Old Man Lu ground his back teeth until they creaked when he saw the pinned post on the Esper World Forum.
He fumed, "Do they take us for fools? How could we possibly fall for such an obvious trap?"
Lu Xingshen waved a large hand. "Nobody goes!"
After arriving at his office, Li Yao had made himself comfortable on the sofa. Hearing Old Man Lu angrily declare that they would not go, he looked up and said, "Is all you can see that this is a Hongmen Banquet?"
Old Man Lu: "???"
He fell silent.
Li Yao smiled. "Fine, we won't go. But what if the various parties attending the conference really reach some kind of agreement? Are we supposed to stand against the entire world by ourselves then?"
Although Esper factions had taken over the secular governments of various countries due to the disaster, those former secular powers had not simply vanished.
They were only keeping quiet for the time being.
The American Federation's conference was not merely inviting Esper factions. Secular powers had been invited as well.
When the time came, even if the Unified Administration Bureau formed and led by the Principal could suppress every Esper faction, what about those secular forces? Humanity had finally become united across the globe, and with one move from them, would it turn around and become a war between ordinary people and Espers?
That was entirely possible.
After Li Yao's string of arguments,
Old Man Lu said awkwardly, "Then... then I'll go!"
It was just a meeting, wasn't it?
Second Uncle is best at this!
Li Yao glanced at him again. "Second Uncle... life is short enough already. Why are you always trying to take shortcuts?"
Wasn't living good enough? Second Uncle was displeased.
After thinking it over, he said, "I