278. The gunshot of Noghnisell
"This civil war cannot break out in the way you think, Vitaly. If you want to save your brother, just a civil war like before is meaningless, so you can take it in prison. Maybe... the death penalty?" Helmut-Baron Zemo had a sneer on his lips.
Over there, the leaders of Technology Movement drew their swords and tried to resist, but they were quickly overpowered and hacked to death a few. The rest, along with Vitaly, were all tied up and hooded, and drove away directly on a cart pulled by a land bird.
"Cerea, what we need... is Chaos!" Baron Zemo turned around suddenly, looked at a row of Cerean kneeling behind him and wore black clothes, and said lightly, "Get ready to start, within a month, Cerea will be burned by the flames of war!"
One day later, Cerea capital, Tekav City.
A secret conversation was also going on in the residence of a Elder Council member.
"You said you are Galactic Republic's secret envoy? Why should I believe you?" the elder said with a vigilant look.
Baron Zemo replied calmly, "I have nothing to prove my identity, and Galactic Republic will not admit my existence. You only need to understand what I am here to do and what I can do, that is enough."
"The last special envoy from Galactic Republic was Blon, right? He almost caused a civil war!" the elder roared.
"Blon is just a useless idiot. If you want to pin the responsibility for the civil war on him, he is not qualified." Zemo said, "The real reason for the outbreak of the civil war is that Elder Council has no ability to control the situation. Once there is an imbalance between power and power, the party with power will seek greater power until power and power are balanced again."
"What do you want to say?"
"Galactic Republic, very dissatisfied with the current situation of Cerea."
"This should be Galactic Republic's own responsibility!"
"I've told you the reason. The only thing left now is how to do it."
"What do you want me to do?"
"If you keep beating around the bush with me and ignore the message in my words, then I can only say that I don't want to talk to a stupid Bantha." Baron Zemo said.
"Maintaining the order of Cerea is exactly what we are trying to do now, and the situation has been stabilized!" said the elder.
"We all know this is only temporary."
"If that's the case, you should go find our Grand Elder!"
"Grand Elder will not accept assistance from Galactic Republic. I can't even think of anything that can help him without involving technology."
The elder stood up suddenly, "So you are a remnant of Technology Movement! Believe it or not, I will arrest you right away!!"
But Zemo just sat there motionless and continued, "Actually, you should have understood the balance of power during the last civil war. So when you wiped out Technology Movement, you hid 500 assault rifles and about 10,000 rounds of ammunition."
The elder's expression changed drastically, he sat down again with extremely slow movements, and whispered, "What... do you want me to do?"
"I just want you to do what you want to do."
The elder lowered his head, "Yes, I already discovered during the last civil war that it would be fine if it were just some projection machines and the like, but if it is this kind of weapon... it is really a force that can change the balance... If this power cannot be controlled, the consequences will be disastrous..."
"I emphasize again that Galactic Republic is only concerned about the stability of Cerea. Other things... we don't care about." Zemo said slowly.
The elder's face darkened, "Including Grand Elder, who will be the one?"
Zemo smiled slightly, took out a small device, put it on the table and pushed it over, "This is a map. The places marked on it are where I have stored 10,000 blasters and explosive gas that can be used to fire these guns 1,000 times. If you want to stabilize Cerea's situation, then these things can make you the most powerful person on the planet. If you think it is better to maintain the status quo, then destroy this map. I will hide it very well and won't be discovered by anyone. Then... say goodbye."
After saying that, he stood up, bowed deeply to the elder, and then left the mansion.
During the following period, Cerea's chaos became increasingly serious.
It reached its peak especially after Elder Council's people arrested a large number of Technology Movement leaders. People from all over the country rose up to resist. In many places, when Elder Council soldiers arrested those who used technological products, the people who were excited by the crowd rushed forward to attack the military formation.
Seeing that things were about to get out of control, several of the more extreme elders among Elder Council decided to kill the chicken to show the monkey. They announced that they would hold a public trial on Tekav City for the last arrested Vitaly-Orlov and several other Technology Movement leaders, and then hang them in public!
Under the threat of death, there seemed to be much less resistance, which made Elder Council even more excited. They began to actively prepare for the public Judgment and public execution, and tried their best to publicize the serious consequences of using technological products.
Time passed day by day in the calm before the storm.
After 15 standard days, the public trial day will be held.
Vitaly-Orlov and the Technology Movement leader who was arrested last time have been escorted to Tekav City's square, where a large gallows has been erected. They were tied up and kneeling in front of the gallows, waiting for Judgment and the death penalty.
A large number of Elder Council troops surrounded the square so tightly that not even a fly could fly in, preventing anyone from coming to rescue them.
At the same time, in another distant city Noghnisell (notgnixel), this small town is destined to be recorded in the history of Cerea.
Here, a group of people were gathering in the warehouse to discuss quietly. They were wearing very tattered clothes and looked like civilians working in the fields. But at this moment, their faces were full of anger and excitement.
"Brothers, I got it! This thing..." The leader took out a cloth bag from his arms with trembling hands, and then opened it layer by layer, and there was a revolver wrapped inside!
The gun didn't look well maintained and looked a bit old. There were 10 rounds of ammunition next to it.
"This is a gun!"
"It's really a gun! Great! I saw someone from Technology Movement use it once before."
"With this gun, we can rescue our village chief!" Everyone became excited.
"Yes, our village chief." The leader said solemnly, "What did he do wrong? Didn't he just send a few seriously ill villagers to the technical clinic for treatment? He wanted to save them! But the people of Elder Council actually arrested him and destroyed the technical clinic!"
"Yes! My little son had a high fever last month because the technical clinic was smashed, so... he couldn't be saved... wuwuwu..."
"We can't continue like this! I've had enough of witch doctors and herbal medicines! Since these technological items can save lives, why shouldn't they be used!"
"Yes! That's it! Let's go! Go to the city hall! Let them release the village chief!!"
"Let's go! Let them give us justice!"
"Let's go!!!"
The angry villagers, led by the man with the gun, ran towards the city hall. There, they could see the patrolling guards and the city hall, which was built on dozens of steps and was usually out of reach, and...
That breath called freedom!!
Bang!!! A crisp gunshot pierced the quiet morning in Noghnisell city, and the first shot of Second Cerean Civil War was fired! -
[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: Do you want to know what Bantha looks like? This is the mythical beast of the "Star Wars" world. Just like a pig on earth, it is responsible for only half of the swear words in the "Star Wars" world.]
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