The girl in a skin-tight suit and mask stood behind Shen He, her voice trembling with confusion and barely suppressed indignation.
For a moment, Shen He did not know how to answer Lin Yue's question.
"...Lin Yue, this is only temporary."
After a moment of silence, he sighed helplessly. "Spark must survive for our wish to have a chance of being realized... I don't want to live under Disgu's thumb either, but this is the only option we have."
That truly was how he felt.
Everyone knew how notoriously vile Disgu was in Sin City. This completely went against everything he had done before, and the reputation he had built over the years had been half ruined because of it.
Logically, the Long Saber Party might have had a slightly better reputation... but joining them was not realistic.
Leaving aside all the previous minor conflicts, the key issue was that the Long Saber Party controlled District Seven.
What had happened on the Huajin Plain had created a deep grudge between the two sides. The people of District Seven hated Spark so much they wished they could eat their flesh and sleep on their skins.
Ding Jun, the leader of the Long Saber Party, had even put out a bounty for Shen He's head... With his current strength, there was no way he could reconcile such a conflict.
There was even less need to mention Dragon City. As Sin City's hidden overlord, they simply had no interest in such a small force.
Under such circumstances, he could only grit his teeth and choose Disgu.
Zhang Shijun was quite willing to take in his former competitor. He not only gave Shen He control over several blocks, but also provided considerable weapons support.
It at least gave him a chance to recover for