Chapter 2396, Chapters 2465–2466: Preparing to Dig a Pit
"I see. Deciding whether to hand over the mecha through a wager gives both sides a way out. Of course, that requires both sides to have enough confidence in their own strength. Never mind them—Knight Bismark seems quite confident in me."
Xiao Ran smiled politely. His words were merely courtesy, but he had long guessed that the matter of the mecha would ultimately be decided by this battle. Charles's intentions were already obvious, but deciding whether the Crimson Knights would hand over the mecha in this manner was indeed a more acceptable approach for both sides.
However, Xiao Ran believed that no matter which side won, Charles must have offered something else and agreed to other conditions from the Crimson Knights before they were willing to "retreat" that step.
Yet in Xiao Ran's view, this was simply the Crimson Knights' strategy of advancing by retreating against Britannia. Putting himself in their shoes, when Xiao Ran joined a faction during a mission, regardless of whether he secretly coveted the entire faction, he was extremely generous with mecha and technology in order to strengthen both the faction and himself. Suitable people received suitable mecha, and he would even provide technology to manufacture standard mecha for more people to use. After all, once he joined a faction, its prosperity and disgrace became his own.
Xiao Ran did not believe that the Crimson Knights would truly keep all their technology hidden away without revealing anything. It was normal not to hand over core technology, but providing some mecha to suitable users would not merely make Britannia stronger—it would also help themselves.
Since they were being so secretive, could it be that the Crimson Knights had deliberately arranged things this way in order to obtain more