Underhanded Diplomacy

Hey!

I have work again for three days, yay. So I will have the next chapter out on Tuesday. Maybe Monday if you're very, very lucky. 

Thanks for everything. 

Let's get back to it.

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The atmosphere was tense in Wei's office. After Misha's opening statement, there was nothing but silence. Wei and Misha were having a staring contest, and Ch'en was trying to have a staring competition with Misha's fake bodyguard. Hoshiguma was watching on in silence. 

Wei broke the silence with a chuckle "future endeavours, you say? How interesting... Well, I'm not one to pass up opportunities. So please speak your piece." He gestures for Misha to continue with his pipe in hand. 

"First and foremost, the Farsight Enclave will assist you with removing Reunion from the city," Misha announced. 

"The LGD have it under control." Ch'en buts in with a glare before Wei can speak. 

Misha smiles up at Ch'en from her seat. "Tactical reports from our intelligence officers and your computer systems suggest otherwise, which Reunion has access to." 

Ch'en and Hoshiguma stare at Misha with wide eyes. 

"What?!" Ch'en shouts.

"Didn't you know? Oh, what am I saying? Of course, you don't." Misha smirks at Ch'en. 

"Why you littl-"

"Enough!" Wei looks at Ch'en with a glare, shutting her up. 

He looks back at Misha. "I guess we must thank you for dealing with the Reunion reinforcements that were coming, hmm?" Wei smiles at her.

"Thank Commander Farsight and his Divisions," Misha said proudly.

"Never!" Ch'en growled.

"..."

"Why don't you grow up?" Misha glared at Ch'en for her attitude.

"Excuse me?!" Ch'en snaped. 

"I said, grow up! You have done nothing but act like a spoilt little brat ever since we arrived. I'm here to speak with Chief Wei. Not an ageing Lung with a chip on her shoulder." Misha glowered at the shocked Ch'en

"Ch'en, wait outside..." Wei said firmly. 

Ch'en looked at Wei with surprise and wanted to argue, but Wei's glare stopped her cold. She tensed momentarily before walking around the desk and leaving the room, glaring at Misha as she walked. 

Farsight looked satisfied. Ch'en will no longer interfere in this negotiation; well done, Misha!

"I apologize for her behaviour. She has been much more aggressive ever since encountering your Farsight." Wei commented with a puff from his pipe. 

"Maybe it's sexual tension?" Misha asks innocently.

*Ack, Cough, Cough* Wei started coughing on the smoke after Mish'a comment. Hoshiguma looked shocked but soon smiled, and Farsight almost shouted in embarrassment. 

"Aha! yes, maybe that's the case... but back on topic, helping us with Reunion is most certainly appreciated, but it begs the question. What do you want in return."

Misha smiles. "For assistance against Reunion, we officially would like to set up an Embassy here in Lungmen."

Wei arches an eyebrow at her. "I honestly expected more." 

"For the Enclave Embassy to assist Lungmen against threats after Reunion are dealt with and possibly the criminal underworld, Enclave would like a public treaty signing, Showing that we are allies." Misha's explained. 

Wei hesitated for a moment but seemed accepting. "Anything else?" 

"The Farsight Enclave will give basic civilian technologies to Lungmen and, in return, a termination of your open cooperation with Rhodes Island" Misha's voice went stern, knowing this was the one he would resist. 

Both Wei and Hoshiguma looked shocked by the proposal. 

"May I ask why? What has Rhodes Island done to receive this attack from you?" Wei asked in surprise. 

"Don't be fooled. Rhodes Island is full of hypocrites, and they are breaking many international laws but becoming militarized." Misha commented.

The mention of law-breaking surprised Wei. Rhodes Island certainly had many unique and powerful fighters. Not many would think they were a pharmaceutical company. 

"And you aren't?" Wei asks, trying to catch Misha out. 

"We aren't a civilian company. The best description is private military like Blacksteel, but unlike them, we have multiple Divisions with different weapons, armour and doctrines. 

Wei sat back in his chair and thought hard. It certainly was a gamble, knowing next to nothing about the Enclave but almost everything about Rhodes Island. What was that saying? Better the devil you know than the one you don't.

Misha and her 'Bodyguard' continued to stare patiently.

~

"Texas! hey, Texas!" Exusiai shouted as she ran into their current safe house, coming to a halt and caught off guard by the visitors they had presently. 

"Exusiai, stop shouting," Texas calmly replied. 

"Ah, heh, sorry..." Exusiai grins as she rubs the back of her neck. 

Rhodes Island was here and had operators standing around the large room. Texas was in the middle and was conversing with Amiya when Exusiai rushed in. 

"Exusiai, hello" Amyia looked at her and smiled. However, the Sankta could see the smile the Cautus had was fragile at best.

"Amiya! Glad you're here! You'll never guess what" Exusiai rushes over to Amiya and Texas excitedly. 

"Exusiai, please" Texas's wolf ears were twitching, the loud voice of her colleague cracking in her ears. 

"The Farsight Enclave has sent people to speak with Chief Wei! I saw Madam Ch'en leading them into the building. Hoshiguma was there too. The Bodyguard dude was big and had impressive armour and weapons!" Exusiai announced, gaining everyone's attention. 

Amiya's eyes widened along with everyone else's. Exusiai looked around at the gathered operators, recognizing all of them quickly enough. There was Amiya, Nearl, Blaze, Perfumer, Kroos and Dobermann.

Amiya quickly bolted out of the safe house. 

"Amiya!? wait!" Dobermann shouted as all operators quickly stood and ran after her. 

"Oops?" Exusiai said as she looked at Texas for answers, only to receive a quiet sigh in reply.

"Come on, let's go after them..."

"Yes!!" Exusiai shouted with a grin. Halo and wings glowed brighter. 

"Stop shouting!" Texas asked in annoyance. 

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Chief Wei had been thinking for ten minutes and finally decided. "I agree with the first Term, an embassy in return for helping us with Reunion."

"That's good to hear," Misha smiles.

"I agree with the second Term, a public alliance, and in return, you will help us with any threats from inside or out."

"Excellent," Misha smiled brighter, Writing everything down in a contract before her. 

"As for the third Term, I am honestly reluctant" Wei was being honest. This surprised Farsight; They knew Wei Yenwu was not the good person many thought he was. They needed Wei to cut ties with Rhodes Island to make him easier to control. 

"How about we sweeten the deal?" Misha asked, gaining Wei and Farsight's attention. 

'Misha? what are you doing?' Farsight asked into Misha's earpiece. She looked up at the helmet of her 'Bodyguard' with a look that said, 'trust me.' He would give her the benefit of the doubt. 

"If you agree to Term three, Not only will we give you Civilian technologies, but the Enclave will personally handle all matters of the infected so no LGD officer will have to handle them again and get infected.

Wei looked at Misha with a crooked smile. Misha smiled at him but was internally screaming at this man, Bastard! Not handle them like that! 

"Give us more space for our embassy, and we will create a processing centre for the infected next to it and have them moved to new locations of our choosing outside of Lungmen," Misha said with determination. She can still help those infected children. 

Wei grinned at her, "I accept." 

Misha felt dirty at seeing that grin but smiled at him. "Great!"

She wrote down the new terms for Term three, handed it to Wei to sign, and had Hoshiguma as a witness. Within a few moments, Wei had signed the contract. Misha and Farsight both smile. 

"Well, I think this has been very beneficial for the both of us! We can hammer out the details on another day."

"Of course; how about we meet again this time next week?" Wei grins in delight. He really doesn't like the infected, Farsight summarised.

"That's acceptable. We'll return in a week with the plans." Misha bows politely before turning to leave. Farsight follows her out of the large office and into the still-busy corridor. LGD officers were still waiting for them, and an angry Ch'en was pacing up and down. 

Upon seeing Misha and her companion, Ch'en storms past them and into the office. Misha snickers to herself as they are escorted out of the building. They exit the building with little trouble and go out onto the street. The LGD stayed at the entrance and watched them walk away. 

Once out of sight, Misha jumps and cheers, "That was amazing! I never thought it would be so exhilarating." 

Farsight watches her with amusement before asking. "About the Infected? Care to explain?"

Misha stops dancing and looks at him sheepishly. "I wanted to help the Infected people of Lungmen. They could be given a better chance in life if we protected them. We could also increase the Enclave's numbers by a serious amount! So we supported the Infected in the city and send them to what was once Chernobog. What is a city without a population? And when Lungmen is ours, they can return if they choose." 

"...You have a good heart, Misha. Please, never change" Farsight smiles underneath his helmet and rubs her bear ears affectionately, making her giggle. 

Before either can say anything, Farsight quickly snaps his head back to the street they just come from. 

"Commander?" Misha asks in concern. 

"Protection unit 1," Farsights calls out into the deserted back street they were now on. After a few seconds, five armoured figures appear from behind cover and approach Farsight and Misha. 

"Take her to safety now! I will return to base soon." Farsight commands as the five soldiers salute. "Yes, sir"

Misha looked worried. "Commander?"

"Don't worry, Misha... I'll explain later, now go!" The guards pull Misha away and out of sight. 

Farsight looks to his HUD and see's multiple blips designated as Rhodes Island running down the street towards Wei's office. Farsight activates his stealth generator and smirks, "Let's go and see what Wei has to say to Rhodes Island." 

Farsight walks into the large street towards Wei's office for the 2nd time that day as he vanishes from all eyes and soon watches those blips on his HUD become people he can see and identify.

Amiya ran down the street as another group of operators he recognized tried to keep up with her. They rushed past him towards Ch'en, who stood at the entrance of Wei's building like she was trying to cool off from a heated argument.

Soon two more figures appeared and raced by him. "Was that Texas and Exusiai?" He said to himself.

Farsight stared after Texas as she ran down the street. The quiet Lupo would always find a way to make him smile, even when she was being incredibly stubborn and unsocial. 

His heart ached something fierce. After he vanished, one-time Mal-Mal gave him some paperwork, which turned out to be Texas's online search history. Some Joke on her end. He was about to throw it away because it was a severe invasion of privacy, but he stopped when he saw what she was searching for.

She was searching for him. All her free time was Texas looking for any trace or clue of him and his whereabouts. She was also looking up the best place to buy pocky.

"Texas," Farsight whispered fondly. 

Farsight wanted to speak to her again but how? He couldn't guarantee she would keep his secret even tho he knew she would. Texas and himself were always close. He didn't know why; did they have a history?

He would find a way to speak to her again, not as Farsight but as Y/n. Texas was hurting but was hiding it very well. He doesn't want to see Texas spending all her time hurting for him. He will find a way to speak with her somehow.

That he swears.

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Done!

I enjoyed this chapter, even though it was a little rushed. 

Did you find the reference or two? Apart from the one below.

I have no clue about Terra's international laws! In this reality, I guess Rhodes Island are criminal scum that violated the law.

Texas!

Thanks for everything and for voting. 

Zero-


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