Not far from the government office building of the Lehrmar Islands, Lin Qi calmly watched everything from behind the glass window.
He held a wineglass in his hand and gently rotated his wrist, sending the golden liquid swirling counterclockwise.
More and more people gathered outside the government building. The dissatisfaction that had built up during this period—dissatisfaction with the president and the ruling party—had been completely detonated by one "high-handed and unreasonable" Shutdown Order! The number of people involved was not yet very large, but this would take time. For now, people simply needed to know this was happening.
The noisier it grew outside, the calmer Lin Qi became inside. He did not quite understand why the Federal President had suddenly decided to struggle a little. It was clearly only hastening his own death.
The only thing he was hesitating over was whether to smash the Federal President's backbone with one blow! If a clash between the police and civilians broke out now...
He quickly dismissed the thought. It was not because he was particularly merciful, but because the time had not yet come.
This was not an excuse. If he knocked the Federal President flat right now and forced him to resign in disgrace, the Self-Government Party might very well come to power.
If they took office just as the National Bank collapsed, the newly appointed president might not last long either. So the Federal President could step down, but only after shouldering all the blame.
Lin Qi drained the wine in his glass in one gulp, then turned to look at the Loan Department supervisor of the Lehmer National Bank, who sat somewhat stiffly on the sofa.
Because he had a lending relationship with the Lehmer National Bank—and a very large one at that—he had come to know