Chapter 81 Defeating Them One by One
"I have considered assassinating high-ranking officials."
However, the entire galaxy is now ravaged by the Wither Virus, to the point that the central star's control over other planets has become virtually nonexistent.
Herbert Dewey, the chairman of the Silverwing Star Alliance, is an opportunist who plays both sides between the Huajing family and Simmons, while also marrying Ke Yunlu, the eldest daughter of the Ke family, the third largest family in Silvermoon City.
In just twenty years, he cultivated a leadership team, all of whom he had discovered and promoted from various places.
At the same time, through his wife Ke Yunlu, he cultivated a group of loyal high-level superhumans, most of whom were A-level, making it extremely difficult for them to assassinate him.
Most importantly, once you start something like this, you can never quit halfway through. Even if you fail, you can only grit your teeth and keep going.
If I get involved and we fail, it won't just be my followers who will suffer; the entire Silverwing Legion could be forced to change hands.
At that point, a bloody massacre will likely be inevitable.
Tang Haohan spoke very frankly, directly expressing his inability to bear the consequences of failure.
"It seems very difficult to assassinate Herbert Dewey directly, but what if we take out his loyalists one by one?"
"Having lost his leadership team, he's now all alone. I believe his political enemies will seize the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow," Yu Shan said.
This was the first time she had spoken at this negotiating table today, but her words seemed to open a long-closed window for Tang Haohan.
However, this is easier said than done.
Every member of Herbert Dewey's leadership team was carefully selected and cultivated by him, and it would be very difficult to remove any one of them.
"I can provide you with detailed information on Herbert Dewey and his twelve leadership team members; the rest is up to you," Tang Haohan said.
"That's enough for us, Commander, thank you so much!" Xiaobai nodded in thanks.
"Don't forget, I'm Chen's uncle. We're family, so let's not stand on ceremony. I only have one request: if things go wrong, don't implicate my Silverwing Legion," Tang Haohan said.
"Don't worry!" Xiaobai said.
He didn't utter any flowery promises or vows, but those two words alone made Tang Haohan inexplicably feel that he could believe them.
"Good nephew, come, come, let's pick out a gift. This is what your uncle promised you." Tang Haohan waved to Achen.
“Okay, I’ll try not to pick your most treasured one.” Ah Chen nodded.
He knew that his parents had come to ask this uncle for help, so he wouldn't take what belonged to someone else.
Tang Haohan led Achen into the suite inside his office, opened one of the inconspicuous drawers, and casually took out a small wrench.
Ah Chen stared wide-eyed as he poured a large amount of stuff out of the small wrench.
"Uncle, you're so clever! Even the most cunning thief wouldn't have guessed that this little wrench is actually a spatial button!" Ah Chen praised sincerely.
"Haha! You think your uncle is just a roughneck because he's a soldier? Let me tell you, your uncle is incredibly meticulous." Tang Haohan laughed and patted Achen's hand, beckoning him over to pick out some things.
Achen, who possessed the characteristics of a treasure-hunting rat even before birth, released his mental energy to carefully sense the items and selected three from a large pile of random things.
A dagger made of an unknown material resembling dead wood, a light pink seashell, and an irregularly shaped amber-colored mineral.
"Good nephew, why don't you pick something else? These three items aren't worth much."
I found the dagger when I was hunting in the forest when I was a child. Although it is sharp, it is not as good as an A-grade alloy dagger.
This light pink seashell is one I picked up at the beach a while ago and gave it to my sister as a decoration for her toy house. Later, she didn't care about it anymore, so I just put it here.
"Of these three items, only this last piece of amber-colored ore is somewhat valuable. It's considered a high-grade energy stone, but its purity isn't high enough to meet the top-tier standard," Tang Haohan said earnestly.
“But I think they are all very beautiful, especially this dagger. Uncle, don’t you think it looks a lot like a vine?” Achen’s eyes blinked.
“Well, now that you mention it, I also think it looks like a withered vine, but what’s so pretty about a withered vine? My dear nephew, your aesthetic sense needs some improvement!” Tang Haohan said.
"Uncle, I'll tell you a secret, my aunt Lele is a weapon refiner, she can definitely refine this dagger into the most beautiful dagger in the world!" Achen said, blinking his eyes.
Tang Haohan originally wanted Achen to pick out some expensive items, since he had only provided information and hadn't contributed any manpower in this alliance, which made him feel somewhat ashamed.
But Ah Chen was too sensible; he didn't pick any of the expensive items, which made him feel even more ashamed.
After seeing the Bai family of three off, Tang Haohan summoned his adjutant Sang Xinglu and gave him instructions:
"Please contact the three Zhan siblings for me and tell them to keep an eye on Mr. Bai and his group's movements. If they make any moves, they must clean up the mess for them and do everything they can to help them escape if it comes to a life-or-death situation."
"Commander, Zhan Xin, Zhan Sen, and Zhan Miao are the last guarantee you left for your adoptive parents..." Sang Xinglu exclaimed in surprise.
"Indeed. But I originally planned to do this myself, just in case I failed, so I could have a backup plan to save my parents' lives."
Now that Mr. Bai and the others have done this for me, even if they fail, it won't implicate me, and my parents won't need the three Zhan siblings to save their lives.
In that case, why not lend them to Mr. Bai for the time being?
Most importantly, the three Zhan siblings were slaves I rescued with great effort. I'm sure they would be very willing to contribute to the overthrow of slavery, right? Tang Haohan said.
“The commander is right, I will contact them immediately,” Sang Xinglu said.
In fact, he and many of his subordinates were willing to contribute to the overthrow of slavery, but the legion commander would not easily allow any of them to participate without absolute certainty.
The three Zhan siblings, however, have always remained hidden in the shadows, so that even if their whereabouts are leaked during the operation, it will not implicate the Silverwing Legion.
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