Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty-Four

Jane really came the next day, and she was the only one. She had just had a new hairstyle, her face was much rosier than yesterday, and the disease seemed to disappear from her body without a trace.Jenkins secretly thanked himself for not being blind. "Don't talk," Jane said softly, "Dr. Urrigo said not to make you angry, I just wanted to see you. Nick, you can't think so badly of me, maybe we can still be friends." Jenkins listened quietly Listening to her words, admiring her smooth face and shiny hair, trying to forget that this is the person who ruined his career.

"I only do what I think is right." She continued softly, "We have always liked each other, but we always see things from different perspectives. I hope you can think about these things from my perspective." He silently nodded. "Now you know about your uncle, how he bribed and betrayed the asteroid organization! Know how he planned to attack Liberty Star in order to find a market for CT weapons, staged that war on purpose!I know that the war was not fake, for the thousands of people who died in the war, it was not fake! ” When these words were said, Jane’s voice was full of indignation.

"From your uncle's incident, you should understand the importance of Interstellar Corporation. Now, we are facing two choices, whether to have the responsible management of Interstellar Corporation or opportunists like Brian Madness? The outcome will determine the fate of the world for a hundred years or more. Do you understand this, Nick?" He nodded vigorously, not because he understood what she meant, but because he saw her The cold look on Brian's face made it impossible for her to be Brian's lover.He was relieved and shyly flattered him? "Thank you, Nick!" Jane walked to his bed with a smile, "It is true that I was a spy, and I have always had trouble with you. But think about your uncle, he has always been an enemy of the Interstellar Company, and this time he has a relationship with others for CT energy. Collusion, at the expense of the asteroid man's life. He needs someone to watch." Indeed, Nick nodded.

"Your uncle is indeed very shrewd." Jane went on, "maybe he has suspected me for a long time, and he didn't let me know at all about the conspiracy between him and Gast, La Gerina and the Free Space Party. The reason why I suspected you were involved in that conspiracy, Nick." Looking at her calm face, Nick became more and more surprised. "You are Brian's nephew. You were not injured in the attack on the Liberty Star. At least I thought you were not injured at the time, so I suspected that you were involved. That's when I asked the Earth Trustees for help and rescued you. That's why I went to Liberty Star with you." He still looked at her suspiciously.

"At the beginning, I thought you were playing the role of La Gerina later, and you were tricked by your uncle," she explained, "After I rescued you from prison, I thought again, after your uncle and Gast forced us to sign You'll give away the secret of the plot before you make a plan for the merger. "But I was wrong, you didn't take me to meet anyone, and you didn't reveal the contents of that conspiracy, not even when you visited Tor. All you had in mind was building the Brian Transmitter. Interstellar Inc. Had to accept that merger plan." Jenkins opened his mouth to say something, but Jane stopped him immediately: "Don't say it. Energy freedom is as dangerous to your uncle's plan as it is to the Star Corporation. We must work together. Brian gained the upper hand in this cooperation again, Take control of CT - Interstellar Corporation.

"But he is not as bad as we imagined," her voice was full of hope again, "he really has extraordinary talents! He will definitely be able to learn from the two hundred years of experience of the Interstellar Corporation. Maybe he can also use CT energy as a means to the public. What a responsibility! ". Jenkins asked bitterly: "What happened to the Liberty Star, has it been destroyed?" " "Don't talk, watch your throat," she became anxious, "I don't know the situation of the fleet, I have lost contact with the government here." He wanted to say again, but was stopped.

"Your crazy plan almost won, Nick. That taped broadcast caused riots in listeners everywhere, and martial law was declared on every planet." Jenkins looked up, full of hope again in his heart: "My uncle What? Where has he been?" "Back to Port Burroughs. The taped broadcast caused panic in markets everywhere, and the stock price of CT-Interstellar Corporation fell sharply. Mr. Brian is trying to save the company." At this time, the nurse came in and called Jane away. Nick is going to be given an IV.He was a little drowsy again, and fell asleep after a while.Suddenly, a burst of excited shouts woke him up, and Jane rushed back, trembling with anger.

"Nick, Jenkins! You know what's going on with you? Your precious transmitter is still running, now you should be glad!" He couldn't believe his ears and sat up quickly. "Lie down!" she shouted, "You, you complete fool!" He felt a little dizzy, but he continued to stare blankly at her. "The fleet didn't destroy the CT power plant!" came her piercing voice. "The tape broadcast broke the already bad military discipline. In order to prevent the mutiny, the officers had to return. Listen, your power plant is still running !" He suddenly suspected that he had heard it wrong, maybe it was just an exaggerated joke, and he nodded in relief after seeing Jane's furious expression.

He finally won, and his death was not worthless.This nascent energy freedom is destined to outlive the engineers who painstakingly built it.It naturally leads to a richer life, a nobler person, and pushes humanity one step further.Thinking of the bright future, he smiled. "Laugh!" Jane's voice was particularly piercing, "CT-Interstellar has gone bankrupt!" He stopped laughing, and a feeling of almost grief rose in his heart.After all, Interstellar Corporation has been brilliant in history, and it has also promoted the progress of mankind.Although he couldn't appreciate Jane's infinite loyalty to it, he also knew that it was not so bad that it was useless.

"You've ruined your own uncle too!" Jane was still furious, "along with all the rest of us! He's sold the Tor and all the conductive alloys to stabilize the market, but the price is still plummeting, He has very little property left. Now, he can hardly even save his own life." "what happened?" "Now, the crazy idea of ​​the fifth freedom has spread across the planets, and the old government has collapsed. As soon as the new government was established, he was ordered to be arrested. Those radicals and revolutionaries in power formed a temporary committee to abolish the trusteeship. The planet was returned to the natives. Your uncle was on their list of war criminals, but he escaped on the Adonis."

Nick wanted to say something, but the incident was too big to know where to start. "Look at what you've done!" she cried in pain, "you're happy now!" She turned sharply and walked away without looking back. Nick sat on the bed and looked at her back, feeling very regretful in his heart, and the excitement disappeared in an instant.He suddenly became dizzy again and lay down again. "Congratulations, Nick!" The gentle voice woke Jenkins from his deep sleep. Brian couldn't see the frustration of the collapse of CT-Interstellar Company on his face, "They agreed to let me visit you and congratulate you." Only then did Nick realize that Brian had really failed.Two soldiers in Space Guard uniforms stood cautiously on either side of him.A jacket was draped over his arms, but it failed to block the shiny handcuffs.He still stood upright, with his head held high, with an air of confidence.Jenkins sat up in bed startled, staring blankly at the handcuffs. "Yes, he's still got me." Brian nodded calmly, his sunken cheeks and pale face, his gray eyes still sharp and piercing. "The new commissioners want me to live in seclusion," he said lightly. "They may want to set me up as an example to the old order they've smashed. O'Brien's men have chased them all the way to New Yarisque, where My men were ready to fight, but I've caused too much bloodshed to want to do it again." There was regret on his face as he said this. "So they took me back to Port Burroughs," he went on calmly, "and as soon as the court was built, the revolutionaries prepared to try me, and they charged me with a long list of various crimes. Sentence me to death. "So, I'll probably never see you again, Nick. Too bad I don't have anything left for you, and I hope you'll forget our differences." He held out his hand awkwardly, revealing the handcuff, "Shake hands, Nick." Jenkins took those hands involuntarily, and his hatred for his uncle seemed less intense. Brian had a look of excitement on his face: "Nick, those new committee members are so impatient, I feel really sorry for them. I really want to see if energy freedom can change the world as I predicted. At this moment, a soldier touched Brian's arm. "Goodbye, Nick." He tried to wave his hand, but the handcuffs grabbed his wrist. "Don't feel sorry for me. I have no regrets." The soldier tugged his sleeve again. "Come and go," he whispered. "Good luck, Nick!"