Provocation

"How very weak."

Xu Yue had not been keeping track of developments in the Germany Zone in real time while on the train.

Operations were entirely handled by the enhanced Jarvis according to the plans he had laid out, while Aili watched over things and made adjustments at headquarters.

Aside from those two, most of the Penguin Merchant Guild's branches in Europe were managed in detail by Ironclad Warriors under Jarvis's control. By comparison, the Laborer Group employees could only handle minor tasks and remained rather unaware of just how terrifying this merchant guild of theirs truly was.

So after arriving in Germany, entering a phone booth for the first time, and stepping into the Reincarnation Space of the Germany Zone, Xu Yue learned of the news spreading through the alleys like wildfire.

The Swastika Society had compromised.

They had backed down.

They had disappointed everyone...

Yet when Xu Yue read that news, a strange smile appeared on his face.

Backed down?

Fine, it could barely be considered backing down.

Since they did not want to smash up all their pots and pans in the Germany Zone, they had indeed softened first.

"Asians. That's a rare face. These days, even you people want to come here and take a slice of the pie?"

As Xu Yue stood on a street in the Germany Zone's Reincarnation Space, casually flipping through a newspaper while actually using the Penguin Merchant Guild's authority to search for information, an unfriendly voice came from beside him.

Looking up, he saw a somewhat slovenly figure dressed in what looked like a postal worker's uniform, though a Swastika Society badge was tied around his arm.

"Japan may be a rising empire, and it has been eroding our interests in the Far East. Now you're planning to reach your