R15 had been made somewhat unsure of himself by what we said.
R5 continued, "By doing this, you've cut off every route of retreat we have. You heard what Mr. Jiang said. In order to protect us, they had to put in a great deal of effort to persuade the people above. Otherwise, dealing with us would have been easy for them. Do you think hiding in this space means they won't find you? Don't forget that Miss Ye said at the negotiating table that they had already mastered technology for locating different spaces through multiple coordinates. As long as they can determine this space's coordinates, they can easily destroy it. When that happens, we'll all be finished."
I took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire. "That's right. You don't have much time left. Once our superiors feel that you haven't kept your word, or that I haven't persuaded you and have instead put myself in danger, do you think they'll still refrain from acting? What you're doing has already seriously threatened Great Xia's security."
Once things were elevated to that level, setting off a firework was not out of the question.
"No. R105 said you were important—far more important than anyone else. So they won't just stand by and watch you die."
I really didn't think I was that important.
"I don't think I'm all that important." I shrugged.
R15 looked at R5. "Besides, things have already come to this. Even if I wanted to help you, what could I do?"
But R5 said, "There's still a lot you can do. For example, help me regain control of the team."
R15 gave a bitter smile. "That won't be easy. R105 is very good at stirring things up, and he's already started brainwashing everyone. He's also made promises