Rhode Island Park Project

"See what's going on in the meeting."

"..."

It seems like I didn't say anything.

She turned to look at her teammates.

"You guys go find a place nearby to rest, I'll go in and wait. If I don't come back too late, you don't have to wait for me to eat."

"Yes!"

Even though they were dissatisfied, everyone responded seriously.

"arms."

Before the horn sounded and the doorman was about to enter, the guard reiterated.

"..."

Without saying anything more, Horn took off his shield and sword and strode towards the walled courtyard.

There was no need for anyone to tell her where the reception room was. Horn found the place by herself with ease, then sat down alone and closed her eyes.

Then, we sat there for more than three hours.

It was already lunchtime, and from time to time one could hear the footsteps and conversations of others leaving for lunch outside the door. The door to the reception room in front of the horn was finally pushed open.

A middle-aged man in a neat military uniform stood at the door.

"Lieutenant Scamander."

"Colonel."

Horn stood up swiftly from the position where he had been sitting stiffly for several hours.

"You brought news about the 731st batch of Originium artifacts and Xiaoqiu County."

"Yes."

"The meeting will continue this afternoon. You can report independently to the Intelligence Department, and they will handle the matter. We will notify you and your team of any follow-up arrangements."

"..."

"Is there a problem?"

The Colonel looked at the unanswered bugle call, then glanced down at his watch.

problem?

Of course there are problems.

She waited for several hours just for a sentence like this?

Go to the Intelligence Department to report, then why has she been sitting here for so long?

"With all due respect, the intelligence we've learned in Xiaoqiu County involves a crime worthy of prosecution as treason and a rebel force whose strength cannot be ignored. This is not something that the Intelligence Department's ordinary reporting level is suitable for handling."

The colonel glanced at Bugle, who had a serious expression on his face.

"Whether it's suitable or not is not for you to judge, Lieutenant.

The incident in Hill County was just a dishonorable military exercise accident. Colonel Hamilton, the person responsible, has already paid the price with his life. No one else needs to take any responsibility for it!

The colonel replied with a firm, malicious tone, "Report your 'intelligence' to the Intelligence Department, and then report your mission to the Internal Affairs Department. Both departments will review everything your team has done."

Without waiting for the horn to sound the reply, the colonel glanced at his watch again, then simply turned and left the door he had never entered before, joining the large stream of soldiers rushing to lunch.

"..."

A few hours of sitting still is enough to dispel all the initial ups and downs of emotions and thoughts.

Forget about expectations. Standing alone behind the crowded corridor door, Haojiao felt that he might not even be able to eat lunch.

A swarm of insects!!

How can we save Victoria with this group of guys?!

Chapter 169 My Victoria is not here!

"Huh?! Captain, you've been in the military compound all day and haven't even seen a single person from above?!"

Bagpipe shouted in surprise.

In a barracks of the military camp, at 5:46 p.m., after the horn sounded for the debriefing, he left the gate to meet his team members.

It is worth mentioning that she did not have lunch, and she felt very "full" throughout the afternoon and did not feel hungry at all.

The price she paid was that she now felt her empty stomach protesting desperately.

Dealing with all kinds of people from the Intelligence Department and the Internal Affairs Department is more tiring than fighting a day's battle.

"The Xiaoqiu County incident has been concluded as a military exercise accident. Their channels and speed of speaking out are much wider and faster than ours."

Horn said with a cold expression.

It’s not that she had any problem with the bagpipes, but her face was still stiff and she couldn’t change it for the time being.

"But we also brought back intelligence!"

Bagpipe exclaimed.

"Because we don't have any solid evidence, right?"

Triangle looked at Horn. "Someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to see us just now, and their attitude wasn't very friendly. Bagpipe almost got into a fight with the Inquisitor."

"Those guys think we are criminals!"

Bagpipe was furious. "I told you we broke out of the deep pool with the Doctor, but they just wouldn't believe me! They even told me to make my story more plausible, and they looked at me like that!"

"..."

Looking at the bagpipes who were angrily accusing, the horn's mood became subtle for a moment.

At least in this matter, it seems that the Inquisitor cannot be blamed... After all, if she were to ask, she would probably find it hard to believe that a team of ten people, including a few non-combatants, could escape from the encirclement of the enemy that defeated the army of a medium-sized city without missing a single member.

"That's just part of it,"

Cello crossed his arms and continued, "They're still asking how we could easily determine that the Xiaoqiu County garrison had committed treason. They're also claiming that our bombing of that batch of military Originium products was unauthorized destruction of military supplies. They're also asking why we didn't fight to the end and instead fled when the rebels were trying to capture the city."

Just by listening to the cello's statement, the horn could already imagine why the bagpipes almost got into a fight with the inquisitor.

This is a very real problem.

When they were in Rhodes Island, Luo Hang was the supreme leader of Rhodes Island, and there was no communication barrier with Adams, the Duke of Shihuaiya, so all their affairs went smoothly.

But when they arrived at the Victoria military camp, even though the Storm Commandos were Victoria's special forces, they were still just soldiers.

Superiors, processes, departments one after another and various rules and regulations, and the entanglement and intrigue between different forces.

Even if they knew that their intelligence was correct, the lack of a person in charge with sufficient say did not mean that the intelligence they brought back after surviving a near-death experience could immediately play its role.

All they could do was bring back intelligence, which was a soldier's duty.

As for what to do after obtaining the intelligence, that is a conclusion that can only be reached after the complex upper-level institutions of the vast Victoria Empire have been put into operation.

"Uh-huh... I miss the Doctor."

There is no doubt that the first person to defect at this time is Miss Bagpipe.

But the others just looked at each other, and no one could say anything to refute.

The contrast is too great...

Even if they could ignore the suspicions they faced, the enemy had already armed themselves and occupied a city, and Rhodes Island and Duke Shi Huaiya were actively preparing, while the real imperial army camp here was just going through the motions...

There was no one of sufficient status to speak for them. Given the efficiency of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, two departments with complex components and bloated structures, their intelligence might be put in the bottom of the box and no one might remember it even a month later.

Don't think this kind of thing is outrageous.

For a super empire that occupies the most fertile and prosperous land in the heart of Terra and owns hundreds of mobile cities of various sizes, the number and complexity of various factions, bureaucrats, nobles, and institutions at different levels in Victoria are also top-notch in all of Terra.

You can get a rough idea of ​​this just by looking at Victoria's confused look now.

As for situations like important intelligence being delivered to one's home, only to discover what had happened a month or two later, and then when one goes to look for the intelligence that was originally delivered, the information is no longer available.

For Victoria's intelligence agencies, this isn't commonplace, but it's certainly commonplace...

"Captain, there's a problem."

While a group of people were still complaining about the unreliability of their superiors, Xiao Gu, who was near the window, suddenly looked out the window and spoke in a slightly serious tone.

"Everyone around has evacuated, and there are also hidden magical fluctuations."

"What's going on? Are they going to deal with us? Did they just change the investigation to arrest?"

Everyone immediately became alert, taking their positions while gripping their weapons and continuing to whisper to each other:

"If they really wanted to attack us, why did they wait until the captain returned and joined us?"

Xiaogu raised a question, "Wouldn't it be much easier for the captain when he was alone in the military compound and without any equipment?"

This question left the guards in the room stunned. Only Horn, who was of noble birth, remained silent for a moment, then silently said:

"They may have only just now decided that it would be better to control us."

"..."

This sentence silenced everyone in the room.

It's okay that he's an amateur when dealing with outsiders, but he's also an amateur when dealing with his own people... This level of equal treatment makes it hard to tell whether to laugh or not.

"Boom boom——"

The roar of engines was rapidly approaching, and groups of armored vehicles drove past the barracks where Horn and his group were, finally forming an encirclement.

The voice of a colonel who had just been heard at noon rang out from the loudspeaker on the top of an armored command vehicle.

"Lieutenant Scamander, according to the decision of the higher-level military meeting, you and your team are involved in major confidential matters and the legitimacy of multiple special operations regulations and mission reports is questionable. You must immediately disarm and leave the building and be controlled in an open area."

no respond.

"This is the first warning! Disarm all weapons immediately and leave the building!"

"As soldiers of the Empire, do not bring shame to the glory of Victoria because of you!"

"哐——!"

A cold-faced horn appeared behind the suddenly opened gate. The shield and shield cannon were raised, and a resolute voice, like the steel shield in his hand, rose above the entire battlefield:

"My Victoria is not here!!"

"besides--

You /*Victoria swear*/, I've been wanting to give you a fuck for a long time! ! "

"boom!!"

Chapter 170: Horn: Follow me back to Rhodes Island!

"Stop them!!"

The commands that could not conceal the panic, with the help of the loudspeaker, were no less loud than the clamor of the entire battlefield.

The battle broke out thoroughly in the blink of an eye.

Even though there were a large number of troops providing cover, a shell from Horn's shield still landed on the armor of the colonel's command vehicle under the cover of magic, causing the entire heavy and safe command vehicle to shake violently for a while.

Then, the team led by the horn rushed out like a hurricane.

Just like the name of the team, Storm Commandos.

Looking at the steel shield that was clearly under immense encirclement and being attacked by all the firepower, yet still standing firm, dispersing the flames and smoke like a chariot from hell, the colonel in the command vehicle, who had just been shaken to death, finally panicked.

"Send the soldiers up to stop them!! Let's retreat to the rear first! Send more troops from other units!!"

The battle had just begun, and the commander wanted to abandon the team and run away because of a little danger. The other soldiers in the command vehicle were disgusted with this guy.

But the commander is the commander after all, so the driver started the engine roaring again and slowly started the heavy command vehicle to move.