Chapter 783 Negotiations are doomed before they start
The room covered with dark red carpet is very spacious, but there is not much lighting, and the dark oak floor absorbs all the light that is not strong enough. The only light source is from the fireplace on the right side of the room. Two high-back soft chairs are slanted
On the ground, a tall man sat on one of the chairs. General Hale noticed him at a glance. His presence was so strong, as if he was the center of the room. Even though he was well-dressed, General Hale
You can still detect the explosive muscle power under his clothes.
The warm breeze and the slight crackling sound caused by the burning fire hit his face. The man was not affected in any way by Gideon Malik and General Hale who walked into the room, but continued to sit on another high-back table.
The woman in the soft chair spoke. His expression was relaxed and cheerful, his long black curly hair and obsidian eyes reflected the warm light of the fireplace, and his cheerful voice changed slightly because of the empty room. And the man sitting in the soft chair opposite
People chuckled from time to time because of men's topics. General Hale felt that the woman's voice sounded familiar, but the high back of the chair blocked her sight, and she could only see a white arm.
It was a young woman's arm.
Gideon Malik stopped General Hale from walking over and motioned for her to wait here.
General Hale took out his arms, straightened his spine, and stood in a comfortable posture. She began to speculate on the identity of the man. Combining the flags and badges she had seen in the hall before, she could determine that the golden eagle badge represented
This man, or the force behind this man, is definitely not S.H.I.E.L.D., this is so ridiculous, that pattern is more like an ancient emblem than a modern simple logo.
She couldn't imagine what kind of force could possess power armor and super soldiers, two technologies that the U.S. government dreamed of. But if this man really had such terrifying power, then it wouldn't be a big deal to have a general standing aside and waiting.
Something unexpected. At least she is much more friendly to the people than the Goldman Sachs family, the Lehman family, the Lazard family, the Warburg family, the Stern family and other plutocrats. Even though she is a general of the United States,
But those plutocrats are not the ones she can meet if she wants to, they are the financial backers of the US government.
The sound of the door opening was heard from where the firelight of the fireplace could not reach. General Hale was surprised to find that Gideon Malik's daughter was walking out carrying a steaming tray with several exquisite...
Ceramic cups. She originally thought the man was talking to Stephanie. Stephanie smiled and handed one of the cups to the man. The person sitting in the other high-backed soft chair also had a cup. Gideon Malik looked like
Receiving the signal as if he was electrocuted, he smiled and motioned for General Hale to step forward.
The man did not sit up, but smiled and nodded to General Hale.
"Mom?" The person sitting in the other high-backed chair stood up in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"Ruby?" General Hale was also quite surprised, but she quickly reacted. She grasped her daughter's wrist tightly at an alarming speed and pulled her to her side. Ruby screamed, and the cup filled with mulled wine
The cup fell on the carpet, lemon slices, cloves and cinnamon rolls, together with the hot red wine, stained the exquisite carpet, while she shook her red palms in panic.
"What does this mean?" She glared sternly at Malik's father, and then at the man sitting on the soft chair. If her subordinates had encountered such a look, their knees might have gone weak, but the man just
He smiled and took a sip of mulled wine without responding.
"Mom, this is my friend!" Ruby defended dissatisfiedly. She did regard Salomon as a friend. After all, it was not Salomon who brought her the experience she had never had before - as she said before,
Ruby was the product of artificial insemination by General Hale. After Dr. Whitehall's eugenics plan came to an end, the newborn Ruby grew up in that Hydra school. If Dr. Whitehall had not died
, Ruby, who has now entered puberty, will also become the mother body of the eugenics program and undergo artificial insemination to produce the next stage of products. However, Alexander Pierce's power collapsed, and the property under Dr. Whitehall's name was taken away by the Malick family.
, the researchers merged into the Eternal City, and Ruby's artificial insemination plan was completely scrapped.
This girl has learned everything there is to know and done all the training she needs to do, but has never seen the outside world. The door to her room is a standard explosion-proof door with a five-centimeter-thick alloy plate and a combination lock. Sa
Lomon used magic to saw through the steel plate, extended an invitation to the astonished Ruby, and gave him a gift.
A telescopic hunting knife and a double-barreled pistol.
Ruby accepted the gift without hesitation.
Salomon first took Ruby to visit the Hydra security personnel who he had killed. After confirming that Ruby had no aversion to blood and death, he took Ruby around New York City, and through teleportation
She traveled around the world and finally arrived at the room in this castle. Ruby went crazy. Her favorite activity was skydiving without an umbrella. She did it three times, just like begging her parents to ride a roller coaster in an amusement park.
As a child, the climax brought about by that exciting feeling almost made this girl who had never seen the outside world unable to stop.
She is eager to go on her next adventure, but only if she is with Salomon.
"Shut up!" General Hale blushed with anger, "I thought this was a negotiation, but I didn't expect your methods to be so mean!"
"Why don't you listen to what I have to say?" Salomon first waved his hand to remove the stains on the carpet, then extended his hand and invited General Hale to sit on the soft chair where Ruby had been sitting before. General Hale accepted hesitantly.
However, she asked her daughter to stay by her side and not go anywhere. Although Ruby was not happy, she obeyed General Hale's instructions. She rubbed her wrists and stood aside, her eyes full of longing.
Stephanie took General Hale's coat and hung it on the cloakroom nearby. Salomon said to Gideon Malik, "We need some time. I can't stay in Europe for too long."
"As you wish, my lord." Gideon Malik nodded and took his daughter out of the room. When he walked out of the room, his steps were as brisk as a young man. General Hale had seen the slowness of the elderly before.
It’s all an illusion he put on. After undergoing internal organ cleaning surgery, joint replacement surgery and stem cell reconstruction surgery in the Eternal City, Gideon Malik can still live for another fifty years. Stephanie quietly said to her before leaving the room
Salomon winked, and after receiving a slight nod from Salomon, he left the room with a smile.
"I believe you must have met Constantine. He is my Praetorian Guard." Salomon said with a polite and smile that could not be offensive. "I'm sorry that I don't have time to introduce him to you. I will be there next time."
If there is time, I will definitely do so. I think we can have a good talk, General Hale, would you like a glass of mulled wine?"
"I'm a little worried."
"There's nothing to worry about, father. I've never seen anyone the monarch couldn't convince." Stephanie slowly took a sip of mulled wine. Salomon once personally taught her how to make mulled wine, which is said to be the most popular among Greeks.
Favorite recipe. "Like the Malik family, like me." She said proudly, feeling proud that the Malik family had become the monarch's trophy, like an animal head hanging on a decorative board, thinking of something that could be used to show the glory of the owner.
Gideon Malik doesn't have many objections to becoming a complete vassal, because Stephanie told him that Salomon has a space fleet that can conduct space operations, and the Malik family can take this flight to the Eternal City.
This is Salomon's reward.
"Constantine." Stephanie said to the boy who was once named Zero, and is now called Constantine through time dilation and time gem accelerated growth and training, "I will leave the rest to you.
"
"I will, Ms. Malik, I am an extension of the monarch's will."