Chapter 1291 Bargaining (first update)
If there was a better way, Stephanie Malick would never choose the delicate and fragile-looking girl in front of her, because Ruby's concept has been different from the outside world's human beings who have received universal education from the beginning. General Hale has been They all kept emphasizing to Ruby how special she was and that one day she would become something great. Stephanie Malik knows that she was like this in the past, but her father Gideon Malik is more from a family perspective. While she is clear about the power she has in the future, she is also clear about the responsibilities she will bear in the future.
General Hale has no family backing. Her true identity is a baby girl adopted by Hydra. She has accepted the utilitarian philosophy of the radical Hydra since she was a child. Stopping means losing value, and losing value means death. Now the originally worthless abandoned baby has climbed to the top of the United States' military power, but this insecurity still runs through General Hale's life. Therefore, Ruby's only education is the radical ideas taught by Dr. Whitehall. .
In her mind, if she and Ruby lose their value, then the man-eating beasts like the Malik family, the Lister family, and other behemoths lurking under the water will eat them up, including their bones. None will be left. For the only daughter she can trust in the world, she must create a perfect living environment for Ruby. General Hale's idea is not wrong. The vicious competition within Hydra is indeed very cruel, especially among the radical factions full of young adults. The superiors allow the environment of the jungle among their subordinates to grow unchecked. As long as they are not Endangering one's own status and interests, then the life and death of the bottom of the faction actually doesn't matter. Although the conservative Hydra is also fiercely competitive, it maintains the final bottom line and trust, because no one knows which family will have the upper hand in the future, and maintaining the final tacit understanding is also for the survival of their own family.
If there is no powerful force from the outside that completely destroys all the concepts she had in the past, then Ruby's idea of being limited by the environment and the limitations of human consciousness will never change. Perhaps the emperor was also aware of this. He also believed that just one afternoon's exchange was not enough to change Ruby's mind. Otherwise, he would not have sent the Praetorian Guards, known as "demigods" in Latovinia, here. This place provides her with the confidence to act - in the superstitious coastal area of the Balkan Peninsula, when guards wearing gorgeous gold armor appear in a village that has interacted with extremists, in addition to young adults who are completely immersed in criminal groups, Elderly people who do not interact with the outside world at all will show some kind of panic, yearning and admiration for the appearance of the Guards.
This is the actual situation written in the observation file, which serves as research material for the psychology of the Praetorian Order.
More than once, Constantine endured the irritability and ignorance of being called "angels" when the old men who worked all day touched his cloak and armor with hands with dark, incomplete nails and countless wrinkles. After that, the Imperial Guards were able to learn from the old people staying in the village how many strangers had visited the village recently and who they were related to. Although Ruby did not have such superstition, when Stephanie Malick gave her the exquisite pendant and stated that it was a gift and communicator from the emperor, her performance was no better than those who had not been shrouded in the light of science. How good is the peasant woman?
The eldest lady of the Malik family took the opportunity to pat Amon's forearm armor (which she could barely reach due to her height) and signaled Amon to read out the emperor's order at this time. While Ruby was taking a shower, Stephanie Malik persuaded Amon to accept this method. If he acted according to the ideas of the Guards, maybe everyone in this base would die under the Guards Spear and complete the mission. Don't even think about it.
When the Praetorian Guardsman spoke, Ruby's body was still tense, but it was no longer as panicked as before.
"Can you swear that you will wield your sword against all traitors who betray the interests of the human race?"
"I swear," Ruby said firmly.
"What if the traitor is your mother?"
Although Ruby was shocked when faced with the guard's question, she nodded after a few seconds and tried to hold up her chest to prove that she was capable and determined. Stephanie Malik and Amon looked at each other and shook their heads. Then Amon took out a box of alloy scroll boxes that were as long as an arm for ordinary people. There was a golden eagle emblem and a mysterious figure on the scroll box. Number, this is one of the several scroll boxes brought by Amon.
"Put your finger on it." Amon pointed to a screen on the sealed scroll box and said, "It may hurt a little. That is collecting your genetic information to form a genetic code. You will open and read the scroll in front of me. The task is then re-blocked and no one but you can open it."
Ruby frowned, enduring the slight pain of being pricked on her fingertips. After obtaining the genetic data, the negative pressure environment inside the scroll box immediately made a hissing sound. The long scroll was filled with beautiful Latin, and Ruby happened to have Latin in her curriculum. "My mother betrayed humanity to the Kree?" Ruby was still in disbelief after reading the mission, "This is impossible!"
"I know this is hard to convince, because General Hale always thinks that he is doing the right thing." Amon said solemnly, "The emperor needs you to use that pendant to send intelligence. Only in this way can you stop the situation from getting worse. .”
"Why don't you tell her the truth now?" Ruby was a little angry. She clenched the parchment tightly, and the sweat from her palms soaked the rough edges of the paper. "You can tell her now that the Kree are all liars!"
"This matter is not that simple, girl." Stephanie Malik sighed, "General Hale contacted the hunting force of the Kree Eagles and followed the hunting tradition of the Kree Empire. Some of the things she learned The intelligence was intercepted and analyzed by us, and we found that a lot of the intelligence about aliens was actually not wrong. In addition to humans, the Kree's targets on Earth also have their alien enemies. For us, as long as they are aliens, they are enemies. It's just a difference in extermination priority. The enemy the Kree are hunting is very cunning and can cause far more damage than that hunting team, so we need to get as much intelligence as possible. As long as you can Complete the mission, and General Hale will not only not be punished for contacting the Kree, but will be rewarded. This is a white lie, Ruby, and General Hale's future is in your hands."
"Really?"
"On the honor of the Malik family." Stephanie Malik said with a wink, "Now it's time for you to make a decision, Ruby. Will you choose to be ignorant to the end, or choose to go with the interests of the human race? "
"I...I will do it." Although she felt very uncomfortable, the sense of mission that followed overwhelmed Ruby's mind. General Hale's education made her look forward to the day when she would take on important responsibilities, but this responsibility did not come from General Hale himself. "I hope that the efforts of my mother and I will be rewarded, and more than expected, as the price for her being deceived. And I also need you to create conditions that allow me to leave here, and provide all useful help for my mission. "When I came here, I heard from the soldiers guarding you that you came here on a forward-swept wing fighter that I had never seen before, and I thought it was worth adding an aircraft like that to my mission."
"That's pretty much it. If you hadn't said anything, I would have thought that General Hale's daughter would be a fool." Stephanie nodded with a smile. Now she had a little more confidence in Ruby. Hydra trusts selfish people because they are predictable, and selfless people are the hardest to predict because they don't make choices for their own benefit. This is also the reason why Gideon Malik has never been able to figure out the emperor's thoughts. All the emperor's actions have exceeded Hydra's expectations, but obviously Ruby does not have this idea. "Deal. After the mission is completed, he will meet with you and General Hale in person, and you will be able to get everything you want."
"This is a promise made by my lord." Amon said, "I suggest you think about your wishes first."
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