"General Ralph, reality is not a movie. Even if it were a movie, I don't think the screenwriters in Hong Kong could write a script with so many loopholes."

"Hahahaha"

Everyone laughed.

Seeing Ralph being overwhelmed by the reporters' questions, Mike not only did not help, but was secretly happy in his heart.

I asked you to scold me this afternoon, are you behaving yourself now?

“I mean Shen Dong sent people to attack six armed helicopters and killed dozens of well-known figures in our country’s political and business circles.”

"You have said something contradictory again. Mr. Shen is not a god, how could he know in advance that twelve pilots would tamper with the mission and bomb the Central Police Station last night? Or was the mission issued by your garrison to bomb the Central Police Station and kill Mr. Shen, but he got the news in advance? That is not right either. From the time Mr. Shen was arrested at the Central Police Station to the occurrence of the terrorist attack, it took less than ten hours. I don't think Mr. Shen could arrange such an action so calmly. Moreover, he was at the Central Police Station at the time, how could he issue orders to terrorists?"

This series of questions from the reporter made everyone present nod their heads.

Indeed, this is hard to justify.

"Which newspaper are you from? I noticed that you have been making excuses for Shen Dong."

The reporter said confidently: "I am from the Hong Kong Island Weimin Newspaper, and my boss is Mr. Shen Dong. Is there a problem with me defending my boss?"

Some reporters shouted: "No problem."

Ralph was about to get mad and said, "This is not a court."

The reporter said: "But this is a press conference. You are blatantly lying in front of the world's media. This will have a very bad impact on your country's image and influence."

Mike knew he had to speak up, so he coughed and said, "General Ralph has just said that he only suspected, but has not confirmed, that Mr. Shen was the mastermind behind the terrorist attack."

A reporter from the inland said, "You forcibly searched the Xia Hua Society just because of suspicion. Consul General Mike, can we understand that you are blatantly provoking the Xia government?"

Mike said, "Of course not. I didn't know that General Ralph would lead his troops to forcibly search Xiahua Society. If I had known in advance, I would have done my best to stop it."

Ralph stood up and said, "This is my responsibility. I was too anxious at the time and wanted to catch the suspect Shen Dong as soon as possible, so I searched Xia Hua Society without caring about anything. Here, I apologize to Xia Hua Society and the Xia Government for my reckless behavior. I, Ralph, will bear all the consequences of this incident alone."

"General Ralph, there are some things you may not be able to afford."

"Then I will die as atonement."

Ralph acted shamelessly and the reporters were immediately speechless.

"I have one more question."

A reporter from Asia Television stood up and asked, "May I ask why Secretary for Security Giles forced Ms. Hu Yali to sue Mr. Shen? Could this incident be related to the bombing of the Central Police Station?"

Ralph directly shifted the blame to someone else, saying, "I'm sorry, Giles and I are not very familiar with each other."

Mike cursed inwardly and said, "The police still can't confirm whether Ms. Hu Yali's words are true or not? After all, it was an audio recording, not a video."

The reporter shook the watch on his wrist and said, "At this very moment, the video of the conversation between Ms. Hu Yali and Mr. Giles is being broadcast on our TV station. I can tell you responsibly that this is true."

Qiao Dingan stood up and whispered in Mike's ear, "Mr. President, just before going on stage, I received a report from the police, and there is indeed this video."

Mike glared at Qiao Dingan fiercely, blaming him for not telling him earlier.

Qiao Dingan gave a bitter smile.

Mike said: "If this is true, the police will follow this line of investigation and I believe they will be able to get an answer soon."

The reporter asked: "The Xia country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a solemn protest with your country, and the military has also expressed its willingness to let the troops stationed there pay the price for their actions. What do you think about this?"

Mike was silent for a moment, then said, "I have no right to command the Eagle Sauce garrison."

"General Ralph, what do you think?"

Ralph said coldly: "I have just apologized. If the Xia country's military and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs do not want to let me go, then I will wait for them to come and kill me in Hong Kong Island."

"Are you declaring war on the Xia army?"

Ralph said, "It's just a literal meaning. You don't need to over-interpret it. I've already said that I will take all the responsibility. War is definitely not a good option."

After saying that, Ralph got up and left.

Mike said: "My fellow journalists, today's press conference ends here. I hope you can give the Hong Kong Island government, the garrison and the police some time. Once we find out the truth, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

This press conference can be said to be very unsuccessful.

Especially Ralph's performance, which was extremely poor.

His contradictory words were edited and broadcast on Infinite Television and Asia Television, and were instantly criticized by the citizens of Hong Kong Island.

"I bet Ralph knew about the bombing of the Central police station."

"What do you mean by knowing? It was definitely his order."

"In order to kill Shen Dong, the Eagle Sauce garrison was really ruthless."

"I don't understand what Shen Dong did to make the Eagle Sauce guy so crazy?"

"Mr. Shen is really smart. After the accident, he immediately went inland for refuge."

"Killing the richest man in Hong Kong blatantly, such a government and garrison is too scary."

"Hong Kong's image around the world has been completely destroyed by these hawks."

"Damn it, I'm going to march tomorrow to protest against the Eagle Sauce government."

"Yes, parade. Ralph must pay the price."

......

At ten o'clock the next morning, tens of thousands of Hong Kong Island citizens took to the streets holding banners, demanding that the government severely punish Ralph and several other senior military officers.

At the same time, the Xia Kingdom’s military also sent a lieutenant general to make a solemn representation to the Hong Kong government.

Behind him were tens of thousands of Xia troops from Guangcheng and Pengcheng.

For a time, there was panic and the eyes of the whole world were focused on Hong Kong Island.

"Mike, look at the stupid thing you did."

Vic, the leader of the Eagle Sauce Party, scolded Mike harshly on the phone.

Mike smiled bitterly and said, "Captain Vic, I didn't expect Shen Dong to make preparations in advance."

Vic asked, "How did he know that?"

Mike frowned and said, "Only Giles, Ralph, and Clyde, I know the entire bombing plan, and the twelve pilots received the mission nearly ten minutes ago."

Chapter 654 Framing the blame

Vic said: "Giles is dead, it can't be him. With so many things happening, you, the commander-in-chief, are the first to bear the brunt, so it certainly won't be you. Then the only problem is the garrison, right?"

Mike sighed and said, "It is also possible that Shen Dong guessed our plan."

Vic said, "Ralph, that idiot, has been abandoned by the military. He and Clyde will be responsible for this incident. What you need to do now is to reasonably blame them for the entire attack."

Mike said, "Mr. Boss, what about the inland area?"

Vic said, "You need to go to Xiahua Society in person and sincerely apologize to them. We are negotiating with the Xia government. From their words, we can tell that the key to the problem lies with Shen Dong. Only with Shen Dong's forgiveness can the Xia government give up."

Mike said bitterly: "He killed so many people, and we still have to apologize to him. This... This is simply outrageous."

Vic snorted and said, "Isn't this all your fault? It's normal to cede territory and pay compensation after losing a war, not to mention suffering a little injustice."

Mike asked, "Mr. President, am I going to be abandoned too?"

Vic said bluntly: "The person who will take over your position is Ms. Wyatt Angelia."

Mike asked in surprise: "Why her?"

Vic said, "Because Wyatt Angelica is a gentle, generous, and talented woman. The citizens of Hong Kong Island need such a leader to comfort them."

Mike frowned and said, "The problem is that she is too gentle. She will definitely not be able to compete with those inland officials."

Vic said, "Mike, can't you see? We can no longer control Hong Kong Island. Whether in politics, economy or military, we can no longer compete with the mainland. Our current strategy is to contact the centrists, suppress the mainland faction, and at the same time do everything we can to stir up dissatisfaction among Hong Kong Island merchants and citizens towards the mainland. In this regard, no one is more suitable than Angelica."

Mike said, "I understand. When Angelia comes over, I will have a serious handover with her."

Vic said: "She will arrive in Yandu this afternoon to meet with officials from the Xia Kingdom's Department of Diplomacy. She will go to Pengcheng tomorrow afternoon to meet with Shen Dong. If everything goes well, Angelica will arrive in Hong Kong Island with Shen Dong."

Mike said, "I see. You are using a conciliatory policy. Everyone knows that the protagonist of this incident is Shen Dong. As long as he is willing to return to Hong Kong Island with the successor, then there is hope that this crisis will be overcome. But Consul Vic, have you ever thought that Shen Dong might take this opportunity to bite us hard?"

Vic said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Okay, Mike, do your last job before you leave office."

Mike said: "General, we'll see you in the United States."

After hanging up the phone, Mike leaned back in his chair, his face full of helplessness.

Lost!

What a total loss!

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Mike received a report from Qiao Dingan.

"Captain Mike, General Ralph and Air Force Commander Clyde are dead."

"How did you die?"

"He was shot dead by Lieutenant Colonel Odell with a submachine gun."

"Where's Odell?"

"died."

"Okay, I got it. I'll be there right away."

Mike knew that this was the action of the American government.

Holding Ralph and Clyde responsible for the terrorist attack is enough to explain to the angry citizens of Hong Kong Island.

The next step is how to put the blame on them.

Half an hour later, Mike arrived at the garrison base.

Looking at the bodies of Ralph and Clyde, Mike frowned and asked, "Why did Odell do this?"

Qiao Dingan took out a letter and said, "This is the suicide note he left behind. It says that this terrorist attack was completely planned by Ralph and Clyde. The reason they were killed was because Odell had a grudge against Ralph. Ralph killed his father ten years ago, and Odell came to the garrison base three months ago to seek revenge. Odell took advantage of the fact that Ralph had no guards around him and killed him directly. Clyde was completely implicated."

Qiao Dingan didn't believe even a single punctuation mark in this will.

This design is too crude!

The plot of avenging one's father's death is becoming too common.

If you just want them to take responsibility, at least make it look more like it.

After reading the suicide note, Mike asked, "Joe, what do you think?"

In this suicide note, Odell gave a detailed account of the planning of the terrorist attack.

First of all, Ralph has a grudge against Shen Dong. His cousin was the leader of the Lion Mercenaries and died at the hands of the Tenglong Mercenaries.

In order to avenge his cousin, Ralph sent six armed helicopters to kill Shen Dong.

After Clyde learned about this, he secretly sent a team of people to ambush around the Central Police Station.

His goal was to destroy these helicopters, get rid of Ralph, and become the commander of the garrison himself.

What Clyde didn't expect was that Ralph was so bold that he actually let the Lion Mercenaries blow up an important figure of Eagle Sauce to death.

It turns out that Ralph didn't want to be a soldier forever. He hoped to go into politics and had spent a lot of money on this in the past two years.

As long as a few more core officials of the Hong Kong government die, Ralph's chances of successfully taking over will increase.

Both of their plans were successful, the only unexpected thing was that Mike actually survived.

Clyde originally used the evidence to force Ralph to abdicate, but he didn't expect to die with Ralph.

Qiao Dingan certainly didn't believe the contents of the suicide note, but he still went along with it and said, "I can only say that this is possible. Consul Mike, has Mr. Ralph ever told you that he wants to work for the government?"

Mike said, "I've said it at least ten times. He wanted to be the Chief Secretary for Administration, but I never agreed. That's why our relationship is not good."

Qiao Dingan said, "If that's the case, then the credibility of this letter is even higher. Because in this attack, Mr. Carter, the Chief Secretary for Administration, was the first to be killed."

Mike thought for a moment and said, "Joe, come with me."

The two walked to a deserted corner, and Mike said, "Joe, I need your help."

Qiao Dingan said, "General Manager, please speak."

Mike said, "I have received a call from the country. I will return home in a week. I have to handle this incident before the end of my term. Now Ralph and Clyde are dead. Do you understand what I mean?"

Qiao Dingan knew what Mike meant, so he pointed at the suicide note in his hand and said, "Mr. President, isn't the truth out now?"

Mike raised his eyebrows, patted Qiao Dingan on the shoulder, and laughed: "Qiao, you are right."

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