"The original Intelligent Mechanisms!"
"And there are two of them!"
"Isn’t that white original Intelligence Mechanism flying in the sky the one with the highest authority from the Mech Central Base on the northern plains? How can it appear in such a place?"
"How did our deserter Mech Pilot end up fighting with these Intelligences?"
"Could it be that he found out these Intelligences intended to storm our Blackwater City and went ahead to intercept them?"
Knowing that their superiors intended to protect the deserter Mech Pilot, some clever officers had already proactively concocted a reasonable excuse for the breach of discipline.
However, the stern-faced representative from the Military Department glanced indifferently at the officer who had spoken, then turned his gaze back to the screen.
Even if he had learned of the situation and gone to intercept the Intelligences, it was still a serious breach of discipline.
One cannot disregard the evil in the process because the outcome is just.
What the Military Department cared about were the rules, not the reasons.
No matter how righteous the deserter Mech Pilot’s reasons, breach of discipline is a breach of discipline! He would not be spared!
But... it seems there’s no need for them to spare him now.
On the screen, the ochre original Intelligence Mechanism had fully revealed its might under the command of the "white devil."
Fire at full power!
The light of the guns illuminated the faces of many officers present, some of whom sighed softly.
"He’s done for..."
"No wonder he was captured so quickly, turns out he’s already a dead man..."
"To be targeted by two original Intelligences, Captain Bai really has bad luck."
"Deserting and running into an Intelligence the first thing, who could be blamed?"
"Boom!"
On the screen, a shell was split in two, and the blue-and-white figure darted out of the onslaught of shells like a specter and charged toward the ochre original Intelligence Mechanism. The only weapon equipped on the Mech—a composite metal sword—suddenly slashed toward the seemingly indestructible original Intelligence species.
The suicidal attack brought astonishing results—all shattered with a single slash.
It split the ochre original Intelligence Mechanism, as well as the minds of all the officers present.
"Ah?"
"Ah?"
"Ah?"
Thousands of words couldn’t compare to a single, simple question.
What had just happened?
Right before their eyes, an original Intelligence Mechanism was slashed apart by that rogue Mecha?
When had the Military’s Mechas ever possessed such a level of output power?
Or was the sword held by the deserter Mech actually a secret cutting-edge weapon covertly given to him by a certain scholar from the city’s scientific research department?
Otherwise, how could one explain the explosive scene that unfolded before their eyes?
However, the development on the video did not waver for anyone’s will and continued. With two more slashes, the large ochre original Intelligence Mechanism was sliced up like a harmless watermelon and exploded where it stood.
"That’s an original Intelligence Mechanism!"
"We have encountered that white devil before, and it easily annihilated one of our field army divisions."
"Yet it seems to have been scared off..."
"I’m actually seeing this!"
At this moment, even those officers in the camp who usually held opposing views were looking at Hamilton in amazement, asking, "Hey! Are all the Mech Pilots in your Mech Armored Corps this fierce?"
Hamilton was also completely stupefied.
My people are this fierce?
How come I don’t know about it?
If they were all this fierce, wouldn’t I have flattened their Intelligent Mechanism homeland by now? Intelligences don’t have the kind of large-scale mental control ability that the bug masters have.
The reason everyone is reluctant to touch the Intelligences is because they are tough to fight and yield little gain.
If all the Mech Pilots in his Mech Armored Corps were at this level, couldn’t he just send a corps to wipe out the Intelligent Mechanism Base and avoid any competition for resources with humans?
He knew Bai E was fierce, but he had never thought she was this fierce.
Just one blow to cripple, and three slashes to tear apart a first-generation intelligent mechanism; one wouldn’t even dare to dream of doing such a thing.
The fierce performance subdued every officer present, or perhaps it burned out their CPUs causing a momentary short circuit, as everyone silently watched the video progress, their brains already emptied.
However, the explosive scene they first witnessed was far from the limit. As the filming perspective followed behind the runaway mecha, the camera meticulously swept over every detail they passed along the way.
Wreckage everywhere...
The fires started by the intelligent mechanism stretched out into a legendary path that left people speechless.
The two first-generation intelligent mechanisms were not acting solo. Before the charge and slaughter of the two, that renegade mecha first took down an entire army of intelligent mechanisms.
"What the hell kind of level is this?"
"I have no idea…"
"I know! I know! It must be a secret order from the scientific research department! This is a test of secret weapons for them!"
"Stop spouting nonsense! The mech’s inspection report is still lying in the files… It even only has one blade."
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"Hahaha! Hahaha!" The first outrageous laughter echoed through the conference hall. Hamilton slammed the table and glared at the investigator from the Legal Affairs Department, "I ordered him to go! What breach of military discipline? Meaningless drivel! It’s just that I didn’t get the chance to go through the proper procedures! You want to investigate me? Has nothing to do with him!"
The investigator from the Legal Affairs Department was completely subdued by the fierce combat record as well, but Hamilton’s words were undoubtedly a provocation to his intelligence, "If it really was your order, why didn’t you come forward as a witness earlier? And if I’m not mistaken, that deserter mech pilot is an artificial human, right? Promoting an artificial human to the status of a natural person, and also entrusting them with such an important role, you owe a reasonable explanation for this!"
"Explanation?" Hamilton arrogantly waved his hand, "No fucking explanation needed!"
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At this moment, even if Bai E truly intended to defect, it didn’t matter to him.
Defection was simply for profit.
No matter the price offered by the other side, he would double it!
Or was it because Bai E was wronged by someone in the barracks?
He would immediately air out the entire family history of the person who wronged Bai E!
Confronting head-on, no one backs down!
Even if the city lord came today, Bai E leaving the camp privately was by his order.
"In a word, if you want to investigate me, it has nothing to do with him."
It’s all my doing, so come and arrest me!
Hamilton held his head high, not caring about anyone.
"You! You! You!" The investigator, enraged, pointed fingers but couldn’t utter half a sentence.
Arrogant! Way too arrogant!
The people from the Military Department really are rotten to the core.
No matter how strong, one person’s strength isn’t enough to settle this chaotic world; it’s the rules... that ensure the city’s enduring prosperity.
Such brainless warriors!
Weslin shot Hamilton a look, signaling him to tone it down a bit.
The Legal Affairs Department was part of the upper echelons of the city’s power structure; if this escalated to the City Senate, their entire military region would be sanctioned.
It really wasn’t worth it to fall out with them over a mere soldier, even if that soldier’s might was somewhat over the top…
"Don’t be so hasty, Lord Lowis..." Weslin said with a cheery smile, the video’s emergence providing a bit of confidence, "Based on the video sent back from the front lines, our Captain Bai left camp late at night, and it was also for the sake of humanity. We shouldn’t so hastily decide his fate; even if there is a minor procedural error, we can allow him an opportunity to atone for his mistake, right~"
Weslin deliberately avoided the word "defection."
The visitor from the Legal Affairs Department certainly couldn’t be offended, but such a fierce fighter also couldn’t just be discarded on a whim.
The attitude was positive, the protection firm.
That was his plan now.
"Lord Lowis, isn’t the man already on his way back in custody? Why not wait until we meet Captain Bai himself and talk with him, then decide how to handle this incident, what do you think?"
The investigator thought for a moment and nodded, "All right."
The incident had happened so suddenly; they probably hadn’t had the chance to collude on their testimonies yet.
Just bring him back and confront him in court immediately; the truth would naturally emerge.
At this thought, Lowis turned his head towards his subordinates and whispered, "Go! As soon as the escort personnel arrive, bring them here directly. Don’t let anyone contact the target in transit."