The agenda by the Defence Minister was really simple, to flush the Banned Emperor Terrorists out once and for all. Rather than a discussion, it was more like a one year plan that had already been discussed by his fellow department. The Royal Zodiac Heads were only there to voice out any possible concerns from their point of view, especially when the management of resources would be done by their men.
However, the objections were minor and most of the Heads who voiced out mainly supplemented the current plan with additional options that were readily available at their behest. In the meantime, since it was the Defence Minister that they were meeting with, the group were discussing sensitive issues pertaining to the security of the country such as the additional deployment of troops and police in the region that had been targeted as possible hotspots.
Everyone had agreed that Shenzhen and the surrounding regions were in the top priority slot with Beijing in view of the latest incidents that happened in the past few months. However, some of the Heads argued otherwise that Shenzhen should not be in the spot considering the amount of heat they had gained through the recent months but Kong Rong reiterated that such a possibility should not be ignored.
“Sometimes the most dangerous place is the safest place for the terrorists to lurk at. Most people would assume that as well and decide to keep a keen eye on the other hotspots, making Shenzhen once again susceptible to a terror attack. In fact, I have intel to prove that they might strike again.”
“What is it?” He Fei furrowed his eyebrows as he had not had the faintest ideas in his brief from the State Security Department with regards to this new intel that Kong Rong was about to share. And then, all Kong Rong did was to look sideways and shake his head in the direction of Jin.
Everyone was confused for a moment with the exception of his Father who seem to know what Kong Rong was planning. “The birth of the new Royal Zodiac Clan.” Long Shen Rong, the Dragon Head said and everyone considered it seriously.
“That’s right. The emergence of the Panda Clan had not been published and only a handful including this room knows about Jin’s true existence. However, the rise of the Royal Zodiac Panda Clan would definitely bring attention for the Banned Emperor Terrorists to take action. Not to mention, Jin currently has a sizeable target which would be easy for the terrorists to coordinate and take him down. Unfortunately, the only problem I could foresee is that-“
“You are doing it at the risk of my customers.” Jin interrupted and he felt offended by it. Sometimes he wished that the Banned Emperor terrorists would not be a coward and face him directly like how the other primitive worlds had been. (Less the Mecha World but so far, he had very little interaction with that to consider it in his mind.)
“It’s a small price to pay to announce the whole world of your existence. Besides, you opened a dungeon supplier store, I am sure your staunch customers would relish the challenge against the Banned Emperor.” Tiao Xiao joked and before Jin was able to say anything, Yuan Ba slammed the table to object for Jin.
“I may hate him with all the bones in my body but one thing I do not condone is that comment of yours. The Banned Emperor terrorists are capable of destroying people’s dantian core as easily as snapping their fingers if they are of a high level cultivation. If you thought the price Jin had to pay for their resurrections, you are dead wrong. Shu, those lives that could never recover again.” Yuan Ba said and it was the very least to show that the Banned Emperor still had an upper hand against everyone because of their technique to destroying cores.
“Thank you, Head Hu.” Jin was surprised he had taken his side for the argument.
“Yang and Hou, any ways to circumvent such techniques?” He Fei asked, hoping they had some development in the medical and research fields governed by the Sheep and Monkey Clans respectively.
“Sadly, no. But if what Yuan Ba had said and he had recovered from such an attack via Jin’s medical staff, perhaps he could share it with us?” Yang Rou Xiang, the Head of Royal Zodiac Sheep queried.
“I can introduce my colleague to you but I have to say that we were able to save Yuan Ba’s life mainly because he was in my Dungeon Supplier store. Without immediate medical attention, there is no way we could have done it on a battlefield or in the midst of a duel.” Jin replied and people in the room were in a bind. For a moment, they had forgotten that the terrorists they were dealing with were no ordinary run of the mill kind of organisation. Sure, the Elite Royal Zodiac platoons could easily overwhelm and give their lives for the country for it’s their job, honour and duty but it’s not the same when it comes to endangering citizens’ lives.
“Actually, I might have a lead on something but it’s something akin to a wild goose chase,” Jin spoke up seeing that everyone was stuck in their thoughts. He Fei permitted Jin to continue his opinion while others determine to see if it was something too far fetched.
“Does anyone know about the Lost Flower Cities? Where the five flower clans used to rule?” Jin asked and only Hou Nao Da, the Head for Royal Zodiac Monkey nodded his head.
“It might sound weird but I have an employee hunting the ruins of the rumoured Lost Flower City as part of his assignment to gain extra ideas for the store to create its new dungeon instance. But he found out that there were traces of the Banned Emperor Terrorists attempting to find the same place as he did.” Jin explained.
“So you are saying instead of luring them to your store, we lure them to a trap where only armed and trained cultivators are involved? But how reliable is your friend? How do we know that all they would do was to send a group to look for trails. At most, what we are looking at is a high ranking member of the organisation who would take the bait.” Nao Da deduced that those who were in the military before knew that all it took was a break in the single chain for everything to start tumbling down.
“I will suggest giving that idea a try while we work on bolstering our security forces.” Kong Rong said. “At most, we can revert back to the original idea of making Jin the bait especially when his PandaVerse Festival is coming soon in a month’s time.”
“Oh, that would be fun.” Head Shu said in his mind but a smirk was portrayed as a sign of acknowledgement to Kong Rong’s idea. But he did not know that it was Kong Rong’s way of helping Jin to rise up to the ranks of the Zodiac Head.
For now, they discussed a few other minor stuff before wrapping the meeting up.
