Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 511 - 322: The Price of Yan Chen (10,000 Words for Monthly Ticket!)_2
But... politics is cruel, and the rule of politics is the exchange of interests.
A dead person can no longer bring benefits to anyone, as long as he pays enough, he can always slowly quell this matter.
After all, after his failure to attain the position of Deputy Speaker, he was doomed not to rise in rank for the next few years, whether it was enduring five or seven years, or even ten, he would endure.
After all, his Cataclysmic ability gave him an incredibly long life.
He would always last until the day when this incident was over, and he could rise again.
But for Qiu Tu... once dead, there’s no second chance.
Moreover, once Qiu Tu was dead, the relatively inexperienced Tang Feifei would no longer be able to threaten him. He could then rest easy as the local tyrant of Xinjie City....
So, after much consideration, Yan Chen felt that flipping the table and taking action to kill Qiu Tu would be more beneficial than detrimental.
Therefore, he eventually took action.
He even had Lai Shun hire the Scarlet Widow, an assassin capable of killing Third Order Cataclysmics.
It’s just a pity that... everything seems to have gone against his wishes.
Qiu Tu did not die, he survived. And now he began to incessantly counterattack, seizing upon the several loopholes in his plan...
For a moment, Yan Chen couldn’t help but feel a sense of annoyance in his heart: If only he had known... he would have hired an assassin capable of killing a Fourth Order.
How did he let Qiu Tu survive...
Meanwhile, just as Yan Chen was thinking in this way, Qiu Tu, whose bleeding had finally been stopped by the medical team, spoke up.
He looked at Yan Chen and then said, "Director, I definitely believe what you said."
"Since you claim that Yanyan has always been by your side, and that the Yanyan I saw yesterday was indeed real, then I believe that the Yanyan I saw yesterday was the real Yanyan."
Qiu Tu’s words seemed to accept Yan Chen’s explanation, but anyone could hear the insincerity in them.
As expected, after saying this, Qiu Tu raised his arm, pointed towards the unconscious Scarlet Widow, and said, "But, Director... there must be a reason for this assassin to kill me, right?"
"I, a newly appointed Head of the Political Department, haven’t done anything yet to provoke an assassin from the black market. Isn’t that a bit unreasonable?"
Hearing Qiu Tu’s words, Yan Chen’s eyelids drooped as if in deep thought.
After a moment, he turned his back and spoke solemnly, "It must be the United Front...."
"You have been eradicating the United Front lately, and you must have finally drawn their attention."
"So... they sent an assassin after you.
The Scarlet Widow used to be a member of the United Front, only later did she leave the United Front and become a common black market assassin. But in fact... she has always maintained a slender connection with the United Front."
If I’m not mistaken, she has most likely been commissioned by the United Front to launch this attack on you."
As he said this, Yan Chen opened his eyes, his murky pupils fixed on Qiu Tu as he slowly spoke, "Qiu Tu, I will definitely give you a satisfying resolution to this matter."
"Your blood will not have been shed in vain."
He probably knew that it was no longer possible not to offer something up at this point.
So Yan Chen said, "I remember that in the report you submitted yesterday, you found that the United Front has been operating a black market base in Xinjie City for many years."
"There are as many as several hundred members of the United Front entrenched there."
"Previously, I considered that Dongye State had just been established, and stability was paramount, so I did not agree to your eradication plan."
"Now... I approve it."
"It doesn’t matter if you’re injured, you can designate an officer to lead the team and then dispatch troops from the Special Service Department to surround and suppress them."
Everyone present was shrewd. How could they not understand Yan Chen’s words.
Put simply, Yan Chen was offering his price to shut Qiu Tu up: the credit for taking down a United Front base.
Moreover, the operation to eradicate this United Front base would be managed by Yan Chen, but the credit would be distributed by Qiu Tu.
Honestly, the condition can only be considered fair, not extremely generous.
But Yan Chen had no other chips to play in this matter...
So, the middle and high-level officials present didn’t think the aggressive Qiu Tu would accept.
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Then, unexpectedly, something surprising happened.
Upon hearing Yan Chen’s offer, Qiu Tu smiled....
He nodded and said, "Then I thank you, Director."
"I’ll have my secretary deliver the list of personnel for this operation to Director Zhao later."
"This operation should be carried out swiftly, not slowly. It’s best to act tonight."
After saying this, Qiu Tu paused, then added, "After all... the assassin failed to kill me and didn’t return to report, which could easily alert the other party."
Seeing that Qiu Tu actually agreed to the condition, a flash of surprise crossed Yan Chen’s murky eyes.
He instinctively felt that something was amiss, as if he had fallen into a trap set by Qiu Tu. However... his mind raced, but he couldn’t figure out what Qiu Tu’s scheme was.
On the contrary, having witnessed the whole assassination process, he knew that Qiu Tu wasn’t really injured; the wounds were self-inflicted afterwards.
Could it be... that Qiu Tu also knew that continuing to stalemate would lead nowhere?
Maybe he didn’t really get hurt, so he decided to accept the best offer?
With that thought in mind, although Yan Chen still felt uneasy, now that Qiu Tu had come forward voluntarily, and since it was indeed a plausible explanation, he temporarily suppressed his doubts and agreed....
And so, a huge storm ended in an anticlimactic way.
As the middle and high-level officials dispersed, they shared Yan Chen’s confusion, but since both parties had settled, they had no reason to delve deeper. Thus, they left the scene with their questions unanswered....
