I didn't know if the virtual class leader was the one who took over the hardware after the black holy infant was expelled from the building because she remained silent and didn't respond no matter how I called her.
But judging from the fact that she stopped the explosion, she shouldn't be an accomplice of the black holy infant. Maybe the virtual class leader was too tired after a series of battles. She was currently integrating the hardware and eliminating the remaining forces of the black holy infant, so she didn't have time to communicate with the outside world.
I turned around to save the class leader after I took care of the black holy infant. But when Constable Ma and I climbed to the rooftop of the building, we saw Huo Jiangdong pushing the class leader onto the police helicopter and Xiao Qin jumping towards the helicopter that was about to take off.
"I won't let you take the class leader away. I can't let you take the class leader away. Otherwise, you'll blame me. "
This was what happened at the Monarch Building that night. The class leader was taken hostage, Huo Jiangdong and two other fanatics got on a helicopter and escaped. Xiao Qin, who was eager to save someone, became their second hostage.
Later, I proposed to use myself as a hostage in exchange for Xiao Qin at the small airport in Jiangbei, but Xiao Qin jumped back into the helicopter and I became Huo Jiangdong's third hostage.
Unfortunately, even though I recovered most of my memories, I couldn't recover the most important part. I still don't know what happened after the Legasier 650 took off. I don't know how I ended up floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean wearing a life jacket while drunk. I also don't know where the class leader and Xiao Qin were taken after I fell into the water.
What I had to do now was to meet General Mu Lei at the command center with Dr. Yu and request for more time to meet him. I also had to give him Ai ShuQiao's request to improve her living conditions.
It doesn't matter if I can fully recover my memory, as long as Ai ShuQiao tells me the flight route of the Legs650, I should be able to track down the class leader and Xiao Qin. I decided not to dig into my memory for now and put my attention on what I had to do in front of me.
Accompanied by Dr. Yu and another American soldier, I walked into the command center of Guantánamo Bay. It felt much more cramped and simple than I had imagined. It couldn't even compare to Ai Mi's office.
Although it was narrow, it could be seen from the soldiers' eyes that this command center was the heart of Guantánamo Bay. Any order issued from here had to be carried out. In the eyes of the prisoners, General Muller not only had power over them, but also had the power to decide their life and death.
General Mu Lei, with a scar on his square chin, had snow-white eyebrows and a prominent forehead. His face was angular and masculine. He was dressed in a well-ironed military uniform. His military cap was placed on the desk, right next to his weather-beaten right hand. I could see that there were thick calluses on the inside of his right index finger. It must have been from years of playing with a keyboard.
"Is fifteen minutes not enough for you to talk?" General Mu Lei sat behind his desk and squinted at me. "I saw Ai ShuQiao give you something on the monitor. What is it?"
The news of my simultaneous interpretation equipment had already reached his ears, so he didn't call the skinny interpreter next to him when he spoke to me.
"It's nothing important." I took out the application form from my pocket. "Ai ShuQiao wants to improve her living conditions. This is an application form she filled out according to the prison rules. She said that she couldn't deliver it to you before."
General Mu Lei took the application form and didn't open it immediately. Instead, he joked with the interpreter about the strange tone of the smart wrist guard's synthesized voice. Then he said to me:
"I heard that Chinese people respect their parents. Why do you always call your mother by her name? Could it be that my view is outdated? "
"That's not important," I replied coldly. "Not everyone who gives birth to a child is worthy of respect. Please hurry up and approve Ai ShuQiao's request. Otherwise, I don't think she'll honestly tell you the flight route. "
"I can't believe the US military was coerced by an AI. Kennedy will die with everlasting regret …" General Mu Lei sighed and told the interpreter to light a Cuban cigar. Then he slowly opened Ai ShuQiao's application form with the cigar in his mouth. After a few minutes, the Cuban cigar fell from the corner of his mouth and almost ignited the other documents on his desk. The interpreter was shocked and suspicious as he rushed over to clean it up.
General Mu Lei's attention was completely absorbed by the application form. His eyes swept over Ai ShuQiao's photo in the upper left corner several times. He stared at Ai ShuQiao's handwriting as if he wanted to see through the paper.
Due to the Cuban climate, the room was quite stuffy, but no one was sweating like General Mu Lei. It was as if he just came out of a sauna.
"This, this is …"
The rough hands holding the application form trembled uncontrollably. No one understood what General Mu Lei was reading.
I glanced over Ai ShuQiao's application form and read the translation provided by the smart wristband. I didn't find anything special! It was nothing more than 'my accommodation is too bad, I hope to change to a better place'. Did Ai ShuQiao use some metaphors and allusions in English that only people with a strong English background could understand?
I saw General Mu Lei sitting behind his desk and sweating profusely. I couldn't help but urge him, "General, the other fifteen minutes I requested …"
"I won't approve it for you!" General Mu Lei frowned and suddenly stood up from behind his desk. He took out his gun from the drawer and strapped it to his waist like a bandit.
"General, what are you …"
The interpreter tried to ask General Mu Lei, but he was pushed by General Mu Lei. His back hit the world map hanging on the wall.
"Why didn't you approve the time?" Professor Yu was puzzled. "We already had an agreement …"
"Any agreement can go to hell!" General Mu Lei cursed. He folded Ai ShuQiao's application form and stuffed it into his pocket. Then, he ignored us and walked out of the command center.
"General?" The soldier who accompanied us also had a dumbfounded expression. However, he didn't dare to say anything since General Mu Lei was a maverick.
"What's going on?" Professor Yu and I followed behind General Mu Lei in confusion. General Mu Lei took big strides as if the situation couldn't be delayed any longer.
"This has nothing to do with you!" General Mu Lei was obviously impatient with us. "Regarding Ai ShuQiao, the cooperation between China and the US has officially ended! For your safety, I advise you to leave Guantánamo immediately! "
"It's over?" Professor Yu was shocked. "This matter involves a lot of people. The higher-ups of both sides are involved. It's not something you can decide alone, right?"
I said from behind, "What did Ai ShuQiao say in her application form? Why did you bring your gun to see her? Are you going to kill her? "
"Kill her?" General Mu Lei let out a hollow laugh. "This isn't something that can be solved by killing her …"
General Mu Lei's mysterious attitude was driving me crazy. However, we were in someone else's territory. I was unarmed and couldn't fight against so many American soldiers. I could only follow General Mu Lei. I wanted to know what he wanted to do in Ai ShuQiao's cell.
It didn't take long for General Muller to reach Ai ShuQiao's cell. The red iron door was firmly closed. The other soldier guarding the cell was very surprised to see General Muller in person. He immediately gave a standard military salute.
"General, you came here in person …"
"Cut the crap! Open the cell door! "
The order was almost roared out from the depths of General Muller's throat. The soldier trembled in fear and quickly took out the key to open the cell door.
At this moment, Mu Lei didn't look like an American general. He looked more like a bandit leader. As soon as the cell door was opened, he rushed in impatiently. Then, he looked at Ai ShuQiao, who was sitting in the middle of the cell.
In contrast to General Muller's unstable mood, Ai ShuQiao was calm. She crossed her fingers and rested them on the small wooden table in front of her, just like when we were talking. The pistol on General Muller's waist didn't affect her at all.
After General Muller rushed into the cell, he seemed to be breathing twice as fast as before. In addition to observing Ai ShuQiao, he also observed every corner of the cell, as if there was something terrible here that no one else could see.
Finally, General Mu Lei's eyes returned to Ai ShuQiao. His voice was trembling and confused, which didn't match his hawkish appearance.
"How could it be …"
Ai ShuQiao's lips curled into a faint smile, but she didn't say anything.
There were tears in General Muller's eyes. I couldn't understand what could make this American general, who was in charge of so many troops, shed tears.
"How could it be … I'm fifty-six years old …"
"It has nothing to do with age," Ai ShuQiao said calmly.
"Is it true?" I found that General Mu Lei's knees were trembling. He seemed to be gripped by a great fear.
Ai ShuQiao exhaled slowly. Then, she smiled and said, "General, your heart won't lie to you. It's useless to refuse to believe it."
At that moment, I saw Ai ShuQiao's dispirited expression disappear. The fangs of a cobra reappeared in her eyes!
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