She wanted the military power from Zhang Ge, and Zhang Ge liked that, but Zhang Ge was not satisfied with using it as a means of coercion.

In the conversation just now, the other party first said that "it has already been arranged," which meant that regardless of whether Zhang Ge agreed or not, House Agamemnus had already pre-arranged the privileges. Even if he refused now, the political signal had already been released. If he agreed, he could enjoy this privilege decently. If he refused, it would be the so-called "chaotic period, [we] don't know when it can be conveyed."

How long was this so-called "don't know when"? According to the Empire's consistent administrative efficiency, was it a month, a year, or even longer? This vague number was meaningless.

After that, the emphasis on the Titans was the means of coercion. It emphasized that the military power of the Titans was not in Zhang Ge's hands, but borrowed from the family. This meant that if Zhang Ge agreed, then this matter wouldn't be a big deal. Before the end of the war, the Titans could remain under Zhang Ge's command under the name of being borrowed by House Agamemnus.

But if he didn't agree, the family would send the information about ending the secondment to the Titan Legion. When the Titan Legion sent people to ask for the things, not only would they take the Titans back, but they might also investigate Zhang Ge's responsibility for commanding the Titans without authorization.

In this case, the things that would happen after agreeing and disagreeing had changed a lot:

Coerced → Agree to the other party's request → He could keep the Titans in his hands.

Coerced → Disagree with the other party's request → The other party would report Zhang Ge, let the Titan Legion take away his Titans, and also pursue his responsibility. Zhang Ge would also offend House Agamemnus by the way.

Just thinking about it made Zhang Ge want to laugh. This was precisely why he thought for a while why the other party wanted to use the military power of the Titans to try to threaten him.

Seriously, wouldn't that force me to reject your request?

It was a warm gift that was rushed to the door.

If she had lowered her posture a little from the beginning and found a plausible reason, such as the people in such-and-such place needing the protection of the Titans, even if it was compiled poorly, Zhang Ge would have had a chance to release the Titans according to her words. However, now that it had become like this, he could only overturn the table.

After understanding this, it was not difficult to understand why Zhang Ge directly called people.

It was rare to be able to offend people reasonably and legitimately, and there were still benefits. Wouldn't he just do things to the extreme?

Since communications issued through the Titans could greatly avoid the identity verification process and improve credibility, he simply took out the cross and said loudly in front of the other party on purpose:

"Olivia, connect to Oston and Amilia's comms."

The connection was quickly established, and the voices of the two soon came from Zhang Ge's externalized Vox-caster.

At first, because it was just voices, the female noble could still maintain that smile of everything being under control while listening to the conversation between the three.

However, the first turning point soon appeared. On Oston's side, after listening to Zhang Ge's description, the voice in the comms quickly turned into a burst of muffled footsteps. Not long after, when the footsteps stopped, the voice of a fourth person sounded in Oston's comms.

It was the voice of that Imperial Fists Captain.

As Zhang Ge's accusations of "abusing wartime materials" and "suspected of trying to instigate a civil war" were made, the female noble's expression also changed interestingly.

If a street thug calls his brothers to say they're going to have a fight with someone in such-and-such place, that's calling people.

If a doctor calls his academician friends to say that the place where he works is suspected to have a little problem, that's connections.

What Zhang Ge was doing at this time was even more excessive than the latter for the female noble.

It was about equal to two sides agreeing to send out champions for a duel. After her side stood still, she watched a battle-hardened veteran walk onto the stage, thinking that this might be a little tricky. But that veteran just stood by and said that he was the referee, pointed to the Primaris Marine who was coming on stage, and told her that that was your opponent.

Who Amilia was was to be put aside for the moment. What level were the Imperial Fists? They were at least a First Founding Chapter. Although they had self-restraint and were restricted, those who had to come out to obstruct what they wanted to do had to be High Lords or close to that level.

For the Imperial Fists, let alone the Agamemnus family of Deadwood Sector, even the headquarters of the Planetary Governor in Hyberia Sector couldn't reach the level of "trouble."

As long as they released information that the family was suspected of being a little illegal, a large number of forces that were originally obedient would swarm in to tear the family apart and then replace it.

This was also why even after the family's Planetary Governor "evaporated into thin air" because of the Ultramarines, they didn't dare to say anything—the First Founding Chapter spending the effort to make the Planetary Governor evaporate into thin air was giving the Governor family face. If they wanted to save trouble, they would put a crime on them and then spread it out. After that, it wouldn't just be the Governor who evaporates.

"Seriously, man, why didn't you say you had these connections earlier?"

Before this, House Agamemnus had already estimated Zhang Ge to the maximum extent within a reasonable scope.

They even assumed that Zhang Ge was seen by the Imperial Fists because of his brave fighting and they decided to let him be a temporary auxiliary force.

Even in that situation, according to the Imperial Fists' strict adherence to the Codex Astartes and their lack of interference in mortal politics, there would still be room for maneuver even if they offended Zhang Ge. After all, the war was still going on intensely, and it wouldn't be good to start an action against the Governor family without sufficient reason.

But no one expected that just at the opening, he could take out the Vox-caster and directly contact the Imperial Fists. The Space Marine who was contacted really valued his opinion and further contacted the commander without much questioning.

At this moment, as the externalized voice spread, not only did the female noble fall silent, but the family representatives in her implanted Subdermal Vox-bead also fell silent. Even the nobles who were originally approaching here little by little also silently began to move away.

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Of course, Zhang Ge, who was sitting opposite her, didn't think so deeply.

He just thought that since he could contact them, he would mention them all by the way. Anyway, the purpose was to offend the other party and let them retaliate against him, so of course, it was better to offend them as deeply as possible.

Although he didn't need to think to know the value of the Imperial Fists and the Sisters of Battle, one was just a small force of the Chapter and the other was just a Sororitas Commander who controlled about a thousand people. The other party, not to mention the entire planet, at least mainly managed the Sector under their feet and had a great home-field advantage.

In this case, even if he had to admit defeat under the pressure of these two, there would still be no problem for him to hold a grudge in his heart and retaliate against him, a small Astra Militarum Colonel, right?

Thinking about these things, after ending the communication, looking at the female noble's stiff appearance, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't say anything, Zhang Ge got up and left, leaving only one sentence:

"See, "Efficient Negotiation" during wartime is actually quite easy, isn't it?"

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