Salute To The General

Chapter 961 Open Your Eyes

Laughing mirthlessly, he waved the identification card in the air and cussed, "F***, | nearly fell for your idiotic ploy! Did you really think you could trick me with a fake identification card?”

Colin echoed his humorless laugh and asked, "What makes you think that's a fake?”

"Just look at what's stated next to the ‘position’ column! ‘Captain of National Guards"! had finally regained the upper hand.

Jaime shot back smugly, feeling like he

"If you're truly the Captain of National Guards, pray tell, what are you doing here instead of fulfilling your duties at your post, next to the General of the North? What, are you going to tell me that Nathan Cross is the General himself?"

Colin pointed at Nathan, who was standing a short distance away and said earnestly, "You're right. Mr. Cross is my senior official, which makes him the General!"

Yet another round of boisterous laughter filled the atmosphere. To Jaime and his subordinates, Colin had just told them the joke of the century.

Amidst fits of hysterics, Jaime said, "I've met a lot of military officers who turn out to be imposters in this lifetime, but this is the first I've seen a person who has the guts to claim the title of the General!"

Jaime continued to provoke Nathan by chortling obnoxiously and making gibes, "Hey, kiddo! Your underling says you're the General! Say, do you also carry a fake military identification card with you to continue this hoax? Show it to me! Open my eyes to a whole new world! | want to see what you're capable of."

wish for," Nathan cautioned placidly as if Jaime's taunts did not bother him. Still

call Franklin. "Commander-in-chief of the Channing Military District, Franklin Wilson, | hereby order you

inhaled sharply when they heard his command. However, it was not out of fear but rather wry admiration for the man's commitment to his ruse. “Hahaha! Did | hear it wrong? This fellow has actually

insane! Does he really think we believe him just because

clique giggled among themselves as they derided Nathan. To them, his

piped up, "Uncle Jaime, why are you humoring them? Everything he's saying is a farce. Just instruct your subordinates to capture the lot and

base!"

15 minutes. | want to see for myself how this man will ‘open my eyes’, as he so proclaims, and witness the majestic sight of two divisions

laughter and jeered at

pillorying Nathan. It would be a public crucifixion of Nathan's dignity if the army he so daringly

and his

state, Jaime sniggered. "Look at him, acting all cool and collected, as if he actually has

at his watch and said gleefully, "It has been ten minutes. You only have a few minutes left. Where

at that juncture, the civil defense siren at Channing 'S eit it) @ tepstartad

siren never sounded on normal days; it was reserved for when the

on past