Chapter 164: Negotiation

The discussion between the three in Wang Liumei's office continued.

Wang Liumei introduced the economic development situation of the region in detail, her face full of excitement, seeming very satisfied with improving the economic level and people's lives in such a poor region.

Li Boyong and Shihe looked at each other and listened quietly to her report like she was showing off a treasure.

After Wang Liumei herself noticed that she seemed too excited, she coughed lightly, ended the topic, then took out a document and handed it to Li Boyong, saying: "According to your request, I collected the data from the intelligence market through intelligence agents."

Li Boyong took it and looked; there were many things on it that he wanted to know.

First, it was the intelligence on hijacking incidents in the past few months.

Li Boyong browsed through it; there were three incidents in the data, but none of them had anything to do with Shunan.

This meant that the main plot of Full Metal Panic had not yet begun.

If he remembered correctly, the Shunan hijacking incident was almost the beginning of a series of stories.

Now that the incident had not happened, it meant the story had not yet begun.

Next, it was the data he ordered to collect on the mysterious mercenary troops that appeared many times on the conflict battlefield playing the role of messengers of justice. The data on it was very little, and there was basically nothing of value. He only knew the name of the mysterious mercenary troops was Mithril, and a few more eye-catching military operations.

Basically, they were all things like annihilating terrorists and rescuing hostages.

This made Li Boyong a bit disappointed; this little bit of stuff was not even as much as he knew himself.

At least he knew that Mithril had a nuclear-powered submarine with a huge carrying capacity and super fast speed, and there was a beautiful captain lady on the submarine, who was Leonard's Whispered sister, Teresa Testarossa.

It was just that many things he knew were about the West Pacific Battle Group where the protagonist was, such as the location of the base, the members of the unit, and so on.

But Mithril was a huge organization, with branches and armies all over the world.

Just paying attention to the West Pacific Battle Group, he was afraid that one day he would be executed for justice by troops from other branches of Mithril, after all, he would soon become an Amalgam executive.

It was a pity that Wang Liumei couldn't get the relevant intelligence.

"Speaking of which, the action philosophy of this organization called Mithril is somewhat similar to Celestial Being."

Shihe, who was also looking at the data on the side, sighed, "Compared to Amalgam, I actually prefer this organization."

"Agreed, this organization can't provide us with arms and various conveniences." Li Boyong shrugged, then smiled wickedly at Wang Liumei: "How about we ignore these Ankra people and join the organization of justice together?"

How could Wang Liumei, who was keen on the development plan of the Ankra region, agree to such a thing? She shook her head like a rattle.

"Don't be so mean-spirited." Shihe twisted Li Boyong's waist reproachfully, then changed the subject, "How should we act next?"

This question really stumped Li Boyong. In fact, the current stage was not difficult; it was just relying on Amalgam to develop the Ankra Independent Government.

But in the long run, he really didn't know how to do it.

How about trying to change this organization from within Amalgam?

Anyway, no one stipulated that Amalgam must be engaged in killing and looting. After he became an executive, he could choose subordinates according to his own preferences, and could also choose business according to his own preferences.

Amalgam's executive layer belonged to a honeycomb-like relationship network; no one should interfere with anyone.

When the strength was enough, he could also find an excuse to kill those heinous executives and clean them up one by one from within the organization.

Of course, the difficulty and time required to do this were... hehe.

And who knew if the final mission would be what he thought after brushing up Amalgam's reputation? What if it came to destroying Mithril?

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Li Boyong stunned, Shihe asked with concern.

"Nothing, just can't get a clue," Li Boyong shook his head.

"Who knows?" Wang Liumei chuckled, "Maybe you are thinking about the twin sisters under Leonard."

"Really?" Shihe cast a scrutinizing gaze.

"Really not." Li Boyong waved his hands repeatedly, then changed the subject, "By the way, how is the reorganization of the army?"

"According to your plan, it's almost finished. The Resistance was formally reorganized into the Ankra Independent Army," Wang Liumei said, "Several elders who reached out to the army were blocked by me, and they were only given nominal positions. The actual command power is still in your hands. Of course, this is also thanks to your reputation in the army."

"That's good," Li Boyong nodded. He was quite at ease with Wang Liumei's handling of things.

Amalgam's side needs to be grasped tightly, and the development of Ankra also needs attention.

He had now obtained a lot of Ankra reputation points; maybe the final mission would be a nation-building mission or annexing Shawute Stan.

"Now, the development of the region is gradually on the right track, and your side needs manpower instead," Wang Liumei chuckled and teased Shihe, "I will temporarily return Sister Shihe to you. When you have business on Amalgam's side, Sister Shihe can help you manage the Independent Army. Don't underestimate Sister Shihe; her prestige in the army is also very high."

Hearing this, Li Boyong gave Wang Liumei an "I know you are sensible" look, then invited Shihe: "I heard that several shops have opened in the capital. Let's go shopping together tomorrow."

"Idiot." Shihe gave Li Boyong a hand knife lightly, "I'm here to help you work. Is this the first sentence?"

"This is a rare date!" Li Boyong complained, "We haven't been alone for a long time."

"Alright, but only for tomorrow."

Seeing Li Boyong acting pitiful, Shihe realized that the two had indeed not been alone for a long time. Feeling that she was somewhat unqualified as a girlfriend, she finally agreed to Li Boyong's invitation.

Next, the three discussed some trivial matters, and then Li Boyong and Shihe left Wang Liumei's office one after another.

Looking at the suddenly quiet office, Wang Liumei was stunned for a while, then touched the back of her right hand with her left hand, a subtle blush appearing on her face, and whispered: "Idiot, I've helped you to this point. If you still can't handle it, don't blame me."

The next day, Li Boyong and Shihe met for a date on the commercial street of the capital.

Saying it was the capital's commercial street, it was just a few two- or three-story department stores; things like cinemas and cafes were even non-existent.

After all, it was an economy that had just started to develop, and people's livelihood and other aspects still needed to be improved.

To be honest, for the two who had seen high-tech "future" commercial streets, there was nothing fun.

But even on the simple commercial street, Li Boyong and Shihe still strolled around with great interest.

Especially seeing the Ankra people they originally knew, or the disabled retired former Resistance fighters, opening shops here, their lives gradually getting better, and their faces beaming with smiles rarely seen in the past.

The two had a sense of satisfaction that their hard work had not been in vain.

"I finally understand why Liumei would be immersed in this kind of satisfaction," Shihe sighed while eating snacks enthusiastically handed over by an auntie.

She and Li Boyong were popular figures in the Resistance, and they were recognized by many people along the way. There were also many former subordinates who had their wives send various things.

Shihe couldn't refuse the enthusiastic Middle Eastern aunties, and after walking all the way, her hands were full of things.

"Don't just watch, come and help me carry things."

Seeing Li Boyong watching with a grin, Shihe said reproachfully.

"Okay." Li Boyong started to help, but who knew Shihe actually took the opportunity to stuff everything over.

Seeing the bright, successful smile on her face, Li Boyong could only smile bitterly and continue to accompany her shopping while holding a pile of things.

Walking along, he didn't know when a bunch of children started following behind.

"Look, it's the Tiger of Ankra."

"So good, when can I be as majestic as him and beat that group of Shawute people to pieces."

The children also recognized Li Boyong, surrounding him and chattering, looking very envious.

Shihe looked at the children around, suddenly discovering that the clothes on them were relatively old. With a move in her heart, she simply took various things from what Li Boyong was holding and distributed them to the children.

Some children took food, and some children took fun things.

The children's interest came and went quickly. They surrounded Li Boyong and Shihe to say a few words, took some things, and dispersed after a while.

"Ah ah, so envious, I also want some children," Li Boyong wailed, and started to hint crazily to Shihe.

Shihe didn't know his meaning, patted him lightly with a blush, but it seemed there was not much meaning of refusal.

The two were planning to continue strolling along the street when suddenly there was a loud boom.

A shop behind them suddenly exploded violently, even affecting many innocent passersby.

"Those children."

Shihe's heart tightened, and she wanted to run over.

"Wait, it's dangerous over there." Li Boyong's reaction was a beat slow, and he didn't grab Shihe's hand, so he could only follow her to the scene.

The situation at the scene was very bad; the shop that exploded had turned into a sea of fire.

And the passersby affected also looked very miserable. Li Boyong even saw a child's arm that had been blown away, and the arm was still holding the things Shihe had just distributed.

"Don't look!"

Li Boyong noticed Shihe's expression and hurriedly pulled her into his arms, cutting off her line of sight.

"Let's go, it's not safe here."

Li Boyong held the soul-lost Shihe and left here. ===== CHAPTER 165 =====