Author: Tezcatripoca

Robert looked at this confession, picked up the pen, and for a long time, a sneer appeared on his face.

The next moment, he grabbed the confession and tore it up cleanly.

There was still no sound coming from outside the room.

However, the air conditioning switch in the prison room was turned on, and with the sound of wind, the scraps of paper on the ground were blown out of the gaps in the room by the wind coming from the air outlet at the ankles of the room.

Then, the noise in the room started again.

…

In his past life, because his scope of power did not include "Spann Base" and his main activities were in East Asia, Robert only knew about it, and like other senior American military officers and high-level government officials, he acquiesced in "Spann Base"

"The presence.

After all - America always needs a dark side.

However, when Robert himself fell into this dark side, he felt for the first time how cruel "extra-legal law" was, and he hated it extremely. In the past, he clearly had a certain amount of power, but he failed to ban this facility in time.

Drop yourself.

However, although in the following time, Robert was endlessly tortured by noise and light sources, and his continuous sleep time was less than half an hour at a time, and his mental and physical state was getting closer to collapse, he still persisted and always

I didn't choose to put my name on that piece of paper.

Even in this situation, and he was already an old man in his sixties, Robert still had hope and his will to fight became stronger.

Now that things have happened, he can also think about why Mencken—or the group of bureaucrats represented by Menken, and the guys in the Pentagon—want to get rid of him.

——When the United States' East Asia strategy completely failed, and the United States lacked its largest overseas affiliated force, the military officers headed by Robert seemed so out of place in the United States.

Especially when the entire base stationed in Japan was wiped out, at this time, the United States also needs a powerful person to take the responsibility for this failure.

——Looking at it from top to bottom, only Robert, a guy with no political family background, whose father is just a captain in the U.S. Army, and who has relied on military merit and qualifications to rise through the ranks, is suitable for the top job.

Moreover, with the failure of the East Asia strategy and the rise of the extraordinary Mio Ito, the citizens of the United States of America must have also felt panic and disillusionment under the influence of this extraordinary person.

Therefore, in order to let the citizens of the United States of America regain their confidence as the largest country, the responsibility is shifted to Robert and he is regarded as the main factor in the defeat of the United States - and the "de facto defeat" is exaggerated into "the collusion of the eroded",

Only then can the American people maintain the confidence they had in the past.

——Robert knew all about these things.

"Restoring the confidence of the American people" is indeed what he wants to do.

However, he would never allow this confidence to come at the expense of himself.

He still has people he wants to see, his wife, his children, and the small house in Kalorama, Washington, which is full of green flowers and plants...

Therefore, he chose to fight to the end.

The next time was like a struggle between Robert and the group of prisoners.

Noise, bright light, noise, bright light...

Three meals a day, the plates are polished extremely smooth...

The food is composed of vitamin supplements, energy drinks, and nutritional granules to ensure health...

Noise, bright light, noise, bright light...

Sleep is like a city that never sleeps, surrounded by noise and bright light. Despite this, there are still some gaps occasionally, allowing Robert to get some soothing opportunities. The noise is turned off, the light is turned down, and he has a short rest.

——However, that is definitely not the kindness of the other side, on the contrary, it is a stealth attack method to avoid Robert's sudden death and at the same time make him weak in nerves and weak-willed after a short rest.

However, Robert will never relax here.

No matter how many times the "confession" was sent in, he had only one choice, and that was to tear it into pieces.

The guys at the Pentagon seemed to be concerned about Robert's age and identity. They only dared to use noise and light sources as weapons, but did not dare to use truth serum or electric shock.

But... I have to say that Robert can feel that he is getting closer and closer to his limit.

As soon as you open your eyes, you will see a pure white world illuminated by strong light.

When I close my eyes, I often feel an inexplicable feeling of suffocation while sleeping.

There seems to be a lot of vacancies in the brain, and the consciousness becomes more and more cloudy.

And - most importantly, Robert sadly discovered that even if he never confessed, he might not be able to escape from the current situation.

It has been so long, and the other party has not shown any signs of wavering, and no one from "Spann Base" has shown up yet - which can only mean one problem, that is, "self" in the outside world may have been "

Convicted.”

As for how to do it, he can think of more than a dozen methods at a moment's notice, such as "trial in absentia", "AI imaging", "substitute"... What can't those people do?

In this way, day after day, Robert's spirit became more and more desperate.

Finally, one day, Robert's body reached its limit.

No matter how strong your will is, it will still collapse when it reaches its limit.

So, one night, Robert, who could no longer bear the stimulation of the light source and noise, completely fainted.

It was not a simple sleep, but a kind of blankness after mental torture, as if the brain had lost consciousness.

And when this blank period ended and Robert opened his eyes again, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that there was only a flickering scene in the prison cell, the noise had stopped, and more importantly, the open door of the prison cell.

Got up.

"This is……"

As if he was reborn after recovery, Robert got up from the ground with numbness in his limbs, staggered towards the outside of the prison room.

Outside, there is a nearly completely dark corridor, with only the green light of the "emergency exit" still on. The fully enclosed corridor is filled with a quiet atmosphere.

Robert was almost holding on to the wall, moving forward step by step. He breathed in the fresh air, feeling that his lungs seemed to be expanding infinitely, filled with a new sense of vitality.

My mind was so clear as it had never been in a while, and the pressure in my lungs when I breathed also disappeared.

Robert found it hard to imagine - how long had he slept? Why did he wake up like this? Where were the prisoners? Where were the guys at the Pentagon? Why did they open the door? Was this another set-up by them?

trick?

All kinds of doubts were intertwined in his mind, but Robert knew that he could only move forward at this moment.

He slowly moved to the end of the corridor, where there was an upward staircase.

Climbing up the stairs, one step, two steps. After not going upstairs for a long time, Robert felt that his body was like a rusty doll, but as his knees creaked and moved, he could feel the rusty gears.

It was slowly lubricated by oil again.

"call……"

Panting, Robert remembered that after walking up dozens of stairs, he finally reached the top, where there was a closed door.

Turn the handle to unscrew it.

"OK."

he thought to himself.

Then - one, two, three.

The door opened.

Light poured into Robert's eyes.

But it was not the monotonous white light in the prison room.

It's the sunlight coming in from behind the outdoor glass door.

Robert was so moved that he burst into tears for a moment.

However, the next second, while tears were still lingering in his eyes, an unimaginable spectacle appeared in his retinas.

It was a scene that he could never forget.

He never expected that when he regained his freedom, the first thing he saw would be such a scene...

It's like a scene from a science fiction novel.

——In front of me, I saw that in the hall, which was penetrated by the sun, everyone was naked...

That……

It should be called...

——Robot?!!

Their entire bodies are made of silver-white metal, and the nesting of components can be seen clearly in the body, while the parts above the neck and head are emitting a faint fluorescence.

They are sitting in the middle of the hall, and the external interfaces of their brains are connected to the electronic devices in the hall through data connections, and it seems that some data is being transmitted.

In addition, there are some robots that are gliding quickly in the hall. The parts below the ankles have been replaced with some kind of pulley structure. They are carrying paper materials and other equipment in the hall.

And the moment Robert opened the door, several robots had already glided in front of Robert. Their wrists cracked, and black muzzles emerged from them. It was obvious that this was not a joke.

Robert froze with fear.

The robot stared at him, a faint light emitting from the eyeballs, covering Robert's whole body, scanning him from head to toe. At the same time, a mechanical voice sounded:
To be continued...