Chapter 1004 - Face (2/2)
“It’s not that the dynasty doesn’t care about him; he just isn’t strong enough,” Clotti calmly said.
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In the Bloodshed Land, Heber and Sorokin’s doppelganger sat opposite each other.
“With the Black Star Army obtaining a new Beyond Grade A, Black Star made his move as expected. He wants to completely solidify his position in the Shattered Star Ring. Sigh, this is an open and direct move. I can’t do anything about it. If he succeeds, more than half of the results we achieved all these years will be lost.”
Sorokin shook his head with resignation.
He knew that Black Star was not one to easily let go of opportunities. As he expected, Black Star used the heat brought by the new Beyond Grade A in his army to make a move. Due to how sudden this was, he did not even have enough time to complete the investigation on Hila, so of course, he could not counter this.
Furthermore, Black Star had invited all the Beyond Grade As this time, so the result was not something he could interfere with. The only thing he could do was watch.
Heber did not reply immediately. He stared down at the invitation envelope in silence.
“Your Excellency Heber, are you planning to reject Black Star’s invitation? I don’t recommend it.”
Heber looked at him before slowly saying, “Reason.”
“The dynasty’s stance is very clear. They’re supporting Black Star. If you refuse, you’d be going against the dynasty, and that’s not a good choice.” Sorokin shook his head. “If everyone else in the dynasty goes and you don’t, you’ll stand out way too much. By then, it won’t matter if you go; not going will be even more embarrassing.”
“I don’t need you to teach me.” Heber snorted. “What about you? Are you going?”
“Of course.” Sorokin smiled. “After all, Black Star and I are just business competitors. We have no hatred for each other. Furthermore, I’m in no place to insult him.”
He did not like to stand out; following the crowd was more beneficial to hiding himself.
Your skin is so damn thick… Heber could not help but complain in his mind.
“Sigh, it’s a shame. If only you and I were the ones to lead this festival.” Sorokin sighed. “Maybe us Beyond Grade As know the reasoning behind this and won’t think it’s a big deal, but to the outside world, it’s like we all basically responded to Black Star’s call. If the Black Star Army was listed, just this one event will make his market capital rocket.”
As for now, me joining this festival should increase the Limitless Financial Group’s market capital a little too, Sorokin thought.
Not caring about Sorokin, Heber looked at the invitation envelope again. He was not willing to watch Black Star solidify his position as the head of the Star Field.
Sadly, after the lesson he learned last time, he knew that he was no match for Han Xiao, so there was nothing he could do.
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Among the Star Pupil Holy Race…
“He even invited me‽”
Psyker was shocked and confused.
Honestly, he did not want to accept Han Xiao’s invitation at all.
But the problem was, he did not dare reject.
Black Star was too strong now. Psyker’s race was right in the Shattered Star Ring. If he made Black Star lose face, what if he found a reason and charged right over there‽
Even though the hatred between the two of them was immense, Psyker had lived on with the shame and grown low profile without doing anything. He did not dare to mess with Han Xiao.
For a Beyond Grade A, this is way too shameful!
Move! I have to move house!
Psyker roared in his heart. This was the second time he had experienced a break down this month.
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Han Xiao sending out invitations was not announced to the public, but rumors of it still surfaced.
Usually, things happening between these Beyond Grade As hardly ever got leaked. However, the various media outlets of the Shattered Star Ring somehow got the news from somewhere and sent people to the Black Star Army to ask around, wanting to follow up on the story and make it into a huge deal.
The clearest indication of that was the new scenery at the Black Star Army headquarters—a group of extremely persistent reporters who were chasing after army members to ask questions.
Han Xiao did not stop it. It was clear that the dynasty had secretly leaked this. Since they were hosting a festival, building it up was unavoidable. Only then would the impact of it be maximized.
He initially wanted to do it himself, but the dynasty did it for him and saved him some trouble.
There were still some days till the day of the meeting, and most of the Beyond Grade As had yet to arrive. Han Xiao told Sylvia to prepare for this while he paid attention to the responses of the Beyond Grade As from all organizations.
Originally, he prepared some methods to convince some Beyond Grade As. However, unexpectedly, it went smoother than he thought. Most people agreed, and it seemed like he did not have to use those methods at all.
“It turns out that without me knowing, my face is already this valuable…”
Han Xiao was pleased.
After so many decades in the universe, my face has ascended to a new realm!
Since things were going so well, he had nothing to worry about. Other than the benefits everyone knew he would get from hosting this festival, he had another goal that no one knew about.
Legendary Point!
The sources of Legendary Points were extremely complex, and one was doing all kinds of major things. Han Xiao estimated that this would most likely give him a Universe Legendary Point, and even Political Asset was possible.
Furthermore, he could use this opportunity to find out all about these Beyond Grade As and memorize the Attributes Interface of everyone!
As he thought about the plan, his room door suddenly opened. Hila walked in and immediately cut to the chase.
“It has already been five days. I’ve rested enough. Let’s do it.”
It had been five days since Hila returned. She had been looking forward to the spar, and she had gone to his room again.
“Alright, let’s have a fight but not in the headquarters. Let’s head into space.”
Han Xiao then stood up. He had agreed to this before, and he had no reason to decline today.