Xia Ke'an quietly shifted the topic away.
Or rather, this was the real reason she had wanted to speak with Xu Shi alone.
"...You secretly supported the Long Saber Party, supplied them with excessive weaponry, then wiped out Disgu amid the chaos and annexed District Six... That broke the balance that Night Sin City—or rather, the Six Great Conglomerates—had maintained all this time."
The white-haired loli cleared her throat and analyzed the situation seriously. "Night City won't let this go... Don't tell me you haven't considered this problem at all."
Xu Shi did not answer, merely listening quietly as she continued.
The truth was, he had naturally guarded against this. From the moment he had sought out Ding Jun, he had already considered such a possibility.
He did understand the so-called balance between conglomerates. Long ago, his father had told him that after the two massive interest complexes, Tianhe and Refraction, had been destroyed, Night Sin City had once fallen into a state of utter chaos.
Not to mention the second-rate companies below them fighting until their heads were bloodied, ordinary residents had suffered even more. It had been like a living hell... In the end, everyone realized no one could dominate alone, so they reluctantly stopped and gradually divided up their territories.
At least, that was how things stood now. Each conglomerate had its own system, standing against one another like an established secular convention. City Hall acted as a lubricant in the middle, and the situation had gradually stabilized. None of them wanted major friction with the others anymore.
But his actions had indeed shattered that balance, or at least damaged Night City's interests.
As one of the top forces in Night Sin City, Night City was actually the most unusual among the Six Great Conglomerates.
For one