"Captain Binns, can you confirm that everything you said is true?"

Different from normal offices, conference rooms and even interrogation rooms, the headquarters of the Special Investigation Bureau in Philadelphia is actually the legacy of the predecessor of the New World Historical and Folklore Society.

Therefore, this interrogation room is a building with an early science fiction style and a strong classical religious style. It is surrounded by darkness. The three people responsible for questioning are placed on three high platforms against the wall opposite.

On the central stone platform, Mike Binns stood alone and was questioned. Only a dim light came down from the dome, covering the person being questioned, giving him a feeling of tension and loneliness.

In fact, this was an ordinary inquiry. In the past, this was a place where extraordinary criminals and internal traitors were interrogated. There were also some restraints and punishment methods that made members of the New World History and Folklore Society talk about it.

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For example, the electric chair is said to have spread from here to the entire federation and even the entire world, becoming a high-end and terrifying instrument of torture.

Although Mike Binns felt magnanimous, he was still a little nervous. He adjusted his breathing slightly and answered to the three bosses above:

"I swear to the Lord of Light, everything I said is the truth as I saw it!"

The three senior officers of the Special Investigation Bureau glanced at each other from above and nodded slightly.

It's not that they are very confident in their interrogation skills, but because this inquiry platform has the power of an ancient contract. No person being questioned standing on the platform can tell a lie that goes against his or her heart, unless he originally

Just think the lie is true.

Considering that basically all official agents of the Special Bureau will undergo the process of taking an oath in front of the Declaration of Independence, the strong power of the contract prevents them from being affected by the extraordinary power of others and making actions that are detrimental to the federation and the Special Bureau.

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Under double insurance, they all believed that Mike Binns was telling the truth about what he saw.

As a result, a simple but serious inquiry ended, and the Special Bureau secretly sent these information to Capitol Hill and the White House for secret discussion.

But they never thought about it. What Mike Binns saw and heard may not actually be what happened. It was also very likely that someone else was deliberately putting on a good show for him.

So these top federal officials were deceived by someone's plan from the very beginning without even knowing it.

Next, in Washington, D.C., in an inconspicuous secret government meeting room, big figures representing the White House, Congress, the military and the Special Investigation Bureau gathered together for a rare occasion.

Of course, the main reason is that the latter seldom participates in such things, while the first three get together many times a year to discuss national affairs.

This also corresponds to the saying in another world: "Big meetings are held for small things, and small meetings are held for big things."

Of course, they all represent the forces behind them. Before coming and after returning, they will inevitably have some internal debates. After discussing a result that satisfies most people, they will bring it out to other representatives.

Conduct consultations and finally reach a decision that is more acceptable to all parties in the federation.

As the presiding officer of the meeting, the Federal President knocked on the table and spoke first.

"Everyone, we all know the relevant information in depth enough. I think the top priority facing the federation now is how to deal with the four known gods that have appeared in our federation."

Don't look at this man who is famous on TV and seems to be a powerful leader of the world's number one power. In fact, he knows his own affairs. As the president, he is the leader in name only. Not only is there a lot of people in Congress, but also various parties.

There are actually not many local state councils and other federal departments that he actually manages.

But if you think this president is just a useless decoration, that’s not the case. When he sits in this position, whether it is on Capitol Hill or the Hexagon, you still have to give him some face, because the president not only represents the cause of justice

, also represents the political parties behind him and the forces that support his rise to power.

You can impeach the president and even scold him publicly, but you cannot challenge the authority represented by this position.

This is why some presidents can maintain a high status after leaving office, while others plummet. It all depends on whether there is support from the forces behind them.

After hearing the president's speech, representatives from other forces also began to express their opinions.

"Mr. President, I think this is the most serious crisis our great federation has faced in more than two hundred years! These pagan evil gods are time bombs that must be suppressed or eliminated!"

The person who spoke first was one of the four representatives from the parliament. Mr. President looked at the other person as if he knew that what the other person said represented the meaning behind the big force of the Eastern Consortium.

This is a group of capital forces led by capitalists and factory owners in the eastern part of the Federation, or in other words, northern capitalists and factory owners who emerged around the time of the Civil War. They have not existed in the Federation for a long time. The earliest ones were only more than a hundred years ago, including those who once

The railroad tycoons also include oil tycoons, arms tycoons, etc.

But who made the history of the founding of the Commonwealth short-lived?

Therefore, this group of people has become the representatives of the so-called old money families and the senior powerful forces in the Federation.

Of course, this seniority is different from the Western Consortium on the West Coast. The Western Consortium is a group of capital forces born in the past hundred years due to the Western Movement. The latter is called the upstarts of the West Coast.

Especially the rise of the Hollywood entertainment industry decades ago, as well as the sudden rise of a bunch of computer and Internet industries in the past two decades, the birth of these upstarts in the west have greatly shaken the status and control of the old money families in the federation from the east.

The right to speak.

That's why there have been various laws to suppress the Hollywood film industry, such as setting ultra-high tax rates for actors. These were all countermeasures of the eastern consortium. However, the western consortium was not to be outdone and created a president who was an actor.

, directly suppressed those targeted policies.

After the congressional boss representing the eastern consortium finished speaking, another congressional boss representing the western consortium immediately continued to speak.

"In fact, through the intelligence gathered from various aspects, have you noticed that these gods rarely interfere in our federal society, or in other words, rarely interfere with reality. Even except for the human god in the west who likes to play vigilante games.

, the other two have never heard of any signs of spreading faith within the federation, which seems a bit unusual. I would like to ask Mr. William of the Special Investigation Bureau, what does this situation mean?"

Before the representative of the Special Bureau of Investigation could answer, the representative of the Eastern Consortium immediately retorted:

"Nonsense, have you forgotten that Quetzalcoatl wanted to destroy the North American continent?"

The representative of the Western Consortium said with a smile:

"Quetzalcoatl? Hasn't he been suppressed by the three gods? I don't think that one will appear in front of people in a short time, right?"

At this time, the military representative interjected:

"It seems that Quetzalcoatl has indeed been suppressed by the other three gods. Although it is still a powerful threat, it does not need to be considered by us for the time being. However, the other three gods are indeed a big problem that needs to be solved at the moment. We cannot let it go.
Chapter completed!