Chapter 85: Strong Winds, Obey My Command!
"Brothers, today is a day of glory!"
Inside the transport plane, a white-haired old man in military uniform with stars on his shoulders stood with his hands behind his back, tall and straight like a pine tree. In front of him, there were nearly a hundred soldiers holding guns, their faces stern.
"You have come here today to defend freedom and glory. Soon, you will face the most evil enemy in human history - Uesugi Kiyoshi. He destroys order, tramples on freedom, and anyone under the sun despises him to the core!"
"This is not an easy task. You may sacrifice, but not all will be sacrificed. Are you afraid? If someone says they are not afraid when facing Uesugi Kiyoshi, they are lying. But true heroes are those who persevere in battle despite their fear, real men who don't let fear of death conquer their duty, honor, and courage!"
"You may not be recognized, and may not exist, but I, along with the President, will remember your names. When your bodies are buried here, far away in your homeland, the President will personally speak your names after the gunfire."
"You are not fighting alone. At this moment, there is a Headless Sculpture embracing freedom, fighting alongside you. Around his neck is the great Saint James. Under the protection of the saint, even in death, your souls will return to heaven!"
Watching the young men, whose emotions were ignited, the old man lowered his head and made a cross on his chest.
"God bless our country!"
"God bless us!"
As prayers filled the air, the cabin door slowly opened, and brave soldiers strapped on their parachutes, one after another jumping out of the plane.
Only when the cabin was empty did the old man relax his face, smiling as he asked the pilot, "How was my speech just now, Smith?"
"It was very brilliant, General George, comparable to General Patton."
"My achievements will soon be on par with his. I should receive good news at the dining table in about twenty minutes!" George proudly stroked his chin and looked at his watch, "It's quarter past eleven now."
Facing hundreds of fully armed soldiers, what else could poor Uesugi Kiyoshi do?
...............
Uesugi Kiyoshi was looking around when he accidentally looked up and saw many black dots in the sky, like sesame sprinkled on a pancake.
"What's that?"
He asked Saito Shuichi next to him, but Saito Shuichi looked up for a while and shook his head.
"It's too far away to see clearly... but it shouldn't be the curse of the whirlpool."
Since even Saito Shuichi, who specialized in whirlpool attacks, said that, Uesugi Kiyoshi relaxed and continued his patrol.
The construction of the longhouse was almost finished, even half a day earlier than expected.
Since there was no other work to do now, and the subsidy promised by the Black Whirlpool Travel Company was still effective, people with free time could only focus on this.
According to his observations, all the work should be completed by early evening today.
Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't pay much attention to the strange sky, but Saito Shuichi kept looking up anxiously as the black dots approached, and eventually dragged Uesugi Kiyoshi back to his house.
"Vortex-kunn, let's double-check!"
"It's a person, a soldier holding a weapon!" said Saito Renzhi skillfully manipulating the telescope, "Looks similar to us, descending at a speed of about five kilometers, will reach the ground in about half an hour."
In the current Black Vortex Town, objects falling from high altitude can also cause a vortex, generating buoyancy, and the larger the area, the slower the speed.
Of course, there is a limit to this height, it cannot extend indefinitely into space, not even affecting airplanes in the sky, and only these soldiers probably know the specific starting height.
"Is it a government rescue team?" Itsutsu Kishima asked curiously.
Saito Renzhi shook his head without hesitation, "They are not dressed like the Self-Defense Forces, they look unfamiliar, not like our neighboring countries, it's strange..."
"Then who are they?"
"Why don't we go check it out?" Uesugi Kiyoshi suggested.
They walked outside, wandered around the long house buildings for a while, and finally found a soldier landing the fastest.
When the soldier saw Uesugi Kiyoshi a kilometer away, he first looked surprised, then showed a look of joy, and pulled the trigger of his assault rifle without hesitation.
"Bang~~Bang~~"
Bullets gently dropped like raindrops around Uesugi Kiyoshi, not even stirring up the dust on the ground.
The soldier decisively took out a grenade. This time, Uesugi Kiyoshi could not tolerate it anymore. He reached out his right hand, slapped upward from a distance, and the fierce wind immediately lifted the soldier into the air.
"They, they came to kill us? How could that be...?"
Itsutsu Kishima covered her mouth, widened her eyes, and even though she saw this scene with her own eyes, she still couldn't believe it.
"Actions speak louder than words!" Uesugi Kiyoshi led the two back to the longhouse. "But since that's the case, it's only right for us to fight back, isn't it?"
"...How do you plan to fight back?" Saito Shuichi asked.
"Of course, with wind!"
When the travel company was founded, Uesugi Kiyoshi made a rule that all tall buildings must have exhaust fans installed on the roofs to be eligible for subsidies.
This measure was criticized at the time because the tall buildings were already large and well-ventilated, so some people thought adding more exhaust fans was unnecessary.
Fortunately, this didn't cost much, especially since Uesugi Kiyoshi arranged for someone to install the exhaust fans, so there was no need to worry about it.
After moving in, nobody was silly enough to turn on the exhaust fans, so until now, they didn't know that Uesugi Kiyoshi controlled the master switch for all the fans.
When the air switch was turned on, nearly a thousand exhaust fans started running simultaneously, blowing out swift air through the roof vents, creating parallel tornadoes that whirled towards the sky.
Layers upon layers of tornadoes filled the sky over Black Vortex Town, preventing the soldiers descending from touching the ground, enveloping them in the sky again.
Luckily, their lives were not in danger.
As the tornadoes rose to a certain height, they gradually weakened until they disappeared, allowing the soldiers to descend again and merge with the next tornado, repeating this process until finding a balance point in the air.
They had to stay there with the roaring wind until the exhaust fans stopped.
After seeing this scene through the telescope, Uesugi Kiyoshi clapped his hands happily.
"How is the progress now?"
"Only the last one that you specially left behind, nail the remaining board, and all the long houses will be considered completed."
"Well, it's time to go to the groundbreaking ceremony site, let's go!"
