Chapter 166 President Nicole 2 (1/2)
”I heard you went to Hermes...was that really necessary?” Esther suddenly asked, ”You personally led the invasion and simply slaughtered the people of Hermes.”
”They armed themselves.” Nicole said with an emotionless voice, ”They were an insurgency that didn't hesitate to kill the envoy I sent to negotiate. With that type of people, is easier and safer to just kill them all.”
Esther sighed, ”Is this the path you choose to yourself? Is this the path you are planning to lead humanity down to?”
”I'm going to bring humanity to its former glory. We won't be puppets for Letheia Corporation anymore. And neither will we sell ourselves to those heartless Apex. Evil must be extinguished and taken down from its roots.”
”And you plan to accomplish that by killing everyone that disagrees with you? If that's not evil for you, I don't think we have the same definition of the word.”
”Who said I would just kill everyone that disagrees with me? Remember what I said? I tried to reason with them, I sent an envoy, but they rejected negotiations and even killed my envoy. Such violent actions must have responses at the height. Also, I used Hermes as a precedent, an example for the others. That's why I might have gone I little to overboard.”
”A little overboard...?” Esther frowned at what Nicole said. Esther remember the images she got about the operation on Hermes. It was a massacre, of course Nicole blocked information from being spread out, and only allowed just a little to leave. ”Aren't you afraid to be trialed by the Intergalactic Supreme Court? You committed some war crimes there. Don't try lie to me, I have seen some videos that sent directed to me and not published in the SkyNet and filtered by the UEG.”
”Humph!” At the mention of the Supreme Court, Nicole snorted and showed her contempt clearly in her face, ”Without the Terrene Protectorate to their bidding, they are nothing more than a toothless tiger.”
The Intergalactic Supreme Court is basically the courthouse that deals with criminals catched by the Terrene Protectorate. (Continue explaining)
”What about your people? If you continue down this authoritarian path, they will certainly dislike it and try to remove you from office.”
”I was democratically elected by them because of my strength and iron fist. They wanted someone strong and patriotic to lead them in this moment of crisis. I don't think they change their mind this fast.”
”Just like the dictators of human history...” Esther muttered to herself as she worried about the future of humankind that was in the hands of people like Nicole Gonçalves and Asra Nox.
”Are you here just to question my actions and politics? If so, the exit is just behind you, feel free to leave. I don't think I did wrong and anything you say won't change my mind.”
”No...” Esther decided to leave the matter of Hermes for later and spoke about her intentions, ”I'm here to speak about our schedule for the Unity Day's reunion with the biggest companies, organizations and governments of the universe.”
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”What? Did something change?”
”No, I just want to be sure if everything is going to be ready when the time comes. The meeting is going to be very important as what we are going to discuss is the fate of the universe. You have been very...busy...dealing with the insurgencies and all, I thought you might have forgotten about our deal.”
”Of course not, after all, this is about humanity's survival above everything else.”
”Everyone's survival.”
”I'm more worried about my people. I don't really care about everyone else. As long as Humans are fine, I don't care about what the other races do.”