Leo got down the aircraft after landing in the Ivory Hills. He was greeted by the president or the dictator of the nation, a man who was seen by the surrounding places as a savior. Yes, the concept of having a dictator being treated as a savior was unique to them, but when Leo looked into the depths of this system he realized that the position was not actually held by power, but recognition.
From a young age, the children of this nation would be working in the merit of community and those who manage to show good talent, they were promoted slowly and ultimately become the dictator.
The Ivory Hill island pack was very small in terms of landmass, and the population was also low, around ten million, but they had one of the best geographical assets, the land was rich in minerals, and it had lakes as well, but the only thing that seemed to make them lag severely behind the world was the constant tsunamis.
The records have stated that in the past ten years, they have been hit by at least thirteen tsunamis, and the impact of this, has destroyed the basic livelihood of the people in this nation, that was fishing industry. The ports were made with materials that would not harm the nature, almost looking primitive, but when they were forced to take on a stand against a twenty meter high wave of water, even mountains would collapse let alone wood planked ports.
Leo looked at the man before him, shook hands with him and said, "Mister President, you didn’t have to come and greet us personally. Thank you."
The man shook his head and revealed his teeth before he said, "Lord Cardinal, in the past three decades, I have tried my best to invite the people of the world to come over, and see the beauty of my homeland, and maybe save it from the natural threats, however, I have never succeeded, the impact of constant Tsunamis is so much that even tourism has died in the country. So, you coming over has given me a big hope."
Leo shook his head and said, "I am only doing what I can as a human. The Ivory Hills are a very good place for the ISC to set up solar observation centers, this will help us maintain a proper base station for data collection and transmission. We all are in it for the greater good."
The people exchanged pleasantries before the president led him over to a very vibrant tuktuk. He said, "The roads we have here are narrow and the hilly terrain does not help us much in terms of mobility, so if you don’t mind, we can ride in this, or shall I arrange a car for you?"
Before Leo could reply, High Priest Hank smiled and said, "A vehicle is only a mean of transportation, Mister President. Don’t worry about such trivial things. Shall we go to the meeting place? I am sure that the other representatives would be filing in before long."
The man nodded, he got in the driver seat, while the two men sat in the back and the tuktuk started. Ivory Hills had their hands full with natural disasters, so they didn’t have a military, but they had a disaster relief force, and they had medical professionals. Tsunamis don’t only damage properties, but also leave behind the contaminated debris which takes up to months to clear, and then months to disinfect and finally recreation. However, it was not an easy thing to face this cycle over and over again.
Many doctors would come over to do some charity work here, and the President has managed to gain some support from some big nations and their telecom partners to get them to equip the islands with a network for communication around the world.
Leo leaned back comfortably as the Tuktuk moved around, and then he took out a small earpiece from the communicator and then called Lily, while his was talking to the President before him, the young man was totally worried that his daughter might have killed someone and bearing the trauma of it.
He took a deep breath, and the call was connected within a blink, and Lily appeared on the hologram before him. Leo sighed, and replied, "How are you?"
Lily took a deep breath and replied, "Angry. Yes, that sums it up."
The young man took a deep breath and said, "I know, I am angry as well, but when you sit in a position of power you have to learn that emotions must be controlled by your thoughts and not the other way around."
Lily nodded and replied, "That is why I left him untouched, and then started to take a crack down on the hands in shadow. We have apprehended several remnants of the Morning Star Tower, or more like wannabe copycat Morning Star Tower Zealots. They have come clean and confessed a lot of things. It is going smoothly with Uncle Markus handling the situation."
Leo nodded and sighed, "Thank god, I was worried that you might do something."
Lily nodded and replied, "I did something, Uncle Axel sparred with me, and then he put a bruise on my arm and neck, but I managed to leave him with a blue face and a dislocated arm, I think my technique has evolved."
Leo held his forehead in his palm, he could not understand what sort of strength this five year old had managed to derive from using the technique only to dislocate the arm of a trained professional fighter like Axel and that too when he has gone through genetic enhancement.
He looked at the little face on the hologram and said, "Love, have you managed to calm down?"
Lily snorted and said, "I am calm, but I am angry at the same time. These pests manage to manipulate the humans around them, and they have even managed to crawl back up from their graves to create more trouble for us. I will hunt these guys down, you go ahead and handle your work, I promise not to do anything excessive."
After thinking about it, Leo nodded, "Yes, fine, I will wrap up quickly here and come back to see you."
Lily nodded and replied, "I will go and handle Uncle Markus, his hourly report has not turned up."
Leo nodded, the call disconnected and he texted Ellyne and gave out one instruction, "Follow Lily, make sure you work things nicely, and make sure you guide her properly, she is rather angry at the moment."
Then he turned his head to look at the President who was driving the tuktuk and asked, "President Shalam, how long before we reach our destination?"
The President replied, "We are staying on top of the next hill, all the diplomats have been arranged to stay there only. The space is ample and it is safer in terms of rain and water clogging. We have also erected long and tall earthing poles to capture lightning if it falls due to the unpredictable weather."
Leo hummed and said, "Okay."
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After fifteen minutes, they had climbed a flat top hill, and Leo found a few dozen wooden cottages, and a big yard in front of it. He smiled and said, "President Shalam, this is simply a heaven that you have arranged for us all."
The man had a dark complexion but his smile and eyes were dazzling bright. After taking a few moments to inspect the place, Leo nodded, and was greeted by a man from the Clover Special forces, he shook hands with Leo and introduced himself as the person who was in charge of the security arrangements here. Although the island was virtually cut off from the outside world and the location was communicated by the people in a rather last moment, so the chances of anything out of the ordinary were very minimal, but they still had to be careful.
Shalam helped the people settle in personally, Leo and Hank decided to share a cottage, they had small rooms, but it was still a private space. Each cottage had seven rooms, and seven washrooms, all small but efficient and sufficient for the number of people coming over.
Hank sat down on his bed and leaned against the headboard before he turned to look towards where Leo’s room was located, he was surprised, because at his level he could detect the presence of the other people around him but at this moment, Leo had vanished all of a sudden. The old priest smiled and said, "It seems that there is still hope for the human race to unite and stand together."
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Lily on the other side, was busy looking at the details of her investigation while she sat on the couch and kept an eye on her younger siblings as well, who were building blocks and singing some rhymes they liked. Elena suddenly turned to look at the door and called out, "Grandma."
Anastasia had come back and was smiling at the trio. She asked, "Lily, what are you so busy with?"
Lily didn’t lift her gaze up and replied, "The remnants of the Morning Star Tower, and they tried to harm Baba. By the way, Grandma, do you know who is the real culprit?"
The old lady shook her head with a confused expression and then Lily passed her the tablet as she said, "You can decide what to do with this man."
As the old lady checked the details, her face contorted in anger and rage, she muttered, "This bastard is going to pay for it this time."
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