Plunder the Heavens from American Comics

Chapter 181 The King's Choice

"T'Challa! What are you doing to him!"

When T'Chaka saw T'Challa being held by the cyborg, he yelled angrily.

Then the royal guards led by Okoye also raised their weapons.

They aimed at the surrounding enemies, and if T'Challa hadn't been restrained, they might have opened fire.

However, T'Chaka's arrival did not make Jonathan look, he still looked at Bart.

"Bart! My patience is limited. If you can't make a choice, then I will have to choose for you."

Jonathan's tone was very cold.

Hearing this, Bart shuddered all over, and on one side was the angry face of King T'Chaka.

On one side was Jonathan's cold gaze.

Bart clenched the dagger tightly in his hands, his eyes full of fear.

T'Challa looked at him weakly, while T'Chaka and the Royal Guards also looked at him angrily.

What did he do wrong?
Bart couldn't help but think in his mind.

"God of Leopards! I can't stand it anymore!" Bart suddenly raised his head and shouted.

Then he stabbed with all his strength, thrusting the dagger into his throat.

Blood gushed out continuously along the blood groove on the dagger.

See Bart's selection.

Jonathan just felt sad.

It seems that these people in Wakanda really don't deserve freedom because they don't even have the courage to pursue freedom.

Even if Bart pointed the dagger at him, Jonathan would not think there was anything pathetic about him.

After all, he had fought for his freedom.

Although T'Chaka didn't know what had happened, he was relieved to see that his son was still alive.

"Sir, please let my son go." T'Chaka reached out and pressed down the muzzle of Okoye's gun.

Keep it out of Jonathan's way.

It seems that T'Chaka hopes to resolve the issue through negotiation.

"You are T'Chaka, the King of Wakanda, right?" Jonathan asked instead of answering T'Chaka's question.

T'Chaka nodded, confirming his identity.

"Tsk, that's so sad."

Jonathan smacked his lips and said with a bit of disdain.

Hearing this, T'Chaka frowned, not understanding what Jonathan was spitting on.

"Sir, what do you need to return my son to me?" T'Chaka asked again.

Compared to the issue of the vibranium mine, T'Chaka obviously wants to prioritize T'Challa's life.

After all, if vibranium is gone, it can still be mined, but if his son is gone, there will be no one to inherit his throne.

"Give your son back to you? Give him back to you for what? Let him inherit your throne of Wakanda and continue to oppress the people of Wakanda?"

Jonathan pointed at Nick and others who were crawling on the ground and trembling.

"I don't understand what you mean." T'Chaka glanced at the Wakandan people on the ground and asked in a dull voice.

Jonathan smiled in silence.

"Since you don't understand, let me put it another way."

"I can return it to you, T'Challa, but you need to exchange it with the lives of the ten soldiers over there. How about that?"

"Is the life of your soldier more important, or the life of your son?"

Jonathan's tone was full of amusement.

He wanted to see what choice T'Chaka would make, whether he would give up his son's life for the lives of the soldiers.

He would still trade the lives of ten soldiers for his son's life.

"King, we are willing to exchange our lives for the prince's safety!"

At this time, the soldiers of the Royal Guard came forward one after another to express that it was time for them to show their loyalty.

But he was scared away by T'Chaka.

He is not stupid. What if all ten guards died and Jonathan still didn't let T'Challa go? Wouldn't these guards have died in vain?

"Let's change the conditions. The life of any Wakanda citizen cannot be sacrificed." T'Chaka said seriously.

Hearing this, Okoye or the ten guards, or the workers crawling on the ground.

At this moment, they were all a little grateful. They didn't expect that the king would care so much about their lives.

"Okay, since you love the people like your own children, here, I'll give you the dagger. After you kill yourself, I'll let them go."

Jonathan used telekinesis to pull out the dagger that was stuck in Bart's throat and threw it in front of T'Chaka.

After seeing Jonathan using telekinesis, T'Chaka's pupils shrank.

What kind of ability is this? I've never seen it before!

However, T'Chaka still walked forward slowly, squatted down and picked up the dagger on the ground.

Looking at the blood still stained on the dagger.

T'Chaka stared into Jonathan's eyes and asked, "How can you guarantee that you will let these people go after I die?"

"I can't guarantee that. It all depends on whether you, old king, believe me or not."

Jonathan shrugged.

"King!" Okoye on the side thought that T'Chaka really wanted to exchange his life for T'Challa, so he hurried forward to stop him.

T'Chaka held out his hand to signal Okoye to stay calm.

From the very beginning, he had been constantly estimating the difference in combat power between the two sides.

He didn't understand how such an armed force that was obviously superior to the outside world had sneaked into Wakanda.

I looked at the construction machinery not far behind that was collecting shock.

T'Chaka cleared his throat and said, "Young man, you have been talking to me for so long, just trying to delay time."

"You want to collect as much Vibranium Ore as possible, right?"

Although T'Chaka guessed his purpose, Jonathan was not surprised if he couldn't guess it.

Then Jonathan would wonder how he became king.

"And then? What do you suggest?" Jonathan was not afraid at all of what these twelve people could do.

After all, the defense line has been built and the soldiers are fully armed.

Even if Wakanda's army wanted to attack, it would take at least ten days or half a month.

Not to mention, there is only one elevator as an entrance and exit.

However, it is precisely because there is only one elevator as an entrance and exit that the people of Wakanda are so confident about the vibranium mine.

After all, if there are people from outside who want to steal the vibranium mine, it is impossible for them to make such a big scene as Jonathan did.

Although T'Chaka didn't know how many enemies there were here, just the soldiers he saw.

He felt that taking the risk was a foolish decision.

The only way now is to temporarily meet Jonathan's conditions and let him mine with peace of mind.

Then he rescued his son first.

Then, after the 13 people on our side escape, we will make further plans.

As for those workers.

T'Chaka really didn't care if they lived or died.

Of course, this cannot be expressed directly.

"You can collect as much vibranium ore as you want. I will never stop you. But in return, I hope you can return my son to me."

T'Chaka tentatively stated his conditions.

"Let's put it this way, old king. The previous multiple-choice questions were too extreme. Let's try it in a different way."

"I'll give you two choices."

"One is to take T'Challa away. Leave these workers here. I will execute them later." "The second is to take these workers away and leave T'Challa here. I will execute him later."

"Well, fair enough. Now you can start choosing."

After saying that, Jonathan pulled out the Sage's Blade, turned it into a stool, and then sat down on it.

At the same time, he looked at the patterns on the Sage's Blade with a bit of worry, feeling that the soul inside seemed to be starting to be insufficient.

The color that was almost bright red before has now faded a lot.

This time, Jonathan really put T'Chaka in a dilemma.

The only way to break the deadlock now is to let these workers voluntarily give up their lives so that he can take T'Challa away.

But this is obviously not so easy to do.

Do we have to attack by force?

T'Chaka thought to himself.

If they attack by force, it shouldn't be a problem for him to escape with his vibranium-made Black Panther suit.

But there are Okoye and others behind him, and T'Challa who is being held hostage by the other side.

That would definitely mean death.

In any case, it seems like this is a dead end.

Unconsciously, T'Chaka's eyes were always on the workers crawling on the ground.

Seeing T'Chaka looking at the workers, Jonathan probably knew what he was thinking.

He smiled with a bit of disdain.

"Nick, you guys raise your heads and take a good look at your king."

The cyborg translated Jonathan's words to several workers.

Upon hearing this, out of fear of the imperial power, several workers did not dare to raise their heads.

Seeing the cowardly looks of several people, Jonathan frowned, then ordered the cyborg beside him to call a few soldiers over.

Let several soldiers, each controlling one worker.

Forcing them to look up and look at King T'Chaka.

"Open your eyes and look, this is your king."

"Come on! King T'Chaka, tell them your choice!"

Seeing his people suffering, T'Chaka didn't even feel the slightest bit of emotion in his heart.

What he was thinking about now was how to continue to maintain his image as a king who loved his people like his own children in front of the guards behind him.

If you choose to abandon these workers, rescue T'Chaka.

Then his perfect image as a king would be destroyed.

Even if any of these guards were careless in keeping their mouths shut, the news would spread throughout Wakanda.

As for choosing the workers over T'Challa, that was not an option for him.

However, no matter how much T'Chaka tried to hide it, everyone knew that he did not want to sacrifice his son.

Especially when several cyborg soldiers forcibly lifted the heads of several workers.

Even when he was looked at by their pleading eyes, T'Chaka did not show the slightest bit of mercy.

Just as T'Chaka was silent, suddenly several energy beams shot out from the spear in Okoye's hand.

The target is not Jonathan or the cyborg soldiers.

But it was the workers kneeling on the ground.

Looking at the workers whose bodies were mutilated after being hit by energy weapons.

Jonathan suddenly felt a little unworthy of them.

"Hey, it seems that your men have solved the problem for you very well. King T'Chaka." Jonathan came to the bodies of several people.

Squat down.

"Now, can I take my son and go?"

At this point, T'Chaka couldn't blame Okoye. After all, she also wanted to take on the title of the villain.

Let him preserve his perfect image as a king.

But she didn't know.

From the moment I hesitated.

His image as a king has collapsed.

At least the hearts of these guards have collapsed.

But this result is the best one possible, so T'Chaka has no intention of blaming Okoye.

"Well, logically speaking, I didn't execute these workers. This is different from the conditions I just proposed."

Hearing this, T'Chaka looked at Jonathan nervously, and even Okoye was a little nervous.

"But who makes me a good person?"

Jonathan smiled and waved his left hand.

He lifted up T'Challa's body and threw it in front of T'Chaka.

"The person is returned to you. Please take it." Jonathan pointed in the direction of the exit.

He indicated that he had already exceeded his promise, and it was time for T'Chaka to show his sincerity.

"Okoye, retreat." T'Chaka was also very rational. He directly ordered Okoye to retreat with him and the troops.

And brought along T'Challa, who looked dying.

Back on the ground, T'Chaka looked at T'Challa, whose injuries were not serious, and felt depressed.

The vibranium mine is undoubtedly the top priority of Wakanda, but now it has been invaded by the enemy.

And the positions have already been set up.

This was a failure of supervision by the mining department. Thinking of this, T'Chaka felt a little angry.

I thought that after this matter was resolved, I would definitely give all these guys who manage the mine a good beating.

"Okoye, assemble the troops. Although the enemy has occupied the mine inside, the defense near the elevator is not strong."

"We have to do it before the other side reacts"

Before T'Chaka could finish his words, the ground suddenly shook.

Then they saw the mine elevator behind them suddenly collapse directly into the ground.

T'Chaka: "???"

"What's going on!?" T'Chaka asked loudly.

After hearing T'Chaka's roar, an official in charge of the mine suppressed his fear and moved closer to the mine elevator.

Then he stuck his head in and looked down.

"King, the enemy has blown up the elevator shaft. Now the only passage between the mine and the outside world has been cut off!"

After taking a closer look, the mine officials came to their own conclusion.

Hearing this, T'Chaka's eyes widened.

Don’t they plan to come out and spend their whole lives in the vibranium mine?
However, T'Chaka didn't know that Jonathan possessed a dimensional gate.

And he is also able to teleport.

So this small elevator couldn't stop Jonathan at all.

Anyway, Jonathan had no interest in taking over the mess in Wakanda, so he might as well just seal the entrances and exits.

Then after all the ore is mined out, it would be great to just run away.

As for what Wakanda will do without Vibranium.

Jonathan said, what does this have to do with him?
All he wants is vibranium. The African country of Wakanda is of no use to him.

As for the technology developed by these Ni brothers based on vibranium, Jonathan actually didn't think much of it, which was why he stole the information before.

I just want to use it as a data reserve.

(End of this chapter)