Chapter 605 - 296: Chaotic Situation (Part 3)
"Who knows..." Su Jiameng chuckled twice, speaking calmly, "At least to outsiders, Augustus’ Expedition Army is an ally of the Fifth Expeditionary Army. Whether their joining clarifies the battle or complicates it, is open to interpretation..."
"Are you trying to mock them for having ulterior motives? Just say it outright, no need to beat around the bush... it’s really not your style... though I quite like it..." Gu Ningyi murmured softly, then glanced at Su Jiameng and said, "Do you know when they will make the handover? Are you sure it will be at that place?"
"Probably..." Su Jiameng replied in a low voice, her eyes never leaving her virtual screen, "Honestly, in all my years, this war is probably the funniest I’ve seen... totally like a farce."
When Su Jiameng said this, there was an almost indiscernible sigh in her tone. Be it a farce or conspiracy, war is war, with death and blood as the main themes. No matter how she mocks, young lives still ultimately perish as a result.
Gu Ningyi stood beside Su Jiameng, his hood completely covering his face, making it impossible to see his expression. After being blown by the wind for a while, he broke the silence, "Do you really intend... to face it alone, without me or Luo Xin’s help?"
"No need, your hidden assistance, and Luo Xin has already mobilized forces to delay them, creating a great opportunity for me. More than that, it’d be better if you both don’t get involved. You said it yourself, you’re ultimately part of the Gu Family, you have to consider them. Luo Xin is the leader of the Star Thief Family, even less reason for him to muddy the waters. I can resolve it on my own..."
After all, the handover of that colossal secret, although both leaders won’t make a big show, they won’t meet alone either. Surely one or two elite squads will guard them all the way. Su Jiameng’s aim is to eliminate the leaders of both sides, she certainly doesn’t want to be bogged down by these elite squads, thereby giving the two time to escape...
Originally, Su Jiameng wanted Luo Xin’s forces to fish in troubled waters, making the situation as chaotic as possible, with Gu Ningyi assisting. However, the sudden addition of that contingent of Augustus’ Expedition Army forced her to change her initial plan.
The three-way melee was chaotic enough, if another force emerged at this time, it would indeed become a real farce, and Luo Xin’s losses would greatly increase. Out of caution, Su Jiameng opted for a beheading and blame-shifting action!
However, if she alone is to confront those two leaders, shouldn’t someone take care of the minions by the leaders’ side?
Thus, she assigned this task to Luo Xin and his team, not to seek the complete extermination of those elite troops... After all, they are talents cultivated with great effort by the Alliance, it would be too wasteful for such losses, so the target Su Jiameng set for them is simply to delay, the longer the better!
The reason why elites are elites is not just for show, their combat power isn’t merely for looking at. A delay tactic not only reduces enemy casualties, but also decreases our own losses... After all, life and death struggles are difficult, but buying time is a star thief’s longstanding forte.
"You really are... like the novels describe, pretending to be strong and desperate..." When Gu Ningyi said this, he always felt something was off in the narrative style, making Su Jiameng seem like a virtual character coming out of a novel, "Remember, make sure to come back alive."
"Mmm, don’t worry about that. Even ants cling to life, how could I be any different?" Su Jiameng said with a smile, "Don’t forget, I have a pair of sons, many good friends, too many attachments, reluctant to die. Besides, I, Su Jiameng, always have great fortune and longevity, even King Yama finds this cheap life of mine disdainful, probably wouldn’t accept it, you can rest assured!"
However, nothing is absolute, words uttered too confidently often get corrected by reality. Su Jiameng indeed proved this maxim true.
Gu Ningyi softly said, "Also... hehe, if you weren’t so excessively exaggerating and narcissistic, just judging by the novels, you indeed have great fortune and longevity. What can I say, you once held the rank of Lieutenant General, if you die here, wouldn’t it be too funny?"
Su Jiameng rolled her eyes, "I’ve always been one to say what I mean, realist, rejected narcissism..."
If she were truly narcissistic, that novel would not have been criticized by so many die-hard fans as an "unprecedented work of stepmotherly cruelty," some readers even believed "Major General Su" was actually the author’s real-life enemy who offended the author’s mother, hence all sorts of miserable scenarios in the novel...