Galente Federation President Jonah's visit to Saine was not an isolated incident.
Where had the president gotten so much money?
What he had brought out were Magic Coins, not the lower-value Federation Credits!
This money should have been secretly provided to Jonah by other Federation higher-ups and commercial tycoons.
They were all supporters of the president.
All along, Jonah had represented more than just himself.
He represented a vast group of vested-interest factions within the Galente Federation.
And Jonah and the others should not be mistaken for Money-scattering Boys.
He could take out billions of Magic Coins to bribe Saine today because, once the Galente Federation successfully joined the Wizard Alliance, they would gain returns a hundredfold, a thousandfold greater!
Or rather, they would be able to avert losses far exceeding that amount!
According to the surrender agreement, the war reparations the Galente Federation needed to pay Wizard Civilization were no trifling sum...
The little money they had taken out now did not even amount to a fraction of the remainder.
What Saine was more curious about now was whether some of the assets on the list Jonah had produced had been "reimbursed" through Congress.
Saine did not give Jonah a direct response because he knew that the Galente Federation could never join the Wizard Alliance during this Wizard Alliance Assembly.
Moreover, Saine remained cautious regarding the matter of accepting bribes.
Though he was hardly a good man, he would not sacrifice the interests of Wizard Civilization as a whole for immediate gain.
If it had been some irrelevant issue, Saine would have lent a hand.
What should have been a pleasant meeting between old friends had forcibly turned into something like a negotiation, leaving Saine somewhat speechless as he looked at Bond across from him.
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