They were the biggest sponsors of Jin Xinyue's election for the Speaker. Every Speaker of the Federation in the past decades had been supported by them. Therefore, Jin Xinyue could smile at the reporters' questions, but she could not ignore their fury.
"How did it end up like this?"
Of the three big shots, Leader Zhao, who was sitting on the left and holding a dragon-headed stick, said solemnly while tapping the black marble floor, "Did you do it or not? Why were we unaware of such an important matter beforehand? How are we going to clean up the mess now that such a huge one has been made? "
"Jin Xinyue, do you know what you are doing or not?"
Sect Leader Pang was sitting on the right. He weighed at least two hundred kilograms and looked like a mountain of meat from afar. His white hair was mixed with a few strands of red. He was obviously a hot-tempered man. Before Sect Leader Zhao could finish, he glared at him and said, "Everybody knows that the great sects of the core worlds have placed their bets on you. We've been supporting you with everything we have! Now that you have caused such a huge scandal, the financial market is in chaos. Do you have any idea how much losses the major sects have suffered in total during the last trading day? The money that has evaporated in the market today is enough to build quite a few main-force warships! "
"Jin Xinyue, we have always trusted you and given you all the support you needed. We never asked you how you did things."
In the middle, the leader surnamed Tong, who was short and as young as a child but had a gloomy face, clenched the armrest of the chair so hard that it was squeaking. Narrowing his eyes, he said, one word after another, "It's because we all consider you a smart man. The real smart people know what to do and what not to do. If you do something that you shouldn't do, you will certainly be caught no matter how many benefits you see in front of you!
"You know the weight of the election very well. This is not a competition between you and Ding Ling Dong; it is a competition between the three core worlds and the four new worlds! The war would soon descend. Whoever could lead the federation to this glorious victory as the 'Wartime Speaker' and win the 'Founding War' in the true sense would become the true master of the federation!
"If we win the election and the war, the position of the three core worlds in the Xing Yao Federation will be unshakable. Even if more new worlds join the Federation in the future, they will have to obey the order established by the core worlds and the rules of the game made by the ancient sects that have been passed on since the age of the 'Old Federation'!
"This is where our interests lie, and also where your interests lie, Jin Xinyue!
"But Ding Ling Dong is different. She is a highly dangerous woman. She is not a player of the game at all. She does not understand the importance of abiding by the old order at all. Instead, she wants to shatter all the forces and rules passed on from the age of the Old Federation and replace them with her new world and rules!
"Once Ding Ling Dong wins the election, ascends to the throne of the Supreme Speaker, and defeats the Black Wind Fleet, her prestige will be as high as the sun in the sky, and the new worlds will be much more powerful. The core worlds will never be able to rise again, and the old sects like us can only decline and lose our power!
"This is a very important matter. Do you understand or not? Don't forget that the Blood Demon Sector is one of the core worlds, too!"
Opposite the three furious big shots, Jin Xinyue was sitting upright on a simple but elegant cushion and making tea meticulously.
Today was the anniversary of the Uranian Ring War. Jin Xinyue was wearing particularly plain clothes. Not only was there not the slightest pattern or decoration on her black suit, even the Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars emblem that she usually wore on her chest had been replaced by a black and white one. She had even covered her face with a thin black veil, which she had not taken off even to this moment.
Her clothes made her look like she was covered in a black fog that would never disperse. It was impossible to see her real face clearly.
Not to mention seeing through her appearance and seeing what she was thinking at the bottom of her heart.
Faced with the sharp questions and warnings of the three big shots, Jin Xinyue did not panic at all. She cleaned her hands, heated the cups, washed the tea, brewed it, sealed it, and served the tea … Every procedure was flawless. Even the most brilliant tea ceremony experts would not be able to find any fault with her.
Jin Xinyue delivered three cups of 'Purple Spring Dragon' to the three big shots respectfully. Then, she returned to the cushion and sat down on her knees again. It was not until she said unhurriedly, "It is exactly because I know the significance of the election that I made such an unwise decision …"
"An unwise decision?!"
The three big shots were even more infuriated. "Do you have any idea how much trouble your 'unwise decision' has brought us?"
Jin Xinyue smiled. She poured a small cup of the golden tea for herself and put it on her lips, but she did not drink it. Instead, she simply sniffed the wetness of the tea and said, "Leaders, please don't be hasty. This is just some groundless gossip right now. Why are you panicking? If such online revelations can be taken seriously, I can give everybody in parliament a hundred pieces of information in a minute, and there will be nobody in parliament tomorrow.
"All in all, just rest assured, leaders. I will take care of the trivia cleanly. Nothing will go wrong."
"Something has already gone wrong with you!"
Leader Pang, who had a fiery temper, bellowed furiously. "According to the news, you should've resolved all the problems on Firefly neatly. But as it turned out, they took care of the problems on their own, and they even suspected you immediately! Let's leave the truth of the matter aside for now. Is this what you are capable of? "
"You are playing with fire," Leader Tong said gloomily.
With a gloomy face, Leader Tong said, "It's easy to set a fire, but it's much more difficult to extinguish it. With everything coming to this point, you'd better settle the matter properly without leaving any traces behind. You must find this' Moonfall '!
"Remember, we do not want to see you acting on your own like this again! No matter what, the core worlds must win the election, or — "
Leader Tong was only halfway through his speech when his eyes suddenly widened, and his mouth opened slightly, unable to finish the rest of his sentence.
Leader Zhao and Leader Pang, who were next to him, were also completely frozen when they raised their teacups, unable to move at all!
It was because boundless killing intent was suddenly unleashed from Jin Xinyue at this moment. Like ten thousand black vipers, they crawled out of her black veil mask and her black suit, twisting, wriggling, and entangling them into wet black chains that bound them all!
The pupils of the three leaders were immediately constricted to the minimum.
They were all pure admin-type Cultivators, and they were all more than two hundred years old. They had been working day and night for the affairs of their sects, which had consumed a lot of their energy. The hardness of their souls had been weakening day by day.
Jin Xinyue, on the other hand, had been a 'saintess' carefully refined by the Pantheon of Demons of the Blood Demon Sector more than a hundred years ago. She was the most precise slaughter machine!
After swearing loyalty to the Federation and joining the Secret Sword Bureau, she had led the 'Dim Moon Squad' to fight for the expansion of the new Federation. She had fought countless bloody battles in the most unpredictable frontlines of darkness. Her Cultivation had been polished in the soul-stirring battles.
However, in recent decades, especially after she was appointed as the minister of the Ministry of Development of the Federation, she had begun to hide her claws and teeth and slowly transformed, or rather, 'whitewashed' herself. She had been showing up in public as a gentle, elegant, and flawless person. She had barely fought in the past decades.
As time went by, even the big shots who had supported Jin Xinyue together had forgotten how terrifying and brutal the 'weak woman' hiding in the black mist was and regarded her as a puppet that they could knead at will!
The three admin-type old Yuanying were suppressed by Jin Xinyue, who had risen recently and was an expert in both management and combat. They could not even blink their eyes.
But the teacups in their hands were still steaming unhurriedly.
Jin Xinyue stood up again. Picking up the teapot, she walked to the three big shots unhurriedly. With a warm smile on her face, she poured tea into the teacups that were frozen in their hands. The tea was as hot as magma because of the boost of her spiritual energy.
"I'll say it again. Listen carefully, leaders. This is just a trivial matter. I'll take care of it."
Jin Xinyue loosened her hands. The teapot floated in midair and revolved slowly.
She removed the black veil on her face, revealing her calm and perfect smile. She was like a beautiful snake that had extended its head out of the black mist and hissed at the three big shots.
"Also, I'm very curious. Even if I can't take care of it well, what else do you have? What else can you do? Replace me in less than a month, cut off all ties with me, and replace me with someone else to compete with Ding Ling Dong? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Why didn't I know that you had such a hero in your pocket?
"In the past hundred years, I have never let you down. The 'Xiong Yuan' case eighty years ago, the exploitation right of the Great Peace Planet fifty-two years ago, and the competitions before and after the 'Bill of Rights for General Equality', have we ever not triumphed and returned with abundant trophies?
"In the past hundred years, the reason why your sects have been able to rise among the top five hundred sects of the federation, fighting their way into the top ten and top five, and defeating so many insufferably arrogant behemoths, is it not because we can trust each other and cooperate sincerely?
"Hehe. We have been in the same boat since a long time ago. We are bound together for good or ill. If I really fall because of the scandal, what good will it do for you? If they can trace back to me through the rebellion on Firefly, why can't they trace back to you through me and expose all the deals that we have made in the past hundred years?
"Leaders, uncles, don't you agree?"
Jin Xinyue sipped the tea and exclaimed in great satisfaction. She drew a rune casually to ease the pressure on the three of them.
The three big shots shuddered at the same time, their backs soaked in sweat.
They looked at Ding Ling Dong in disbelief. Then, they looked at each other in bewilderment for a while, their faces twisted in pain.
"We — we really shouldn't have trusted you. We shouldn't have trusted you in the beginning. It was you who came to us. It was you …"
The fat on Leader Pang's face was shivering hard. "I knew that you were definitely not a good guy! Those who are not my kind are bound to be disloyal! "
"Sect Leader Pang, don't you think you're being racist?"
Jin Xinyue walked to the back of the three big shots slowly and said with a smile.
Although the three big shots had regained their mobility, for some reason, they did not have the courage to move at all. They did not even have the courage to look back.
"Hehe. A hundred years ago, I swore to my master that I would be the Speaker of the Xing Yao Federation one day, whatever the cost and whatever the means!"
Jin Xinyue's smile was gradually gone, replaced by a cold and heartless face. She said coldly, one word after another, "So, rest assured. I will not lose to Ding Ling Dong. Never!
"You don't need to do anything. You only need to do one thing: trust me without reservation, support me with all your strength, and devote all your resources and strength to me. Together, together, side by side, we will win this war!"
"Pa!"
After she said the last word, Jin Xinyue patted Leader Pang's shoulder heavily. Leader Pang and the other two big shots shuddered again.
"We will definitely win. Don't you think so, Uncle Pang?"
Jin Xinyue leaned close to Leader Pang's ear from behind and asked softly.
"… Yes, yes."
Sect Leader Pang swallowed hard and nodded involuntarily.
"That's good."
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