Chapter 352 Suspicion of Self-Destruction

The confrontations, conflicts and suicide bombings that occurred in this little-known town on Para 4 have become one of the hottest topics in the Federation and the Empire at an unprecedented speed.

It stands to reason that Para IV is not the most intense and anxious point on the current front between the two sides. The offensive forces invested by the Federation are newly formed after mobilization, and the defensive forces deployed by the Empire in advance are also newly formed.

The standing armies mobilized from the military planets on both sides are "passionately grinding meat" at several key nodes at the moment. It stands to reason that these battle nodes should receive much attention.

But now, the headlines and hot searches of major media are dominated by eye-catching titles such as "Suicide bombing attack in Portia", "Madness before the destruction of the empire", "The feasibility of including civilians as targets of attacks based on self-destruction" occupy.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, the reason for the current situation is also very simple. It is that this extremely small conflict happened to be broadcast live by the 'Eye of Reality', and the number of real-time viewers at that time reached a peak.

But within Atlas, such reasons were not accepted by everyone.

Whether it is the Intelligence Analysis Center, the subordinate External Propaganda Department, or the team responsible for the operation of the 'Eye of Truth', they all believe that the incident has become too popular and has reached a position where it does not belong.

"So you think someone is taking this opportunity to cause trouble?"

In the closed-door meeting initiated by the Intelligence Analysis Center, Amber looked at Isabel and others and asked.

In fact, after Atlas's own intelligence department was established, Amber, the former 'double agent', has not been doing her job for a long time.

After all, no matter how much he is a psychic agent, no matter how fast his mind jumps, there is no way a group of professionals can work together more efficiently.

So for a long time, Atlas's intelligence work was carried out by Isabel and her subordinates, with the support of Lilith's information.

But once they encounter a problem, they will come to Amber.

Not because of anything else, but because Amber can always magically point out key figures, events or secret locations in the Federation or Empire, becoming a breakthrough in their intelligence work.

This time was no exception. When everyone at the Intelligence Analysis Center reached a deadlock due to the investigation of this self-destruction attack and its unusual popularity, one member quickly suggested:

"Why not ask the magical Boss?"

Hence the current meeting.

After Amber asked the question just now, Isabel also answered:

"Through the analysis of the abnormal data in the background, we have indeed guessed this, and according to our preliminary investigation, there has been a force in cyberspace that is adding fuel to the fire.

They conducted so-called "in-depth analysis" of this incident through various eye-catching comments, replies, articles, videos, etc., in an attempt to continue to increase the popularity of this incident, and what they have in common is that the contradictions Leading to Imperial civilians"

"This is the public opinion situation on the Internet. There is indeed something abnormal. It gives me the feeling that someone is launching a 'public opinion war'."

Amber nodded as she spoke, agreeing with what Isabel said, and then continued to ask:

"So what did you find out about the scene of the self-destruction?"

"It's true." Isabel snapped her fingers, and a video appeared on all the screens.

Amber glanced calmly at a cat girl assistant next to Isabel, who tapped on the virtual touch panel on the table in tacit agreement while Isabel snapped her fingers.

It is obvious that there is already a certain tacit understanding.

As the video started to play, Amber also retracted her gaze and looked at the holographic screen again. This video was the scene of the suicide bomb attack at that time.

However, it is still different from the live broadcast of the 'Eye of Truth'. The angle is better and the distance is closer. It looks like it should be from a soldier's battlefield recorder.

In the picture, among the refugees who were sitting on the ground to rest and pass drinking water and food distributed by Atlas to each other, a middle-aged man with a haggard and unkempt appearance suddenly stood up.

Before taking out the detonator hidden in his clothes and about to detonate it, he looked in a strange direction.

There were no other refugees, no federal troops, and no Atlas soldiers in this direction.

Some are just ruins of a three-story building that has collapsed.

Immediately afterwards, the man opened his mouth and said something, but the long-distance sound pickup ability of the battlefield recorder was not its strong point. Coupled with the noisy surrounding environment, the man's words were not recorded.

Seeing this, Amber was about to say something when she heard Isabel say first:

"I know what you want to ask. We are also very curious about the last words this man said, so we checked all the images recorded by the battlefield recorders and live broadcast cameras, and finally processed them through technology."

As Isabel tapped her fingers, a post-processed and somewhat blurry voice sounded in the conference room.

"Please, please let my family go, please Todoroki!"

Immediately afterwards, Isabel played a second recording. This was what the second man who tried to self-destruct said before pressing the detonator. Since medical soldier Nia and others were nearby at the time, this passage was relatively clear. .

"I did what you asked, don't hurt my family!"

The despair reflected in these two recordings silenced everyone in the conference room.

After a moment, Amber spoke:

"If I'm not mistaken, did the second person also look in the same direction at that time?"

"Yes." Isabel nodded,

"This is also where we feel there is a problem. If it was one person, there might be other explanations, but the two suicide bombers looked in the same direction while talking."

"It's as if they wanted to say this sentence to someone, someone who was present at the time but was not discovered by us," Amber continued.

After saying this, he was silent for a moment, and some of the things he had been thinking about in the past two days finally completed the combination, and a possible truth of this incident appeared in his mind.

"Originally, I was just suspicious. But now it seems that this possibility is not small."

Amber spoke again, and at the same time attracted the attention of everyone in the conference room.

"This incident is very likely not a simple suicide bombing, but a premeditated public opinion induction action that uses the communication ability of the 'Eye of Truth' to intentionally expand the contradiction."

"If this is really a 'self-directed and self-acted', do you think it was done by the Empire or the Federation?" Isabel asked.

"If there weren't those inexplicable opinions on the Internet, I might really think that it was done by the Star Dragon Empire, but now. The Federation is the most likely. If the opinions continue to ferment, which side will benefit more?"

At this point, Amber couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then leaned back in the chair.

"Now it seems that my previous arrangements were quite foresighted."

"What arrangements?"

"Why do you think the special operations team of the training team appeared at the battalion headquarters of the federal army so quickly?"