Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 599 Breaking the Face
When Zheng Zha appeared, few people in the United States could recognize him immediately. After all, Zheng Zha's previous public images were all of him wearing combat uniforms, which, although handsome and flamboyant, also gave him a heroic air in the styling created by the Allies. Now, he was wearing a hat and a base uniform for guards, which made him look more rugged, but also covered up his flamboyant appearance quite a bit.

Luo Gandao, who was at the forefront, was dumbfounded. He could recognize Zheng Zha directly, but he never expected that Zheng Zha, who had gone missing and was being watched by the Allied Powers, would appear here.

In an instant, he went through all sorts of scenarios in his mind, such as prisoners, brainwashing, amnesia, and resistance, but the hand cannon was still pointed firmly at the command room.

Seeing this, Zheng Zha inwardly gave him a thumbs up. Maintaining this suppression was the right thing to do, since he wouldn't be hurt by taking a hit anyway... But if he hesitated and caused problems with the mission, that would be bad.

Although the Central Continent team has many ways to cover the fallback, from Luo Gandao's perspective, he doesn't know so many things... so his own choice shows his character even more.

Zheng Zha took a deep breath and whispered in Tex Conway's ear, "Stop operating these mechs. We know you're a mole planted by the referee committee."

That's a joke, really. If we're talking about moles, everyone under the surveillance of satellites was a mole… Tex Conway was able to disregard all the precautions of the time, directly leaking intelligence to the Allied leadership as a high-ranking official of the United States, which was actually achieved through cognitive interference. Only when most people are fools can spies conduct intelligence activities so blatantly!
Even with Zheng Zha's limited understanding, he could figure it out: Tex Conway, as a separate contact with the Allies, bypassed the Allies' military intelligence mechanism of the Mecha Dragon system and did not connect with high-ranking officials like Alexei... Those who were actually in contact with him had long been eliminated in the Mecha Dragon coup.

Why would high-ranking officials, even higher than the Mech Dragons, contact Tex Conway? There's only one answer: those high-ranking officials are traitors, and so is Tex Conway. In fact, by extension, the high-ranking officials of the Allies and the United States are mostly problematic, more or less connected to the Tribunal. Only the Mech Dragons below are fighting amongst themselves, which unites the people in a common hatred.

In this light, the scene in the movie where Tex Conway shoots Dr. Matsumoto might be understandable... When Zheng Zha watched it, he only thought that Tex Conway was really reckless, going to the banquet without any self-awareness, and then risking everything to kill him; but after observing this, Zheng Zha can only say that Tex Conway and Dr. Matsumoto are not on the same logic at all.

Dr. Matsumoto's logic was still to find the traitor within the United States, while Tex Conway's logic was that whether it was finding the traitor or being a spy, his identity could not be exposed at this level... If we consider him as a puppet who has no self at all, then his numerous contradictory behaviors, from murder to suicide, and then to his usual position as commander, become understandable.

The puppet may contradict itself, but in every specific event, it will behave in a way that is consistent with its identity.

However, it remains to be seen how exactly Tex Conway, this puppet, is being manipulated.

Despite being threatened by Zheng Zha, Tex Conway remained completely unfazed. He snapped out of his previous daze and chuckled, "How could I possibly have that ability? The Allies planted spies, disregarded the peace treaty, and instigated conflict. These out-of-control mechs are clearly your doing."

"You've killed your good disciple Achilles, and you still have the nerve to talk so arrogantly. You've really had a hard time." Zheng Zha sneered, increasing the force in his hand, and more soft tissue was about to emerge from Tex Conway's nostrils.

Hearing Tex Conway's rebuttal, some people's expressions turned strange. The cognitive jamming satellite had been destroyed the previous night; with the jamming gone, many previously overlooked things would surface. It might take a long time for someone to fully understand something that went wrong before, but if other information is fed in, it will be much faster. For example… when two sides are arguing and sticking to their own versions of events.

Logandao's heart skipped a beat. Hearing Zhang Jie's message, he broadcast, "The people of the United States may remember... after the end of World War III in Australia, the Allied delegation was attacked by United States mechs... that was the work of Tex Conway."

Upon hearing this, most people in the command room looked bewildered. Only Tex Conway sneered inwardly, but shouted aloud, "Nonsense! That was an Allied delegation carrying oversized weapons, attacking our patrol troops!"

Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Zha burst into laughter.

Dr. Matsumoto, who had been hiding to the side, suddenly spoke up: "When I checked the mecha database this morning, I found a batch of mechas that were actually absent but were registered in the database... If it wasn't a registration error, then the mechas could only have been used without authorization. Commander Tex, are there any mechas under our jurisdiction among the patrol forces you mentioned?"

The chairman of the United States Mech Council coldly said, "It seems that Commander Tex Conway does indeed know a lot. Please remove your threat to us."

Tex Conway's expression changed, his eyes revealing not only regret but also some confusion. After hearing the others speak, he began to regret his actions. He had forgotten that the United States' cognitive jamming satellite had been destroyed, and that some of these people were accomplices, but now they had no idea what they had done.

He should have remained silent like everyone else and honestly played the victim. Now, not only has he been unfairly accused (after all, he really wasn't responsible for the hangar malfunction), but he's also exposed his own problems. It wouldn't be surprising if he were accused of anything else afterward.

The Allies must know about the existence of the cognitive jamming satellites, and they might even be able to use incredible methods to destroy them from the inside... So this is clearly an attempt to trick him into revealing himself in front of everyone.

However, Tex Conway really didn't understand what Dr. Matsumoto meant by "absent" or "in stock"... The mechs that the referee committee used were clearly not part of the official roster.

Tex Conway's face darkened, and he immediately reached for his sidearm. His colleagues were terrified by this action; damn it, that huge cannon was pointed right at them!
Before Luo Gandao could fire, Zheng Zha delivered a flying knee strike to his lower back, a strange force seeping into his body. Then, the white, soft-bodied creature forced open Tex Conway's eyeballs, tearing off half of its face as it flew out of Tex Conway's head.

Screams and screams filled the air.

(End of this chapter)