Salute To The General (Nathan Cross) novel Chapter 1690

Nathan remained calm throughout. His faint smile emitted a subtle hint of ridicule.

Carson soon regained his composure.

A look of fear clouded his face. He shot a fierce glare at Kerk and Hayley. “Silence, you two!”

Without hesitating for another second, he quickly tidied his uniform and straightened himself. As Kerk and Hayley stared in bewilderment, he looked straight at Nathan and shouted, “Attention!”

“Salute!” he commanded.

A look of confusion flickered across the faces of his troupe.

As military officers, however, it was their first and foremost duty to obey orders.

There were over twenty of them. At Carson's command, every single one of them immediately positioned himself and held up a hand in salutation.

“Greetings, General!” Carson shouted.

His troupe followed suit. “Greetings, General!”

Kerk and Hayley gawked at the sight of the entire troupe giving their salutation. Many people around them turned and looked as they heard the commotion.

Murmurs arose as the curious crowd wondered about Nathan's identity.

“Wait, what's going on?” Hayley exclaimed in disbelief. “They're just a bunch of intruders! Why are you saluting him as if he's a superior officer?”

“Indeed! Captain Weiner, could you have mistaken anything?” Kerk asked.

Carson shot the ignorant couple a cold glance. He quickly fixated his eyes back onto Nathan with complete reverence. “There's no mistake. He is none other than the pride of the army, the God of War, General Nathan Cross!”

General Nathan Cross?

Kerk and Hayley trembled as they gasped in horror.

Kerk just recalled what he had heard about the General earlier. His name indeed sounded like “Nathan Cross.”

The General whom he was supposed to aid as a foreign language interpreter tonight...

It can't be... Is he the real General or just a

doppelganger?

Hayley shifted her horrified gaze from Nathan onto Penny, who stood beside him quietly all this while.

Simeon's curious gaze followed in the direction where Kerk had pointed, only to be greeted by the sight of Nathan looking at him with a somewhat amused smile.

With a slight jerk, he pushed Kerk and Hayley aside and rushed over to Nathan. “General! You're here early,” he greeted politely as he stood in front of Nathan.

General?

Kerk and Hayley froze in horror as they watched their superior greet Nathan in a similar fashion.

He really is the General!

“Hello there, Carlton.” Nathan smiled. “That man named Kerk, is he your subordinate?”

Realizing something was amiss, Simeon nodded with a faint look of astonishment on his face. “Yes, Kerk Lexington is one of the interpreters in our ministry. He's fluent in the Xyperian language. I have assigned him earlier as your interpreter for tonight.”

“He and his wife were spreading word that I'm an impostor, and even asked the guards to arrest me,” Nathan replied plainly. “Why don't you explain to them on my behalf?”

Simeon's eyes widened in horror and exasperation. He turned towards Kerk and

Hayley with a fuming glare. “You two! Come over here right now!” he bellowed.