Elizabeth knew that Yan Yuchen took the initiative to provoke this topic, and she didn't want to embarrass Yechen, after all, Brian was "introduced" by her. Now that the topic is open, she also said bluntly: "I think Brian is likely to be the weak link in our alliance, and the other side is likely to start with him." In other words, Brian is likely to betray them under pressure, or for the sake of profit.

Yechen took a bite of a piece of coconut milk cake and said, "Whether Brian is good or not depends on how destructive this crisis is, and how far the situation will change, it's hard to say now." Of course, if I had to make a judgment, I agree with you that Brian is unreliable. ”

"Why?" Yan Yuchen said, "Although the conclusion is the same, the reasons for our judgment should be different." ”

Yechen said: "Brian is unreliable, or Brian, Madiszo and Paul are unreliable, the key is because of the crisis of the 1414 Association, how much order in Ryan City will get out of control."

"If the crisis doesn't have a big impact on social order, then Brian can borrow enough power from both the political and business worlds, even if it is to maintain order in Ryan City, they will help. In this case, we have to rely on Brian, on Medizo, and on Paul.

"If the crisis has a certain degree of impact on the social order, the business community will be in a risk-averse mentality, and take conservative measures against Ryan, such as divestment, reducing the scale of production, etc., and capital will not fight to the end for a city. As for politics, they will focus on maintaining stability, which will consume most of the energy of those politicians, who will not be willing to help us. Therefore, in this case, Brian has no way to borrow power from both the political and business worlds. That's when the indigenous peoples controlled by Madiszo can play a role, march mildly, and if that doesn't work, find a reason to organize crowds, sit-in demonstrations in front of government buildings, and force the city hall to come forward and send forces to suppress conservative forces. At that time, we needed to rely on Madiszo's control over the indigenous peoples, and as for Brian and Paul, let's abandon one of them.

"If the crisis has had a serious impact on the social order, the business community has withdrawn, and the political community can only keep the core area of the city, then Paul's murderers and gangsters can play the greatest role, and can directly launch riots, coerce the people to storm the Peter Club of Old Man Hard, etc. Although in the previous two crises, many civilians were injured by mistake by the Awakened, if they could really organize civilians to form a crowd and carry out an impact, Old Man Harder did not have the courage to directly slaughter civilians, it was likely to attract suppression by the federal army. ”

If Old Man Harder is really desperate to slaughter civilians, they don't have to do anything, they just hide to the side honestly, and watch Old Man Harder and them be exterminated by the state apparatus of the Sinai Federation.

Fortunately, the Sinai Federation is a very loose United Kingdom, and the city of Ryan has a high degree of independence, and the Federation troops cannot be stationed without the invitation of the town hall. (Sort of like the United States before the Civil War, where de jure states were free to choose whether or not to secede from the United States of America.) Otherwise, the two previous crises of the 1414 Society would have brought the violent organs of the Federation to the fore.

After a pause and a sip of tea, Yechen continued: "The reason why I say that Brian is unreliable is mainly because the first situation is basically impossible to happen, how can the internal fire of the 1414 Association not have a serious impact on the social order? Now that Brian can borrow from both the political and business worlds, what will happen? ”

Elizabeth said, "So it seems that whether it's Brian or Madiszo or Paul, we're all using the power of Ryan City Hall. ”

Yan Yuchen smiled and said, "Elizabeth, you have to admit that in Ryan City, the power of the city hall is still very strong. ”

Elizabeth said with some reluctance: "It's been almost eight years, and we actually have the opportunity to control the town hall in our own hands." ”

Yechen shook his head and said, "After the second crisis of the association, there will be no such opportunity. "If the 1414 Society is a whole, with its huge power to suppress paranormal events throughout Ryan City, it does have a chance to take control of City Hall. However, due to the natural suspicion of the trialists, the members of the 1414 Association took advantage of the second crisis of the association to complete the split, forming the current pattern of thirteen urban districts and thirteen large organizations of the Awakened.

In fact, even if it is not divided, with the nature of those trialists, the 1414 Association will definitely fall into infighting, and maybe it will destroy the entire association. From this point of view, it was not a wise choice to part ways and split into thirteen organizations of the Awakened.

Elizabeth took a sip of tea and thought of another question: "In your plan, it seems that we always have to abandon a collaborator. ”

Ye Chen sighed slightly and said, "Of course, there are only five gates in Ryan City now, and there are only six phantom gates, so we have six people ourselves." ”

Elizabeth said, "Isn't that right? She counted six doors and chose six people to work with.

"The crisis of the association is caused by the conflict between two factions, one is our radical faction, and the other is the conservative faction led by Old Man Hard. What do you think the end result will be? Will we win or will we be wiped out? ”

Elizabeth frowned slightly and said: "Neither of these situations is possible, there are six of us, and the other party is seven, but each of us is better than the other, I am still confident that we can achieve the final victory, but it is basically impossible to win a big victory." "It's not easy to set up a large organization of the Awakened and control an urban area, how can it be so easy to be eliminated.

Yechen nodded and said: "Yes, it is impossible to win a big victory, that is to say, there will definitely be losses in the process of confrontation, this will save the 'door', we can save the 'door' to fight to the end, the other party's surviving guys, so that we can immediately calm this crisis." ”

Yan Yuchen remembered something, suddenly chuckled, and said, "No wonder you said before, don't go to Old Man Hard." ”

Old Man Harder controls the middle area, guarding the special "door", don't look at the usual inconspicuous mountains, but definitely not a simple guy. Yan Yuchen had planned to join their cooperative alliance with Old Man Lahad before. Although Old Man Harder is now the leader of the conservative faction, Yanyuchen believes that anything can be traded, including so-called loyalty, as long as he is willing to pay enough price. What's more, as a trialist, Yan Yuchen seriously doubted whether Old Man Harder had loyalty at all.

But this proposal was vetoed by Yechen, and as for the specific reason, Yechen gave a "not suitable" reason. Now Yan Yuchen finally understands the meaning of "not suitable".

Yechen said: "In this crisis conflict of the association, the three of us are chess players, Old Man Hader is also a chess player, and everyone else is a chess piece. Since they are also chess players, they must ensure the interests of chess players. As long as Old Man Harder is not greedy, there will always be one of the six doors that belongs to him. ”

In addition to the Great Schism, the second crisis of the 1414 Society was accompanied by an even more serious event: there was a proposal to dissolve the 1414 Society entirely. At that time, the old man Harder was tired of running around for this, and the members of the 1414 Association knew the reason, moved with affection, and lured them to benefit, and finally kept the structure of the 1414 Association, and he also became the initiator of the association's meeting, guarding the ghost gate in the middle district.

Why did Old Man Harder do this? Of course, it can be understood that he has noble sentiments and is unwilling to dissolve the association that he worked so hard to establish. But in Yechen's opinion, the ultimate goal of Old Man Hard's doing this is to wait for the opportunity to sell the 1414 Association for a good price.

Later, as Elizabeth campaigned for the privatization of the "Gate", a radical faction was introduced, and although Old Man Harder was still the initiator of the meeting of the 1414 Society, at least Elizabeth and these people would not take into account his views and interests.

According to Yechen's understanding, this is Old Man Hard, this is playing off. At a critical moment, turning the tide and preserving the 1414 Association is definitely a great feat under normal circumstances. However, unlike the general situation, the members of the 1414 Association are not a group of loyal heroes, but a group of calculating practitioners who will die in the seventh space of the mission world if they are not careful. Of course, Old Man Hard's calculations were not completely in vain, he at least became the leader of the conservatives, and when they made their plans, they treated him as a chess player.

But Yechen felt that if Old Man Harder had ignored the 1414 Association at that time, let it be disbanded, and focus on developing his personal power, whether it was the operating space or the interests he could seek, it would be much better than being the leader of any conservative faction.

Thinking of this, Yechen sighed: "Actually, Old Man Hader is quite stupid. ”

Elizabeth shook her head and said, "I don't think so. ”

"How?" Yechen asked.

Elizabeth said: "I've heard Yan Yuchen say before, you think that Old Man Harder is working so hard for the 1414 Association, I don't think so, I think he is for the ghost gate." ”

The Ghost Gate was the first "door" in Ryan City, and it was supposed to be the only "door", but because someone pushed the door open, it led to a riot of ghosts, triggering the association's first crisis. At that time, the strength of the members of the 1414 Association was not high, and the most powerful ones were only B-level awakened people, but fortunately, the ghost gate had not fully grown up. Eventually, at great cost, they not only closed the door again, but also shattered it.

The "door" was broken, but the original power contained in it did not dissipate, but instead took this opportunity to escape, and condensed in other places, slowly forming the five gates of the Grievance Gate, the Curse Gate, the Demon Gate, the Nightmare Gate, and the Witch Gate, and now it has condensed into a phantom gate.

"Ghost Gate?" This Yechen didn't expect it, "Hasn't the original power in the ghost gate been exhausted?" ”

Elizabeth said, "Yes, we always thought that there was only one door left in the Ghost Gate, and its original power was transformed into other gates, but according to what I heard, the Ghost Gate seems to be changing. ”

Yechen narrowed his eyes and said, "How come I don't know? ”

Back then, after the end of the first crisis of the 1414 Association, although the ghost gate had been shattered and the original power had run away, the door association did not let it go, but made a contract, and all members of the 1414 Association had the obligation to guard the ghost gate. This obligation has evolved into thirteen large organizations of the Awakened, each of which has to send someone to the middle zone to monitor the changes in the Ghost Gate. If there was really a change in the Ghost Gate, why didn't the people stationed at the Ghost Gate in the Ghost Research Laboratory give feedback to Yechen?

Elizabeth explained, "That's right, now the thirteen large Awoken organizations have sent people to guard the ghost gate, but they are not there all the time, but have adopted a shift system. Once again, because of an accident, the representative of the Holy Lady Knights changed shifts, and it was the representative of the old man Hader in the middle district. As a result, he discovered the anomaly, and the Peter Club seemed to be studying the Onimon, and had already caused a reaction from the Onimon. ”

"Old Man Hard...... "Yechen laughed, "he's so daring. ”

PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.