Chapter 382: the press conference and the dead country

A few dozen minutes later, Clark cut off the metallic chains that he used to restrain the Radan soldier. After listening to his story and confirming that he didn’t lie, he finally understood the reason why the soldier acted so uneasy.

Right now, he didn’t even know if he should cry or laugh. He thought that his life in the Spartan republic as a soldier was filled with thorns enough, but it seems that his experience was basically heaven compared to some soldiers.

The soldier didn’t want to devolve any secret to him originally but after using a shameless tactic, it surprisingly worked.

Due to Captain Drake’s reaction when he first saw him, he guessed that he was already gaining some fame in this region. And to his surprise, he was right as this soldier recognized him also.

When he gave his promise that he would protect him no matter what happened, the soldier finally relented and revealed everything.

According to him, as a 2nd rank high-grade soldier, he could already be considered as one of the higher-ups of the republic.

Despite his higher-up status, this could still not protect him and other soldiers of his rank from the ruthlessness of the republic.

According to him, his wife was dead already, leaving his daughter who was his most valuable relative that was still left in this world.

And this most valuable relative was the tactic that the government used to hook him under their tyrannical hooves.

Every 2nd rank high-grade soldier currently under the Radan republic was in the same situation, the government held that thing they valued the most in captivity and they control them through this.

This was the reason why fewer and fewer soldiers’ defects to the old warriors club, the high-grade soldiers couldn’t bear the thought of leaving that most valuable thing.

This was the same with him, he has not seen his daughter physically in about 8 months. She was kept in a secret building that was built by the government, and he only gets to see her occasionally virtually.

According to him, the old warriors club didn’t know of this yet as the republic was trying every means to keep it under wraps and this new system started 8 months ago.

The reason why the gov’t started the new system was not just to prevent more soldiers from defecting to the old warriors club, their ultimate plan was to obliterate the club completely.

According to him, he remembered that the government scheduled the date of the attack for next year but it was not too long away now.

After saying all this, he finally revealed what he really wanted.

“Please, Lieutenant Colonel, I won’t mind even if you kill me now, but please save my daughter. She’s the only thing that I cherish in this world, please I want her to live a normal life that is not behind bars”.

Seeing the sincere emotions of the soldier, Clark asked. “Do you have any idea where the secret building where she is kept is?”

“I…, I’m not sure, but I once saw information about a secret building in the west side of Arial City. That’s the only information that I know”.

“Ok, I’ll be back in a moment”.

Clark patted his shoulders before standing up. Trying hard to suppress the extreme disgust that he had for this country now, he smoothly navigated to the room where Captain Drake and the others were.

Without excluding anything, he recounted all the details of everything that the soldier revealed to him.

Captain Drake was stunned after listening to everything, he sighed and slumped down weakly to his chair.

“No wonder we’ve not seen any new upper echelon recruit in months”.

He suddenly turned to Clark. “What do you want to do?”

“I promised, so I’ll save his daughter”.

“Ok, but be careful”.

After Clark nodded, as he was about to go, he paused again as Captain Daniella came inside the room.

“The President’s press conference is about to begin”.

Without saying a word, everyone in the room stood up and quickly navigated their way to the living room where the Radan soldier still sat, waiting and hoping for a positive response.

They didn’t say a word to him as they quickly located seats and sat down, then a large holographic projection appeared before them.

Clark squinted his eyes dangerously as the President of the Radan republic finally presented itself before him in a holographic projection.

In the holographic projection, the mc tried to talk to the large audience to calm down with the help of the army soldiers in the conference.

After restoring a brief calm, he grandly welcomed the President. The President didn’t receive any grand applause as he climbed the podium, even the rich civilians recognized that he was not fit for that.

“My fellow citizens of Radan, it is of a pain in my heart as I announce the passing away of our diligent and honest minister of finance, Minister Nani”.

“And once again, it was done by the hands of our most hated enemy who are determined to fight against the growth of this country, the old warriors club”.

“This assassination once again reveals to us how vicious, dangerous, and filthy the old warriors club is. If we don’t strengthen our defense, they may one day sink our precious country”.

“This is why I’ve come once again to emphasize the importance of opposing this dangerous organization. They are heartless killers; assassins are the right term to address them”.

“Do not join them, do not aid them, do not have any relationship with them”.

“With God’s help, we hope to eradicate this nuisance once and for all in the future, we hope that you as the civilians cooperate and help our efforts”.

“Thank you”.

Seeing that the President was about to leave, the crowd erupted again as they started yelling angrily but their voice was repeatedly drowned by those of others.

“MR. PRESIDENT, WHY DID THE HELICOPTERS BOMB THE LABORATORY BUILDING?”

“MY SON DIED FROM THE BOMB”.

“MY WIFE DIED FROM THE BOMB, RESIGN!”

“RESIGN!”.

Like he didn’t give a f*ck about who the noisemakers were, the President walked off with a swagger in his steps until he disappeared from the civilian’s sights.

…

“Sigh!” Captain Drake slumped down to his chair, he chuckled melancholically with a hard-to-read sad expression on his face.

“Radan is dead”. He muttered conclusively. “I wonder how my dead father would have felt”.

He sighed again. “He served the republic all his life, my grandfather did the same, I followed their footsteps and served the republic for most of my life too. Now, this is how we’re being repaid”.

Nobody commented on what he said, the living room was submerged in a strange silence as they all thought over the just concluded press conference.

Clark suddenly stood up and calmly went to meet the Radan soldier. “What is your name?”

The soldier looked up at him. “Ares”.

Clark nodded. “I will save your daughter”.

The soldier was stunned for a moment before suddenly jumping up. “Thank you, sir. Thank you, I don’t know how to repay you”.

Clark patted his shoulders again.

“You don’t have to repay me, just be good to yourself and the people around you. That’s the best payment that I can ever take from you”.

“Thank you, I will forever remember this favor”.

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