Chapter 98: Another One
The mechanical dogs had been shredded into pieces as well. "It's a tragedy to lose so many people..." Zack sighed. Machines could be rebuilt, but those carefully chosen young men and women were gone forever.
"Sir, the air defense system has detected two transport planes and a fighter jet," Ego reported suddenly. "Satellite images show these aircraft took off from the Imperial Capital base. The two transports are carrying about 800 young people, seemingly headed for the Caribbean base."
"What?" Zack was stunned. The Caribbean base had already been destroyed, and now the Imperial Capital base was sending people there?
"Are they really sending these women as some kind of forced offering? Let's intercept them!" Zack said decisively.
High above, nearly 10,000 meters in the air, an F-15 fighter jet escorted two large transport planes flying toward the Caribbean base. "Sir, why are we heading back so urgently?" one of the transport pilots asked. "Didn't the leader order us to stay at the Imperial Capital base and wait for instructions?"
"And wasn't the agreement to send 5,000? We're only delivering 800. Isn't this too little?" another crew member chimed in.
Inside one of the transport planes, Oster, Navas's half-brother, stared out the window with a stoic expression. He listened to the grumbling of his subordinates but stayed quiet for a moment.
"I get that you're all frustrated," Oster said eventually. "But let me tell you this: we've lost all contact with the base. No matter how I try, I can't get through. On top of that, Kane's attitude towards us has suddenly changed. They won't even let us use their satellites for communication anymore."
"What are you saying?" one subordinate asked nervously.