Chapter 207: Wolfsbane (97k)

"I think you have dealt with the three extraordinary people."

An estate near Edmonton that was Thornburg's temporary residence.

He doesn't like living in the city, and the singing of birds in the fields on the farm makes him feel more relaxed.

In the living room, the masked man sitting on the sofa turned his head to look at Sandberg who came into the room and guessed confidently.

Sandberg was silent for a few seconds: "They ran away."

"Run away? It seems something unexpected happened." The masked man's subtle movements seemed to show some surprise.

"There is a superhuman named Jaden in there. His strength does not match the information you provided. He is very strong." To be honest, because of this omission, he felt that the credibility of the masked man increased slightly.

"Oh, then how did you get away with it?" The masked man didn't seem to feel any guilt.

"He didn't know why, but he had no intention of killing me."

Sandberg recalled the situation at that time. The man had glanced at him and clearly recognized him, but he still gave up the idea of ​​killing him and chose to cover the retreat of his teammates.

What's even more strange is that just after they arrived near the suburbs, another extraordinary person named Jacob handed the injured person to Jaden, and despite his injuries, he killed the werewolves he sent to chase them. According to the people who came back, Jaden was watching from the side at the time.

In short, the actions of these two people are very puzzling, or is there a conflict between them?

The masked man nodded. "No one can be omniscient, right? If he is deliberately hiding something, I would not know it even if I am well-informed. I only provide superficial information. I told you this in advance. I hope you can abide by the agreement."

"Yes, if my people find any trace of the Black Angel, I will inform you immediately." Sandberg did not deny his debt. This was the reward for providing information as the masked man had mentioned in advance.

"Wise decisions and credit are the basis of cooperation." The masked man leaned back on the sofa with satisfaction.

"Why do you think Jaden is hiding his abilities?"

"If you need, I can help you investigate, as long as you are willing to pay." The masked man didn't actually need any reward, but that didn't stop him from pretending to need it to help his plan. "If the reward is enough, I can even make those extraordinary people hostile to each other."

"I can also see that there seems to be a lot of conflict between them."

"But you can't instigate their conflict to escalate, right?"

"Are you sure you can do it?"

“I don’t sell non-existent goods or bad checks.”

Sandberg didn't respond, he didn't completely believe the masked man yet.

"You said before that killing the commander-in-chief is the most effective way to break the current situation in the Natural Kingdom. Don't you think this will not arouse the resistance of their people?"

His concerns are not without reason. No matter how you look at it, the assassination of a leader is a trampling on the dignity of the country. Anyone with a sense of identity will be angry.

The masked man seemed to be sneering silently: "You don't understand Amei, nor do you understand the mouthpiece."

"The first step is to announce today's tragedy to the outside world, condemn the willful leader, and explain that you have always wanted to seek peace and bring health and longevity to everyone, but have been obstructed by the leader many times."

"The second step is to have the Prime Minister of Maple Kingdom in your hands. Reorganize the Maple Kingdom government under your control and be willing to start peace talks with him, return most of the land and only retain some autonomy. Anyway, you are definitely not naive enough to want to establish a country, you are just thinking about a compromise in the negotiations."

"The third step is to contact the family behind Amei. They are the actual rulers, but you don't need their help. You just need them to stand aside and watch, and follow whoever wins. Health and longevity are your best bargaining chips. Even if they have concerns, they will not reject your existence in the world. Give them a layer of insurance."

"Finally, if you still feel that this is not enough, you can entrust me to make the cooperation between Amei Chaofan fall apart, and you only need to make the commander-in-chief die accidentally."

"Believe me, there will be countless people who will come out to clean up your mess. Profits are eternal. Don't think of the position of the commander-in-chief as too sacred."

Sandberg stared at him for a while: "You seem to be very positive about this matter."

"That's right, because this way I can also benefit from it." The masked man said frankly.

"Are you one of those families?" Sandberg continued to ask.

The masked man didn't answer, just looked at him quietly.

"I hope everything goes as you said, so what reward do you need?"

"Give me some obedient werewolves. I may need their help when the time comes."

Sandberg did not bargain. Compared with the benefits the other party could bring, he thought the price was acceptable, even lower than his psychological expectations.

"The Great Commander will soon launch an all-out war. I wish you good luck and hope our cooperation will last forever."

The masked man said goodbye, and his entire body seemed to melt into a pool of mercury-like substance, slowly seeping into the ground.

Sandberg paced the room a few times and then left.

"Go to the 'Soul House.'

That was Augustus's experimental site.

In Japan, Ricky's face suddenly turned red inside the base, and then he coughed violently. He covered his mouth with a handkerchief that he had prepared earlier to block the blood that he coughed out.

"Sure enough, it's still a bit reluctant."

The injury caused to him by Shirai Anko not long ago has not yet healed. If the time had not been right, he would not have arranged for the puppet to go so far away. This would be acceptable to him under normal circumstances, but it would be very difficult for him when he was injured.

"Although there was the accident of the Black Angel, the overall timing is still on my side. The next thing is the location."

Richie's eyes moved to the exquisite architectural model on the table that symbolized power. He picked it up gently and looked at it carefully over and over again, never getting tired of it.

He raised his head to look at the west wing of the building, and through the window he seemed to see the Oval Office inside.

White palace.

Inside the Oval Office.

The commander-in-chief has just learned that the mission has failed.

"It's not surprising. No one was killed, which is the best news. Those blood-sucking bugs have already infiltrated the country. Even what I'm saying now may appear on their desks later. In the worst case, they may be listening to me and criticizing me." The commander-in-chief looked up at William, who was standing opposite him, looking at his nose and his heart, as if he was thinking about something important. He waved his hand, "I'm not talking about you."

"Thank you for your trust, Commander-in-Chief." William thanked him formally.

The commander-in-chief was already accustomed to William's caution.

"The news mentioned that Norton and Jacob were both seriously injured, and only Jaden was almost intact," the commander-in-chief said meaningfully.

"I think this is just a coincidence. Jaden would not do anything to betray me." William's remarks were consistent with his status.

To put it mildly, he and Jaden could be considered former colleagues, and they had dealt with each other several times. Logically, they should avoid suspicion, but he knew that the commander-in-chief might not really be suspicious, he just had a little doubt.

"I didn't say he betrayed me, but... maybe he had some secret thoughts." The commander-in-chief touched the drawer. The report about the extraordinary people there showed that Jaden had expressed his dissatisfaction with him on some occasions. Later, after he followed Ricky, he seemed to have turned over a new leaf and never showed it again.

Is it true that they no longer have any dissatisfaction, or have they become smart enough to keep their mouths shut?
It was also this report that made him not consider placing Jaden alone with him and reusing Jacob, who was at odds with him.

Ability is important, but in the eyes of those in power, loyalty always comes first.

At present, he still has a chance to choose, but after a few more commanders, he doubts that he will even be qualified to choose.

"Do you also think I'm suspicious?" The commander-in-chief said self-deprecatingly.

"Proving our loyalty is a compulsory course for us as subordinates. There are too many things to consider in the position of commander-in-chief, and we can't take care of everything." William's words were sincere, but they sounded strange, like he was praising a worker who worked overtime for no pay.

"Hahaha, kid, now I understand why Richie values ​​you so much." The commander-in-chief laughed a few times, amused by this point of view.

"I really mean it." William added seriously.

"Yes, that's right, serious as that." The commander laughed for a while, then coughed a few times to regain his image, "Ahem, you go ahead and do your work. By the way, help me call Jamie in."

Walking out of the Oval Office, William said something to Jamie who was sitting at the door, then walked towards his office.

His palms were already wet.

After integrating all the currently known information, he vaguely made some bold guesses about Ricky's plan, but the direction was too horrifying, even he could not accept it, let alone speak nonsense.

"Probably not." Returning to his seat and wiping the sweat from his palms, he muttered to himself, thinking about Lieutenant General Richie's low-key and decisive style.

The next day.

On behalf of the Natural Kingdom, Sandberg expressed his vision of peace to the world, saying that he had never forced Maple Kingdom to use war, and that it was the people's call that established the Natural Kingdom. They were working to bring more diverse colors to the world, to open up a new extraordinary era, and to help most people get rid of the troubles of illness.

But Commander Ami brutally launched a decapitation operation against them and harmed a large number of civilians (video attached). He is simply an unforgivable executioner and has committed war crimes in the natural kingdom.

Sandberg listed him as a war criminal, issued a wanted order, and announced that whoever could arrest him would gain eternal life along with his whole family.

The news made the President so angry that he almost had a stroke. He accelerated the arrangements for the troops and asked the media to begin refuting each point one by one. However, for some reason, the heat did not seem to be as high as he had imagined.

Later, Sandberg stood up and said that he had found the Prime Minister of Maple Country and returned most of the land to him so that he could re-form the government. He called on officials outside the country to return quickly and urged Amei to withdraw from Maple Country's territory unconditionally and not to think about occupying the magpie's nest.

The Maple Nation’s leadership team in exile in Ami was stunned. Ah, I became a rebel in the blink of an eye?!

How can this work!
He must be manipulated! We are the orthodox ones!
However, a large number of families that had originally jumped to the Natural Kingdom jumped back to Maple Kingdom again, including the main force of Maple Kingdom.

The commander-in-chief was completely calm, as if he was watching a joke.

He will let the other side know that in this world, force has the final say.

A week later.

The Ameiduo army marched together, taking a cannibalistic approach, ignoring the opposition of the "Maple Country", and steadily advancing. Whenever they entered a place, they would forcibly seize control, and do their best to eliminate the werewolves that might be hiding in the area, and screen all the people. It was just confusing that the Wolf Lord seemed to have completely given up resistance, and did not deploy a single werewolf in the occupied town. It seemed that he had already retreated and truly returned the town to the Maple Country.

The army advanced effortlessly and encountered no large-scale resistance at all, which instead made the commander worried that the enemy was plotting something, so he advanced more cautiously and step by step.

It wasn't until a few days later that the controlled town finally caught the first werewolf.

"No, I'm not a werewolf! I've never even seen a werewolf!"

"Stop making excuses! Look at yourself in the mirror!"

Inside a house in a residential area, several soldiers pointed their guns nervously at the man who was tightly entangled in the capture net and kept crying out for justice. They waved their hands to ask the frightened family members of the man to move aside and not stop them from catching the werewolf.

The man looked at the black muzzle of the gun, then looked at his family who were retreating with the child in their arms, and slowly turned his head to look towards the window in disbelief.

A strange face covered with gray fur, like some special mask, appeared before him. Even the mouth bulged forward slightly.

He tried to stretch out his hand to pull it, and it hurt so much that even gray wolf hair grew on the back of his hand.

Impossible, impossible, I obviously don't have
"Ouch——"

Outside the window, a wolf howled suddenly and the sound reached his ears.

Flesh and blood, hunting
It was as if a string had snapped in his mind.

"Awoo!" He suddenly started to scream and struggled more violently. He stared at the soldiers in front of him with bloodthirsty eyes and bit the strong net ropes.

"Is there any more outside?" The team leader frowned. "Thomas, take someone to check it out."

"Yes!"

A soldier walked out and followed the sound with the two people guarding outside.

The captain, who also had children at home, saw the mother and son hugging each other and crying, and felt compassion. He walked a little closer, squatted down, touched the head of the boy who seemed to be crying while hugging his mother, and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, we will protect you."

The boy shuffled his body and slowly turned his head.

The captain's eyes suddenly widened.

He saw a gray, hairy face!
This boy is also a werewolf!
"howl!"

The boy scratched the captain's wrist and rushed towards him madly.

"Damn it!" He kicked the child away.

"Howl!!" Even the mother rushed over.

puff!

The teammate behind him fired his net gun in time, and the impact force took the mother and son away and tied them up.

The captain had just been helped up by his teammates and had no time to catch his breath when he heard Thomas' screams through his headphones.

"Captain! Werewolves! So many werewolves! All those residents are wolves—ah!"

They didn't even need headphones to hear the screams.

Several people looked at each other, feeling something was wrong.

Outside, gunshots started to rang out, probably from other teams.

Then, there were more and more screams.

"Go back to the barracks!"

The captain made a prompt decision and rushed out with his team members.

At this moment, the dark streets were filled with green eyeballs, like a group of fireflies.

They seemed to have smelled fresh flesh and blood, and came roaring like zombies.

"Free fire!"

Throwing away the net gun and drawing the assault rifle, the team opened fire on the attacking werewolves.

But the other party seemed to be fearless and would attack them as long as they were not dead.

"what!"

"Don't bother, hurry up."

After finally getting on the bus, one of the team members was grabbed by the calf and left with a bleeding mark.

Chu Chu Chu!
The captain pulled him into the car and kept urging him: "Drive! Drive quickly!"

Feng!
The harsh sound of the tires rubbing against each other and the roar of the engine played in harmony. The light infantry vehicle rushed out, driven by its powerful horsepower, and banged into countless people before it finally carved out a bloody path.

The car windows were covered in blood, the tires seemed to be slipping, and the soldier driving was almost driving blindly, activating the wipers in a panic.

"Captain, are we going straight back to the barracks?"

"team leader?"

The co-pilot turned around and saw the captain's face, which had grown gray hair at some point. He was staring at him with saliva dripping from his mouth. He was immediately frightened out of his wits.

"howl!"

The captain pounced.

"what--"

Zizi-bang!

The car hit a wall, and the inside kept heaving, then slowly calmed down.

In less than a few minutes, several werewolves came out of the car, sniffed, howled a few times, and ran on all fours towards the military camp.

There, gunshots continued to be heard.

".It's a terrible effect. Is this what you call 'pharmacy'? It's really not some biochemical virus that destroys the world?"

On a hill not far from the town, Sandberg put down the telescope and looked at his partner again.

"Wolfsbane potion is made by diluting wolf blood and certain ingredients. Its advantages are that it is colorless and odorless. As long as the quantity is sufficient, it can pollute the water source. It is still effective even after passing through water plants and high temperatures, and it can also be transmitted through blood. Its disadvantage is that it lasts for a limited time, and it will only be effective when the number of infections reaches a certain scale." Augustus spoke frankly about the advantages and disadvantages of the potion.

Extraordinary pharmacy is a mysterious new branch that he discovered from divine grace.

It’s just that this knowledge relies too much on extraordinary items, creatures and a large number of experiments. The current Wolfsbane Potion 1.0 is the latest and only result.

"Amei secretly captured a werewolf and conducted cruel experiments, which resulted in the leakage of a biological virus that infected the entire town." Thornburg chose his words carefully. "What do you think of this title?"

"I think a lot of people would believe it." Augustus admitted. He couldn't help but click on the title after seeing it. "So where is the next town?"

Sandberg shook his head silently.

"A small town might not be enough to scare the people of Maple Country, let alone the people of Amei."

"The Wolf Lord knows about this, and he doesn't approve of it going on." Sandberg looked into the distance with a somewhat lonely look in his eyes.

After hearing this, Augustus was stunned for a moment, and then for some reason he wanted to laugh, and burst into laughter.

The two humans were trying to find a way to slaughter their own kind, but the wolf, who was clearly a different species, was trying to stop them.

"What an interesting material." Augustus said in a voice that only he could hear.

The gunfire in the military camp gradually subsided.

After all, flesh and blood cannot withstand guns and bullets.

But the commander of the military camp looked extremely unhappy.

All the corpses, those wolf features, completely disappeared with their deaths.

In the shadows where they couldn't see, several night cameras faithfully recorded everything.

When the news reached the commander-in-chief, it appeared almost at the same time as the news.

Sandberg immediately clarified that they did not have such means, and the qualifications granted to werewolves were currently limited. After becoming a werewolf, they would not behave so completely irrationally. He also revealed the news that a large number of werewolves were captured by Ami, secretly indicating that it might be Ami's fault.

In some Maple Country cities controlled by Ami, there have been large-scale protests, fearing that they will become the next victim.

"It has only been a short time since they came up with such means. If we allow them to continue, who will have the final say in this world? The war must continue. We have no way out! Let other countries know this and don't let the wolves point their guns at us!"

At the meeting, the commander-in-chief rejected the proposal for a ceasefire because he was afraid that the other side would use such mysterious means in his own territory.

"Unless my head is no longer in my body, the Wolf Lord must perish!" The commander-in-chief slammed the table and roared.

The people below looked at each other with flickering eyes.

(End of this chapter)