George was a little unhappy when he noticed that Wu Lai was absent-minded, but he had to continue talking, and even his tone could not contain any unnecessary emotions: "... Wu Lai Grindo, Salt Marsh Town is different from other places. In the eyes of the Senate and the Supreme Council, Salt Marsh Town is equivalent to a city and a fortress. When Chief Connor proposed that you be the governor of Salt Marsh Town, I was actually very happy because you are a god-favored person, a genius, and the most outstanding special student in the Citizen Academy..."

"But your performance in Salt Marsh Town was not only lackluster, but you also had a bad time getting along with your colleagues. This has to make me disappointed, extremely disappointed..."

"You were appointed directly by the Supreme Council. Although Renwenton has no right to remove you, he has the responsibility to supervise you according to the authorization of the Supreme Council. So, when you come this time, I will arrange for officials to question you. You can understand it as an inquiry. The results of the questioning will be submitted to the Supreme Council in the form of a written report, and then they will make the final decision. Do you understand?"

Woolley nodded.

"The questioning will start tomorrow morning. Do you have any questions?" George glanced at Woolley and asked.

"Yes, I want to know how long I will be questioned. Besides, I also want to know, do I have the right to refuse?" Since Wu Lai was here, he was naturally mentally prepared. This casual question was more of a teasing one.

"You only have the right to cooperate. The length of the inquiry depends on your cooperation. Well, let's end our conversation today. You can leave." George frowned. He didn't like Wu Lai's indifferent attitude that seemed to ignore him. At the same time, Wu Lai's attitude seemed to imply something, which inevitably made him feel vaguely worried.

Wu Lai nodded, stood up, and stretched slowly before saying, "Sir George, there is something I want to remind you of."

George frowned, and his eyes involuntarily met Wu Lai's.

"The road from Baiguo Town to Yanmarsh Town is not peaceful at all. I encountered a group of bandits on the way here. Fortunately, there were not many of them, so I managed to save my life. Governor George, is the garrison of the First Legion just a decoration?" Wu Lai asked.

"Woolelindo, I will take care of these things." George waved his hand and looked out the window.

"I hope so." Wu Lai smiled coldly and walked away.

…

Three days later in the afternoon, Woolley lazily walked out of George's office. He looked a little unhappy as he had just been scolded by George, but after walking out of the official residence and getting on his carriage, a smile appeared on his face.

Oh my god, finally... Wu Lai couldn't help but shook his head and waved at the driver: "Just take a stroll."

"Okay, Lord Wu Lai." The coachman responded and lowered the curtain for him.

At the same time, Job walked quickly into George's office.

"Your Excellency, Governor, I heard that the interrogation of Wuleglindo went smoothly?" Job asked with a smile as he entered the door.

"Of course." George smiled and handed a stack of papers to Job. "He admitted all the accusations, signed his name and sealed it. I heard that he is a little depressed now. I guess he himself didn't expect that so many weaknesses would be caught by others."

Job took the interrogation record and glanced at it, then nodded and said, "Wulinglindo admitted it so readily, is he playing some tricks?"

"Who cares? The city-state nobles' meeting will be held in ten days. I told him to wait in the city of Lovington. With so many people secretly monitoring him, he won't be able to do anything." George pointed at the record. "Based on what is written in this record, I can suspend him automatically at the nobles' meeting."

"What if this kid doesn't want to do it?" Job put the records back on the table and asked with a smile.

"At that time, everyone will scold him and ask him to be suspended. No matter how thick-skinned this kid is, I don't think he will be able to face that kind of situation calmly. But it may not be a bad thing for him. If he follows everyone's wishes, his life can at least be saved temporarily." George said.

"Huh, he's really lucky." Job narrowed his eyes.

"It won't get any bigger. I told you, it's only temporary." George shook his head. "Actually, this guy is pretty good. If he were one of us, I would really let him make the final decision in Salt Marsh Town."

"Maybe. I'd better be more cautious these days..." Just as Job was halfway through his words, there was a knock on the door.

"Lord George, the car ahead of Kevin has arrived."

George was delighted, clenched his fists lightly, and said to Job with a smile: "Finally he's here, let's go and prepare to welcome him!"

Don't blame him for being so happy. On the surface, dealing with Wu Lai seemed to be just a matter of the superior making trouble for the subordinate, but in reality, it was far from that simple.

George knew that he was a chess piece, and Wu Lai was also a chess piece. They were both placed at the forefront of the battle by the forces behind them. The only difference was that he had an advantage over Wu Lai, and was less likely to be abandoned by the forces behind him.

But Wu Lai, this chess piece, gave him a headache, because Wu Lai was never willing to be beaten passively. Not only that, his counterattack would be fierce. The most terrible thing was that Wu Lai's thoughts and routines were always unpredictable. For example, it was still unknown where Wu Lai hid Henry or what happened to him. Another example was that when he was held accountable, this guy did not even refute or defend himself...

These are actually not a problem. The biggest problem is that George does not want to be at the forefront of the entire game, because doing so will definitely bring him the wrath of Connor's faction.

But now there is no need to worry, because all the preliminary preparations have been completed, and the remaining performance time should be for Kevin II who arrived late.

When the carriage team led by George quickly drove out of the city gate to meet Kevin, Wu Lai's carriage was still moving slowly on the streets of Lovington. Inside the carriage, Wu Lai leaned on the cushion with his eyes closed to rest.

He didn't want to go anywhere, because he knew that there were more than one person following his carriage, so he decided to take them for a walk...

…

George, who had held a high position in Lovington for a long time, didn't like the current feeling at all - Kevin was sitting in the seat that should have been his, while he was standing with his chest hunched and his head bowed, like a grandson.

Being used to being a master, he naturally didn't want to be a grandson. But although George didn't like it, he didn't dare to get angry at all, because the other party was Kevin, Kevin Cobb, the second in the Supreme Council of Nobles, only half a step behind Connor.

Although Kevin was the second in command, he had been living an idle life at home on the pretext of illness for the past six or seven years. He had never left the city of Assyria. At most, he would show up when the Supreme Council was convened. He spoke little and rarely smiled, making people afraid to get close to him.

Kevin actually didn't want to live this kind of life or act this way, but there was no other way. Ever since he lost the game with Connor eight years ago, he could only choose to lie dormant. If not for this, his family might have been completely ruined.

But Kevin is definitely a character, otherwise Connor would not have helped Kevin become the second-in-command after his victory, despite almost everyone's opposition. At that time, Connor was at the peak of his career and his words were law, so Kevin became the least powerful second-in-command in the history of the Supreme Council.

The reason why Connor did this was that he knew he had only won a victory, not wiped Kevin out of the world - no one would do this in a game of this magnitude, because it would not only appear incompetent, but would also lead to one-sided contempt and loss of popular support, and no one would be able to do anything.

In addition to the above reason, Connor's move was actually a blocking move, because he discovered the Duncan family's eagerness to make a move, and he knew that once the Duncan family intervened in his game with Kevin, with the Duncan family's people, money and materials, Kevin's Cobb family would be able to rise again quickly. At that time, the victory or defeat would be really unpredictable.

If not for this, Chief Connor would definitely not mind wiping out the Cobb family after defeating Kevin.

It is worth mentioning that Kevin knew why Connor did this, just as he knew that the Duncan family deliberately chose to extend an olive branch when he was basically defeated.

So Kevin accepted the second position and took the initiative to claim illness. At the same time, he also restricted his tribesmen and strictly prohibited them from contacting the Duncan family...

Connor expected Kevin's attitude, because he knew that the arrogant Kevin would not be willing to become a follower of the Duncan family, just as Kevin knew that if he accepted the help of the Duncan family and won by chance, most of the fruits of victory would flow into the Duncan family, and he would also become a puppet speaking for the Duncan family.

If you want to win, you can only win for yourself. You can seek sharing by helping others, but what you take away can never be more than what you get - this is Kevin's bottom line and also his principle.

However, dormancy always has a time limit, otherwise it would not be dormancy.

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Kevin has now quietly emerged from his dormant state - Chief Connor knows this, but he does not think that Kevin can have any influence on the situation in Assyria, because in the past few years without Kevin's constraints, he has done everything he should and could do, including, of course, the precautions against Kevin and the Cobb family.

But what Connor didn't expect was that the current Kevin was no longer the same Kevin as before, because he chose to join forces with the Duncan family. Because the Duncan family wanted to deal with Connor again, they needed someone who at least seemed to be respected and had courage and skills.

Kevin naturally became the candidate again.

If Kevin's dream in the past was to win the respect and admiration of all Assyria, then Kevin now only wants to defeat Connor.

At this moment, he was angry and scolding.

"Why can't you even do such a small thing?" Kevin asked, slamming the table.

"That guy is very cunning, and his fighting skills are pretty good." George answered cautiously.

"How many times have you tried it? Was it only once?" Kevin frowned.

"Well, yes, only tried once, Lord Kevin," George replied.

"Reporting to Lord Kevin, Woleglindo is currently in the city of Lunvington. It may be inappropriate to eliminate him in the city." Job interrupted. In fact, his relationship with Kevin was closer than that with George.

"You guys didn't take my reminder seriously!" Kevin slammed the table again, "Weren't my instructions in the letter detailed enough?"

"It's been detailed enough, Lord Kevin. Your letter said that Woole Green sent someone to deliver a secret letter to Chief Connor. Chief Connor is currently negotiating with the Second Legion to send a special force to garrison in Saltmarsh Town..." George was interrupted by Kevin before he could finish his words.

"Don't recite my letter to me. I know you've read it, but you didn't take it to heart." Kevin glared at George. "Once the Second Legion gets involved in Salt Marsh Town, things will immediately become very difficult. Killing Wulaglindo and replacing him with the people we have prepared to take charge of Salt Marsh Town is the best way to deal with it now."

"But this replacement..." George hesitated. He didn't think the replacement would be smooth. You know, the candidate for the governor of Saltmarsh Town must be voted on by the Supreme Council, and the Supreme Council has rejected Lunvington's candidate proposal twice in a row.

"You don't have to worry about these. You don't need to know who the candidate is at the moment. What you need to do is to get rid of Wuleglindo." Kevin said with a frown.

"Lord Kevin, the city-state meeting will be held in a few days. This Wuleglindo might give up and resign voluntarily. We have obtained some bad evidence against him during this period of time." Job said tentatively.

"Is that true?" Kevin rolled his eyes and twirled the tip of his beard. "That's fine. I just want him not to set foot in Salt Marsh Town again. But if he doesn't give up, what will you two do?"

"Then kill him," George replied.

"I hope you can keep your word. This Wulaglin is not a simple man. You failed once, so don't fail a second time." Kevin said coldly, then stood up and walked to the window and stopped. After taking a few glances at the street scene, he suddenly said, "The Hurlites have been very restless recently. According to the report from the first line of defense, they have already stockpiled heavy troops on the border. Their intention to attack Assyria is very obvious. A war is imminent. The situation in Assyria will inevitably change because of this war..."

George and Job listened and couldn't help but look at each other...

When the night completely enveloped the city of Longvington, Wu Lai's carriage returned to the Tongji Alliance's headquarters. After jumping off the carriage at the gate, Wu Lai walked into the headquarters with a smile on his face.

"President Wu Lai." The resident head hurriedly came forward when he saw Wu Lai. He had been waiting in the yard for quite some time.

"Is there something?" Wu Lai stopped. Although he was the president, the base was managed by someone and he was unwilling to interfere too much. He came here for two reasons: one was to get some peace and quiet, and the other was for confidentiality.

"President, someone delivered a letter in the evening saying there was something very important." The person in charge said as he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Wu Lai.

Wu Lai took the envelope, glanced at it, nodded and said to the person in charge: "I see, thank you."

"President, you are too polite." The person in charge said with a smile.

"Okay, go and do your thing." Wu Lai waved his hand and turned to walk towards his own residence, muttering as he walked: "Niels? This name is not familiar at all. Who could it be to be so mysterious? Is he just bored and here to make trouble?"