336 Caught Red-handed (1/2)
Inside the usually empty house, two high-ranking officers together with a government official sat opposite him. Outside the alleyway, dozens of military soldiers stood every meter away from each other eyeing the people passing by.
The man opposite him blew smoke to the side and sat straight after coughing a few times. ”This is top quality? This tastes like shit.”
The man dissed the homemade cigar and flicked it away. It bounced against the wall and dropped on the floor still lit up.
The cigar was one of the products sold by the Newsroom, handcrafted by one of their members who know the basics. They have limited supply and every piece was a luxury good.
People from the Newsroom didn't appreciate the rude attitude of the officer but Blake Shu repeatedly warned them not to make any rash moves.
”I say, Brother Leo. you can't trust everything that you hear out here. Just like how I operate on money, other people could also work under the same rules. What if your informants were hired by someone who doesn't like you and wants to kick you from your position? They could easily feed you wrong information and when you make wrong decisions, it would cause you to fall out with the higher-ups. We've been partners since the beginning, so I won't betray you and you know that, right?” Blake Shu said.
Leo nodded. ”I agree with that. However, the fact still remained that your people spread rumors which caused a lot of strong survivors to leave the stronghold.
”And the people above didn't like that, which put me in a bad position.”
”W-well, I didn't know that you want people to stay here. When someone came to me for a job, I take it. I have people to feed, so I need money to continue coming in.” Blake said.
”I understand that you're keeping these people alive, but I have my own matters to attend to,” Leo replied, then stared at him. ”I can't just turn a blind eye to this or people won't be pleased.”
Blake understood he can't get out of this predicament unscathed, so he decided to reduce the losses. ”Is there anything that I can do to, you know, flatten the curve of our noble friendship?”
Leo grinned as if waiting for him to say that.
Blake immediately felt like he fell into a trap, but could do nothing but wait for the trap master to show himself.
Blake Shu didn't know what to do. The offers were very attractive if he was someone without ambitions, but the salves were made from Black Haven and were just transferred to him through Faction Storage. He doesn't know how to make them, and the other party would never believe him even if he explained that.
Noticing Blake's troubled expression, Leo thought that he was trying to play hard to get and decided to add some encouragement. ”Our soldiers will transition to melee combat training and the military expects some casualties. These healing salves could help hasten the recovery period which could result in faster training.”