I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Eastern Federation, Sind State, the meeting place agreed upon by Mann and Tang Xueluan.

He looked up at the golden letters of "Victor Grand Hotel", then lifted his leg and walked towards the main entrance.

As soon as he entered the magnificent lobby, a messenger standing in the corner immediately walked over, with a standard polite and humble smile, and bowed in front of him:

"Mr. Mann, this way please, Miss Tang has already booked a private room."

Mann didn't say much and followed him into the elevator.

The attendant reached out and pressed the floor buttons seven or eight times in a row, as if entering some kind of password, then swiped his employee card, and the numbers on the elevator lit up, as if it had started to operate.

But Mann couldn't feel the elevator moving.

After more than ten seconds, the elevator door in front of him slowly opened.

In front of him was a luxurious and spacious private reception room, which seemed to be at least several hundred square meters. Everywhere was filled with luxurious furniture that Mann had rarely seen on TV or the Internet. Moreover, standing in the elevator, he could see that it was connected to other places. On the left, he could vaguely see an equally luxurious private restaurant, and outside the floor-to-ceiling windows on the right, there was a beautiful artificial lake of azure blue.

Tang Xueluan was sitting on a soft sofa, diagonally facing a home theater that looked more advanced than any civilian product. When she heard the elevator door open, she stood up, turned to look at Mann at the door, and a surprised smile appeared on her face:

"Mr. Mann, thank you for considering my proposal."

Mann walked to her side, and at Tang Xueluan's invitation, sat on the sofa diagonally opposite her.

"Thank you for making a special trip here," Tang Xueluan said with a smile as she sat back down. "But the Victor Hotel is one of the few places suitable for us to chat. It not only guarantees the safety of the residents, but also prevents our conversation from being leaked.

"Even a high-level mental ability user like Shadow can't eavesdrop on our conversation."

Mann said:

"I've been to other buildings with the name Victor before."

Tang Xueluan said with a smile:

"He is indeed very powerful, but I think your future achievements are likely to be no lower than his."

Mann looked curious:

"You seem to be very optimistic about me?"

Tang Xueluan deliberately showed a look of recollection:

"Let me think about what you've done. You easily escaped when we started to attack the Salvation Alliance, dealt with the members of the Southern Federation's Godwin State and the incarnations of the gods with ease, suppressed and perfectly defeated a legendary reality warper, and fought against Ivana, who was fully armed and had undergone targeted training and preparation for you, and ultimately won.

"Apart from actively negotiating with the Federation, you have no defeats. The only enemy you lost to is the most powerful force in the world, and if you and Hong Yuan had joined forces, you might have been able to hold on for a long time, and there might even have been new turning points.

"So this so-called 'failure' was also your own choice. In my opinion, this reflects your excellent character. You value things that are truly valuable more than personal gains.

"If you were a member of our Federation, you would have been promoted as a Federal hero, and you would have gained the admiration of countless young people. Those low- and mid-level extraordinary ability users who have just joined the Federation would definitely regard you as their role model.

"Tell me, what reason do I have not to be optimistic about you? You know, even Divine Firmament lost to the Federation once."

This sentence actually contained a considerable amount of exaggeration. Mann's achievements could be counted in a few words, but Divine Firmament's achievements spanned more than ten years, and the battles between Tier V ability users were completely different from what he had experienced.

Mann said:

"You just gave the answer."

Tang Xueluan said with a smile:

"Yes, you are a member of the Salvation Alliance. Yes, many people will regard this as a serious problem.

"But I want to tell you that this is not a problem for me. Do you know why?"

Mann cooperatively showed a curious expression:

"Why?"

Tang Xueluan leaned forward slightly, looked directly into his eyes and said:

"Because they are all afraid of Divine Firmament, but I am not afraid…

"I admire her, just like I admire you."

This sentence is very useful to the members of the Salvation Alliance, and can eliminate their most acute contradictions to a certain extent. Tang Xueluan has now drawn a boundary between herself and the Federation as a whole, and she is no longer an enemy of Divine Firmament and the Salvation Alliance.

And the most important point is that she is actually telling the truth.

Mann deliberately showed some surprise after hearing this.

"So you don't have to worry about the problems of other politicians here with me," she said while the iron was hot. "The reason they don't want to recruit you is because they are afraid that after Divine Firmament comes out, you will return to her command.

"But I'm not worried about this, because I even expect you to do so. I hope you can become a bridge between us and Divine Firmament. I hope that such an admirable great ability user can get support. My family also wants to befriend such a strong person.

"You can regard me as this profit-seeking politician. I want to bet on Divine Firmament in advance, and you are the bargaining chip we use to build a good relationship with her. This is also what I tell my family members, and this approach is actually a win-win for us."

She didn't intend to say anything roundabout, and directly revealed her family's purpose to Mann, because she believed that sincerity was the best way to communicate with a smart person like Mann.

But this was not the end.

She looked into Mann's eyes and said sincerely:

"You can completely look at me as I just said, but I still want to tell you that those are not my true feelings.

"What I said is indeed the truth, but that's not my own reason. I'm so early out of respect for Divine Firmament. I don't want to see such a good person as Divine Firmament being isolated and helpless after she comes out, and I don't want her to be hurt by people like my sister again.

"I think you can definitely understand my feelings. To be honest, I am as much an admirer of Divine Firmament as you are.

"If I were an ability user like you, and didn't have such a family background, then there is a 90% chance that I would choose to join the Salvation Alliance and follow such a person, fight evil for her ideals, and participate in such a great thing as saving the world.

"Whether you believe it or not, I'm doing this largely because I want to help her, want to help you, and at the same time, it happens to be in line with my interests as a politician, and the interests of our family, so I don't want to give up this opportunity so much.

"These are my true feelings."

Mann nodded slightly and said:

"I'm willing to believe what you said, but you also understand…"

Tang Xueluan immediately nodded heavily and said:

"Now you can forget what I just said, because I didn't say these things to influence your decision or gain your trust. I just felt it was necessary to tell you these things, but these things will not affect our negotiations at all, and you don't have to take it to heart.

"I believe you will accept my proposal, but that will only be because the conditions I give are good enough.

"Then let's officially start the negotiations."