Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 348 It's a pleasure to serve you.

The English Channel.

Two of the most advanced Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers are currently docked near Portsmouth Naval Base.

Although they claimed to be there for resupply, the two ships showed no intention of entering the port. Instead, they remained at the estuary, watching intently as various ships entered and exited Southampton and Portsmouth.

Being guarded by two missile destroyers equipped with the Aegis system is certainly an extremely uncomfortable experience, and many people have been protesting against it for more than half a month.

Among them, the most influential is Patrick Lincoln, leader of the third largest party, the People's Party. In interviews with various media outlets, he denounced the United States' domineering behavior, saying that the United States was treating its allies with the same Cold War mentality it had used against the Soviet Union, and that it did not treat its own people as human beings.

At the same time, he repeatedly reiterated that Britain should not abandon its own interests for the sake of so-called "allies." The British government should defend its legitimate rights and interests more firmly and should strongly counter the United States' "random sanctions." Blindly being weak and giving in will only harm the interests of its own people.

However, the People's Party is still in opposition. Although Patrick's voice has resonated with the public, it has not been taken seriously by Parliament. Many people have accused Patrick of pandering to the public, and some have even labeled him as a member of a red party, intending to incite fear of the People's Party.

"I never get tired of watching these British guys bickering every day." On the USS McCain, a naval lieutenant was watching the news on TV in the lounge. "Look at their arrogant attitude, they seem to always think they are the number one superpower."

Just then, a soldier approached and said, "Captain Endel, our radar has detected some strange signals. The lieutenant colonel wants you to come and take a look."

Upon arriving at the CIC Operational Intelligence Center, Lieutenant Commander Zik, the ship's captain, was waiting for him. The electronic warfare officer pointed out an electronically scanned array radar signal to him, "About 200 kilometers away from us, in the northwest direction, there is an ultra-wideband jamming signal source. It scanned our ship several times yesterday. The jamming pattern has not yet been identified, but the spectrum is extremely wide, and jamming has appeared on almost all channels."

"Full-band interference?" Endel paused, then asked, "And the intensity?"

"The intensity is not very high and cannot cause actual damage, but if this signal source increases the interference intensity by about ten times, it may directly paralyze all our radars."

Endel glanced at the map on the table and saw that the area near Birmingham was circled in red.

"Is the source of the interference near Birmingham?"

“Yes,” said Lieutenant Colonel Zeke. “It’s very hard for us to understand why they would build such a large jamming source inland. To make it work, most of the electronic equipment in Britain would malfunction.”

"Were they monitored?" Endel asked.

"In our surveillance footage, nothing larger than a football can escape our notice within a 200-kilometer radius..."

Lieutenant Colonel Zeke was speaking when he suddenly froze, "What...what is this?"

On a monitor screen, a green dot of light was seen approaching at a visible speed.

The radar operator quickly reported the target's speed: "Speed ​​100, 200, Mach 1... Mach 2... It's accelerating... Size... About two meters... Guided... guided... missile!!!"

Everyone was startled, but Endel glanced at the infrared detection display of the fire control radar on the other side. "No! There's no heat signature!"

If it's a missile, the high temperature of the propellant combustion can definitely be detected.

But then, suddenly, the signal disappeared.

The next instant, a blinding flash appeared outside the watchtower, followed by a loud "boom".

Endel was startled, his heart skipped a beat, and he almost thought the ship had been hit by a missile.

However, no tremor was felt, and no alarm sounded.

"What happened?" the lieutenant colonel demanded.

"There's someone..." Suddenly, an officer pointed to the deck outside the window.

Endel turned his gaze and saw a man in a black robe standing up on the deck. As if he could sense Endel's gaze, he glanced in this direction and then suddenly disappeared.

"What?" Endel was taken aback. "Where is he?"

"What just happened?" the lieutenant colonel asked the officer.

"After that flash, I saw him on the deck..." The officer looked like he'd seen a ghost. "He seemed to appear out of nowhere..."

"Parachuting?" That was the only possibility Endel could think of.

But why didn't the radar react at all before?

Suddenly, a voice came through the ship's communication channel, "Alarm! Alarm! Someone has broken in... There's... uh..."

"Capture the spirit, grasp the mind!"

Endel was stunned. Someone had single-handedly boarded this destroyer that was still at sea?

SAS – the British Special Air Service?

Besides, he couldn't think of anyone else who could do such a thing.

"Quickly, report this! We're under attack!" Without hesitation, Lieutenant Colonel Zeke immediately issued the order, "All ships, prepare for battle!"

"All personnel! Combat readiness!" The voice from the loudspeaker rang out throughout the ship, followed by a piercing alarm accompanied by red warning lights, making everyone's hearts leap into their throats.

All two hundred-plus soldiers on board loaded their weapons, but the alarm on the channel did not sound again.

"Send someone over there to see what's going on!" the lieutenant colonel ordered.

But at that moment, the door to the intelligence center was suddenly opened.

A soldier walked in, and Endel paused for a moment. He recognized him as a soldier in charge of deck sanitation who had no right to enter.

"How did you get in?!"

But the other party just smiled and said, "Sorry, everyone, could you please borrow your boat?"

"What?!"

"Everyone, don't move." The man spoke, his voice seemingly carrying some kind of terrifying magic, echoing in the cramped command cabin, causing Ender's action of drawing his gun to stop abruptly halfway through.

Next, his eyes widened as he saw more than a dozen crows suddenly fly out from behind the man. The next second, more than a dozen figures dressed in black robes appeared in the command cabin with lightning.

"Control them," the excessively young man said.

A man in black robes approached the lieutenant colonel, pulled out a small wooden stick, and said, "Soul astral projection!"

The others also chanted incantations to the others in the command room. Finally, the young man with black hair came to Ender and said, "Your mental resistance is quite good. Let me do it myself."

As the other person spoke, they pressed a finger against his forehead, and immediately he felt an incredible pleasure, and he couldn't help but laugh.

"It's a pleasure to serve you, sir."

Before he completely succumbed, he heard himself say that.

(End of this chapter)