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Kania and Mann returned to the teleportation room.

"But you still agreed to pass on the message for us," Kania suddenly asked.

Mann looked like he hadn't reacted yet:

"What?"

Kania said:

"When you saw her, you were obviously a little guilty, and you beat around the bush when you spoke, taking a long time to dare to say the real thing. Since you said that you don't agree with what you're doing deep down, why do you still pass on this message for us?"

Mann replied:

"No, I actually know very well what is right, so I accepted your proposal and came here.

"But knowing right from wrong doesn't mean you can firmly believe in it. If you were me, then when standing in front of Shenxiao, you would also involuntarily question your own thoughts, after all, we can all clearly see that she represents correctness."

"I see." Kania nodded, "What you said makes a lot of sense."

This answer was in line with her and other experts' analysis, and it was also something Mann could say, without any obvious flaws.

Based on Mann's information, if he was so nervous and restrained when talking to other people, she and other experts would likely start to suspect that there was something wrong with him, but this time he was talking to Shenxiao.

If he really acted particularly relaxed and natural, they would suspect Mann even more. Of course, no matter how he behaved, it could be said that there were suspicious points, but this actually had nothing to do with Mann, mainly because the person he was talking to was Shenxiao.

Mann sighed:

"Actually, I had imagined many scenes of meeting her, but I never thought it would be so ordinary. Even the former Shenxiao Walker seems so ordinary in the prison you built. The Federation is truly powerful."

Kania reminded him:

"Don't be blinded by appearances. Actually, she was only so gentle when she saw you. When confronting our negotiators, she was still the seemingly invincible Shenxiao Walker. In fact, she was like this to those with abilities below Rank V before she was imprisoned.

"If you are not a Rank V ability user, it is difficult to truly perceive her true oppressiveness."

Mann nodded slightly and said:

"That sounds reasonable. They should indeed be more aware of Shenxiao's danger, and for them, Shenxiao's power has a completely different meaning than it does for us. It is precisely because of this that I have a deeper understanding of your power.

"Just like Shenxiao just told me, the victor is the strong."

Mann's words were meant to reassure Kania and the Federation that he knew what reality was like.

Kania nodded:

"You've done a good job. Actually, according to my suggestion, you can now go back behind the scenes and stay with them, waiting for me to bring information and questions that you need to refer to. If all goes well, you can leave this job in a while.

"You will also smoothly enter the advisory group responsible for Shenxiao and the Salvation Alliance, and get a good position with this achievement.

"But unfortunately, what I say doesn't count. Tang Xueluan wants you to go with us for formal negotiations.

"And the worst thing is, she can indeed arrange for you to come in."

Mann looked puzzled:

"You think this is terrible?"

Kania showed an approving look, as if Mann was a student who answered the question correctly:

"That's right, because you can't possibly convince Shenxiao.

"To be honest, Tang Xueluan overestimated your abilities."

Mann still said calmly:

"But trying doesn't seem like a bad thing for the Federation."

Kania analyzed seemingly rationally:

"I didn't say this is bad for the Federation. For us, it's just a waste of effort. This is advice for you. Doing this has no positive benefits for you, and will only leave a bad impression on others.

"If you can do it, you will indeed get a huge reward, but if you make a mistake, you will also leave a bad impression on others. Not everyone can objectively judge the difficulty of your task. Most members of the Federation are only professional in their fields, and are full of prejudice and misunderstanding about things they don't understand. Of course, in fact, the benefits of success far outweigh the negative impact of failure.

"But how high the reward is multiplied by zero is still zero."

After listening to her "advice", Mann nodded, quite politely expressing his gratitude:

"Thank you for your advice, but I don't really care what the Federation politicians think of me, and this is more of the Shu family's intention. Even if I really don't think I should participate in the negotiations, I won't try to change their minds."

Kania seemed to frown slightly because of Mann's stubbornness:

"I said this may have a bad impact on you, not just that they may look down on you. This can be slowly reversed after you work in the advisory department for a while. A more serious problem is that your conversation with Shenxiao did not yield any results.

"Therefore, they may suspect that you actually have some dirty secrets with Shenxiao, and you also have such a sensitive identity.

"We professionals can of course understand that this is impossible, but you must also understand that Federation politicians are not us, and you can't expect them to understand this, otherwise they would be responsible for our current work.

"If you really convince Shenxiao, they may not think so, but when you don't accomplish anything, they will start to speculate, unlike those of us who understand the situation and know that you definitely won't have any problems."

Mann still explained to her quite gently:

"What you said makes sense, but things may actually be a little more complicated than you think. The point is not what I want, but what the Shu family and Tang Xueluan want me to do. The point is that they want me to try."

Kania still insisted:

"I know, but their decision is based on wrong judgments. They can't get the answer they want, so I think you should talk to Tang Xueluan about this again.

"I don't know what you want, but you have to realize that they are politicians. If they don't get what they want, they won't reflect on whether it's their own problem, but will only push the blame on you. I said they are not professionals.

"So you can't trust them. I don't think you're the kind of idiot, right?"

Mann still replied peacefully:

"You're right, but I have my own reasons.

"I didn't join the Federation for fun."

Kania continued to press:

"So this is why you want to betray Shenxiao."

Mann seemed to finally be a little impatient and said:

"I said, I have my own reasons.

"And now there is no such thing as betrayal."

Kania also seemed to finally give up, shaking her head slightly and saying disappointedly:

"Okay, if you insist, I won't say anything more."

There was still nothing unusual.

Even if she showed an arrogant attitude, continuously throwing slightly questioning questions at Mann, and claiming that he was openly betraying Shenxiao, and also mentioned that he had ulterior motives for wanting to see Shenxiao, and linked it to his destined to fail negotiations.

But Mann's reaction still didn't change because of the attitude she showed and the pressure in her words, and it perfectly matched the information that the Federation and the Shu family had jointly compiled and handed over to her.

It seemed that the reason why he joined the Federation did match their judgment. Mann didn't care much about the Federation and politicians. Although he still retained a little conscience as a former member of the Salvation Alliance, he was indeed more unscrupulous than his companions.

And it seemed that he had recently encountered some difficulties as the Shu family said, which was why he agreed to Tang Xueluan's recruitment, because he did have an extremely high demand for that Rank V anti-spiritual metal, which perfectly corresponded to the guilt he showed.

When she mentioned "betraying Shenxiao", Mann finally showed impatience, which meant that he was somewhat unwilling to accept this, at least it wasn't something he "wanted" to do, but he had to do it for some unavoidable reasons, which could also very well explain his reaction when he saw Shenxiao.

He passed the test.

Mann didn't know that in addition to leading this group, she also had a job, which was to confirm for the Federation and the Shu family that Mann was not a problem. Now that the inspection showed that he didn't seem to be a spy who infiltrated the Federation to secretly approach Shenxiao, they could rest assured.

As for the so-called problems she just mentioned, she actually seriously exaggerated the possible impact of these so-called problems, and also didn't correctly evaluate the Shu family's efficiency and ability to solve these problems.

These problems wouldn't really affect Mann from obtaining the anti-spiritual metal. If his purpose in cooperating with the Shu family was this, he wouldn't care at all about the price she said, because it was theoretically unimportant to him.

Only when he had other purposes would he pay special attention to these things.

This passage will also be sent back to other departments of the Federation. After they combine this passage with his conversation with Shenxiao for research, they will soon come to the conclusion that Mann is not a problem. It seems that they will have many opportunities for cooperation in the future.

"We're here." Kania broke the silence, then looked outside the door and said, "Tang Xueluan may already be waiting for you."

After saying that, she pushed the door open. Tang Xueluan was indeed standing outside the door as she said.

And the moment she saw Mann, a warm smile appeared on her face:

"I heard your work went very smoothly."

This wasn't the only message she received.

Mann nodded:

"This isn't a difficult challenge, it's just passing on a few words to her. The cost of this matter isn't in the process."

Tang Xueluan nodded, then looked at Kania and said:

"Then Mann and I will leave first. If you need anything, just let us know."

After saying this, Tang Xueluan greeted her briefly, then turned around and led Mann away.

After pulling away some distance, she immediately said:

"Now that you've completed this task, we can talk about serious business.

"I've already talked to other departments of the Federation and reached very good terms with them, and the whole process was much smoother than we expected. The Federation politicians didn't give us any obstacles, which is likely because your recent record is still fresh in their minds. That alone is enough to convince them to trust your abilities.

"At the same time, the newly appointed leadership of the advisory department is also very easy to talk to. I heard that the Free Wanderer Daoist specially said a few good words for you. It's conceivable that the conditions Shadow finally reached with him must have been very good, so much so that he has some goodwill towards you.

"In short, we are ready to arrange for you to enter the formal negotiation process with Shenxiao. As long as you can get her to agree to accept our information collection equipment, then the Shu family can guarantee to get you the Rank V anti-spiritual metal.

"And if you can get her to accept a new source of power, then the Federation and we can get you several times the value of the Rank V anti-spiritual metal. If you find a way to advance towards Rank V, we can also directly get you resources.

"But the second one is actually unlikely to come true, and our expectations for you are only to complete the first task.

"Although the former is not simple, you still have a considerable possibility of success, because if Shenxiao has really decided to accept our monitoring of her information, then she actually has a good chance of agreeing in front of you.

"Because she may be willing to give this credit to her former colleague.

"And although this is because we originally gave enough conditions and were able to achieve a victory in the negotiations, this doesn't mean that it's meaningless for you to get this opportunity, because giving this reward to you can also be considered one of our conditions.

"This is something only you can do."

In fact, Mann's position in this matter was not a negotiator, but a bargaining chip that the Federation put on the table to negotiate with Shenxiao.

Mann nodded:

"Before accepting this proposal, I would like to see the detailed plan for Shenxiao to fight in Atlantis after you succeed."

What he asked for was not the specific negotiation conditions, which was not something that needed to be kept particularly secret, and in fact, it was not particularly strange for Mann to ask for this. For him, this could be the motivation for the negotiations.

Tang Xueluan nodded and replied:

"Of course, but this is not actually our plan, but what Shenxiao is going to do, and some of the specific details may be slightly abstract, because we can't describe the content in words or anything.

"The parties in this plan are both powerful beings that are difficult to predict and describe."

Mann nodded:

"As long as there are no problems."

In fact, after learning about the sinking of Atlantis, Mann's most important goal was no longer the anti-spiritual metal, but he still had to participate deeply in this matter, because it was also closely related to his new plan.

He needed to know exactly when Shenxiao entered the deep sea, and to determine what the scene would be like at that time.

Because he was planning to obtain the lost Rank V weapon, the "Overturning Sea Scepter".

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