With a Turn of the Hand, Clouds Gather

After the City Governor's banquet dinner.

Cheng Han immediately became a rising star.

Under the identity of "Baza," he moved out of the cluster of Tree Hollows where the lowest-ranking poor lived.

However.

Cheng Han did not move into the upscale residential district in the upper levels of Sky Tower Green Basket, despite the City Governor's office assigning him a rather beautiful residence.

He chose to live in a lower-middle-class civilian neighborhood alongside numerous ordinary Green Basket People.

This was yet another unconventional move.

It was also necessary.

Because Baza's persona was that of the Green Basket People's leader—someone who strove to secure benefits for the Green Basket People while also being willing to compromise with the Myriad Heavens Race.

In a word.

It was a path of peaceful struggle.

Since he had decided to become a leader, how could he distance himself from the Green Basket People's community? The next day.

When Cheng Han entered the Conscription Office once more, he was met by a sea of hostile gazes, all of them belonging to Green Basket People.

The reason was simple.

His proposal to the City Governor to send conscription officers to the battlefield had directly offended everyone.

Inside the Director's office.

The Secretary reported a piece of gossip. "Director, Deputy Director Baza's chair leg was deliberately damaged. When he sat down, he nearly fell."

"Pfft!"

The Director spat out a mouthful of tea, his face twitching. "Which bastard was devious enough to do that?"

He immediately asked, "How did Deputy Director Baza react?"

The Secretary's expression was somewhat strange. "The Deputy Director didn't say a word. He carried the chair out of the Conscription Office and went to a repair shop to have it fixed."

The Director was a little surprised, but after thinking it over, he felt