Chen Che's sarcastic retort made Robbie's face suddenly darken.

But he still restrained his temper and said, "Mr. Chen! I came with good intentions this time, with my sincerity, and you…"

Chen Che sneered and said, "Enough, I was trying to save you some face, but since you put it that way, let's be frank.

If I betray my leader for some damn position in the Political Bureau, that would be like standing against my leader. I know my leader's character; he would spare no effort to hunt down a traitor, and I'd live the rest of my life in fear!

Your claim of protecting me is utter bullshit.

After joining the Political Bureau, to seek your protection, I'd have to fully commit to helping you with all my efforts.

You could use this to control me.

Using me to balance against my leader."

"When you say that once I have a position in the Political Bureau, my leader would suffer serious consequences for killing me, but I know my leader. If I really betrayed him, he'd go insane; no one could stand against him.

I'd be chopped to pieces.

Perhaps you even hope my leader kills me because then you'd have a good excuse to take action against him.

Don't think I don't know your purpose is backed by the whole council. The council may want to save my life, but you at the Tasting Commerce Association can't wait for my leader to get rid of me.

The council just wants to weaken my leader's power, but you want to utterly destroy him.

If I betray my leader and he retaliates by killing me, you could use that to fiercely suppress him."

"I'm beginning to wonder what's wrong with your brains. Do you really think I'm that stupid? I can't see through such simple things? I was trying to leave everyone some face, but with you like this? Treating me like a fool, don't blame me for not saving you any face."

Chen Che's face bore a cold smile as Robbie's expression completely darkened.

"Fine, sir, let's just pretend this meeting never happened."

Just as Chen Che was about to turn and leave, Robbie looked at his back and coldly threatened, "Do you know that an innocent man will get into trouble for having a coveted jewel? If you can't be a friend of the Commerce Association, you can only be an enemy. I remember I just told you, the association never goes easy on enemies."

"Ha, haven't we always been enemies? Yet I haven't seen you being able to do anything to me!"

Facing Chen Che's sarcasm, Robbie said nothing more, just watched as Chen Che's figure gradually disappeared and slowly exhaled a breath.

A moment later, Robbie also left the Investigation Department and came to the council hall, where several council members were present.

Robbie took a recording device off his body and casually tossed it onto the table.

The conversation he just had with Chen Che had been transmitted through the device into the ears of every council member.

"You've all heard the nice words and the harsh ones, I've said it all, but this person cannot be used by us!"

The faces of the council members were silent.

Claidine's lips curled into a cold smile and said, "I told you before, better to uproot him than to try to win him over…"

"Honorable President of the Council, how do you think we should handle this matter?"

All eyes turned to Vazmir.

The white-haired old man did not answer, just gazed through the floor-to-ceiling window at the landscape of the entire Ninth Special Zone.

"Power needs balance."

Hearing this sentence, two Tasting Commerce Association members stood up and turned to the other members, saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, since that's the case, let's proceed with our backup plan. Are you prepared to invest by contributing resources or simply donate as friends?"

The former means participating in the plan with effort, the latter means only paying a small price and leaving the rest.

After a brief silence, the majority of the members chose the latter.

After all, the direct enmity between the entire Commerce Association and Chen Che is more straightforward; letting the association handle it can also avoid some trouble.

…

Chen Che was walking home, lost in thought.

It seems I was too conspicuous and caught the attention of the entire council…

Apparently, the political landscape of the council isn't as grand as I imagined… Just a small plot of land.

Chen Che chuckled, and lost in thought, he had already returned to his office.

Xia Na was still lying on the sofa in disheveled attire, engrossed in reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Chen Che walked over to Xia Na and gave her a hard pinch on her snowy white bottom.

Xia Na glared at him, kicked Chen Che with her snow-white foot, and said, "Don't disturb my reading!"

Novels like Romance of the Three Kingdoms were particularly captivating to Xia Na.

After all, it is one of the four great classics. In the post-apocalyptic world, once humans solved their basic food and clothing issues, they would have cultural needs.

Reading certain chapters, Xia Na was utterly enthralled.

Alright, since that's the case, Chen Che could only think about the council, or rather, how the Tasting Commerce Association would strike at him while squeezing her bottom.

With the power and personality of the whole association, it certainly wouldn't just be lip service.

Chen Che thought about how the association might act against him through their intentions.

To be well-prepared against it.

Amidst his thoughts, the sound of high heels disrupted Chen Che's train of thought.

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