Chapter 436: Assassination in Person
Chapter 436: Assassination in Person
"You...what exactly do you want to do?"
Unaware of the changes that were happening outside the carriage, the Freckled Prince was now huddled in the carriage seat, looking at Leon sitting opposite him with some fear, and scolded him in a timid tone:
"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you are from the Cleanup Bureau!"
"There is an agreement between the royal family and the Cleanup Bureau. If you...if you do anything to me, not only will the royal family hold you accountable, but investigators from the Cleanup Bureau will come and punish you severely!"
"Ah, yes, yes."
Not bothering to pay attention to Joshua's tickling threats, Leon was now touching a piece of sheep horn sticking out of his cufflinks, carefully checking the situation near the palace.
Looking out through the wall of the carriage, in the soul vision shared by the black goat, clusters of flexible flames of varying shades were dancing steadily as before. The streets around the palace were all normal, with no obvious abnormalities.
It seems that the rebels acted quite covertly and did not attract any attention. The royal palace was still completely unprepared and was completely unaware of their actions. So far, everything was going well.
In addition, more than 100 of the most elite members of the rebel group who had received certain military training had also successfully infiltrated the vicinity.
Compared with the steady soul flames of ordinary citizens, the soul fires of these rebels preparing to attack the palace were obviously much more "lively", leaping restlessly and excitedly.
Although because of the patrolling guards and sentries, these people could not really get close to the palace, and could not even enter the square opposite the palace, and could only stay on the outer streets farther away.
Now that we have the manpower in place...
After taking a look at those eager souls and then at the palace which still showed no signs of tension, Leon couldn't help but clench his fists.
That's stable!
Next, as long as he successfully enters the palace and brings in Luke, who can control other people's bodies, and helps him "replace" the captain of the palace guard, these rebel members who have been prepared in advance can immediately cross the square and attack the palace.
Although more than a hundred people may sound a little few, it is completely sufficient for this kind of "internal and external cooperation" situation. Leading a group of people to line up in front of the palace and then rushing in while shouting, that is not called a coup but sending one's head.
People who often launch coups should all know that a true armed coup can be accomplished as long as a small group of elite forces launch a surprise attack, quickly control the main targets and a group of threatening officials, and completely settle the matter before everyone reacts.
The difficulty of this matter lies in how to avoid the guards, hide this small group of elite troops, bring them to a sufficiently lethal distance and then launch a sudden attack, as well as how to suppress the resistance of the hostile forces and quickly stabilize the subsequent situation after completing the armed raid, rather than how to break into the palace.
All these preparations should be made before taking action. When the time comes to actually take action, one or two hours from start to finish will be enough. If it takes longer, it will be tantamount to declaring the operation a failure.
After all, other people are not fools. They have already set up their weapons and are gathering people to attack the palace. Even if the commander of the garrison in the royal capital is stupid, it is impossible for him to have no reaction at all.
However, these little tricks like digging up the roadbed and blocking the streets were meaningless in the face of an organized army. At most, they could only delay the enemy for a while. If one could gain two hours, one would have to be very lucky.
Given the distance between the palace and the garrison camp, if the king couldn't get there in an hour and a half, he would be so angry that he would jump up from his wheelchair, first strangle the general leading the troops to death, and then strangle himself for letting a pig sit in such an important position.
So we have to speed up a bit!
……
After going over the plan in his mind and confirming that there were no obvious omissions, Leon released his fingers that were pressing against the sheep's horns and smiled kindly.
"Your Highness Joshua."
As the Freckled Prince looked doubtful, Leon, who had always been unfriendly to him, pointed at the feet of the two men and reminded them gently:
"Your shoelaces are untied." Huh?
After hearing what Leon said, the freckled prince was startled at first, then he subconsciously bent forward and looked down at his feet.
And Leon, who was sitting opposite him, took out a small silver hammer with a cushion on the end from his cufflinks the moment he leaned over to look.
Luke, the holder of the anomaly "created" by Director Aquarius, can use his consciousness to take over the body of another person after he falls unconscious. However, before his own director went to the dream world, he left an anomaly in the palace as per convention, which could isolate this kind of "invasion" at the abnormal level.
Therefore, there must be an "unconscious" person who can carry Luke's consciousness in advance and bring Luke into the palace. Only then will he have the opportunity to knock out the captain of the palace guard and use his identity to transfer the palace guards.
Only when most of the guards were transferred away, the more than one hundred rebel members who were ambushed in the outer streets had the opportunity to rush into the palace and capture the old king in one fell swoop.
As for this unconscious person...who else could it be but Joshua?
……
However, just as Leon swung the little silver hammer and was about to help the Freckled Prince have a good sleep, for some unknown reason, the carriage they were riding in suddenly slowed down and then shook violently.
Faced with this sudden emergency brake, Joshua, who was leaning over to look at his feet, naturally took off from his seat, lunged forward, and hit his head on the empty seat next to Leon, even breaking his nose.
Feeling the sharp pain in his nose and smelling the bloody smell in his nose, the Freckles Prince was about to curse when he heard a muffled bang behind him.
Joshua turned his head in surprise when he heard the noise, and then he was horrified to find that someone was holding the hammer used to ring the bell in the parliament, and smashed it on the seat where he was originally sitting, causing a big hole in the soft leather chair.
Looking at the trajectory of his swing of the hammer, if the carriage had not suddenly braked, this solid blow of the hammer would have definitely hit him directly on the head!
"You you you...what are you going to do?!!!"
Looking at Joshua, who was so scared that his legs were numb and he began to stutter, Lyon couldn't help but reveal a look of embarrassment on his face.
Although he had already decided to launch an armed coup and throw Joshua across the sea to marry a monkey, it felt extremely awkward to fail in the "assassination" and be discovered in front of him.
"Then what..."
Looking at Joshua's horrified expression, Leon glanced at the small silver hammer stuck in the seat and said awkwardly:
"Do you think my hammer is good-looking?"
"..."
I don't care! Even a fool should know by now, you are going to hit me with this thing, right? !
It seems that I can’t fool around anymore…
Looking at his cheap brother-in-law who couldn't be said to be skeptical but could only be said to not believe it at all, Leon couldn't help but sigh, then grabbed Joshua who was desperately trying to open the carriage door, and silently clenched his fists.
Forget it, I'm used to it.
His luck had always been terrible. It would be strange if the plan could proceed normally without any accidents. However, the hammer didn't hit him, so it didn't really matter...
Knocking him out would be the same.
(End of this chapter)