All Chapters of The Useless Son-In-Law Is A System God Of War: Chapter 171
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Chapter 171
Sera did not ask any more questions. She looked back down at her tools. She was too scared to know the truth.Claire walked toward the heavy metal door at the back of the basement. It led to a small storage room."Set up the big screen in the back room," Claire ordered. "We are going to hold a war council."Kade stopped halfway up the stairs. "A council with who?"Claire answered without stopping her walk. "With anyone who wants to stay alive."The back room was much smaller and colder than the main basement.A long time ago, it was used to store old boxes. Now, it had a cheap folding table, four plastic chairs, and a large TV monitor bolted to the concrete wall. A loud, smelly gas generator hummed in the corner. It sounded like an angry, tired dog.Thick black wires ran all over the dirty floor. A small satellite dish sat on a wooden box, pointing up toward a small pipe that went to the roof.Claire stood at the head of the folding table. She looked powerful. She placed a small, worn
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"Exactly," Claire said. "They ran away. Because they are not invincible gods. They are just humans with a very good gun. And guns can be broken."Rafael shook his head on his screen. "Knowing they are human doesn't help when you are burned to ashes, Claire."Claire did not argue. She slowly turned her head and looked at Landon sitting beside her.Landon looked back at her. His eyes were dark and full of painful secrets.Claire turned back to the giant TV."If we give the Iron Order total control, they will destroy everything that makes us free," Claire said loudly. "They say they are saving the world. But they are only building a prison. A prison where no one is allowed to ask questions."Naya spoke from the windy desert. "We already live in a world with bad governments.""Yes," Claire agreed. "But bad governments eventually fall down. People fight back. But if the Iron Order kills every magic god, destroys every ancient relic, and murders all of us... there will be nobody left to fig
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Sera jumped in twice to ask nerdy questions about radio signals. Claire let her ask, but then quickly took control again to keep everyone focused.Kade stayed standing by the metal door like a loyal guard dog. He listened to everything.Landon just watched. He did not say much. But when he finally spoke, the whole room felt a cold chill."That terrible laser weapon," Landon said slowly. "It always leaves exactly seven holes."Several cell leaders on the screen gasped.Dimitri leaned closer. "Yes! That is what the video showed. Seven perfect holes."Rafael looked confused. "Landon, how do you know that? Have you seen the weapon in real life?"Landon’s eyes were dark and empty. He remembered the blood. He remembered the pain. "I have seen what it is meant to do in the end," Landon whispered.Claire did not look shocked. She just nodded her head once, like she had been waiting for him to say it."That is exactly why you are sitting here with me, Landon," Claire said.The meeting finally
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"We have a brand new main target," Claire told the whole world. "Commander Voss is alive and active. He is now the most dangerous man on the planet. I want every single team to hunt him down. Do not shoot him. Do not let him see you. Just find him and track him."The radio hissed with static. Then, Rafael’s voice screamed back from Mexico."Claire, are you crazy?!" Rafael yelled. "What are you doing?!""I am stabbing a knife straight into their spine," Claire answered coldly.The radio went completely quiet. Dead silence filled the room.Then, the radio hissed again. A new voice came through the speakers.It was not Rafael. It was not Naya. It was a voice no one on the team had ever heard before.The voice was incredibly calm. It was deep. It sounded too clean, too polite, and purely evil."I am very glad you have finally accepted your job as the leader," the evil voice said smoothly.Claire’s eyes snapped down to the radio in her hand.Kade yanked his heavy rifle up to his shoulder a
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The message came with no sound. There was no ring. There was no vibration. Landon only saw it because the screen of his secret phone lit up in the dark. It glowed like a ghost in his hand.Landon stood alone in the upstairs hallway of their safehouse. He was one floor above the basement where his team worked. The hallway smelled like old paint, wet wood, and the burned dust from a bomb two days ago. Near the floor, a row of small, red emergency lights glowed.Outside the boarded windows, the heavy Michigan night was hot and thick. The city was quiet. It was not a peaceful quiet. It was the quiet of a city holding its breath, waiting for something terrible to happen. Far away, the faint sound of a lone motorcycle buzzed through the humid air. Then, silence again.Landon stared at the phone screen.It showed one short line: PRIVATE CHANNEL — RAUTHFor three long seconds, Landon did not breathe. He did not blink. He slowly turned his head to look down the dark stairs. He listened. Ther
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"Because you are the heart of the team," Rauth said. "And because you are still able to listen. You are not broken. You are not a crazy symbol.""Claire is building an army," Landon said. His voice was hard."Yes," Rauth said. "She is."Landon looked at the boarded window. A car drove by on the street below. Its bright headlights pushed through the crack in the wood and painted a white line across the wall. Then it was gone."And you are afraid of what Claire is building," Landon said.Rauth was quiet for a moment. "I do not feel fear," Rauth said. "I only do math. I calculate.""Then calculate this," Landon said. "We will never stop.""You will stop," Rauth said. "Or you will die.""I have died before," Landon said.The phone went perfectly silent. It was not a dead signal. It was a listening silence."You remember," Rauth said softly. "You have seen the loop of time. You know what happens when you fight a war you cannot win."Landon’s heart beat faster. "You do not know the things I
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Landon stared at the door. Kade’s shadow moved at the bottom. "You want us to fight each other," Landon said."I am trying to help you," Rauth said."You only use people," Landon spat. "You are a monster.""Yes," Rauth said.That single, honest word was the worst thing Landon had ever heard. Landon pressed the red button. The screen went black. The call was over.For a long moment, Landon stood in the dusty room. There was no sound.Bang. Bang. Bang.Kade knocked harder on the door. "Landon!" Kade called out. "Open the door."Landon walked to the door. He unlocked it and pulled it open.Kade stood in the red light of the hallway. Kade’s face was covered in sweat and dirt. He held his large assault rifle tight against his chest. Down the stairs, Landon could hear the voices of the team. Claire’s voice was clear and strong. Juno sounded panicked. Sera was shouting about a broken wire.Kade looked at Landon’s face. "You got a call," Kade said. He did not ask. He knew."Yes," Landon said.
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Landon looked at the picture. It showed a strange woman. She was standing next to a broken stone statue. She had very pale white eyes and long, dark hair. She wore a long, clean coat. She did not look completely human. She was a supernatural leader."She agreed to meet with us," Claire said. "In fifteen minutes."Landon looked up from the photo. "Where?""Under the old city courthouse," Claire said. "Deep down in the old tunnels."Sera’s mouth dropped open. "Claire, are you crazy? Those tunnels are a trap! You cannot escape from down there!""The whole world is a trap right now," Claire said.Kade stepped forward. He checked his gun. "I am coming with you to protect you.""No," Claire said.Kade stopped. "What do you mean, no?""You must stay here," Claire commanded. "You have to protect the safehouse. If the Iron Order attacks this building, you must get Juno and Sera out alive. That is an order, Kade."Kade stared at her. He hated the idea. But he was a good soldier. He nodded slowl
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The big war had not officially started yet. But the huge, freezing city of Chicago already smelled exactly like a battlefield.A thick, dark smoke hung low over the icy streets. The smoke smelled like burning plastic and old ashes. It was a faint smell, but it never blew away. Huge piles of broken bricks and twisted metal garbage blocked the narrow alleyways between the tall buildings. High above the streets, the streetlights flickered wildly in the winter wind. Some lights were completely dead and dark. Other lights buzzed loudly, casting a sickly, orange glow against the heavy gray sky.Deep underground, far below the snowy streets, Claire Arden stood leaning over a large wooden table in their secret safehouse.She held a thick black marker tightly in her hand. She did not draw on the map yet. She just stared down at the paper. She traced the shape of the massive city with her dark, focused eyes.She knew every single line on that map. She knew every busy intersection. She knew ev
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Jin’s fingers started dancing across her computer keyboard again, typing faster than before."I am trying to build a computer model to understand it!" Jin cried out in frustration. "But whatever is hiding under that freezing water... it does not obey the normal laws of physics! I am seeing massive energy spikes under the lake bed! I am seeing mass movement patterns that are completely outside the natural laws of nature!""Meaning what?" Landon asked again. His deep voice was calm, but there was a dangerous edge to it."Meaning the lake monster is going to attack exactly when we attack," Jin explained, her voice rising in panic. "It is waiting patiently for the tension in the city to reach a boiling point. When the war finally starts... it will wake up and move."The safehouse fell into a terrifying silence.The gray dust particles hovered lazily in the red emergency lights.Every single person in the room understood the horrible truth without having to speak it out loud: Lake Michigan