Chapter 101 (2/2)

“Of course. There is enough power on the ark to arm a legion class troop. Far below, there are even tanks, jets, and armored cars.”

“What if we fly the jet or launch fire bombs from the ark?”

People laid out several ideas. However, extreme behavior like this brings in war. How many mutants will appear in a level C mission?

It is 1.8 million. 100,000 is the minimum and it could be far beyond that.

People who know how to use weapons need to use them. This is not an exception for soldiers. There are a lot of things to kill, but there is a limited number of people who know how to handle the weapons.

In addition, if they drag something out that makes a lot of noise, they will be letting the parasites know that they are there.

“Whew! It would be a good means to turn the ark around and head away from Tonga.”

“Would you be able to do it with your authority as a colonel?”

“If it is locked by the captain and lieutenant, not even I can do anything about it.”

3rd Lieutenant Andre Gordon. Even when he was sane, he was a selfish egoist. He only bowed his head under the blame, and he was not recognized at all.

When they brought the survivors to sleeping rooms 1 through 8 after being occupied by parasites, he had unashamedly taken sleeping room 1 because it was the safest.

He is someone who would do worse than running away, but he must have failed to do so because he had remained on the ark.

He wanted to become captain even though he had gone crazy because the ambition and authoritarian ideology embedded in him had not disappeared.

He must become the captain if he wants to make sure that others cannot rebel. Though lacking, it is possible to change the ark’s route with a lieutenant’s authority.

If that is the case, is it necessary to go through all of the trouble in this situation?

“It’s because the 7th Lieutenant is still alive. He might be a blank slate because of the big shock he’s experienced, but he was gentle, unlike a soldier.”

If the Lieutenant changes the route, the 7th Lieutenant can cancel it. He had used his head even if he had gone crazy. He had even calculated what could happen later.

“Is it a strife over the position?”

Han Chang Jin is a soldier, so he could understand most of what the colonel was saying. Not just superficially, but intrinsically. In the current circumstances, changing the route is impossible.

The mission goal is annihilation. If they use the weapons on the ark, they need to be prepared to go all the way. The parasites would stupidly fall for it a few times.

Then, they would see blood and go digging around to understand their enemy’s path of attack. They will be unable to do anything if the ark is discovered.

“How constricted.”

Park Jin Hyuk had been leaning against a wall listening when he started hitting the back of his head on the wall.

It was holding them back that the ark would be anchored on the waterfront. If they were floating on the ocean, they could fly bombs at Tonga and send it off completely.

“If the 2 lieutenants die, is that power handed down to you, Colonel?”

“It’s not as simple as it sounds.”

The lieutenant is just one of dozens of field grade officers who receive captain agency whenever a captain is absent.

Authority is limited. On top of that, there is a lot that they do not know regarding the ark’s functions so the process of succession is extremely complicated.

“It’d be possible to pass over the 3rd Lieutenant, but that’s not the case with the 7th Lieutenant.”

The other option is to fight but reduce the use of weapons on the ark, focusing on gathering achievement points. They do not want to even think about what could come next, but it is an all out war.

“Tell the force members what we discussed here and let’s go meet with the Lieutenant. And what do you know? He might have calmed down a bit.”

It did not seem he would have, but they could not help but have expectations.