Chapter 1103 - 313: Legion Commander (2)
"But on the battlefield, protecting one person is enough."
"The reasons beyond that are purely for benefit."
"My relationship with you no longer needs Xing Hai marrying you to bring us closer."
"But if you marry Xing Hai, it will be beneficial for you, me, and our entire faction."
Although Chen Ming felt disgusted on the first day he arrived at the headquarters, he couldn’t deny that a marriage alliance indeed had its advantages.
Faction members are not only at the headquarters; anywhere there are people from Bai Quan’s faction, Chen Ming can receive help.
Because after the marriage alliance, Chen Ming becomes completely one of Bai Quan’s people.
Also, he becomes one of the legion’s own.
Even if other factions in the legion try to target him, they must consider him as part of the legion.
Therefore, when Chen Ming exposed the actions of other factions, the legion had to take responsibility.
"It’s precisely all these factors combined that drive me to do these things."
"Everything I do takes my family and faction into consideration."
"I’m protecting my family, and I’m fulfilling my duty."
"But I can’t do everything perfectly, balancing both sides in every matter."
"Today, I didn’t receive the news right away."
"I actually learned about the situation from you, which is when I realized that this matter targeted you, not Xing He or Xing Hai."
"I initially thought you’d find this matter troublesome and come to me to handle it, but I didn’t expect you to act directly."
"You truly were disgusted, taking out the main gun on this cruiser today and aiming it at civilians."
"But to be honest, I felt you wouldn’t fire."
"You’re not at the point of being truly pushed to the limit; your character won’t allow you to harm civilians."
Though Bai Quan uttered the same words as that Steam Spirit Ability User, Chen Ming didn’t refute this in front of someone familiar.
He indeed wouldn’t harm those defenseless civilians, especially after he controlled An Wuping to witness Zuo Jing’s actions on Yunluo Star.
However, he still had to put up a front: "Actually, today’s event, I did kill someone."
"Who?"
"Hmm... saying I killed someone is not entirely accurate; to be precise, I severely injured someone."
"Liao Hongsheng."
"His information was the easiest to check, and his emergency diagnosis stated his condition became as it is."
Previously, Chen Ming released twenty shuttle boats and twenty robots.
Two were intercepted by Qiu Bowen, so there weren’t enough people for the remaining eighteen robots.
So one went to where Chen Ming found Liao Hongsheng, helping him realize the events that should have occurred in reality.
"His best outcome should be a vegetative state, though he likely won’t be able to leave the operating table."
"Good, Xing He should be quite happy to hear."
Bai Quan sighed deeply: "Enough family affairs; we have serious matters to attend to."
"Right, about the serious matters..."
Chen Ming considered Bai Quan’s earlier question and responded: "Is this all the general can muster? Are these his only resources?"
"These people..."
He pointed to the dozen individuals below, saying: "Everything they’ve done, all the evidence, I’ve gathered a complete chain that can verify it all."
"Enough to send them all to prison, or at least have them lose their positions; does it require the general to demote them?"
"As for compensation, where is it? All I see is empty talk; Cheng Xinghe still hasn’t been released from the police station."
"I need to see a sincere attitude; this right now, I can only say it’s a rushed solution the general conceived when I pressed him."
Chen Ming wouldn’t easily agree to the conditions from Qiu Bowen’s side.
Because the current situation is that they provoked an incident, and he retaliated.
Ultimately, he solved the matter, capturing everyone who dared trouble him.
Then someone conveniently offers some benefits, without even bothering to prepare a sincere apology, thinking he’d wag his tail and return? Dream on!
If the general was clueless, that’d be one thing, but from the moment Chen Ming entered the headquarters spaceport, he’s been monitoring him, aware of the entire situation, yet still allows these people below to act out; there’s no way he can absolve himself completely.
Chen Ming is a Psychic, a Level 5 Psychic, someone with top tier Spiritual Ability.
He’s not some ordinary person, and if he doesn’t receive respect, there’s no way he’ll accept this outcome.
"Alright, I’ll step outside and ask around."
In these moments, Bai Quan naturally sided with Chen Ming, and noting his words, he left the building Chen Ming had sealed.
He quickly took a shuttle boat to meet General Qiu Bowen nearby.
Qiu Bowen was on the rooftop of a nearby building, in a temporary command post, overseeing the side of the building where Chen Ming was.
Though the entire building had been sealed with liquid metal, at least the adjacent building’s full view was visible.
He was smoking, with a multitude of cigarette butts in the ashtray beside him.
Seeing Bai Quan return, he asked, "What does Chen Ming want?"
"He didn’t specify; he said the legion should decide, but he mentioned needing to see an attitude."
"An attitude? I’ve already shown him mine."
Qiu Bowen skipped over the attitude topic, took a deep drag from his cigarette, and said, "He wants us to decide... that’s more troublesome."