Upon hearing this straightforward question, Madelyn's back was instantly soaked in cold sweat.
She opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to deny it.
However, under the tremendous psychological pressure, Madelyn's tense nerves broke.
"It's me."
Madelyn grasped the receiver tightly and simply gave up pretending. His voice became sharp due to fear and desperate determination.
"I just want to live! You have provoked a monster that is beyond your control! Lynn is not one of those politicians who can be manipulated by you with handles and interests. He will completely kill Vought International! I don't want to die with you!"
She panted rapidly, waiting for the thunderous fury on the other end of the phone.
However, only a very soft sigh came from the receiver.
"Really?"
Edgar's voice was still calm, "Actually, I didn't even know that you betrayed me."
Madelyn was stunned, and the blood in his body seemed to have stopped flowing at this moment.
"In addition to you, those greedy generals in the military, and even Ministry of Magic and those Wizards, may expose my coordinates."
Edgar said slowly,
"I just randomly selected a few possible candidates and called them one by one to test them out. Madelyn, your psychological quality has deteriorated."
Huge fear instantly gripped Madelyn's heart.
She fell into the trap.
Edgar There is no evidence at all, he is just deceiving her!
"Now that you admit it, there's nothing more to say."
Edgar said calmly, "Goodbye, Madelyn."
"Wait..."
Madelyn Before he could say anything, an indescribable coldness suddenly came from his abdomen.
There was no sound, no warning.
Madelyn lowered his head.
A dagger penetrated her lower back and penetrated her abdomen, and the tip of the knife came out from the front of her light-colored professional suit.
The blood instantly dyed the fabric red.
Madelyn The phone receiver in his hand hit the table hard.
The originally empty air behind her began to twist.
The boy slowly emerged.
Duke.
He held the hilt of the dagger with one hand, and pushed Madelyn's shoulder indifferently with the other hand.
"Mr. Edgar said that the betrayer must die."
Duke's voice is childish, but extremely cold.
Pfft.
Duke drew out the dagger.
Madelyn clutched his stomach, his knees went weak, and he fell heavily on the carpet in the office.
She looked at the flashing lightning outside the floor-to-ceiling window, feeling the vitality draining rapidly along the wound, and her vision gradually blurred.
Madelyn's lips moved, but no sound came out, and he finally stopped breathing completely in the darkness.
Virginia, Pentagon.
Edgar Put the handset back onto the base phone smoothly.
He reached out and took down a black cashmere coat from the coat rack, put it on slowly and straightened his tie.
"Let's go, Marge."
Edgar's voice seemed calm in the empty office.
Marge followed him without saying a word, holding a black suitcase in his hand.
"Don't you ask me what I'm going to do?"
Edgar glanced at Marge with gentle eyes.
"I just need to follow sir."
Marge raised his head and stared at Edgar with clear eyes.
Edgar smiled.
The two walked out of the office, walked through the cold metal corridor, and prepared to walk to the elevator leading to the tarmac.
Boom--boom!
Just when they were less than ten meters away from the elevator, the half-meter-thick explosion-proof alloy isolation door in front of the corridor suddenly closed with a harsh hydraulic friction sound, completely cutting off their way.
Immediately afterwards, the lights at the other end of the corridor came on one after another.
Accompanied by the heavy and uniform sound of tactical leather boots, the old general, wearing a straight military uniform and holding half a cigar in his mouth, walked out slowly, surrounded by hundreds of fully armed Mutant Soldiers.
Those tall bodies of Mutant Soldiers directly blocked the wide corridor, and the black muzzles glowed with a cold metallic luster under the light.
"Mr. Edgar, it's raining so hard outside, where are you going in such a hurry?"
The old general stopped a dozen meters away, exhaling a puff of thick smoke, with a fake smile on his face.
Edgar stopped, put his hands in his coat pockets, and looked at the America military leader.
"Lynn and John are rushing here."
"In order to ensure that the next cooperation can proceed smoothly, I need to temporarily change to a safe office location. General, now is not the time to reminisce about the past."
"Cooperation?"
The old general sneered and took off his disguise.
He took the cigar out of his mouth, threw it on the floor, and crushed it hard with his shiny military boots.
"Edgar, do you really regard the military as your cash machine?"
The old general's eyes became greedy and cold,
"I admit, those Long Island Estate people are indeed a big trouble. They even dismantled your Pharmaceutical Plant. Logically speaking, as an ally, I should send people to cover your evacuation. After all, if I keep you, Vought International can continue to provide a steady stream of medicines to the military."
The old general took a step forward and opened his hands, as if embracing the power of the entire Pentagon:
"However, human greed is infinite. Since you have been forced to pack up and run away now, why should I keep you as a middleman to make money from my price difference? Keep the formula of New Compound, the core synthesis technology, and the box in your hand."
"America's army must be absolutely controlled by the military. There is no need for a capitalist who can cause trouble at any time to give orders."
As the old general's words fell.
Click! Click!
Hundreds of Mutant Soldiers pulled the bolt of the heavy machine gun at the same time.
The dense muzzles instantly locked Edgar and Marge completely.
As long as the old general makes a gesture, the two of them will be torn into a pile of minced meat by the metal Stormfront.
Marge is like facing a powerful enemy.
She didn't flinch, her body instantly tensed up into a fully drawn bow, and she took a step directly across to block Edgar's body.
Even if she faced hundreds of heavy firearms, she was still prepared to use her body to block the holes of the gun at any time.
The air seemed to freeze at this moment.
Faced with this desperate situation of killing the chicken to lay eggs, Edgar did not show any panic.
He even reached out and gently patted Marge's tense shoulders, signaling her to relax.
Then, Edgar looked over Marge's shoulder, looked at the old general opposite who thought he had a chance to win, and smiled mockingly.
"General, greed is indeed the driving force for human progress. For capitalists, it is even more of a virtue."
Edgar said slowly, with a kind of pity in his eyes, "But for a soldier, stupid greed often means fatal disaster."
The old general frowned, and suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart. "What do you mean?"
"You seem to have forgotten one thing."
Edgar raised a finger and shook it slightly,
"When I first promoted New Compound V to Pentagon, I emphasized one of its absolute advantages: absolute obedience to orders."