"Did you encounter thorns on the way here? You never mentioned this before?"
"After we solved the ambush of the bandit group, we interrogated them and found that their employers were from the Adus Revolutionary Army. We did not mention this directly because it would only benefit the rescue faction and would be detrimental to the negotiations if we did so in a formal setting...
"After our interrogation results pointed to the Revolutionary Army, we immediately used divination to confirm it. Unexpectedly, the divination was successful without any obstacles. Mr. Shadi, the important intelligence of the Revolutionary Army was so easily divined. You should be aware of the seriousness of this..."
On the pages of the book, Vanya's handwriting continued to appear. Looking at the words in front of him, Sadie's eyes widened slightly.
"Can the intelligence of the Revolutionary Army be divined at will? Impossible... Mukhtar and his men have always been responsible for our counter-divination. They worked very well in the previous battle with Baruch..."
"Luckily, it doesn't mean you are lucky. Since it was the Salvation Faction that led the Revolutionary Army to conduct counter-divination, they could choose not to conduct counter-divination and expose the intelligence of the Revolutionary Army directly, so that we who were just ambushed can easily divine the mastermind behind the ambush. Now the Revolutionary Army has been deeply influenced by the Salvation Faction. You are indistinguishable in many aspects. They only need to manipulate it a little bit to direct the divination results to the Revolutionary Army. Under normal circumstances, the victims will point the finger directly at you, and it is a question whether you are willing to take the risk and continue to negotiate here.
"However... the rescuers still underestimated our determination and my judgment. I was not frightened by the ambush tactic, nor did I lose my judgment by this tactic. I still came to Addis and negotiated with you, Mr. Shadi, without prejudice.
"The Salvation Faction has long begun to launch secret actions without informing you, Mr. Shadi, in an attempt to destroy the peace of Adus by force. They even terminated the divination defense of the Revolutionary Army without permission, putting the intelligence of the entire Adus Revolutionary Army at risk of being leaked. This is an indisputable betrayal. Mr. Shadi, do you still have any hesitation about being a traitor?
"If you don't believe what I say, you can immediately do a divination to divine the important information of the Revolutionary Army and see if there is any counter-divination of the Revolutionary Army. Of course, I also know that the current 'Qi' is extremely precious. You may not be willing to use the precious 'Qi' to conduct such a verification. Therefore, we can provide you with a 'Qi' storage. As long as you agree, we will give it to you through secret channels tomorrow morning."
A series of words appeared on the pages of the book one after another, reflected in Sadie's eyes. After reading them, Sadie pondered for a long time without speaking, while Setut on the side spoke with interest.
"Have you turned off the anti-divination? Haha... Interesting, it seems like those guys can really do it. Once that thing is turned off, there will be extra consumption when it is restarted. If they think that you and your subordinates are untrustworthy people who don't need to be protected in the future, then there is no need to spend time to protect your information. After all, if you are annoying, they will be blocked by their own anti-divination when they divine you, which is not convenient.
"I think... you need to verify it. If the current revolutionary army is really unable to resist the search, then it proves that the crazy people in the rescue faction have completely ignored you. Of course, if you want to verify it, it's best to do it yourself. If someone else tampers with the storage, it will be terrible if you get cheated..."
Setut said this silently. Listening to his words, Shadi's expression became extremely solemn. After being silent for a long time, he picked up the pen and wrote his response again on the page.
"I have listened to your suggestion. When I return, I will go in to verify it. This does not require you to provide storage. If the verification results are as you said, I will contact you again."
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Afterwards, Shadi rode his carriage all the way back to the mansion. In this temporary mansion near the military camp, Shadi walked into his own study and told his men to go out to stand guard and close the door.
Then, Shadi took out a treasured "Qi" storage object and a "Lamp" storage object from his collection. After a simple ceremony, he consumed the spiritual power of the storage objects and performed divination. The object of divination was himself, the leader of the revolutionary army. The result soon showed that the divination was successful. Shadi asked random questions and got the correct answers in the divination.
Standing in front of the desk, Shadi looked at the divination result in front of him with an even heavier expression. He paused for a long while before sitting back on the chair behind the desk. He took out a story book and placed it on it. After turning a page, he picked up a pen and started writing on it.
"Respected Sister Vanya, my divination test has ended. The result is as you said. The intelligence of the Revolutionary Army is not protected in any way. Mukhtar and his men betrayed us..."
After finishing writing, Shadi held the pen and waited quietly for the response to appear, and it didn't take long for him to get it.
"I'm glad you have a clearer understanding of the current situation, Mr. Shadi. Now you probably understand that the rescuers from the Advent Sect cannot be trusted. There will be no good results if you cooperate with them.
"Tomorrow, they will try to force you to change your position by attacking us. But now, you still have room to choose your own position. For the victory of the revolutionary army, for the future of the people of Adu, and for the peace of 20 million people, please make your choice."
There was sincerity in Vanya's words, and Shadi felt as if he could see the nun in red robes speaking to him in a pious tone, which made him chuckle and talk to himself.
"You are indeed a famous figure in the church... You are so famous at such a young age, this fame is not unearthed..."
Shadi sighed like this, then he picked up the pen and continued writing on the page.
"I am willing to stand with you for the future of Adus and the achievements of the revolution, but... peace is probably difficult to achieve. Needless to say, there will be a conflict tomorrow. My breakup with Mukhtar may become the fuse for another civil war in Adus."
Sadie wrote this, and soon Vanya's question appeared in front of him again.
"Another civil war in Adus? Will the impact be so profound?"
“Of course, during the long-term cooperation, the Salvation Faction has profoundly influenced the entire revolutionary army group. Now, among the revolutionary army units in various places in the territory of Adus, many of them are Salvation Factions whose influence exceeds that of my faction.
"Looking at the current Adus, more than half of the revolutionary army has been influenced by the Salvationist ideology, and a quarter of the revolutionary army has been deeply influenced and can be completely controlled by Mukhtar. If Mukhtar wins the loyalty of a large number of wavering troops, then this war will be very large and cruel, but for the future of Adus, we can only endure another wave of sacrifices."
The rather heavy pages of Sadie's book described the current unoptimistic situation, and soon Vanya responded to it.
"Is a large-scale war inevitable? If we quickly resolve Mukhtar in tomorrow's conflict, will things turn around?"
"Quickly deal with Mukhtar? Excuse me, Sister Vanya, unless you can convince the Holy Land Mountain to send a great ecclesiastical figure to rush to Addis as quickly as possible, otherwise we will not be able to defeat Mukhtar. The best we can do is to retreat as much as possible after recovering from the casualties. He is a Beyonder at the mid-stage, and we cannot easily fight him. Even if we can defeat Mukhtar, the war cannot be stopped.
“Once a conflict officially breaks out between Mukhtar and I in Addis tomorrow, the conflict will immediately spread to the entire Addis. The revolutionary army troops stationed in various places and the pro-Salvation faction will immediately attack the troops loyal to me under their influence. No matter what the result of our confrontation with Mukhtar is, whether we defeat Mukhtar or Mukhtar defeats us, a large-scale war in Addis will be inevitable.
"This... is also the reason why I was unwilling to disobey Mukhtar and stand on your side. No matter what the outcome of the confrontation is, the Revolutionary Army and Adus will pay another price."
Sitting at his desk, Shadi wrote on the pages of the book like this, his eyes were full of solemnity.
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