Chapter 95: Come Then

“Slam!” The door to Akado’s office was pushed open. Heydrich walked in with two SS soldiers. “General! We just received news! A riot broke out at the gate of Berlin University. A professor and a soldier we sent were beaten to death.”

“A riot? What do you mean?” Akado said dismissively, tossing the document in his hand onto the table. He looked up at Heydrich, somewhat unimpressed—there had been a bit too much news about riots and strikes recently, to the point where he was suffering from aesthetic fatigue.

“The Nazi Party incited the masses to attack a university professor of Jewish ethnicity,” Heydrich reported, standing at attention. “The man we sent and the Jewish university professor were beaten to death by the enraged crowd.”

Akado frowned. “What? Say what you just said again!”

Heydrich had no choice but to repeat his report. “The Nazi Party incited the masses to attack a university professor of Jewish ethnicity. The man we sent and the Jewish university professor were beaten to death by the enraged crowd.”

“How dare they do this? Which university professor was killed?” Akado stood up, walked in front of Heydrich, and stared into his eyes. “Don’t make me ask you question by question.”

“The one who was attacked was Professor Gurock. He taught in the chemistry department at the University of Berlin. He was a good friend of Dr. Einstein and was responsible for some special research on specific gases,” Heydrich replied, swallowing hard and standing at attention. “He was one of the Jewish professors you ordered to be placed under special protection.”

“Then are you willing to tell me why a person I ordered to be specially protected would end up as a corpse on the street?” Akado’s tone was icy, like the night before a storm. “Can you tell me why such a mistake would happen to a person I ordered you to specially protect?”

“General! My manpower is limited! I assigned four armed guards to him, but he personally was very uncooperative! He said our protection was affecting his normal life and scientific research—so we were forced to reduce the guards to one. I never expected something like today to happen.”

“Strengthen the protection measures for every key individual! Do it at once!” Akado ordered after some thought. “If another protected person is injured or killed, you can figure out what to do with yourself!”

“Yes, General!” Heydrich stood at attention and saluted. “I have already ordered the strengthening of all guard levels! The minimum will be four armed guards for protection.”

“Immediately send men to find the main culprit for me! I want him cut into pieces! And hung on the barbed wire at my main gate!” Akado said viciously, his eyes narrowing. “Notify the police department! Open a case and investigate immediately! Get all the criminal evidence ready for me!”

Heydrich sighed helplessly. “There isn’t much evidence! And the Stormtroopers will most likely push some minor figures out to take the blame. It’s their usual trick.”

“Get a message to them! I don’t care what method you use to tell the Nazis, I just want you to tell them! If they don’t deliver that bastard Goebbels into my hands, I will see to it that the Nazi Party’s Stormtroopers have no place to be buried!”

“General, we have no evidence to prove that Goebbels is related to this matter! Goebbels has a certain reputation among the common people, and he is friends with many members of parliament,” Heydrich reminded him.

“The Nazi Party has no evidence that the Jews ruined Germany’s economy, but aren’t there still so many people who believe it?” Akado snorted coldly and ordered, “I don’t need you to teach me how to do things! What I need is for you to do things for me with all your heart! Understood?”

“Heil Akado!” Heydrich replied, standing at attention and saluting.

“If they don’t hand over the person, or if they feel your pressure isn’t enough! Then you go and snatch him for me! Go and smash for me! Go and kill them and bury them in their graves again! Any problems?” Akado ordered, his eyes narrowing.

“Heil Akado!” Heydrich replied once more, standing at attention and saluting.

“Don’t think I’ve gone mad! I also know that doing this will make the social order even more chaotic! But I have no choice! I must get justice for Einstein! I must get justice for those Jewish scientists and engineers who are painstakingly researching in various fields in Germany! I must get justice for the Jewish businessmen behind me! As long as we hold fast to the justice in our hearts, then we will ultimately be victorious!” Akado explained solemnly.

“Heil Akado!” Heydrich’s reply was even louder, and his body stood even straighter.

“Call a certain Nazi Party member of parliament. Tell him I want to see Hitler! Relay to him that this is his last chance! Tell him to cherish it!” After saying this, Akado closed his eyes.

“General! Isn’t it unsafe to meet Hitler?” Heydrich hurriedly took a step forward and tried to persuade him.

When he wanted to persuade Akado further, he was cut off by Akado waving his hand. “With you all with me, I am the safest! Go and do it at once.”

…

“Akado wants to see me?” Hitler’s expression froze when he heard his subordinate MP report to him. He looked at the people around him, appearing somewhat lost and helpless.

In just one morning, two of the Nazi Party’s public fundraising accounts had been frozen by the relevant German authorities. The Reichswehr had taken control of the funds inside, just like an unreasonable bandit, without reasoning with the Nazi Party at all.

Subsequently, Heydrich personally led a large number of SS to raid the Nazi Party’s headquarters in Berlin, Munich, and other places, arresting everyone inside. The slightest resistance or complaint would be met with a vicious beating from the SS. This naked attack even used the Reichswehr’s armored cars.

By the time the Nazi Party reacted, they had sent many MPs to the parliament to protest, and to President Hindenburg to complain. But all these efforts were in vain. The officials in these places suggested they report it to the police—and the Nazi Party members who went to the police were all arrested by the police for the crime of disturbing public safety.

Hitler had been constantly losing his temper with his subordinates earlier, but when a Nazi Party MP brought back the news that Akado wanted to meet him alone, Hitler’s anger was quickly extinguished by fear and unease.

Hitler’s eagle eyes stared at the MP who brought the news. “You haven’t been bought by the Greater Germany Party, have you? Hmm?”

“My Führer! Please, you must believe me! It was indeed a Greater Germany Party MP who told me this news! I’m just passing on a message,” the MP quickly waved his hands, denying any relationship with the Greater Germany Party.

“Besides me going to see Akado, do they have any other demands?” Hitler asked with a frown.

“Of course, my Führer! They said, a life for a life. They need to give many friends an explanation, so this time we must hand over someone of sufficient weight to appease the anger of the entire Greater Germany Party!” the MP said, trembling as he finished. He then quickly added, “Those are their exact words! I swear! … Oh God! Next time, let someone else go and contact them! I’ve really had enough!…”

“Who did you guys beat to death? Akado’s aunt?” Goebbels hadn’t expected things to develop to this point either and asked the head of the Stormtroopers, Röhm, beside him with great frustration.

“According to the reports from my men, they led a crowd to surround a professor, a professor from the University of Berlin—they were just passing by Berlin University! They originally wanted to go to the Jewish quarter over there to smash a few shops,” Röhm said helplessly.

Hitler looked at the Nazi Party MP who had brought the message and asked sharply, “Hurry up and say it! Who on earth was that person?”

“That person was named Gurock, a university professor—of course, he was a good friend of Einstein. In addition, he was also in charge of the Reichswehr’s poison gas experiment research. This is what the people from the Greater Germany Party told me. I didn’t know beforehand either,” the MP replied very innocently.

He glanced at the furious Hitler and added another sentence, “Right now, several generals in the Reichswehr are very angry and have been demanding that the Greater Germany Party hand this matter over to the military to handle. I hear they have proposed placing Berlin under martial law to search for the culprits.”

“Culprits? If they want culprits, we’ll give them culprits! Röhm, you arrange for a few people…” Hitler waved his hand to make arrangements.

“They want Dr. Goebbels,” the MP interjected. “The Greater Germany Party MP who passed on the message told me that if Dr. Goebbels does not go to the police station to turn himself in, then the actions against the Nazi Party will not end!”

“Hehehe,” Hitler laughed, a smile on his frowning face. He looked at the interjecting MP and pointed a finger at him. “Röhm! Shove this fellow into a car! And sink him in the river!”

Two Stormtroopers heard the order, came up, grabbed the desperate MP, and started walking out. From the corridor came the MP’s hysterical howls, “My Führer! This wasn’t my idea! Oh God! I am loyal to the party! Help! My Führer! I supported you! You can’t do this! Help… help…”

Goebbels walked in front of Hitler and said with his head bowed, “My Führer, if it’s not possible, then please let me go to the police station to turn myself in… I can dedicate everything to the party!”

Hitler glanced at Röhm, gritted his teeth, and ordered, “Order your men to create chaos all over the country! Akado! I’d like to see what you can do to me! What you can do to my Nazi Party?”

He then looked at his capable assistant, Professor Goebbels, and reached out to pat his shoulder. “Goebbels, you are a hero who is loyal to me and loyal to the party. I will not abandon you! No matter what the price!”

Goebbels looked into Hitler’s eyes and nodded solemnly in response to Hitler’s high regard. “My Führer! I will stand firmly by your side! And welcome the final victory with you! We will ultimately be bathed in glory and become the heroes of this country.”

Hitler nodded. “Let Akado come! I want to see if he really has the ability to defeat me!” He wouldn’t have dared to say this before, but his recent small victories had made him feel that Akado and the Greater Germany Party could be defeated, so he now had the courage to challenge his “teacher.”