Three-Faced Spy, Plotting with a Tiger

"Cooperation?" Shi Tiexin was utterly astonished. He truly had not expected Wang Dafa to come up with something like this, and could not help saying, "Brother Fa, we wiped out New Purge, swept aside the Yamagata House, and even raided their secret base. At a moment like this, can we still talk about cooperation?"

Wang Dafa sat upright, ambition blazing in his eyes. "Opposition and cooperation are not contradictory. Only when it hurts can we perhaps cooperate better. This world is not a zero-sum game, but one of checks and balances. I think we have a chance to borrow a chicken to lay our eggs."

Shi Tiexin still could not accept it. "But what exactly could we cooperate with them on?"

Wang Dafa gave a mysterious smile. "No matter how capable they are, there will always be things they cannot do that we can. Complementary strengths and aligned interests—that gives us something to discuss. What do you think?"

Shi Tiexin looked at Wang Dafa, so confident and so secretive, unable to understand where he got such overwhelming confidence. Still, he said solemnly, "Brother Fa, we must stay wary of this force. They are too terrifying, too insane, too mysterious, and too strange. They are not a good target for cooperation."

"Besides, I think our interests are not merely misaligned—they diverge greatly. They are arrogant and reckless. By every measure, they are an extremist organization bent on domination and invasion. Brother Fa, you have great ambitions, but your ambitions and their goals are like fire and water. How could a force like this possibly be approached for cooperation?"

"They are an enemy through and through!"

Wang Dafa's expression relaxed, and he raised a hand. "All right, all right, don't get worked up. I never said we absolutely had to cooperate with