Window dressing?
"They do serve as window dressing, but that's not all they're there for."
"Don't you think that, to increase our chances of success, some people will have to be sacrificed?"
"You wouldn't want to sacrifice yourself, would you? Neither would I. That leaves only them."
Chen Changan hadn't expected Su Tiandao to voice such thoughts outright. Was he leaving himself completely unguarded around him?
That was absolutely impossible. How could someone like Su Tiandao ever let his guard down?
Then what exactly did he mean? Did he really think so highly of Chen Changan? Wasn't he afraid that saying this would put Chen Changan on guard against him, too?
"City Lord Su, you certainly are frank. But aren't you afraid that being this frank will make people read more into it?"
"If you can sacrifice these people, I imagine you could sacrifice us at a critical moment as well?"
At Chen Changan's words, Su Tiandao nodded without hesitation. His blunt honesty almost made Chen Changan laugh aloud.
Had he not learned what sort of person Su Tiandao was before coming, he really might have mistaken him for an utterly forthright scoundrel.
But a man like Su Tiandao was no mere scoundrel, and he certainly wasn't forthright. He was deeply calculating.
"I wouldn't do that unless I had no other choice. But everyone is selfish. Between your lives and mine, I would certainly choose my own. I believe you would make the same choice, wouldn't you?"
"You're right, City Lord Su. If I had no other choice, I would protect my own people first. I don't care whether anyone else lives or dies."
"On that point, we think alike."
"Since you've already told us so much, City Lord Su, could you tell us a little more about the Demon