Inside a federal building.
After a few days of waiting, the Federation, which had completed other processes, had also completed the first round of formal negotiations without success. Tang Xueluan also arranged Ma En to the second round of negotiations on behalf of the Shu family. This was also the moment they were in Here's the reason.
Tang Xueluan led Ma En forward inside the building:
"We are now going to meet the other negotiating members. They are composed of many members from different camps. The first is Zhao Guanwu, who you have also met. He will lead the entire negotiation on behalf of the Federation. Mr. Zhao is a top powerhouse. At the same time, he also understands Shenxiao better than most of us.
"This is not to say that he knows something we don't know, but that he can see more of the same information. It is not easy to understand the ability of the Skywalker or even to make an accurate judgment about it. Mr. Zhao, who found a way to counter the prophecy, undoubtedly has a deep understanding of her abilities that we cannot match.
"Then there is Mr. Diao Ying, whom you are most familiar with. He will serve as an expert in the field of mind and psychology and will participate in this negotiation on behalf of the entire investigation department. In this capacity, he should actually be at odds with you, because the investigation department itself and The Advisory Department is actually contradictory. The emergence of the Advisory Department is a provocation to their power. The Federation obviously wants to use us to check and balance them.
"But I guess we shouldn't worry about Shadow, because from what I hear you and him seem to have a good personal relationship, right?"
Mahn did not deny:
"We have had some contact, but I can't say for sure that we don't have to worry about him. After all, our so-called friendship may not be as important as the current conflict between the Investigation Department and the Consulting Department."
If you don't consider that he privately solved "Shu Yun's problem" for Ying, then this may be the case, but in fact, when Ying introduced Tang Xueluan and the Reform Sect to him, he mentioned in a very subtle way that the Advisory Department and the Investigation Department were not the same. Man.
And although he said at that time that Ma En could come to the Investigation Department, he did not really seriously invite him. In addition to the reason he said at the time that he could not provide enough resources, it was also because it was actually inappropriate.
Shadow knew that Ma En could not trust him in his heart, and he could not trust Ma En, let alone the investigation department led the pursuit and killing of the Salvation Alliance. If Ma En really joined Shadow's command, he would probably still He will be suspected and assassinated by his former companions.
"But you just said we don't need to worry about him." Ma En said with some confusion, "Am I someone I should worry about?"
Tang Xueluan nodded:
"Yes, but don't worry, this is nothing compared to the problems you had to face in the Salvation League before.
"For example, although Mr. Zhao, the representative of the institute, is a member of the institute, his status is closer to that of a non-staff member such as an employee of the advisory department. In fact, there are quite a few such members in the federation, and their existence is also that of consultants. The origin of the department.
"And the one who truly represents the institute is Kania, whom you have just met."
Ma En blinked in confusion:
"I thought we got along just fine."
Tang Xueluan nodded and said:
"Yes, but the problem is that there are conflicts between the institute and our advisory department. To be precise, the advisory department itself was established under the leadership of members of the Rongbang faction represented by our Shu family, and the institute has been at odds with members of the neoliberal faction over the years. closer.
"The neo-liberal faction and the Rongbang faction are in serious opposition within the federation, so Kania's situation and Shadow's situation seem somewhat similar to ours, but she and Shadow have two completely different aspects.
"First of all, she doesn't have the same status as Shadow, so she can't put her own preferences before her position. Secondly, she won't give you any special treatment just because she has worked with you for a while. Let's put it this way...
"Even if you and Kania have worked together for decades, I'm afraid she won't care about your life at all. This guy's indifference and arrogance are engraved in his bones. I always feel that these research institutes are more powerful than politicians and businessmen. They are still selfish, they are the bastards who really put their own interests together...
"It's just that most of the time their interests are not as aligned with the majority as those of politicians and businessmen.
People are pitted against each other, and even sometimes their actual selfish ways work to your advantage, so much so that you end up liking these guys, but if I say it's just good luck.
"You just happen to have similar interests, but you won't always be so lucky, especially when you are both inside the behemoth of the Federation. I think you should have heard about her teacher.
"These researchers have no moral bottom line at all."
Although Tang Xueluan is not completely considered a true federal politician and has only recently returned to the federation through her family, these words were a bit strange when she said them, but Ma En, who had met Alice, had to admit that she It's not completely unreasonable.
And these last few sentences are also Tang Xueluan secretly revealing something to Ma En - the conversation between him and Kania is not a secret.
Tang Xueluan continued:
"But her potential threat to us is actually not high among the remaining members. It's not that I don't think she is as crazy as my teacher, but simply because she is the least powerful among the negotiating members.
"You also know the name of the next dangerous person, the Taoist Xiaoyao I mentioned to you last time."
Ma En looked a little strange and said:
"I remember you said at that time that he might be in love with me."
Tang Xueluan said:
"But it's just a possibility. In fact, he has no obvious hostility towards us, and as a member of the advisory department, he should theoretically be in the same camp as us, but I am still a little worried about him.
"Because the Advisory Department was actually established for guys like him and Mr. Zhao. Taoist Xiaoyao is quite dangerous and powerful, and he is not willing to accept the restraints of the federation at all, let alone the fact that the federation actually needs help from him.
"You can definitely think that the conditions we gave him can be regarded as the most relaxed. It is precisely because of this that Xiaoyao Taoist has officially joined us on the surface, but in fact he can still be regarded as a free agent independent of us. .
"And this means that he does not need to abide by our rules, and you have enmity with him. Although Shadow went to him personally and reached a condition that may be quite good for him, it is difficult for us to say what he is. Are you really convinced?
"Actually, his behavior of helping us made me feel even more weird. If he had done nothing, I might not have been nervous, but the fact that he suddenly spoke for us made me a little worried about whether he had ulterior motives.
"As far as I know, his personality is also very abnormal, and we all feel that he is not a good person.
"So while there aren't any obvious problems, I still want you to be wary of him."
