Shi Da moved swiftly this time. Once he decided to visit Lazuli, he immediately sent someone to deliver a formal calling card. It arrived that morning, and the meeting took place that afternoon.
Partly, Shi Da was worried that delays might lead to complications. He also had other people to meet after seeing Lazuli.
West Blue was vast, and plenty of people were worth forming alliances with. After all, Shi Da was not Shi Kaiyuan.
Even ordinary local powers would make very welcome additions to Shi Da's strength as he was now.
However, his haste gave Lazuli the perfect excuse to decline the meeting and have Weiss receive him instead.
When Shi Da arrived at Blue Route's headquarters and learned that Lazuli was away from the company and Weiss would be receiving him, his expression turned rather peculiar.
Still, he showed no anger or displeasure. After all, he had stood her up before. It was understandable if she felt annoyed and returned the favor once.
At least Lazuli had arranged for someone to receive him. Her absence might have some effect on his attempt to forge an alliance, but not much.
Shi Da never imagined that Lazuli had refused to meet him simply because she did not like him.
As the deputy Lind had personally assigned to Lazuli, Weiss was outstanding in every respect except his somewhat lacking combat strength.
At the very least, he was far better than Lazuli at dealing with people. His manner put Shi Da completely at ease, and Shi Da praised him as a true gentleman.
Thanks to Weiss's masterful diplomacy, Shi Da soon put the slight displeasure caused by Lazuli's absence behind him and focused on discussing an alliance with Weiss.
Since this was their first meeting, they were still unfamiliar with each other,