Under the quiet night, the car of the Seoul committee member Jinbang and his wife was in front, and the 01 tank truck followed behind, dragging the damaged 02 jeep. Behind them, there was also a car, escorting them all the way into Seoul. No, to Ma To Tao, this was more like an escort.
Since it was Xiao Jinzi's parents who came to greet them in person, it means that the senior officials in Seoul already know about their destruction of the giant cannon. It is impossible to hide such a big thing even if they want to. Xiao Jinzi's parents probably don't dare to hide it, let alone want to hide it. After all, this can be regarded as a matter of honoring the ancestors.
This was indeed the case. Xiao Jinzi's parents did not take them home, but went directly to the Seoul Military and Political Command Post. Even Qian Santai's plan to get off the bus was prohibited.
It seems like someone wants to see me.
In order not to cause trouble to Xiao Jinzi's parents, Ma Tao remained calm and said nothing, thinking that it was just the military in Seoul who wanted to ask about what happened, so there should be no trouble.
Because Qian Santai will live here in the future, his wife and children will also be here, so he didn't say anything else.
The convoy passed through Central Street and walked for a long distance before finally arriving at the Seoul Military and Political Command Post.
This was Ma Tao's first visit to the center of power in Seoul. After passing the guard at the door, the motorcade circled twice and finally stopped in front of a three-story building.
"It looks like we've arrived." After the motorcade stopped, Ma Tao observed everything outside through the screen.
"Are we going to be imprisoned?" Qian Santai looked at the garrison troops running in groups and surrounded them with loaded guns and ammunition, and took back the hand he had just reached for the car door.
"It's just a show of force," Ma Tao said, opening the car door and getting out of the car first.
After taking two ginseng pills, Ma Tao's wounds all over his body began to itch unbearably. They were probably healing. Now he just wanted to find a place to rest. As for the garrison, he didn't care. He had not broken any laws. Besides, Jin The committee member and his wife are here, so they naturally have to show respect.
When Qian Santai saw Ma Tao get out of the car, he quickly followed him. Xiao Jinzi, who was in the tank in front, also got out of the tank. Su Lanxi didn't get off for some unknown reason. She must have worn her clothes like that because there were so many people here. , and it is indeed inconvenient.
"Mom! Why are we here? Why don't we go home?" The first thing Xiao Jinzi noticed when he got off the car was that he was in the wrong place. He stared at the garrison surrounding him with unkind eyes, and he was very angry at the slightest disagreement. The hands-on attitude and the training on the battlefield have made this kid grow rapidly, and he is now different from what he used to be.
"You should stay here for two days to recuperate, and then you can recover physically and mentally. Don't worry, we have the best nursing team in Seoul here." Xiao Jinzi's father, Seoul Committee Member Jin Bang, said as he looked at Ma Tao who had just come down.
"I have no problem, it's the same everywhere." Ma Tao smiled, but one person quit.
"Why?" Xiao Jinzi didn't understand what his father meant.
"Son, this is Seoul's decision. We believe you destroyed the artillery positions in the north, but Seoul's top generals will not just listen to our words. They need to verify. This is a major matter, so let's listen to your father first."
Xiao Jinzi's mother carefully stroked her son's cheek and then looked at the blood on his leg. Her eyes moistened. She covered her mouth with one hand and touched the ground on Xiao Jinzi's leg with her other hand. She asked painfully, "Does it still hurt?" ?”
"It's okay, mother, we are almost healed, but we are not prisoners, what! What does this mean?" Xiao Jinzi hid and did not let his mother touch her. She was worried and pointed at the garrison surrounding her and asked .
"enough!"
When Xiao Jinzi's father saw that his son was the first one not to cooperate, he frowned and scolded him. But looking at his scarred appearance, the father also felt extremely uncomfortable. After thinking about it, he said again, "Son, be obedient. I feel wronged." A few days will pass, I will pick you up then."
Ma Tao watched all this with cold eyes, knowing in his heart that it seemed that this matter had developed to the point where even Xiao Jinzi's father could not control it, but what about it? Didn't he just destroy two forts? It's better to wait and see what happens.
"Silly son, don't blame your father. He also has his own reasons, but do you know that when you met those evil people, your mother was worried to death, but even if we immediately sent the army to rescue you at that time, It's too late. If you really have a problem, mother..." Little Jinzi couldn't help but hugged Jinbao before she finished her words and cried uncontrollably.
"Mom, didn't I come back safely?" Xiao Jinzi felt very sad when he saw his mother crying. He stopped asking about the garrison and forced a smile.
"I'm sorry, those people came for me, and that's why Jin Bao was hurt." Ma Tao felt a little guilty looking at the mother and son.
If Xiao Jinzi, like Yue'er, died because of involvement in this matter, would he be considered a villain?
Ma Tao thought like this, but who can understand what is good and evil in this life, and how to distinguish right from wrong.
"Let the child rest first, wait a minute! Those guys are here," Jin Bang, Xiao Jinzi's father, said as he looked at the guards guarding the surroundings and a legion commander who was walking towards them.
"Yes, son, you have a good rest first. Mom will pick you up in a few days." Xiao Jinzi's mother quickly wiped away the tears in her eyes, and hurriedly let go of Jinbao, regardless of her crying appearance.
"Dad? Mom? What's going on? How many days will it take?" Xiao Jinzi was stunned and looked at his parents.
"Here's the reason," Ma Tao said as he looked at the group of officers walking quickly towards them.
"Commissioner Jin, thank you for your hard work. Next, leave this place to me. You can go back. I promise you that your master will not have any problems."
The person who spoke first was a man with regimental epaulettes. He was about the same age as Jinbang. He was middle-aged, with a Chinese character face, and he looked really ordinary, the kind that you wouldn't find on the street. Ordinary, not tall. If it weren't for the military uniform, I wouldn't have recognized him as a general.
The first thing this person did when he arrived was to shake hands with Jin Bang to show mutual respect. However, several people behind him who looked like confidential secretaries and staff members stood respectfully and silently, as well as a few guards. The personnel stared at Ma Tao and the others with wary eyes.
"Captain Wei, you're welcome. This is a family matter as well as a state matter, and it should be taken for granted. However, my family misses my son very much. I wonder if I can let him stay with my beloved son for a while longer?" Jin Bang followed with the same smile. Captain Wei shook hands.
It felt to Ma Tao that these two people should know each other, at least they should have met a few times, but they were not particularly familiar.
"Commissioner Jin, it's definitely an honor for Seoul that your young master is so outstanding. There's nothing wrong with delaying the meeting between mother and son, but we can't see each other for too long. After all, they still need to cultivate themselves." The two let go of their hands, and Wei Tuan He rolled his eyes and looked at Ma Tao again.
They are all old fritters, what nonsense are they talking about here? Ma Tao listened to their official talk about Tai Chi and sneered.
Xiao Jinzi's father must have had some compelling reasons to temporarily separate from his son. I'm afraid there are only a handful of people in Seoul who can embarrass him.
Ma Tao and the others are temporarily trapped here. Commissioner Jin's previous words were a warning to the people here. My son is inside. Please be careful and don't hurt my son. To put it bluntly, he is not at ease with them, the Seoul garrison.
"Ma Tao, right? I am Wei Guo from the Third Army Group in Seoul." Captain Wei said goodbye to the gold list, and led a large group of people directly to Ma Tao and extended his hand.
"Bronze Glory Hunter, Ma Tao" Ma Tao was also sizing up the leader of the Wei Kingdom. He also stretched out his hand to shake his hand and then separated. No matter what their purpose was, the due etiquette should not be lost.
"I didn't expect that I would work so hard when I returned to the city. To be honest, I'm really flattered." Ma Tao noticed that the hands of the security guards behind Commander Wei had been stuck in their pockets, and couldn't help but think to himself (they Are you jealous of me? I never thought that I, Ma Tao, would be feared by others.) Thinking of this, he raised the corner of his mouth and laughed.
Captain Wei followed Ma Tao's gaze and caught a glimpse of the small movements of his guards and the corners of Ma Tao's smiling mouth. He suddenly said seriously, "Ma Tao is the hero of Seoul. Look what you have become. You have all your hands." take it out"
After he finished speaking, several guards looked at each other and took their hands out of their arms.
In fact, we can't blame these guards. Over the past hundred years, the quality of bounty hunters in this world has been uneven. There are all kinds of people. Many of them may even be fugitives wanted around the world or desperadoes before they become bounty hunters. Because those who dare to fight monsters are forced to do so. If they are not forced by life, they are people at the end of their rope. Although they are also actively exterminating monsters, their lawless characters will never change, or even worse. To put it bluntly, they are arrogant, but to put it worse, they are a bunch of arrogant people with no organization or discipline.
For hundreds of years, bounty hunters have been stubborn and have their own way of doing things. They refuse to obey anyone, and even kill each other. They do not act in a unified manner. This has created a situation where teamwork is rare in this industry. Because of their distrust of each other, team members It is a miracle that a team of hunters can exceed five figures. The more powerful a hunter is, the less he likes to be restrained. Most of them are like red wolves, living alone.
The most famous Battle of Hell Gate a hundred years ago, one hundred thousand bounty hunters have already arrived at Noah's door. It's a pity, because all the hunters want to be the first to kill Noah and gain supreme glory and vanity. Under the influence, everyone had their own agenda, and even secretly tricked their teammates. Then, a hundred thousand hunters became scattered and fought on their own. Nearly 80% of them were wiped out by Noah's monster army at the Gate of Hell. Nearly 80% of them died in the battle. There were countless bounty hunters at the legendary and epic levels. Those who were lucky enough to escape either had their tanks broken or their people disabled. From then on, the most glorious era of bounty hunters came to an end.
After that battle, there were very few new stars. Red Wolf and Blue, that melee monster, were the two brightest new stars after that, bright and dazzling.
This is why most of the hunters we encounter are small groups of twos and threes and do not form a powerful force.
Bounty hunters are arrogant and moody. Even so, powerful bounty hunters are still the targets of various human strongholds competing to recruit because they are sharp swords.
"Captain Wei invited us here just to see what we look like, right?" Ma Tao didn't pay attention to his pretentious words and talked to him with a smile.
"By the way, Brother Ma is a young and talented man, very courageous, brave and resourceful. We just invite you here to have a drink, eat some side dishes, and take a good rest," Captain Wei replied with a smile.
"So that's it! Then I still think that the noodle shop in the north of the city is good, and there is also a hotel outside, and the environment is quite unique. I won't bother you all, I'm leaving!" After Ma Tao said this, he actually shouted at Wei Tuan The commander said goodbye to the several staff officers behind him, turned around and left, playing tricks on me. Does anyone have a gun? .
Although Xiao Jinzi was comforting his mother, he kept paying attention to what was happening on Ma Tao's side. Seeing that Ma Tao was leaving at this time, his father didn't say anything and was about to leave first. Qian Santai just thought for a moment. Also follow in Ma Tao’s footsteps.
Their actions were all seen by Wei Guo, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Stop! Do you think this is a place where you can come and leave whenever you want!" Before Ma Tao could take a few steps, several staff officers behind Commander Wei of the State of Wei stopped directly in front of the three of them, holding several pistols. At the same time, he pressed it on Ma Tao’s forehead.
At the same time, the guards behind him and the Seoul garrison around them all aimed their guns at Ma Tao and the others, including Xiao Jinzi, but the boy was not afraid and even took down the sniper rifle he had captured to fight against the guards. Jun, because he knew that Brother Tao was not afraid, not to mention, his father was still standing by, and he believed that his father would not watch him die.
Xiao Jinzi's mother was frightened and kept tugging at her husband's sleeves. Jin Bang also frowned deeply, but he looked at the young man who had been pointed at the gun the most and said nothing.
"Um...everyone, if you have anything to say, please don't use your guns."
Qian Santai is also a well-known figure in Seoul. Although he has seen a lot of fighting and killing scenes, his fights are all petty and cannot be promoted. Fighting is prohibited in Seoul, so he does not have the courage to dare to fight with Seoul. The executive also understands better that if he offends these people, he will not be able to survive in Seoul.
No one cares about the money boss's words, and no one puts down their guns.
"Captain Wei, don't you care about your soldiers?" Ma Tao looked at the pistols on his head and turned around with a smile.
"Soldiers... are bound to be a little bloody. I can't let the soldiers I lead lose their blood." At this time, Captain Wei didn't even look at Ma Tao, nor did he turn around. Instead, he looked at the night sky and spoke.
Although you have used ginseng pills, your physical strength, energy and even the combat effectiveness of the chariot are at their lowest at the moment. If you fight hard, you will definitely suffer the loss, and you cannot fight in this situation.
"Oh" Ma Tao nodded and closed his eyes, "It seems I have to stay..."
"You did this voluntarily." After hearing Ma Tao's words, Captain Wei turned his back to them and showed a smile.
Is forcing someone to do something difficult also called voluntary? Ma Tao snorted coldly.
"There is a story about the Glory Hunter. I don't know if it is true. I especially want to ask Captain Wei for reference." Ma Tao closed his eyes and felt the cold muzzle of the gun on his forehead in front of him and the familiar smell of gunpowder smoke. .
"Oh? I'd like to hear the details." Captain Wei turned around with a smile. Seeing that Ma Tao seemed to be a little resigned to his fate, he felt more relieved. This way, the next thing would be much easier.
"What is it?" Captain Wei asked, clasping his hands behind his back and looking at Ma Tao.
He didn't pay attention to Xiao Jinzi's angry eyes.
Because Xiao Jinzi's father is here, more or less he will not be too presumptuous, and he is not worried at all that the boy will dare to do whatever he wants.
When Ma Tao was about to leave just now, everyone left together with a tacit understanding. This fully shows that Ma Tao is the core of this team. Now that the core has given up, his teammates naturally don't need to care.
"It is said that... in the Battle of Hell Gate a long time ago, although Noah eliminated most of the bounty hunters, he also paid a considerable price, because when those bounty hunters were desperate, in order not to insult the glory hunters, Proud, they chose to protect their last glory. Do you know what the last glory is?" Ma Tao still closed his eyes, but what he said shocked everyone present.
"You activated the destruction system!!!"
Captain Wei was the first to react and looked at Ma Tao in disbelief. Then the staff officers and secretaries were also shocked as they watched the only leisurely young man in the room slowly raise his left hand with a communication watch. .
On it, a bright red countdown is passing, 90.89.88.87...
"It's over, it's over, we're going to die..."
"Oh my god!! This guy is crazy!!!"
"It's over, I haven't gone home to see my wife yet..."
Some soldiers began to make a lot of noise, and some even sat on the ground in despair.
"What is the final glory?" Some soldiers didn't understand and asked looking at the desperate teammates around them.
"The last glory of a bounty hunter is to die together... Only when the bounty hunter is sure that he is dead and does not want to give the tank to the enemy, will he activate the tank's destruction system and detonate a small nuclear explosion on the tank to destroy dozens of kilometers in radius. Everything, once the destruction system is activated, the chariot will automatically lock, and people from outside cannot enter, close, or change..." The words of the garrison were like thunder on the ground. Looking at Ma Tao's raised left hand, it was simply a reminder.
"Now you don't need to point your gun at me. In a moment, we and the whole Seoul will be reduced to ashes." Ma Tao didn't even look at the countdown on his watch. It had already reached 63.62.61.60...
"You are lying!! You..." A staff officer stared at Ma Tao's watch and refused to be intimidated by Ma Tao. He gritted his teeth and pointed at his left hand.
Before he could finish his words, the 01 tank siren sounded loudly, which completely slapped him in the face.
"Warning! Warning! The destruction device will be activated in one minute."
"Warning! Warning! The destruction device will be activated in one minute."
The female synthesized voice of Tank 01's C device turned on the external volume. At this moment, no one doubted the authenticity of Ma Tao's thing, because the C device would never lie.
