"There's more..."
Hearing Rita's words, even the cunning old minister could not help feeling somewhat uneasy. His demand for the Imperial Arms had already filled him with regret. What else did this woman want now?
But faced with Rita as she was now, he did not dare refuse outright. He even had to make his outward attitude more accommodating, lest she develop a grudge against him.
Still, upon thinking it over carefully, this woman who controlled three Imperial Arms was now one of his own people. Powerful individuals naturally deserved special treatment.
As long as she remained under his control, Rita could be considered one of his trump cards!
"It's nothing major. I've spent some time in the Imperial Capital and found that the personnel in those Security Department units... simply aren't very capable.
"Forget about capturing spies from hostile factions—even their work maintaining public order is an utter mess."
Rita's tone was already quite restrained. She was only one step away from directly saying that most of the Security Team personnel were nothing but useless drunks and freeloaders, with barely a capable person among them!
"I heard that quite a few people in the Imperial Capital have been assassinated these past few months, and intelligence has even been lost, right? Worse still... Dangerous Species made it all the way into the center of the Imperial Capital before anyone noticed..."
Rita was not lying about this. Although Night Raid had yet to appear at this time, she had discovered that quite a few assassins and spies from hostile forces had infiltrated the Imperial Capital.
Not long ago, several Dangerous Species had somehow slipped into the heart of the Imperial Capital. Until those Dangerous Species exposed themselves, the capital's garrison forces had failed to notice them.
"Director Rita is right. I