Chapter 207 No End 2
Chapter 207 No End
"..."
Seeing Leon standing up lively not long after he finished speaking, middle-aged Joshua was really a little numb.
This "little Baggins" who came from nowhere was like someone sent by God to disgust him. All his years of hard work were completely destroyed by him in just 30 minutes.
Now, this rebel party that he had founded with his own hands not only has nothing to do with him anymore, but judging from the looks of these people, they are probably already considering whether to take him down. If he delays any further, it's hard to say whether he can get away.
……
"Huh...I admit you win!"
Staring at "Little Baggins" across the table, the defeated middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said:
"But don't think this is the end. When these idiots run into a wall behind you and realize how unrealistic what you said is, they will betray you again, just like they betrayed me today!"
"You are wrong. Nothing related to betrayal happened in this room today."
Touching his heart that was still aching, Leon resisted the urge to grin, shook his head, and continued to say with a serious face:
"If you can't bring them the results they want, can't make them agree with your ideas, and can't give them a future worth looking forward to, they will certainly not be willing to follow you.
Or, if you really want to talk about betrayal, it’s not that they betrayed you, but that you betrayed them first.”
"..."
"I'm not telling you that!"
Knowing that his skills in talking were not even worthy of carrying the other party's shoes, the middle-aged man, knowing that the situation was hopeless, decisively gave up the debate with Leon. He took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and tried to discuss rationally:
"Little Baggins... no matter whether you are really Little Baggins or not, I will call you that for now.
If you are really ready to save this country as you said, then you must do as I say, lead your men to raid the boarding tower, kill those Korok Kingdom sniffers, and destroy all the information about the kingdom's mineral deposits!"
"..."
Unexpectedly, even at this time, the middle-aged Joshua was still thinking about the attack on the boarding tower. Knowing that he was coming back from the future, Leon couldn't help but frown and asked:
"why?"
"I can't say!"
After hearing Leon's question, the middle-aged man couldn't help but said with a gloomy face:
"The more I reveal about the future, the greater the impact will be, and the faster you will die! Do you understand? Also, since you are so smart, why don't you guess it yourself?"
"..."
This guy looks like he deserves a beating... It's confirmed, this guy is 200% Joshua.
Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him who clearly wanted to "beg for help" but had to put on a high profile and talk back at you, Leon couldn't help but smack his lips speechlessly.
I felt that he looked familiar yesterday, but I didn't associate him with Joshua because "Sir Nathan" at that time seemed to have a high EQ and was gentle and polite in his dealings with others.
No matter how hard you try, you can't connect this kind of person with Joshua in the palace, who has an almond-sized brain that starts rolling around in his head whenever he shakes his head.
But now it seems that after personally experiencing the destruction of his country and the demise of his family, this guy seems to have grown up a lot. Even though he will still reveal his true nature when he gets angry, he has at least learned how to pretend in normal times.
Hmm... I really need to think carefully about what he said.
Following the words of the middle-aged Joshua, after thinking about what might happen, Leon narrowed his eyes and said:
"You mean, those sniffers discovered very valuable mineral deposits, and the Kingdom of Korok will even go to war with the kingdom in the future to obtain those mineral deposits?"
"I didn't mean that!"
The middle-aged man snorted when he heard this, and denied Leon's guess without hesitation, but he raised his hand slightly to tidy up his hair, showing Leon his temples which had turned a little whiter again.
I suddenly became older... So that means I guessed right?
Faced with the information given by the middle-aged Joshua Krypton, Lyon's brows couldn't help but frown slightly, and he vaguely understood why he suddenly wanted to attack the boarding tower.
……
If the twelve countries in this world were to be ranked according to their overall strength, the Kingdom would only be ranked around seventh or eighth, while the Kingdom of Korok, known as the capital of machinery, would be firmly in second place and striving for first place.
That micro-country has a population of only a few million and an area only half the size of a county in the kingdom. Although its territory is very small, its level of mechanical industry is at least a hundred years ahead of other kingdoms, and most of the jobs have been replaced by machines.
However, the high degree of mechanization has brought about an almost morbid desire for energy. In addition to the most basic coal and oil, there are also lightning-struck ore unique to the Thunderstorm Country Vandaston, concentrated whale blubber refined from the whaling ships of the Thousand Sails Sea Country Seo, and the sun bird feathers of the Refraction Kingdom Riverley...
Anything that can provide energy will be their first target, and they will forcefully demand its purchase. If it cannot be obtained through conventional means, they will not hesitate to go to war directly.
Even the airships flying through the sky and the boarding towers standing on the territories of various kingdoms are technologies that the Kingdom of Korok directly shared "free of charge" in order to achieve its goal of finding energy.
The only price of granting the "power to go to the sky" to the major kingdoms is to ensure that the sniffers sent by the Kingdom of Korok have unimpeded access so that they can obtain information on various minerals and energy sources in the first place. This shows how great their demand for energy is.
But... this is still not right, right?
After pondering the relevant situation in his mind, Leon couldn't help but frown slightly.
Although the Kingdom of Korok is extremely powerful, its population is too small to afford deaths easily, and it has mastered many high-end technologies, making money extremely easily in "international trade", so it is usually reasonable.
This country is not the type that is so brutal that it is completely uncooperative. It will not resort to force unless necessary. Especially when it comes to energy procurement transactions, it is generous to the point of being a little scary.
So if it was an ordinary energy mineral deposit, based on the kingdom's usual attitude, it should have chosen to directly hand over the mining rights in exchange for a large amount of money and technical support from the Kingdom of Korok. Why would it choose to go to war?
Or to put it more bluntly, the Kingdom's muscle mass is simply not on the same level as that of the Korok Kingdom. If they show off their muscles a little, the Kingdom, with its traditionally weak foreign policy, will probably immediately give in. How could it possibly get to the point of going to war?
"Are you sure?"
After secretly grabbing the black goat’s horns, Leon asked seriously:
"Will the kingdom of the future really develop to the point where it has to go to war with the Kingdom of Korok because of the mineral information in the hands of those sniffers?"
"I do not know anything."
He said he didn't know, but he raised his hand and pointed at his graying temples. The middle-aged man said gloomily:
"I've already said it just now, guess it yourself!"
"..."
No need to guess, your soul has given me the answer...
After looking at the intense but very stable soul flame of the middle-aged man and confirming that he was not lying and really witnessed the war from the Korok Kingdom in the future, Leon couldn't help but frowned and said:
"So why?"
Leon found that the middle-aged Joshua was not aimless. Although he did not agree with his rash attack on the boarding tower and angering the Kingdom of Korok, he still asked:
"What did those sniffers find? Why did it cause such a fuss?"
"You want to know?" Glancing at Yang's frowning brows, the middle-aged Joshua who had lost miserably today sneered and said happily:
"If you want to know, then you can lead your men to attack the boarding tower and grab the mineral records!"
Haha, little Baggins, even though you have ruined my business now, I believe that after reading those materials, no matter what you think in your heart, you will eventually make the same choice as me! "
As the middle-aged man spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at Leon from a distance, provoking him with hatred in his eyes:
"Just wait! The facts will prove to you who is right between you and me!"
"..."
"Also, don't even think about catching me."
Looking around the room, everyone had different looks, and even the mob that had surrounded them, the middle-aged man said with disgust:
"Don't waste your energy. If there is any danger, I will be moved away immediately! You damn traitors will only be able to..."
"Your Highness Joshua."
? ! ! !
After hearing his name from "Little Baggins", the middle-aged man was startled and the harsh words he had just said were choked back. He looked at Leon opposite with horror.
The gang members in the room had not understood the meaning of the name at first, but after seeing his expression, a few quick-witted ones reacted suddenly and looked at their former leader with shock on their faces.
……
"From your expression, I guess I'm right."
Seeing that the middle-aged version of Prince Joshua seemed to want to run away, Lyon, who had no means to keep him, had to speak up and reveal his identity.
After successfully achieving his goal and once again holding back Prince Joshua who wanted to evacuate, Leon secretly reached out and knocked on the small mirror, signaling Youha to urge Senior Emma, and asked calmly:
"Your Highness Joshua, I am very curious about what you experienced in the future that changed you from an arrogant and naive prince to what you are now?"
"..."
"Little Baggins...you are such a horrible person..."
After a moment of silence, the middle-aged Joshua took out a silk handkerchief from his arms and wiped off the thin powder on his cheekbones, revealing his two iconic irregular freckles in front of the stunned faces of the rioters.
"Yes, I am Joshua... but not the stupid prince I am now. I am the future Joshua, the last king of the kingdom!"
"This this……"
"How can it be!!!"
"Prince? The leader of the rebellion is the prince!"
Faced with the middle-aged Joshua who frankly admitted his identity, all the rebels could no longer hold back. The bald woman, who was a die-hard leader, hugged her head in extreme pain.
If the leader of the rebellion is the prince, and even the entire rebellion was founded by him, then what exactly have people like us been fighting against in the past?
What a bunch of idiots!
After looking at these former subordinates with disdain, the middle-aged Joshua looked away and looked at the "Little Baggins" opposite him, and said with confusion:
"Tell me, how did you find out?"
"..."
In fact, it was not me who discovered it. It was another you who had a nightmare. Then, Senior Emma discussed it with the director and, after ruling out other possibilities, they directly speculated your existence. I just took advantage of their conclusion.
Of course, it is impossible to tell these truths to middle-aged Joshua.
After slightly curling up the corners of his mouth and giving an unfathomable smile to the puzzled middle-aged man opposite him, Leon said nonsense:
"That's because you revealed too many flaws."
"flaw?"
"Yes, a flaw."
After stealing a glance at the middle-aged man's watch and estimating how much time Senior Emma would need, Leon slowed down his speech and continued to delay time:
"Even though you have changed a lot, and can even treat an ordinary person like me kindly, the arrogance in your bones cannot be changed.
Apart from that, your determination to save the kingdom and your inexplicable hatred for the kingdom's parasites are very different from those of other people."
After raising his hand and gesturing to the others, Leon continued to talk nonsense seriously:
“Although others also want to save the kingdom, they want to make changes and move towards a better future, while the expectations you express seem more like trying to redeem regrets;
Other people's hatred for those termites comes from empathy for the victims' plight, but your anger is more like someone is destroying your property.
It may not be obvious in isolation, but when you are in the company of other people and you are expressing emotions like expectation and anger, it can stand out.”
"..."
……
It's just a small difference in this aspect, and I was exposed directly?
He had no idea that his other self was having a nightmare. After listening to Leon's nonsense, the middle-aged man, who had been fooled, couldn't help but take a deep breath and stared at Leon with complicated eyes.
"So in your eyes, I have a family environment that can cultivate an arrogant character, I regard the entire kingdom as my own property, and I know what will happen in the future, and I am still trying my best to save the kingdom... This is not enough!
Little Baggins, you were able to see through the situation of the kingdom at a glance and come up with a fairly feasible plan, but I don't believe you can deduce my identity based on these minor details alone!"
"..."
Indeed, because I didn't infer it at all.
I just got in yesterday, how could I know any details? These words are just looking for questions with answers, just to delay time and bluff you, it sounds unreasonable!
"Of course, this alone is not enough. I do have other news."
After squinting his eyes to examine the middle-aged man's expression, Leon, who had successfully set up the trap, smiled and asked in the eyes of the "astonished" gang members:
"Well, Your Highness Joshua, now we both have something we want to know. I wonder if you are willing to make a deal with me? You tell me what those mineral deposits are, and I will tell you how I guessed your identity. What do you think of this deal?"
"I……"
Not knowing that Leon was going to get something for nothing, the middle-aged man, who was full of questions waiting to be answered, subconsciously clenched his fists and began an extremely fierce psychological struggle when faced with the exchange conditions proposed by Leon.
After a while, he loosened his tightly clenched fists slightly, gritted his teeth and shook his head:
"You devil... I won't change! If you want to know what it is, go and see for yourself!"
Relying on great willpower, after refusing the deal with "Little Baggins", the middle-aged man seemed to be afraid that he would change his mind. He immediately took out a pistol, pointed it at his head, and prepared to use the crisis to activate the backup plan left by the Aquarius director.
However, what the middle-aged man did not expect was that at the moment he pulled the trigger, the "Little Baggins" on the opposite side, who was known to be able to make people bow, simply raised his hand and clenched it in the air, and directly crushed his pistol into a ball of scrap metal!
? ! ! !
When the middle-aged man saw the toad pendant flashing with golden arc light in the collar of "Little Baggins", he couldn't help but tremble all over and almost popped his eyes out of their sockets!
"You...you are!!!"
(End of this chapter)