Chapter 50 Chapter Forty-Nine

People from Nongji Company came over from the pier.Kanya and her men stood at attention, serving as guards of honor to welcome the demons.All these Farang stood there, squinting in the tropical sun, claiming a land they had never seen with their own eyes.They pointed rudely at young girls in the street, talked and laughed loudly.There is no polite race.So confident. "It's really awesome." Apai murmured. Kanya was startled to hear her thoughts being spoken, but she didn't answer.Akarat waited patiently while she met the new beasts.Their leader was a displeased blond woman named Elizabeth Budley.

She, like the rest of the Nongji Company, wore a floor-length black cloak with a red wheat logo glinting in the sun.There's only one thing about these hated uniforms that make them happy: in the tropics, they must be damn hot to wear.Grease and sweat glistened on the faces of these people. "These are the people who are going to the seed vault," Akarat told Kanya. "Are you really going to do this?" she asked. He shrugged. "They just want some samples, a little genetic diversity for their genetic cracking work. On the other hand, our country can also benefit from it."

Kanya watches the men.They've always been known as calorie devils, and now they're brazenly walking the streets of Bangkok, the City of Angels.Boxes of grain were being carried off the boat and onto the back of the giant elephant, each box bearing the very distinct Agro-based company logo. As if sensing her thoughts, Akarat said: "The era of hiding behind walls and expecting to survive is over. We must communicate with the outside world." "However, the seed bank..." Kanya protested in a low voice, "That is His Majesty Rama's legacy." Akarat nodded quickly and sternly, "They are just taking some samples, so don't worry too much." He turned to another Farang, shook hands with him in a foreigner's way, and spoke a few words to him in English , and sent him away.

"That's Richard Carlyle," Akarat said, returning to Kanya. "We've got the pumps at last, and he's flying them out tonight. With luck, we'll be safe." This rainy season." He looked at her with meaningful eyes, "Do you understand all this? Do you understand why I do these things? It is better to lose a little part of the kingdom than to lose all. Sometimes we It takes fighting, and sometimes we need to compromise. We cannot survive if we are completely isolated. History tells us that we must communicate with the outside world." Kanya nodded stiffly.

Jaidy appeared over her shoulder. "At least they didn't catch Gibson." "I'd rather hand over Gibson and keep the seed bank," Kanya whispered. "But I think losing that person annoyed them even more." He nodded to the woman named Budley. "She was so angry that she was yelling and walking around and waving her arms in spite of her face." He imitated Watch the woman's movements. Kanya frowned, "Akarat is also very angry. He chased me all day, asking what we did, how did we let the old man escape." "He's a smart guy."

Kanya smiled. "You mean Akarat?" "I mean the gene cracker." Before Kanya had time to unearth more thoughts that belonged to Jaidi, the woman named Budri and her seed scientists came over.An old yellow card Chinese also came with the woman.He straightened his back and nodded to Kanya, "I will work as a translator for Ms. Elizabeth Budley." Kanya forced a polite smile and stared at the people in front of him.That's the ending in the end.Yellow Card Man and Farang. "Everything will change," Zaidi sighed, "It will do you good to remember this. Stay in the past and worry about the future..." He shrugged, "This is the misery of life."

Fran waited for her, looking impatient.She led them down the battle-torn streets.Somewhere far away, near the airship pad, a tank fired a shot.The target might be a group of boycott students, those not yet under her control, who insist on guarding a different honor than hers.She waved to her two new subordinates - their names were Maliwaraya and Yushakong, if she remembered correctly. "General," one of them said, but Kanya immediately frowned at him. "I told you, there will be no more generals. We don't need those useless ranks. I'm a captain. If Jaidi doesn't deserve a higher rank than a captain, I will never promote myself higher than him."

Maliwaraya apologized with a Namaste salute.Kanya let those farangs into the comfort of a coal-diesel hybrid and walked through the streets at their whispers.The car was a luxury she had never experienced, and she forced herself not to talk to anyone about Akarat's sudden revelation of wealth.The car sped along the empty streets toward its goal: the Temple of the Pillars of the City. Fifteen minutes later, they emerged from the car and returned to the scorching sun.The monks bowed their heads humbly to her, showing respect for her official status.She nodded back at them, feeling awkward.It was in this temple that His Majesty Rama XII defined the status of the Ministry of Environment, even higher than the monks.

The monks opened the gate and led the party down into the cool subterranean section.The airtight gate spun shut, and the filtered air rushed out driven by the negative pressure.The air was damp, chilly, and getting colder.Archway after archway opened to reveal inner corridors.Energy here is provided by a coal-fired energy supply system with up to three fail-safe systems. The monks in orange robes politely avoided her so as not to touch her.She turned to the woman named Boudry. "Don't touch these monks. They made a solemn oath never to have contact with women." The yellow card man translated her words into the poorly pronounced French language.Kanya heard a muffled laugh behind her, and she forced herself not to react.The woman named Budley and her gene-breaking scientists chatted excitedly to each other as they walked down the hallway to the seed bank.The yellow card translator didn't bother to explain their weird screams to Kanya, but she also guessed that most of them represented joy.

She led them further underground, to the sorting room.Along the way, she has been thinking about the true meaning of loyalty.Better to lose an arm than to lose a head.Thais have always done this so they can survive while other countries collapse. Kanya glanced back at the farrons.Their greedy eyes scan the shelves and vacuum-packed containers, each containing thousands of seeds, each of which could be a line of defense against the men.The seed bank opened before them is the real treasury of this country, and now these seeds are their spoils of war. When the Burmese attacked Ayutthaya, the city fell without any resistance.And now, the same thing happened again.After all the blood and sweat and death and toil, after all the struggles of saints and martyrs like Pa Sewub, after selling so many girls like Kip to Gibson and his ilk, It turned out to be this.Fran once again stood at the heart of the country, and once again the kingdom was betrayed by high officials who didn't really care about the royal family.

"Don't think things are so bad." Jaidy touched her shoulder. "Each of us has to live with our own failures, Kanya." "I'm sorry. For everything." "I have forgiven you long ago. We all have our allegiances. You met Akarat before you came to me. This is our karma." "I never thought it would turn out like this." "It was indeed a major failure." Zaidi agreed, and then he shrugged, "But even now, things are still turning around." Kanya glanced at the Farangs again.A scientist noticed her gaze and said something to the woman.Kanya wasn't sure if those words were mocking her.The earmarks on them glowed in the electric light. Jaidi raised an eyebrow, "Our ultimate allegiance should be Her Majesty the Queen, shouldn't it?" "so what?" "I'll give you two options: one is to be a villager in Bang Razeng and keep fighting while everyone else is falling back and hold off the Burmese a little longer; the other is to be one of those cowardly men in Ayutthaya Court officer, let a kingdom fall in your hands. Will you be the former?" "That's just personal heroism," Kanya said softly. "Maybe." Jaidi shrugged, "but I tell you: Ayutthaya is worth nothing in our history. We Thais did lose it, but we survived. We have Burmese, Kao Cotton people, french, japanese, americans, and now calorie companies, but thailand is always there. Other countries collapse, but we can drive out the oppressors. The lifeblood of this country is our people, not this Cities. Our people are everything to this country, and what keeps us alive is this seed bank." "However, His Majesty Rama announced that we will always guard..." "His Majesty Rama has never paid attention to the City of Angels itself. He is concerned about us, so he set up a symbol for us to guard. But what really matters is not the city, but our people. If the people are attacked Slavery, even if this city is beautiful, what's the point?" Kanya's breathing became very rapid, with cold air moving in and out of her lungs.The woman named Budley said something.The Genebreakers started yelling in their foul language.Kanya turns to Pai. "Follow my command." She drew her spring pistol, aimed and shot the French woman in the head.