The knight in the big world of American TV series

Chapter 172 The Book of the Dead
The Nautilus is the unique and unique submarine in the world. The Nautilus is a blade-shaped submarine with a total length of 135 meters and a width of 13 meters. Sailing in the sea is like a sharp knife that cuts the sea, so the crew also call it their own in private. The ship is for the sword of Poseidon.Top speed up to 50 knots!
This speed is simply a myth. You must know that even the best British surface ships have a speed of about 50 nautical miles (28 knots)!The Nautilus is a submarine.

At the same time, the power of the Nautilus is also epoch-making. It is completely supplied by electricity. What is even more amazing is that the power of the Nautilus is completely extracted from seawater. The alloy of zinc in the battery unit is converted into electricity and stored in the battery.In short, there are black technologies everywhere on the ship, and some things are amazing even for Kai, who has experienced the 21st century.

The interior of the ship is spacious and comfortable, and there is even a museum and library!Aside from being a bit noisy and boring, it's more comfortable than a typical star hotel.

Kay's trip on the Nautilus was barely enjoyable.If you don't count the poor diet on board.

Captain Nemo and most of the sailors are from the Indian subcontinent. Simply put, they are all Indians... Can you imagine that the whole ship smells like curry?That was the case on the Nautilus.These sailors are all good. Although they are Indians, everyone is polite and full of humanity. Each of them can even speak more than two foreign languages.

Kay likes them too, but only disagrees with their eating habits.

They even refused to use cutlery!

But Catherine and Cotman and their british guys like the food on the Nautilus...

After about a month of sailing, Kai finally set foot on land. Under Alfred's arrangement, everyone quickly boarded the train to Cairo.

When Kai set foot on the familiar yet unfamiliar land of Egypt, he felt that the atmosphere here was not very good.The Egyptians did not welcome the British, and were even very hostile.This feeling is especially strong when you leave Alexandria.

In fact, Britain did have little control over Egypt.Britain only occupied Egypt to secure the Suez Canal.

By November 1914, the Ottoman Empire joined the war, and Egypt stood firmly with the central government (Egypt was still nominally a province of the Ottoman Empire at the time), so Britain unilaterally declared the protectorate status of Egypt.And overthrew the then government and supported a new government.The head of the new government was forced to declare himself the Sultan of Egypt independent of the Ottomans.

Naturally, such a government could not win the support of the Egyptians, so the new government had no authority in Egypt, and outside Cairo, the government's orders were useless.At this time, the United Kingdom has no ability to change this situation. After all, their main energy is in Europe, and the British only need to ensure control of the Suez Canal.

As for the actual fragmentation of Egypt, it is not in their consideration.

When a group of people walked out of the Cairo train station, they could clearly see the malice of the surrounding Egyptians.

Kay naturally didn't feel this kind of malice, and he was not British.He was just lamenting that things are right and people are wrong.Egypt used to be one of the most developed regions in the whole world. Pharaohs ruled the whole of North Africa in Egypt, but now, the once glorious buildings are missing, and the original self-confidence and pride disappeared on the faces of the Egyptians, replaced by dilapidated buildings. In a low and dirty city, people's faces only show numbness and hatred.

After entering the hotel, a military officer came up to talk to him. It should be the British government's response personnel here.

Catherine and Cottman were originally responsible for these matters, but when Kay saw the officer's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but said to the old Alfred who was holding a salute beside him: "Is it my illusion? Why do I always feel this The child looks like you?"

This officer is very young, he looks only in his twenties, but he already has the rank of captain.

"No, my lord duke, that is not your illusion, he is my grandson, little Alfred."

Kay looked at old Alfred in surprise.

"Really?"

"Yes." Old Alfred said a little reservedly.

"Then he's only 20 years old!! Your son... sorry, I didn't mean to mention it." Kay originally wanted to say that old Alfred's son died two years ago, why did he let himself be just 20 years old His grandson entered the army.Kay knew that Alfred Sr.'s son was thirty-six when his son died in battle, when his grandson was a teenager.

"No...you don't need to apologize, I understand what you mean. But I have to say, as the men of the Pennyworth family, it is their responsibility to join the army, especially during the war, the men of the Pennyworth family It is even more impossible to evade responsibility!"

It has been more than two years since his son died, and during this time old Alfred has adjusted.

Although Kay is not British, this does not affect Kay's appreciation of old Alfred. Patriots will be respected no matter where they are.

Soon Catherine and Cottman finished negotiating with the young man. After finishing the work, the young man walked to his grandfather with a happy face, and took the old Alfred's hand to salute.

"Your Excellency, this is my grandson, Alfred."

This is not good for foreigners. They like to give their descendants the same name as their own or their elders', and they are not afraid of confusion.For example, the grandson of Old Alfred should be called Alfred II or Alfred Jr.

"Alfred, this is the Duke of Brittany."

"Hello, Your Excellency the Duke." Alfred Jr. did not tarnish the name of the Pennyworth family. Although he was wearing a military uniform, his etiquette was impeccable.

"Hello, um... can I call you Ah Fu?" Kai is Chinese in his heart, and it is a bit awkward for his grandfather and grandson to use the same name, so he simply used the abbreviation.Of course, it's a little rude to do this, and call someone by their short name when they meet for the first time.

Little Alfred obviously didn't meet this kind of person, and the environment in which he grew up can only be seen from old Alfred.However, due to his good education and self-cultivation, he did not show any strange emotions, but nodded in agreement very naturally.

"Of course, it is my honor, Your Excellency the Duke."

Then Ah Fu took everyone to the room that had been reserved earlier.After settling in, a group of people gathered in Kai's room and began to understand the current situation of the mission.

"Before you arrived, we finally figured out who led the German team this time—Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin. The priest of the Russian Empire, the favorite of the Tsar and the Empress." Report to Kay and the others The person in question was a British intelligence officer brought in by Ah Fu.

"Wait, you're talking about that half-human, half-demon evil monk?" Dr. Hyde, who had always been very quiet, asked gossip.

(About the deeds of Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin, you can Baidu it yourself. You are a very awesome person. I don’t want to talk about it. Anyway, all kinds of dirty harems, interference in government affairs, and Gregory in history. It was killed in October 1916, and it has been changed here)

Although it is now wartime, some things will not disappear because of the war, especially gossip, which has been spread all over Russia, and many newspapers in London have also published it. London newspapers like to publish such things during wartime. news to relieve people's tension.So Gregory's name is still very famous in London.

"That's right he is."

"Isn't he a Russian? How could he get involved with the Germans?" A tsar's favored minister actually got involved with the Germans and even went to Egypt, which really made people concerned.

"He has already defected. His situation in Russia is not a second. Many people want to kill him. In fact, he has suffered countless assassinations before he defected to Germany. The latest assassination was by Prince Yusupov, Di Grand Duke Mitri, MP Purishkevich and others conspired. So he defected."

The intelligence officer shrugged and pouted a little helplessly.There is no doubt that Gregory is a scandal for the Russians. Normally, the British would be happy to see the Russians lose face, but the problem is that they are allies now, and what is even more unfortunate is that this Gregory has already begun to cause trouble for Britain.

"Well, that's the Russians..." Kottmann also shrugged.British people rarely like Russians, especially in the current situation.In the war, although the Russians are not considered pig teammates, their role is quite limited. (The record of the Russians is really not good)
On the contrary, Kai didn't know much about Gregory. He looked at Lao Fu (the name was too long to simplify), and as a housekeeper, Lao Fu would never disappoint Kai.Soon Lao Fu told Kai some of Gregory's deeds.Kai was dumbfounded.

"He came to Egypt this time to find the legendary Book of the Dead."

"Huh? What did you just say?" Kai, who was listening to gossip, suddenly heard a familiar name.

"The Book of the Dead?" The intelligence officer was a little confused. He didn't know Kai's identity. In fact, there were no more than ten people in the UK who knew Kai's true identity.He only knew that the identity of the Duke of Brittania was very noble and mysterious, and he was asked by his superiors to cooperate with the Duke unconditionally.

But Cotman and Catherine knew that Kay must know something.In fact, sometimes they are also very strange, why would an ancient English native know so much about myths outside of England? At least from their chats with Kai, Kai knew about Olympus, Sumer and ancient times. Egyptian mythology.

"You know that thing?" Catherine asked curiously.

"Well... that book, how should I put it, um... let's put it this way, it's better not to touch that book for living people. It's very evil." Kai didn't say anything in detail. According to the consistent urine nature of human beings, if Kai Explained the function of that book, maybe some fool who likes to die ran to take that book to die. "If that Gregory with the big bird really wants that book, then the information you got before is very likely to be correct."

The British had previously received intelligence that the Germans intended to revive an ancient army.

A group of people look at me and I look at you, and they are a little skeptical of Kai's words.But the tomb-hunting team believed it a little bit, because they had an example of the resurrection of the dead before them.

Seeing Catherine and the others looking at him, Kay knew what they were thinking.

"Don't look at me, I'm a special case! The thing resurrected in the book of the dead is not a real living person."

"Okay, let's continue talking about business." Kottman knew that Kai's identity could not be revealed at will, so he quickly changed the topic.

"Oh...Okay." The intelligence officer hurriedly restrained his mind and continued to explain the information. As an intelligence officer, he naturally knew what he should know and what he should pretend didn't happen.

"We have learned that Gregory hired an American to help them find the Book of the Dead. Originally, we planned to continue the investigation along this line, but our manpower lost too much when investigating Gregory. As a result, we couldn’t continue to follow this line. However, we learned that just half a month ago, a group of Americans hired a group of locals and went south to the depths of the desert.”

The British intelligence department is indeed very powerful, but this is Egypt, and the environment here is naturally unfriendly to the UK, and there are too many people lost.

Without enough helpers and no manpower, even if these British people are 007, they can only be clever women who can't cook without rice.They no longer have the ability to conduct intelligence gathering outside of Cairo.

"By the way, we have also collected information that another group of people seems to be eyeing the Book of the Dead."

"Who are these people? The French?" Cotman asked.

"No, the leader is an Englishman. They are a pair of brothers and sisters. The elder brother is named Jonathan, and the younger sister is an archaeologist named Evelyn. They found an American from prison to be their guide."

"British?" Cotman frowned and looked at Catherine. Since the intelligence officer said so, it means that they are not from the intelligence department, so Cotman wondered if it was someone from the Church of the Holy Church, the Holy Church In terms of the nature of their work, the church also works underground, so it is not unusual to have spies.

Catherine shook her head. People from the Church of the Holy Church are mainly active in white-dominated areas such as Britain and Canada, and they are not involved in Egypt.

"Well, how can you help us?" Kottman asked directly.

(End of this chapter)