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Seeing that the guy had stated his thoughts directly, Zhuge Cong, too lazy to beat around the bush, bluntly stated his opinion: Don't even think about handing it over.
"It seems we have no way of getting the steel armor from Zhuge Cong."
Seeing Zhuge Cong refuse to hand over the Iron Man armor in the light screen, the people behind the light screen also imagined that if they went to find Zhuge Cong tomorrow, they would be refused just like in the light screen.
"I am Iron Man. The Iron Man suit and I are one. To ask me to hand over the Iron Man suit is to ask me to hand over myself."
"What kind of behavior is this? This is tantamount to selling oneself or selling one's body."
"Anyway, you're not getting it."
Zhuge Cong's words also made some people laugh.
"Listen, I'm not an expert."
"An expert in selling oneself?"
Zhuge Cong interrupted the senator, causing some people who had been holding back their laughter to finally break down.
"I'm not a weapons expert, so we've brought in one today. I'm summoning Shinomiya Un'taka, our current main weapons contractor."
As the senator finished speaking, Shinomiya Un'taka, dressed in a suit, appeared before everyone.
"Pfft, cough cough cough."
Sipping his red tea, Shinomiya Un'taka was so shocked by his own appearance that he choked on his own. The maid beside him quickly came to his aid.
"Cough cough cough, go away."
Shi Gong Yunying waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to leave.
Looking at himself on the screen, Shinomiya Un'yō was very puzzled. How did he become a weapons expert?
After all, Shinomiya Un'ei wasn't too concerned about things like the light screen; what he cared about more was the inheritance rights of the Shinomiya family.
However, it would be good to take the plane to see if I will inherit the Shinomiya family in the future, or how much control I will have.
Moreover, we can take this opportunity to make a little bit of a fuss.
Also watching the light screen were Shinomiya Un'ei's two elder brothers, Shinomiya Huang Guang and Shinomiya Seiryu, who were also thinking of taking this opportunity to see if they could find out who would inherit the Shinomiya family in the future.
"I saw Mr. Shinomiya Un'taka walk in. Now I'm wondering if any real experts will be present."
[Zhuge Cong's words clearly showed he didn't take Shi Gong Yunying seriously; perhaps in Zhuge Cong's eyes, Shi Gong Yunying was even less professional than the senator sitting above.]
The senator also tapped his gavel to signal for silence.
"Of course, I'm not an expert, that's why I have to listen to you. After all, you're the real deal."
"Senator, perhaps I am not an expert, but I know who the real experts are."
"Over the past six months, Zhuge Cong has created a sword with limitless possibilities, yet he insists on calling it a shield."
"He told us to hide behind it and trust it. I really hope that makes me feel at ease, Zhuge Cong, I'm serious."
"I wish I could leave the door unlocked when I go out, but that's unrealistic because we live in a world full of all sorts of threats."
"I believe Mr. Zhuge Cong couldn't always have foreseen these threats."
"Thank you, I've said everything I needed to say."
After finishing speaking, Shinomiya Un'taka returned to his seat.
"Well said, Mr. Shinomiya Un'taka."
The senator on the stage was clearly satisfied with Shinomiya Un'yō's speech, as the meaning behind Shinomiya Un'yō's words aligned with his own ideas: to get Zhuge Cong to hand over his Iron Man armor.
"The committee now requests that Lieutenant Colonel Hachiman Hikigaya be invited into the meeting room."
"Hachiman? What?"
Zhuge Cong's expression showed a hint of surprise, because he hadn't heard a word that Hikigaya Hachiman would be attending the meeting.
All eyes in the room immediately turned to Hachiman Hikigaya as he entered.
"Dude, I didn't expect to see you here."
[Zhuge Cong stood up and said.]
"Yes, I'm here."
"I am..."
"I know what you're going to say, but save your breath."
"Okay, I won't say anything more."
"The way these two are talking sounds like they're exchanging riddles."
Natsuki Subaru said, looking at the conversation between Hikigaya Hachiman and Zhuge Cong.
Couldn't you say just one or two more words?
"I have a complete report on Iron Man's weapons here, compiled by Lieutenant Colonel Hachiman Hikigaya, for my records."
"Now, please read paragraph four on page 57."
The senator looked at Hachiman Hikigaya, who had taken his seat, and said...
"Do you mean you want me to read a passage from my report, Senator?"
【"Yes."】
"I want to give my testimony in a more comprehensive and detailed manner."
[Hachiman Hikigaya was also pulled into this meeting at the last minute, so Zhuge Cong wasn't notified in time. Perhaps it was a deliberate arrangement by those guys.]
"I know, I know, a lot of things have changed today. Please read this."
"If you read only a passage without considering its context, it cannot represent my final summary."
[Hachiman Hikigaya also politely declined, because choosing a passage, especially a negative one, to read would definitely put Zhuge Cong in a very bad situation.]
Furthermore, Hachiman Hikigaya was also very reluctant to do such a thing, such as taking things out of context.
"Read it, Lieutenant Colonel Hachiman Hikigaya."
"Phew, okay."
[Hachiman Hikigaya, his face dark, opened the document in front of him and began to read.]
"The true face of politicians."
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji said, looking at the senator's behavior on the screen, "But I have to say that sometimes a qualified and successful politician has to do things that can't be seen by others."
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji thought of his father, who had raised him with the intention of putting him into politics and making him a pawn.
"Because his actions are not clearly governed by any government agency, Iron Man poses a potential danger to regional governance and its interests."
"But in the end, I concluded that the advantages of Iron Man's existence outweigh the disadvantages."
"Regarding our..."
[After reading that passage, Hachiman Hikigaya quickly added.]
"That's enough, Lieutenant Colonel Hachiman Hikigaya, let Mr. Zhuge Cong have his say."
The senator interrupted Hachiman Hikigaya, not caring about such things; he only cared about what was beneficial to him, and didn't care about right or wrong.
"Is this the darkness of politics?"
As Hachiman Hikigaya watched his own experiences on the light screen and saw how Zhuge Cong had been implicated because of him, he was experiencing the darkness of society firsthand for the first time.
"Join the existing chain of command, Senator."
[Hachiman Hikigaya, clearly not having given up, continued to add to his statement.]
"I don't really like working with others, but if you're polite, I'll consider it, and we can discuss the working hours."
[Zhuge Cong's words were clearly a veiled criticism that the senator was being unreasonable.]
[After all, Zhuge Cong said he didn't like teamwork, so what about his Iron Alliance? Clearly, anyone with eyes could see that Zhuge Cong was subtly criticizing the senator.]
"If possible, I would also like to show you images related to your report."
"I think it might be too early to show those images to the public now."
[Hachiman Hikigaya immediately responded upon hearing the senator's words.]
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"Excuse my bluntness, Lieutenant Colonel, I know, but we would be very grateful if you could explain it to us."
[Hachiman Hikigaya was also forced to have the image brought up.]
"You guys, you probably won't do something so foolish then, right? It's obviously going to offend Zhuge Cong and that Hikigaya Hachiman."
L looked at the staff member next to him and said that he knew that the Light Screen organization was supposed to send people to "have tea" with those who appeared in the Light Screen and had a lot of screen time today.
However, it was delayed because the light curtain reappeared.
"No, no, it shouldn't be... right?"
"The person behind the light screen said, but as he spoke, his voice became softer as if he had lost confidence."
"I suggest that it's best not to go looking for Zhuge Cong and Hachiman Hikigaya like it is in the light screen now."