OR1-EP1: Rainbow Nation (16)

Once a person's psychological defense completely collapses, it only takes a few seconds to go from being strong to despair. The fact that Nito Mariam tried to cover up was finally discovered by McNeil. This humble detail has never been the focus of attention before. The deceived Colonel Karl Duttmann did not hesitate to report this important situation to his superiors. He hoped that it would be best to let the Governor-general himself intervene directly. He wanted to take this opportunity to attach himself to Governor-general Herzog.

However, Jacob Herzog seemed to be unaware of it, leaving everyone who knew about it at a loss. Taking advantage of this opportunity, McNeil slipped out of the barracks and returned to the original block to rest for a few days. This is just a small test for him, not a big test. However, he felt guilty from the bottom of his heart because he almost personally sent a person to the gallows-in the foreseeable future, this scene will definitely happen.

After the last time the Guardian Corp led a group of troops into Nito Mariam's home and found the missing pure gold badge and a sum of stolen money (it turned out to be counterfeit money afterwards), his family became the scum in the neighbors' eyes. Many poor people living here, especially the Africans who are also natives, think that this damned black sheep has smeared the image of all of them. In less than a day, everyone formed a uniform wave of boycott. McNeil and Old Jake are among the few people who did not participate in such boring activities. The former has been out of town in recent days, and the latter is too old to want to spend more time on other things. Seeing McNeil came back here in a hurry, Old Jake didn't say anything, but treated him as before.

"The current argument is that he was bought to assassinate Jorge Dias." McNeil ran to a nearby store to buy some Turkish kebab, and celebrated with the old man. The owner may be a fake Turk, because McNeil, who has lived in New Adana for many years, almost immediately tasted something wrong. However, seeing old Jake still staring at the barbecue on the plate enthusiastically, he decided not to tell the truth.

"...Who would be so eager to kill a lawyer who didn't threaten anyone?" Old Jake didn't know. "And, this guy is also stupid. He really didn't consider the possibility of the employer's misconduct, for Now. Okay, the original employer died, and the buyer who paid the money gave him a bunch of counterfeit coins. He himself is behind bars again, and the family is completely broken."

Since Governor-general Jacob Herzog himself has been slow to issue relevant orders, Colonel Duttmann had no choice but to make his own decision. He insisted that there was a cabal to murder the Governor-general's family, killing Jorge Dias and blaming Adalbert Herzog was just one part of it. These rumors are shocking just to be said. Not to mention that Nito Mariam was stunned, even Gene Smilas immediately stated that a conspiracy of this scale could not exist on a driver.

McNeil had a little sympathy for the murderer from beginning to end. Forced by livelihoods, they have no choice but to make a big mistake. It seems to be excusable. While Colonel Duttmann was still waiting for news from the Governor, McNeil found him and said solemnly:

"The situation is different now. You used to be afraid of someone revealing the secret, but now everyone may want the truth of the matter to be reported. But in this way, we can predict what kind of thought will emerge in the society, which will affect all of us." At this point, he earnestly held the colonel's white-gloved hands, "You have a promise, and I did you a favor. We can keep it as a secret for a few days, it's benefit for us all."

The colonel himself was very excited, saying that since ancient rules, he has no reason to cause harm to the murderer's family. He will certainly not indirectly cause more people to be hostile. Unexpectedly, before the day was over, news related to the latest case appeared on the TV program one by one. Needless to say, citizens are filled with indignation over the killing of employers by drivers of indigenous origin, and they want to tear the real murderer in half.

Seeing that it was done, Colonel Karl Duttmann turned his attention to the so-called cabal. Under the personal supervision of the colonel, Smilas ordered the driver to be severely tortured. Anyway, this person was probably disabled even if he walked out alive.

"I still don't understand." Old Jake sighed heavily, "No matter how he is forced to make a living, he can't do this! That's his benefactor. To kill the benefactor is to go to the bottom of hell with Satan as his company."

"The church doesn't say that. This is the original version of "The Divine Comedy"." McNeil explained wittily. "Moreover, if you only look at the case in which the victim is a benefactor, then all Europeans will go to hell, because they overthrew Napoleon Bonaparte together. The benefactor sometimes becomes an enemy in another sense, especially when people fall."

However, contrary to this argument, Jorge Dias's character during his lifetime has been praised by everyone. In the exchange with Nito Mariam, when McNeil asked whether the lawyer had any wrongdoing or moral taint during his lifetime, the driver gave a negative answer. In the past, there were often treacherous cases where great good people were found to be lawless. Maybe everyone had the day when they were ruined. The difference is only in time. Since the murderer himself said so, McNeil had no choice but to think that Attorney Dias was indeed an impeccable model. If this Portuguese who is quite devoted to his faith enters the church, he might have a chance to become a saint appointed by the pope.

"Oh, you have to eat more." Seeing that McNeil was a little bit sad, the old man was not happy. "Didn't you say that you will go to the north to clean up the natives? By then, you may only be able to eat grass..."

"I have met some people recently. Their enthusiasm is enough, but I think they are too underestimating the enemy." McNeil immediately decided to change the subject. He didn't want to talk about money with the old man. So far, the only hope for old Jake to get rich is to win the lottery, and the probability that this small probability event will fall on him is estimated to be lower than that of McNeil's return to the original world. However, if the old Jake is really lucky, McNeil has another plan. He hopes that the old man's old age will not have to be so bleak.

Indigenous peoples have always been a big problem for the EU. Generally speaking, those who are capable of colluding with the indigenous rebellion are the elites who are fully educated under the EU system. After their self-awareness is awakened, they no longer regard EU as an imaginary community, and choose to be with their compatriots. However, in fact, the gap between these groups with the same skin color is even greater.

The Guardian Corp has always despised the indigenous peoples of southern Africa. Unlike the organized and disciplined Arabs in North Africa, the indigenous peoples of sub-Saharan Africa are not even stray soldiers. Their threat to EU's rule is limited to creating panic to the citizens, and the actual loss is almost negligible. This stereotype has been completely overturned in recent years with more and more violent incidents. The EU colonial administration finally remembered to whom this piece of land originally belonged. However, those young people with only a passion for blood in their minds thought excitedly that it was time to make achievements. They imagined that they would learn from another group of ancestors who slaughtered the Indians in the Americas and completely wiped out the natives from Africa.

"I heard you say that you participated in the Second World War and served as a soldier in Africa. Have you ever had any experience of fighting with indigenous people?" McNeil and Old Jake started to talk about the recent big news. Unfortunately, there is no TV in the house, and in the era when various entertainment activities are quite scarce, learning to endure loneliness is not so much an ability as it is instinct.

"In Africa, the most difficult thing is the indigenous people. You will never understand what the next battle between you is because of." Old Jake recalled the past, "They know this land better than us, even if our ancestors have lived here for so many years, and we are still invaders. The most important lesson left to me during the years of wandering in the tropics is not to run around on their territory. "

McNeil agreed. Acting recklessly in the enemy's zone will most likely ruin all the troops the commander has on hand. Some lucky people still have a chance to return, while others don't have this kind of luck. Deserts, rain forests, wilderness, ice fields... Countless painful lessons in history warn latecomers not to take it lightly.

"Then just sit and wait?"

"It's not just waiting to die." Old Jake explained calmly, "Don't run around. Some people always think they can sway the natives, but they don't know that the degree of ridiculousness of this trick is the same as the balance between ordinary people and pilots. They thought that the natives were deceived by them, and when they turned their heads, they were all caught in the trap set by the natives." At this point, the old man sighed heavily, "McNeil, you have to be more careful. You have to lead the way. Not the comrades you spend day and night with, but a group of idlers or even desperadoes with different minds. They are unlikely to obey your orders seriously, even if the military intervenes, they are not obedient." The old man poured himself a glass of wine. "...As long as they don't hurt you from behind, then thank the God. Don't have too much hope for other things."

"An old military officer said the same thing to me last time." McNeil saw the old man feel a little low, and he couldn't help but feel his emotions. He hadn't really tasted the feeling of being betrayed by his comrades or his subordinates and superiors, and he couldn't experience the despair caused by the contrast. "He went to Mesopotamia and helped the Arabs beat the Persians, but he was tricked by the friendly army, and his life was almost gone."

"Yeah, this life is the most precious. Once the life is gone, the rest is nonsense."

The old man was eliminated by the times. They can't keep up with the new world, can't find their place, and the unfamiliar rhythm makes them upset. Everything is brand new, and everything is illusory. Some people huddled up in their comfort zone, while others faced reality stubbornly. Sometimes, the old Jake will also have hallucinations. What is in front of him is not the youth, but the old man who has been like him for nearly a century. When he saw McNeil teasing a child on the street, the kindness from the inside out on McNeil made him feel familiar. This is not something that can be disguised in one day or two days, the tenderness under the sharp edge will only be shown when there is no need to face the enemy.

"I was only concerned about one thing, but now it's two things." After eating and drinking, the two went for a walk on the street, visiting the prosperous streets that never belonged to them. McNeil made a plea to the old Jack with great heart, and the old man listened attentively. He regarded McNeil as his other son, and the changes brought to him by the young man who suddenly broke into his life in the past few days gave him a new life in his quiet and degraded life for decades.

"Are you afraid that you won't come back?" The old man shook his head, "McNeil, you have the ability, and you will definitely come back safely."

"No, it's better to say less about this kind of pre-blessing." McNeil smiled. "Nito Mariam was caught out, but his family is innocent. His wife is seriously ill and his child can't even go to school. If this goes on, after a few years, we will raise another criminal. I am going to the north soon, and I don't need any money, now I will give you the rest. If you have time in the future, I hope you will take care of his family for me. I just want to find the real murderer and give justice to the officer and lawyer who has been wronged, but I don't want to kill more people."

Old Jake stopped and looked at McNeil, who was forced to calm down.

"If you are not the greatest saint of this age, then you are the number one liar." He said decisively, "Well, I'm in charge of this matter-but when you come back, you have to take this responsibility yourself."

"A word is a deal."

The next day, the truth about the murder of Jorge Dias by Adalbert Herzog was finally made public. Last month, Governor Herzog convened legal elites to discuss a new bill of rights, but the Governor's son believed that preferential treatment would only raise idlers, so he consulted with his friend Jorge Dias. The two quarreled and fought together in the underground parking lot. Adalbert Herzog inadvertently said that the army would continue to wipe out the indigenous people in the near future, causing Dias to be dissatisfied. The latter stopped in front of the major's car and prevented him from leaving, and was knocked to the ground by the major. Nito Mariam, who was bought by someone, arrived at the scene and killed the lawyer Dias, who was only slightly injured, and disguised him as an illusion that he was seriously injured and killed after being hit by a car. Then, the driver called the police and identified Adalbert Herzog as the murderer. There is no doubt that Adalbert Herzog himself had a serious fault, but he finally got rid of the name of a murderer at this time, and the punishment for a crime with a passion was much lighter than this.

The local judiciary in South Africa did not dare to neglect, and gathered the opinions of the judges who tried the case and handed them to the governor, who was waiting for his only son to be released.

"The trial didn't even start, they pretended to ask for my opinion, do they want to please me, or are they going to let me take the opportunity to establish an image that cares about the indigenous people?" Governor-general Herzog pushed on black-rimmed glasses. Asked the housekeeper beside him.

"Lawyer Dias is our friend. He fought for the rights of the natives but was killed by the natives. Regardless of whether or not we caught the real enemy, we should not show tolerance to the responsible persons." The old butler expressed his opinion.

"You are right. Let's do it, anyway, we are already sinners."

The governor picked up his pen and wrote a large word on the last page of the document:

"Execution."

TBC