What followed was silence. Then, Feng Yu questioned in a deep voice filled with grief and anger, "Do you see that? Only a conspiracy theorist like you would think that everything in the world is a conspiracy!"
"Why do you look so mature since you were young? How can you not be mature when you have too many thoughts? I'm different. Everyone in the universe wants to destroy me, but I'm not worried at all. I don't feel that all the canine mammals in the universe have wronged me. Of course, I haven't wronged them either. This is just a development that didn't happen together. Is it related to a conspiracy? "
"According to what you said, our birth must be a conspiracy too. Our parents had to give birth to me after giving birth to you. They must have had the evil idea of using the great me to balance the great you. Otherwise, this matter doesn't make much sense from a probability perspective. "
Li Pifu, who was lying on the bed, was provoked by these sarcastic but still calm words. With a gloomy face, he gripped the soft quilt tightly and suddenly said, "You don't have to say anything more. If Xu Le is a gamble, I've already entered the game, and I will win in the end."
After this somewhat obscure and unpredictable sentence came out, the room suddenly fell into a strange silence. The uncle in the shadows stared at his elder brother on the bed. One could vaguely see the bright eyes of an eagle shining in the darkness.
After a long silence, he said with a slightly hoarse voice, "If you insist that this is a gamble or a conspiracy, why do you think you will win?"
"Why?" Li Pifu's sparse white hair scattered on the pillow. The old man quietly looked at the ceiling above his head. A trace of a smile appeared on his drooping lips. He said indifferently, "Because my eyes have seen a lot of things, such as what happened to you years ago."
He slowly moved his body and looked at the darkness in the corner. He asked, "You are a member of the Federation. Why are you helping the Imperium?"
"Because I like it." The voice in the darkness was somewhat mocking, somewhat emotional, and somewhat cold. "You know that I don't have any good feelings for this f * cking Federation, especially after you stomped my teacher into a meat patty."
When he said the last sentence, Feng Yu's voice suddenly became emotionless. It was as if a bowl of extremely sour and spicy Huainan soup had suddenly been turned into clear water by some kind of magic. It was a clear water without any taste or impurities.
"But this is our hometown after all. There are people who care about you and love you here. For example, when Xiao Li died, you didn't even look at him."
"So I'm cold and heartless?"
Feng Yu's voice was lively again. It floated out of the shadow and was as ear-piercing as needles. "What about the Federation that you protect? The little tiger in the West Woods was murdered by the government and the army, but the crime was thrown to the people of the Imperium. The people of the Federation were as excited as if they had taken an aphrodisiac. They roared and fought back. You wear a short-sleeved tight singlet with two moons on it. You really think you are a messenger of justice. "
"What have you done about this matter? No, you didn't do anything. You just watched coldly. Oh, have you forgotten your identity? You are the God of War of the Federation. You are the real messenger of justice. For these two words, you didn't hesitate to hunt down your own brother. Then what about now? Why didn't you do anything when you knew that those people committed murder? And why didn't you let Xu Le do anything either? "
The sharp and merciless questioning was like an alloy knife hidden in the mechanical arm of a mecha. It popped out with a whoosh, easily tearing through the air in the room, bringing with it a suffocating smell as it arrived in front of Li Bufu. This military god, who was revered by the entire Federation, narrowed his eyes. His weak gaze sharpened once again, as if he wanted to break through the long night sky.
"Because you think that this matter, or rather this conspiracy, is beneficial to the Federation, and because you subconsciously always thought that the entire Federation forces were your soldiers. Of course, the mastermind of this conspiracy is also your soldiers. On the contrary, it is precisely those disobedient troops in the West Woods who can't really be counted as your soldiers. If that's the case, why are you willing to continue investigating?"
Feng Yu's cold words were filled with a sinister delight. To be able to tear apart the most dazzling military uniform of the Federation's God of War was undoubtedly very interesting and exciting for someone who had spent his life wandering the stars and fighting against The Glory Of The Charter.
"Similarly, you also don't want Xu Le to continue investigating, because if he does, your troops may suffer great losses. Xu Le may also be in danger … In your eyes, that stupid little fellow is probably the Federation's best heavy weapon in the future. Now that he is being wasted in internal strife, it's too much of a waste."
"That's not what I think." On the bed, Li Pifu was silent for a moment. After coughing for a while, he looked at the darkness and explained very seriously, "But I don't want to explain anything."
Then, the old man sighed softly. He was extremely tired but also extremely relaxed. He felt the touch of the soft mattress on his back and began to miss it. With a trace of complicated emotions, he looked up and said, "There's one more thing. I've always wanted to get a real answer from you."
In the darkness of the corner, there was a moment of silence. The lighter was lit again. This time, it was a thick stick of tobacco. Feng Yu's forehead, which was half lowered, was incomparably bright under the light. He said in a hoarse voice, "Ask away."
"Why did you do that big explosion in the strategic material base?" Li Pifu turned his head and looked at the darkness. His brows were tightly furrowed. This question had troubled him for many years. All he wanted to do was to find out the reason. After all, the other party was his own younger brother.
"At that time, the purge in the western hemisphere was about to end. Although the battle in the eastern hemisphere was intense, the scope was limited. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to start transferring supplies in advance. Under those circumstances, who could have stopped you from taking Mu Zi away? Why did you detonate the material base? Moreover, you used a cluster of full-frequency electron beam explosives … You knew that the crystal mines that Mochou had prepared for ten years were all down there. How many people would have died from such an explosion? "
As he spoke and asked, Li Bofu finally became agitated. He stared at the darkness. His old eyes were as sharp as a knife, and the flames of anger were burning in them.
After a long silence, Feng Yu's voice slowly pulled open the curtain of the night. When it fell into Li Pifu's ears, it was so calm and firm.
"At that time, the Charter computer had already discovered me. It was too ruthless in its pursuit. I wanted to live, so I had to cut off all the tentacles that the Charter had extended into the Empire. I needed that big explosion."
Li Pifu looked at the dark corner. His old eyes were slightly gloomy. After twenty years, he heard his younger brother admit that the big explosion was not forced. There was no conspiracy by the Empire. There was no misjudgment or small probability. It was just an action that he had made after a calm judgment. The old man was still disappointed and sad.
"In order to live, you didn't hesitate to cause a big explosion. Of course, I know that you don't care if the Federation can defeat the Empire. But you don't even care that 100,000 Federation soldiers died because of you. You didn't even think that they could be considered your comrades." The old man's voice was indifferent and heavy.
"Everyone has their own world. If I die, this world will be gone. My life is naturally more important than 100,000 people, no, it's more important than 1 billion people." In the dark corner, Feng Yu sucked on a thick piece of tobacco and said coldly, "As for comrades, the Federation War God killed the teacher who loved me the most, and the Federal forces flattened the house of my beloved woman. Do you think I can still consider myself a soldier of the Federation?"
"There's no need to explain. You just need to live on," Li Pifu said mockingly.
After a moment of silence, Feng Yu said, "If I had died at that time, what would have happened to the newborn Mu Zi?"
Li Pifu narrowed his eyes. After a long silence, he squeezed out a barely audible sigh from his dry lips and said in a hoarse and low voice, "Yes, what should I have done? But I still think that what you did was wrong, a crime, and unforgivable. "
"My epitaph in the future will be: 'I will not forgive any of you, so you don't have to forgive me.'" It could be vaguely seen that Feng Yu slowly stood up in the dark. "Also, at the moment when my newborn daughter is facing death, I will only act according to instinct. I won't think about what to do in pain like you."
"Old man, like I said, this is why you grow old so quickly."
"Alright, it's getting late. I also have a question that has been in my heart for a long time that I want to ask you."
Feng Yu slowly walked out from the shadows and then stood about five meters away from the large bed. That head of wild hair formed a distinct silhouette in the night. He leaned forward slightly and asked in a low voice, "All these years, have you ever thought of Teacher at night? When you think of Teacher who died under the foot of the mecha, have you ever felt guilt or regret? If you could do it all over again, would you give up that last mecha control move? "
Li Pifu was expressionless. His white eyebrows were as straight as his back when he was young. He didn't think for too long and replied in a low voice, "No, and I haven't regretted it all these years."
"You and I both know very well that he is a master of the empire. That vicious seed plan came from his genius brain. At the beginning of the war, he could quietly cross the galaxy to the Federation and secretly set up so many backup plans. Facing such a farsighted master of the empire, if he were to survive, I don't know what kind of terrible situation the Federation would face."
"Oh, oh, oh!" Feng Yu ridiculed exaggeratedly, "You still insist that he came to Philadelphia to teach us a conspiracy. Old man, I really want to advise you. If you can survive, it's best to travel and feel the intentions of the executor. Of course, it's a pity that you don't seem to be able to survive."
Li Pifu looked at him calmly, "Just like the argument a few decades ago, in the end, you still can't explain why … Teacher came up with this seed plan. If he is really like what you said, he is just a peace-loving traveler."
"After a few decades, I already have the answer, but I don't know if you are willing to believe it."
Feng Yu slowly walked a few steps to the bedside and said calmly, "In my opinion, Teacher's seed plan at the beginning was an effort to gradually integrate the empire and the Federation."
Li Pifu frowned.
"How can a member of the royal family of the Imperium, who was raised by the people of the federation, be willing to wage a war against the federation? What better person to promote peace between the two sides of the universe, or even to slowly learn from each other until the integration countless years later? "
"Medellin."
"That's because the war had already begun. When Teacher started the seed plan, the war had not yet begun."
After a long silence, Li Pifu said tiredly, "This is just your reasoning, it doesn't prove anything. In Schiller's Octavo, there is a saying, 'Those who are not of my race are bound to have different hearts …' Back then, the people of the Federation did not know the meaning of this saying, until the people of the empire appeared on the other side of the Night Scorpion Nebula. Teacher is, after all, an outsider. There is no reason for him to invest such long-term love for the Federation, at least not more than the empire. "
"This is the biggest problem. You also sat on that spaceship, why do you still stubbornly believe … that Teacher and his Hua family are really people of the empire?"
Feng Yu looked at his elder brother at the bedside quietly. There was no mockery or disdain on his slightly weathered face, he was abnormally calm and said, "In this life, you always think too much, that's why you grow old too quickly."
"You have repeated it many times." Li Pifu coughed violently, then looked at his younger brother who was close by and said expressionlessly, "I do grow old quickly, so I die quickly. Are you satisfied now?"
Feng Yu was silent and did not answer the question. Instead, he said, "Thank you for taking care of my daughter."
"I think that she is my daughter."
Feng Yu stretched out his right hand somewhat awkwardly and patted the old man's shoulder, saying, "Okay, I won't argue with someone who is about to die."
"You're welcome."
Li Pifu closed his eyes tiredly.
"Have a safe journey."
Feng Yu paused for a moment and then walked out of the door.
"I won't see you out."
The old man waved his hand with some disgust, as if he was shooing away a fly. Then he heard the sound of metal clanking, like wind chimes ringing in the quiet night of Philadelphia.
Opening his eyes with difficulty and looking at the empty darkness, Li Bofu curled his loose lips and simply smiled. He thought to himself that this kid still had a habit of hanging a bunch of metal tools on his butt. It turned out that when they hit each other, they would still make such a clear sound. It was really like a death knell that hastened his death.
When the most advanced medical team of the Federation found that all the monitoring equipment had failed, they rushed to the ward in a panic. When they turned on the lights and tried to find the real cause, it was almost dawn.
No one knew that this pair of legendary brothers had already met in the middle of the night. Naturally, no one could imagine that with Feng Yu's ability and the deliberate cooperation of the God of War Li Pifu, it was so easy to temporarily prevent the outside world from spying on them.
But looking at the God of War at the head of the bed whose jaw was gradually turning yellow, and looking at the heart-wrenching curve change on the medical data capture device, everyone knew that the old man was about to die.
General Lee Jae-do had been staying in Philadelphia for the past few months. He didn't take up the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Federation. He didn't even step out of the manor. The first thing he did was to go to his father's bedside and tightly hold his father's old hand.
Li Pifu opened his eyes with difficulty and looked at his son who still had a calm expression. He released his last smile and held his son's hand tightly.
The old man tightened his grip and his breathing became more and more rapid.
Then he let go and stopped.
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(I said two points, but this paragraph was a bit troublesome. Moreover, I got too excited at the end and wrote more than a thousand words, so I only said three points. The old man couldn't swallow his last breath. The reason was actually very simple. When the brothers saw each other, they naturally left happily. It was great.
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