192: Chapter 192: However, I Refuse the Consequences 192: Chapter 192: However, I Refuse the Consequences “Are you interested in joining the Special Service Bureau?”
“No.”
Wang Yunxiao hesitated not a bit in rejecting Qiao Hongyi’s invitation.
If he hadn’t experienced last night’s battle, maybe he would have considered it.
But now, sorry, forget it.
A person must keep their word.
Credit isn’t a chamber pot that you take out when you need it and kick aside when you don’t.
Anyone who breaks their promise once will surely do it again.
Initially, Qiao Hongyi promised conditions that only involved deploying his team for an extra shift at night with a five-dollar overtime pay, and even the touch of a gun was thrown in.
Although Wang was psychologically prepared for casualties, you can’t really expect us to boldly face such a formidable enemy, can you?
If Laozi weren’t there, how many of Laozi’s brothers would have survived?
Wang Yunxiao wasn’t foolish.
The Special Service Bureau controls black tech including but not limited to Time-Space Retrospection and real-time troop teleportation.
You’re telling me they can’t handle some small-time demons and evil spirits in Tianmen City?
Heck, I reckon you could take on Kerrigan in the Koprulu Sector too.
And yet they deliberately let a batch slip through to exhaust us in face-to-face combat?
Yes, they did it on purpose.
Wang Yunxiao isn’t a lawyer; he doesn’t need to talk evidence.
As the boss, it’s about honor.
If there was an agreement, even if I didn’t anticipate this, and it was my loss, I’d accept it.
Let’s leave that matter behind us, and not talk about this again.
There’s nothing left to discuss moving forward.
Realizing Wang Yunxiao’s firm stance, Qiao Hongyi swallowed what he had prepared to say.
There’s no point arguing right and wrong with someone who is resolute.
“Yes, indeed, that was not very noble of me.”
Qiao Hongyi put down the pen in his hand and squarely acknowledged his mistake.
“I just wanted to test out how resilient your team was during an emergency situation and if you were exceptional, I’d have recruited you all.”
The three major bureaus devour without spitting bones.
This was knowledge Nurse Liu had taught in class.
There’s a saying: when scholars encounter soldiers, the logic becomes unclear.
If they really wanted to recruit, the promises made by Principal Zhou or Qin Xiangdong would have been ineffective.
“Commander Qiao, a twisted melon is not sweet.”
Wang Yunxiao said bluntly, “If you want to recruit strong hands, why not just popularize the textbook universally?
You keep one for each person.
You don’t care about personal willingness and want to expand however much you wish, isn’t that better?”
Oh, picking peaches from someone else’s tree once they are ripe, you know it.
The mighty Special Service Bureau, surely your means aren’t so lowly?
If you are really going to play these dirty tricks, then sorry, we have ample experience in this field, and you might not outplay us.
Wang Yunxiao had made up his mind; if you dare to forcefully recruit people, I dare to expand a division in return.
Bring it on, who’s afraid!
“Wang Yunxiao, don’t be unreasonable with me.
I know your men were injured, and once I finish my current work, I will give you a satisfactory settlement.
For now, let’s talk calmly,”
said Qiao Hongyi earnestly.
“Since you’ve already learned the intelligence on the time tides and know about Time-Space Retrospection.
Have you considered what would happen if this power were in the hands of those with ill intentions?”
“For example, imagine one day in the future, your enemy…
given your temperament, you can’t truly say you’ll never make enemies.
If your enemy got hold of the Time-Space Retrospection technology and came back to this time point to kill you, what would you do?”
Is this thing that easy to control?
Wang Yunxiao disagreed internally, but had to admit, Qiao Hongyi’s point made a lot of sense.
Better safe than sorry, right?
“What we are facing now is not a question of sacrifice or non-sacrifice, neither is it about doing or not doing, whether there are benefits or not,”
said Qiao Hongyi in a deep voice, “The premise that you can study peacefully in the classroom now is that we have a strong country, a stable society, but none of these are given, not inherent.”
“Now, someone is shielding you.
What about later?
Do you think you are so capable that even if the sky falls, it won’t touch you?
Or do you mean as long as you’re comfortable, others’ lives and deaths don’t matter?”
Wang Yunxiao calmly waited for him to finish, then asked, “Commander Qiao, should a good person be pointed at with guns?”
Qiao Hongyi asked puzzledly, “What do you mean?”
“What I mean is, those who were deceived into the front lines last night, didn’t they understand the principles you just mentioned?”
“Did we flee?”
“Did we surrender?”
“Do you think we didn’t perform well?
That’s not the case, right?
Just because we performed well, you want to keep exploiting our value, wanting us to do even more… Don’t you think that’s despicable?”
“You don’t discuss these principles with those who don’t understand them, but with me here, why?
Just because we have a higher consciousness?”
“Over a million people in Tianmen City, in your eyes, do they count for nothing?
Only we, who have been in training for less than a month, count as people to you?
What makes us different from ordinary people?
Just because we’ve been trained for a month now?
Can’t your great Special Service Bureau afford to train others?”
“Commander Qiao, your points were all very valid, and now I’m returning them to you, none of this is given, not inherent!
Had you started from the beginning with pleasantry, I might have seriously considered it.
But now, sorry, I can’t trust you!”
Laughable, still thinking of manipulating me, I’ve seen all sorts of things.
Wang Yunxiao was fearless.
Even if I ever want to join the Special Service Bureau, I can approach Commander Huo, eat the luncheon meat they serve, take the Siver Ingots they offer, and I’d be happy to risk my life for them.
As for you, heh, forget it, we ain’t got that kind of connection!
Even though he recognized Qiao Hongyi was an Advisor, Wang Yunxiao was unafraid of him seeing through his mind.
Facing Wang Yunxiao’s uncooperative attitude, Qiao Hongyi did not get angry but merely nodded and said with a smile, “Alright, I understand your thoughts.
You don’t have to be so worked up; as I said, we are just talking here.”
“Since you’re not willing to join the Special Service Bureau now, I still have another proposal that might be suitable for you.
Of course, it’s still up to your personal preference, if you disagree, that’s fine; I won’t force it.”
“Would you be interested… in starting a Jianghu World Gang in Tianmen City?”