After bowing, Mullin did not stand up immediately, but said, "General Qin Chu, I sincerely apologize to you for all the dereliction of duty by the cabinet."
Everyone was stunned, as if they had misheard.
"The Cabinet will focus on investigating internal loopholes and will actively cooperate with all military operations." As he said this, Mullin's face twisted for a moment, clearly very reluctant.
But with Levy's words "flatten the Cabinet Building" still there, Mullin, no matter how unwilling, still recognized the situation: "The artificial intelligence-related equipment you requested before, I can now send someone to pick it up."
"In addition, to compensate for the damage to your personal safety, I am presenting you with a gift as an apology on behalf of the Cabinet."
As he spoke, Mulin stepped forward and placed a gift box on the desk.
After saying all this, Mulin finally couldn't hold back any longer. He stiffly took his leave and turned to leave the office.
The officers in the office were all completely bewildered.
They looked at each other, and Burke pointed to his head: "Is his brain damaged? Or is he sleepwalking?"
"Do you think he'd dream of giving in to the military?" Qin Chu raised an eyebrow at him. "Never mind anything else, find someone to go with Mu Lin and get things done first."
As he spoke, Qin Chu frowned, glanced at the gift box on the table, picked it up, and was about to open it.
Burke and the others were still a little nervous: "Hey, don't dismantle it now, what if there's a bomb inside!"
Qin Chu tapped the box to make sure there were no problems before opening the gift box.
He glanced at it once and immediately closed the box.
The subordinates were still completely confused: "What did they send? A prank toy or some insults?"
"It's nothing important." Qin Chu paused for a moment, then put the gift box into the bottom drawer.
Burke gave him a suspicious look.
After most of the people had left, Qin Chu glanced discreetly at the bottom drawer.
There's nothing important about it.
Inside the box was a crystal with four large characters engraved on it: "A Hundred Years of Harmony".
Placed on a red cloth, it looked exactly like a wedding gift.
Two days later, the officers gathered again in Qin Chu's office.
Burke looked even more confused: "That's strange. The cabinet has indeed been very cooperative these past two days. And it's not just Mullin; the other arrogant guys have also become much more polite."
"The equipment has been handed over, and we have taken over the mainframe-related laboratories directly," an officer reported.
"The database is also open, and we are currently searching for the necessary information," another officer said.
But then they all became a little worried: "This is going too smoothly, it's not normal."
"Do they have other schemes or plots in mind?"
"Is there something wrong with this instrument? Should we check it again before using it?"
Qin Chu rested his chin on his hands, not participating in their discussion.
Suddenly he asked an unrelated question: "Has that starship... been moved?"
"It has already taken off, but it's still inside the atmosphere and hasn't completely left." Burke was a little puzzled as to why he asked this.
Qin Chu coughed lightly, guessing the reason for the matter with a high degree of accuracy.
"...Never mind that. After the routine checks, continue with the next task," Qin Chu said.
“How can we ignore this! This is clearly not normal!” Burke retorted.
The others also strongly agreed.
Qin Chu: "..."
Yes, because it's the result of abnormal people using abnormal methods, it's naturally strange. Qin Chu knows the reason, but... cough, it's a little embarrassing to say.
Just then, there was another knock on the office door.
Several officers looked over suspiciously again.
"Come in," Qin Chu said.
The person who came in this time was a middle-aged man who was almost bald. As soon as he entered and saw Qin Chu, he couldn't help but wipe his sweat with a handkerchief.
To the officers inside, this middle-aged man was an old acquaintance of their military headquarters, a longtime "friend." He was Luke, the finance minister who, after being dragged to the training ground by Qin Chu once to observe, was so frightened that he never dared to delay paying military expenses again.
"Oh, what brings you here? Isn't this the time to allocate military funds?" Burke said sarcastically.
Luke slowly moved forward and handed Qin Chu a financial statistics table.
Burke peeked inside, looking puzzled. "What is this...?"
"This is the total amount of military expenses owed over the years since I took office." Luke started wiping his sweat again. "Although the funds are not of great use at this time, the outstanding payments still need to be made up! I have already transferred the funds, please check the military headquarters."
Burke exclaimed "Holy crap!"
The officers' eyes lit up immediately.
Who would have thought that while their military appeared powerful and imposing on the outside, they were actually struggling to make ends meet every day due to financial worries?
These guys are all big eaters, and the new recruits from the military academy are even bigger eaters. They spend a lot of money just on food, not to mention the research and development and maintenance of weapons.
Unfortunately, the finances were entirely controlled by the cabinet, so they couldn't get any money and almost had to develop agriculture on warships to achieve self-sufficiency.
But if all these overdue military expenses are paid now, they won't have to worry about money even if they work until they retire!
Even though they were very puzzled by the cabinet's recent attitude, the officers of every legion were all smiles upon hearing the news.
This was the first time Luke had ever seen anyone from the military treat him so kindly since he took office.
Perhaps it was because their expressions were too amiable, but as Luke was about to leave, he suddenly couldn't help but turn back and plead with Qin Chu with a mournful face: "General, the military funds have already been given. Could you please talk to Prince Levi and ask him to stop inviting me to Roy Palace for tea every day?"
The office fell silent as soon as he said that.
Prince Levy, would you like to invite someone to Roy Palace for tea?
Luke realized he had said something wrong and immediately slunk away.
Everyone else was still staring at Qin Chu.
shock!
The Home Secretary actually came to apologize in person?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has, for the first time ever, returned all military funds!
Is the cabinet's sudden change in attitude toward the military a return to humanity, or is there another conspiracy?
Unexpectedly, the ultimate reason was that he wanted to make the beauty smile!
Burke's mind raced through these eye-catching news headlines, leaving him speechless with shock.
"That was awesome. So awesome." After a while, Burke stroked his chin and sighed, "Indeed, the wicked have to be tormented by the wicked."
“Yes…” an officer sighed wistfully, as if in a dream, “Is this really the benefit of being a kept man?”
The group suddenly realized that just two days ago they had been very critical of the crown prince…
They exchanged a glance, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.
Someone coughed lightly and looked at Qin Chu, saying, "Actually, this crown prince is quite good too."
"Yes, he's good-looking and very skilled." The officers immediately changed their tune, wishing they could pack Qin Chu up and send him over.
Qin Chu half-covered his face.
Yes, everything is fine.
Wouldn't it be even better if this happened twice more?
He's at least somewhat successful.
They've already switched sides? Have they no backbone at all?!
"Go out," Qin Chu said in a deep voice, but he didn't lower the hand that was supporting his forehead.
The commander of the Second Army Corps was still urging Qin Chu as he was leaving: "Really, give it a try, just for the sake of our military headquarters..."
"roll."
Qin Chu cursed again, and the group of frivolous people finally left, laughing and joking.
Just as Qin Chu thought everyone had left and was about to put his hand down, Burke's head popped up again.
He squinted at Qin Chu: "You've been covering your face the whole time, are you secretly laughing?"
Qin Chu quickly straightened his lips and said, "No."
After walking over and closing the door, Qin Chu relaxed a little, sat on the sofa, and shook his head and smiled.
It would be a lie to say I wasn't happy, and it would also be a lie to say I wasn't surprised.
Levi left that day because he was angry with him.
Levy was a capricious and lawless man. He was so angry that day that when Qin Chu heard that a starship was docked, he really thought that Levy was so angry that he wanted to do something.
Unexpectedly...
Even though he was so angry with him, and even though he had no memory of it, Levy ultimately did not point his blade at him.
This person went through all that trouble, only to try and get the cabinet to back down.
Qin Chu suddenly recalled Levy's words before their parting: Even the fiercest beast treats its mate differently...
Levy was very angry.
He helped so much, shouldn't someone at least go and thank him in person?
It would be even better if we could stay overnight at Roy Palace.
But no one came! He went to the office to look for Qin Chu, but couldn't find him either.
It was only later that I learned that Qin Chu, leading a special squad from the military, had already begun preparations for combat.
However, this was not a solo operation by the military. Logically, someone from the cabinet should have gone inside to act as a "supervisor," but all of these cabinet members were under investigation by the military.
So, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the position of "supervisor" ended up on the head of Levy, an idle man.
Qin Chu only learned about this when Levi arrived.
"...Why did I call him over?" Qin Chu had a headache.