Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

"It's true what they say, you can guard against anything but a thief within your own family!"

"I never expected that such a big problem was caused by our 'good ally'."

“We just delivered 6000 tanks to Prun last month to help them replenish their armored forces.”

"This is absolutely outrageous!" said Pete Andre, president of Dunley, through gritted teeth. "The people of Prun must give us an explanation for this!"

“Algernon will not acknowledge the existence of the Swinburne Project.”

"They are even less likely to admit that the whole series of problems were caused by oversights in the cleanup of the 'Swinburne' project!"

Glenn Union President Dickens Cecil sighed, both indignant and helpless: "Algernon is a madman who will never bow down to anyone and admit his mistakes."

"If he wanted to take responsibility, he wouldn't have secretly sent agents to Glenn, Dunley, and Lansey to do those things!"

“I also want to confront Algernon in person, but we are at a critical time in the fight against the drought.”

"The more critical the moment, the more we must prevent problems from arising within the alliance."

"That's why I asked you two to come to Gedon for a face-to-face meeting ahead of time."

"This is infuriating!" Rancy President Christy Brandon slammed his fist on the table in anger. "We know perfectly well that all this trouble was caused by the Prun people, yet we can't even demand an explanation from them!"

"There's nothing we can do, what can we do when Algernon is a madman!" Pet Andrew, after calming down, also felt quite helpless about it.

“Since Algernon doesn’t want to bring this up, we shouldn’t embarrass the Prun people because of it.”

"If this matter is not handled properly, it could lead to serious consequences."

"Who knows if that madman Algernon will get angry and do something detrimental to the alliance."

"We have to appease a madman like Algernon..."

"In any case, the Puren army is still crucial to the defense plan of the Western Roma territory."

"This is also a key reason why an order was not issued to arrest Agent Prun."

Dickens Cecil sighed, "If this matter causes Algernon to harbor resentment, that madman might just pull the Prun people to side with the Qian people!"

"If that's the case, then the entire Western Luo is finished!"

“So…” Christy Brandon glanced at the other two with resentment, “We’re just going to have to swallow this huge loss ourselves?”

"Otherwise what?" Pete Andrei, who had thoroughly weighed the pros and cons, rubbed his throbbing temples. "For the sake of the bigger picture, we really have to bear this bitter loss ourselves!"

"We can't afford to sacrifice long-term interests and create a hidden danger for the future of the entire Western Continent, can we?"

"President Cecil is right—we must save face for a madman like Algernon."

"Otherwise, if this madman mistakenly believes that the Anti-Qian Alliance is targeting the Pulun people, who can guarantee that he won't side with the Qian people!"

“I understand…” Rancy President Christy Brandon said angrily, “In other words, we have to solve this problem ourselves.”

"And we also have to give Algernon plenty of face."

"As long as Algernon doesn't admit to the 'Swinburne' plan, we'll pretend we know nothing!"

"And then we must continue to provide the Pulun people with a steady stream of various forms of assistance?"

"Our aid to the Prun people should be kept within a manageable range," said Dickens Cecil, president of the Glenn Union. "Didn't President Brandon just say that?"

"We must be wary of being betrayed by the Puren people!"

"However, we must be mindful of the methods and approaches when reducing our support for the Pulun people."

"We need to reduce the amount of aid without causing problems for unity within the alliance."

“I don’t think this problem is difficult to solve.” Dunley President Pete Andre thought for a moment and said, “In a few days, at the Alliance’s top-secret meeting, we will lay bare the trouble we are currently facing!”

"Then, taking advantage of this as a pretext, we will reduce our support for member states of the alliance, not only reducing the share of the Puren people, but also reducing our support for other member states accordingly."

"We've already paved the way for Algernon, so we've given him plenty of face!"

“I can already picture Algernon’s hypocritical face at the meeting!” Christy Brandon’s expression grew even uglier. “He will definitely try every means to shift the blame for the counterfeit money.”

"Let's just dump him then. The bigger picture is what matters." Glenn Union President Dickens Cecil said with a wry smile, "Let's just treat this top-secret meeting of the Union as a performance for this madman."

With that, Dickens Cecil got up, walked to his desk, and picked up the landline phone.

"Hello, this is Cecil."

"Cancel the previous order."

"Keep a close watch on the Pulun people, but do not alert them, and more importantly, do not let them discover that your whereabouts have been exposed."

"Let them leave if they want to."

"Yes! Let them leave if they want to, don't stop them..."

Dickens Cecil gave new instructions directly to Georgian intelligence minister Summerfield Bradley.

There was no other way. After weighing the pros and cons, the three of them finally came to the conclusion that the overall situation was the most important thing, and they really had to swallow this "suppression" themselves!