thefictionvixens Chapter 1650: Hidden Concerns of the Empire
Chapter 1650: Hidden Concerns of the Empire
Chapter 1650: Hidden Concerns of the Empire
Flower Scorpion sneered at the military's answer, "What were you doing earlier?"
"We didn't know which side you were more inclined to before, right?" The soldier on the opposite side actually made a lot of sense.
"You want to avoid offending either side, and that's not wrong, but if you don't take sides, how can we strongly support you?"
Qu Jianlei listened on the side and nodded secretly: As expected, fence-sitters are the most disliked.
However, Flower Scorpion's answer was extremely domineering, "Standing in line... Why? We are a team, why do we need to stand in line?"
You are really awesome, Qu Jianlei silently gave her a thumbs up: You are worthy of being a member of the founding team!
The soldier on the other side couldn't respond and could only smile wryly and said, "Okay, we apologize for our previous mistakes, okay?"
"We are not interested in forcing others to agree with us," Although Flower Scorpion came from a humble background, his aura is extremely strong.
She said bluntly, "If you have something to say, just say it. If you don't have anything to say, don't come close to me."
The other party replied, "We are increasing the pressure. We will inform you as soon as there is any latest news."
Not to mention, once the military gets serious, they have no shortage of means.
Soon, they really understood the whole story. The Alliance wanted to meet Digital Phantom, most likely because of Tai Qingxing’s matter.
However, even though the military put in a lot of effort, they only found out this much and no more detailed information.
Qu Jianlei understood a little bit. The existence of Master Jiao was top secret even in the alliance. How could it be leaked out so easily?
However, he still underestimated the courage of the alliance to risk it all.
Half a month later, Shui Xisheng actually rushed over from Panshi Star, and the escort was actually a military regimental-level ship.
After landing, he and a senior military official walked out. This senior official was actually the one who was a classmate of Jing Yuexin.
After they met, Shui Xisheng sighed, "This time we are in big trouble..."
"Did you take away a practitioner of the Divine Script system from Taiqing?"
"That's not true," Flower Scorpion denied flatly. She seldom lied, but she never stumbled when she did.
In fact, she didn't think she was lying. "What kind of practitioner can live that long?"
The team did not take away the practitioner, they just took away a snake.
"I don't know," Shui Xisheng shook his head blankly. When he received the news, he also found it a little unbelievable.
But vaguely, he felt that this was not completely impossible. Could the alliance just say such a shameful thing?
So he could only faithfully relay, "It is said that he is the master of the divine writing system and the founder of the alliance in the field of talismans."
"Isn't that nonsense?" Flower Scorpion snorted disdainfully, "The Alliance can't even use magic weapons. Is there anyone familiar with the divine text system?"
Shui Xisheng smiled awkwardly upon hearing this, "It was others who said that. They didn't dare to look for you, so they had no choice but to let me come."
"I have never seen such a person, I swear on my Taoism," the Flower Scorpion said without hesitation.
Taoist Jiao now...can't be considered a human being anyway, right?
"Is it necessary to swear?" Qu Jianlei appeared, "It's not worth it."
He said disdainfully, "If there really was such a person in the Alliance, he would have crushed the Empire long ago, right?"
"The alliance seems to have...something to hide," Shui Xisheng replied after a moment of hesitation.
In front of the military's top brass, he still said, "If the alliance really finds this person, they will definitely control him first, and it's hard to say whether he will cooperate."
So some things are truly original sins. Even Shui Xisheng, a guy who is not too cunning, can think of this possibility.
"Blackmail!" Flower Scorpion said without hesitation, "This is Chi Guoguo's attempt to sow discord. Are there so many idiots in the imperial government?"
Shui Xisheng blushed when he heard this, then nodded, "I also think this possibility is more likely."
The military supreme leader spoke up, "Excuse me, is Senior Sister Jing Yuexin not here?"
Normally, it was not his turn to get involved in such matters, and even Put Supreme was determined not to get involved.
The only thing he can rely on is the relationship between his seniors and juniors.
"Just say what you want to say!" Flower Scorpion said in a deep voice, "You can't see her just because you want to, so you'd better not make any rash plans."
The officer answered reluctantly, "The Alliance said that the man might be colluding with the demons. This is a serious matter, please forgive me."
“Devil…” Flower Scorpion laughed in anger, “I didn’t expect that the empire, which claims to be an information barrier, has been infiltrated like a sieve!”
There is no doubt that the news about the demon must have been leaked from the empire.
Otherwise, if Master Jiao himself had not thought that there would be demons in this world, how could the alliance have such a speculation?
Therefore, negotiations between countries really use every possible means, and it is difficult to distinguish between reality and falsehood.
"But..." The military supreme hesitated, and said, "This concerns the future of the empire."
Qu Jianlei finally understood why the alliance came to him - they made up a pretext and really wanted to find out the whereabouts of Master Jiao.
The cooperation of the Empire is not difficult to understand. When it comes to the future of the Demons and the Empire, it has to happen even if they don’t want to, and no one can afford to gamble.
"That's not true," the flower scorpion denied without hesitation.
The military supreme hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a low voice, "Brothers, I heard that there are people from the alliance in your team?"
"Fuck her," Qu Jianlei couldn't help but swear - so this is the real reason?
No wonder the Alliance hates Digital Phantom so much and yet comes looking for him, are they trying to make a comeback?
However, this also indirectly shows that although the Alliance's spies are powerful, the Empire's spies are not given for nothing.
No wonder it is said that when it comes to national wars, there are almost no real secrets - secrets are easy to keep, but what is difficult to keep is the human heart.
Qu Jianlei cursed but nodded slightly, "As for the peripheral members, there are people from the alliance."
He thought of the Lawrence couple - it wouldn't be too much to consider them as peripheral members, right?
But if it were Master Jiao, he probably wouldn't consider himself a member of the alliance, right?
“This is really…” This time, it was the military supreme commander’s turn to be speechless.
The military has always believed that this is just a joke - after Digital Phantom got his start, he was in the Empire for a long time.
Moreover, during the process of their rise, the hatred they developed with the alliance was extremely deep.
How could anyone have the wild idea that there would be members of the alliance in this team?
But after hearing Qu Jianlei's words, this Supreme was really a little scared, and then... the more he thought about it, the more scared he became!
"How can you... recruit people from the alliance as members?"
"Are you teaching us how to do things?" Flower Scorpion frowned and his voice became cold and stern.
This is not an exaggeration. In the entire team, she is one of the members who has the lowest sense of identification with the Empire.
"That's not what I meant," the Supreme shook his head.
But after a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Among the official members... there aren't any?"
If the Digital Phantom was really abducted by the Alliance, the trouble would be extremely serious.
The empire's current favorable situation may be quickly reversed!
People in the government may not necessarily believe this speculation - after all, when the military reports its achievements, it will certainly exaggerate the role of the military.
Anyway, Digital Phantom never cares about rewards from the government, so the military might as well try to get some benefits for their own people.
Of course, the military doesn’t want to take away these people’s achievements—the key is that they don’t want them.
In fact, the military has given a lot of rewards to Digital Phantom, such as division-level ships and regiment-level ships, which is an unprecedented effort.
In essence, the military treated these people as mercenaries - there is nothing wrong with this explanation.
The military knows better than the government about the role this mercenary group can play.
Once this team turns against us, the advantages previously accumulated by the military will be wiped out. The only uncertainty is how long it will take.
It is also because of this that although the government kept testing this team, the military never got involved.
One can imagine how this supreme being felt when he thought that Digital Phantom might be forced by the government to join the alliance.
Flower Scorpion glanced at him and said, "Does it matter whether there are official members or not? What we have always emphasized is that... the biggest enemy is the alien race!"
However, this was not what the Supreme wanted to hear. He hesitated and said, "But... the Empire has been very kind to you."
"Haha," Flower Scorpion was so angry that he laughed out loud, "Not thin? It's indeed not thin... Do you know where I was born?"
The military supreme was stunned when he heard this, "May I ask where you are from?"
At this moment, Flower Scorpion really wanted to tell the other person the truth and see what expression the other person would have.
But thinking of the team, she sighed, "I won't say much, but you... have no right to blame me!"
At this moment, a figure flashed and it turned out to be a beautiful lady in palace dress.
She glanced around and said calmly, "It's almost time, let's clear the area."
"Senior sister," the eyes of the highest commander in the army lit up, "So you are here."
You are a trainee, how dare you call me senior? Jing Yuexin gave him a cold look. She remembered his character very well. "Clear the place!"
Not only the top military official, but even Shui Xisheng was driven away.
"I have more news... Forget it, let's talk about it later," Shui Xisheng said reluctantly.
As the chief intelligence outsourcer of Digital Phantom, he still has to maintain his reputation, even though he has heard that the team seems to be being severely targeted.
He didn't think that the person he was relying on would lose this game and get rid of the Digital Phantom... Who could do that?
And the key point is, he has already placed the bet. As a player in the game, it is too late for him to regret!
When the starship was launched, the supreme commander of the army asked worriedly, "Shui Shao, will they betray the Empire?"
Shui Xisheng glanced at him and said, "I have seriously thought about what role the empire played in their growth process?"
"No! I can say responsibly that even Goddess Jing and Lord Dorgan don't owe the empire anything."
"Since there is no debt, how can there be any betrayal?"
"Your idea is very dangerous," the Supreme said sternly, "They can grow and prosper smoothly because they are protected by the Empire!"
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