Bill and Jos were both intelligent men. Only intelligent men could obtain the power they now held within the Earth Federation and become two of its most influential politicians. Yet from Xiao Ran's words, they heard something else—something that shocked them and sent a tremor rising from the depths of their souls.
Rebels? Inheritors? The true Earth Federation? The current Earth Federation? And the Original Constitution Xiao Ran had mentioned? These five terms filled them with both shock and immense fear. Xiao Ran's meaning was also very clear: he had come to recruit them and seek the closest possible cooperation.
Xiao Ran's directness and candor left them with no room to maneuver. What should they do now? Pretend they knew nothing? Make empty promises and agree to whatever conditions Xiao Ran proposed, then tell the others about what had happened today? Or join Xiao Ran and the Anaheim Company's camp? No matter which of the three choices they made, they had no time to deliberate. They had to make up their minds right here and now.
The Moderate Faction could actually be considered true latecomers within the Earth Federation. The situation had not been as complicated as it was now when the Earth Federation had first been established. They had only truly entered the Federation's political arena in full after that bombing, when the Earth Federation's decision-making ranks had become severely depleted. The financial power represented by the Moderate Faction was also desperately needed by those Rebels, and so the Moderate Faction became part of the Earth Federation.
Xiao Ran watched the two men's exceedingly complicated expressions, maintaining his smile as he gave them more than three full minutes to think. Yet all they did was exchange glances, their expressions changing again and again, followed by sighs. They simply could