Chapter 409
"General, do you need me to open a door or two to let you in with your current work progress? But be careful, I’ll close the door the moment you step in."
Chen Ting sighed, thinking to herself how bold one must be to flirt with the head of the National Security Bureau in this place.
Clearly, the previous statement meant to "shut the door and beat the dog."
However, the Major General didn’t seem to get angry upon hearing that. Looking at the camera placed in the corner, he said, "Ye Tian, I advise you to surrender immediately. The Party and the government would consider your voluntary surrender and deal with you leniently. You should trust that our government is a government of the people."
"Hahahaha!" Ye Tian almost burst into laughter, clutching his stomach as he did, "My General, take a good look at your shameless face. I was just wondering just how thick your skin must be to spout nonsense without even blushing!"
The following words gradually took on a different tone, clearly expressing helplessness and venting through that loud laughter.
"Looking at you now, I feel like a damn fool. Do you know what we did right before we set out on missions?" Ye Tian’s eyes were filled with red, a sign of blood vessel congestion, "We swore an oath! Before we set out, we damn well swore an oath! We vowed to defend our motherland and its people until we bled dry, to use our last bone as a fortress against the enemies, and our last drop of blood to form a moat to stall their advance! Only now do I realize that we were actually protecting scum like you! While we sacrificed ourselves overseas, you schemed behind our backs, calculating how to kill us off and then erase all traces of our existence, and ultimately eradicate Dragon Team’s members until no one could remember us, until everyone had forgotten that such an organization ever existed in Huaxia!"
Seeing Ye Tian’s chest heaving violently was due to his extreme anger and sadness.
Chen Ting had heard of such things; some upper-level decision-makers sacrificed the interests of a few for the greater good, including the lives of some combatants during wartime position capture or strategic deception, which sometimes required bait. This situation is often deplorable, but also necessary. She didn’t know why Ye Tian felt so strongly about this issue. Being a soldier, he should naturally understand the occurrence of such events.
What infuriated Ye Tian was not being betrayed; if it was for the national interest or the welfare of the general populace, he was willing to die first, but not for personal gain, let alone some absurd immortality dream. He wasn’t just unwilling to die for such reasons but also didn’t want to see his comrades and brothers die for such causes. Masked under the guise of national interest but secretly scheming for personal gain, some people might tolerate such actions, but not Ye Tian!
In the corridor, the Major General said nothing, just coldly watching the camera. He could sense the hostile gaze of the person standing behind the camera.