"I really do think our conversations are getting more and more dangerous. People used to tell me that professional soldiers shouldn't meddle in politics." Rozers sighed, sounding as though his ideals had lost their purity.
"And then?" Yu Lian smiled.
"Well, back when I was a student, I believed that wholeheartedly. Now that I think about it, it really is a false premise."
"It's not a false premise. It's a relative term with a lot of room for interpretation." Yu Lian shrugged, then mused, "Still, you're right about one thing. Now that the Pioneer Party is a legal political party in the Commonwealth, it would be a shame not to engage in a little parliamentary maneuvering. Honestly, we're not going to gain much experience in political struggle otherwise."
Why do I get the feeling you just want to watch the fireworks?
"The collusion between businesspeople and gangsters gives us a perfect way in." Yu Lian pondered this for a moment, then continued, "If we can prove that some public figure was pulling strings behind the scenes and deliberately stirring up this unrest, wouldn't that give the chairman a chance to... Ah, no, I mean my new president, a chance to make an example of a few people?"
"But the Blue Label Group has always been an ally of President Nishita's..."
"But the current regional governor and regional council in New Atlantis are in the hands of the Co-Prosperity Party. Besides, that's all the more reason for him to keep control of the investigation."
His own party, the Friends of Governance, couldn't get too involved, or people would see it as political infighting. But the Pioneer Party—his "ally," waving the banner of civil rights and progress while bringing a third-party perspective—was the perfect tool.
Rozers thought it over, then said, "...Deep