The man looked at Mister Zhuan and said in a deep voice, "Comrade Zhuan, hello."
"Council Member Yu."
Mister Zhuan replied stiffly.
His impression of this man ran very deep.
Back in the Purity Faction, under Mister Guan's leadership, a large group of people, including his elder brother, had upheld a certain ideal:
They wanted to actively support the younger generation and bring in more outstanding young talents, rather than rigidly clinging to old rules.
To that end, it was acceptable to loosen the standards somewhat. The Great Collision would not wait, and with the competition from the various factions, they needed more talent.
This was a reform initiated from within. In its early stages, it had indeed achieved considerable results and brought in much fresh blood. Many younger members had displayed their talents, and the faction had shown a thriving vitality. The Purity Faction's influence in multiple Central Cities had greatly increased.
Thus, the group that upheld this ideal had for a time become the largest and most influential faction within the Purity Faction.
But after what happened with Zhao Zhenye, everything changed. The ideals they had practiced were completely overturned.
Mister Guan had stepped forward to bear the greatest responsibility, while a number of principled and responsible young people had applied for posting duties in the Convergence Zone and the World Ring in order to restore their reputations.
They were the younger generation, after all. Some of them were not truly strong enough to go there. Yet driven by guilt and a simple desire to prove themselves, they had insisted on going. The person responsible for approving those applications had been the man before them.
He only needed to block them, but instead he had opened the way and allowed those young people—who had possessed the greatest ideals,