Darkstone Code

Chapter 1484: Chapter 1482: An Undignified Departure

Skassin 413, a rifle from Skassin Industries, has an effective kill range of twelve hundred meters, with the longest confirmed kill being thirteen hundred meters away.

Bolt-action structure, heavier than other rifles, but not beyond what people can bear.

On the battlefield, it’s hailed as the "Death God’s Scythe" (a claim made by the military-industrial company, as Skassin 413 hasn’t actually participated in wars), while outside the battlefield, it’s known as the "Lion Killer!"

The name comes from its excellent performance in hunting, ensuring the hunter’s safety and successful animal hunting even against a male lion.

This rifle has been included in the export catalog, it has already been phased out from the Federation’s army equipment.

The reason for phasing it out isn’t that its performance or shooting precision has fallen behind, but rather new designs have split this firearm into two categories.

One is a semi-automatic assault rifle for mid-to-close range, while the other is increased in weight to ensure a higher range and more stable performance, purely designed for sniping as a sniper rifle.

Although in some respects, this gun is now obsolete, it can’t fire continuously, and there are precision issues at long-range sniping, it hasn’t stopped it from becoming one of the best-selling weapons in the Federation’s exports.

Cheapness is its secret to selling well, making it one of the best choices for anti-government armed forces or extremist organization members.

For various non-government armed forces, cheapness means it won’t occupy too much of their funds, preventing their opposition sect movement from stagnating due to funding issues.

Therefore, this rifle can be seen everywhere.

The cousin of the Senior Soldier’s wife raised the gun, with the President’s head appearing in the scope, he slightly adjusted it, and soon the image of Mr. President appeared in the scope.

He looked a bit haggard, recent situations made it hard for him to rest well, the people couldn’t understand him, the nation’s financial economy was in trouble, most critically, he realized he was wrong!

If he hadn’t realized this, perhaps his emotions and spirit would be better, after all, "I was wrong" and "Others can’t understand me" are two different experiences for people.

The latter, though it may cause distress, also provides a spiritual support, telling him that even though he doesn’t gain people’s understanding, history will give him the correct appraisal.

The former, however, makes him realize all his persistence has in fact only led him, this country, this nation, further down the wrong path.

Lemar Republic hasn’t seen such a big thing happen in many years, nor has there been such opposition conflict between the people and the ruling party, and the President.

Due to direct presidential elections, people’s tolerance towards the President is stronger than voters in other countries.

Yet, these things still happened, people protested to oust him, again because of his mistakes.

All this made him more haggard, lacking any of the demeanor a President should have, a kind of uplifting demeanor, only depression.

At this moment, Lynch was also in a room around the square watching the situation here.

Initially, he didn’t want to assassinate the Grand President so simply, he wanted to make it look like an accident!

For instance, during a speech, someone seemed to want to assassinate the President, then the armed police around the President misjudged the situation, sparking armed conflict with the chaotic crowd.

Ultimately, many innocent civilians died.

Such an outcome combined with the current situation in Lemar would become the last straw that breaks the Grand President.

Under these circumstances, the Grand President, overwhelmed with guilt, choosing to end his life quietly at home, wouldn’t that be a reasonable thing to do?

Both domestically and internationally, his suicide is the best conclusion, avoiding further disturbances.

But listening to what the Grand President said, Lynch realized he had to make a choice.

Moreover, Lynch believed this late choice definitely wouldn’t favor the Federation side because he recognized the situation.

He would certainly choose the other side, making him understand why up to now, Lemar Government can still secure contracts.

If someone in the international community is willing to risk angering Federation people to help Lemar altruistically, then this person, or force, must be the Federation’s enemy, the World Development Committee!

Peng Jieao and his alliance!

They are siding with Peng Jieao, not out of emotional choice, but as a politician’s instinct.

If they side with the Federation, people would continue to oppose him, because today’s outcome was caused by the Federation.

He would be seen by the public as a weak President, and the People Party would also become synonymous with weakness.

Whether considering public opinion support or the party’s position in people’s minds, they cannot side with the Federation, at least this choice isn’t for him to make.

He would give the choice to the people, which is a very safe, typical approach.

The people would provide him the answer.

And this answer is what Lynch doesn’t want to see.

Sometimes people are very dumb, they don’t know how to make crucial and correct decisions at critical times, so giving the choice to the people carries significant risk in political decisions.

This doesn’t meet Lynch’s needs for the situation here, Lemar must belong to the Federation, no low-probability event should occur!

Since he’s unwilling to choose a slightly more dignified way to leave, it is regrettable.

The Grand President opened his mouth, a storm of thoughts forming in his mind, suddenly realizing many things all at once.

Sometimes people are like this, for instance, in research work, a difficulty might cause months or even years of no progress.

But maybe at some point, while showering, eating, or pooping, a flash of inspiration, and he figures it out, not only overcoming this issue but also tackling many subsequent challenges all at once.

Because when thinking about this problem’s solution, much additional work was done around it, which can all convert into valuable experience.

When this is no longer a difficulty, when the thinking method transforms, the accumulated experiences burst forth bringing gains beyond people’s imagination.

The Grand President was like this, he already knew where Lemar’s future path lies, at this moment the worry on his face vanished, his entire being relaxed remarkably, even having a slight smile.

He opened his mouth, impatient to share his joy with the people!

The next second, his head suddenly exploded in half, blood sprayed everywhere!

People stared, dog-tired, at the slowly falling torso, completely unaware of what happened!

The cousin of the Senior Soldier’s wife rested the weapon on the windowsill, then took out another piece of gum and stuffed it into his mouth, turned to look around the environment, ensuring nothing inappropriate appeared, and left.

Of course, he didn’t forget to take the previous piece of gum, as it wasn’t anything that belonged here.

The Grand President was assassinated at the government building entrance, with exceptional results, causing Lemar to fall into chaos.

But surprisingly, quite a few citizens were fairly accepting of this outcome, with a few even thinking the Grand President deserved it!

Lemar’s now out-of-control society moved closer to the Abyss after the assassination of the Grand President...

The whole world was shocked —

Especially those Neutral Countries, Lemar Grand President was assassinated before the government building, making the highest rulers of many neutral countries feel a mild sense of oppression, suffocation.

It’s like wearing a not-so-fitting, somewhat tight shirt, buttoning up the collar like that.

You can still breathe, but you feel the collar is tight, suppressing your freedom to breathe deeply the sweet air.

It won’t cause you substantial harm, but it will make you anxious.

The Autonomous Party Chairman was also shocked, but he soon realized it’s an opportunity.

Now the Grand President is dead, no matter how he died, he’s dead.

Lemar has no Vice President, such a small country doesn’t need to complicate things, so when the President can’t continue ruling due to various accidents, according to Lemar Republic’s Constitution, a new presidential election will be immediate!

Currently, the reputation of the Autonomous Party among the people is still not too bad, at least much better than other parties, including the People Party.

"Mr. Lynch..."

The Autonomous Party Chairman looked at Lynch, a slight look of flattery on his face.

As the party leaning towards the Federation people and their biggest supporter, the Autonomous Party Chairman has talked extensively with Lynch about various matters, including what they would gain if they stood by the Federation people.

These conversations are fairly normal, like negotiations, "You want me to choose you, you have to give us some benefits, right?"

Though it doesn’t appear as formal as official negotiations, since some people view it as selling out national interests for a purpose, so it’s just private conversations.

Lynch said if Lemar Republic could lean towards the Federation in stance, then the Federation would give Lemar Republic the greatest economic development aid.

This place will receive lots of orders to help recover the economy, everyone will have job opportunities, there will also be additional financial aid.

These are all crucial elements to immediately stabilize the situation in Lemar, before they just talked, now it’s possible to realize.

More importantly, what Lynch said may very well help the Autonomous Party gain more public support!

Lynch looked at the flattery expression of the Autonomous Party Chairman, he showed restraint, "There won’t be too big changes to what we discussed before, rest assured."

"And you should know, the Federation Government never interferes with other countries’ internal affairs, we never do that."

"Lemar Republic will definitely be a highly autonomous and independent regime, ruled by Lemar people, without any appearance of Federation people in the ruling class, this I can promise you..."

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!