Chapter 56 (1/2)

Chapter 56: Gathering

After hearing about the confirmation of finally going to war, everyone participated in the last joint training with great enthusiasm. In the training camp, the majority of the espers were young people so past training sessions were always full of laughter. But now, everyone was silent, and they were trying their best to suppress their rage.

The news media continued to criticize the 1st Legion for not defending Earth. For the past few weeks, Earth was constantly under attack, and that has already worn down the citizens mentally. The Sydney event became the fuse that detonated all the pressure that the citizens were under.

People began to question, when Earth was getting attacked again and again and again, where was that 1st Legion that the United Government of Earth invested so heavily in? Why didn’t they stand up and protect Earth?

With the Thorn Birds gang as the lead, all the active pirate groups near Earth had gathered together and attacked this major city that was located in Australia.

Since Sydney was located in Oceania, which was far away from the mainland and didn’t have immediate access to large-scale reinforcement, the pirates and raiders were able to act brazenly.

Worse, after several big pirate groups swept clean Sydney, the pirates actually started firing at the city using the cannons on their battleships, razing this beautiful coastal city to the ground as well as causing heavy casualties.

Undoubtedly, the pirates and raiders were full of contempt for Earth, completely ignoring Earth’s government and army.

Although many espers were in the army, the few espers left still living in the towns still stood up bravely against the intruders, and actively cooperated with the police to resist the invasion. Of course, many of them were never leaving the battlefield ever again.

Unfortunately, the raging citizens couldn’t see that, and the media directed all the hostility towards the Esper Administration. There were even voices of doubt among the United Government’s House of Commons.

After a full 4 hours of joint training, Han ordered dismissal but the majority of them didn’t leave the training base and continued to strengthen themselves in other subjects.

Han knew, all his comrades felt helpless. It was not that they didn’t want to protect the civilians, but they were restricted to the barracks.

An Beibei had stopped crying and locked herself away in the training.

Han let out a small sigh and walked out of the training center. He came to the yard. The snow had stopped but the air was still unusually cold, the weather this year here was quite unusual, and no one knows why.

Han saw a slim dark shadow in the dark, it was Long Chuan, and he was coughing violently in the dark.

Han slightly frowned and walked over to him. Long Chuan saw Han and offered him a cigarette, Han shook his head and refused.

“All the members of the Genius camp probably hates me now right?” Long Chuan smiled bitterly and said.

Han replied, “Not really hate, at most they just feel depressed,”

Long Chuan said bitterly, “You are very honest, it doesn’t matter. Hate or not hate, I don’t care. Sometimes, in order to achieve a strategic goal it’s necessary to make sacrifices.”

Han nodded, “So we are really going to war?”

Long Chuan didn’t deny it, he looked down at the time and said in a deep voice, “There are still 3 hours. You still have some time to sleep.”

Han shook his head, “I can’t sleep, so I will go back and pack up.”

“Okay.” Long Chuan said emotionlessly.

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