Chapter 1102 - 313: Legion Commander
Bai Quan had already laid out the conditions the Legion was willing to offer.
This was indeed the result Chen Ming wanted to see, but it wasn’t a result he could accept.
The Legion still hadn’t made enough concessions, still trying to haggle.
Simply put, it’s just two words.
That’s it?
"I don’t accept it."
Chen Ming said to Bai Quan, "It’s not directed at you, purely because what the Legion intends to do is still not enough for me."
Bai Quan spread his hands and said, "I got these assurances before I came. Anyway, I’m just a messenger now. You can just say whatever you want to me."
Chen Ming didn’t rush to state his demands, but asked, "Who’s responsible for handling this matter now?"
"Qiu Bowen, General, the Psychic who was after you before."
"General?"
"Yes."
"I’m quite curious about this General’s attitude towards the situation, I mean before I take any action."
Bai Quan recalled and said, "He himself said he knew about this matter, but he chose to acquiesce because he thought it would be a conscience-based competition, letting Xing He, Xing Hai, and you experience the filth of political struggles, and said he misjudged your psychological limits."
Chen Ming listened and said with disgust, "A General, monitoring me from the first day I arrived, discovered someone planning actions against me."
"Didn’t stop it, but instead let it happen, intending to let me experience the filth of political struggles?"
"What kind of person is he?"
"If this matter had not been investigated to have nothing to do with that General, I would really doubt what he would actually do."
"As for what he said about misjudging my psychological limits, I’ve never seen testing a spring with a steamroller."
"Anyway, I feel he’s testing my limits now, seeing to what extent I can endure, and then jumping on the edge of my limits."
"Working in the Legion, the Legion has to have some contribution too. Now that my limits are tested, is it that the contribution can be minimized later?"
"Showing me the gloom of politics, bullshit."
"Those troublesome things, I see them every day, does he need to come?"
"And he even used Cheng Xinghai and Cheng Xinghe."
Chen Ming said, suddenly with a hint of questioning in his tone, questioning Bai Quan’s attitude towards his foster daughter and son.
Bai Quan’s expression immediately turned somewhat somber.
He pulled Chen Ming to the corner of the briefing hall and said, "You and I view things from different perspectives."
"In my view, this is just a very targeted annoying tactic that won’t succeed."
"Xing He will definitely be released soon, and the rumors at most will be forgotten in two or three days, maybe even less than a day the rumors could be debunked."
"Even if I handle this matter entirely, it would end with arresting a few people and achieving some exchange of interests, we might gain a slight advantage because they made the first move, and the matter ends there."
"Of course, I fully understand your thoughts; feeling disgusted is normal, and thinking I didn’t manage Xing He and Xing Hai is normal."
"But, I have to say, if it wasn’t because he will be responsible for commanding the Mechanical Race Star Realm war later, I would have already turned against him."
"If I abandoned my identity, personally, I would have straight up punched him."
"Identity restricts me."
"I cannot consider only myself, only my family."
"I have to consider the survival of an entire faction."
"My old superior is about to retire, he nurtured me, trained me, and protecting his faction is the responsibility my identity brings."
Identity...
Chen Ming already felt the pressure brought about by identity.
Now as just a Colonel of the Fourteenth Legion, he has to face various complex issues, restricted by various rules.
And Bai Quan had started experiencing this situation even earlier.
"Is this what you wanted?"
"This is certainly not what I wanted, but it’s what I must do. I’ve done my best."
Bai Quan’s voice seemed to reveal fatigue: "Look at Xing Hai."
"Why have I been hinting about Xing Hai’s matters to you?"
"Most importantly, Xing Hai must choose a marriage partner in the next few years."
"This is an inevitable fate for her, so within such constraints, I must find the best one."
"And you are the best."
"Secondly, I don’t know if Xing Hai discussed it with you, but she likes the battlefield."
Chen Ming nodded: "We talked; she asked me if I mind such things, and my response was that she can do what she wants to do."
"You can say that, but I can’t."
Bai Quan sighed: "I am quite resistant to Xing Hai going to the battlefield, but I can’t stop her."
"She’s about to finish her fourth year, and the Mechanical Race war is about to start, Galor is where she’ll be positioned next."
"I can’t guarantee her survival on the battlefield unless she’s always in the rear."
"But Xing Hai won’t want to stay in the rear."
"The last time she went to the battlefield, I took many covert protection measures."
"But those were on a small scale battlefield only where protection could work."
"The Gallo Star Realm against the Mechanical Race is the real battlefield, without any protective measures."
"I can’t protect her, but I hope someone can protect her for me."
"You can protect her."
"You are a Psychic."
Chen Ming listened to Bai Quan, and his tone also subconsciously became lower: "Psychics are not invincible either."