"Why don't we just treat it as if nothing happened?"
Although Rorschach sounded like he was joking, at this moment, he wasn't joking at all. ranwe? n? W? W? W? .? R? A? N? W? Ena? com?
"… Is this what they mean by 'it's lonely at the top'? Heh, you're the only one in the world who doesn't know that your house has been robbed. "
Rorschach wanted to laugh at himself, but he couldn't.
All these years, he had been stuck at a bottleneck in his advancement. If he had the time and energy, he would naturally be busy with the development of this wasteland.
All these years, he was the one who came up with the development strategy. To put it simply, he was using resources to exchange for funds, using the future to exchange for today. He was selling all sorts of long-term development resources and natural resources in exchange for short-term war resources.
After the strategy was set, the specific operations were definitely left to the so-called experts. Rorschach could only use his own "common sense" and "vision" to monitor the actual situation of the various resources.
He had been working hard all this time to exchange the limited resources of the country for actual development funds, increasing the Federation's war potential and resource reserves in all aspects.
But obviously, some people didn't think this way.
Perhaps they felt that it was enough to prepare for war to a certain extent, and they should consider their own interests. Perhaps they felt that the future of the war wasn't optimistic, and they wanted to get some things to prepare for their future … In any case, they had their own selfish motives.
Rorschach could understand, and it wasn't that he couldn't accept it. The older he got, the more he learned to compromise. But obviously, no one was willing to let Rorschach know. They didn't want to take this risk … It was like a group of servants selling off their master's assets. Everyone could be in cahoots, but the master and his children definitely couldn't know.
The scene in front of him made Rorschach a little dumbfounded, a little sad, and a little emotional. But when he thought about it carefully, it was a natural development.
"Everyone has their own selfish motives …"
It was obvious that turning a small town's industrial land into commercial land wasn't something that an individual or a small number of organizations would be able to do. There were too many tricks involved, and it was likely that there was an entire network of connections involved in this project … At the same time, there was also a need to split the spoils.
Among them, there would definitely be members of the Game Church, but the main forces should be the other churches and the Aishi's idle forces. The possibility of the Seymour people being involved wasn't high.
At this moment, Rorschach and Lori were really hesitant. Should they stop here?
It was obvious that their goal was to pass the new city construction plan. Then, the prohibited land could be completely turned into official commercial land with the implementation of the plan. Not only would the real estate buyers not have any future troubles, but their violations would also become difficult to trace.
However, at this time, Rorschach stopped the construction plan of the new city district which seemed to be fine on the surface due to other reasons. This was a very subtle signal.
Did he discover something?
Has he realized that something is wrong and intends to use this plan as a breakthrough to expose our crimes?
Is he planning to use this to threaten us?
This document was too subtle. It was a crucial step in covering up countless crimes. With this step being stopped, it was inevitable that those in the know would overthink.
The longer Rorschach stopped, the more uneasy those with a guilty conscience felt.
Perhaps, there were already people loitering in front of Rorschach, trying to sound him out, and even trying to exchange benefits in an attempt to be let off … But Rorschach really didn't know.
Perhaps, they didn't expect to hide it from Rorschach. After all, wherever the town was, as long as their spies were good enough, they would have a chance to find out. Rorschach's' ignorance 'was seen as a form of' tacit consent ', but now, his actions of stopping the construction plan was seen as a form of' extortion '.
When a person was guilty, it was natural for them to overthink. The more time passed, the more suspicious and uneasy it would become, and eventually, some people would fall into madness.
This was also the reason why Rorschach was considering whether he should stop here or not.
"The current strategy is to put safety and stability first. Unite all the forces that can be united and prepare for war."
Without knowing how many people were involved, it might not be worth it to just throw the table and start a war. Rorschach was a little regretful that he acted too quickly.
[It's too late. We've already started the internal cleansing. This is such a big matter that it will definitely involve many low-level personnel. Let's not talk about your previous punishment for now. If the investigation doesn't find anything, we won't have to doubt the ability of our intelligence organization. We'll just have to doubt their loyalty.]
Rorschach frowned. Even if he didn't come, these things would have surfaced in two days.
"This is troublesome. At this time, we can't be weak …"
Rorschach himself was assassinated, and the other party had already made their stance clear. If he wanted to exchange benefits to understand the situation, he could just kill the main culprit and find the relevant people to make a private deal.
Now that it was all over the city, there were probably many people who knew about the situation here. If he wanted to settle it privately at this time, he would seem too weak.
And as the current number one church in Vila Nova Dônia and a faction with real power, being weak was the most unacceptable behavior. It was the same as welcoming a pack of wolves to enjoy a feast of meat.
As for the town itself, it wasn't a problem anymore. Even if it was illegally used, since it was sold to a kind and ignorant third party, it wasn't realistic to pursue the matter.
They couldn't just let the Seymour people who just had a home leave their homes and then flatten the buildings here to build factories … When building illegally, it would cause riots. If it was legal, just the compensation alone would probably be enough to kill them.
"The situation here, we can only accept the reality. But some people … I think it's better to let the traitors pay the price. "
Looking at the base of the Heaven's Eye mercenary group, Rorschach smiled and shook his head. He already knew what to do.
"There's no way to back down. Then, let's just flip the table."
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