Although Nie Yun had expected Twin Stars to seek help for the safety of their homeworld, the person who came was something of a surprise.
"Chairman Kruze?"
"We meet again."
The hologram's lighting effects were lifelike, clearly revealing Chairman Kruze's slightly haggard complexion.
Clearly, the grave crisis facing his homeworld had left him overwhelmed lately.
"Let's get straight to the point. What do you want this time?"
"What do you mean, Mr. Chairman? I don't quite understand." Nie Yun froze for a moment, then played dumb.
"An exchange of equal value-isn't that your organization's usual principle for doing business?
"If we want you to save the Twin Stars homeworld, I imagine you've already decided on your price. Please, name it." Kruze's voice was calm.
"Uh..." Nie Yun hadn't expected him to be quite so direct.
But keep it together. Make the smile sincere, and don't look too greedy!
Nie Yun smiled. "As expected of the chairman."
"Heh! I've merely lived a few more years and learned to recognize the situation for what it is," Kruze said helplessly.
Ants on a hot pan-that perfectly described Twin Stars at the moment. The longer this dragged on, the more agonizing it became.
"I imagine you foresaw this situation when you sent your forces into Twin Stars territory. Or perhaps... you engineered this situation yourselves?"
"Huh?" Nie Yun blinked innocently.
"You really are wronging us, Mr. Chairman. We couldn't control the Second Prince's decision to launch a surprise attack. Getting advance warning was already the best our organization could do."
"Heh..." Kruze smiled noncommittally.
Even if you couldn't control the Second Prince sending troops to attack, everything afterward probably followed your script...
*Never mind anything else. You could chase the Iron Wall Fleet around until they didn't dare fight back. With that kind of