Chapter 50 The Dark Council also raises taxes (2)
Entering the side hall, the three speakers took off their hats on their cloaks. The speaker in the head looked like the real speaker of the US government. His clean face was combined with a gentle expression, and his every move was gentle and noble. When he saw him for the first time, no one would associate him with the leader of the dark organization.
The deputy speaker beside him always had a smile on his face, and the harmless appearance of humans and animals was like a pastor who taught the baptism of babies. However, Alfred knew that more than half of the ideas of the wizard would come from this smiling fat man, and he was the real brain of the wizard. Another deputy speaker unexpectedly was a woman, but only her cold expression was more like a person in a high position.
"Sit, brothers Alfred." The Speaker kindly gestured to the chair beside him. The old master saluted the three Speakers and sat down.
"Brother Alfred, you are the only one of us who have escaped from Chicago, and we want to hear your opinion on the establishment of the Chicago node this time."
The old mage lowered his head and thought for a while, then pretended to be a serious face and said, "First of all, I have to apologize to you. I thought about the situation I reported to you last time, and something was wrong."
The Speaker raised his hand to him and signaled him to continue.
"The gangster told me that he saw an old man he had never seen suddenly flying over and chopped the undead stone with a sword. This was a coincidence. How could the undead stone be discovered just after it was taken out and it was still a passerby. What he said was that the old man basically did not show up, so he had never seen it before, which does not mean that the old man was not a local."
The Speaker nodded and became serious about his words.
"Another, the reason why I can come back safely. I personally think that it is because I did not reveal dark magic in Chicago. Although those of us who have magic or magic have a hundred and a thousand times perceptual ability than ordinary people, we cannot control the entire city. So, I think that old man is guarding Chicago, where there are things or people he values. So, if we just pass by, it will not trigger his attacks. When we plan to establish nodes there or cast large-scale dark magic, it is very likely to attract his attacks. I think this is also the reason why our council has been unable to gain a foothold in Chicago before. So, I think we should not establish nodes there too early without obtaining enough information."
The Speaker and the two Deputy Speakers looked at each other, nodded with satisfaction and said, "My dear brother Alfred, your opinion is very consistent with our guesses. So this is probably the truth of the matter, and we are not sure that the old man can take him down. But it doesn't matter, through our observation, you are one of the members of parliament who is very trustworthy in the parliament, so we don't mind giving you a briefing. Recently, a group of hidden forces we trained can finally be used, so if we can find out the true strength of this old man, we can mobilize more powerful forces from the headquarters to help us complete the entire United States."
Hidden power? It seems that the wizard will always be training against Li's elders, so this group of people must be targeted. No, I have to find a way to delay and tell Li to make them prepare.
Looking at Alfred's surprised expression, the three speakers were very satisfied. Proper display of their strength was also one of the means to maintain organizational stability.
"Brothers Alfred, based on your past achievements and your loyalty to the organization today, we unanimously decided to set up five major regions on the original nodes from today. You, the respected Mr. Alfred Mueller, will be the general manager of the Northeast region, with nodes in the nine states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. All the node resources in this region are allocated by you to complete the tasks issued by the parliament. Here is your authorization letter and medal, please keep it."
The Speaker picked up a roll of parchment tied with ribbons and a necklace slightly smaller than the ones worn by the Speakers.
Alfred stood up and bent down, and respectfully took the two things from the Speaker.
The old mage took the thing into his cloak and asked sincerely in a worried tone of organization: "So, Speaker, what is my top priority?"
The Speaker was very satisfied with the old wizard's emphasis on work and said with a kind look: "Don't worry, Alfred, your first priority now is to integrate the area you are responsible for, allocate resources and personnel, and prepare for the next step of penetration into Chicago. As the person in charge of the front line, you have a heavy burden on you. I hope you can withstand the pressure and share more for the parliament."
"And, I think after completing the node layout of the entire United States, our parliament can add one or two seats to the deputy speakers. What do you think is the Speaker?" Edward, the male deputy speaker who had not spoken, said a sweet date when he opened his mouth.
"Well, Deputy Speaker Edward's suggestion is very constructive, and I think there is a great possibility to achieve it." The old Speaker agreed in a pretentious manner.
Another deputy speaker, Ms. Belladona, stared at him with cold eyes and said nothing. The old master understood that the deputy speaker in charge of internal review usually had someone unlucky when he spoke, and most of them had no life.
This typical American carrot and stick pattern made the old mage sneer, but he pretended to be grateful and vowed to sacrifice all his abilities and even his life for the cause of the parliament.
After sending the old mage out, the three speakers sat down again. The speaker asked Deputy Speaker Edward: "How is it, the result of your observation."
"He was still quite shocked by the strength we were hiding, but there was not much emotional fluctuation when he was promoted to the head of the region and heard the temptation of the deputy speaker."
Deputy Speaker Belladona, who had been silent, spoke: "Alfred has always been an academic necromancer. I am afraid that power cannot bring him too much attraction. It is better to give him some precious experimental materials or books and notes from the undead department."
The Speaker nodded, "Okay, I will ask William to pay attention to it when he looks back. Such academics are loyal and reliable, and they are not bad at the execution of orders. The leaders of the districts behind can consider this aspect of parliamentarians."
Edward nodded in agreement, "However, it is best to supplement it with some flexible deputy, so that the task will be more efficient."
"Compared with efficiency, loyalty is more important, and people with agile minds often have more minds." Belladona coldly opposed this.
"Silly people will waste a lot of our time." Edward tried to analyze the pros and cons to the Speaker. Before he could finish speaking, Belladona interrupted him, "Is time meaningful to us? Instead, a betrayal will hurt us more." Looking at the female Speaker's cold eyes, Edward closed his mouth.
Chapter completed!