Chapter 1618: Do you want to cooperate in 1617?

Tan Rou said, “Don’t waste time thinking about who sent the message. Instead, let’s focus on researching the antidote. We still have to solve the great secret of the flute and find the person who can play it. There’s a whole pile of things waiting to be done. We should not waste time anymore.”

Samiyi nodded, “Yes, I will increase manpower for these tasks and strive to develop the antidote as soon as possible.”

In a basement inside the royal city, where Gand, usually very calm, was now losing his temper. He yelled, “That despicable woman, I want to kill her! No, I want to capture her, turn her into the strongest warrior, and have her lead the charge!” Bata stood by, not saying a word.

“Mr. Gand, you seem a bit angry,” Faler said slowly as he approached, his tone leisurely as if there was not a rush in the world.

Gand, seeing Faler, couldn’t contain his anger, “It’s all your brilliant idea, why did you introduce that woman to us? If not for her, we wouldn’t have lost a base.”

Faler calmly replied, “Don’t push the blame onto me. The person I asked you to capture wasn’t that foreign woman. But you did have an unexpected gain; that woman is indeed formidable, isn’t she?”

“Yes,” Gand snapped back, “So formidable that she destroyed my entire base, all my hard work wasted–those were all money!”

Faler looked up at Gand, “Are you short of money?”

Gand pursed his lips, “Yes, I’m not short of money, but there’s no need to waste so much money!”

Faler chuckled softly, “Mr. Gand, if you want to achieve great things, you can’t mind these small losses.”

Gand slammed the table, “Easy for you to say. Do you know what we’ve lost? We left the machines for developing new drugs there, and if we want to research again, we’ll have to ask those ‘Wild Wolves’ for them again, who will only swindle us and aren’t truly interested in helping us.”

Faler said calmly, “Since those external Wild Wolves will swindle us, why not try cooperating with the local ‘dogs’?”

Gand didn’t understand what he meant, and Faler continued, “Your idea, Mr. Gand, is to overthrow the current royal family’s rule, to prevent them from having the king among themselves, so why not try becoming the king yourself?”

“I’m not interested in that position,” Gand didn’t want to be king; it was a sure way to a short life.

“You could promote a puppet king,” Faler suggested, “Then you can be the true king in the shadows, do whatever you please without anyone affecting you.”

“Oh? His Royal Highness, didn’t you say you weren’t interested in the royal family’s rule?” Gand said with a half-smile, “So why are you now getting involved in their struggle?”

Faler laughed, “I just loathe this country, loathe the rule of the royal family. As long as the royal family exists, I cannot sleep peacefully.”

Gand rejected Faler’s suggestion, “Sorry, I’m not interested in ruling this country either, nor do I want to be a king. I just want to lead my Dawn Society toward a bright future and not engage in such madness.”

Faler didn’t even want to hear Gand talk; he knew Gand too well, having been a spy leader for many years. What secrets were there in this country that he didn’t know? He had already thoroughly investigated Gand’s background.

“Mr. Gand, I genuinely want to offer advice. Since you don’t want to listen, there’s no need for me to continue,” Faler said, pulling out a stack of rolled-up papers from his sleeve. “Here are the nobility secrets that Samiyi has been wanting. You might find them helpful.”

Gand rudely accepted them, “Even if you give me these, I won’t act according to your suggestions.”

Faler said indifferently, “No worries, I’ve reached this age already. Even if I wanted to compete for something, I no longer have the capacity to.”

After speaking, Faler leisurely walked away.

When Gand was alone, he opened the documents. Inside were details about the nobility, all info tainting their reputations, each one enough to land those nobles in prison for more than three years.

“This really is a good thing,” Gand said with a smile.