Looking at the emperor's tired face, Lara Croft suddenly felt a little embarrassed. No matter how Natasha Romanoff described the emperor's intentions, the fact was that he spent a lot of time and paid a lot of money.
Solving Quetzalcoatl's problem, and only he has the ability to solve it ("Maybe Thor can too?" Laura thought), being too harsh is no less than ungrateful.
"I would like to say that I actually enjoy the adventurous life." She held a ceramic cup filled with hot coffee and added some gin to it as usual. She suddenly realized that this bottle of gin should not be here.
, the wine cabinet behind her was not opened at all, but now she couldn't think about this problem at all. "But I should take a break now and go back to the manor to see Winston (referring to the old butler of the manor). Now Holy Trinity is almost occupied
After the annihilation, I have time to sort out the documents left by my father and see what I missed during my adventures outside these years." She lowered her head in embarrassment, "I heard that you have also moved to the UK now, you can
Come to me at Surrey Manor, you should know the address, right?"
"Yeah, I will go to Surrey to visit You and Winston. He gave me a lot of advice on gardening layout and variety selection, but he certainly didn't expect that those flowers would be eaten clean by the sheep I raised." The emperor was careful.
He moved his body on the sofa. This time he was really injured too seriously. The healing magic was taking effect slowly and could not solve the wound problem in the blink of an eye. The fact that he was not in shock now made the medical staff very dissatisfied.
Under normal circumstances, he should have been admitted to the intensive care unit, instead of walking around and talking to others.
"I heard that you want to adopt a shepherd dog. Although I don't need to worry about such a small matter, I still use my little power to help you solve this problem. It is a gift, as long as you can fill out the observation form and submit it on time.
Be careful. The animals coming out of the laboratory have undergone genetic modification and they are very smart, just like Lassie the spirit dog."
"Are you injured?" Lara Croft frowned, "Is it serious?"
"It will probably heal in a few hours. If you can have some gin, it may heal faster." The emperor raised his eyebrows pretending to be relaxed, "Can you get me a bottle from the wine cabinet? I
I am almost bored to death by the Enuratu and Yasok people, and I will go crazy if I don’t drink some wine.”
"Isn't there a bottle on the table?" Lara Croft stretched out her hand very naturally, but her fingers did not touch anything except the air. She suddenly froze in place and looked at herself in disbelief.
There was no wine bottle in the palm of her hand, and there was no smell of gin in the coffee. "What's going on?" After a brief panic, she quickly regained her composure, "There should be a bottle of wine here. Is this some kind of prank?"
?”
"Is it this?" The emperor snapped his fingers. The wine cabinet opened automatically, and a bottle of gin floated out on its own, landing lightly on the place in Lara Croft's memory. "This is not a prank, but
Aftereffects. You have been exposed to too much extradimensional energy. No one knows what the consequences of long-term exposure will be. You may have accidentally seen the future, or your brain is sending you reminders. I suggest you leave the space station.
Go to the infirmary for a mental check-up to make sure your brain is not affected by extradimensional energy."
“What other symptoms will I have?”
"Don't be nervous, I can make sure you are safe, Lara Croft." The emperor seemed to know something, but was unwilling to say it. He asked the invisible servant to pour a glass of wine for himself and Lara Croft, and then took care of himself.
He drank it all in one gulp. "You linked me to the past, so you will be fine. Have a good sleep, you still need to help the Yasok people explore their gate to the underworld." He said in a pleading tone.
, "That is the last task I give you at this stage. Although there are still extradimensional creatures in the jungle now, the knights will protect your safety. We also need to figure out the underworld in Yasok's mouth."
The secret behind the door."
Lara Croft nodded. She had never seen her patron's tone be so soft. She even saw wrinkles in the corners of the emperor's eyes, knowing that he was even three years younger than her now. "I would be like this
I will not allow any mystery to remain in the adventure." She said, "I will give you a report."
"I have never been a strong person, Laura. I hate those politicians who have no regard for life, those villains who drag others into the abyss because of their own selfish desires, and even more disgusted with thugs who destroy lives because of indulgence. You have seen how I treat those people.
You should also know how much I hate their irresponsible attitude." When the conversation was about to end and Lara Croft was about to leave the room, the emperor suddenly said, "I just saw something that others wouldn't.
Believing in the future, I saw the disaster that was about to happen, so I had to make some cruel decisions that were against human morality to save more people. If possible, I would prefer to live a peaceful country life in the manor, but there must be someone
To take responsibility, someone has to do what others don't want to do, I can only ensure that this process is fairer and more people can survive."
"Is this a confession?" Lara Croft asked, "or an apology?"
"No, this is stating the facts." The emperor's expression became as cold as steel, as if the weakness caused by the pain was re-buried under the rock formation. As a ruler, he was not allowed to relax for a long time.
Well, that time is over now. "I will never regret what I did, will never excuse the evil deeds I committed, and will never be praised for the good deeds I did save lives. My function is
Let the human race continue, that’s all.”
This conversation did not make Lara Croft relax. On the contrary, she felt a chill that penetrated into her bones.
She couldn't think of what kind of person would use the word "function" to describe herself. This word has never belonged to humans, especially when it comes from someone who describes herself. There is no word that can compare to this word.
The words are even colder, mechanical and sad. This is the most complete denial of a person's own soul. She does not understand what kind of crisis is worthy of a wise person who does not hesitate to deny his own free will after seeing the future clearly.
conduct.
"Do you know how many times the human race has faced extinction crises in the past hundred years?" On the way to adopt a puppy, the guard Hammurabi who escorted her to the space genetic laboratory asked in a chatting tone,
"Excluding the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear weapons of the United States and the Soviet Union at that time could not all be thrown at the enemy's heads and would have to self-destruct. They could not affect too many countries at all. I am referring to global events such as Quetzalcoatl's awakening.
Crisis... at least ten times, madam, the human race is always lingering on the edge of the abyss. So please be tolerant to our monarch. The disaster we are about to face is far more terrifying than the awakening of Quetzalcoatl. Those in the Avengers cannot understand
This pressure to be responsible for all life and the resources necessary for those lives to live healthily. They are just little punks who go their own way and boast about themselves. Except for the New York incident in 2012, they have never taken any action to save the world."
"I'm afraid no one in this world has ever described the Avengers that way."
"This is my Lord's attitude towards them. Tony Stark's counter-terrorism operations have created more vendettas, Steve Rogers will only act under a baton, and Natasha Romanoff doesn't even have a target, at all.
Street crimes can feed their sense of justice. Our Lord's respect for them is entirely due to the humanitarian spirit they showed in 2012, nothing more." Hammurabi's face resembled that of an ancient king.
With a disdainful expression, "They have not rebuilt the houses destroyed by the war, have not fed the hungry war survivors, and have not completely ended the war weaved by lies. They simply do not understand how those things can oppress people's minds to madness.
The situation, not many people in this world can bear it. The war that our Lord ended is not limited to the Balkans. If you have the opportunity, you should go to the Middle East, Afghanistan and West Africa to see. You will find that the wings of our Lord actually protect and feed you.
How many people have been killed, this is something the Avengers will never be able to do."