Duanmu Huai did want to visit that Extraterritorial Star System, but unfortunately, the negotiations that followed did not proceed nearly as smoothly.
True Clever and the other side held another round of negotiations. According to Duanmu Huai's wishes, the Inquisition had two conditions.
First, no Abomination Intelligence known as Intellitrons was allowed to enter the star systems under the Inquisition's jurisdiction. Any discovered there would be executed immediately.
Second, the Inquisition could serve as a bridge for the Interstellar Peace Company, introducing them to other factions for cooperation. In return, however, one-tenth of all trade between the Interstellar Peace Company and those factions had to be handed over to the Inquisition.
After all, only death and taxes must never be failed.
The Interstellar Peace Company quickly responded to these two conditions.
They could consider the first condition at their discretion, but the second... was impossible!
In the eyes of the Interstellar Peace Company, it was not unreasonable for the Inquisition to charge a referral fee for making an introduction. But taking a cut from every trade was another matter entirely. Besides, the Inquisition was not the political authority ruling these star systems. On what grounds did it deserve such a large share of the profits?
It made no sense at all!
Duanmu Huai, however, made it clear that the Inquisition was not here to reason with them. Either they paid, or they got lost!
Had it been Dadanier's Trade Federation, they might have haggled with the other side. After all, that was a merchant's nature. But the Inquisition was no commercial organization. Not to mention, the Interstellar Peace Company was essentially a religious institution, while Duanmu Huai was the God of Destruction. If another god wanted to meddle in his territory, they should consider themselves lucky he had not simply