There is a small town 15 kilometers away from Eternal Night City. The town is basically deserted, with only dilapidated buildings still lingering in the wind. Four days after Eternal Night City was cleaned up, the town ushered in a group of guests. After they arrived, they directly knocked down and leveled the dilapidated buildings in the town, and then set up military tents. Not long after, the ground began to shake, and cars drove into the town.
Just five cars already made the town look crowded. The car was parked in the small square, and the surrounding buildings had been bulldozed long ago. The field tent had already been set up early in the morning, and the relevant equipment was being moved into the tent one by one. When the tarpaulin is removed, you can see a series of equipment such as the plasma tactical board and the brain.
And outside the town, a large number of troops are gathering, it is the joint army of the Hall of Valor and the parliamentary army. Of course, it is impossible for the army to enter the town, but to stay in the wilderness outside the town. The road leading to Eternal Night City was blocked and jointly managed by the armies of both sides, strictly controlling the vehicles entering Eternal Night City. Of course, there will be no vehicles driving towards Eternal Night City now.
When Zero entered the town, he saw that the town had been quickly transformed into a temporary frontline command base. Dozens of staff officers and operators were adjusting various equipment, and the bustling scene of people coming and going swept away the original silence of the town. Zero and three people were taken by a guard to a tent that served as a command post. In terms of tents, this tent was more than 10 meters long and 5 meters wide. But after Douglas, Cario, Paul, Leo and several members of the original parliament were stuffed inside, it seemed crowded.
Those who can stand here are either powerful or powerful. The small camp can't accommodate the aura they have when they get together.
"Come here." Douglas smiled and let Zero come over.
These big figures are gathered around a table, which turned out to be a sand table. The models above are made of a certain material, and all the models are strictly made according to a certain proportion. When they are arranged together, they form the whole picture of the Eternal Night City.
Of course, it was a shrunken version of Eternal Night City.
It's hard to imagine that in this day and age anyone will use a physical sandbox. After all, compared to the time-consuming and labor-intensive physical sand table, a three-dimensional site that can be adjusted at will is more efficient and convenient. With a surprised expression on Zero, Leo spread his hands and said: "This is purely a personal hobby. If you don't like it, I can call out a three-dimensional map for you."
"What did you do?" Zero asked.
Leo nodded: "From the overall structure to the decoration of a building, I do it myself."
"That's all he's interested in." Douglas squinted his eyes and said, "There's no need for a three-dimensional map, let's use the old guy Leo's. Anyway, he's just trying to show off his skills, so let's make it difficult for us to cooperate with him." .”
Hearing what Douglas said, everyone present laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot.
Douglas patted one of the strange men on the shoulder and said, "Then let us hear what kind of information Mr. Rambo brought us."
The one who was patted on the shoulder by him was Mr. Lambo who attended the emergency meeting that day. He nodded and circled one of the corners of the sand table model with his hand and said: "After the speaker drove us all out that day, he put this area It's all circled. An army is set up, an army like we've never seen before. I can safely say that Oglok is not prepared to compromise."
Douglas raised his eyebrows and laughed, "That's his style."
"In this area, the speaker has set up defense lines, barricades, secret sentries and many firepower points. He wants to fight a hard battle, gentlemen." Rambo shook his fist vigorously.
Leo pointed to the area near Oglock Manor and said: "This place is already very deep into Eternal Night City, but fortunately, there are no important factories and facilities in this area. Even if there is a battle, our losses will not be great Where to go."
Zero looked at the sand table model, and there was a sign inserted beside some models, which marked the nearby area or the function of the building, etc. Zero frowned comparing the model and the position of Oglock's defense.
"What do you think?" Douglas asked.
Zero looked up, in fact this was not his war. And there are many experienced veterans here. He doesn't understand why Douglas asks his opinion. Douglas shrugged: "It's okay, just talk about it."
"Okay." Zero nodded, pointing to the area around the manor, "If it were me, I wouldn't set up a defense zone here. Because there is no danger to defend this place, and there are too many places that can be attacked. Like here, there is still Having these places is the ideal defense zone. Once I can’t hold it, I can detonate the nearby buildings and cause major damage to the enemy.”
The places that Zero later pointed to were all areas such as nuclear power plants and arsenals. These areas have one thing in common, they all have energy supply pipelines. Once these pipelines are detonated, the entire area will be blasted. In terms of destructive power, it is definitely enough to kill thousands or even tens of thousands of enemy troops.
"Strange." Speaking of this, Zero's brows frowned even tighter: "Why did Oglock do this? Even I can see that the place he chose is not the most ideal defense zone, and he won't be so superficial that he can't see it. In this way The layout is almost like going to... "
"To avoid greater losses in the parliament." Douglas said with a sigh.
Including Leo, everyone in the original council was shocked. Douglas shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This is Ogg, a guy full of contradictions. He has his own pride, so he refuses to compromise. But at the same time, he did give everything for the council. So even at this moment, he will not I am willing to ruin the hard-earned parliament because of my own relationship."
"Ogg is not an idiot. He pushed back the defensive area and even built it in an unimportant area. What he wants is to keep the loss of the council to a minimum."
Xiao Na on the side suddenly said loudly: "Let me talk to him, we are all friends, why did this situation happen today!"
Leo looked at Douglas, who nodded and said, "Although I don't think Ogg will give up, let's try. Shauna, perhaps, there is still room for turning things around. Fighting with each other is never the best. method."
Shauna nodded, and Leo said to him, "I'll take you there."
The two lifted their tents and went out.
Douglas closed his eyes and whispered, "Ogg, you bastard. Is it so difficult to let go of your pride? Stubborn old thing."
Zero listened in his ears and remained silent.
At noon, the sky was bright. An off-road vehicle drove into the silent Eternal Night City along the road, and Xiao Na kept smoking in the car. When he took out the fifth cigarette, Leo reached out and took it off, threw it away, and said, "Stop smoking, and be careful to burn a hole in your lungs."
Xiao Na smiled bitterly and said, "I'm very distressed. On the way here, I've thought of several sets of rhetoric, but I found that none of them can impress Ogg."
"Is it that easy to impress Ogg? You and I both know how stubborn he is. In short, just say what you want. As for whether you can succeed, it depends on God's will."
"God's will." Xiao Na smiled: "I have been dealing with numbers all my life, and I never thought that the most important conversation would be decided by God's will."
"Listen, old man, don't put such a heavy burden on yourself. Even if Ogg finally chooses the path we least want to see, it is his choice, not your fault, understand?" Leo forcefully Patted Dr. Shawna's thin shoulder.
Shawna nodded and said nothing more.
I have already seen the cordon of Oglock from a distance, and a barbed wire fence surrounds all the buildings in the defense zone. There is no clearer sign than this. There is a sentry point outside the barbed wire fence, and several private soldiers are patrolling back and forth with guns. When they saw Leo's car, they all raised their guns, but an invisible force field suppressed them, making them unable to move a finger.
Leo stopped the car, and while maintaining the force field, he said in a deep voice: "This is Dr. Shawna, he is a friend of Speaker Oglock. Now, he wants to have a good talk with the speaker. I hope you put down your guns and don't force I did something I didn't want to do. Now, I withdraw the force field, understand?"
Gradually retracting the force field, those soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. After looking at each other, one of the soldiers shouted: "Please wait here a moment, we will notify the boss now."
Leo sat back and said, "Hey, boss. It's really a new name."
"Those are the private army of the Dark Chamber of Commerce." Xiao Na said.
Leo nodded: "I know, this is Ogg's last hole card."
Two minutes later, several soldiers moved away from the barricade, and the soldier who spoke before stood up and said: "The boss is waiting for you at his manor."
"Okay." Leo restarted the car, and the off-road vehicle drove into Oglock's defense zone. Along the way, Leo saw barricades of all sizes, and private troops were everywhere. He said to Xiaona: "Aoge is generous, just expose all the arrangements like this."
"To him, these soldiers and these arrangements are just decoration." Xiao Na shook his head.
"Yeah, to him. Oglock is everything, the proud old chap."
The car was parked outside the manor, and there was no soldier in the manor. On the contrary, Oglock's old butler was waiting at the door. Leo and Shawna came down. The butler smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Leo and Dr. Shawna. Because the servants have already left, the old man can only stay here." Waiting for you two."
"Master is in the study, please come with me, both of you."
Under the leadership of the butler, the three of them walked into the study. In the study, Oglock is reading a book. He was wearing comfortable home clothes, with a cane beside him, and he looked completely relaxed. Seeing Leo and Xiaona, he stood up with a smile: "Look, my two old friends are here. Mr. Kuya, please bring us a pot of high-quality black tea."
"Please wait a moment." The butler smiled and left.
"Come on, sit." Oglock invited Leo and the two to sit on the sofa, and then said, "I was surprised, I thought that guy Douglas would come over."
"If he came, you wouldn't invite him to drink black tea." Leo laughed.
"Of course, I will ask him to eat my fist." Oglock smiled and looked at Shawna: "Then, my old friend. Are you here to be a lobbyist?"
Xiao Na smiled bitterly: "Just now, I still have a lot to say. But now, I can't say a word."
"Then don't say anything. We have known each other for so many years, I know exactly what you want to say." Oglock blinked and said, "And you also know how I will answer."
Patting Shauna's leg, Oglock said: "No matter what happens in the future, we are all good friends. Even that bastard Douglas, I never regarded him as an enemy. It's just that we have to stand in a hostile position That's all."
At this time the butler came back, and he walked in gracefully with a tray. There is an exquisite teapot and three teacups with beautiful patterns on it. After putting down the cups and filling them up for the three of them, the housekeeper withdrew.
"Try it, this is the best stuff I got with great difficulty." Oglock said to the two.
Leo took a sip, put down his teacup and said, "Ogg, although you know our purpose very well. But I still have to say, is there really no room for turning things around? After we leave, next, It's an unavoidable war."
Oglock said lightly: "Leo, have you ever seen me avoiding anything? I have my persistence and my stand. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, I am stubborn and ignorant. But in my heart, I Believing that you are right is enough."
Leo nodded, looked at Xiaona, sighed and said: "Okay, since you have already given the answer. Then don't say any more, let's not talk about it this afternoon. Just Think of it as a tea party, after all, how long has it been since we had tea together?"
"Let's think about it, the last time I drank tea was when your kid was born. So it's almost twenty years."
"time flies… "
The butler stood outside the door, listening to the occasional cheerful laughter coming from the crack of the door. On the other side of the door are three old friends chatting in their spare time. Oglock's laughter was the most the butler had heard in the past ten years.
Spend this afternoon in a leisurely atmosphere.
Before night fell, Leo and Shawna bid farewell, and Oglok sent them all the way outside the manor. Watching the off-road vehicle go away, the smile on the chairman's face gradually disappeared, and finally said softly: "Take care, old friend."
Turning around and walking into the manor, the iron gate closed, cutting off Oglock's figure. Only the whispers of parting are still lingering in the night wind.
The next day, gunshots rang out in Eternal Night City, which meant that the war had begun.
But today, the attacks from Douglas were not intensive, so although the gunfire echoed around the defense zone, it seemed a bit sparse. Oglok stood on the roof, leaning on a cane. The butler stood behind him, straight as a statue.
"Douglas is still so cautious. Even though I have communicated to him all the arrangements in the defense zone through Leo, he still refuses to make such a bet." Oglock shook his head and said with a smile: "But this That's right, if you make a big bet rashly, then you don't need to fight this battle. Mr. Kuya, do you know that it is very interesting to compete with old friends."
The butler shrugged noncommittally.
The gunfire still rang out, and there were occasional yells and curses from soldiers. However, there were not too many casualties and damages. The first day of fighting ended in the dusk with a little sloppy taste.
In the small town outside Eternal Night City, Douglas was playing with Leo's sand table in the command camp. Douglas placed some models representing enemy soldiers in specific positions, and Leo next to him watched and frowned: "The arrangement I saw yesterday is not like this."
"Do you think Ogg will be careless enough to let you bring out the information? He did it on purpose to lure me to attack here." Douglas smiled and pointed to the rear of the manor. Under Leo's observation, Ogg Glock's firepower here is the weakest: "An obvious trap, isn't it? I bet if we break through to this location with all our strength today, Ogg will definitely surprise us."
Leo spread his hands straight when he heard this: "So, letting us go to the manor to meet is itself a trap."
Douglas stood up and said: "From the moment he let you enter the defense zone, the war has actually begun."
"Then what are you going to do tomorrow?"
Douglas shrugged and said: "There is no special strategy. I will let Saul and the other children try their best to dismantle their defenses. Except for the combat power of the top powerhouses, we are completely at the next level of combat power. Advantages, there is no need to pay attention to the so-called strategy, just push. Ogg also knows this, so after the defense line is dismantled, I will go to see him. At that time, it will be the real drama.”
"To be honest, I hope he leaves." Leo said.
Douglas nodded and said, "Me too, too bad he won't. Because he's Oglock."
On the second day, Sol was the leader of the Hall of Valor, Valkyrie, Loki and other capable people came out, and even Cario joined the attack sequence. Leo dispatched his own family powerhouses, as well as the officer-level abilities of the Blood Knights. This is undoubtedly a strong lineup. No matter how good the army trained by Oglok in private is, it cannot withstand the attack of so many fierce men.
Oglok spent the morning in deafening explosions. He stood on the roof, looking around, the entire defense line was full of soaring flames and lightning. It's just that under the flickering of the fire, the smile on Oglock's face remains. In the evening, the defense line had been paralyzed, and with the acquiescence of Oglok, the remaining soldiers chose to surrender. Douglas let them leave, and when the dawn of the third day came, Douglas appeared alone in Eternal Night City.
Alone, with a gun, he walked towards Oglock's manor like a walk.