——But now I am afraid that what the King in Yellow has discovered is only applicable to people who grew up in the Chinese cultural background.
Johnny looked at the long list of people around the King in Yellow on his tablet.
Apart from the Japanese Kikuri Komachi and Shiraizumi, there were only the French Jeanne de Caroline and Josephine - a German whose real name seemed to be Claudia.
Jeanne has been with the King in Yellow for a long time, but has not awakened.
Maybe this has something to do with the fact that Jeanne doesn’t know Chinese.
Johnny thought.
Regardless of whether the method discovered by the King in Yellow is only effective for people in the Chinese cultural circle, the United States should send students to study abroad - provided that they recruit international students.
Even if we don't recruit foreign students, we can still send observers in the name of the world government.
The King in Yellow shouldn't be so bad as to reject even the World Government's observers.
While Johnny was thinking about all this, a live interview was still being broadcast on TV.
The female reporter then asked the King in Yellow: "What kind of institution will this academy be in the future?"
The King in Yellow smiled at the camera and said: "Have you seen the Harry Potter films? I thought it would be a fantasy school like Hogwarts.
“In the future, this school will not only train practitioners, but also various talents in the research of spiritual science, so even if you are 20 years old now, you can apply to my school.
"We especially welcome talents in materials science, applied chemistry and electronic computers to study for a master's degree here. In addition, we will also recruit students majoring in ancient Chinese literature and archaeology."
Johnny was shocked.
——From this subject setting, it can be seen that the King in Yellow has definitely discovered something.
Johnny became more and more convinced.
——It makes sense that Shadow and the Vigilante value the King in Yellow so much.
With this conviction, Johnny became more resolute in his judgment of the film.
The internal logic of his series of psychological activities is this: Shadow is such an awesome organization, and they think that the King in Yellow is also awesome. Now that it has been proven that the King in Yellow is really awesome, it means that Shadow is indeed an awesome organization.
Look, what perfect internal logic!
Johnny had no doubt about his thoughts at all.
——No matter what, we should place our own people in the academy established by the King in Yellow.
- Although the CIA and NSA have already spent a huge amount of budget to deal with Shadow's next move and to protect the President from the threat of Shadow's space attack, we still have to find a way to let them do this.
——Moreover, I have a feeling that Ying will definitely send spies into this school. This may be an opportunity to catch Ying's fox tail.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Johnny's face.
**
At the same time, the whole world was watching Masha's live interview.
Japan's Prime Minister and other ministers watched the live broadcast together in the conference room on the third floor of the Prime Minister's Office.
The Prime Minister asked directly: "Can we send international students to this college?"
"We are communicating with the embassy," the foreign minister replied immediately, "but they don't seem to have received any instructions from China, and don't know whether they can send students."
At this time, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said: "We don't need to worry about whether their academy accepts students or not. The Yellow King is a pervert. We just need to continue to send daughters from various shrine families there.
"The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has drawn up a long list of girls who can be sent now, and is now visiting each of them to confirm their parents' wishes and the girls' own looks. It should be able to select a group of beautiful girls with similar identities and backgrounds to Kikuri Komachi soon."
The Prime Minister nodded: "That makes sense. A SSS-rank like the Yellow King should have a considerable degree of freedom to act. Now that his status has been unprecedentedly improved, as long as he likes, no one should be able to stop him from pulling a girl to his side."
As soon as the Prime Minister finished speaking, someone whispered in a puzzled voice: "Will the newspapers accuse us of fawning on China?"
"Well, now some radical media are criticizing us for sending Kikuri and Komachi to arrange a marriage."
"If we continue to send more girls, the opposition in parliament will probably raise questions, and maybe even hold hearings and parliamentary debates."
"Those opposition parties only care about their own interests and don't consider the fate of our country, Japan!"
Everyone started talking about it.
The Prime Minister coughed to suppress all discussions, then took a deep breath and said, "This is a serious matter, so I can't worry about it. I will focus on the academy's admissions standards while selecting girls who can continue to be sent to Greater China."
**
Similarly, heated discussions were taking place in the French presidential residence - the fact that French politicians were still discussing this matter after get off work was enough to show how important it was.
French President Carteron said: "I don't understand, the Japanese sent their girls at the same time as us, how come their girls are awakened? Didn't our intelligence agencies say that the King in Yellow dotes on our girls?"
"Yes, it is indeed pampered, but obviously there is no necessary connection between awakening and pampering."
"Is that so? But I remember someone telling me that gaining the favor of the Yellow King is the purpose of this operation?" Carteron looked at the head of the Army Intelligence Department.
The head of Army Intelligence shrugged. "We were not responsible for this project. Although we did send people to participate... it was not our responsibility."
Carteron turned his head and looked at another senior executive in charge of intelligence at the conference table: "What about you? This is your responsibility, right?"
"Yes, but when we made the plan, we didn't know that the Yellow King had the ability to induce awakening."
"You don't know? Then why did you make this plan?" Carteron asked in surprise.
"It's to persuade the Yellow King to join our side. That's why they emphasize choosing a girl who will be favored..."
"So is the girl we chose favored?" Carteron asked.
"Got it, obviously."
"Then the plan should have succeeded. Has the King in Yellow been turned against us?"
"No, not really. Being loved is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition..."
"But you have already spent a lot of the budget!" Carteron reminded.
"Yes, but this is an espionage operation. You can't get the desired results just by spending the budget... Investing in espionage operations is a relatively high-risk behavior."
Carteron stared at the head of the intelligence department with his mouth half open. Perhaps he really didn't expect such words to come out of the mouth of a head of an intelligence department - did he not want next year's budget?
Even if this is true, you can't say that.
Carteron sighed and said, "Forget it. There's no point in worrying about this. Now I want to know, is there any way for us to get our people into this school?"
The ministers looked at each other, and then one of them suggested: "Perhaps we should borrow Platform 9 / from the British?"
"Now is a serious moment, I don't need humor!"
"Oh, but the reason I keep getting elected is because I'm funny."
Although the cabinet members were appointed by Carteron himself, before being appointed, these cabinet members were political animals who had experienced many years of ups and downs in election campaigns.
Maybe someday in the future, they will try to make an impact on the position where Carteron is sitting now.
Carteron sighed and asked others: "Are there any more constructive suggestions?"
"In fact," the head of the Army Intelligence Bureau spoke up, "maybe we just need to register and enroll normally."
"It's easy for you to say that. Will the Chinese give up their secrets so easily?" Someone at the table immediately objected.
"If they don't do this, the World Government will put pressure on them and send observers. I think between having the World Government send observers and accepting international students, they should choose international students." The man from the Army Intelligence Bureau said confidently.
Carteron glanced at the foreign minister and said, "Keep in touch with the Chinese and pay close attention to whether they will accept international students. The work of screening the international students to be sent will also begin immediately. This time, don't send silly vases. Send ones that can play a role!"
**
Jeanne sneezed loudly, attracting everyone's attention.
"Are you okay?" the league secretary asked in Chinese.
Without Shelley present, none of the group understood French. Masha could now barely speak a few words, but only barely.
Jeanna smiled at the league secretary and waved her hand to indicate that she was fine and not to worry.
Away from the crowd, Masha, Xiao Shi and Chihiro continued to brag in front of the camera.
**
In Downing Street, the UK, the Prime Minister, Ms. M and various ministers were watching the live broadcast together - using the Chinese-made TV in the Prime Minister's office.
"The Japanese girl has awakened, and she's at SSS level. What I want to know is, if our agents hadn't betrayed us, would they have also awakened to S level or above?" asked Ms. Prime Minister Mei.
Ms. M looked at the Prime Minister and reminded him, "Now our agent has also awakened, and is above S-level, although she has rebelled."
"Well, okay. What I mean is, suppose we send a well-educated and obedient girl to Masha for study, will she awaken?"
"The French have not awakened, Prime Minister." Ms. M reminded, "After all, we cannot confirm whether this is a hoax or whether awakening can really be induced artificially."
"So you're suggesting we wait and see?" asked Ms. Berry.
“No, I suggest sending someone to investigate this matter, but don’t send agents. We don’t have that many well-trained children under the age of 19 to send.
"I suggest selecting ordinary teenagers between the ages of ten and eighteen and sending them to the academy for screening. This way we can roughly infer their screening criteria by comparing the characteristics of those selected.
"Then we can question those who have passed the screening when they return to the UK for reasons such as the Christmas holidays, and find out bit by bit what Masha has done in this school."
Ms. Berry nodded. "You make sense. If no one objects, let's do it."
**
Almost all countries have decided to send international students to Masha's school.
However, no country is clear whether the Masha school accepts international students.
Masha was still taking the interview slowly, answering questions one by one.
But among the questions that Jiang Yanran prepared, there was no one about international students.
After asking the last question, Jiang Yanran said to Masha, Xiaomi, Qianxun and the others, "I have asked all my questions. Thank you for accepting the interview."
Masha smiled and said, "You're welcome. By the way, there is one more thing I forgot to mention. Our school has not built a single building yet, and even the foundation has not been laid yet. So you don't have to rush to enroll. It will probably be September next year when the school starts recruiting students."
Jiang Yanran was shocked: "Do we have to wait that long?"
"Not necessarily. It depends on the progress of the project." Masha spread his hands. "We can't let the students sleep in tents, right?"
"But, shouldn't practicing Buddhism be a form of hardship?" Jiang Yanran asked doubtfully.
"We have not yet found evidence that suffering can help awakening, so we will first complete the school's infrastructure construction and then recruit students."
"I see..." Jiang Yanran nodded, "I thought this academy would build a few thatched huts and start teaching, teaching and building at the same time."
"How can we build a thatched hut? The wind is so strong here. If we really build a few huts to start teaching, we will be recreating the scene in Mr. Du Fu's "Song of the Thatched Hut Destroyed by the Autumn Wind"."
Masha glanced at the white peaks of the Tibetan area in the distance and thought that although he could not see the Western Ridge, he did have the artistic conception of "the snow covering the eternity" in the window.
Jiang Yanran: "Then, Master Ma, do you have anything else to say to the audience?"
"No more. I hope everyone can wake up as soon as possible and their wishes will come true."
Jiang Yanran: "Thank you for your blessing."
She turned to the camera. "And that's it for the entire interview, studio."
Jiang Yanran waited for a few seconds to hear what was going on in the studio before saying to the camera, "Goodbye."
The on-site director gave a thumbs up.
Jiang Yanran let out a sigh of relief.
Masha turned around and walked towards the on-site commander who was waiting in the distance.
"I'm Masha," Masha said in a hoarse voice before she even approached the man, "You've been transferred to the 800th Agency, did you know that?"
"Yes." The commander nodded. "My name is Wang Jian. I was the leader of the first action group in the original area, and now I am the commander of this area. My team members have also been transferred to the 800th agency as a whole."
"I'm from the 800 Agency... er," Masha was embarrassed. His official title hadn't been decided yet, so he didn't know what his official title was. "Anyway, I'm the head of the 800 Agency, codenamed 803. Unfortunately, I'm not a criminal police officer."
Wang Jian had a serious look on his face and seemed not to get Masha's joke at all.
Masha could only continue: "How many hands do I have now?"
"There are 60 people on the scene, including eight people with super powers. Now the super powers are working in four shifts to patrol the air. Among the remaining people, 12 are from the combat team, and the rest are logistics personnel and engineers. We have placed snipers on the nearby mountains, but..."
Wang Jian spread his hands.
"The valley is full of fog, and you can't see anything clearly. The valley floor is basically in a state of no alert. I suggest you rest on the floating island. We have already built a tent. This damn place has granite on the ground, so it's really difficult to build a tent. But the tents that are built are very sturdy, after all, the ropes and brackets are nailed to the granite."
Masha waved her hand: "Don't worry, I have my own world in the car. Are there only 60 people under my command? That's not right. I heard from Secretary Zhuo that there are more than this..."
"Yes, there are more than that. There is a pontoon brigade and an aviation brigade that have also been incorporated into the 800th agency, but they are now in a town dozens of kilometers away from here. There is also an engineering brigade on the way here, preparing to repair the road from the nearest village to here."
"It sounds like there's a road to the nearby village."
"It's been many years since every village had roads, but the quality of the roads is still unknown..." Wang Jian shrugged, "The engineers will take care of it. Before that, our supplies basically relied on air transport, so I think the fewer people here, the better."
