Chapter 282 - 263: A More Severe War (Special Thanks to Frozen, the Silver Patron)

So what are they going to do? Is it going to be an emergency stop?

Lille didn’t worry about this at all, they only had two ways to urgently stop this hearing:

One was to abruptly announce the stop, but the host of the hearing, although seemingly powerful, was just following a pre-prepared inquiry process.

He was here to mediate the conflict between the two parties, but now the conflict seemed to be beyond just the two parties!

Both parties were completely bewildered!

Secondly, due to unexpected circumstances, people from different factions would be confused and suspicious of other parties.

It would take time to unify them again!

The rhythm was entirely disrupted!

The second method was to blow up the building—but if the building got blown up, it would truly be a disaster!

As for cutting power... it was impossible to find someone to break through Gwen’s guard and cut the circuit in such a short time... At the moment, there was no such plan.

Even if it was done, it would still be abrupt, unexplainable, and full of mystery and eeriness, causing the public to be suspicious of all the current politicians.

Frank continued to speak, his voice the only one heard on site.

In simple terms, during his disappearance from the military, he appeared in Afghanistan, serving in a squad called Hellhound.

This squad was not on any list, claiming all missions targeted high-value targets.

However, many missions were highly controversial. According to Frank, they would interrogate and assassinate targets...

But these, on the battlefield, could only be considered as humanitarian crises, at least targeting war objectives.

But his other claims were not—Frank said he had killed a local narcotics officer in Afghanistan and tortured him to death.

These details were disclosed one by one, and there was silence until the portly politician asked, "We noticed you said this squad isn’t on any operational list.

Do you know this is illegal? Plus, this seems to suggest you have no evidence to prove what you’re saying.

The contents are just too unbelievable and need more evidence to support your claims..."

"Of course, Senator Stane." Frank nodded, "Of course, we have combat records, and I have surviving comrades, and..."

"No, you don’t get my point! This ends here now! This hearing is about the gang shootout—"

"And this is the truth, there was no gang, the CIA falsely claimed I was a traitor just to cover up their humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan!"

"Enough!"

Senator Stane slammed the desk, face reddened: "Order! Order!"

"Captain, what you’re saying now will send you to a military tribunal..."

"If I’m not in the military, how can I go to a military tribunal?"

"You... you... fuck!"

Lille watched all this unfold—he had cut off all internal and external communications, and Hydra couldn’t give them any instructions.

The observers looked at each other in dismay.

Without a script, the politicians here were like children clueless about what to do, scared to make wrong decisions and paralyzed, constantly bickering.

Without informational superiority... the demeanor they displayed was no more than that of ordinary people, they were all waiting.

All were waiting for more information to be delivered.

The real big shots weren’t here.

Finally, after extended bickering, the presiding senator, the portly Senator Stane, banged the gavel, impatiently calling for order!

He forcefully moved to the next agenda!

"Order! Due to the lack of more related clues, we need further investigation.

The hearing proceeds to the next agenda, Transhumans! Our next topic is Transhumans!!

Lille Lee, please accept the inquiry! Order! I said proceed to the next agenda! Put your feet down!"

Lille shrugged, put his feet down. "No recess first? I suggest you recess first, I’m not the focus at all."

Senator Stane was choked by this, his face darkened: "No! You are the focus of this meeting! It’s about the Transhumans and corresponding technologies appearing in New York!"

Yes, the focus was Lille! It was supposed to be about him!

Since both sides had completed their behind-the-scenes deals, there was no need for such a large hearing!

The hearing was demanded by Lille and thought up by the opposition to force the ruling party.

But if a consensus was already reached, and everyone knew the final result... What’s the point of this hearing?

If it was meaningless, then create some meaning.

In the week of preparation for the hearing, Lille’s multiple companies had already positioned themselves across the US, although, by his intention, these companies would only list a small part of their shares—

But just that small portion of shares could make the opposition politicians who got wind of it beforehand reap great profits!

Who wouldn’t want to earn more?!

If the hearing proceeded normally, the process would naturally transition here, but the opposition didn’t remind Lille!

Now... they forcefully shifted the focus, making it abrupt and baffling.

"That’s ridiculous." Lille clasped his hands, leaning forward, "Now with such a major international humanitarian crisis, you decide to deal with me, a conscientious entrepreneur, first."

"Don’t change the subject—at the scene, there appeared including the so-called ’Death Warrior,’ ’Spider Woman,’ and high-tech weapons used by Governor Newsom—"