Even before the banquet began, all sorts of signs had already indicated that the Chief Political Officer's office was prepared. Yet Xin Hui and the others had still gone all in and launched their operation. It didn't make much sense. The only explanation was that both sides knew something about each other, and Xin Hui's group had been forced to take a risk. As the Chief Political Officer had said, kidnapping and holding him hostage wasn't the most important thing. What mattered most was getting the people in the banquet hall out.
Xin Hui gritted her teeth. "Are you going to kill everyone in here?"
"They'll be killed by the rebel faction left behind by the previous Chief Political Officer. What does that have to do with me?" The Chief Political Officer made no attempt to hide his intentions.
The officials from the Chief Political Officer's office and the government leaders who had been waiting for him to save them couldn't help staring at him in shock. The white-haired old man glanced at one of the players beside him.
"There's something in the wine." After testing it with an item, the player said, "But I can't tell what it is. It's not poison, though."
The Chief Political Officer smiled faintly. "If it's not poison, then it must be fungal fluid. You want to use the government leaders to carry the fungus out and turn Clown City into an infected city again. You're taking an even bigger gamble than I am."
"You drank the wine too." Xin Hui glared at him bitterly.
The Chief Political Officer raised a hand, and someone beside him immediately took out a syringe and injected it into his arm. "Over the years, plenty of people have brought back data from fungal nests. There are only a