Allies (Big Chapter Seeking Monthly Ticket)

"I hadn't expected you to come here tonight."

Kewei withdrew his gaze and looked toward the distant lights beneath the drizzling Rain Curtain.

"I hadn't expected to come here tonight either."

He Ao sighed softly as well, looking toward the distant lights.

Kewei stared into the darkness below and suddenly said, "If I hadn't been at the Command Center when you came tonight, but had gone to the Mayor's Residence instead, and you hadn't met me, wouldn't you have made this trip for nothing?"

"Not everyone would necessarily follow you."

He Ao lowered the Brass Cane in his hand. The hard brass cane touched the stone floor with a crisp sound. His gaze swept over the direction from which he had come; the densely packed Mecha and Dragon Rider Fighters still stood in the dark night sky.

He slowly said, "There would still be many City Defense Army soldiers here. They are all brave soldiers of Ilan, and I am the mayor of Ilan City."

Kewei turned around and gave the Old Man beside him a deep look.

Lynn had guessed correctly. There were not actually many troops truly loyal to Kewei himself, who could follow him in launching a coup.

If he had led his people to the Mayor's Residence, most of those left behind would not have been his core Followers.

Nor could he have told the City Defense Army soldiers staying behind that he was going to "overthrow the mayor." He would only have said it was a "drill."

Then, if Lynn arrived in the southern district in the mayor's name and showed a firm hand, he truly might have been able to unite the remaining soldiers there and cut off Kewei's retreat.

In the end, he sighed faintly. "It seems my 'understanding' of you has been