Chapter 443: National reporting!

"Hahahaha! The Freedom Country is still cowardly after all!"

"I thought the Freedom Country would clash with us again! I didn't expect them to surrender directly! Boring..."

"Who says not? I was prepared for a fierce battle... it’s really disappointing..."

"..."

Soon, the news that the Freedom Country was willing to hand over people spread back to the Dragon Kingdom.

In the command room, the generals cheered and celebrated the victory.

The scene was instantly noisy...

But the Great Leader heard the news, but he couldn't be happy at all, his brows were still tightly locked, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

"Sigh..."

"The Freedom Country is not a fool; this Biden still has some skills..."

The Great Leader let out a long sigh, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

Instantly, the laughter in the room stopped.

Everyone looked blankly at the Great Leader, who was full of sorrow...

The Freedom Country took the initiative to hand over people?

As the saying goes, this is called subduing the enemy without fighting; didn't our Dragon Kingdom win a great victory?

Why is the Great Leader sighing?

So strange...

Wang Lao on the side saw the Great Leader’s expression, thought for a moment, and suddenly realized.

"Great Leader..."

"Could it be that your original intention was to provoke a dispute with the Freedom Country?"

"But... didn't you always say before that now is not the time to clash head-on with the Freedom Country?"

Facing Wang Lao’s question, the Great Leader didn't hide anything and said straight to the point.

"It was indeed not the time before."

"But now, the situation has changed..."

As soon as this was said, everyone was even more confused, completely failing to understand the meaning of the Great Leader’s words.

Only Wang Lao lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

"Great Leader? Do you mean because of Song Qi?"

This time, the Great Leader did not deny it again, but nodded lightly.

Before, the reason why the Great Leader demanded that the Dragon Kingdom remain restrained was because the Dragon Kingdom had always been in a rising period, and clashing head-on with the Freedom Country would do more harm than good...

And now, Song Qi’s fall is equivalent to completely interrupting the pace of the Dragon Kingdom’s technological rise.

Everyone knows that if the Dragon Kingdom wants to produce another peerless genius like Song Qi...

The possibility is almost zero.

This also means that the current gap between the Dragon Kingdom and the Freedom Kingdom is very likely at its widest point...

Choosing to make a move at this time is indeed the most appropriate moment...

The ins and outs of this are complex to explain, but everyone who can appear in this command room is the cream of the crop, and they realized this layer almost effortlessly.

In an instant, the smiles on everyone's faces vanished without a trace, replaced by an indescribable gravity.

"It's just that..."

Suddenly, Wang Lao seemed to have thought of a blind spot.

"Grand Leader!"

"How is the Freedom Kingdom so certain that if we lose Song Qi, we definitely won't be able to surpass them?"

"Sigh..."

Upon hearing this, the Grand Leader let out another long sigh.

"I'd like to know that myself, damn it!"

"How can the Freedom Kingdom be so certain that our future development will definitely overtake them?"

"By all logic, given the Freedom Kingdom's current situation, there is no way they would let this opportunity slip by..."

"That is exactly what I am afraid of..."

Many things.

The Grand Leader did not say them explicitly, but the generals were already letting their imaginations run wild.

Put this way, everything in the past seems to have an answer...

The Apollo moon landing program?

Why did the Freedom Kingdom's moon landing technology go missing after landing once?

The B-2 bomber, the F-22 fighter—why did the farce occur where, despite being independently developed by the Freedom Kingdom, the technology was lost, ultimately making it impossible to restart the production line?

And then there was the arms race with the Old Mao Xiong...

The Old Mao Xiong would go through all sorts of hardships to finally bring out something good, and the Freedom Kingdom would turn around and pull out something even better.

Crushing the Old Maozi?

In the past, everyone just assumed these things were the result of the Freedom Kingdom's chaotic management and systemic problems.

Now it seems the root cause lies right here!

"Then what should we do now?"

At this moment, the Grand General, who had been silent all along, finally couldn't help but ask.

"Do we need to take the initiative to start a war now?"

"In that case, the longer we drag this out, the more disadvantageous it is for us..."

"Absolutely not!"

Hearing the Grand General's proposal, the Grand Leader hurriedly shook his head.

"As the saying goes, one does not strike a smiling face!"

"We could still say that kid from the Sakura Kingdom defied our wishes..."

"But what about the Freedom Kingdom?"

"They didn't even make a peep and sent the people directly to us!"

"If we attack them now, we truly lack a righteous cause..."

The Grand Leader paused and sighed again.

Then he continued.

"Let's take it one step at a time for now..."

"However, since the Freedom Kingdom isn't fighting us, it's the perfect time for us to properly clean up the tumors within our own ranks..."

"In the past, we didn't have any good methods for these animals who eat inside and out."

"But now?"

"Hmph!"

"If I, the Grand Leader, don't clean up this bunch of animals, then I've lived my life in vain!"

The next morning.

The Dragon Kingdom's State Council sent a message to all citizens of the Dragon Kingdom...

[Respected citizens of the Dragon Kingdom:

Recently, spies have been running rampant and traitors have been rampant within the Dragon Kingdom! This has seriously endangered the national security and military secrets of the Dragon Kingdom! Our country's extremely important strategic-level scientist, Major General Song Qi, was severely injured and his life hangs in the balance precisely because of a traitor's betrayal!

Hereby! We call upon our fellow citizens to actively report traitorous behavior. If the report is verified and enemy spies or traitors are successfully captured, a reward of five million Dragon Kingdom currency in cash will be given!! If multiple people report the same case and it is verified, the reward will be split equally among the reporters!]

[...]

This message was sent to every Dragon Kingdom citizen's mobile phone without exception.

For a moment, all the people of the Dragon Kingdom looked at the message, their hands trembling with excitement!

"No way? Major General Song was actually harmed by a traitor? This bunch of animals really deserves to die!"

"Holy crap! Five... five million? It went up ten times? Is the determination this strong? It seems the government is planning to get serious this time!"

"What should I do? I've already hung my roommate up and beaten him for two hours, but this kid's mouth is really tough! He still won't admit it?"

"Ahem... I discovered that my boyfriend doesn't even know our secret code... he doesn't even know how much the Palace Jade Liquid Wine costs..."

"Girlfriend! That's not a boyfriend, that's your life's benefactor!"

"What's your boyfriend's name? Can I report him too?"

"..."

Once this news came out.

A wave of reporting broke out instantly across the entire Dragon Kingdom...