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"...Rupert? Are you sure which country he is from?" After listening to Ling Dengxian's report, Chen flipped through the information he brought with him. These were some summaries that the Rat King had obtained from some traitors and Longmen's intelligence network.

"I don't know, but she shouldn't be from Yan Country." Although Ling Dengxian had already determined that she was suspicious, he still had to be more precise in his wording.

"It should be the people from Syracuse who intervened... But we have asked about it a long time ago, and their response was ambiguous. I can't figure out what they want to do... Syracuse and Yan are not close..." Chen found it difficult to understand. She only knew that the power of Syracuse was probably highly concentrated in the control of Lady Sicily, who was divided into twelve families. Lady Sicily had absolute authority, but for now she chose to postpone her answer to Yan's questions, but promised to "give Yan a satisfactory answer."

Longmen had no idea what Syracuse was trying to do. After all, as mentioned before, the two countries were far apart, and Yan State had no way of sending people to question them now.

Ling Dengxian has already gotten used to the difference between the distribution of the countries in Terra and the countries in his original world. In his original world, every inch of land must be fought for. This place... is the area prone to natural disasters, and whoever wants it can take it...

I heard that except for some special areas of Kjerag and Sargon, the national borders here are divided according to the navigation range of major mobile cities, and the people of various countries who step on the ground also live on it.

A country that appears to have a small territory is not necessarily weak, but a country that has a large territory is indeed strong.

Therefore, if there is any border friction between the two countries, it will be at the level of the original plot...

Now that Lady Sicily has such an attitude, Yan State cannot attack directly, but if something happens to Longmen, Yan State will not give up.

If you want me to wait, I can do that. But if the "satisfactory answer" you mentioned does not satisfy me, then we cannot continue to sit down and talk.

The restrained flame is not lacking in sharpness.

Syracuse.

The kind-looking Rupert woman was flipping through a book. Time seemed to be particularly kind to her. It was easy to tell from her face that her appearance had once amazed an era. What was even more incredible was that she had controlled Syracuse in her hands in half her lifetime and unified the country with absolute authority.

She is the Lady of Sicily who is always behind the scenes.

"Madam... there are unusual movements at 'three o'clock' and 'nine o'clock', but we don't know the exact time yet..." The waiter beside her saw her stop reading and informed her of the information.

Sicily compared the entire Syracuse to a clock, and each large family was assigned a time symbol that was changed every day for the purpose of transmitting information.

"...Is it possible that both times are wrong?" Rupert closed the book and slowly stood up. The light in the room changed direction around her neck, and the necklace was dazzling.

"No." The waiter said firmly.

"Okay." The woman nodded, her expression calm. She thought for a while and finally ordered:

"Tell Yan Country that we are sorry for the offense this time. We will donate a quarter of the construction materials of the mobile city for free. We hope to maintain a good negotiation relationship."

After all, Syracuse will not be built, and the excess materials will either be invested in the military to build high-speed warships or used to continue upgrading and creating existing cities.

It is appropriate to give it to Yan Country as a favor this time. After all, it is a resource that cannot be ignored.

I think this decision will cause controversy in the family, but no one will have any objections after she deals with it.

Sicily had thought about whether Yan Country could use the materials to build a new city and what impact that would bring, but at the same time, Yan Country was not like Ursus and had no ambition for expansion. The two countries were also far apart and there was no danger.

"Six o'clock is not quite accurate. Let's correct it three days later." Mrs. Sicily threw out a voucher, the waiter took it respectfully and left quickly.

"Yes."

When he left, a member of the Giant Wolf's Mouth stepped out of the shadows with an expressionless face, "Ma'am, please give me your orders."

"Deal with it, and then take over his job." Lady Sicily handed her a beautifully crafted dagger, "Follow up on and do as I said just now. Don't conflict with Yan Country."

Traitors must be liquidated wherever they are.

Syracuse will undergo a drastic change in three days, and it will take even longer for Longmen to learn about this.

Let's put aside Lady Sicily's arrangements in Syracuse for now and return to Ling Dengxian. At this moment, he was very glad that he had passed the weapons care test and the Longmen Law test smoothly without any problems. In front of him was the motor vehicle driving test, whose "exam cooling time" had ended again...

"Operator White Pigeon, although it's not appropriate for me to say this, giving the instructor a little bit of a favor before the test can more or less make the test easier." Xingxiong looked at Ling Dengxian who was watching the route video of Subject 3 with a dead fish eye next to him, and couldn't help but say, "Although this is not right in principle, Operator White Pigeon, you are one of those people who can drive... I understand, there is no need to be so miserable."

Hearing the conversation, Chen, who had just returned from contacting an informant in the downtown area and was about to push the door to enter the office, paused and frowned. She knew that people had different principles and some things were tacitly permitted within the rules, but she still felt uncomfortable hearing such things.

She was very similar to Saria in this respect, but she was more flexible than Saria. Just as she shook her head and was about to knock on the door to enter the room, Ling was silent for a moment and replied:

"They thought it was unnecessary, so they did it; I also thought it was unnecessary, so I didn't do it."

Chen raised his hand and finally knocked. After opening the door, the three of them glanced at each other and greeted each other:

"Hello, Officer Chen, do you have any plans?"

"Old Chen?"

"…It's okay. I came to inform you and Ling Dengxian that the previous application for the lower city has been approved. Xingxiong, your team will be transferred to a place closer to the city, and Ling Dengxian, who has had a grudge with those dark insects, will continue to act as bait - direct superior, Lin Yuxia."

Hearing the name, Ling Dengxian couldn't help but look up and look at Chen. When their eyes met again, they both frowned at the same time.

Ling Dengxian was puzzled as to why Lin Yuxia wanted him again. Although he could understand his role, there was still an informant, Jiu - Chen, who had told him part of the arrangements - and Lin Yuxia was still able to ask for him despite feeling uncomfortable. To be honest, Ling Dengxian was a little confused about what she was thinking.

Although there is a reconciliation, there is still something between the two that requires time to resolve, or a special event.

Chen felt irritated for no reason. She clearly agreed with what Ling Dengxian said, so why did she feel malicious towards him... This went against her perception of herself.

Fortunately, the feeling was not very strong. After the two of them briefly confirmed some things, Ling Dengxian should continue to patrol with Xingxiong.

After Ling Dengxian failed the third subject exam again, the day of the Longmen Exhibition finally arrived.