Now, this loud and impassioned dragonkin really did not look much like a traditional middle-class citizen of the Gem Coast or Sea City from the Blue Star Commonwealth.
Of course, he looked even less like a typical labor leader.
No matter how impassioned he became, Feifei could clearly sense an inescapable gloom surrounding him.
She cast a meaningful glance at the crowd and called out to the embassy's chief of security: "Captain Barnes, get all the soldiers moving immediately. Raise the alert level to maximum and secure every entrance and exit of the embassy."
Captain Barnes, the chief of security, could more or less tell that the crowd gathered outside the embassy today was indeed different from usual. Even so, he still felt that Colonel Lady was overreacting somewhat.
After all, this was Nephi, the largest urban cluster on the Gem Coast of the planet, and the seat of most administrative institutions. There was no way the Commonwealth would let the demonstrators storm the embassy.
Even so, he immediately snapped to attention, saluted, and hurried off to carry out the order.
Although Colonel Fina Li was only nominally assigned to the embassy, for some reason, her authority among these guards had always been extremely high. These veteran troublemakers from the Road Specimen Corps might drag their feet or slack off a little when faced with Major General Oswood, the chief military attaché's orders, but they absolutely would not dare cut corners when it came to Colonel Li's words.
Perhaps soldiers with an artistic streak really were especially sharp?
Thus, under the colonel's watchful gaze, all the guards who had still been resting hurriedly sprang into action.
Three minutes later, an entire company of marines had donned their armor and taken up position, their weapons loaded with live ammunition.
Then, amid