Chapter 1692 You really won’t let us rest, right?

I thought that after being busy for nearly a month, I finally had time to have a good rest.

However, a newsletter the next morning shattered Gu Chen's fantasy.

"This is Gu Chen, what happened?"

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Gu Chen turned on the communicator and said.

"Advisor, something terrible has happened! Mr. Smith, the captain and highest commander of the Earth Defense Force in North America, has been assassinated!"

The voice of Moriyama Izumi was heard from the other end of the communicator. It was her turn on duty last night.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen immediately came to his senses, his expression instantly becoming serious: "Assassinated?! Have you found the murderer?"

"Unfortunately, the North American headquarters has not found any trace of the assassin. According to the intelligence we have received so far, they are now fully committed to tracking down the murderer."

Izumi Moriyama answered immediately.

"I understand. I'll rush to the headquarters right now."

Gu Chen nodded and hung up the phone.

After quickly washing up and changing his clothes, Gu Chen didn't have time to make breakfast for Ya De Meng and Xing Yao. He hurriedly got into the special car driven by Xingye Yong and rushed towards the headquarters.

In the current situation, the highest commander and captain of the Earth Defense Force in a region were assassinated at the same time, which can be said to be extremely bad in nature.

Because this involves many sensitive issues, people can't help but speculate whether their deaths were due to revenge or conflicts of interest?

However, Gu Chen knew very well that this was done by aliens, a group of Gorgons known as Skeleton Monsters in the universe.

When Gu Chen arrived at the UGM headquarters, Dashan Yishu, who received the news, also rushed to the operations room.

Although the commander and captain of the Earth Defense Force in North America were assassinated, Ohyama Kazuki, who is also the captain of the Earth Defense Force, should also take this matter seriously.

After all, no one knows whether the next assassination attempt will happen to them.

"consultant!"

Seeing Gu Chen coming, Dashan Yishu immediately stood up and greeted him.

Seeing this, Gu Chen nodded, then gestured with his hand for Dashan Yishu to sit down.

"Any updates from North America?"

Then, Gu Chen looked at Moriyama Quan again and asked.

"There's currently a quarrel going on over there. It seems that several groups of people are accusing each other of being behind the murder of their superiors and captains."

Izumi Moriyama answered immediately.

Hearing this, Gu Chen frowned.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Chen continued, "Notify the North American headquarters. I want to have a video call with them."

"Yes!"

Izumi Moriyama responded, then immediately turned around and started operating the communication console.

After a while, Gu Chen's communication request was approved, and the real-time synchronized picture of the operations room at the North American headquarters appeared on the big screen in the operations room.

Immediately, Gu Chen saw that the North American headquarters operations room across the video was almost full of people, and judging from their respective positions, they could be roughly divided into three factions.

But if you break it down, there are only two major factions and some small factions that can only survive together.

Gu Chen simply ignored this complicated situation and said directly, "Everyone at North American Headquarters, I have received news about the assassination of Commander Smith. Have you made any progress in your investigation into this incident?"

Across the video link, several North American staff officers exchanged glances, eventually selecting a representative through eye contact. They stepped forward and said, "Commander Gu Chen, we're currently investigating Commander Smith's assassination, but there haven't been any new developments."

"Really? Then I'll be frank. I suspect Commander Smith's killers are a group of aliens."

Seeing this, Gu Chen went straight to the point and told the staff officers at the North American headquarters the correct answer.

"Spaceman?!"

"impossible!"

"If it were an alien, our detection system wouldn't have had any reaction at all!"

After hearing Gu Chen's words, the three staff officers from the North American headquarters immediately raised objections.

This doesn't seem like a well-considered opposition, but more like opposition for the sake of opposition.

"Listen, now's not the time for infighting. The enemy may have discovered a weakness in us humans, which is why they carried out this assassination! Think about it carefully. If Commander Smith's death was truly caused by one of your own people, wouldn't you have been able to find any clues at all?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen's brows immediately frowned and his tone became a little heavier. He was almost pointing at their noses and cursing.

"No! To be honest, we did find some clues that point to our 'own people'!"

However, at this moment, another staff officer suddenly stepped forward, looked at the other staff officer with a bad look, and said something suggestively.

The implication here is very clear, clearly stating that the staff officer on the opposite side is the mastermind behind the murder of Commander Smith.

"Indeed, I also found a key clue pointing to our 'one of us'!"

The staff officer who was pointed out was not willing to be outdone. He also stepped forward and responded sharply.

Seeing this scene, Gu Chen couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

It seems that the Gorgons who are planning to invade the Earth this time are quite smart. They actually know such a complicated frame-up. They don't have the "simplicity" that the space invaders of the Showa period should have.

"Have you ever considered that this might be a frame-up by the enemy?"

Gu Chen couldn't help but remind him.

The three staff officers from North America immediately fell silent, as if they were thinking for a while, and then slowly shook their heads at the same time.

"Although this possibility does exist, based on our investigation, it is more likely that it was done by 'our own people.'"

The staff officer who first stood up to talk to Gu Chen spoke first.

Hearing this, Gu Chen couldn't help but want to slap his forehead.

Why are they so smart in normal times, but now they have become so stupid?

No, that's not right! Smart people rarely make mistakes, especially when they are in high positions.

This is the case with the three North American staff officers. At their level, they have to look three steps or even further before taking each step. There is no reason for them to be so stupid as not to see that Smith's death was a frame-up by the enemy.

Then there is only one truth to the matter: the three staff officers wanted to use Smith's death to achieve the ulterior motives of their respective factions in order to gain benefits.

As for finding the real murderer, that must of course be done, but it must be done after one's own goal is achieved.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen immediately took a deep look at the three North American staff officers on the other side of the video.

"In that case, I won't say any more. I'm sorry to bother you all."

Then, after saying this, Gu Chen took the initiative to hang up the communication with North America.