Chapter 306: Catch them all in one swoop! Clear the mission! Kill the main culprit!

When Anya explained the whole story in detail, all the interrogators, including Duncan, were stunned.

Because the assassins of this sisterhood are not ordinary members, but real high-ranking Bene Gesserit!
You know, not every sisterhood member can be called Bene Gesserit. After all, this thing is just like the organization’s organization.

Only those with a regular job can enjoy the various welfare benefits of the organization. Those in outsourced departments can be left alone. These people will only be used when it comes to work or taking the blame.

A serious Bene Gesserit will receive the best educational resources within the sisterhood, from spices to skill training, which requires a lot of materials, time and energy.

Ultimately, after various trainings, Bene Gesserit will master a variety of professional knowledge, including voice control, lie detection, combat assassination, political awareness, and psychology.

In short, every Bene Gesserit is an outstanding female talent, who can write and play politics, and can use essential oils to open the back and act as a juicer, and of course, assassination.

It is precisely because of the rarity and professional ability of these Bene Gesserit that they are recognized by everyone.

Therefore, even if they did not obtain the title of nobility, as long as they revealed their identities, they could be treated as guests of honor in any family in the Galactic Empire.

But now, a high-ranking Bene Gesserit was lurking within the Atreides Family and attempting to assassinate the Duke, which meant that the Sisterhood had completely broken off relations with the Atreides Family.

War has officially been declared!

The Sisterhood, like the Guild, has a high status and, in most cases, is neutral.

Normally, they would not easily and completely stand on the side of any force, but now, the sisterhood, which has always been politically fence-sitters, has placed its firm bets on the Colino royal family.

This means that the Sisterhood and the Atreides will be at war to the death, and there will be no more talks from now on!

Therefore, when Duncan learned the news, he was unable to judge whether the information was true at the first time, so he decided to check it out.

As for the verification method, it was also very simple. That was to order the guards to search for other sisterhood assassins according to the list while continuing to torture Anya.

At this moment, the scene in the underground prison became even more miserable. Anya, who was unable to die, fainted twice before she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With the intelligence information provided by Anya, the guards of House Atreides successfully destroyed several bases of the Sisterhood on Arrakis and arrested more than a dozen high-ranking Bene Gesserit members.

After repeatedly verifying the authenticity of the information, the cautious Duncan reported the final situation to Duke Leto and Song Zhaomei.

Soon, the news that the Sisterhood had personally joined the Colino Royal Family and was fighting the Atreides Family to the end spread to all the top executives of the Atreides and within the giant corporations of the world.

The issue of the sisterhood’s alignment and the near-assassination incident involving Song Zhaomei were also taken very seriously in all departments of the giant company.

Song Zhaomei, who is fully responsible for the 005 “Dune” universe integration mission, immediately put pressure on Duke Leto and asked them to actively cooperate with the giant company’s integration work.

Naturally, Leto did not dare to neglect it and immediately stated that from today on, Song Zhaomei was the “real father” of the Atreides family. Whatever she said was the truth and the Atreides would definitely cooperate!
After striking down the Atreides family, Song Zhaomei quickly returned to the flagship of the Mantle and invited senior military officials and department heads from various departments to a meeting to discuss the next countermeasures.

Before calling together her subordinates from various departments to hold this meeting, Song Zhaomei followed previous practice and asked her boss Li Ang about his attitude towards the sorority, which would facilitate subsequent decision-making arrangements.

Li Ang responded with only four words to characterize the sisterhood, which was “catch them all in one swoop”!
At this moment, in the conference room of the command center of the Yibo.

Looking at the news from the Intelligence Department, Jack Wells snorted angrily, and a hint of coldness flashed across his gloomy eyes: “Those Bene Gesserit are so bold that they dare to touch our people!”

Jack, who had just finished the battle to unify the Covenant in the 004 “Halo” universe, came to the “Dune” universe to change his post not long ago, and encountered such a thing.

The candidate for interstellar governor of a giant universal corporation was nearly assassinated by an assassin from the Sisterhood.

If Song Zhaomei hadn’t been equipped with the latest Qilusi artificial eye device and hadn’t been able to see the opponent’s position in advance, she might have already died by now!
Originally, the attitude of the Universal Corporation towards the sisterhood was to incorporate it into the strategic talent department, and to adopt measures of appeasement and recruitment as much as possible to avoid causing unnecessary casualties.

But given the current situation, it would be impossible to avoid casualties among the sorority.

As Jack finished speaking, the pro-war officers on the side also echoed, “Those bitches in the sisterhood are so arrogant that they dare to kill our executives. We should fight back!”

Hearing his colleagues around him expressing their desire to start a war to vent their anger, only the calm Captain Andrew did not rush to speak out to express his attitude.

At this moment, Song Zhaomei, who had just finished a conversation with Li Ang, returned to the meeting room to formally discuss the next steps with senior staff.

In fact, Song Zhaomei’s attitude towards the sisterhood is still the same as before. She tries her best to recruit them. She does not want to cause too serious casualties to the other side.

After all, today’s giant corporations have already controlled multiple parallel universes and are no longer short of materials and resources.

In addition, with the wise leadership of Li Ang, they were able to quickly integrate the various universes in an efficient manner, which ensured that the Universal Corporation was not dragged down by the long battle.

The remaining resources and energy allow the world’s giants to spend most of their time building human bases in various universes and creating prosperous civilized trade circles.

In this context, what the world’s giant companies really need are often highly skilled people with unique skills in various fields.

It just so happens that the people in the sorority are exactly this type of talent.

Just look at the skills they have, such as lie detection and voice control, which is a skill that intelligence agencies covet.

With the addition of members of the sisterhood, the efficiency of the intelligence department of the giant company can be increased by at least 20%!

What’s more, the special ability sector is currently blank within the giant company. As the head of the talent strategy department, Song Zhaomei still attaches great importance to the value of the sisterhood.

So her idea was to arrest only the main culprits, that is, Our Lady Helen. As for the other senior sisters, she would try to give them lenient sentences and focus on reforming and recruiting them.

But doing so would also bring up a problem.

After all, Song Zhaomei is the interstellar governor appointed by Leon. Her kind act at this moment may not necessarily move the enemy or convince other family forces.

If things go wrong, the powerful families in the 005 “Dune” universe and people from other organizations and forces might think that Song Zhaomei is easy to bully, and who knows whether he will pretend to obey in the future.

If Song Zhaomei cannot handle this matter properly, he will definitely encounter endless troubles after taking office as governor.

So this matter seems easy to handle. Whether it is decisive killing or magnanimous, it will bring different consequences.

If they kill too many, the sisterhood will suffer a talent shortage and completely miss the opportunity to develop special departments.

If you kill too few people, you will leave yourself with political traps that may explode suddenly at any time.

Therefore, the final outcome of Song Zhaomei’s handling of the sisterhood will affect her future career as governor. How to strike the right balance is her primary consideration!

“Captain Jack, how do you think this matter should be handled?”

Song Zhaomei first looked at Jack, the current chapter commander of the Iron Hands, and asked what he meant.

Jack Wells is a top figure in the giant company’s army, second only to his predecessor V. However, unlike V, who is a well-mannered leader, Jack has a rather unrestrained and flamboyant personality.

Thanks to this kind of temperament, the Astartes warriors in the Iron Hands Chapter are more brave and reckless in combat, and their morale is relatively high.

Jack Wells has a very high prestige now, so Song Zhaomei will first ask Jack about his attitude and opinions. After all, he represents most of the Astartes warriors.

Seeing this, Jack didn’t say any more nonsense. He stared at Song Zhaomei’s face and responded in a serious voice:

“Director Song, the assassination operation led by the sisterhood has already made their position clear. They are going against the fundamental interests of the giant company!”

“Since the boss wants to catch them all in one fell swoop, my opinion is to kill them. Kill them until they are terrified. Purge this group of witches from inside to outside to avoid future troubles.” Jack Wells had just withdrawn from the battlefield of 004 ​​”Halo” not long ago, and there was still remnant of murderous brutality in his body.

If he were to deal with this kind of thing, he would definitely kill them all, leaving no one alive. What a bullshit sisterhood! A giant company doesn’t need it!
After hearing Jack’s answer, Song Zhaomei was silent for a moment. To her, the other party’s reply was equivalent to asking her to completely give up the sorority.

But in this case, the sisterhood’s sound control and predictive abilities will disappear with their demise.

Such a situation is not acceptable to the global giant, nor is it what the boss Li Ang wants to see.

“Captain Andrew, what do you think about this?”

Song Zhaomei turned her head and looked at Andrew, the new captain serving on the USS Mantle, a senior official from the 004 UNSC Bureau in “Halo”.

Andrew is now in charge of the command of the Second Expeditionary Corps. In name, he can mobilize elite soldiers from various units to participate in any combat mission.

So his authority is also not low.

Seeing that Song Zhaomei threw this difficult problem to him, Andrew thought for a moment, wondering how he should respond.

He knew that after asking Jack, Song Zhaomei continued to ask for his opinion. This was not to seek views from multiple parties in order to hear both sides and gain a wise view, but because Song Zhaomei was not satisfied with Jack’s answer!
Most of the time, leaders never discuss decisions with their subordinates. Instead, they set the tone in advance at the top level and then ask the people below to align with them as quickly as possible.

This will make it easier for those below to do things according to the leaders’ opinions. Of course, the premise is that the leaders’ intentions must be conveyed implicitly and accurately.

After all, Andrew was a savvy person who had made it to the top political ecosystem of the UNSC. How could he not see what Song Zhaomei meant? He responded quickly and gave an answer that was completely opposite to Jack’s.

That is to target only the instigators and make them an example to serve as a warning to others.

“According to reliable information from the Intelligence Department, the person who carried out this assassination was a senior member of the Sisterhood, but their primary target was actually Duke Leto.”

“The purpose of this group of Bene Gesserit is to cause internal chaos in House Atreides, not to target our Universal Corporation.”

As soon as Andrew opened his mouth, he reduced many of the charges against the sisterhood, in order to pave the way for the next proposal and leave some foreshadowing.

“But this does not mean that we should tolerate the other side’s misbehavior. We must fight back against it.”

“So my suggestion is to unite the various imperial families in the name of the victim, the Atreides family, to launch a counterattack against the Sisterhood, to ensure that there is a legitimate reason for the attack, and to encourage the various families to report members of the Sisterhood.”

Andrew’s suggestion has two core purposes. The first point is obvious. A counterattack must be launched, but it must be in the name of the Atreides family.

After all, Duke Leto is the first victim. It is reasonable for the giant company to step in as the arbitrator.

By the way, this excuse can also be used to get other families to cooperate with the giant company’s arrest operation and ask them to hand over the list of senior members of the sisterhood.

Any family that does not hand over or report will be kicked out immediately and buried with the Colino royal family.

In fact, most of the families know exactly where the sisterhood’s top brass are hiding, after all, these women will serve them, too.

But if the world’s giant companies force them to hand it over without a legitimate reason, most families will definitely not be willing to hand it over easily.

But things are different now. The Universal Corporation has legitimate reasons and they have no choice but to hand it over. Once the sisterhood members are gathered together, things will be easier.

It is clear who should be killed and who should be kept, and we can make the decision at our discretion when the time comes.

As for the second purpose, it is to tell the sisterhood that the global giant knows that you accidentally chose the wrong side, and now gives you a chance to make a new choice.

We are only targeting “a very few individuals” and will not carry out a large-scale purge. If you want to choose a winner, please vote with your feet!
Andrew believed that with his two-pronged approach, the sisters would be convinced.

As a typical case, Virgin Helen was most likely the chicken killed to scare the monkeys, and her end was to be executed!
After listening to Andrew’s proposal, the officers who were originally passionate and angry fell silent instantly, and Song Zhaomei nodded repeatedly with satisfaction.

Andrew’s idea was exactly the same as hers. This was the person Song Zhaomei needed. Immediately, Song Zhaomei decided on the person to carry out the purge operation without hesitation.

“Andrew, I will now hand over the command of the First and Second Expeditionary Corps to you. This operation must deal with the Sisterhood and the Corino Royal Family as soon as possible!”

“Don’t keep the boss and me waiting too long. The situation here may change at any time. I don’t want any more changes to happen.”

Since he was going to hire people, he had to hire subordinates who could understand his intentions and ideas. Andrew’s views and opinions just happened to fit Song Zhaomei’s ideas!
After being with her boss Li Ang for so many years and doing so many things for so long, Song Zhaomei is no longer the fragile and sensitive lark she used to be.

Her kindness and skills are already comparable to those of her former boss, President Miles. If it were her old self, Song Zhaomei might have thought that less is better.

Just arrest a few high-ranking sorority members and kill them to serve as a warning to others.

But after so many integrated cosmic operations, Song Zhaomei has long realized that every civilized species fears power rather than virtue.

A single act of tolerance and concession will only make the other party think that the cost of taking advantage of them is low, which will only lead to more frequent offenses.

If we condone the sisterhood’s assassination this time and do not severely punish them, the next time it may be assassins from the Space Guild or even assassins from other families!

Of course, both thunderous measures and appropriate “stopping” are still needed. The former can produce immediate results, but the latter is the key factor in maintaining long-term stability.

“I agree with Captain Andrew’s proposal!”

At this time, other captains and senior commanders also expressed their support for Andrew and approved of Song Zhaomei’s personnel arrangements.

After all, the plan to purge the entire sisterhood sounds satisfying, but if it is really implemented, it will definitely be delayed for several years.

You know, it took the global giant company several years just to fight the Star Alliance integration war in the 004 “Halo” universe.

If we were to deal with an organization like the Sisterhood that was scattered across the Galactic Empire, it would be too difficult to kill them all one by one.

This is quite time-consuming and energy-consuming, so Andrew’s suggestion is the most efficient and reliable.

“We don’t know how long it will take to kill all those witches in the Sisterhood. The boss definitely doesn’t want us to stay in the 005 universe for too long.”

“We must act quickly and deal with the Colino Royal Family and the Sisterhood once and for all!”

“That’s right. This is a good opportunity to test the loyalty of the major families. If there are any dishonest and disobedient people, we will pick them all out and punish them all together.”

“…”

Listening to the words of the officers present, Jack Wells laughed. In the past few years, he had been killing like crazy following Reed in the “Halo” universe.

When faced with such troublesome matters, one can just push forward and it will be resolved. There is no need to be so hesitant and come up with so many inexplicable ideas. These decisions are somewhat unaccustomed to Jack.

“Well, that’s settled!”

Song Zhaomei patted the table in front of her and gave the final order to everyone:

“Captain Andrew will be in charge of the cleanup operation. In addition, I will dispatch the advance team of the heavens to carry out the decapitation operation against the Holy Mother Helen of the Sisterhood.”

“As for the leader of this decapitation operation, let David Martinez take the position.”

“This mission must be successful immediately. I hope you will work together. I don’t want to leave a mess for the interstellar governor of the Dune universe.”

Song Zhaomei set the tone for this action with a double meaning. Not only must the main culprit be killed, but all the troubles in the Dune universe must be resolved before she officially takes office as governor!
(End of this chapter)