The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"I never expected that emperor-level Honkai Beasts would appear even on the bottom of the sea."

Mei's voice came from the communication, but Mikael did not respond immediately. He leaned on the deck railing, and in front of him was a "whale" as long as two cruise ships floating on the sea with its belly turned over.

The storm has long subsided, only some golden thunder arcs still flash from time to time on the surrounding sea.

It's just an imperial-level Honkaimon, and Kosma has already solved it without even needing Mikael to deliberately lay out a battle plan.

Now he was standing on the deck with his head bowed, and Destobia was holding a large towel to wipe the seawater on his head - even with Vishnu's ability, swallowing the seawater could easily be completed in an instant.

Kevin stood in front of him with his hands on his hips, warning him never to act without orders like this again...

As for the rest of the people, they naturally stood aside and ate. Seeing that Alicia thoughtfully prepared a handful of melon seeds for everyone, Mikael couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.

He shook his head and said:

"Maybe it has something to do with De Moana Kino's underwater city. But it's okay, at least for us now, the Imperial-level Honkaimon can be easily dealt with - still remember when we were in Luluye , the four of us, Ai Li, Captain Himiko and Sakura, fought hard against an emperor-level Honkai Beast. Now that I think about it, that was six years ago.”

"Um……"

Mei snorted softly. She also did not give a complete response immediately. You didn't need to think about it to know that she was probably listening to Kevin's voice.

"Get ready to recover Honkaimon's body. I'm sorry to disturb your vacation."

"What kind of interruption is this?"

Mikael gave a wry smile. It was really troublesome to encounter the emperor-level Honkai Beast. Although he killed it quickly, the subsequent body recovery and other procedures would still take nearly a day. In this way, they first wasted three days due to seasickness, and then wasted one day because of the storm. Now it takes another day to deal with the Honkaiju, and the seven-day holiday suddenly only has two days left... This is a day off. It’s just a holiday after seven months of rest!

If it were anyone else, Mikael would definitely complain or even accuse.

But since the other party was Mei, who was forced to cancel her vacation before it even started... he couldn't complain.

Even if he said that he didn't have any schadenfreude, Mikael himself wouldn't believe it.

"But having said that, speaking of Luluye... how was your communication with the coalition government? [SEELE] What are those guys trying to do? Are they making things difficult for you?"

The communication situation may not be smooth, but it is definitely not too bad. Mikael, who is more or less the manipulator behind the scenes, certainly understands this. He couldn't say that he could 100% guess what issues [SEELE] people wanted to discuss with Mei, but he had an idea.

But you still have to ask, and you have to deliberately show curiosity. After all, some of the things he did, whether it was the earliest sneak attack on [SEELE] with Aponia, or this move, Mei was not informed. .

This has nothing to do with trust. After all, trust does not mean telling all the secrets. For some things that are unnecessary and can easily cause misunderstandings to others, it is best not to do them, or even if you do them, it is better not to say them.

There is no need to test other people's trust in you, especially in the end of the world when everyone's nerves are extremely sensitive. Although the relationship between the fusion warriors is very harmonious due to Mikael's efforts, what about other people besides the fusion warriors?

Mei has never shied away from her absolutely rational attitude. Based on this attitude, once she knows that Mikael can do this to [SEELE], can she also do the same to her?

The emotion of trust is inherently emotional. Compared with other fusion warriors, Mikael's identity is quite special. Especially after the painful lesson of the seventh Honkai Impact, if she had not done some "emergency" against him, "Preparation for any situation", Mikael absolutely did not believe it.

In fact, she must have done so.

In fact, she must be fully prepared for every possible emergency situation caused by the fusion warriors, including Kevin.

Of course, Mikael will not be disgusted by this. Unlike some people and organizations who are unclear about the situation, or are deliberately causing trouble, Mei is just using complete rationality to make the necessary vigilance and plans for all situations that may have a negative impact on "defeating Honkai".

This is also an indispensable role in a "family".

"The communication status is not completely secure. I will send you the specific meeting minutes in an encrypted file later. To put it simply... the situation is much better than expected. I have previously uploaded a document based on Prometheus The calculated "Analysis and Argument on the Thirteen Herrschers" is now recognized by [SEELE] and agrees that human civilization has reached a state of life and death. "

"Tch, it's really not easy. Getting these people to admit this is even harder than fighting all the Herrschers so far at the same time."

Mikael shook his head and smiled bitterly.

how to say? If Mikael hadn't intervened with his power, the two sides might not have even reached an ideological agreement on this point.

"only……"

"Just what?"

"I feel like this exchange went a little too smoothly?"

Hearing Mei's question, Mikael's heart tightened, but he still pretended not to know anything and asked with a smile:

"It took three or four days to reach an agreement on this issue. Do you think this went well?"

This was originally a mockery, but Mei began to analyze it rationally:

"Their attitude has changed too much. It is clear that a few days ago, they were not even willing to admit the birth of the Eighth Herrscher, but now they directly push it to the end. This has exceeded my best expectations for the outcome of this meeting. Judgment... What’s even more unbelievable is that they actually proposed: discuss, discuss, merge, and merge with us!”

At the end of Mei's speech, you could feel from her tone that she was really confused.

Even Mikael was stunned. He remembered that he shouldn't have made such a strong "material", right?

I think should not be……

The reason why he didn't use the commandments was because he was afraid that too obvious a change would make people suspicious, but now...

It doesn’t make sense! He only hinted at two sentences in total...

One sentence is very serious - "Unite to fight against Honkai". Another sentence was the song that suddenly sounded in his heart for some reason and was finally uttered... no, it was a prophecy.

"On that day He fell from heaven. People on the earth looked up and saw the stars."

…

Now was not the time to think about this, and he gradually understood that what Mei just expressed was not pure confusion...

He continued to play normally and answered accurately:

"Merge? You mean the merger of the coalition government and the Fire Chaser? In theory, this is indeed a good thing, but the issue of leadership is probably not that easy to solve, right?"

Just like Mei's previous words were somewhat tentative, Mikael's words seemed to be just normal questions, but what he expressed was not just a simple question.

Mei obviously understood the implication of Mikael's words, and she quickly said:

"When things go wrong, there will always be monsters. It's good to be able to negotiate, but if we really can't reach an agreement, I will use the only method. Don't worry, I will not put my hard work into the hands of that kind of person."

"That's good."

The so-called "only way", you don't need to think about it, is to let the spiritually aware fusion warrior influence the process of the meeting.

Well, the so-called "if it is true", once this kind of flag is set, there is no need to think about it. In the end, the "only way" must be used.

Mikael is not willing to get too involved in this matter. After all, he has solved the biggest difficulty, so he should leave some work for Mei, right?

Besides...this is also good. Everyone's butts are dirty, so don't dislike anyone.

However, the back-and-forth conversation between the two had another meaning that Mikael was not quite sure about—a kind of frank admission.

"Well, let's do that for now. I wish you a happy rest of the holiday."

Mei's farewell words interrupted Mikael's reverie, but he was not prepared to let Mei go so easily:

"What? It's lunch break right now, are you in such a hurry to hang up the communication? Don't you need to say a few words to Kevin?"

Hearing Mikael's teasing, Mei, who was somewhat used to it, chuckled twice and said calmly:

"That's good. Just ask him to stop training Kosmo. I'm afraid the child will cry if he continues to train him."

Mikael was also unambiguous. He did not hesitate to use his power. As soon as he got the answer, he shouted with a voice that could resound for several kilometers:

"Kevin! Your Mei called you to answer the phone!"

The waves on all sides rolled back into a concave shape into the distance, making the invisible sound waves tangible.

But in the next moment, everything became crystal clear, and even the bubbles in the waves were frozen in this moment.

Kevin finally let go of Kosmo, and was replaced by sky fire burning on the ice sea, and his extremely shameful and angry roar:

"Mikael, take your life!"

…………

"Wow - wow -"

Mike turned over. In this special prison, the entire cell was empty, not even the most basic bed. He could only stare, lying on the ground, and the chains on his hands and feet made noises as his body turned. A heavy sound.

Cold, hunger, pain, self-blame, despair, physical and psychological pain were intertwined. He stared, but he could no longer sleep like a normal person.

But in fact, it doesn't matter. In this completely enclosed darkness, you can't even tell the time, and no one is forcing you to do forced labor, so it doesn't matter whether you sleep or not. You will naturally fall asleep when you are tired anyway.

But Mike still couldn't sleep. He could only stare into the bottomless darkness, because as soon as he closed his eyes, everything that happened in the court two days ago flooded into his mind uncontrollably.

He thought that he would be miserable if he disobeyed, and he was very sorry for his family, but he never thought that so many people would be implicated...

I never thought that the so-called "balance" would be such an ironic thing——

"The defendant, Mike Joffrey, received an order from his superiors on February 14 to lead the third squadron of the 31st Helicopter Group of the United Government Armed Forces stationed in mainland China to perform a suppression mission. He did not obey the orders of his superiors and opened fire. , which has brought a lot of trouble to the subsequent work of stabilizing order. Does the defendant have anything to add to this? "

Mike stood alone in the dock. He lowered his head and leaned back against the railing of the dock. Behind him was an empty space. There were no witnesses in the huge courtroom, and only three former comrades-in-arms were sitting there. There, he only had the railing left to lean on.

But rather than saying it was a railing, it was more like a semi-open prison. The moment he was locked up here, he was already half a "prisoner."

Even the straight military uniform on his body had been taken off and replaced with a striped prison uniform. Even the boots on his feet were taken away, and he could only step on the ground with bare feet.

The weather was at the turn of February and March, and although it was near the equator, the metal floor was still cold. He didn't feel anything at first, just a slight numbness. After standing for a long time, the coldness was like needles, breaking through his skin and flesh, constantly pricking and scratching his bones, especially The pain is most severe in the big toe and heel.

He had no choice but to put one foot on the instep of the other, alternating from time to time.

But this action quickly aroused the judge's dissatisfaction. He didn't say much nonsense and just tapped the hammer lightly. Soon, two military policemen came to Mike's side and held down his shoulders, one on the left and one on the right.

"Do not move!"

Mike smiled bitterly twice, but received a hard elbow on his cheek. He opened his mouth, and bright red saliva left between his lips and teeth, and soon a red vertical line was drawn on the prison clothes.

Okay, he finally understood what it means to be innocent beyond a reasonable doubt and to infer innocence. In the military court, especially at this moment, no one thought that he was just a "suspect".

Looking at the proficiency of these judges and military police, it is obvious that this is the "increased money package" that has been circulated internally for a long time.

"Tch, as for that, isn't it because you were criticized a few times, Mr. Zhongxiao... cough cough!"

The military police on the side may not have heard clearly what he was saying, but they must have discovered the fact that he was speaking. They punched the side of his waist twice without hesitation.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

"This is the court! We videotaped it!"

"He* is so deceitful!"

Several comrades who had been holding back their anger jumped up instantly. As pilots, the lowest among them was also a second lieutenant officer. Now they are willing to come here because they basically want to end their future. How can they care so much?

His old partner Iverson cleverly took out the mini video recorder he had brought in from the crack of his buttocks. The other two impulsively dug out of the spectator seats and rushed over to the two military policemen.

Mike quickly turned around, but before he could stop him, he received another punch on his temple, his vision blurred for an instant, and a sharp ringing sound came from his ears.

In the midst of the roar, he finally managed to extract his old partner's cry of hatred: "What are you two talking about..."

It was too late to regret now. The two pilots who rushed up were quickly surrounded by another wave of military police, and were soon pushed to the ground and stamped on.

Mike looked back again, and this time the two military police did not stop him. He saw Iverson holding up the mini video recorder blankly, looking at the scene in front of him in disbelief that was completely beyond his cognition.

Everyone has heard of the "additional money package" for military courts, but even the most outrageous rumors are not far from the truth!

Who would have thought that human beings would hold the code of law high and create a sacred and magnificent court just to commit such a dirty and barbaric act!

If getting paid to do things, getting beaten up, and unjust, false and wrongful convictions are considered dark and dark things, then this brutal and violent scene in front of you has torn all disguises to pieces, allowing you to observe the extremely ugly things underneath. every moment, and not caring.

Why don't you care?

Mike opened his mouth to remind him, but was slapped to the ground by the military policeman next to him. He could only use the gap between the "prison cells" in the dock and his scarlet eyes to watch his old partner being raped. Three gendarmes rushed to him and pinned him down on the table.

"What are you going to do! We are all active-duty officers. According to the law, if I don't resist, you can't take coercive measures...ah!"

The military policeman broke his right wrist and snatched the miniature camera away.

"Damn, there's so much nonsense! Lieutenant, how did you bring your camera in?"

The captain of the gendarmerie was very experienced. He had not taken any action to prevent this situation.

Iverson's right hand was cut off abruptly. Regardless of whether he wanted to answer or not, he just screamed for a while.

The gendarmerie captain held the camera and wiped it on his white gloves twice. The white cloth was quickly stained with a little yellow.

He picked up the camera and put it under his nose to smell it, then immediately curled up his neck, pursed his lips, and fanned it with his other hand.

"Tsk! Another valley walker. I like it so much that I took off his pants and stuffed them back into his pants!"

"ah!"

Mike stared at this scene blankly. If the previous violence only made this supposedly sacred place a little darker and made it ironic, then this behavior has undoubtedly broken away from the scope of civilization. As for the specifics, How to describe it in words...I can't even think of the right words.

This is when, for the first time, the judge, who has always been sitting on the high court, hiding his body under the "holy" light, opened his mouth to comfort... maybe it was comfort.

"Don't blame yourself. They are not essentially implicated by you. You must have heard of the 'add money package', so you have no doubts. Why have there never been any witnesses?"

His playful tone naturally didn't allow Mike to say anything more, and of course Mike didn't have the energy or mood to talk nonsense.

So the judge continued to talk to himself:

"Since this kind of thing cannot be seen in the light, there should not be and cannot be witnesses, so you really don't need to blame yourself. Your comrades are destined to stay in the court from the moment they enter the court. Of course, we won't be so cruel. Well, most of them will be assigned to the reconstruction slave camp in East Asia."

The military police opened the prison cell and pulled Mike out.

"As for you, you will go to a dark place... Tsk! I didn't expect you to bring three people in. Well, I have to ask Lieutenant Colonel Lewis for three more money... Oh, yes, you must want to ask, if there are really many people coming in, more than a dozen, dozens of people, will we... Well, of course not, if that's the case, you will be acquitted. Well, no more words, goodbye."

…………

"Bangdang!"

The iron gate hit the wall on the side, making a loud noise, and the light from the corridor spilled in.

Mike raised his eyes listlessly, then squinted them. Now that there was a dazzling light, he felt a little drowsy and wanted to sleep.

"Pull him out."

He heard a strange voice... No, it can't be said to be completely strange. It seemed that he had heard it somewhere, but it must be uncommon.

The voice sounded a little old, at least not like someone in his twenties or thirties, no, not even forty years old, it should be fifty or sixty years old.

A person of this age, who had vaguely heard the voice, and could command the prison guards here, must not be a small character.

Despair and hope almost surged in his heart at the same time, but the despair was gradually overwhelmed by hope-

Lieutenant Colonel Lewis was not a man with great power and eyes. Even if he was, he would be angry that he disobeyed orders and deducted his impression points in the eyes of his superiors, and spent money to send himself to prison. There was no need, and he would not waste money and relationships to kill him.

So what came here was mostly a result that was beneficial to him.

But he felt that things should not be reversed so quickly, and even a reversal was impossible.

He had figured it out. The situation in the world was obvious to all. Although the coalition government did not say it, the emptiness caused by the 50% missing population was obvious to all.

This was already the end of the world. The end of the world would completely release the evil side of human nature, and before the pressure of survival was resolved, no one would pay attention to a captain pilot who was wrongfully imprisoned and his three comrades.

He was warned and dragged on the ground with his arms raised. Although there was a little hope in his mind, he still suppressed it and wanted to think about the worst -

This is also a kind of survival wisdom. As long as you look at the future with sufficient pessimism, life will always be full of surprises.

But when he saw the person who came to him clearly, he had only one thought in his mind - this surprise was a bit too big.

"Can you stand on your own?"

"Yes!"

Although he hadn't eaten for two days, Mike still shook off the prison guard who was supporting him, tried to straighten his body, and saluted:

"Hello, Minister Taro!"

But Taro didn't return the salute, just said coldly:

"Mike, your name is Mike, right? You have been stripped of your military position now, so you don't have to salute me."

It's not right for Mike to put his hand down immediately, and it's not right to continue saluting...

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense. I heard that you had very good grades in the military academy. You could have been assigned to one of the best fighter squadrons, but because you offended your teacher's nephew, you were assigned to a helicopter unit that was almost useless?"

"...Yes."

"As a result, you ended up like this because you disobeyed orders?"

"...Yes."

"Hehe, to be honest, I admire people like you, but I don't like people like you. But now there is no way. There is an experiment that requires the selection of personnel from excellent pilots to participate. There are only thirteen people who meet the corresponding data standards. The first twelve trash have failed. You are the last one..."

"Can I ask... what experiment is it?"

Mike asked cautiously. "Heh, anyway, it's related to the Fire Moth."

"It's the organization that fights against the collapse..."

Mike fell into deep thought. He roughly understood the confrontation between the United Government and the Fire Moth. Of course, he didn't want to get involved, but...

"You have no choice. Promise me now, I will overturn your case, along with your three comrades, and throw that Lieutenant Colonel Lewis to where you were just now - provided that you can survive the upcoming experiment."

"Can I think about it..."

"No, time is tight, and the specific results must be shown tomorrow morning. There are only thirteen minutes left before the experiment begins. It took me nineteen minutes to get here from the experimental base by helicopter, so I want you to promise me now, come with me or go back to the cell?"