Chapter 1 The Threat

Tage felt a sense of humiliation and anger in the face of the Chi Army's threat. In the Bena military and political circles, he was a radical advocate of war, bullying the weak neighbors around him whenever he could. But today, someone had pinned him down and he couldn't resist.

After the old man died, what was the most important thing?!

Obviously, taking control of power and succeeding to the throne was the top priority. Other things could be put aside for now.

Calm down, now was the time to be calm!

Although Tage was irritable and ruthless in his external actions, he was definitely not an idiot. If he didn't have enough brains, he wouldn't have been able to sit firmly in the position of commander of the Blackwater Legion under the old man's suppression.

Standing in the meeting hall, Tage thought carefully for a moment, then immediately ordered his adjutant, "Get me the hotel room phone. I want to communicate directly with the people from the Hua region."

"Yes, General," the adjutant replied immediately.

...

Inside the hotel suite.

Hou Guoyu and the others had already dragged the corpses by their legs and piled them in the spare bedroom. The entire room was filled with a pungent, nauseating smell of blood, making it very uncomfortable.

In the room, Bruna cried out in despair, constantly asking Da Bai, "You...you won't abandon me, will you? Oh God, please have mercy on me...you must not let me go back, otherwise I will definitely be killed."

Da Bai put his arm around her head and comforted her, "No, don't worry!"

In fact, Da Bai's words could only serve as comfort, because he didn't know whether Jiangzhou and Su Tianyu would eventually abandon Bruna. The situation in the city was so chaotic that if they couldn't even protect themselves, then everything was uncertain.

In the living room.

Jiangzhou was pacing back and forth, frowning as he asked Su Tianyu, "Did the Chi Army deliver the message to Tage?"

"Yes," Su Tianyu nodded, "Now it depends on their reaction."

"Ding Ling Ling!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the phone in the room rang. Gu Baishun immediately said, "They're responding! Answer it quickly!"

Jiangzhou walked to the desk, reached out and picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"I am Tage!" Tage's Chinese was terrible, so he identified himself in English.

Jiangzhou recognized his voice, paused for a moment, and replied, "I'm listening."

"Damn Easterners, what exactly do you want to do? Do you want to brew a coup in Bena City?!" Tage asked.

"No, I don't mean that."

"Then why did you kill our law enforcement officers and have the Chi Army threaten us?" Tage asked.

"Bruna is my friend. We can take her away together, leave immediately, and never interfere in the political affairs of Bena City," Jiangzhou said without hesitation.

"Do you think I'm an idiot?!" Tage roared angrily, "You take Bruna away, do you want her to be a peace ambassador? Go to hell! If you don't want to brew a coup in Bena City, you should release her, and then I will believe what you say."

"I said, protecting her is only because she is my friend," Jiangzhou said without doubt, "It has nothing to do with anything else."

"My father's death has not been investigated yet, I can't let her go...!"

"Mr. Tage, if you think that keeping Bruna by force, offending the Chi Army, and offending the Hua region is more important than taking control of power immediately, then you can do what you want," Jiangzhou said bluntly, "Before I sacrifice myself, I will definitely protect Bruna, and I don't even mind letting the Chi Army open fire overseas! Open fire on your merchant ships!!"

"You bastard, are you threatening me?!"

"Yes, you understand very accurately, Mr. Tage," Jiangzhou replied forcefully.

Tage hesitated for two seconds, "Okay, please take Bruna and get out of my hometown immediately!"

"Okay, I'll wait for your people to come and send us away."

After speaking, the two ended the call.

Su Tianyu immediately asked, "How is the situation?"

"As long as he's not crazy, he should know what's important," Jiangzhou looked up at everyone and immediately ordered, "Prepare to evacuate immediately, let's go together."

"Okay!" Su Tianyu stepped forward to meet Su Tiannan, and said in a low voice, "Can you get two female team members over here, with a similar build to Bruna?"

"No problem," Su Tiannan actually agreed immediately.

"Damn, you guys are really awesome, even better than the regular military intelligence!" Gu Baishun exclaimed.

Hearing this, Su Tiannan walked aside and took out his phone.

...

About five minutes later.

Booke led a group of people into the manor's conference hall, looking at his elder brother somewhat excitedly and said, "My General, are you planning to let Bruna leave Bena City?"

Tage looked at the map without raising his head and replied, "Yes, I have issued such an order to send that group of Easterners and Bruna away together."

Booke looked at his elder brother with a surprised expression, asking in disbelief, "Why?! You are creating political risks for yourself! She is very likely the murderer who killed Father, and the purpose of those Easterners taking her away is also very obvious, to influence the political situation in Bena City, and even help Bruna compete with you for power."

"Yes, I know," Tage replied calmly.

"Then you still agreed to them?!" Booke said excitedly, "We should keep her, imprison her, regardless of whether she killed Father or not, we should put the blame on her! Then smoothly take over the power and slaughter the politicians of her faction, so that you can forever be the supreme leader of Bena City!!"

Tage turned to look at Booke, "Bruna's faction is very weak, and whether or not to imprison her will not help the overall situation. You are the Chief Administrative Officer, and I am the Chief Military and Political Officer. If you and I are on the same page, no one can overthrow our rule."

"But...!"

"My Chief!" Tage stood up and looked at him, "The Chi Army troops are outside the canal, aiming their cannons at the merchant ships passing through our canal. If we hold the Hua region by force, and they open fire overseas, turning the artillery fire to our money-sending partners, then the Bena City Bernardo family will no longer have any credibility! Who will continue to use our canal?!"

Booke was speechless.

"Bruna's influence is not enough to be our opponent," Tage frowned and said, "What we should do now is to cleanse the backbone of Father's faction and quickly seize power. Bruna has escaped, but the backbone of her faction is still in the city... The Easterners can't take them away anyway, so what do we have to worry about? After I finish the power handover, I will launch a massacre, which will be a magnificent and bloody spectacle..."

"I still think...!"

"Listen to my order, brother!" Tage suddenly raised his voice, saying without doubt, "You go and send them off, monitor their departure, and leave immediately."

"Yes, I will go." Booke stopped arguing, turned around and led his men away.

Tage looked at his younger brother's back, his eyes becoming extremely complicated.