novelraw Chapter 969 - 372: Standoff
Chapter 969 - 372: Standoff
Standoff.
This is the best explanation for the current situation.
Two sides confront each other.
The people of Willpower Country don’t allow Director Chen’s people to enter, nor let The Ninth Bureau’s people leave.
Director Chen’s people directly confront the people of Willpower Country, showing an unusually tough stance.
No negotiation!
Not even a bit of negotiation!
Between the two sides, right now, there’s absolutely no room for maneuver.
The leaders of both sides know each other.
Director Chen steps forward at this moment, alone, facing the armed men of Willpower Country.
Subordinates have tried to stop him, but it was in vain, as Director Chen obstinately marches ahead.
Facing hundreds of guns, he shows no reaction, his expression calm, completely fearless.
His aura even surpasses that of the opposition.
He directly opens his mouth to threaten.
"Yorkshire, I warn you, if you continue this standoff with me, you can’t afford the consequences."
Chen Qiutong has worked in diplomacy for nearly thirty years.
He has traveled across dozens of countries, facing all kinds of storms and turbulence.
Regarding the changes in Great Xia, he is the most deeply affected.
Since he started working until now, he has always maintained an attitude neither arrogant nor humble, modest yet firm, consistently in this manner.
But his inner confidence has grown stronger each year with Great Xia’s increasing strength.
Up to now.
Not to mention here in Willpower Country, even in Lijian Country, he would still stand firm.
Because no one in this world would dare to threaten him now.
Nor is there anyone qualified to tell him to concede or do anything under pressure.
Yorkshire.
The leader of this team, the deputy captain of this city’s guard team, he stares intently at Chen Qiutong, Director Chen.
He has had many dealings with this man.
At times when Great Xia citizens doing business or working here in Willpower Country encountered crimes and were victims, needing assistance from the embassy, Chen Qiutong would contact him.
The two are quite familiar with each other.
However, this familiarity is only work-related; privately, they don’t have much interaction, nor are they warmly connected.
And now.
After their positions changed and interests conflicted.
They stand directly opposed to each other.
Immediately becoming uncompromising and contesting every inch.
"Chen, before and after, I’ve often made compromises for you, but this time, I can’t do that anymore."
"Zhang Beixing slapped us in the face; repatriating him with a 24-hour notice isn’t showing him respect, but respecting Great Xia. In these 24 hours, he should stay quietly here, then leave on his own when it’s time."
"Yet he insisted on causing trouble, seeking issues, don’t you think it’s a bit too much?"
"..."
Chen Qiutong hears Yorkshire’s words, sneers, and shakes his head, "Yorkshire, are you mistaken about something?"
"Do you not know Minister Zhang Beixing’s identity yet? He’s the minister of The Ninth Bureau, equal in rank to my superior’s superior!"
"Are you qualified to speak to him like this? Have you understood your own identity?"
Chen Qiutong’s words provoke Yorkshire, making his face turn green and red.
He almost seems on the verge of an angry outburst.
"If you don’t believe me, you can call your boss over immediately to see if he dares to speak so arrogantly in front of our Minister Zhang!"
The fact is, even Yorkshire’s superior doesn’t have the rank to reprimand Zhang Beixing.
Even in different countries, Zhang Beixing’s identity is enough to make them intimidated.
Not to mention.
What makes Zhang Beixing terrifying is not his rank, but his formidable strength!
Among those present, anyone, even if Zhang Beixing isn’t here, if he were to confront them, truly anger him, they all would face dire consequences.
"In Great Xia, we say ’seeing the sky from the bottom of a well’, trying to trouble Minister Zhang is somewhat laughable."
"Your so-called repatriation just took advantage of timing differences, notifying us at dawn when Great Xia hasn’t started working yet."
"In a couple of hours, you’ll see, if you repatriate our Minister Zhang, no problem, Minister Zhang is quite temperate, won’t get angry with you."
"But after an hour, you’ll find that all personnel from Willpower Country in Great Xia will be forcibly repatriated, then see whose loss is greater, yours or ours?"
Chen Qiutong, Director Chen, says these words with a smile.
Though this move, akin to the Seven-Injury Fist, would indeed cause some loss to Great Xia.
But the loss won’t be as great as for Willpower Country.
It’s famously said: ’kill a thousand enemies at the cost of four hundred to oneself.’
Great Xia’s size can easily bear such loss.
At worst, slightly lowering prices in trade with other countries, life can go on.
However, it’s difficult for Willpower Country to endure.
A vast majority of goods in the whole country are produced by Great Xia.
Finding a good production base quickly isn’t that easy.
Yorkshire hadn’t considered this much earlier.
But now that Chen Qiutong stated the consequences, it doesn’t seem like a joke; it must be taken seriously.