Life Dungeon Game

Christos handed a cup of coffee to Heo. "It's instant. I hope you don't mind."

"how are things."

He Ao took the coffee and placed it next to the silver dagger on the coffee table in front of him. Although many people were wearing K masks, only He Ao could actually carry a silver dagger.

"Thanks to you, I won... to be honest,"

Christos paused, then chuckled softly, "I used to just talk the talk, but suddenly one day I'm actually able to stand on the stage and realize my dreams, and I'm a little nervous."

“Everyone gets nervous,” Heo shrugged. “If I were you, I would get nervous too.”

"Is there something you need that brought you here so suddenly today?"

Christos asked softly.

"I'd like to ask some questions,"

Heo looked at Christos, "Is it difficult to get wilderness wanderers to stay in the city in a reasonable way?"

Christos pondered for a moment, then sat down opposite Heo. "It's difficult."

Chapter 308 Undercurrents and Opportunities (Please add to your favorites, subscribe, and vote with monthly tickets)

Christos looked at Heo and continued slowly,

"The best way is to guarantee the civil rights of homeless people in the wilderness through legislation. I can have my members of parliament introduce a bill and submit it to the parliament for discussion, but the chances of it passing are very low."

Such important laws involving immigration generally require an absolute majority in the city council—that is, more than two-thirds of the council members—to pass. Currently, through my coalition with some minority parties, I only control slightly more than half of the seats in the city council.

At this point, he looked at He Ao, paused for a moment, and said softly,

"There are too few wilderness wanderers; lawmakers can't see votes or benefits from them."

Furthermore, the Wilderness Wanderers themselves don't have a good reputation in Dawn City. Forcing the passage of this bill would give political enemies ammunition to attack the legislators who passed it, so very few legislators would side with us.

I can't even guarantee that our own members of parliament won't stand by my side, and the bills I propose will inevitably be targeted by consortiums, so it will be very difficult, almost impossible, for homeless people to legally live in the city.

However, I could try issuing an executive order to extend their residency period, achieving the same effect as legal residency.

However, the validity period of the executive order is basically synchronized with the mayor's term of office. If my term ends, those homeless people who came to the city because of my executive order may return to their current situation.

Heo stared at Christos.

Judging from Christos's words, Victor and he likely have a close relationship.

After all, if he were suddenly asked a question, especially one about wilderness wanderers that few people discuss, even if Christos were the future mayor of Dawn City, he would have to think for a moment and ask for some details.

The fact that he could speak so fluently and eloquently so quickly, and swiftly provide examples of effective implementation methods, can only prove that he had been thinking about this problem all along.

Christos's previous political views did not include any views on wilderness wanderers, meaning that he only recently began to think about the issue.

The only recent event concerning the wilderness wanderers that could have caught the attention of the future mayor of Dawn City was the transfer of the six thousand wilderness wanderers that Heo asked Victor to transport early this morning.

Six thousand people could certainly be considered a huge destabilizing factor, attracting Christos's attention.

However, theoretically, the other two parties involved in the incident, the Nord Group and Kyle's Hunters, should not yet fully understand what happened.

Therefore, Kristos's intelligence source is most likely Viktor, and the two have a very close relationship, so much so that Viktor immediately notified Kristos as soon as he sensed something was wrong.

Of course, the relationship between the two was within He Ao's expectations; he was simply verifying it again.

However, Heo will not point out this suspicious point, because besides Viktor, he himself knows about the transfer of these 6,000 people. If he points it out now, it would be equivalent to revealing his own identity.

Of course, he knew that Christos probably also had something in mind.

Some speculate that such a straightforward and direct answer might be a test of his identity.

After all, Heo wasn't disguising himself, and Christos could tell almost immediately that the person who came this time was different from the last one.

He believed He Ao's identity, but he didn't completely believe it.

He Ao smiled and said softly, "Do you still have that cookbook?"

“I still keep it,” Christos chuckled, “and I sometimes take it out to look at it when I’m cooking for myself.”

The recipe here isn't a real recipe, but rather a video file that Heo recorded for Christos about 'K,' which he renamed a recipe file.

The two seemed to be talking about unrelated issues, but in reality, they were still discussing the issue of identity.

By this time, Christos had basically confirmed Heo's identity as a member of the 'K Organization'. He looked at Heo and asked, "So, do I need to issue an executive order?"

"Need not."

He Ao shook his head slightly.

Administrative orders are too limited; once the person leaves, the policy ends, and they cannot guarantee that the wanderers in the wilderness can stay safely in the city for a long time.

Moreover, given Christos' current situation, issuing an executive order that favors wilderness wanderers early in his term would be detrimental to his governance and could easily be seized upon by his political enemies.

This means that Christos will have to pay an additional price for this.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Even if Christos hadn't made the demands, these costs would eventually have returned to the wilderness wanderers in other ways.

For example, Christos was attacked because of this executive order, resulting in a shortened term in office, a reduction in the peaceful days for the wilderness wanderers, and even being purged by Christos's next city government.

After all, they live because of administrative orders, and they could also die because of administrative orders.

Rights given by others are useless; you have to fight for them yourself.

He Ao pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Could you tell me about the city garrison?"

"Ok?"

Christos was taken aback.

After asking the wilderness wanderer, did he then ask the city defense guards?

"I have no other ideas. Just tell me the general information, the kind of information that most ordinary conglomerates would know."

He Ao smiled and explained softly.

"I don't know much about the city garrison either,"

Christos took a sip of coffee, thought for a moment, and then said softly, "What do you want to know?"

In fact, Christos was under tremendous pressure when answering these questions. After all, if there were a recorder here and the recording of Heo and his voice were transmitted, he would definitely be accused of leaking Dawn City's secrets.

"Are there any A-level soldiers in the city defense force?"

"Commander Stefa is a Grade A, and the Chief of Staff is a Grade B."

"Both the commanders of the Northern and Southern armies are B-rank?"

He Ao looked up and asked.

The titles "Northern Army" and "Southern Army" originated from the internal division of the city's defense forces.

The highest decision-makers and decision-making bodies of the city defense army are the corps commander and the staff office. Below the corps commander and the staff office, the city defense army is generally divided into one to three army divisions.

The allocation of troops is basically based on the size of the city. Some small cities with small populations have only one army division, while large cities, such as the federal capital, Irons, have three army divisions.

However, there are exceptions, such as Dawn City.

As a large city with more than 20 million people, it only has two army divisions. However, these two army divisions have very high numbers in the federal army, namely the 004th Division and the 005th Division.

001 to 003 are the numbers of the three army divisions that garrisoned the capital, Irons.

However, the citizens of Dawn City rarely use the federal designation to refer to the city's defense forces.

Because the 004th Division was stationed in the north of the city and was responsible for controlling the three gates of the north city, it was generally called the Northern Army. The 005th Division was stationed in the south of the city and was responsible for controlling the three gates of the south city, so it was generally called the Southern Army.

The two city gates in the middle, on the east and west sides, are managed by an independent brigade directly under the legion commander. Because the two city gates are rarely opened, this independent brigade is not well-known.

Apart from the corps commander and chief of staff, the commanders of the North and South armies were the most powerful people in the city defense army, and all of them held the rank of major general.

“The Union Army’s commander, Dick, is a B-rank,” Christos replied softly. “The Confederate Army’s commander, Ian, is a C-rank, but it’s said that he has been at the C-rank for many years and is very strong in combat.”

"The legion commander has left Dawn City?"

He Ao suddenly asked.

Christos paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and then said, "It's not a secret. Recently, the A-level alien beast Mirror Flower Butterfly passed through the wilderness near Dawn City. The legion commander was worried and went to check on it himself."

Do you have any people in the Northern or Southern Armies?

He asked softly.

"No."

Christos shook his head. "However, the Legion Commander is a staunch supporter of order. I've already spoken with him, and he will support me."

“Rank A…” He Ao sighed softly, “The mercenary leader of the Nord Consortium is also Rank A.”

The leader of Nord's mercenary group is a renowned A-rank expert, whose name has even been heard by Vian. ​​However, he is not stationed outside Dawn City, but in Ilant City, which is not far from Dawn City.

The legion commander didn't support Christos, but rather the mayor of Dawn City.

He supports whoever is the mayor.

"Old Master, are the commanders of the Northern and Southern Armies highly regarded within the city defense forces?"

He Ao slowly stood up and asked in a low voice.

"Both commanders have served for many years."

Christos answered slowly.

Having served for many years means being deeply entrenched in one's position.

He sighed softly, looked at Christos, copied the email from Calvin, and sent it to him. "Be careful in everything. All radical changes are built on reliable strength."

"Thank you."

Christos glanced at the email, looked back at Heo, and nodded emphatically.

The two shook hands, and He Ao picked up the silver dagger. "If there are any problems, I'll contact you."

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City defense forces... Nord Foundation... Kyle... Wilderness wanderer... The mastermind behind the scenes... Christos...

On the way out of the Yinuo Media Building, He Ao leaned back in the taxi seat and closed his eyes slightly.

He began to review all the clues he had gathered over the past two days, and he had a premonition that there were crazy undercurrents surging beneath the calm surface of the river.