Bottom Line, Changing Formation

Hearing that Leo had completely given up on the Bull Clan and intended to treat them as a disposable pawn, even Hawk fell silent. His gaze toward Leo became exceptionally complicated. At that moment, he suddenly understood why, after learning of Leo's existence, Governor John had specifically instructed him to teach the boy the Maslow Quotations. Because if he did not, then with Leo's near-monstruous intelligence, once he became one of their commanders—

For the sake of victory, he would likely stop at nothing. Even abandoning his own conscience and stabbing allies in the back would not be out of the question. But fortunately, the Governor's World-Shaking Wisdom had identified this problem in advance, so it was not too late.

With that thought, Hawk slowly exhaled, then calmly spoke as he fanned himself with the feather fan in his hand.

"If it were only about victory, then Leo, your judgment would indeed be correct."

"...Then what is the problem?"

"The problem is that you have not considered the consequences of doing this."

Looking at Leo's tightly furrowed brow, Hawk unhesitatingly pointed out his mistake.

"Once we betray an ally like this, Faoken's credibility among the other clans will plummet. We will become someone no one dares cooperate with. Because they will have no way of knowing whether they will be the next ones betrayed."

"During the Fauken Campaign, Governor John also said that betrayal comes in only zero times or countless times. Once you start, it becomes impossible to make amends. Of course, that is not the most important part. The most important thing is that the Governor will never permit us to treat allies as disposable pawns, even if doing so truly would let us seize victory as quickly as possible. The bottom line of being human is more