The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 173 Dialogue
The conversation between the three people did not seem to elicit a reaction from Negan. This guy's shameless behavior caused a brief silence in the office.

Leon felt a little impatient. Now that this guy was already a piece of meat on his chopping block, he was just a prisoner. Is he really not afraid of death anymore?

Frowning slightly, he asked Dwight:
"Dwight, you've been at the Salvation Army for so long."

"I heard that they live by enslaving and plundering, killing other survivors wantonly, and have degenerated into inhumane scum."

"Do you think they are still normal people, and do they still have the value of living?"

Hearing the president's question, Dwight also realized what Leon was thinking. He suspected that his answer might affect the attitude of the People's Federation towards the Salvation Army, and even affect the life and death of these people.

He hesitated slightly, thinking back on his experiences over the years, those humiliating, barbaric, and disturbing lives.

Dwight looked back at his wife Shirley and said:

"Your Excellency, although it is inappropriate to say this, I feel that the current Salvation Army can no longer be called normal people."

"They can no longer even be called human beings. In my impression, many of them have lost themselves in violence, taking pleasure in robbing other people's lives and maintaining their own survival by exploiting others."

"Especially in these years, survival has become more difficult, and many survivors have died at the hands of the Salvation Army."

"I was like them in the past. Although I have always restrained my behavior, I also had to do many things against my will in order to pretend. Because of the evil deeds of the Salvation Army, I often have sleepless nights."

Shirley reached out and held her husband's hand. She knew very well that in order to get her back from Negan, her husband had endured it for many years and done many things against his will, and she still feels very guilty.

After listening to Dwight's answer, Leon nodded, thought for a few seconds, and said:
"You're honest, Dwight."

"I've heard similar answers to yours from other people."

"If the Salvation Army is really the organization you say it is."

"Then it really shouldn't continue to exist."

After speaking, he set his sights on Negan, who had been silent, and said:
"Afterwards, someone will collect information about the Salvation Army from you, about their weapons, number of people, and defense facilities."

"We will take corresponding countermeasures based on their intelligence."

"After our staff discusses the battle plan, we will send an army to eradicate the cancer of the Salvation Army."

"All of them will have to pay for their crimes."

Hearing the words of President Leon of the People's League, Dwight couldn't help but feel a complex emotion in his heart. He had quite complicated feelings about the Salvation Army, an organization he had been with for nearly ten years.

It's not just hatred, even if it's just hypocrisy, he will make some friends in the Salvation Army. Although they are not good people, how can he not feel anything if the two sides are enemies now?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the disheveled Negan, and seemed to have noticed Dwight's gaze. Negan was finally no longer responding to the outside world.

He first glanced sideways at his old pet, with a self-deprecating smile on his face, then raised his head slightly, looked at Leon, and focused his gaze on the young leader in front of him.

He leaned back, changed his kneeling position to sitting on the ground, continued to confront Leon without fear, laughed, and said in a hoarse voice:

"As expected of the president of the People's Federation, he decided the fate of many people with such an understatement."

"I used to be proud of my Salvation Army. Although my soldiers did a lot of bad things, I just wanted more people to live."

This middle-aged man who seemed to be almost 50 years old also seemed to think that he could not escape from the People's Federation. He gave up on himself and laughed at himself, saying:
"Just a month ago, after I found that old man Mason, I thought I was a person favored by God."

"Ha ha."

"Sure enough, God is not blessing me. He is just a bastard. He gives me hope every time and then beats me up. He is just teasing me."

Leon chuckled and said lightly:
"Although I'm not a believer."

"But you're actually lucky."

"We neither lost our lives in the disaster of the zombie virus, nor were we reduced to ashes in the nuclear explosion war."

"I don't know what Mason promised you, but if you can really control what's inside that institute."

"Perhaps, the Salvation Army can really become a force that no one can ignore."

"Unfortunately, with your intelligence and energy, no matter how high the technology is given to you, you will not be able to use it without a matching foundation."

"You can't expect an uncivilized monkey to be able to drive a warship, right?"

Facing Leon's ridicule, Negan's expression froze slightly, but as a prisoner, he did not overestimate his ability to refute the opponent.

After a while, Leon stopped mocking the loser. This was meaningless. Instead, he stated the purpose of meeting him.

"The Saviors will be destroyed, Negan, and you will pay the price for what you have done."

"But before that, maybe you can think about what else you can do in exchange for my forgiveness."

"If you don't want to suffer too much."

Negan was not a stupid person. He laughed when he heard this, looked at Leon and said:

"Your Majesty the President, do you want me to betray my organization?"

"Or simply let the Salvation Army surrender to you?"

Leon shrugged at him and said:
"If you are willing and have the ability, that would be great."

"At least some people will survive and not be turned into corpses by us."

"However, I think you should know very well that you are not as important in their hearts as you think."

"They never thought of finding you after you disappeared."

With that said, Leon waved his hand to call the guard outside the office, and before asking him to continue escorting Negan back to the cell, he said:

"Think about it, if you want to continue living."

………………

In the Sting Team's gym.

It was just dawn, and Michonne wanted to do her daily physical training before breakfast, as usual.

However, just as she opened the door to the gym, she saw a figure she hadn't seen for a long time jogging on the treadmill.

A smile appeared on Michonne's face, she walked to the man and said:
"Jasmine, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you ready to join the team again?"

Wearing a dark sports vest and shorts, Jasmine, whose figure was plumper and rounder than before, tilted her head slightly. After seeing Michonne, an old friend, she couldn't help but put a smile on her cold face. .

"Michoon, long time no see."

"I do want to return to the team as soon as possible, but unfortunately Lyon thinks it is too early."

"You know, the little guy hasn't been weaned yet, so he can't leave me yet." Michonne nodded after hearing this. Thinking of the cute little guy she saw last time at Jasmine's house, she couldn't help but smile.

"Haha, that little guy is so cute. She is very beautiful and has inherited your beauty very well."

In the past, when she was a mother, she once had a lovely angel and a happy family. Unfortunately, the zombie virus took away everything from her.

Thinking of this, a touch of sadness arose in her heart. Michonne took off her coat, revealing her soft and tough muscles like a panther. She walked to a fitness equipment for strength training and started her daily training.

She pays more attention to strength and physical fitness than agility training. To put it bluntly, many strong men cannot match her in this aspect.

Ten years later, she still has not gotten over the shadow of losing her family and has not forgotten those she loved. Although many friends have persuaded her and offered relief, she is still alone and has not formed a new family.

Both of them are the kind of women who don't like to talk too much. They have been practicing for half an hour without realizing it while chatting away.

Suddenly, the door of the gym was pushed open again, and Miss Gill, wearing a close-fitting sportswear, also walked in.

After seeing Michonne and Jasmine, the young girl was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but reveal a bright smile on her face.

As one of the few female captains of the Assault Team, Michonne and Jasmine have always been Jill's role models.

She walked quickly to the two of them and said:

"Captain Michonne, Captain Jasmine, long time no see."

The two turned their heads to see Jill, and nodded with a smile.

Michonne and Jill are more familiar. When this girl first graduated from the military academy, she trained with her team. The two of them can even be said to have a master-student relationship.

"Long time no see, Jill."

"I heard that you went to the radiation area to perform a mission together. Has the mission been completed?"

"By the way, I heard that little Clementine is also going with you. It seems that the mission goal is quite difficult."

Gil nodded, chose a boxing sandbag for combat training, and said with emotion while exercising:

"It's really difficult to fight. Not only are there a lot of them, there are even monsters that can use Gatling cannons."

"On this mission, thanks to the heroic Death Troopers, our Stinger Squad didn't have much of an impact."

Michonne was also somewhat interested when she heard this. When this mission was announced, she and her team members went out to perform other missions, so they did not participate. She just came back yesterday and had no time to search for relevant files.

As a warrior who likes to use katana and close combat, she can imagine that it would be very difficult to deal with enemies who can use modern firearms.

Jasmine, who was still jogging with a slight sweat on her forehead, heard this and said:
"It's a secret institute of Freemasonry, a biochemical weapon studied by a doctor named Mason."

"Leon told me that there are a large number of biological and chemical weapons stored in that research institute. If we handle it properly, we may be able to use those things for the People's Federation."

"In future battles, the casualties of soldiers can be greatly reduced."

The other two nodded when they heard the words. Although they didn't quite understand the key points inside, it was enough to know that this was something that was good for Renlian.

After thinking about it for a while, Jasmine told the two of them what she had heard last night.

"By the way, Jill, Michonne, you can have a good rest these two days."

"I heard Leon say that there will be a more difficult task for you soon."

"The location of the mission is a stronghold in Virginia."

"You will be setting off again soon."

Jill shrugged when she heard the words. As a girl with a strong sense of responsibility, she was never afraid of any battle and was extremely loyal to the People's Federation.

"I guessed so."

"Our team was not sent to this mission to deal with federal predators. There will definitely be other missions."

"Captain Jasmine, do you know what the specific situation is?"

"Is it the Freemason's trouble again?"

Jasmine stopped running, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and recalled the scene last night. She was too focused on other things at the time, her head was a little confused, and she didn't remember clearly.

She could only say vaguely:

"It seems that a group of soldiers has disappeared mysteriously. I need you to investigate the specific truth."

Michonne also got down from the fitness equipment, walked to one of the areas he used the most, picked up a katana for training, and began to practice various slashing movements.

Over the years, various tasks have been carried out many times, and there are very few tasks that can make them fear or other negative emotions.

………………

A few days later, Virginia stronghold.

Albert was sitting in his office, holding a homemade cigarette in his hand, smoking it continuously, looking at a map with a depressed expression, which marked the location of the missing transportation team.

Not just him, many families in the stronghold are in a sad mood.

As a stronghold adjacent to the radiation area, the number of residents in the Virginia stronghold is not large compared to other strongholds. After years of development, their number is less than 500.

The residents who can join the transportation team and perform missions away from the stronghold are the elite in the stronghold. Most of them are the youngest and strongest young adults, and are the pillars of every family.

In this accident, they lost 25 companions, including the parents of many children, the lovers of many families, and the children of many mothers. At least twenty families lost their loved ones forever.

As a native of Virginia, Albert lived in this stronghold before the nuclear war broke out. Many young people could be said to have grown up under his eyes.

His relatives had already died in the disaster, and the residents in the stronghold were like his relatives.

While he was still worried about the missing transport team, the office door was pushed open.

A little girl who was only twelve or thirteen years old jumped in. After walking into Albert, she said with an excited expression on her face:
"Grandpa Albert, a group of people came outside the stronghold. They were wearing black armor and driving in a car?"

"They claim to be people from the general base, who are responsible for investigating the disappearance of the transport team."

"Uncle Moore, who is responsible for guarding the gate, asked me to take you to see it."

Albert was stunned when he heard this. It was common knowledge in the world that the fuel could not be used and the car could not drive. He did not expect that someone could drive the car over.

However, when he thought about the capabilities of the People's Federation headquarters, he was no longer so surprised. After all, it was a force that could establish such a large organization in the apocalypse and represented the top wisdom and spirit of mankind.

Albert touched the girl's head, stood up, and said in a kind tone:

"Let's go, little Emma, ​​let's go and take a look together. That should be someone sent by the headquarters to help us."

(End of this chapter)