Good News

"How did the meeting go?"

As they drove away from the lights, Huai Shi in the driver's seat finally couldn't hold back his question.

"There was no result."

Only after a long while did Satenme, who had been resting with his eyes closed in the back seat, open them and slowly say, "The general does not intend to protect the Tanba Inner Circle, but he did not reject us outright either. He only said that he would take action if necessary."

"Then should we keep negotiating?" Huai Shi asked.

"It was nothing more than a politician's way of speaking. There is no need to continue."

Satenme murmured softly, "It was only a sliver of hope to begin with. At this point, it was foolish of me to expect to rely on others... Since we were born as hybrids, we cannot keep dreaming of salvation."

"Prepare for war with everything we have."

Amid the long silence, Huai Shi's phone suddenly vibrated.

A new email notification appeared on the navigation screen. The address was unknown, but one glance told him it was a message from that brat Amber.

The tax reform bill remains unresolved. The two parties are deadlocked, and the Emperor Emeritus has lost patience. Be prepared. In five days, the General No-Incident Order.

When it rains, it pours...

Huai Shi could not help sighing.

Couldn't Heaven send me some good news for once?

As though it had heard his prayer, flames suddenly burst from the distant woods. Steel rose into the sky with a blazing tail flame, aimed at them, then plunged down from above!

A sixty-millimeter "extra-large piece of good news" came straight at them.

RPG!

Huai Shi only had time to curse before slamming the accelerator to the floor and wrenching the wheel hard over. The car sharply