Yara's Bible (Rank 9) thought to himself,"Based on the facts, battles, and missions of conquest, the President's upper three Elite Guards are equal to, if not stronger than, our entire Elite Guard unit.""If I'm being generous."
"Can you guys stop fucking saying that?" Davidz spoke up."Goddamn, have some confidence—"
Elite Guard Rank 5, "W," snaps,"It's not about confidence, you DUMB BITCH. We're all confident to the point where we are delusional. We know who these people are. We fought under them for years. They are international-scale monsters."
"W" breaks his peanut with the edge of his knife, cursing in Mandarin before he picks it up and eats it."Regardless, I'm going to win my battle all the same. But in a 10 v 10, we lose every time."
Chloe looked nervous as sadness washed over her face.She had never seen "W" this angry before.
Davidz sees red as his eyes flash with anger.
Allen Pool holds out his arm."You were out of line, David. Don't embarrass yourself anymore with such ignorance."
Demisaux sighed."I also have full confidence in winning my own 1v1, but full-scale combat with those monsters? We would likely be swept."
Finally, someone spoke up and said it before anyone else could have.
Lieutenant Laym (Rank 4's lieutenant), a dark-haired young man covered in black, removed his gloves."I have the ability to KILL Mr. N."
Elite Guard Rank 4 shivered just a little bit.Laym was a known monster within the organization, and he had seen his lieutenant in action before. He was not lying.
A deep silence filled the room.
Laym continued,"But even if we do… then what?"
The silence shifted.
Lieutenant Ragah (Osprey's lieutenant):"Someone would have to take over. Otherwise, we all just… fold into the President's system. Right?"
"Doesn't sound that bad to me." "W" slammed the desk, cracking another peanut.
Aspera folded her arms, speaking carefully."It's not that simple. We don't know whose name is in his legal documents. We don't know where ownership transfers. If there's ambiguity, the government seizes the assets. We'd lose everything. Everything we fought for. That could include our benefits, our private islands, mansions, you name it."
Vera (Aspera's lieutenant), soft but firm:"She's right. Business isn't just power; it's politics. Killing him could collapse the whole structure."
Rank 5 "W" nodded aggressively."Mm. Mmmm. Yeah. Exactly. That's what I was thinking."
Victor stood behind him, staring at the floor.Please stop talking.
Kage wiped sweat from his temple, eyes unfocused.
Kage (Aspera's lieutenant):"But this is Mr. N… What if he doesn't trust us? What if he kills us? Puts us somewhere worse than this?"
His hands trembled.
"Can we trust him? I feel like he did something to my memory. I don't know why… I keep seeing sheep."
The sheep weren't normal. They were lined up. Watching him.
They all stared at him like he'd lost his mind.
The conversation quickly moved on without him. Everyone ignored Kage's ramblings.
Chloe finally spoke,"Honestly, killing him would just ruin our own lives. The only upside is getting rid of that creep Solomon."