After speaking with the Conservative Party Candidate and the Committee Chairman, he hung up the phone.
He suddenly felt extremely tired.
Their conclusion that their subordinate had been robbed and killed in a home invasion was, in reality, another way of telling him that the combination of Conner and Lin Qi was no joke.
Conner's connections in federal politics, Lin Qi's boldness, meticulousness, and endless array of methods, not to mention his immeasurable wealth...
He really was no match for them.
At the very least, he would never dare arrange for someone to kill their subordinates. Even after he or his bodyguards discovered that someone was watching him, he still would not dare do such a thing.
He did not dare do it himself, nor did he dare have his bodyguards or trusted aides do it! This was murder, after all. If it was not handled cleanly, it would cause endless trouble. Yet the other side had done it without the slightest hesitation!
Rules, order, and the way the game was played held no sway over them.
When they had the advantage, they played by the rules with you. You were already weaker than them, and with the rules binding you, you were even less of a match for them.
When they did not have the advantage, they broke the rules and used Outside Maneuvers against you. Fighting back might lead to even more trouble, while refusing to fight back meant immediately falling into a disadvantageous position.
Just like now, if he did not send people to continue investigating Conner and collecting Conner's Black Materials, Congress might directly appoint Conner as president in the end, leaving him to lose everything.
If he sent people to continue investigating Conner, they might be assassinated.
At the same time, what was he supposed