598 Surrender? (1/2)
McCain hung up the call with a disconcerted face.
Eddie asked anxiously, ”Sir, are you sure? Is it true?”
”It can't be wrong.” McCain shook his head. ”The God-battling Team, the black-armored warriors and the three Wise Men were annihilated. Chen Beixuan even went after Mr. Clark and sank the nine battleships of the 17th Task Force.”
”What?”
Eddie was dumbfounded.
The news gave him a severe blow!
He was only an heir of the Lance family, so he had never encountered such a tremendous event like this.
It was a Task Force Fleet with a total of nine battleships! Even during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army had only destroyed forty American battleships. Since Chen Beixuan had destroyed a fourth of that number, was he trying to declare war on the United States!?
”I'm screwed, I'm screwed! How should I tell my father and grandfather?”
Eddie had no idea what to do.
Even the leader of the Lance family might not be able to bear it, so how could he?
McCain's face darkened.
A lot of special departments in the United States were suffering a severe blow because of the annihilation of the God-battling Team, and the sinking of the 17th Task Force had shocked the entire country. Even the President and many Councillors were asking for details; being the Deputy Director of the CIA, he decided to go to the Congress in person.
”No, I have to go back to the headquarters and report it to the Director immediately.”
McCain got up and noticed that Eddie was horrified, as if he had seen a ghost.
”What happened?” McCain wondered. He then saw a young man with black hair and black eyes who went and sat next to Eddie.
”What are you…?”
McCain couldn't continue after seeing the young man's phantom-like face and Eddie was trembling in utter fear.
The young man was apparently Chen Fan, the person they were talking about!
”My dear Mr. Chen, there might be some misunderstanding. Our friendship with China won't be affected by a little disagreement…” McCain said.
”Don't worry, I'm not here to kill you. Just put away your gun. It's just a plastic toy to me,” Chen Fan said casually.
They were all terrified.
Chen Fan picked up a glass and poured himself some wine. Then continued, ”Eddie Lance, you invited me to a party and tried to kill me. What do you think I should do?”
Eddie's body was trembling and he couldn't say a word.
He used to be haughty before Chen Fan because he believed that he wouldn't dare to kill him, since it would offend the great Lance family and America.
As things stood, Chen Fan had slaughtered the 17th Task Force and almost declared war on the United States, so why would he take the heir of the Lance family seriously?
”I gave you a chance to live once, but you didn't cherish the opportunity.”
Chen Fan shook his head.
”Snap!”
He clicked his finger, then a golden flame appeared and was shot into Eddie's body under everyone's frightened stares.
”Arrh!”
His entire body, clothes and even the soul of Eddie Lance were immediately burnt into smoke, completely disappearing. The only thing left was his vague outline left on the seat, the only proof that he had once been there.
Everyone was silent.
Either the beautiful blonde waitress or the bodyguards, all of them were terrified and trembling.
They were only ordinary people, so they had never witnessed such a scene.
A person had been burnt into ashes.
”Tell the Pentagon and the American officials: once the war begins, it'll never end easily. By then, I'll go to Washington myself and meet everyone in the White House and the Congress.”
Chen Fan smiled at McCain. He finished all the wine and disappeared in a blink.
After a while, someone wondered, ”Is he gone?”
”Sir, what should we do? Should we contact the British government?” a bodyguard asked carefully.
”Don't do anything and don't say anything. Forget about what you saw today.”
McCain got up, still processing the immediate events.
Chen Fan threatened a senior government official of the United States and asked him to pass on a message? ”How dare he?”
However, McCain knew exactly that if Chen Fan really took his revenge against the United States, the President and the congressmen would have to hide in their underground facility every day, escaping from him.
”I can't imagine it”
McCain mustered a wry smile.
He didn't care about Eddie's death. In the battle between Chen Fan and the superpowers, even the whole Lance family was nothing, not to mention just one of their scions.