A year ago, Xu Le used a Taiping Axe to cleave out the fork in his life. At the time, he was locked up in the military prison of the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense appointed a legal officer named Xu Songzi as his lawyer.
So today, when he saw this unfamiliar and beautiful face that carried traces of memories in the reception room of Qingcheng Military Prison, he felt as if time had turned back to a year ago. It was as if all the anger, sadness, depression, passion, and bloody stories of the past year had never happened. The trees on both sides of the road leading to the District Attorney's Office were still softly crying out for the arrival of spring.
Xu Songzi, a legal officer of the Ministry of Defense's Internal Affairs Department, sat calmly and indifferently across the table. She took out a few documents from a thick folder and pushed them along the smooth surface of the table in front of Xu Le. She said, "Xu Le, I represent the Ministry of Defense to inform you that because you are involved in the 680118 A case, all of your authority in the General Assembly Base has been removed. The Ministry of Defense has appointed me as your legal advisor."
"My name is Xu Songzi." Xu Songzi looked at the handcuffs on Xu Le's wrists across the table. She had no intention of reaching out to shake his hand. Her brows furrowed slightly as she said, "We've met before. If you don't have any objections, please sign these legal documents. "
He had been secretly locked up by the Federation for nearly five months without any interrogation. However, in these few days, he had been transferred from Fox Fortress to the military prison on the surface. The Ministry of Defense sent a legal officer, and suddenly, everything seemed to have started working again. Xu Le couldn't quite react in time. He narrowed his eyes at the legal documents on the table. He didn't say anything as he carefully read them.
The alloy handcuffs slid across the white paper, producing a rustling sound.
After carefully reading all of the words on the legal documents, Xu Le finally raised his head. He nodded at Xu Songzi and then took the pen she handed over. With some difficulty, he moved his hands and seriously signed his name.
Xu Songzi looked at him calmly. Only when he signed his name did she let out a slight sigh of relief. She stood up and said, "The case has already entered the legal process. I'll come back the day after tomorrow."
"Thank you," Xu Le replied very seriously. "Can I ask a few questions?"
"Yes, but I may not be able to help you except for legal matters." Xu Songzi still maintained a professional and serious expression, but a strange light flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to warn Xu Le of something.
Xu Le asked, "It's the person who was arrested by the Federation with me. Can I know where he is now?"
"No." Xu Songzi answered straightforwardly, and then began to tidy up the documents on the table.
Xu Le noticed that her eyes quickly blinked the moment she lowered her head, and his heart suddenly relaxed. Under surveillance, legal officer Xu Le naturally could not tell Xu Le what he wanted to know, such as where Shi Qinghai was. However, she could at least tell Xu Le if someone was still alive. In fact, that was what he was most concerned about.
Watching the beautiful female officer walk out of the door of the interrogation room, Xu Le suddenly remembered that half a year ago, this female officer was transferred to the Macklin Special Task Force. Before he took action, he heard that after the Special Task Force was disbanded, several prosecutors who insisted on continuing the investigation were framed by the Federation Investigation Bureau and had their freedom temporarily restricted, including Prosecutor Xiao Wenjing. He did not know how these people were doing now.
…
…
Walking along the long corridor, Xu Songzi was strictly checked along the way. All the legal documents and personal belongings that she had brought into the interrogation room, as well as all the hard objects such as pens and hair clips, were all checked. Only then was Xu Songzi able to leave this extremely tightly monitored military prison.
The military vehicle that had been waiting at the main entrance of the prison roared in the direction of the Wasteland Military Airport. Xu Songzi sat in the back and did not speak to the soldier in front of her. Instead, she thought about the scene in the prison interrogation room and felt a little depressed. In the interrogation room, Xu Le's hair was messy, his face was pale, and his body was thin. It made her feel that life was really not fair.
As a member of the Macklin Special Task Force, she knew better than anyone the crimes that Macklin had committed. When Xiao Wenjing and two other prosecutors who insisted on secretly investigating were arrested by the Federation Investigation Bureau for that shameless crime, she felt disappointed in the Federation government and the military for the first time.
However, the big shots in the Federation had reached a compromise with Macklin. What could she, a low-level officer, do? Therefore, when she heard the explosive news of Macklin's assassination in January, she could not help but sigh at the cycle of life and karma …
After Macklin's death, the compromise of the investigation against him naturally did not need to be mentioned again. The Federation Investigation Bureau released the prosecutors, and Chief Editor Bob and reporter Wood of the Capital Daily were no longer under the pressure of the Federation.
Xu Songzi had to admit that these happy changes were all thanks to the two "terrorists" that the demonstrators wanted to tear into pieces.
As for the assassination in the Foundation building in January that shocked the Federation, it was not until a few days ago that she found out that one of the murderers involved was actually Xu Le, who she had dealt with before. She was very clear about Xu Le's background in the Federation and his complicated relationship with Minister Zou Yingxing, so she did not understand why he would do such a thing.
In the past two nights, she would occasionally ask herself, and she found that she really wanted to thank Xu Le. For what he had done, she had even developed a sense of admiration that a legal worker and a soldier should never have.
Xu Songzi looked at the airport building in front of the glass and thought of the minister who was waiting for her report in the Capital Special District. She calmed down a little and lowered her head to deal with the legal documents.
Xu Le was an active soldier in the Federation, and the crimes he committed were so shocking. Whether it was from the perspective of confidentiality or from the perspective of procedural laws, his case would definitely be handled in secret by the military court. She was very clear that a legal person like her, or even the Federation law itself, would not play any role in Xu Le's life or death.
The power that could really decide the life or death of the pale, small-eyed man was in the white official residence in the Capital Special District or on the parliament hill.
She came here today to release a signal to Xu Le, who had been isolated from news for a long time, to let him know that something was happening. Unfortunately, under the strict surveillance of Qingcheng Prison, she could not say anything. She only hoped that Xu Le could understand the purpose of her visit this time.
…
…
After returning from the interrogation room to the solitary cell, Xu Le sat on the edge of the bed and lowered his head in silence for a long time. The message that the female legal officer brought was actually very simple. That was, the higher-ups of the Federation had begun to reconsider Macklin's assassination case, and the trial was about to begin. This was not bad news. On the contrary, the dark residence that happened a few months ago was really scary.
It was just that he could not understand one thing: he killed Macklin, so the Tai family would definitely give up on him, and that madam would definitely kill him without mercy. Even if the Federation government still misunderstood the relationship between him and Minister Zou, no matter how he looked at it, the law of the Federation and the will of the government would not allow him to continue living …
What exactly went wrong?
When he was arrested in the Golden Foundation building, Xu Le thought that he was going to die, but he did not expect that he had lived for so long. He racked his brains to find an answer to why he did not die, but he still could not find a reason why he should have been alive.
This was because he would never have thought that Macklin, who had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, faced a hail of bullets, and killed with a single stroke, actually had a terrifying identity that had been hidden for decades!
Regarding this, the Federal Central Computer under the Bureau of Proclamation strictly followed the regulations of the Charter and the level of authority, and did not let him know the slightest bit.
It was precisely because of Macklin's true identity that Xu Le and Shi Qinghai's action of killing Macklin could be interpreted as light or dark, two completely different meanings.
It could be a terrorist who deserved to die, or a hero who saved the Federation. It all depended on what the big shots thought.
…
…
Capital Special Region, President's Residence.
Below the President's Residence, in the Central Operations Command Room of the Federation, two rows of ultra-thin extended light screens glowed with a faint blue light, and a solemn mood filled the room. The Special Task Force agents standing at the entrance of the passage had eagle eyes, and the big shots sitting around the long conference table had solemn expressions as they listened attentively to the explanation and watched the constantly changing images on the light screens.
The Minister of Defense and the Minister of Finance of the new Federation government cabinet were present at the meeting. The members of the Federal military Joint Chiefs of Staff were all present, and the commanders of the Second and Third Military Regions sat solemnly below General Miles. Even Commander Zhong, who was nervously preparing for war on the frontlines in the West Woods, and Hong Yuliang, the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Fleet, who had been stationed in the Night Scorpion Nebula for the past six months, also participated in this meeting via video call.
The reason why so many important people of the Federation had gathered in the Operations Command Room of the President's Residence today was because they were going to listen to the investigation report of a case today.
The Bureau of Proclamation, relying on the powerful information-gathering ability of The Glory Of The Charter and the huge amount of data archived in the Central Database, still took nearly five months to fully investigate this case.
In a sense, this case had almost brought irreparable damage to the Federation, and the investigation report of this case, to a certain extent, would also determine the Federation's strategic attitude toward the Empire.
In front of the long conference table, President Pabre, who had a dark complexion, was carefully reading the investigation report in his hands as he listened to the explanations that came from time to time.
In front of him was an inconspicuous pen, which was stored in a vacuum box made of super-hard material, and the blood stains on it had long since disappeared.
"The Special Task Force of the Second Military Region went deep into the Green Dragon Mountains and took the risk to obtain the biological marker on the bones of the Mai couple."
A middle-aged man wearing glasses operated the display terminal and enlarged a picture on the screen. He continued, "After comparing this mark with the biological marker on Macklin that was archived in the Federation's Investigation Bureau, we confirmed that they were not related by blood."
As the assistant director of the Bureau of Proclamation, Cui Judong often represented the old director in secret government meetings, but it was the first time that he had encountered such a big scene, so he could not help but feel a little nervous. His voice was slightly hoarse as he continued, "After the 680118 A case, we took a sample from Macklin's body and conducted a second check, confirming this conclusion again."
President Pabre did not raise his head. He only waved his hand, indicating for him to continue. Director Feng of the Bureau of Proclamation, who had been sitting silently to the right of the President, slowly opened his eyes. He glanced at Cui Judong, then released his old fingers from his crutch and gently tapped on the smooth wood silently.
Seeing this action, Cui Judong did not know why, but he felt much calmer. He changed the picture on the screen and explained in a low voice, "Before the incident, the Bureau of Proclamation had already used its authority to send a Special Task Force of the West Woods Military Region to infiltrate the Hundred Mu Star Region in an attempt to obtain some relevant information from that year. Although it was a little late, the Special Task Force still managed to obtain a list of names, confirming that in the second last year of the thirty-sixth constitutional calendar, the Bermuda human trafficking organization … "
Following Cui Judong's voice, the atmosphere in the command room, which was glowing with a light blue light, became more and more strange. Although the big shots of the Federation sitting at the table had already received the notice from the Bureau of Proclamation after the attack on the 38860118 Foundation Building and had also seen the relevant top-secret files, in fact, they still had some thoughts in their hearts. They hoped that the Bureau of Proclamation's investigation was wrong.
Medellin was indeed dead, but the problems he had caused were still ongoing.
"Previously, everyone has already seen the video of Medellin's private meeting with that person from the Empire." Cui Judong glanced at the silent big shots of the Federation and said seriously, "The basic context has been sorted out. Here, I will make a report to everyone."
"After the first assault between the Federation and the Empire, the Empire, in order to break through the blockade of The Glory Of The Charter, constructed a strange and exceptionally whimsical plan. They prepared a batch of newborn babies through the human trafficking organization in the Bermuda Star Region. Taking advantage of the loopholes in the Federation's laws in this regard, they sold them to parents in the Federation who needed them. "
"Among them was one of the babies. For the time being, we will name him Number One. Person Number One grew up under the care of his adoptive parents in the Federation. According to the relevant privacy regulations, this pair of parents easily applied for an identity chip for this baby who was not even half a year old. From that moment on, this baby became a citizen of the Federation. "
"In the 23rd year of the constitutional calendar, Target Number One joined the army and participated in the expeditionary force against the Empire. He received the Purple Star Medal. We believe that Target Number One still does not know his true identity until now. He even disobeyed the orders of his superiors to retreat because of his hatred for the Empire. "
"In the 27th year of the constitutional calendar, Target Number One was in the most difficult period of his life. His business failed and his father passed away. It was also in this year that he unexpectedly received a funding from an unknown source and entered the Faculty of History and Economics of the Capital University. We now know that he received a strange invitation to go to Bermuda to meet an important person from the Empire. "
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
