Chapter 117: The Defender

"I have nothing to say!" The Commander-in-Chief frowned slightly, not only because of Ding Mo's question, but also because of the constant pain radiating from his broken knee.

"I will never reveal any state secrets to you!"

He turned his head away resolutely, ignoring Ding Mo.

Ding Mo twitched the corner of his mouth: "Quite the backbone."

"You are surrounded. We advise you to release our Chief as soon as possible and surrender immediately!" The loudspeaker outside kept blaring, which was quite annoying.

Ding Mo scanned the surroundings, and after confirming once more that the iron door was the only exit to the room, he said to the Commander-in-Chief:

"Rest assured, I just want to ask you about some other things."

After saying this, he added:

"As long as you answer obediently, I guarantee I can spare you."

Upon hearing this, the Commander-in-Chief looked back at Ding Mo, and after a few seconds of silence, he said:

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Ding Mo tapped his own forehead at this moment: "First question,

"Where did the previous 'Prince' go?"

Outside the iron room, the negotiation experts had already arrived at the scene.

At this moment in the command center, they were meeting with a group of anti-terrorism troops who had also arrived.

"You are experienced in rescuing hostages, so the Chief is in your hands." In the command room, the Chief's adjutant said in a deep voice:

"Please ensure the Chief's safety at all costs!"

The special forces members, their faces hidden by black helmets, looked at each other upon hearing this.

They had experienced many tasks involving the rescue of citizens, scientists, and engineers, but this was their first time rescuing a "head of the military."

"Leave it to us." The captain finally replied, then turned around and gave orders:

"Negotiation experts, you distract and divert the attention of those unknown terrorists from the front; it would be best if it can be resolved peacefully.

"But if not, we will be responsible for breaking in and carrying out the final rescue operation!"

The adjutant looked at them and nodded slightly, then immediately remembered another matter—

The "Guaishou" that had appeared in the base earlier had actually disappeared at this time?

But that was fine; the priority of rescuing the Chief was more important than anything else...

"How do you know about this!?"

As Ding Mo's words fell, the Commander-in-Chief was startled, then looked at the middle-aged woman beside him and questioned:

"Did you tell him?"

The middle-aged woman was stunned and hurriedly shook her head.

"How I know it, you don't need to worry about," Ding Mo pressed a foot onto the Commander's broken knee and said:

"You only need to answer my questions.

"Speak, that 'Prince' is named Ding Mo, right? Why did you want to kill him? The Ritual was already over, and everyone should have been safe!"

A stinging pain came faintly, and the Commander's face turned pale instantly; he gritted his teeth and said:

"Death is what he deserved!

"Ding Mo, 26 years old, former electronics factory engineer!"

"..." Ding Mo was silent for a moment.

The Ding Mo of this world seemed to have more "ideas" than he did?

After the Commander finished speaking, he turned his head again and looked at the middle-aged woman:

"Xu Yue, 46 years old, has been spreading rumors for over a decade, and her behavior has seriously disrupted social order! Even after her husband received retribution and died, she continued to spread rumors!"

The middle-aged woman, who had been silent, looked guilty at first upon hearing this, but her expression changed abruptly when she heard the words about her "husband"!

She shouted sharply: "You're full of crap!

"My husband, he was so kind and gentle! How could he have died from retribution!

"I, I spread rumors, wasn't it just for money?!"

As the middle-aged woman spoke, she seemed to unconsciously build up resentment:

"Do you understand!?"

Amidst the woman's angry shouting, the Commander moved his lips, and in the end, he was actually suppressed by her momentum!

"Mom..." Lu Yue stood by, unable to understand, and didn't know what to do when she saw this.

The room fell silent, and seeing this, Ding Mo spoke up:

"Even so, wouldn't it be enough to just lock them up?"

The contradictions of this world seemed very deep, but Ding Mo didn't care, or rather, caring wouldn't be of any use; such things were beyond human reach.

What he cared about was what connection the "Ding Mo" of this world had with him, whether it would involve him, and subsequently affect his memories.

Since he was still in this world today, he would thoroughly eliminate this hidden danger, and then slowly deal with "Chu Chenfeng" in his mind after returning.

"Yes." The Commander said slowly at this time:

"I don't know if you are his relative or his friend. But he is no longer the Ding Mo you knew... Since you even know about the Ritual, I don't need to hide it from you anymore.

"In the last Ritual, Ding Mo was already tainted by something and is no longer a pure human."

As his voice fell, the Commander glanced at the grief-stricken middle-aged woman and her daughter beside her, his tone unwavering:

"And as the 'Ritual Director', she is the same. For the absolute safety of humanity, we must never let them remain in this world! They must be eliminated!"

On this matter, he seemed unprecedentedly firm.

"So... the whole thing about us being chosen, it was all a lie?" the middle-aged woman said blankly.

"You just wanted to purge the voices of opposition?"

Hearing this, the commander's gaze turned cold.

"Not entirely, but the final list was indeed decided by us.

"I am sorry, but our existence is for the sake of ensuring humanity, ensuring the country's 100% safety!

"No matter the form, no matter the action!

"After all, we are a group of defenders."

As he spoke, he turned his head, straightened his military uniform, sat upright, and met Ding Mo's gaze without fear.

"Alright, regardless of what relationship you have with that Ding Mo, if you want to avenge him, then kill me. I have no regrets!

"The fine men outside will continue our mission."

"..."

Ding Mo met his gaze, and once again, fell into a long silence.

"What does the demolition team say?" the special forces captain called into the walkie-talkie.

The walkie-talkie responded quickly:

"The protective facilities in that room are too advanced; we must use a high-yield explosion to break in within a short time! We cannot guarantee the safety of the hostages inside!"

"..." The captain seemed to curse something, then turned to look at the negotiation expert.

"How is it?"

A middle-aged man wearing a white shirt shook his head upon hearing this.

"#￥%@!" The captain let out a string of curses until a team member ran over holding an unmanned vehicle.

After this person spoke into the captain's ear for a moment, the captain's eyes suddenly lit up!

"Let's do it that way!"