Chapter 242

Stelle: "In the second half, Topaz and Jade should switch to a tough attitude, right?"

Topaz: "You're right; we've already listened to Old Odi's thoughts."

Topaz: "The probing is halfway done."

Topaz: "In the second half, it's naturally time to strike hard!"

Paimon: "But looking at Mr. Odi, he seems very confident!"

Paimon: "He doesn't seem afraid at all..."

Lumine: "That's why he's a tycoon."

Lumine: "Just this ability to keep a straight face is something we can't learn."

Miss Qingque: "Is it possible that although he looks calm on the surface, he's actually panicking inside?"

Jade: "Heh, not necessarily."

Jade: "He is, after all, a business tycoon who has seen countless storms."

Jade: "His psychological endurance isn't that fragile."

Jade: "However, if this negotiation doesn't yield the results he wants, then unwillingness is inevitable."

The video continues.

The scene shifts,

to the Express crew.

At this moment, they are at the Dreamjolt Hostelry.

【The Iris Family met with the IPC?】

Dan Heng looked at Welt,

and asked curiously.

【It was a message brought by that IPC envoy; he said it was a courtesy.】

【It's not hard to understand. Today's Penacony is just like the frontier prison of the past, with the public and galactic forces eyeing it covetously from the outside, and the shadows of the Order surging in the dark from the inside.】

【Rather than falling into a situation of being attacked from both sides, it is better to take the initiative to step back, invite the IPC to the table for negotiations, and nominally cooperate, while actually seeking more opportunities for survival for themselves.】

Welt nodded,

and analyzed the intention behind the Family's move.

【No wonder they invited the Astral Express to mediate.】

【In your opinion, which side should we stand on?】

Stelle: "Good grief, our Astral Express has become the mediator again!"

Stelle: "I remember this job was done by the Luofu Xianzhou Alliance in the dream, right?"

March 7th: "Yes, General Jing Yuan represented the Luofu Xianzhou Alliance to mediate."

March 7th: "But that was a dream, not reality."

March 7th: "The reality is that General Jing Yuan didn't come at all!"

Furina: "So this job fell to the Express crew?"

Furina: "Then which side does the Express crew support more?"

Hu Tao: "I feel... it's better not to support either side, right?"

Hu Tao: "After all, whether it's the current Family or the IPC... I don't feel like they can govern Penacony too well."

Miss Qingque: "I support the Express crew to be the ones in charge of Penacony!"

Miss Qingque: "Only they can bring Penacony back to glory!"

Stelle: "Oh my, Chief Qing, I like what you said!"

Stelle: "That's right, I also think our Express crew is more suitable to inherit Penacony!"

March 7th: "But... this isn't realistic, right?"

March 7th: "Sigh... if Miss Robin were the one in charge of Penacony now, that would be great!"

March 7th: "I'd be willing to support the Family led by her!"

Lumine: "Miss Robin's performance is obvious to all; she is indeed the most suitable to lead Penacony."

Robin: "I am happy to have everyone's high recognition."

Robin: "However... I don't think I have the ability to lead Penacony."

Robin: "Besides, with things having developed to this point, I don't have the chance to lead Penacony anyway."

【I don't think the Harmony is a complete victim.】

【Regardless of the reason, they also have a strong desire to settle things, and the reasons for this are thought-provoking.】

【If one side, either the Family or the IPC, completely controls Penacony, I'm afraid it will turn back into a fake, decadent dream, and the efforts of the old Nameless will... go down the drain again.】

【Heh, you're here. Did you rest well?】

As he spoke,

Welt turned his head,

and saw Stelle and March 7th walking over side by side.

【I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't disturb you.】

Dan Heng greeted Stelle.

【Where's Himeko?】

【Why is it just you two here?】

Stelle looked at Dan Heng and Welt,

and asked curiously.

【She went ahead as the representative of the Express crew to negotiate with the Family.】

【Once things are arranged, she will contact us immediately.】

Dan Heng explained.

【After the Dream of the One shattered, the Family branches of the Montor star system arrived upon hearing the news and quickly took control of the scene.】

【Most members of the Oak Family lost consciousness, but fortunately, there was no danger to their lives.】

Welt added.

【The mastermind behind all the conspiracies was identified as the former Dreammaster, Gopher Wood, but when we arrived... he had already fallen.】

Dan Heng added.

Guinaifen: "The Family branches of the Montor star system arrived upon hearing the news?"

Guinaifen: "Good grief, are they that efficient?"

Guinaifen: "They must have received notice long ago, right?"

Furina: "It makes me increasingly feel that the other Family heads deliberately let the Dreammaster implement the plan."

Furina: "Only in this way would they have the opportunity to remove the big mountain above their heads."

Navia: "Now that there is no Dreammaster suppressing them, Penacony really belongs to these few Family heads."

March 7th: "Speaking of which, the Dreammaster ended up being the main scapegoat."

March 7th: "But in reality, Sunday's personal factors played a big part in this, right?"

Stelle: "Anyway, the Dreammaster died inexplicably; dead people are naturally the most suitable to be scapegoats."

Stelle: "As for Sunday, maybe he's at most an accomplice?"

Lumine: "Uh... he can't be an accomplice, right?"

Lumine: "At the very least, he must be defined by the Family as one of the masterminds."

Lumine: "Those other members of the Oak Family are more like accomplices."

The video continues.

【Then... what about Sunday?】

Stelle asked curiously.

【A trial awaits him; as for more... the Family is not at liberty to disclose.】

Dan Heng replied.

【In the end, ordinary people only think this was an attack by evil forces on the Charmony Festival, and that the Family failed to fulfill its duty to protect the dream, causing their credibility to plummet.】

【Although it's still quite far from the truth, it can be considered the result with the least impact...】

March 7th sighed softly.

Miss Qingque: "Is this called quite far from the truth?"