Tales of Soldier

Chapter 13

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Everyone stared blankly at the map of the galaxy, and after a while, a general asked: "What is the value of these bases and planets?" Xing Ling said without thinking, "They are the defenses that support the defense line of the galaxy. point."

"Defense point?" The general was stunned for a moment, Chen Yu showed a mocking look, and said in a strange tone: "It is used to connect the checkpoints that prevent spaceships from entering directly, and its function is the same as that of borders."

An official next to Chen Yu heard this and said in surprise: "You mean these bases and planets are defense points that were set up in every galaxy hundreds of years ago?"

"Hehe, we have to ask our Miss Xing Ling." When Chen Yu said this, everyone looked at Xing Ling floating in the air.

Xing Ling nodded and said: "That's right, these are the defense lines used to prevent enemy warships from using space jumps to directly enter the Federation's interior during the previous war."

Chen Yu interjected again: "That is to say, when these hidden defense lines are destroyed by the enemy, the enemy's giant ships can move across the territory of the Federation as long as they break through the border defense line."

Everyone already knows the seriousness of the matter. If these lines of defense still exist, then even if the enemy breaks through the border, the federal army can still compete with the enemy galaxy by galaxy. But if these lines of defense are destroyed, the border will be breached today. Maybe tomorrow the enemy will surround the capital.

Marshal Olmsted did not speak, but squinted his eyes and glanced secretly at Chen Yu. Seeing that Chen Yu was looking at the galaxy map without saying a word, he couldn't help but snorted coldly in his heart. At this time, a civil servant said hesitantly: "Why would the enemy know our hidden bases so accurately? You must know that even us people don't know the location of these bases."

Chen Yu glanced at the generals on the opposite side, and said with a sinister smile: "Hey, maybe there are traitors or spies inside us. Otherwise, they would not know the position of the defense line hundreds of years ago, let alone sneak into the federal territory. Simultaneously hijack 100 ships in each galaxy."

When Chen Yu said that there was a traitor, the crowd immediately went into chaos, some shook their heads and said it was impossible, some two people said this quietly, and some secretly looked at everyone.

Marshal Olmsted slapped the table and said majestically: "The enemy hijacked and used nearly a hundred spaceships to appear on the borders of various galaxies, probably to detect the position of the defense point. Well, we will talk about whether there are any traitors later. , now it is time to consider whether these civilian spacecraft have the ability to destroy the defense line."

Everyone was stunned, and at the same time came to their senses: "That's right, those are only civilian ships, not warships at all, how can they destroy the defense line?"

Seeing that everyone was happy, Chen Yu couldn't help but snorted coldly, and pressed a button on the table, and a virtual screen appeared in front of everyone. Marshal Olmsted frowned and looked at Chen Yu and asked, "Mr. Minister, what is this?"

Chen Yu pointed to the text on the screen in front of him and said, "Your Excellency, Marshal, this is the result of checking the robbers who hijacked flight 3245. We found that one of the robbers had an unknown high-intensity signal device hidden in his body."

When everyone heard this, although they didn't know what the annunciator was for, they all looked carefully. Marshal Olmsted asked Chen Yu after reading it, "What's the use of this thing?"

Chen Yu glanced at everyone, and said seriously: "I haven't seen this thing before, it should be a new invention of the Silver Eagle Empire. According to our research on its function, we found that as long as this thing is connected to the navigation system on the spacecraft, it can be connected with the Silver Eagle Empire." The central computer of the empire is connected. In other words... as long as the spacecraft enters our hidden defense lines, the central computer of the Silver Eagle Empire can analyze the location of our bases. At that time, our galaxy defense points will be recorded In the computers of the Imperial Army."

Marshal Olmsted thought for a while, and said to Xingling: "Miss Xingling, please draw out the detection range of those hijacked spaceships."

Xing Ling nodded: "Okay, Marshal Olmsted." With her voice, an oval red circle appeared around the light of the spaceship on the galaxy map.

At this time, Marshal Olmsted asked again: "Can you calculate the time when the spacecraft enters the range that can detect the base?"

Xing Ling immediately said: "There are still 2 hours, 30 minutes and 23 seconds."

Marshal Olmsted glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, what should we do now?"

The general on the side immediately said: "Send warships to intercept! Our galaxy defense points must not let the other party know!"

Chen Yu hurriedly said: "But what if they forcibly break through and intercept it? Could it be destroyed? You must know that it is a civil aircraft, and there are at least hundreds of people on it!"

Destroy your own civil aircraft? ! Everyone took a breath, especially those officials, who knew that if they agreed to do so, they would be immediately kicked out by the public. Although the military officers don't have such concerns, what they worry about is the infamy of massacring their own people. So the meeting room fell silent.

Marshal Olmsted broke the silence: "These are not things that we can decide, let our President decide."

Hearing Olmsted's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "That's right, it's not up to us to decide on such an important matter. Let's notify the president quickly."

Chen Yu didn't say a word, closed his eyes quietly, and thought in his heart: "Hmph, Mr. Marshal, don't think that you can escape the scapegoat by doing this. The president is the most cunning among officials, otherwise he wouldn't have appeared in the country. In the case of such a shocking case, you can still rush back from a foreign country slowly."

Olmsted is the biggest official here, so he said to Xingling: "Miss Xingling, please connect to the president's special line."

"Okay." Following Xing Ling's words, a huge virtual avatar appeared in the center of the hall. It was a middle-aged man with a beardless face and a plump face, which looked very kind. When everyone saw him, they got up immediately, and all the soldiers gave him a military salute.

"Hehe, you are welcome to sit down. Is there any change in the domestic hijacking case? Otherwise, you will not have a meeting here. Can you talk about it, Marshal?" the middle-aged man said kindly.

Olmsted, who was sitting down, got up again, and said what happened just now after a military salute. The middle-aged man thought for a while, and said seriously to Olmsted: "Your Excellency, Marshal, if the defense point of our galaxy is known by the enemy, it is like opening a door for people to come in." When he said this, he showed a embarrassed look: " Although I understand the urgency of the matter and I really want to issue an order, but I am on my way back to the country now, and it seems that it will take 12 hours to get back to the country. But according to what you just said, the enemy will be able to obtain it in more than 2 hours. The location of our defense point."

The middle-aged man patted his head and said distressedly: "Ah... I have a headache, I am in a foreign country, and I can't make a useful analysis of these domestic matters immediately. Besides, time does not allow it. Okay, that's it Well, as the president of the Wanluo Federation, I will order Marshal Olmsted to take full responsibility for resolving this crisis, and you can use any means you think is right." When the middle-aged man said this, there was a cold light in his eyes, and the whole picture His face was also tense, and his tone was so serious that no one could violate it.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yu thought in his heart: "Look, I knew this old fox would pass the blame on to others. Hmph, I really admire him for being able to put on such a majestic appearance even if he was blamed." Thinking of this, Chen Yu sneaked a glance at Olmster, and found that his face was livid and his mouth was closed, and he couldn't help but think to himself: "I said, Mr. Marshal, you should reluctantly agree, otherwise the little shoes will be rewarded in the future." You wear it, you know how to say that guy is the supreme head of the Wanluo Federation. Unless you have decided not to obey anyone's orders, but what I am waiting for is when you make that decision, and I still hope that the hero who saved the country Climb up...hehe."

Olmsted took a deep breath, saluted with a snap, and said in a cold voice, "Yes! Your Excellency the President." At this time, anyone with a discerning eye could feel the anger hidden in the marshal's heart.

The president didn't seem to care about Olmsted's tone at all. He nodded with a smile and said, "Well, I hope Your Excellency the Marshal will resolve the crisis as soon as possible. When I return to China, I will immediately celebrate the success of your Excellency the Marshal."

"Thank you, Mr. President." Olmsted watched the president's head disappear with a tense face.

The conference room was silent again. Olmsted glanced at everyone indifferently, and ordered coldly: "Order the garrisons near the hijacked spaceships to deploy an F-class warship, and immediately pursue the hijacked spaceships within their respective ranges. After finding the target, you don’t need to ask, just destroy it.”

The officer on his side quickly stood up and saluted: "Obey!" Then they issued orders to their respective military regions through confidential communication. When the officials saw that someone had taken the blame, they began to discuss how to release the news to the outside world and how to deal with the aftermath. While Chen Yu lowered his head, his heart was churning: "What's going on? Why did I feel Olmsted laughing when he said to destroy the spaceship? Could it be my illusion?" Thinking of this, he secretly He glanced at Olmsted and found that Olmsted's face was still tense, and there was no smile at all.

Not long after, the indicator lights on the galaxy map indicating the hijacked spacecraft went out one by one, until they all disappeared at last, and everyone who had been watching the galaxy map breathed a sigh of relief. The tens of thousands of people in the country who died with the spaceship will not cause ripples in their hearts at all. How are they going to arrange lies to deceive the people now

Olmster still said coldly with a tense face: "Okay, the meeting is over now. Thank you, Miss Xingling." Xingling, who hadn't said much, nodded: "You're welcome." Then disappeared.

Everyone knows that Olmsted is in a bad mood for taking the blame, although now these things will not be known to outsiders. But when Olmsted offends the president, or takes off his military uniform to run for president in the future, the matter of destroying civil aviation may be made public, which means that Olmsted has one more handle in the hands of the government. So everyone just nodded to Olmsted and left.

After everyone left, Olmsted made his move. He reached out and touched the button on the cuff of the military uniform, and the golden button flashed a cold light. If anyone saw Olmsted at this time, he must think that Olmsted was out of his mind, because there was a deep smile on Olmsted's face now. He stood up, looked around, regained his serious expression, and walked out of the conference room.

As soon as Xingling left the meeting room, she quickly came to the Wright planet in the Mudd galaxy through the Internet. She was anxiously looking for Tang Long. She did not expect that the meeting would take so long, and Tang Long must be impatient.

At this moment, Tang Long was staying in an interrogation room, inserted his military card, put his palms together, and begged pitifully to the computer girl who appeared: "Please, old lady, please show up quickly, I have found hundreds of interrogation rooms." , If I don’t show up again, I will risk being discovered, buy a boat ticket and go home, please come out quickly, or I will scold you.”

When Tang Long finished his last sentence, Xing Ling found him. With a puff, the expressionless computer girl showed a beautiful smile.

"Old sister?" Tang Long asked hesitantly.

"Hey, have you been waiting for a long time?" Xing Ling, who had taken on the appearance of a computer girl, smiled at Tang Long. She felt very cheerful now, and the dull mood in the conference room just now disappeared after seeing Tang Long.

Seeing Tang Long gnashing his teeth, Xingling hurriedly said: "Okay, don't be angry, sister will remove your special treatment now." Following the sound, the computer beeped several times. Xingling smiled again: "Now you are an ordinary second lieutenant, and you can no longer enjoy special treatment. Would you like some money from my sister to use?"

Tang Long was startled and quickly pulled out his military card. He shook his head desperately and said, "No, no, I have enough money."

Xingling smiled secretly: "I don't know what kind of expression Tang Long would have if he knew that he had a multinational company and a net worth of tens of billions?" What? As soon as my sister does something good for you, you will leave immediately? It's really impersonal."

Tang Long scratched his head in embarrassment, and said in his mouth: "Then what? I saw that my sister seemed to be thinking about something, so I didn't dare to disturb my elder sister. That's why I wanted to go out and wait outside. You see, I am so impersonal." Are you a person?" But he cursed secretly in his heart: "Grandma, it's because of you that I lost the chance to be promoted to lieutenant, and said to help me with errands. And it's getting dark now, and you want me to hang around here with you , Do you want me to spend the night on this planet!"

Xing Ling probably guessed what Tang Long was thinking, and said with a strange smile, "Tang Long, you don't know how powerful your sister is, that's why you avoid her like this."

Tang Long shook his hands hurriedly: "How can I avoid you? Didn't I wait for you for two or three hours?" Tang Long said while thinking: "Oops, if she is not happy, she will make trouble for me everywhere." , then I’m done. You must curry favor with her to make her happy!”

Xingling had already sensed what Tang Long was thinking from the beating of Tang Long's heart and the secretion of sweat glands. Although she felt sad, she still blinked and said, "I can hack into the military system, and I can make you a colonel. No one will be able to detect that you are a fake. And I can enter the banking system, which can make you a billionaire in a very reasonable way, and I can..." She was suddenly interrupted by Tang Long before she could finish speaking .

"Sister, don't do this, it's illegal." Hearing Tang Long's words and seeing Tang Long's serious face, Xing Ling was stunned.

Tang Long stared at Xingling closely and continued: "Sister, I also know that you are doing it for my own good, but... uh... how should I put it?" After saying that, Tang Long scratched his head in distress. Seeing Tang Long like this, Xing Ling suddenly felt that Tang Long had become so cute, so he quietly waited for Tang Long to speak.

Tang Long smiled foolishly: "For example, life is like a game, and my sister is a tool for cheating. Although with the help of my sister, I can quickly reach the peak among all players in this game, but in this way This game becomes boring as soon as I come to it. I believe my sister also knows that the reason why people play the game is because it can challenge difficulties. The joy gained after overcoming difficulties is the motivation for people to continue playing. I think life is the same Well, reaching the peak through many difficulties is called experiencing life.”

Xingling had already recorded Tang Long's words, she thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I never thought that Tang Long would have such a life experience at such a young age. My sister is really envious."

"Hey, I just regard the experience of playing games as a life experience, it's nothing special." Although Tang Long said so in his mouth, seeing how he raised his head proudly, no one would think that he thought the same in his heart .

Xing Ling stared blankly at Tang Long, her heart was churning, she really envied Tang Long, because Tang Long could experience life, but she could only live the same life, maybe the experience of life is different for computers. Call it a luxury. Although I have spent hundreds of years, I have never experienced the experience of overcoming difficulties like Tang Long said, and I have never felt that I have life. It is a life that exists. This may be because I don't know which day is my end, which is why I can't really feel that I am a life.

Tang Long had already seen Xing Ling's dazed expression, and also saw the sad expression in the virtual eyes. Although it was strange that the expression on the computer was too rich, he didn't think about it because he knew that his sister was very sad. So Tang Long leaned forward and said softly, "Sister, are you lonely?"

Xing Ling woke up, looking at Tang Long's caring eyes, her shoulders trembled, and she slowly closed her eyes, with crystal tears streaming down her face. After having a mind, the loneliness that was originally impossible for a computer has become a part of Xingling's thinking. Hearing Tang Long say this now, it immediately reminded her of the feeling of being alone and helpless in the Internet for a long time. Although there are a few robot friends, those robots don’t like to talk too much by nature. When Xing Ling is with them, they have nothing to say, and they won’t make Xing Ling sad by asking questions like Tang Long. if.

Seeing this scene, Tang Long couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart: "Sister, don't cry, be good. Don't you have my younger brother? I will chat with you and go shopping with you. Anyway, you will no longer be alone in the future." .”

Xing Ling wiped away his tears, and said in a trembling voice: "Really? Will you really chat with me and go shopping with me? Am I really not going to be alone anymore?"

Tang Long nodded hurriedly: "Of course, I won't lie to you. You must know that I am going to be the Generalissimo, and my teeth are like gold."

Xingling smiled: "Well, if you have time in the future, you can go to the war game network, where you can virtualize as a cyborg, and there are many city streets, where you can accompany me, the computer sister. Remember! If you Forget that if my sister doesn’t come to accompany me, I will give you special treatment at the presidential level, and suddenly add tens of billions of money to your bank account. I will also change all the wanted criminals everywhere to look like you !” After saying that, Xingling suddenly became vicious.

Tang Long broke out in a cold sweat. If he really changed it to this way, then he would never want to stay in this federation, so he hurriedly nodded to express his obedience. After nodding his head, Tang Long couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is it a blessing or a curse that he got into trouble with such a computer sister

When Xingling was about to say something, his expression suddenly shook, and then he looked at Tang Long who was in a daze with a worried expression. She thought for a while, gritted her teeth, forced herself to smile and said to Tang Long: "Tang Long, this is also a difficulty in your game of life, and you don't want to back away even if you think about it. You... you have to take care of yourself, my sister is gone. "After speaking, the computer girl with a complex expression returned to her normal expression.

Hearing Xingling's words, Tang Long didn't know what happened. Just when he was about to speak, the computer girl who recovered from normal said mechanically: "Urgent notice, all officers assigned to the Bone Dragon Cloud galaxy, old and new, will be cancelled. For holidays, report back to the station immediately. Urgent notice, all officers assigned to the Bone Dragon Cloud galaxy, regardless of whether they are old or new, cancel their vacation and report back to the station immediately."

Tang Long was stunned, and couldn't help muttering: "Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy? Why is the name of this galaxy so familiar?... Ah!" Tang Long suddenly opened his mouth, slapped his head and said annoyedly: "I was not assigned to Bone Dragon Is the planet Skeleton in the cloud galaxy stationed? No wonder I feel so familiar....Ah... The horror planet is also in the bone dragon cloud galaxy. Could it be that my vacation was canceled before I went home? No, I have to make a phone call Go home and tell mom."

Although Tang Long croaked, he also knew that such an urgent notice must be related to the invasion of the Silver Eagle Empire. Because the Bone Dragon Cloud galaxy is the galaxy connected to the Silver Eagle Empire. Although he aspires to be a marshal, he has already felt the cruelty of war during his combat training with robots. Tang Long is unwilling to go to the battlefield without telling his family.

Tang Long inserted the military card and called out the phone system, but the phone system appeared and then disappeared immediately, and was replaced by a woman in military uniform. Hearing the synthesized computer voice, Tang Long knew it was the military department. The computer girl of the system.

The computer girl said expressionlessly: "Second Lieutenant Tang Long, your residence is the planet Xoke in the Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy, and you are a member of the emergency order. Now please take a military spaceship to reach the horrible planet immediately. Please pay attention, If you don’t arrive at your destination within 24 hours of receiving the order, the military will arrest you for desertion.”

"What? Desertion!" Tang Long shouted in panic, and at the same time immediately pulled out his military card, opened the hatch and ran out quickly. When I came to the street and took a look, I found that the crowd around me was not in any chaos at all. Although he was stunned for a while, he thought that only soldiers could know this order, so he didn't care about the people who had no sense that the war was coming, so he stopped a taxi and rushed towards the military spaceport.

Use the military card to enter a very small military port on this planet, come to a checkpoint, put the military card in, and immediately a synthesized computer voice rang: "Soldiers of the planet Xake who belong to the emergency order, yours The boarding gate is at aisle 05."

Tang Long didn't say much, and flew to channel 05, and entered the transparent channel as soon as the card was inserted. Standing in the passage, I found that there are several soldiers in other passages, but there is only one here. Although he murmured in his heart: "It won't be the same as last time, right?" But he quickly dispelled this idea, because the Federation is so vast, and there are hundreds of administrative stars in a single galaxy. There are really too few people. It is very likely that I am the only one here who went to the terrorist planet. If I hadn't encountered hijackers, no one on this planet might have gone there.

After a while, Tang Long boarded a medium-sized troop carrier. Just as Tang Long thought, he was the only one on this planet going to Horror. Tang Long, who was used to being alone, would never yell at the empty cabin like last time, so he found a chair and sat down very naturally, and closed his eyes.

But soon, Tang Long opened his eyes suddenly, and shouted in panic: "What about the pistols in my bag?" Tang Long looked at the two pistols and three magazines in his hand in distress. I can't bear it, so where should I hide it? This spaceship will be discovered even if there is a place to hide it. Do you want to take it to the station by yourself

Thinking of this, Tang Long suddenly showed a smug smile: "If I were a soldier, I would definitely be searched. Although I am a second lieutenant, I am also an officer. Of course I can carry a gun. Hehe, I can sleep in peace." After Tang Long made up his mind, he picked out a relatively poor pistol, unloaded the magazine, took the empty gun to the back of the spaceship, and just threw it in the trash can. He knew that carrying two guns would attract attention, so he just had to sacrifice one. As for why it was thrown into the trash can? These garbage will be burned by the incinerator of the spacecraft, which can not only reduce space garbage, but also save energy. As for why Tang Long knew? All spaceships are designed this way.

When Tang Long flew to the terrifying planet, the Kesla Galaxy of the Silver Eagle Empire connected to the Federation Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy. Two imperial fleets with a total of 20,000 warships were arranged in two triangles and stopped silently on the border.

On the flagship in the center of the triangle, the major general of Kester that Tang Long had seen was staying in the captain's room, proudly holding a glass of wine and smiling at the blond major general on the screen: "I said Darrens, why are you tense?" Face? Although you lost to me last time, and there were disputes over proposals, how can we say that we have been friends since we were young? See, the Duke asked me to bring soldiers here this time. Didn’t I bring you here too? Is it? Come, come, have a drink."

That Darrens frowned and said: "Do you think I'm such a stingy person? I'm wondering why the military department let us stay here. There is neither an enemy invasion nor an order for us to attack. The requirement is to stay obediently." Waiting for the next order here. I think this is a bit strange."

Kester nodded when he heard this: "Hey, you don't know the brains of those old guys in the military department, and you certainly don't know which dead boy proposed such a proposal, flatter them and give them some gifts, They'll agree right away."

Darrens interrupted in dissatisfaction: "Hey, where did you go, I mean what are we sent here for? The people in the military department will not let the two fleets come here for fun, right? Could it be that the Federation? Is there any movement around?"

Kester drank a glass of wine and shook his fingers: "The garrison in the Kesla Galaxy has a legion with nearly 100,000 warships, while the Federation Skeleton Dragon Cloud Galaxy is said to have only 5 fleets and 50,000 warships. To invade It would definitely mobilize the army, but there is no movement there now, which means nothing happened. Besides, the defense line has been perfect for nearly a hundred years, and it is impossible to pass through silently, so the two connections There are not many galaxies stationed in large numbers of troops, and I believe that the empire has no intention of attacking the federation for the time being."

"Hey, you've said so much, what exactly are you going to say? Why do I not understand the more I listen?" Darrence interrupted Kester again dissatisfied.

Kester said indifferently: "Hehe, I still don't understand? Since there is no problem in the military, then it is political. Which legion do we two belong to?"

"We are the Royal Legion, but it can also be said that we have no affiliation. Uh... Could it be..." Darrens suddenly remembered something and said in surprise.

"Hey, how many nobles like us who commanded a regular fleet at a young age, how many have you seen in the empire? Not many, right? Many nobles with higher official titles than us, and nobles with higher titles than us, didn't command many regular troops. We Why is there such an honor? Who do you think gave it to us?"

"Of course it's a gift from His Majesty the Emperor." Darrens said solemnly with his head up and his chest up.

Kester curled his lips: "Hehe, don't lie to me." Seeing Darrence's face changed drastically, he quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, this is a top-secret channel, no one can hear it." Seeing Darrence's expression It was much better, so he continued: "My status is given by my duke, and yours is given by your earl. I believe that the earl talked to you before you left? Don't be nervous, the duke also talked to me .”

Darrens sat down, pressed his temples and sighed: "Oh, I think our Silver Eagle Empire is so powerful, but we are exhausted because of the princes fighting for the crown prince."

Kester also recovered his serious expression and said: "Darrence, I don't know if you noticed, His Majesty the Emperor is over 50 years old, and the youngest of the several princes is also over 20 years old, and there are many outstanding people among them. Why didn't His Majesty the Emperor How about setting up a prince? Don’t interrupt, listen to me. Also, the nobles over 60 years old in the court, especially the big nobles with real power, like dukes and earls. Why have they never accepted any What about the prince's wooing? If they had taken refuge with a certain prince, His Majesty would have given up the throne long ago. They said they were loyal to His Majesty, but they pulled His Majesty's leg on many important matters. It felt like..." Saying this, Kester's eyes shone inexplicably.

While listening to Kester's words, Darrence thought about what he had noticed in his heart. When Kester stopped suddenly, Darren Stowe said: "There is another person who is loyal!"

Seeing that his companion had also thought about it, Kester nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, they give people the feeling that there is another person worthy of their absolute loyalty."

"So, the Duke and the others think we are the direct subordinates of that person, and they let us come to this border area in order not to participate in the internal strife among the princes?" Darrens said with a serious face.

"Hehe, you don't need to guess, anyway, what kind of chaos the capital is in is none of our business. By the way, among the slaves you lost to me last time, there were a few virgins who looked good. Thank you for not checking carefully, Otherwise, I won't be able to enjoy a few beauties." Kester quickly changed the topic to romance.

Darrence glared at Kester helplessly, his appetite was whetted, and this guy changed the subject. But Darrens also knew that his partner probably didn't know the details, so he made such an unfathomable appearance. After a slight smile, he also talked about women.