Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 146 Suspension Bridge

All the residents of Zhongchao knew who he was talking about, but no one said anything.

Arabelle and Howard squeezed into the crowd and watched. After hearing what the officer said, Arabelle immediately grabbed Howard's hand.

Seeing no response, the officer continued into the megaphone, "For the past two months, the Middle Nest hasn't delivered any supplies to the Upper Nest, owing a huge amount of taxes and causing enormous losses to the Upper Nest. If you don't hand it over, you must pay the outstanding taxes and supplies, as well as the fines. Otherwise, your actions will be considered rebellion, and you'll be in for a lot of trouble."

Hearing this, Howard finally couldn't help but wanted to go out, but was stopped again. Turning around, he saw it was Char, and even Ivan, who had been rebuilding his masterpiece, came.

"You are our benefactor. We will never hand you over, even if we have to go to war with the Upper Nest, even if every one of us has to die." Xia said firmly.

"Those guys are annoying. Wait till I blow them up into the sky." Ivan also expressed his opinion.

"No," Howard said. "If a war really breaks out, you have no chance of winning. The Empire won't care about your hidden secrets. They will only support those who go up to the nest. You can't win."

But Arabelle, Char, and Ivan all responded firmly with silence.

Howard wanted to continue persuading, but the officer on the other side saw that this trick was useless, so he took out his trump card.

He grabbed a man from the armored vehicle and forced him to kneel in front of him. He then pointed a gun at the man's head and said, "I know you're watching. I'll give you ten seconds. If you don't come out, I'll blow her head off."

The officer was holding a little girl of about six or seven years old. The clothes she wore were delicate but very dirty. It was obvious that they had not been washed for a long time. When a gun was pointed at her head, her lips trembled with fear and her eyes were filled with tears, but she never cried.

The officer released the safety of his gun and began to count down: "Ten—"

"I'll go with you. Don't make things difficult for a child." Howard walked out of the crowd.

Because he recognized that the child held hostage was Lucy.

In fact, even if you take a random child as a hostage to threaten him, he will come out, or in other words, even if you take a random person as a hostage, he will come out.

When the officer saw Howard stand up, he didn't immediately put down his gun. Instead, he asked his subordinate in a low voice: "Is it him?"

His subordinates compared the photos of Howard in maid outfit repeatedly, but did not dare to give a definite answer.

So the officer continued to yell at Howard: "How can you prove that you are the person we are looking for?"

"Snapped!"

Howard snapped his fingers, and the engines of the tanks and armored vehicles that were originally humming suddenly stopped and could not be started no matter what.

Just as the planetary defense forces were in chaos, Howard snapped his fingers again, and the engines of all the vehicles spontaneously ignited again.

"Do you need proof?" Howard said calmly, "If you still need proof, I can make the gunpowder in all your guns explode at the same time."

The officer was obviously shocked by Howard's move. He swallowed hard, his arrogance subsiding considerably. He said, "Then... Mr. Howard, right? Please... please come with us. The Governor wants to see you."

"Let the kid go," Howard said coldly.

"That won't do. She is..."

"boom!"

Before the officer could finish his words, his adjutant's service pistol exploded. Although the adjutant was not killed, one of his hands was blown off and he fell to the ground screaming in pain.

"Why do you think you have the right to negotiate with me?" Howard looked the officer straight in the eye. "I can kill you all at any time. Before you hurt that child, I chose to go with you simply because it's the easiest way to completely resolve the problem. Don't be stupid."

Cold sweat trickled down the officer's forehead, and his hand holding the gun began to tremble. He had never felt his service gun was so heavy. The adjutant's screams continued to be heard, and finally, he put down the gun.

He jumped out of the armored vehicle, picked up Lucy and then gently pushed her towards Howard.

Lucy was pushed forward three or four steps by the officer, but at this time she was still surrounded by the planetary defense forces with ferocious looks and guns, so she didn't dare to move.

"Lucy, come here, don't be afraid, it's okay!" Howard squatted down and opened his arms to Lucy.

The corners of Lucy's mouth suddenly drooped, and tears flowed from her full eyes, but the child was still very scared, so she didn't dare to cry out loud. She could only take small steps and move towards Howard little by little.

Howard stood up, walked a few steps to Lucy under the guns of the soldiers, picked her up, and then walked back with Lucy in his arms.

After being picked up by Howard, Lucy finally cried out loudly, sobbing: "Brother... Dad... Mom... Mom..."

"Be good, Lucy, don't be afraid." Howard stroked Lucy's back to comfort her, "You have your brothers and sisters here, so don't be afraid."

The officer bravely walked up to Howard and said respectfully, "Um...Mr. Howard, now..."

But Howard glared at him and he immediately shut up.

"I will keep my promise, so get back here!"

The officer went back in disgrace.

Howard carried Lucy back into the crowd. The people of the Middle Nest automatically made way for him, then blocked the road after he passed.

Howard carried Lucy to Arabelle and the others.

"Sister!" Lucy felt a little happier when she saw Arabelle, and finally stopped crying.

Howard handed Lucy to Arabelle, but Arabelle refused to take it.

"You want to leave again, and be alone again..."

"Wait until I come back." Howard replied, and then he handed Lucy to her again: "Protect Lucy, I will come back after the problem is solved, I promise."

Arabelle lowered her head, took a deep breath, and then took Lucy.

"Char, Ivan, protect everyone and don't confront them head-on. Wait until I come back." Howard gave more instructions to Char and Ivan.

Both of them nodded without any objection.

After giving his instructions, Howard turned and left.

But Arabelle held him back again.

Howard looked back in confusion. Arabelle held Lucy in one hand and grabbed Howard's shoulders with the other hand, pulled Howard in front of her, and kissed him.

Lucy quickly covered her face with her hands to avoid looking directly at the scene that was not suitable for children, but she couldn't help but open a small hole to take a peek.

Howard's eyes widened. This was not the first time he was kissed, but the impact was no less than the first time.

Because at this moment he finally realized something damn wrong.

It's not a suspension bridge effect.

If Arabelle were given the choice again, she would still do the same thing.