At the beginning, only very sparse gunshots could be heard in the restaurant. The Terrador people did not have the habit of setting off fireworks at this time of the year. It just sounded like New Canaan immigration police officers arresting heinous criminals, or
It was two local minor nobles who were imitating the ancient spirit of chivalry and drawing guns to shoot at each other.
The sound of the shooting sounded far away from here. It was so small that it was barely audible amid the strong melody of the melodious string instruments of the cello in the restaurant band. It was drowned out by the music and the sounds of people talking.
Even if some people noticed the gunshots, they didn't pay much attention to it. Ever since New Canaan became the most prosperous metropolis in Terrador IX, gunshots have been fired continuously.
There are many contract workers who are desperate or have lost hope in life. They take desperate measures and try to rob a spaceship at gunpoint to escape this miserable world. The gang fights established by local criminal gangs and dock workers are also responsible for the high crime rate and number of shootings in New Canaan.
reason.
Everything was still going on as usual. While Augustus and others were listening attentively, the service staff in the restaurant served them local delicacies from Terrador as usual, including some baked golden and crispy Terrador food.
Chicken, narwhal skin and green salad...
"It was gunfire." Sarah Kerrigan was the first to point out the crux of the matter.
"This is probably the sound I least want to hear right now." Renault calmly put his hand on the Colt military revolver in his black windproof military coat, and several other Revolutionary Army guards made similar gestures.
action.
Years of experience on the battlefield have allowed them to develop the habit of always being on high alert. You must know that even in the most comfortable environment, federal killers may secretly assassinate the supreme leader of the revolutionary army.
"I did not authorize any raids against local armed forces...were our people discovered?" Augustus said with a frown. At this time, he could already hear the sirens.
The sound of voices, the screams of women, and the sound of gunshots became more and more intense in a short period of time, even overpowering the sound of the music.
"Probably not one of ours." Corporal Faraday stood up and walked next to Augustus, blocking the space between the marshal and the glass display window next to him.
"Probably pirates," Augustus speculated.
"It's incredible. Not only is this place in the center of New Canaan, but also..." Augustus looked out the window at the headquarters of the Knights of Terrador.
"Have they forgotten that this is also the territory of the Knights of Terrador?"
"How pitiful." What Tychus Finlay often said popped out of Raynor's mouth.
Only then did the people in the restaurant become nervous, and the band's playing stopped abruptly after a pause in filming. The people here were the middle and upper classes of New Canaan and tourists from other planets, and their composure only lasted a certain amount of time.
For a short period of time, especially these people had no way to dial the New Canaan Police Department's communication channel.
At this time, everyone could clearly hear the screams and gunshots outside getting closer and closer.
When the first person in the restaurant starts screaming and rushes out of the door, the tendency to run away is inevitable.
"Sarah, can your telepathy sense who is shooting? They should have entered the detection range of your telepathy." Everyone in the restaurant was almost gone.
At that time, Augustus was still as stable as a rock.
Augustus knew that if he rushed into the street at this time, he would probably fall under the gunpoint. There was no reliable bunker on the open street. After rushing into the street recklessly, it was impossible to know the fate of the panicked civilians around him.
Is it a gunman or a federal assassin who wants to kill him?
"My telepathy tells me that the shooters were probably the same group of people." Kerrigan stretched out a hand and pressed her temple tightly, as if she was having a headache because of the superficial emotions of fear and panic among the people on the street outside.
"I can only feel their shallow superficial thinking... There are about four or five people in this group, and their minds are full of hatred for the founding family of the Tyranids." She rested her left elbow on the table.
There was pain in his expression: "These people are from the resistance forces outside a certain department."
It would be at least several more years before Kerrigan could gain control of her extraordinary psychic abilities, and as she read the minds of too many people on a large scale, superficial human thoughts would inevitably be poured into her mind.
Usually these surface thoughts come from the most primitive and dirty human emotions and the most intense explosions in a moment.
For a long time, high-level psykers have been troubled by this powerful telepathic ability. And those younger high-level psykers often hear "Nothing exists" because they cannot control this ability.
"The voice" shows the mysterious "divinity", which is also the reason for the prevalence of voodoo sect and religious fanaticism in the colonial world of the Federation Alliance.
Usually, joining the psionic program is the best choice for advanced psykers, because such people are destined to be impossible to be ordinary.
"They are assassinating a descendant of the Creation Family, who has been hiding in a space station in geosynchronous orbit on Terrador."
"He is a son of Korhal." Raynor said in disbelief.
"No, it's impossible." Augustus said firmly: "The sons of Korhal will never massacre civilians without reason."
"It's not our people, it's probably other federal rebel groups." Kerrigan said, covering her forehead.
In the vast Territory of the Tyranid Federation, the Korhals have never been the only resistance army that dared to resist the tyranny of the Federation. Some resistance armies even have a much earlier history, such as the Abram rebels on Antiga Prime as early as
Already appearing before 2480, some resistance groups may be as old as a century.
The nature and organizational forms of these resistance armies are also diverse. There are many bandits or pirates who have raised the banner of overthrowing the corrupt rule of the Federation and committed evil. The free resistance army that Augustus encountered on Turasis II was a vivid example.
example of.
Other resistance forces are small but elite rebel organizations formed by the most cynical and hateful people in the Federation. The more famous ones are the mysterious Fist of Redemption and the Freedom Riders. These two organizations are used to accept those who have been destroyed by the Federation.
He enjoys a good reputation as a revolutionary.
As for the last type of federal rebels, it is possible to make it clear whether they took up arms to resist the federation or to retaliate against society to vent their hatred of injustice. This group of rebels usually absorbs a large number of poor people from the bottom of society.
People control the thoughts of organization members in a way that promotes hatred or is close to religion.
This type of resistance will drive members to assassinate members of the Federation's founding family and government officials through suicide attacks, using the most brutal means to achieve their goals. After the end of the Kailian War, more and more people who lost their families and families joined in.
After defeating these rebels, their only goal is to watch the destruction of the Federation or die with it.
However, with the exception of the Korhal Revolutionary Army, which has swept across many Federation systems, the other Federation resistance armies have launched uprisings on a planet or even a city, and all ended up being quickly and powerfully suppressed by the Federation army.
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At this moment, compared to the calm and composed veterans of the Revolutionary Army, the young Matt Horner was much more nervous. There were few such dangerous moments in his life: there was a group of gun-toting terrorists on the street who hated the Union.
The elements went on a killing spree frantically, and he was surrounded by rebels.
"Ah~Pony~" Mira Han, who was opposite Matt, noticed his nervousness - in fact, her eyes had been focused on the evasive Matt from the beginning, without ever shifting in the slightest.
Even the gunshots outside can't make Mira take her eyes away from Matt's face. If Mira Han is a playful and elegant cat, then the worst-case scenario is that she may have just been attacked by a cat.
Mint.
"Don't worry, they can't hurt my favorite pony~" Mira said domineeringly: "I will pry open each of their heads and hide behind me."
Because this is the most prosperous business district in New Canaan, there are still dense crowds on the streets at this time. The shooters are firing at the crowds recklessly, and screams and screams can be heard one after another.
"What are the local police and the Knights of Terrador doing?" Augustus kept staring at the headquarters of the Knights of Terrador opposite the restaurant, and found that there had been no movement on the other side since the few minutes after the shooting started.
, not a single knight of Terrador opened the castle door to save the civilians who were at the gunpoint of the gangsters.
It's as if all the knights are not inside the castle, and only some servants are guarding the huge fortress. In comparison, this group of rebels must be crazy to dare to launch an attack nearby, or they simply don't have any.
I thought about going back alive.
Augustus thought that this terrorist attack would be solved quickly, but the inaction of local law enforcement and garrison refreshed his understanding of the limits of federal agencies.
"Jimmy." Augustus' expression remained unchanged, and he calmly took out a C-30 electromagnetic pistol from under the hem of his long trench coat.
Renault and Augustus have been partners for many years. When he was still on Turasis II, Renault was Augustus's most trusted deputy and the unquestionable second-in-command of the Demon of Heaven. He shouldered the responsibility many times.
In the battles they fought side by side, their tacit understanding had already reached the point where they could understand each other's intentions with just one look.
"Perhaps the city government of New Canaan should award me a Good Citizen Medal to commend my contribution to this city." Renault stepped to the door of the restaurant first, leaned sideways against the glass door, and held his hands tightly.
Holding tightly the revolver engraved with the words gifted by Augustus Mengsk.
On the street outside the restaurant, people were still running in the opposite direction to the shooting scene. The sound of shooting was closer, almost right before their eyes.
At this moment, a man holding a Fimaro-21 submachine gun and wearing a plaid casual shirt was chasing a young couple. He was wearing black goggles and passed by the main entrance of the restaurant silently and coldly.
, and did not notice that Renault, who was beside him, was driving the flight without saying a word.
A bullet with the word "Justice" engraved on it was fired from the barrel of this military Colt pistol. Reno's shooting skills were very accurate. He shot through the head of the rebel with only one shot, and the latter immediately looked like
It fell to the ground like a bag stuffed with cotton.
Immediately afterwards, another rebel soldier walked past the restaurant with a submachine gun in his arms, and Reno quickly and steadily clicked his head off.
"There are two more." At this time, Sarah Kerrigan walked past Augustus and Matt. She shook her fiery red hair into a long ponytail and said, lifting her long skirt to reveal
A pair of white and round thighs pulled out a pair of daggers shining with silver light from her crotch.
The shocked Matt Horner just turned his eyes away from Renault when he saw Sarah Kerrigan with bright red hair walking out of the front of the restaurant. What Matt couldn't see
In this place, Kerrigan passed through the crowd like a fish swimming in water. She stepped on every floor tile with the precision of a dance, and ran retrograde at an extremely fast speed towards the two rebels who were shooting wildly.
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Kerrigan first used her mind control ability to control the body of a rebel soldier, causing him to turn the muzzle of the gun and shoot at his thigh. Then he used his mental power to deflect all the bullets fired at him. Under the horrified gaze of the other party, Kerrigan
The lieutenant general thrust the dagger into the opponent's chest.
In the past, Kerrigan was indeed a ghost agent who brought death, but now she rarely carries out assassination missions. Even so, Kerrigan is still the deadliest killer in the entire Koprulu sector.
By the time Kerrigan left, the police and the Knights of Terrador arrived belatedly. They would definitely interrogate the surviving rebels, but they would never believe it was a red-haired woman.
This group of terrorists was easily killed.
"Where did you learn this craft?" Raynor teased Kerrigan as she walked back into the hall.
"Tal'darin." Kerrigan's answer was simple and clear.
"Well done," Augustus said to Kerrigan and Raynor.
"Jimmy, it seems that your marksmanship has improved greatly during the time I haven't seen you."
"I have long been the best marksman of the Revolutionary Army." Renault laughed loudly: "Even a sniper can't be as accurate as me."
"I am Gunslinger Jim, the savior of mankind."
"Let's go, we have to get out of here quickly." Augustus then said: "Although we have the documents to legally hold these weapons, I don't want to be interrogated endlessly by the federal police."
"Come on, Matt, let's take you home first."
"I heard you say that they are also rebels." Matt asked Augustus in confusion as he followed Augustus out of the restaurant and walked away.
"Why are you trying to kill them?"
"Isn't this obvious?" Renault said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"They were shooting at unarmed civilians."
"No one deserves to die," Augustus said to Matt.
"The Korhal Revolutionary Army is completely different from these so-called rebels. We carry out our justice. We are the protectors of the people, and our resistance is for all people. This is our relationship with the federal government and other rebels.