Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 490 - 315: You Are My Important Chess Piece in the City Hall (10k Words for Monthly Tickets!)_2

At this moment, the beautiful young wife had just put down the specially made communicator she had hung up and then gave Qiu Tu a pitiful look before asking, "Qiu... Minister Qiu, was everything okay with my conversation with Director Rain Butterfly just now?"

Qiu Tu’s gaze swept over Bai Ru twice, and then he nodded with a smile...

He had found Bai Ru this afternoon.

After chatting with Yan Chen at noon, Qiu Tu returned to his office and began to consider how to counter the move Yan Chen had made.

The move made by Yan Chen was simple; in essence, it was to diminish Qiu Tu’s achievements and delay Liu Xiongyuan’s inspection time.

One should not underestimate Liu Xiongyuan’s inspection.

Although Dongye State had been established, it was still loose sand. Power couldn’t simply materialize from a position; it had to be firmly grasped.

Thus, the inspection by Liu Xiongyuan and the other three Speakers was actually aimed at integrating the power of the entire Dongye State!

They split into four groups, meeting with the heads of the three major institutions of the 16 cities in succession, probing and drawing them in.

Apart from those who were already core forces attached to their factions, there were many who did not belong to the four major factions, or were on the periphery... or those council members who weren’t too fond of their own faction’s Deputy Speaker, could be pulled into their camp.

Reality is not a game, where once a person from a faction climbs up, the rest immediately follow suit.

Especially since each of these bigwigs was a decisive figure in their respective cities.

Whether they could command respect within the faction, the quality of past relationships, personal friendships, previous conflicts, etc., would all impact the final outcome.

When their own interests were involved, even Dai Yukang and Ye Mingfeng, who had been close for years, began to probe each other, right?

Yan Chen had clearly seen through this. That’s why he prepared to use the "Lianzhen Special Combat Team" case to hold up Liu Xiongyuan.

Even if Liu Xiongyuan arrived in Xinjie City and commanded his loyal forces to fight a bloody battle with the Lianzhen Special Combat Team, sending them to their deaths, it didn’t matter...

Most of the High Order Catastrophics in his inner circle were Deputy Directors or Chiefs. How many would Liu Xiongyuan dare to send to their death?

If few died, it wouldn’t have much of an impact on the situation within the Investigation Bureau; if many died... Liu Xiongyuan himself would have to take the blame first.

Moreover, once Liu Xiongyuan’s itinerary was disrupted and the other three Speakers managed to sway the middle-party council members first, his influence in Dongye State would greatly diminish.

That, for Yan Chen, would be worth it.

After all... as Liu Xiongyuan’s power was eroded, Speaker Huang Shangzong would certainly be the one to take the biggest piece of the cake.

He would definitely compensate Yan Chen.

And besides... Yan Chen had been battling with Liu Xiongyuan for so many years. Now that Yan Chen hadn’t ascended while Liu Xiongyuan had, Yan Chen knew without thinking that Liu Xiongyuan would not let him off the hook and would continue to suppress him.

Therefore, weakening Liu Xiongyuan was a means of self-preservation for Yan Chen.

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Having understood Yan Chen’s move, Qiu Tu quickly thought of a countermeasure.

Now that Yan Chen had determined he wouldn’t make a move himself, the best way for Qiu Tu to gain the greatest benefit from this affair was to secure the credit in advance.

By doing so, he would not only secure a huge amount of credit for himself, providing Liu Xiongyuan with a pretext for action.

But he could also ensure that Liu Xiongyuan’s inspection of the 16 cities went smoothly, maximizing his influence.

Liu Xiongyuan was now Qiu Tu’s backing; the greater Liu Xiongyuan’s influence in Dongye State, and the greater his voice in the council, the more comfortable Qiu Tu would be.

And more importantly... let’s not forget that faced with the Lianzhen Special Warfare Squad, Yan Chen was "intimidated" and "backed down."

He believed that Xinjie City couldn’t handle the matter on its own and needed state support.

Although this was his excuse.

But... who cares?

After all, one Third-Order Catastrophic, four Second-Order Catastrophics, and fifteen First-Order Catastrophics truly did not seem like something Xinjie City could currently contend with.

So... if Qiu Tu could pull off the feat when Yan Chen was "not optimistic" about the outcome, that would be enough!

The task that Yan Chen couldn’t complete, Qiu Tu could!

Yan Chen wanted to demote Qiu Tu, but the Sanctuary was promoting him!

Plus, with Liu Xiongyuan’s imminent inspection, it would boost Qiu Tu’s public image.

Qiu Tu believed that the winds within the Investigation Bureau would completely change!

By then, perhaps quite a few chiefs would reconsider their allegiance and betray Yan Chen, leaning towards him... or, at the very least, not take sides.

However, after clarifying his plan for what came next, Qiu Tu also immediately noticed a flaw in it.

That was... as the Bureau Chief of the Investigation Bureau, Yan Chen was Qiu Tu’s direct supervisor.

Under Yan Chen’s instructions for Qiu Tu to stand down, any unauthorized action by Qiu Tu would actually be a violation of the rules.

So... Qiu Tu had to bring in a third-party force to "take the blame."

After much thought, Qiu Tu felt that no one was more suitable than Qin Shuman’s Security Department to "take the blame."

After all... this "blame" wasn’t really taking the blame; "taking the blame" was just a pretext. In reality, it was about sharing credit.

Sharing it with one’s own people like Qin Shuman was certainly the most desirable outcome. Moreover... Dai Yukang would probably be even more pleased with Qiu Tu.

As for Bai Ru...

She was actually an unexpected surprise.

Bai Ru was the fourth woman Qiu Tu had encountered since he came to this world.

Her husband was the transporter Qian Dafu, who collaborated with the Qin Family, and her father was Commissioner Qin’s right-hand man, Deputy Commissioner of the Civil Affairs Bureau: Bai Yongdong.

But both were arrested due to the Qin Family’s case. Bai Yongdong was executed, and Qian Dafu was sentenced to life imprisonment, now incarcerated at Xinjie City Prison.