Chapter 253

Despite incessant condemnations and appeals to the United Nations,

this did nothing to alter Argentina's de facto occupation of the archipelago.

Yet at this very moment, Northern Ireland under John Bull announced an impending referendum.

to decide whether Northern Ireland would remain within John Bull.

This news struck like a leaky roof caught in a night-long storm,

shocking all of England and Scotland.

The Prime Minister of John Bull immediately issued a statement overnight,

declaring it unacceptable and that the John Bull government would never agree.

Meanwhile, the Northern Ireland Republican Army announced,

should the John Bull government proceed with the referendum, the Northern Irish military would initiate an armed secession.

To underscore this, the Northern Ireland Republican Army displayed vast quantities of weaponry and equipment.

including M1A2 Abrams tanks, Apache helicopters, artillery, missiles, and F-16 and F-15 fighter jets, among others.

Most incredulously, Northern Ireland also possessed two Perry-class frigates and five obsolete Fletcher-class destroyers.

These assets made the John Bull government's eyelids twitch; clearly, the sources for these weapons were irregular.

Under normal circumstances, Northern Ireland could not possibly possess such formidable armed forces right under John Bull's nose.

Thus, only one possibility remained.

Northern Ireland had acquired these heavy weapons via the DWS platform on the dark web.

Only the DWS platform had the capability to completely evade John Bull's intelligence network and transport so many weapons into Northern Ireland.

Although this batch of weapons did not yet reach a level that would terrify the John Bull government,

the problem was that the Irish Sea lay between John Bull and Northern Ireland.

Moreover, John Bull's navy could not even defeat the Northern Irish navy at present.

Furthermore, after Northern Ireland announced the referendum,

observing John Bull's weakness, the neighboring Republic of Ireland suddenly declared support for Northern Ireland's referendum,

providing the separatist forces in Northern Ireland with a powerful backer.

Although John Bull had previously negotiated with Ireland regarding issues in that region,

and on April 10, 1998, all factions in the Northern Ireland conflict reached the historically significant Good Friday Agreement,

this agreement greatly weakened John Bull's rule over Northern Ireland, enhancing the legislative powers of the Northern Irish local government,

while simultaneously facilitating economic and cultural exchanges between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

However, the agreement effectively increased Northern Ireland's independence and strengthened ties within the island of Ireland,

undoubtedly amplifying Northern Ireland's centrifugal forces day by day.

At this moment, John Bull truly felt a sense of panic.

Externally, the Argentine government had forcibly occupied the Malvinas Islands, while John Bull's parliament was still debating whether to declare war.

Now, suddenly, Northern Ireland announced a referendum to secede from the John Bull government.

Under such circumstances, how could John Bull not feel fear?

Some elderly John Bull survivors from World War II, watching these events on television,

could not comprehend how the once sun-setting empire had fallen to such a state.

Once, as the world's leading power, John Bull possessed the largest overseas colonial empire.

It also commanded the largest Royal Navy.

Dominating the five continents and four oceans, even the United States at that time had to heed its whims.

As for Dragon Nation, which now pressured them to such extremes, its gates had originally been forced open by John Bull.

How could the once invincible John Bull now fail to resolve issues with merely Argentina and Northern Ireland?

Many elders who had witnessed John Bull's glorious era simply could not accept this reality.

Where now lay the glory of the empire on which the sun never set for John Bull?

It could be said that after the DWS platform flattened the Portsmouth naval base, the sun-setting empire had finally met its end.

John Bull was now merely a second-rate nation with a decent economy in Europe.

More ridiculously, John Bull had just passed a referendum to exit the European Union.

Consequently, when the Prime Minister of John Bull sought assistance from Hans and Gaul,

not a single nation on the European continent was willing to offend the DWS platform to aid John Bull.

These nations did not wish to antagonize a group of madmen for the sake of a decrepit John Bull.

After all, risking enmity with madmen who might attack their capitals at any moment, merely for John Bull—a nation soon to leave the European Union—was terrifying even to contemplate.

In response, both Hans and Gaul, already plagued by endless troubles, expressed their inability to help.

It could be said that John Bull was now truly in a miserable state.

Of course, Lin Yi would absolutely never admit any connection to this situation.

As for the one hundred million dollars in service fees he accepted from the Argentine government,

truthfully, having issued merely a statement that scared off the United States, he felt somewhat embarrassed accepting such money.

Returning to Dragon Nation,

following Bai Bai Jie's dedication of herself, Tang Tang Chuyu, a fellow secretary in the Secretariat, was the first to notice the anomaly.

On one hand, Bai Bai Jie now seemed to grow more feminine with Stone Stone Stone Stone Age.

Her body, already brimming with allure, seemed ignited, radiating an even more captivating charm.

Her body, already brimming with allure, seemed ignited, radiating an even more captivating charm.

Moreover, Bai Bai Jie's skin had become even more ruddy, and her entire demeanor could be described as completely refreshed.

Tang Tang Chuyu even curiously asked Bai Bai Jie what skincare products she had used to achieve such a result.

But Bai Bai Jie, blushing, replied that it was simply because her sleep quality had been quite good recently.

At this, Tang Tang Chuyu was deeply puzzled; could it be that the apartment rented by Sister Ying

also possessed the effect of promoting sleep?

Of course, even Bai Bai Jie found such matters difficult to speak of, so she could only offer a perfunctory explanation.

However, Tang Tang Chuyu discovered that

somehow, Sister Bai now possessed the same black card as Li Li Xueying.

Whenever they went out, Bai Bai Jie and Li Li Xueying would even fight over who got to pay.

This left Tang Tang Chuyu standing there alone, looking utterly bewildered.

Thus, even in her bewilderment, Tang Tang Chuyu roughly guessed what was happening in her heart.

Indeed, not long after,

Bai Bai Jie exchanged her vehicle for a new red BMW X6.

Together with Li Li Xueying, they truly embodied the saying, "Fine car matches beauty."

Wherever they went, they attracted a crowd of attention.

In contrast, Tang Tang Chuyu felt like a complete nobody.

Regarding this, she had been quite distressed lately.

She very much wanted to ask if Sister Bai had truly become involved with the Boss; otherwise,

why would she be able to use the Boss's card and also drive a luxury car worth millions?

Additionally, she wanted to ask the Boss: am I not good enough?

If you are going to take a mistress, why didn't you take me first?

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