"No matter what things were like before, at least nothing major has gone wrong with things as they are now. What exactly are you agonizing over?"
At first, they had been somewhat worried, feeling that the current situation would still catch people off guard.
But now they realized that the difference was simply too great.
"Then I'd say there's nothing to discuss at all. What has everyone been doing all along? Is there really any need to keep this up?"
When the people at the base did these things, they had never considered what other problems might arise.
Or were they thinking about how to handle what came next?
"Isn't Jiang Lan here? What exactly are you talking about?"
In his view, the current situation was already far better than those they had spoken of before.
With so many people here at the base, the others were merely thinking about the problems involved.
"Even if Jiang Lan is here, that doesn't mean he can change all of this. I'd say none of this is that simple. Things can't just go however you want."
In short, the approach they spoke of this time was actually stranger than those that came later.
"Even if there really is something, so what? How far do you intend to go?"
He believed he had made himself clear enough this time, and there was no need to bring these things up again.
"Then what do you mean?"
In short, he would not joke about this at a time like this. Even if he really accomplished it, he would have to make his move elsewhere.
"Yes, you can think of it that way, and feel that these things now are somewhat different from that approach."
But there had already been friction between the two sides. If they