A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 185 The Alien President's Anger Is Too Great

The flying car traveled along the designated route, shuttling between buildings, while it was very dark outside.

The gloomy sky made the adjutant, who was piloting the flying car, feel uneasy, as if something was about to happen.

In the back seat of the flying car, the adjutant's superior, Secretary Gray, was still drunkenly rambling on.

"This is extremely unfair. In the past, each administration would have kept at least 30% of the war expenditure tax for the development of the home planet. This administration is not even keeping 30%."

The adjutant in the driver's seat advised, "Secretary Gray, it's best not to interfere with this war expenditure tax matter anymore. Luca is no longer the territory of the Hongda family, but has been taken over by the Duolong family."

"The Duolong family's behavior is too disgusting; they'll get their comeuppance sooner or later," Secretary General Gray said through gritted teeth.

He felt deeply humiliated when he recalled his humble posture before the consul. Previous consuls knew that even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake, and they treated him with great respect. Yet this one was so ungrateful.

They even used a financial criminal to pocket all the war expenditure taxes—truly a clever tactic.

The adjutant said helplessly, "We shouldn't say things like that. Calm down, calm down."

The adjutant was now feeling uneasy. Luckily, he was Secretary Gray's confidant; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have survived long after hearing this.

The flying car flew all the way to a towering building that reached into the clouds. This building was the center of power in Luca, where all the dignitaries of Luca lived.

The proceeds from the sale of each residential unit in this building would be enough to make an ordinary Lyonnais resident wealthy for two generations.

The flying car came to a stop on the tarmac. The adjutant turned to the tipsy Secretary Gray and said, "We've arrived, Secretary Gray. Shall I help you inside?"

"No need, I can walk by myself."

Secretary General Gray opened the car door on his own and then staggered out of the car.

The adjutant leaned out of the car and called out to his superior, "Please don't fall."

"Don't worry, you're walking steadily."

Secretary General Gray staggered into his residence.

As soon as he returned to his residence, Secretary Grey sobered up halfway and saw a stranger sitting in his living room.

"You enjoyed the meal, Secretary Gray."

"Who are you? How did you get into my house?"

Secretary Grey stared at the stranger who had barged into his home and was now sitting comfortably in his living room.

At the same time, people pressed the call button to summon guards in different voices.

The man smiled and said, "My name is Lu Shang, just an ordinary person. I've already taken care of the security detail, so it won't matter who you call."

Secretary Gray's expression changed. The fact that this person could infiltrate the building and deal with the guards meant that his background was probably not simple.

Lu Shang said, "Don't be nervous, I just have something I wanted to ask you."

"What do you want to know?" Secretary Gray asked with a stern face, his mind filled with the enemies he had made over the years, as well as the various forces scattered across Luca.

"Are you happy to collect this war expenditure tax?" Lu Shang asked.

"what?"

Secretary General Gray was taken aback. He hadn't expected Lu Shang to ask this. He had just been wondering what powerful force was planning to take action against him.

"What do you mean by that?" Secretary Gray asked, genuinely unable to understand why Lu Shang would ask such a question.

Lu Shang said, "I just want to know your feelings and thoughts when you collected this tax."

Secretary Gray stared at the stranger who had barged into his home and was now sitting there so casually. After a moment of silence, he finally exclaimed, "Oh, what did I have here? Another righteous person trying to champion 'injustice' for those troublemakers?"

"You came here to get your money back for those troublemakers, right? Let me tell you the truth, that's not something I can decide. At most, I can only salvage a small portion."

"The background of this matter is very deep. Even without me, you would never have been able to get back even a single penny. You have no idea what you, and the people supporting you behind the scenes, are going to face. It is a darkness that you absolutely cannot fight against."

Secretary Gray spoke as he walked, his steps casual, until he reached a bookshelf.

"Over the years, I've seen too many people like you. You think that by uniting some people on Luca you have some kind of power and can do things for the troublemakers, but without exception, their end result is always the same..."

As he spoke, a murderous glint flashed in Secretary Gray's eyes. He took out a small pistol from a hidden compartment on the bookshelf, turned around abruptly, and pointed the gun at Lu Shang.

"Dead!"

boom!

A gunshot rang out, but it was Secretary General Gray himself who was shocked by the shot.

The bullet hovered in mid-air, half a meter away from Lu Shang's forehead.

Although Secretary Gray wasn't at the pinnacle of power, he was still the second most powerful person in Luca, and he recognized the force that caused the bullet to stop in mid-air at a glance.

"This is... psionic energy?!"

"You...you..."

Secretary General Gray kept saying "you" for a long time, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

For so many years, they've been collecting war expenditure taxes under the guise of the Babel Swarm. Now that the Babel Swarm has come knocking, Secretary General Gray doesn't even dare to imagine what will happen next.

Ruined!

"What do you mean, 'you'? The swarm of bees is asking you a question. Answer honestly," Lu Shang said.

……

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. The tax-collecting fleet sailed back to the main star and transferred the collected taxes from various administrative stars to the main star government.

However, the president of the Confederacy of Lyonnais sat in his office, trembling with anger, looking at the financial statements that the tax department had just sent.

"My money!"

President Lyonnais, enraged, slammed the financial statements onto the table, causing the entire expensive desk, crafted from gold and wood, to tremble.

The president roared in his office, "I'm furious! A fleet, split into two groups, one composed of officials and one of civilians, one on the left and one on the right, is returning! And of the taxes brought back to the main planet, I still have to give another 50% to the major families! It's as if the Confederation's tax-collecting fleet was built for them!"

"It's customary for each major family to take 50%..." the president's secretary said somewhat timidly.

The president angrily retorted, "Is this 50%?! The Dolon family takes 50% of the taxes! And other families will take the remaining 50%! Less than 30% of the taxes actually reach me!"

"I, the president of the Confederation, have been reduced to begging on my knees! My money!"

While the president was fuming, the office door opened, revealing the head of the foreign ministry.

"President, there are diplomatic matters that require your attention," the department head said.

The president waved his hand impatiently: "You diplomats handle this. I have other things to take care of!"

However, the head of the foreign affairs department did not leave as the president had expected. Instead, he insisted, "Mr. President, you must attend this meeting. The Babel swarm has specifically requested that the leaders of each satellite civilization attend, saying that there is an important matter to announce. If anyone fails to attend or refuses to participate, then..."

The president of the Confederacy of Lyonnais's expression changed, and his burning anger finally subsided.

Seeing that the president had calmed down, the head of the foreign affairs department continued, "Please put the tax issue aside for now; the overall situation is more important."

After a moment's thought, the president gritted his teeth and said to his secretary, "Work on both sides at the same time. Go and arrange everything. We'll deal with the Doron family issue when I return from the meeting."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)