disobedience and disrespect?"

"……yes."

"Oh, to be honest, I admire people like you, but I don't like people like you. But there is no way now. There is an experiment that requires selecting people from among outstanding pilots to participate, and there are only thirteen people who meet the corresponding data standard. The previous twelve losers all failed, and you are the last one..."

"Can I ask...what experiment it was?"

Mike asked cautiously.

"Oh, in short, it has something to do with the Fire Chasing Moth."

"It's the organization that fights against Honkai..."

Mike fell into deep thought. He generally understood the confrontation between the coalition government and the Fire Chaser. Of course, he was unwilling to participate in it, but...

"You have no choice. Promise me now. I will reverse the case for you. Together with your three comrades, I will throw Lieutenant Colonel Lewis to the place where you were just now - provided that you can survive the experiment on the horse. ”

"Can I think about it..."

"No, time is tight. We have to show specific results tomorrow morning. There are only thirteen minutes left before the experiment starts. It took me nineteen minutes to get here from the experimental base by helicopter, so I want you to promise me now, will you go with me? Go back to the cell?"