Chatty Hollywood

"Isn't it true that we in Hollywood are making movies?"

Looking at the TV screen, where the twin towers were billowing smoke, it could be said that the building was about to collapse, both Charlize and Alexis turned pale.

Fortunately for Charlize, her childhood experiences and the chaotic security situation in South Africa made her mentally prepared for war and other situations.

As a pure American girl, Alexis has transformed into a Valkyrie, but mentally she is similar to other Americans.

Americans who thought they were in the New World were not at all mentally prepared for an attack on their homeland.

In fact, excluding the Pearl Harbor incident during World War II—which, after all, occurred in Hawaii, far away from the U.S. mainland—the last time the U.S. mainland was attacked was during the Second American War of Independence in 1812.

At that time, the United States was fighting with the British and Canadian coalition forces, and even the capital Washington was lost.

——The American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner" was also born in that era...

In short, since then, the United States has basically not been attacked by foreign forces.

Even counting the subsequent Civil War, the United States has not heard the sound of war for nearly 150 years.

This gave Americans a sense of independence from the war-torn world.

This is also the fundamental source of isolationism.

This feeling gives Americans a wonderful sense of security when they interfere in other countries - "You can't hit us anyway."

However, once their homeland is threatened in the slightest, they will become nervous.

Just like the Cuban Missile Crisis, the reason why Kennedy dared to shout that the Soviets would be driven away from Cuba even if nuclear bombs were used was based on this American feeling.

——In that case, it was not just the senior officials in Washington who felt scared and wanted to drive away the Soviets.

Unfortunately, during the Cuban Missile Crisis that year, the United States still faced an opponent with limited limits such as the Soviet Union.

But this time 911 was completely different...

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"Alexis,

Do you want to go and see the scene? "

After a long while, after Alexis and Charlize had calmed down a bit, Charlotte said to Miss Valkyrie,

"As a Valkyrie, you can get there quickly - and you can also help when you get there."

"help!?"

Alexis was stunned, and Charlotte said in a deep voice,

"Don't forget, your essence is a Valkyrie - a Valkyrie flying over the battlefield!"

"Do you want me to be the accuser?"

Alexis naturally knew what the essence of the Valkyrie was. She looked at Charlotte with a rare expression of anger on her pretty face.

——The last time she glared at Charlotte like this was when she was possessed by Charlize.

Charlotte shook her head,

“Being a whistleblower is not something to be happy about, but it’s not meaningless either – and most importantly, you can save people!”

"You mean!?"

"As a ghost, Valkyrie can easily sense the aura of the dying on the battlefield. You can either take them away, or you can pass their information into the minds of rescuers, so that they can be rescued."

"Can it still be like this!?"

Alexis immediately understood what Charlotte meant;

"But whether it's the Twin Towers or the Pentagon, they're not actually battlefields, right? Can I use my abilities as a Valkyrie?"

"sure!"

Charlotte looked gloomy and said,

"That's the battlefield, the battlefield where the rescuers and the victims - the battlefield where they fought with death and fought for their lives."

"I see!"

Miss Valkyrie is a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, Charlotte, I wronged you!"

"nothing."

Charlotte waved her hand,

"I can understand your feelings in this situation - but if you want to save people, you can't let go of this feeling. You must be calm at this time."

"I see."

Alexis nodded, and Charlotte continued,

"In addition to you, I will also send River and Francis Farmer - the power of both of them can help save people!"

As he spoke, he explained,

"When you get there, you just need to try to find the people who are still alive. I will establish a channel through the nightmare to help you transmit the location of the survivors to the rescuers' minds."

"As for the souls of the dead—"

Charlotte glanced at Alexis, and finally gritted her teeth and said,

"I want you to live up to your nature as ghosts!"

"You mean?"

"You understand!"

Charlotte looked ugly and said,

"Even if you waste it, they won't be able to be resurrected - but if you don't use it, these powers will only be left to the Lord of Hell!"

"Lord of Hell!? Will He appear there too?"

Alexis was surprised.

"Yes."

"But even if this incident is very terrible, the number of people who actually died is not particularly high, right?"

Miss Valkyrie didn't understand.

"At least, compared to the Rwandan genocide or something like that, the death toll in this incident is not that exaggerated - the Lord of Hell may not appear, right?"

"That's different!"

Charlotte shook her head with an ugly face.

However, based on the previous agreement with the Lord of Hell, he could not go into more details.

——The power of the Lord of the Abyss limits his ability to continue speaking.

At this time, Charlotte clearly felt the presence of the Lord of the Abyss.

And the reason why he couldn't go on is also very simple——

Because that involves the essence of the existence of the Lord of Hell.

In essence, although the Lord of Hell represents death, he is not a true king of the dead.

——After studying magic for so long, Charlotte has become very clear that the saying that death is like a lamp going out is still very true.

Even if there is a mysterious power like magic in this world, the death of most lives is the real end.

Only a few people, due to various luck factors, can transform into ghosts or even ghosts after death.

Although the Lord of Hell has innate influence over such necromantic ghosts, the power these ghosts can contribute to them is ultimately limited.

The real source of power of the Lord of Hell is actually the fear of death among living people.

In this case, what is truly meaningful to the Lord of Hell is not the number of deaths, but the influence of death.

——Charlotte has already found out this through various methods at the previous premiere of "The Mummy", and even learned some more secrets.

Unfortunately, the Lord of Hell also discovered this at the same time, so he forced Charlotte to swear in the name of the Lord of the Abyss not to leak this information...