"Are you really going over there?" Red Fox was the first to be startled.
The others reacted much the same way, because this was probably the first time Ronan had clearly indicated the "real purpose" of this operation.
What, you mean "dealing with Category Three Pollutants"?
With things blown up to this scale, who still believed that!
In the friends' group, everyone could not help getting a little excited:
"So we're just killing our way over?"
"Wouldn't calling it a 'visit' sound nicer?"
"Does President Gao over there know?"
"Seems like he spoke with Liu Jia and Mountain Lord. Is he already considering it?"
Ronan did not directly respond to everyone's speculations. He only said, "If we want to make something happen around the Great Golden Triangle on the North Shore, we need to find enough fulcrums to effectively change the environment—preferably stable ones."
Octopus went heh heh. "[Applause], good reason. I'll just pretend I understood."
Red Fox was a little uncertain instead. "So we're ignoring Joseph's Recruitment Order? It's a favor, no matter what."
Ronan was puzzled. "Why would you say that?"
"He saw Raven stop Nick, then seized the chance to issue that Recruitment Order. Wasn't it specifically to support you?" Red Fox became increasingly thorough in his considerations. "You strung Nick up on the Main Station Forum for everyone to whip. The whole world knows you two hate each other to the bone."
"Ah, it's not that serious."
Since Joseph had been mentioned, Zhang Yingying asked as well, "You're continuing south, so you're just going to watch Joseph watch Raven and Joker chat leisurely up there?"
The wording was convoluted, but not hard to understand. Ronan replied casually, "What else could I do? Go up there and keep them company?"
Then he replied to Red Fox, "No