Combat Literacy

Sheriff thought it through. He no longer wanted to vouch for this kind of bullshit either. "What do you suggest?"

Qu Jianlei replied in a deep voice, "Hand over the people colluding with the Norton Family, and naturally there won't be any 'next time.'"

"That's impossible." Sheriff had grown accustomed to rejecting the other party's proposals and refused again without hesitation.

Of course, he knew how to compromise as well. "We'll handle it internally, but that has nothing to do with you."

They would indeed handle it internally. The Anti-Smuggling Department had suffered such major losses that it had to give itself an explanation.

That was not Qu Jianlei's goal. "Then what if someone says my video was fabricated? How would you see that?"

The question was rather strange. Sheriff froze for a moment—would anyone really pick at that? But after that brief surprise, he understood. Someone might indeed raise the issue, but it was even more likely that the video really was fake! If it were only a crippled warship, fabrication was unlikely. But he had said yesterday... that he had repaired it! Still, Sheriff knew exactly how to deal with this sort of thing.

So he answered calmly, "Whether it's real or fake... that's for technical personnel to analyze. It has nothing to do with me."

Qu Jianlei's face darkened. "It has nothing to do with you, so you don't intend to take responsibility, is that it?"

"Responsibility?" Sheriff frowned. "What does the authenticity of your video have to do with me?"

"Then couldn't I just edit together a video and send it over?" Qu Jianlei said with a dark expression. "Why would I need to actually destroy it?"

"Well..." Sheriff felt that the other party had a point, but something about it still seemed wrong. After thinking