“Oh, right, Boss, the situation here might be a bit different from what we initially predicted…”
Selena adjusted her breathing and then reported all her experiences before and after entering the [Impossible City] in detail.
Finally, she woke up with some worry and said, "Boss, even without considering the other pure-blood vampire leaders, those heavily armored warriors alone are likely to become the biggest obstacle for us to take this place."
“Vampires whose strength is comparable to Thunder Warriors? Interesting.”
Karl wasn't worried about this. A confident smile appeared on his face, and he softly comforted her, "Don't worry, if it's just this level, it's not enough to affect my plan."
“And it just so happens that I can use them to test the actual combat performance of the Phase 2 and Phase 3 Thunder Warriors…”
“What's more, have you forgotten? We still have a trump card in our hands!”
“Trump card?” Selena was confused, and couldn't figure out what the "trump card" her boss was talking about.
But his calm and composed tone was like a divine needle that stabilized the sea, directly sweeping away all the doubts and worries in her heart.
Since the Boss said it's okay, then there will definitely be no problem!
Yes, that's right, that's how it is!
“But since someone is already targeting you, then don't act rashly for the time being.”
Karl carefully instructed, "Put the internal exploration on hold for now. Right now, you just need to draw the magic teleportation array before the [Centennial Meeting] begins."
“As for whether to take action to seize it, or wait and see, we have to wait until I successfully obtain the [Undying Trait] before making a decision.”
“Okay.”
Selena knew that this was a temporary strategic adjustment made by her boss because he was worried about the safety of the three of them, and she couldn't help but feel a warmth in her heart. She responded sweetly with a hint of shyness, "I understand~~"
After Karl's voice completely subsided in her mind.
She lifted the soft fur carpet on the ground, bit her fingertip, and used blood to start drawing the "Tzeentch's Magic Teleportation Array" that Karl had shown her before on the ground.
Suddenly, her movements stopped abruptly, as if she had thought of something embarrassing.
A blush suddenly appeared on her originally fair face, and she bit her lip shyly, muttering to herself:
“Oh no, since my consciousness can successfully connect with the Boss, doesn't that mean that the shameful scenes I imagined of doing… cough cough, those things with the Boss, would he know everything?”
“Ah~~ I'm so embarrassed, will the Boss think I'm a bad woman?”
……
At the same time.
Somewhere in the waters near [Detroit·Belle Isle].
At this moment, Karl, who was lying on the upper deck of a luxury yacht enjoying the sun, after ending his "cross-dimensional video call" with Selena.
Was preparing to activate his powerful [Mind Perception] ability to continue monitoring the movements in a secret altar on [Belle Isle].
In order to avoid alerting the enemy in advance, he did not choose to invade the minds of the vampires guarding the altar.
Instead, he merely used his perception ability to confirm their number, location, and actions.
At this moment, the phone placed aside suddenly rang.
He glanced at it, and it turned out to be General Ross.
“What's the matter?” Karl answered the phone and said lazily.
“Mr. Karl, some emergencies may require your and King Kong's help.”
General Ross cleared his throat and then said quickly, "Just a few hours ago, a newly emerged Level 2 Kaiju attacked [Manila], causing large-scale destruction and casualties."
“Subsequently, [Philippines] issued an emergency assistance request to the [White House]. Therefore, President Ellis notified the [Department of Defense], hoping that you could send King…"
The "Level 2 Kaiju" in General Ross's mouth is a brand-new concept recently proposed by Dr. Spai Sheffiel, the chief scientist of the [PPDC Organization].
From a biological point of view, combined with the first Kaiju and the Titan monsters that had appeared before, he roughly divided the Kaiju into five levels.
The grading standard is very simple and crude, which is to directly divide according to the size, weight, and comprehensive destructive power of a giant beast.
Simply put, the larger the size, the higher the weight, and the stronger the destructive power of the Kaiju, the higher the level!
According to this standard, the [PPDC Organization] rated the Kaiju code-named "Trespasser" that invaded [San Francisco] a few months ago as a [Level 2] monster.
The Kaiju code-named "Chaos" that appeared in [Manila] is also listed as a [Level 2] monster.
This is enough to show its huge threat!
If it is not handled properly, I am afraid that [Manila]… no, the entire [Philippines] is likely to become a second [San Francisco].
However, the backward weapons in the hands of the [Philippine] army cannot cause any substantial damage to this Kaiju.
And they don't have superheroes like Homelander and the [Avengers] there?
What's more, even if there are, it's mostly useless!
[Philippines] doesn't want to see its capital turned into a dead city like [San Francisco] by [Toxic Blue Blood].
After all, the country's financial, industrial, trade and many other important areas are almost all concentrated in [Manila].
Once this place is hit by a devastating blow, the [Philippine] economy will directly degenerate into the "primitive era" of monkeys climbing trees to pick bananas.
And the most reliable way right now is naturally to apply for the [Didi Daidai service] and hire [Ape God] at a cost to deal with this Kaiju!
So [Philippines] chose to ask its good father [America] for help at the first time.
After all, almost everyone knows that the [Department of Defense]… no, to be precise, it should be General Ross, now holds Karl Mara's thick thighs and has publicly supported him at the UN conference!
So in the eyes of the [Philippine] high-level officials, as long as they are willing to pay, that man will definitely extend a helping hand.
Even General Ross thinks so!
However.
Before he could finish speaking, he heard Karl on the other end of the phone directly refuse, "Can't help, let those wild monkeys go to the [PPDC Organization]!"
“Ah?”
General Ross was stunned when he heard this. Obviously, he didn't expect the other party to refuse so decisively.
Karl had previously promised that he would help [America] and its allies solve the crisis at a cost when monsters appeared?
And [Philippines] is precisely one of [America]'s allies.
However, with General Ross's understanding of Karl, he knew that the other party would never refuse such a "lucrative job" for no reason.
After all, [Manila]'s annual GDP is at least more than 90 billion, even if only 3% is charged as remuneration, that is a full billion US dollars!
If 10% is charged, that is 9 billion US dollars…
Don't talk about robbing a bank, even printing money is not as fast as this.
After a little contemplation, General Ross tentatively asked, "Mr. Karl, can I ask the reason why you made this decision?"
“The reason is very simple.” Karl gave the answer without hesitation, "Those wild monkeys previously voted in favor of sanctioning [Sokovia] at the UN conference!"
“I see.”
General Ross suddenly understood, recalling the absurd scene that happened at the UN conference before, and then changed his previous attitude and said firmly:
“Mr. Karl, your reasons are well-founded, this is completely the result of [Philippines]'s own fault…”
“Please rest assured, no matter what happens, I and the [Department of Defense] will always stand by your side, I will call President Ellis to inform him of the final result.”
Although he said this, General Ross still silently wrote a warning in his heart for the first time: Don't easily offend Karl Mara, because he is very vengeful!!
This old fox is very sensible!
The corners of Karl's mouth raised slightly in an arc, obviously very satisfied with General Ross's answer.
Although the relationship between the two is only a relationship of mutual use.
But it has to be said that General Ross's courage to choose to stand on Karl's side at a critical moment and make a decisive decision is indeed worthy of appreciation.
So…
Karl decided to reward him with a little sweetness!
“General Ross, as a partner, I would like to remind you that perhaps the real crisis is not from that Kaiju!”
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Karl then said the names of seven cities in a row, and then hung up the phone directly.
What should be said has already been said.
After all, the other party is not Karl's subordinate, so it is enough to stop there.
As for whether he can seize this opportunity in the end, it depends on General Ross's own fortune.
“……”
General Ross looked at the phone whose screen was gradually dimming, and remained silent for a long time.
Just when everyone around him was guessing that he would be furious because of being rejected, General Ross, who seemed to have thought of something, suddenly laughed out loud with a look of rejoicing.
“Hahaha, it seems that I have bet right again this time!!”
General Ross had obviously reacted. The last reminder just now was Karl deliberately responding to his previous statement of position… or it could be said to be a reward!
It's just that he needs to analyze what will happen in those cities as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, General Ross quickly asked his men to bring a map and circled the seven cities Karl had just said with a marker pen.
They are [Green Bay], [Chicago], [Cincinnati], [Huntington], [Winchester], [Binghamton], and [Kingston].
“What exactly will it be?”
Looking at the seemingly unrelated cities on the map, General Ross couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
First of all, what can be certain is that with his understanding of Karl's character, the other party would never talk nonsense about such things.
Then that is to say…
In the next seven cities, there will probably be some major events that are far more dangerous than the Kaiju invasion?
Are there seven powerful Titan monsters that will appear at the same time?
No.
The probability of this situation occurring can be said to be very small!
Then what will it be?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in General Ross's mind, and he keenly grasped a clue.
“Wait a minute, could it be related to that group of damn vampires?”
General Ross then ordered his men to retrieve all the information related to vampires that had occurred in the past month or so on the internal network.
Sure enough.
All of the above seven cities had recently experienced a large-scale riot caused by vampires.
However, in the end, they were all successfully suppressed.
General Ross couldn't help but feel a little confused.
If it's just vampires, then logically speaking, the threat should be far less than that of a Kaiju, right?
Is there anything else?
For example… the "demon" that appeared in [Hell's Kitchen]?
Forget it, no matter what, let's seize the time to deploy troops around those cities first!
General Ross immediately decided to make a big gamble.
If he wins the bet, he will become famous and make further progress!
If he loses the bet, he will simply resign!
And this upcoming crisis may be a disaster for ordinary people, a disaster that will destroy their families.
But for speculators like General Ross, this is undoubtedly a God-given opportunity to further consolidate their position and take the opportunity to expand their personal public influence.
As long as it is handled properly, perhaps his military career, which is about to end, will usher in an unprecedented second spring!
Thinking of this.
Even General Ross, whose mind has always been known for its calmness and sophistication, couldn't help but feel a little excited.
At the same time, he was secretly rejoicing in his heart.
It is no exaggeration to say that holding Karl's thick thighs is definitely the most correct choice he has made in his entire career.
At this time, a staff member whispered to remind, "General, President Ellis personally called to ask when King Kong will go to [Manila] for assistance. [Philippines] is about to blow up the [White House]'s phone…"
“The timing of the call is just right.” General Ross's eyes lit up, and after answering the phone, he directly reported before the other party could speak:
“Mr. President, I think we really can't help with [Philippines]'s request this time… because there will be an even bigger crisis waiting for us to solve soon!”
……
[PPDC Headquarters].
“What did you say? The [Department of Defense] actually rejected [Philippines]'s request for help?” Stacker Pentecost glared, surprised and angry, “Aren't they allies?”
The staff shrugged with a bitter face, "Sir, General Ross said that the [PPDC Organization] is a special institution established specifically to deal with Kaiju, and [Philippines] is a member state, so the [PPDC Organization] should assume its responsibilities and obligations at this time."
“Bullshit!” Stacker Pentecost couldn't help but curse, shouting indignantly:
That son of a bitch Ross! He knows damn well our Hunter Mech isn't ready. He's clearly trying to make us look like fools in front of the other member states!
Hmph, does he really think that without your Defense Ministry acting as a go-between, I can't resolve this crisis?
