Just 8 billion people

Chapter 62 A Life-and-Death Struggle (Part )
"Hiss-"

As a scented spray slowly spread and slightly moistened his suit jacket, Lee Ward's dressing "work" was over.

At this moment, he finally had some free time. He picked up the speech on the dressing table and quickly read it from top to bottom.

Nodding: "No problem, just follow this version. Let's go."

"Yes." The blonde secretary trotted to the door and gently opened the door of the head of state's office.

Lee Ward turned around, held his head high and walked out.

Outside the door is a long, magnificent corridor.

On both sides, the four guards closest to him saw Lee Ward coming out, and immediately snapped their legs together and bowed their heads in salute: "Long live the Führer!"

And followed closely behind him.

Then, every time Lee Ward took a few steps forward, the guards on both sides would step their legs together to salute and follow him.

"Snapped!"

"Viva Heads!"

"Snapped!"

"Viva Heads!"

"Snapped……"

When he left the corridor and entered the giant elevator used exclusively by the head of state, there were already fifty guards standing behind him.

The elevator descends.

ten minutes later.

Lee Ward, accompanied by his guards, walked out of the Federal Building in high spirits.

The blonde secretary behind him quickly put on sunglasses for him.

next second.

Countless flashes of light instantly drowned out everything.

"For the glory of mankind!" Facing the flash lights, Lee Ward, wearing sunglasses, slowly raised his right hand.

"For the glory of mankind!!" Thousands of guards and federal police officers shouted in unison.

“Today, I am still moving forward.”

"Long live the Führer!!!"

The daily slogan ends.

Lee Ward, wearing sunglasses and with a resolute and serious expression, walked up to the speech booth on the lawn square, glanced at the crowd of media reporters and distinguished guests below, and spoke loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen. Fellow countrymen from all over the world."

"good morning."

"Today, the sky is overcast."

"Today, it will be sunny and then cloudy."

"Today, with great sorrow and grief, I am reporting the disaster in Fort Eldworth to the entire Federation and all of humanity."

"Today, at 2:28 a.m. Western time, an asteroid with a diameter of more than 100 meters mercilessly fell within the territory of Fort Eldwarf."

Under his sunglasses, Edward secretly glanced at the electronic speech hidden under the podium.

"So far, this disaster has caused at least 160,000 compatriots to be killed, injured or missing. Countless fields have been burned and countless buildings have been destroyed. The direct and indirect economic losses are incalculable."

"Pah, pah, pah, pah—"

Below, reporters on the lawn pressed the buttons of their cameras.

The scene was flashing again.

In particular, there was a "reporter" wearing sunglasses who, amid the dissatisfied discussions of his colleagues around him, squeezed to the front row and took out a selfie stick.

Keep plugging mobile phones into it.

While doing this, he also gave a thumbs up to Lee Ward on the stage.

Lee Ward smiled and nodded back and continued his speech.

"As the head of eight billion human beings, I feel deeply terrified. It is my fault, Lee Ward, that all mankind is still repeatedly threatened by natural disasters. My fellow countrymen, I have failed in my duty. The Federation has failed in its duty!"

"This asteroid impact event will be remembered forever in human history."

"And the federal government will definitely go all out in its rescue efforts!"

"All of humanity is one big family. I will never let anything that causes pain to my family happen again!"

"My fellow citizens of Fort Edwards, the entire Federation, and all of humanity are with you."

"Wow--"

The huge scene was filled with applause.

"Great! Awesome! (Todai language)"

A selfie stick with more than a dozen mobile phones was placed on the grass, and the "reporters" standing in the front applauded excitedly: "Führer! We will always support you!"

"Thank you." With a smile on his face, Lee Huade welcomed the applause and cheers. He nodded to the "reporter" in the front row and said, "Thank you to this fellow reporter from Dongda as well."

Waiting for the noise to die down, Lee Ward raised his voice and delivered his final eulogy.

"Today's disaster has given the word 'human' more meaning."

“We can no longer kill each other over petty differences.”

“We must unite as one and vigorously develop aerospace technology, and strive for the survival and hope of all mankind!”

"We will not go quietly into the fight!"

"We will not vanish without a fight!"

“We’re going to survive!”

"We're going to live on!!!"

"boom--"

The scene was boiling again!

Led by numerous atmosphere groups, thousands of people on the lawn cheered, shouted, and applauded.

Hats and flowers are flying.

White doves spread their wings!
"Thank you." Lee Ward raised the corners of his mouth, took a step back, looked around the audience, and saluted with his head raised!

Make the already hot atmosphere even hotter!

"For the glory of mankind!" Lee Ward raised his right hand again.

"For the glory of mankind!!" everyone shouted loudly!

"Today, I am still moving forward." Lee Huad said powerfully.

"Long live the Führer!!!"

"Long live the Führer!!"

"Führer!"

"Long live the Führer..."

"The leader of the Alpaca!"

"Yuan……"

"Shh-"

The sudden inappropriate line made the whole audience quiet instantly. They all looked in the direction where the voice came from.

It was the "reporter" in the front row.

The "reporter" swallowed his saliva and continued to shout: "That's too good! WDNMD! Fuhrer! Awesome! Fuhrer! Fuck!"

"..."

"……Ha ha ha ha."

"Drum!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Everyone at the scene instantly breathed a sigh of relief and burst into good-natured laughter.

“Hahaha.” Lee Huade was approachable and gave the “reporter” a thumbs up: “My friend, I understand your excitement, but please don’t swear.”

The lively speech ended.

The blonde secretary in the audience held the microphone and announced with a smile: "Next, it's time for media questions. Please ask questions in order according to the number plates."

"Me! Me, me, me, me!" The reporter in the front row raised his hand first.

The blonde secretary's face changed.

The surrounding reporters immediately looked at each other strangely.

Lee Ward, who was on the podium, slightly frowned his eyebrows under his sunglasses.

In such occasions, reporters' questions are prepared and reviewed in advance, and the relevant "reference" answers are also written in the speech.

Why is this reporter so unruly?
Do you want to come next time?

"..."

But considering the high global attention to this speech, Lee Huade couldn't expel the person on the spot. He could only smile and nod: "Okay. Which media are you a reporter from?"

“BBB Media.”

"Yes. This reporter friend from BBB." Lee Huade stretched out his hand: "Excuse me."

"Wait a moment, I'll open all the live broadcast rooms soon." The reporter in the front row quickly clicked the screens of more than ten mobile phones on the selfie stick: "Excuse me, Your Excellency, the Head of State."

The reporter took off his hat and sunglasses and said something shocking.

"Do you still know me?"

The whole audience was silent for a moment...

……

(End of this chapter)