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Elliott thought that the entire trade agreement was basically ruined, and now he could no longer continue as a transit merchant.

“We will not return the goods, but you will have to find a way to deliver them to the Tierra del Fuego area. We will then send a cargo ship and personnel to check and hand over the goods.”

Lin Haiyuan had many ways to immediately get the resources acquired through Ratatosk to the last stronghold underground base in Antarctica, but he couldn't let Ratatosk know about those methods.

"Tierra del Fuego region..."

Elliott began to consider it.

“Elliott, we have a base in the Wollaston Islands where we can store these goods and wait for the Foehn forces to come and receive them.”

Karen whispered from the side.

"Um……"

Upon hearing this, Elliott nodded and looked at Lin Haiyuan on the screen: "General, we can take the goods to the Woolsthorn Islands and wait for your men to pick them up."

"Woollaston Islands, exactly where are they?"

Lin Hai wanted to know the exact location so he could pick up the goods.

"We will notify you separately at that time. After all, we cannot guarantee that all the goods will be concentrated on one island as we are saying now, because such a large quantity of goods is too easy for people to notice the problem."

Elliott offered a reasonably reasonable explanation.

"to make."

Lin Haiyuan also accepted Woodman's statement.

"General, there is one more thing we need to discuss, which concerns our mercenaries and magicians in Ratatosk."

Elliott is now planning to ask Lin Haiyuan for the money he gave to the mercenaries and magicians.

"What about the compensation? We're happy to pay the compensation for the mercenaries, but the price of magicians is really high, so I have a way to make up for the loss of the Ratatosk magicians."

Lin Haiyuan raised his ring finger and said, "After the battle with the DEM fleet that invaded 4V Keelung, we not only annihilated the attacking DEM fleet and destroyed all their Bondskis, but also captured all the DEM magicians in the city. Now those DEM magicians have been educated by us and have realized the mistakes and terror of DEM. So they have decided to join our organization to fight against DEM. Therefore, no matter how many magicians you lose, we can send those magicians who volunteer to join the fight against DEM to your side to make up for the losses."

Lin Haiyuan's method clearly surprised and slightly astonished both Elliott and Karen.

"General, your ability to conduct ideological education is truly astonishing. Miss Ashcroft, who remains silent by your side, further proves your capabilities. This method is indeed very tempting. However, there is a problem here, which is what you Chinese call 'empty words are no proof.'"

Elliot and Karen had noticed Artemisia (actually Lin Haiyuan) standing calmly beside Lin Haiyuan long ago. When they first saw Artemisia standing next to him as if nothing had happened, and the other Burning Wind executives seemed to accept her presence, the two were immediately stunned.

Holy crap, that was the assassin who tried to kill your boss! How come they were fighting each other to the death just a few days ago, and now they're all calm and on the same side? What's going on?

Later, after hearing about ideological education, I added these few sentences to that idea. Even with a bug-level ideological education, it would be impossible for others to look at Ashcroft naturally without feeling any hostility or strangeness!

At that time, the reason why we didn't ask about Artemisia who was next to Lin Haiyuan was simply because of the atmosphere of the meeting.

"How about we have Miss Artemisia share her experience?"

Lin Haiyuan looked at Elliott in the picture with a smile.

“Miss Artemisia? I remember her position in DEM is the Second Deputy Director of the Executive Department. It would be great if she could answer my question.”

As Elliott spoke, he turned his gaze to Artemisia, who had remained silent in the frame.

“Miss Ashcroft, may I ask a question related to our conversation just now?”

Elliott had politely sought her opinion beforehand.

"It's alright, please ask."

Lin Haiyuan still wanted to laugh when he said this. It was a rare sight to see two people asking for permission from two different people who were actually being kept in the dark, especially since the other party was a big shot.

"Miss Ashcroft, why did you choose to leave DEM and join Foehn?"

Elliot could tell from the fact that Artemisia was already one of Lin Haiyuan's people just by standing next to her.

"There are some things that must be explained first. Joining DEM was not my intention. I left SSS and joined DEM as the deputy head of the Second Executive Department after my memories were cleaned by the memory manipulation and display device."

She frowned at the opportune moment.

"The memory operation display device cleaned the memory. I see. So it's not unfounded that we found out you have a negative attitude towards DEM. But this also explains DEM's abnormal behavior."

Elliott's intelligence network in Ratatosk has been diligently gathering information on all aspects of magicians, including Artemisia Bell Ashcroft.

"Miss Ashcroft, was it discovered during your ideological education after you were captured by the Foehn Wind forces that your memories had been tampered with?"

Elliott asked the questions intently.

"Yes, because I had a serious conflict between my past narrative and reality, to the point that I could sense that something was wrong. Later, with my own efforts and the help of other Foehn personnel, I recovered my original memories. Therefore, it is impossible for me to continue serving the DEM that did such a thing. Moreover, their Memory Master and the Tower of Babel manifestation device are a threat to the entire world."

Artemisia continued, "Since DEM can use these to control people from all walks of life in America, making them his slaves to serve DEM, why can't DEM use this memory manipulation effect on his own people, making those magicians and company insiders submit to him and become his slaves?"

“Miss Ashcroft, what you said makes a lot of sense. Since they can use memory manipulation effects on others as well as on their own people to ensure that their employees are always loyal and will never betray them, this is a Damocles’ sword hanging over the heads of people who have not been subjected to memory manipulation, as well as employees of DEM Corporation and magicians.”

Elliott greatly appreciated and agreed with Artemisia's assessment in the picture.

“But Miss Ashcroft, you may think that way, but can you be sure that the other captured DEM magicians have similar thoughts?”

He looked at her seriously and asked.

"No one would willingly die as a mindless slave, completely devoid of self and freedom. It's like the question I posed to Miss Charlotte Chris, whom I had a conversation with: 'What should you do to prevent your memories from being manipulated and becoming a slave to DEM? Are you afraid and running away?'"

Lin Haiyuan paused for a moment and said, "Her answer was no. Feeling fear is inevitable, but one cannot run away because of fear. Instead, one must pick up the sword and fight to the end. Freedom."

"We cannot run away because of fear; instead, we must pick up our swords and fight to the end. Miss Chris's words prove that she is a respectable and courageous woman."

Elliott laughed.

"What's even more admirable about Miss Chris's words is her attitude towards elves. She understands that not all elves are evil and take pleasure in killing and destruction. There are noble and respectable beings among elves, like Miss Rowan! Moreover, compared to Miss Rowan, who is slandered as an evil and terrifying monster, the guys from DEM are more like evil and terrifying monsters. Some elves can be as holy, noble, and compassionate as true angels, while I know that some humans can be as evil as the demons in mythology and dream of turning the whole world into their slave farm."

Lin Haiyuan basically repeats Charlotte Chris's words here.

“Good! Good! Good! Some elves can be as holy, noble and compassionate as true angels, while I know some humans can be as evil as the demons in mythology and dream of turning the whole world into their slave farm. That’s very well said.”

Elliott said "good" three times and clapped his hands, and then Karen and the crew members next to him also clapped.

"During my time in the SSS unit and at DEM Corporation, like Miss Charlotte Chris before me, I believed that elves were beings that had to be eliminated in order to achieve the desire for world peace. Now, thanks to Miss Rowan's deeds, we have all realized the error of our previous views and abandoned our prejudice against elves. But what is most regrettable and heartbreaking is that Miss Rowan sacrificed herself. Otherwise, we could still chat and communicate with each other and understand each other better."

Her regret and heartache were fully expressed in her eyes and face.

"Yes, Miss Rowan's sacrifice will always be a pain in our hearts. Therefore, we are even more determined to do everything we can to protect the elves. They should be able to enjoy happy and peaceful times, instead of having to take up arms to fight and kill. Even if they have to fight... we must ensure that they are in a relatively safe environment."

Elliot, being a pragmatic man, understood perfectly well that it was impossible to prevent the elves from fighting completely. When necessary, he would have to rely on the power of the elves. However, when using the power of the elves in combat, he would have to be extremely cautious to ensure that nothing went wrong.

“Mr. Woodman, we have another surprise for you.”

Sitting in the chair, the nanobot Lin Haiyuan spoke.

"What unexpected surprise, Your Excellency General?"

Elliott was curious.

"You mentioned to us that Itsuka Shido has a blood-related younger sister named Takamiya Mana. We saw her in the skies above the battlefield of the Tibet War, and Comrade Rowan's spirit cannon successfully shot her down and took her away before the magic shockwave arrived. She is now in our hospital and is safe and sound."

Lin Haiyuan mentioned Takamiya Mana, who is still in a coma.

"Really? That's wonderful! This is truly the best surprise I've ever seen!"

Elliott's excited expression and upturned lips proved his inner joy; he could finally reunite the child with her sister, even though he now had a lovely adopted sister who had become an elf.

"So please send someone to take her away. But I must remind Mr. Woodman that if you want the siblings to be reunited, you'd better be prepared to drag that lucky brat into the war."

Lin Haiyuan kindly reminded Woodman that DEM has people in Japan, and if they find out about Takamiya Mana, unless she has been bribed or gone mad, they will definitely report it to headquarters. At that time, it will be completely impossible for the three of them to live a peaceful and comfortable life, or to live a happier life than anyone else.

"Ah...that's true."

Elliott, who was overjoyed, regained his senses after Lin Haiyuan poured cold water on his emotions.

“Elliott, we shouldn’t let DEM’s attention be diverted to Tengu City, Japan right now.”

Karen was also reminding him from the side.

"Hmm, it seems I'll have to have a good talk with that child when she wakes up."

He would then have to consider how to help Takamiya Mana. Obviously, it was absurd to suggest that she return to Tengu City in Japan to study with her brother, as that would drag them into the war with DEM, even though they could have stayed out of it.

"General, we have arrived this evening to take her to a safe place. We thank your troops for rescuing Chonggong's sister in such a critical situation, giving them the possibility of being reunited and living together again."

Elliott raised his right hand to salute Lin Haiyuan in the picture to express his gratitude.

"The sooner you come to transfer her, the better. We won't have many people to take care of her by then. Before your warships arrive, I'd like you to also bring the CR-UNITs that we want."

Lin Haiyuan also took the opportunity to bring up the matter of purchasing CR-UNIT.

"General, you wish to purchase our CR-UNIT? Of course, that's no problem. We can sell the AW-110 [Herlock] and AW-111 [Brynhildr] as we have always done, and they can be brought in via warships."

Elliott was very straightforward about Lin Haiyuan selling CR-UNIT—everyone tacitly understood that it was impossible for all the magicians to go to Ratatosk; there would definitely be some left in Foenwind.

“Mr. Woodman, this time I’m not just looking to buy the AW-110 and AW-111. We want the technical data and manufacturing blueprints for both CR-UNIT models.”

Lin Haiyuan's words immediately made the smile on Elliott's face disappear.

"...General, it's no problem for you to buy our CR-UNIT, but if you want to acquire our CR-UNIT and display device manufacturing technology, it's not just a matter of money. Those are our trade secrets that we rely on to make a living. I don't think Foehn would sell us weaponized plasma technology and advanced electric propulsion engines."

Elliott leaned forward and said seriously.

“Mr. Woodman, we have naturally prepared something good to exchange with you. Don’t worry, it won’t be hostages. Please accept the images.”

When Lin Haiyuan said this, Walker.com AI had already completed the task of sending images of the CR-UNIT and display device technical data catalog obtained from the DEM Comprehensive Research Base.

Soon, a long list of images of DEM display devices and CR-UNIT technical data catalogs appeared in one corner of the screen.

"This is... a complete database of DEM display devices and CR-UNIT technology!"

Karen finally lost her composure.

"……………………"

Elliott was so surprised he was speechless.

Some of the crew members exclaimed or breathed heavily, indicating that they were surprised by the image.

Lin Haiyuan said with a beaming smile, "Mr. Woodman, I think this bargaining chip is substantial enough, right? As long as you hand over the physical and technical data and manufacturing blueprints of Herok and Brunhilde to us, Fenfeng, in their entirety, we will tell you everything you want to know about them, hehehehehehehehe."

Finally, the laughter emitted by Lin Haiyuan, created from nanomachines, was almost identical to Yuri's.

After a few seconds of chaos, the opposing Ratatosk was calmed down by Elliot, the BOSS, who shouted for silence.

"General, I'm very curious how you got your hands on this database catalog. And from what you've said, it seems like you had all the data from the DEM display device development department in mid-January."

Elliott asked calmly, while Karen beside him looked unusually serious.

"This is a secret of the Foehn winds, and I cannot disclose it."

Lin Haiyuan refuted Elliott's question with a single sentence.