Saiyan stowaways on the Ark

Actually, the two of them didn't look in that direction because of the tequila.

The moment they stepped into the area, their attention seemed to be drawn to something.

It's as if there's something over there with immense gravity.

"Drink it all!!!"

A hooded figure shouted and swung his fist at the "pillar" in front of him.

Its surface began to deform, as if a boulder had been thrown into calm water.

In that instant, the pillar bent into a ">" shape in the direction of the punch.

"bump!!!!"

The heavy iron chain that was suspending the "pillar" broke.

The behemoth, nearly the size of a heavy mining truck, flew backward uncontrollably—upon closer inspection, there seemed to be two or three figures clinging to it on the other side, but being violently pinned down by the flying pillars.

"boom!!!!!"

Another loud bang echoed, as if the entire platform was shaking.

The huge "pillar" was embedded in the solid wall.

That's the real weight, not just for show.

The figures from before seemed to have been crushed into paper-thin pieces by the walls and pillars, completely disappearing without a trace.

"Oh no, the sandbag broke again... Are you guys alright!?"

After throwing that punch, the doctor seemed to realize what he had done and shouted at the sandbag on the far wall.

"boom!"

The sandbags embedded in the wall suddenly fell off.

"Doctor, we've told you so many times, you need to control your strength! If you keep doing this, we won't train with you anymore!"

Several operators, covered in dust and dirt, crawled out of the humanoid recesses deeper in the wall, shouting angrily at the Doctor.

Ioleta and Senomi both remained expressionless.

Tequila, while smiling politely, said:

"It seems the Doctor has finished her training. You can contact her directly if you need anything. I believe the Doctor is very interested in the 'bodyguard topic' you mentioned earlier."

[Main Text] Terra's World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament. Debate Chapter: Chapter 89 We Don't Need You

The doctor's negotiations with Ioleta took place directly on the training platform.

The operators all refrained from approaching or disturbing them.

This relaxed atmosphere should have allowed the negotiations to proceed very smoothly—as it should have been.

"We will approve the establishment of your company's dedicated treatment area on Plot Zero as soon as possible. As for funding and manpower, the Supervisory Commission is willing to cover all costs..."

Plot Zero is an isolation zone for infected individuals built with funding from the Commercial Alliance. It is said that infected individuals, whether knights or civilians, can receive basic medical care there.

At least that's how it appears on the surface.

In terms of regulations, the Oversight Council undoubtedly holds the upper hand in Kazimierz. Even though the Commercial Alliance built Plot Zero, they still have the right to allow Rhodes Island to build medical facilities there.

However, the meaning behind the conditions proposed by Ioletaletta is also quite clear.

—The supervisory committee will provide the funds, and you will do the work.

In that case, the Control Yuan would nominally become a party supporting the improvement of the medical environment for infected people, and in the public eye, it would appear as if "the Control Yuan organized this matter".

The construction funds were used to purchase the "naming rights".

It seems like a win-win situation for Rhodes Island, as it doesn't cost any money and can continue to do its work more effectively.

"No, thank you for your kindness, but we only need one permit. Rhodes Island will take care of everything from funding to equipment. There's no need to trouble the Oversight Council or the Business Federation. I hope our work in helping infected people won't be tainted by too much politics."

But the doctor rejected Ioleta's conditions very directly.

Ioleta seemed surprised as well.

Senomi, standing behind him, frowned slightly.

"...This is quite unexpected, but I hope you will consider it carefully, as this decision was made by the Supervisory Board in recognition of your company's humanitarian spirit."

Ioleta continued, but before she could elaborate, the Doctor interrupted her with gentle yet direct words:

"Lady Ioleta—no, I should say 'Grand Knight's Lady, let's put aside these roundabout negotiations."

“We are not interested in the political games in Qazimir, especially in terms of helping the infected, nor do we want them to continue to be a ‘resource’ held and controlled by one side.”

The members of the Supervisory Council were mostly war knights or old-school nobles.

However, Ioleta, as its leader, still uttered words during negotiations that sounded like those of capitalists in a business alliance.

"Inspired by humanitarian spirit?"

The doctor countered with a question that seemed to contain a hint of anger.

"If you're spending so much money just because you're 'moved,' I think if you even understood the living conditions of the infected people in the city, that overflowing 'sympathy' would probably drive you to empty the national treasury to help them."

No matter how nicely the words are spoken, the so-called act of "contracting all the construction funds for Rhodes Island" can never truly be a selfless act of kindness.

If they really had that kind of ambition, Rhodes Island wouldn't be the one building medical facilities.

"In the last Kau War, Kazimir suffered a major defeat, and several city-states were dragged to the borders of Ursus. The knights paid an unprecedented price to repel the enemy, but the severely damaged domestic economy seemed beyond saving."

"At this time, the entourage and merchants stepped forward. They used their accumulated wealth to make up for the national treasury's losses, united to develop the economy, and helped Kazimir rise from the brink of collapse."

"They formed an alliance and applied for legislation to reform the knights. A large number of war knights were stripped of their noble status and became ordinary soldiers with no social status except for guarding the borders, while the emerging nobles emerged one by one from the knightly competitions they controlled."

"You cannot trust merchants, you cannot trust capitalists who have already transferred their funds abroad, or whose capital was originally foreign-funded, to genuinely seek development for this country. So, before things got out of control, you formed the Supervisory Council with a small number of knights and nobles who had not been stripped of their status, in order to check the ever-expanding commercial alliance."

"But for you, this is just 'barely catching up'. You retain your rights and status, and can even directly command the war knights—but your economic lifeline, and even your military spending, have been controlled by the commercial alliance."

“In Kazimierz, only capitalists and the nobles they support are making money. You, who cannot interfere too much in the business world, try every means to make them hand over more wealth extracted from industries such as knightly competitions. The Overseers, who are afraid of the military power of the Overseers, rack their brains to plunder more power from you and keep you in check.”

From the past to the present, the Doctor calmly recounts the undercurrents beneath the brilliance of Kazimierz.

"Kazimierz has never been a monolithic entity. The various factions are internally divided into several small, disparate groups, and those who struggle to survive in the cracks are the civilians, knights, and infected."

"Your prosperity and their misery are forged together."

"But your struggles are always only for your own prosperity, while you don't care about their misery."

The doctor looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through the opaque partition covering his face.

"And now you want us to be part of your group?"

The Council of Supervisors' support for Rhode Island, especially regarding the contracted funding, is not for the benefit of those infected or the general public.

They're doing this for the benefit of business alliances.

If Rhodes Island agrees and this matter is established, it would indirectly demonstrate that "Rhodes Island and the Control Council have a cooperative relationship."

This undoubtedly serves as a deterrent to business alliances and helps to reverse the current downward trend of being constrained by them.

On the surface, they are helping those infected, but in reality, they are seeking their own advantage.

Does this help those who are infected?

Objectively speaking, yes.

But it's like "condemning" the excessive rules of certain infected arenas in order to put pressure on the business alliance.

If they have other needs, choosing to tolerate or remain silent is not surprising.

“Business leagues can allow infected individuals to participate in competitions, and you can legislate to grant infected individuals citizenship.”

"But will this change the perceptions of non-infected people and the identity of infected people? Instead of doing this kind of thing, why not—even just a little effort—invest manpower and money in disease research? Now that a foreign company is willing to treat Oripathy, you spend money like water to win them over in every way possible, thereby creating an advantage for yourselves."

"...Not to mention that the advantage you're eyeing isn't 'treating infected people' but 'military advantage'."

The so-called infected persons are just a card that either the Control Yuan or the Business Alliance can play.

Why is it that most infected people view the business alliance as the root of all evil, and then regard the Supervisory Commission, which has not openly persecuted them, as a relatively more friendly party?

"...Shut up! You have no idea what kind of person the Knight Commander is!"

Senomi is an infected knight from the Maytree family of conquering knights.

Her master was an old friend of the Grand Knight Commander and also an acquaintance of the Nearl family.

This was partly why Senomi was able to accompany the Grand Knight as an "outsider".

In Senomi's view, there are noble gentlemen who do not discriminate against infected people and are even willing to treat them kindly and provide assistance.

Therefore, the doctor's remarks, which almost equated the Supervisory Council with the Unarmored Alliance, naturally aroused her dissatisfaction.

"You don't actually think that the Knight Commander is in cahoots with those guys who take pride in discriminating against and venting violence while oppressing the infected, do you?"

She wanted to approach the doctor, but stopped herself because of a glance from Ioleta.

"Senomi, calm down."

The doctor's words showed not a trace of fear, but rather were filled with indignation, as if he didn't care at all that the other party was the powerful Grand Knight Commander of Kazimierz:

"Ha, nobility? Sympathy? Top-down charity and pity—and then what?"

"Should those kind-hearted gentlemen pass on their 'virtues' to their descendants?"

"Let them become the descendants of nobles and continue to 'sympathize' with the infected and other 'lower classes'?"

"Should we allow the infected to forever rely on the pity of the noble and the scraps left over from their exploitation?"

The doctor said to Senomi:

"Does being raised by someone who is an outcast in your class mean you think everyone in that class is equally kind and benevolent?"

Then, she looked at Grand Knight Commander Ioleta:

“What we lack is not money, but your consent. All we need is your permission to establish medical facilities in the Great Knight Territory—nothing else, not even yourselves.”

“We don’t mind reversing the order if needed.”

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