At the same time.
Inside the Command Center of the Kenya Base;
"Helicopter formation, maintain speed."
"Armored transport units will arrive at the outskirts in fifteen minutes."
"Three gunships are about to arrive over the target city."
"Thunderbolt Attack Aircraft formation is ready and awaiting takeoff."
Behind hundreds of display screens sat dozens of Technicians, seriously providing information assistance to the frontline combat personnel.
The screen hanging in the center displayed images of the sky above the Mahmoud Manor.
Fifty-four points of light surrounded the manor, waiting for the moment to launch a joint raid.
Among the points of light were all the Spartans, as well as forty USS led by Kent who were responsible for Halsey's safety.
.
At the high platform.
William was sitting on a sofa prepared for him by the Base commander, comfortably watching everything.
He had learned about this large-scale military operation as early as when he was heading to the Kenya Base on his private jet.
He originally thought this was just a routine operation.
But of those five Black Agents who were supposed to meet the Spartans, three had actually gone mad and two had committed suicide.
This was not normal.
And the system hadn't made a sound at all.
Thinking of this, William propped his right elbow on the sofa armrest, rested his chin on his right fist, and narrowed his eyes at the central screen.
He reviewed the movies he had seen and the games he had played in his past life.
But in the end, he could only think of "Black Hawk Down."
Could it be that Mahmoud was instructed by some organization or country to attack Umbrella's humanitarian aid convoy just to annoy him?
Otherwise, most African warlords would be deterred by the red and white Umbrella logo.
The United States?
Unlikely, there were no conflicts of interest in Africa.
"Black-hearted boss, I hate you."
Halsey's sulky, complaining voice reached his left ear.
?
William looked beside him, very puzzled.
He saw Halsey with her hands on her hips, her lips pursed as she stood tall, staring at him with a resentful gaze.
"Alright, it's just that you're not wearing makeup." William smiled and praised, "I actually think the way you are now is the real you; you're very beautiful."
"Really?" Halsey was instantly coaxed, as if she had been waiting for him to say those words.
"Haha, really." William shook his head helplessly, then asked with a hint of concern, "Catherine, are you... not afraid of something happening to the Spartans?"
"I'm not afraid. I believe my children can definitely handle that warlord, and even the mastermind behind the scenes~"
As Halsey spoke, she shifted her seat to secretly move closer to William.
Next, she put away her previous flippancy and analyzed with a serious expression, "Based on the intelligence sent back by the Spartans, the enemy we are facing this time might have a very deep mastery of language."
"Language?"
"Yes." Halsey nodded. "Do you know what the content of the repeating broadcast in Dadaab is?"
"No idea." William shrugged.
"It's a good thing you don't." Halsey's tone suddenly darkened. "The content is: Death can escape pain; do not resist killing, you are saving them."
Hearing this, William suddenly felt a bit restless and irritable.
He then asked with a deep frown, "Why do I feel a sudden urge to liberate others through violence... Wait, could it be psychological suggestion?"
"Exactly." Halsey looked up to meet William's eyes. "The person who spoke these words cleverly arranged the order of the text to make those who understand Swahili fall into a state of killing or being killed. Language is actually a key that can control human behavior."
"A key?" William was a bit confused.
"." Halsey remained silent for a few seconds before explaining, "From birth, children absorb all kinds of knowledge from their parents, especially language. And language is closely related to writing."
"Earliest humans expressed themselves through drawings, which formed Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs. After thousands of years of evolution and refinement, writing split into two branches: Phonograms and Ideograms."
"Uh..." William was even more confused.
Halsey rolled her eyes at William and continued, "Phonograms are the common English and Latin scripts we see, as well as the Swahili I just mentioned. Take English for example. It consists of twenty-six letters arranged in various ways to form words of different meanings, which then form sentences."
As Halsey spoke, she stood up and walked down from the platform.
She borrowed a felt-tip pen and a notebook from a technician, walked back up to the platform, and sat down right next to William.
She said, "I'll write two words and you'll understand. (She opened the notebook and wrote'Star' and'Start' on the first page). (Pointing the pen at'Star') This is a star. (Sliding the pen to'Start') This is to begin. Right?"
"Mhm."
Beside her, William unconsciously extended his left arm, wrapping it around Halsey's shoulder as he listened intently to her words.
Halsey also felt the boss's little movement; while secretly delighted, she didn't forget to focus on her explanation: "Look,'Star' and'Start' are only one 't' apart, but their meanings are Worlds apart. In other words, people whose native language is English have direct thinking. It's straight to the point; what you see is what you get."
After finishing, Halsey gripped the pen, flipped the page of the notebook, and wrote down the Japan characters for the water radical '氵', 'méi' (not/submerge), and 'hǎi' (sea).
Seeing this, William's eyes widened. Halsey actually knew Japan characters?
And she wrote them so well? They were even more beautiful than his own writing... Holy crap...
Halsey, of course, didn't know her boss was startled. After finishing, she said, "Boss, look. This '氵' is pronounced shuǐ (in standard Mandarin). This one is méi, and the last one is hǎi."
"In Japan characters, words with the '氵' radical are generally related to water. For instance, 'ocean' means ocean. The character 'without' can be pronounced 'mò' as well as 'méi', meaning to sink into water and such."
"So~ the most magical part of Japan characters is that when you see them, your mind begins to guess their meaning. This means people whose native language is Japan will be smarter and use their brains more to guess intentions."
"This is also why Japan is the hardest language to learn, and it's also one of the few remaining ideographic scripts. (She paused) And the person hiding behind Mahmoud... is proficient in the written and spoken languages of countries all over the World, and can even influence human behavior through special arrangements. This is absolutely an anomalous phenomenon."
Hearing this, William set aside his shocked expression and picked up where Halsey left off: "According to your analysis, language really can secretly influence human thinking patterns. My god..."
His strange knowledge had increased.
"Exactly~"
Halsey set the pen and notebook aside, reached up, poked William's cheek, and smiled with narrowed eyes: "That's why when I was eleven, I mastered the Japan language and script to increase my mental activity."
"..." William looked at Halsey's smile and her delicate lips. He really wanted to...
Kiss her...
"Boss! The Spartan squad has successfully killed Gerard Mahmoud and successfully contained an anomalous phenomenon!"
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