No Title Came to Mind for This Chapter

The Fire Nation's decision from its meeting reached Fang Zheng immediately— with the Omniscient Angel, unless the other side used a Legendary Level barrier or secrecy measure, there were no secrets in Fang Zheng's eyes.

As for the Fire Nation's idea... Fang Zheng did not take it to heart at all. He merely gave a cold laugh.

Crazy people had broad ideas; idiots had endless fun.

If the Fire Nation wanted to make a fuss, then let them make a fuss.

At least in Fang Zheng's view, the Fire Nation would have no chance of causing trouble for the Heavenly Dao Palace again anytime soon. Its army of fifty thousand had been wiped out, and the pensions alone would be enough to make the Fire Nation's council want to hang itself collectively. He had investigated the Fire Nation's financial flows through the Omniscient Angel. Fang Zheng probably knew exactly how much money the Fire Nation had better than its own finance minister did. If the Fire Nation had to pay those pensions by itself, the Vanriel Council would probably file for bankruptcy protection the very next day.

Of course, Vanriel would not pay that money itself. Fang Zheng could guess with his toes that Wealth Nation was certainly funding it from behind the scenes. Those two had been in cahoots for so many years that their routine had long been fixed: the Fire Nation provided manpower and effort, while Wealth Nation provided money and equipment...

So this financial crisis was, to the Fire Nation, merely a debt issue with Wealth Nation. It would not truly cripple it.

But for quite a long time, the Fire Nation would have to spend most of its time dealing with this mountain of headaches. As for the Heavenly Dao Palace... it would probably no