Capital.
The ashtray in front of the three Johnsons was already piled high with cigarette butts.
Fog City had been destroyed, and thousands had died in White Forest.
Either incident alone was enough to shake their standing in the Federation.
If they could not salvage the situation, they would be ousted before the negotiations even ended.
Originally, they had only wanted to use the lives of those hotheads from Chun Prefecture to gain a little leverage at the negotiating table.
They had never expected those people to be so fierce. The situation had gone completely beyond anyone's expectations.
Left with no choice, the three exchanged a look.
Now, there was only one way to preserve their positions.
They had to secure enormous concessions at the negotiating table.
Jin Mu drew a deep breath and decided to strike first. "Yang, if I remember correctly, Guan is the Dragon Kingdom's Commander-in-Chief, isn't he? What does his presence in the Federation amount to? Invasion. A declaration of war."
"If the Dragon Kingdom refuses to issue an apology and compensate us for the losses in Fog City and White Forest, the Federation will fight the Dragon Kingdom to the bitter end, even if it takes everything we have."
All three rose together, putting on a last-stand posture as they instructed their subordinates, "Order Qiao to wipe out the bandits in Congress at any cost."
"Issue a Level One Conscription Order. Let the Dragon Kingdom see the Federation's military strength."
Zhang Yang snorted coldly.
For all their bluster, this sort of trick could not fool anyone.
It was another Cowards' Game.
The Federation was acting as though it would stake everything on one final struggle, betting that the Dragon Kingdom would not dare wage an all-out war against it.
They hoped to force the Dragon