#476 - The Golden Flying Man who waits and shows up (asking for monthly ticket recommendation)

"It's good that you know, but having Thunderbird participate in the assessment isn't entirely a bad thing. It's a pity you weren't there today to see how terrified the Nundu was. I bet he'll have nightmares tonight."

Fire-Snake couldn't be serious for more than two minutes before his tone became frivolous again.

"That guy just doesn't know how to control his strength," Gold-Flyer shook his head helplessly. "But it's also a good thing to intimidate that Nundu, so he won't be indecisive in subsequent actions. But you haven't told me clearly, why did Thunderbird suddenly appear? Didn't he come here just four months ago? Is there any change in Britain?"

"Heh, the change is huge," Fire-Snake sneered. "Thunderbird made it clear today that the British branch can no longer be established, and the transit station strategy has been declared a failure. He will be completely withdrawing from Britain soon, and even asked me for a set of Portkeys to travel back and forth to the Americas. It seems he has completely given up."

"What?" Gold-Flyer's reaction to this news was exactly the same as Fire-Snake's, both of them straightening up abruptly and asking in disbelief, "How could this be, and so suddenly? What exactly happened in Britain?"

"I asked him, but guess if he told me? You know what kind of person he is," Fire-Snake shrugged helplessly.

"Sigh..." Gold-Flyer also realized at this moment that with Thunderbird's tough personality, he would never admit defeat easily, and he wouldn't be willing to reveal his scars to others.

"No wonder there hasn't been a single shipment from Britain after so long. It seems Thunderbird encountered strong resistance there. The water in Britain is deeper than I imagined. I originally thought that the Ministry of Magic wouldn't have so much energy to prevent smuggling since the war there had just ended."

Gold-Flyer didn't say anything to blame or complain about Thunderbird, because Thunderbird's contribution to the club was obvious to all.

Moreover, Thunderbird can be said to be the most proactive Spear in Silver-Spear right now. If even he can't solve it, others might be even less effective.

"But no matter how embarrassing the things that happened to him in Britain were, Thunderbird must make a complete report. After all, from the current point of view, the club has already lost 5 Silver-Spears in Britain. Such a serious loss cannot be ignored."

When talking about serious matters, Gold-Flyer immediately put on a business-like tone.

"That's what I told him too," Fire-Snake nodded at this time. "He also knows the seriousness of this matter, so he wants to hold a 'Long-Spear Meeting' to report to everyone publicly, and at the same time, he wants to see the Runespoor."

"Holding a meeting is no problem, after all, the British transit station has already affected the club's long-term strategy, but wanting to see the leader..." Gold-Flyer hesitated at this point, "I can pass on his request, but after all, he has to be responsible for the failure of the British affairs. In this case, the Runespoor may not be willing to see him."

"Anyway, I've made everything clear that needs to be conveyed. It's up to you to consider what to do," Fire-Snake said indifferently.

Gold-Flyer nodded upon hearing this, then got up and paced back and forth a few times, and then looked at Fire-Snake again, "I can agree to the Long-Spear Meeting now, let's set it for the beginning of next month. I will send a message to all the Spears. The key now is, what should the club do next after the British strategy is blocked?"

"What, do you want to open up a new battlefield? Or speed up the progress here?" Fire-Snake looked at Gold-Flyer with interest. He didn't like to think, but he wasn't stupid, and he knew what Gold-Flyer was worried about.

"To be honest, the speed of progress here is already a bit rushed. For this reason, we have even promoted several Spears in a short period of time. If we speed up the progress again, the risk is too great, and we can't do it unless we have to," Gold-Flyer shook his head hesitantly.

"So what do you mean?"

"Well, it seems we can only think of other ways first. The goods supplied by several branches in Europe are very unstable, and we must find new sources of goods." Gold-Flyer knew what Fire-Snake was referring to and nodded affirmatively.

"Then do you think we should start from the north or focus on the east?" Fire-Snake asked while thinking.

"This still needs to be carefully considered. Let's discuss it together when we hold the Long-Spear Meeting. Fortunately, we don't have to be so anxious. The current reserves of the breeding base are very sufficient, and we have plenty of time." Gold-Flyer thought for a moment but couldn't make a decision immediately.

"I understand," Fire-Snake nodded. "But are you going to let those few new people participate in this Long-Spear Meeting? This is a good opportunity to show them the strength of the club."

Gold-Flyer immediately shook his head upon hearing this, "What are you talking about? They are not Spears yet. Even if they are promoted to Spears, they have to wait until they drink the Elixir of Life before they can be trusted."

"Heh, so you still know they are not trustworthy? I was overthinking it," Fire-Snake said with a surprised expression.

"Hmph, this kind of probing is meaningless. Just do your job," Gold-Flyer snorted coldly with great dissatisfaction.

"Okay, okay, sorry, sorry, blame my loose tongue," Fire-Snake waved his hand exaggeratedly at Gold-Flyer, not knowing how much he had listened to the other party's words.

Then, after the two chatted for a few more words, Gold-Flyer took some funds from the material warehouse and left the headquarters.

And Anduin, who had witnessed the conversation between the two Silver-Spears, silently calculated the information he had received in his heart.

"Judging from the conversation between Fire-Snake and Gold-Flyer, it is possible that the one who controls Fire-Snake's molting period is not Gold-Flyer. There is obviously not much trust between these two guys."

"On the other hand, it seems my guess is correct. The club's supply of magical creatures is currently tight, and now it has to rely on the breeding base for supply."

"As for what they said about the north, east, and local, they should be referring to whether the next strategic direction is to open up the Northern European or Eastern European market, or to accelerate the division of Germany."

"Indeed, splitting Germany, as a strategy that can benefit the club in the long term, should be approached cautiously. The division of Germany has reached a critical moment. If we rashly advance and end up failing, the consequences will be even more disastrous than losing the British transit station."

"The most ideal situation in Germany at present is to complete the division of Germany in the next 5-10 years, and then have the high-level officials supported by Silver-Spear completely control one of the countries, preferably West Germany, because it is near the sea. Having West Germany even solves the transportation problem of magical creatures from the Americas."

"And what needs to be done now is to open up a supply route for magical creatures from Northern Europe or Eastern Europe. Eastern Europe has abundant magical creature resources, and Northern Europe, in addition to local resources, is also near the sea, which can receive goods transported from the Americas outside of winter. Each has its own advantages."

"But there are also corresponding hidden dangers. The wizards in Eastern Europe are too xenophobic and very sturdy, so it is not easy to develop collaborators in the short term. Northern Europe has the Pure Land Society. Over the years, the club has lost several Silver-Spears in Northern Europe."

"But if I were Gold-Flyer, I might still choose to use the north as a breakthrough."

Anduin put himself in Gold-Flyer's perspective and made the most favorable judgment for the development of Silver-Spear.

Eastern Europe's magical creature resources are indeed an untapped virgin land, but it takes too much time to infiltrate Eastern Europe, eliminate resistance, develop collaborators, hunt, transport, and so on.

This set of standard smuggling procedures is too time-consuming. It may take several years for the Eastern European branch to truly take shape.

Not to mention that the reason why a branch was not established there before was because the resistance encountered in Eastern Europe was greater than in other places, so there would be no benefits in the short term.

Northern Europe is different. Although the resistance there may be greater than in Eastern Europe, it has a path to quickly 'monetize'. Now is the summer season. If they can seize the next 'port' in Northern Europe within a few months and establish a smooth transportation route, even if it is temporary, it can give the club a big boost.

So in an emergency, using Northern Europe as a breakthrough is more efficient, because they don't even need to establish a Northern European branch, but just pull out a transportation route that can be used temporarily. They can just make do for a while, and everything will be fine after Germany completes its division.

After sorting out the existing intelligence one by one and thinking for a moment, Anduin also had a basic prototype in his mind for Silver-Spear.

The club's current development is still tending to be stable, and what Anduin has to do is to break this stable state. If everyone is following the rules, where will he have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters?

And after he spent several more hours sorting out the clues, Hogg and Xia Tiya, who were out guarding, also returned to their residence.

Then Hogg brought Anduin a shocking message.

"What? Are you saying that you have been following Pete all day today and haven't let him out of your sight? Are you sure that Gold-Flyer's locator was still on him at that time?" Anduin looked at Hogg in surprise.

But Hogg didn't understand why Anduin suddenly had such a big reaction, but reported truthfully, "That Gold-Flyer, uh, that is, Minister Pete has been under my nose."

"He went out today to meet with several managers of civil organizations, including Milan Claremont, who Feng mentioned. This guy has been busy until just now, and I check Gold-Flyer's location every half hour to make sure that the Pete in front of me has not been replaced."

"Then this matter is interesting..."

Anduin muttered a sentence and couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.

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