RT Chapter 60

Chapter 60: The S-Class Alpha from the Shao Family is Truly Extraordinary.

Chapter 60: The S-Class Alpha from the Shao Family is Truly Extraordinary.

The atmosphere inside the Presidential Palace’s conference room was heavy and tense.

On either side of the long table, senators sat upright, their gazes either lowered or fixed straight ahead. An invisible contest permeated the air.

Shao Chengxi sat in his seat, his expression calm, but his eyes sharp.

His struggle with Pei Yuan had been going on for a long time.

Rather than a struggle between the two of them, it was more of a competition between the Shao and Pei families.

Pei Yuan was thirty-two years old this year, and like Shao Chengxi, he was also an S-Class Alpha.

He was born into the Pei family, a political dynasty in the empire.

The Pei family had been deeply rooted in politics for generations, with family members spread throughout all levels of government. Although their financial resources were not as strong as the Shao family’s, their influence in the political arena could not be underestimated.

Pei Yuan himself, relying on his family background and his own abilities, had taken the position of Minister of Finance at the age of twenty-nine. He had now held the position for three years and had a faction of supporters behind him.

With Ming Jialuo’s downfall this time, the position of Vice President was vacant, and Pei Yuan was considered one of the most powerful contenders.

Another strong contender was Li Zhengyu, the current Minister of Defense.

Li Zhengyu was forty-eight years old this year and an A-Class Alpha.

He was outstanding in his abilities, steady in his conduct, and had held military power for many years. Logically speaking, his competitiveness was no weaker than Pei Yuan’s.

However, he suffered from a weak family background.

He was brought up by the Shao family. Although he had made great achievements in the fields of defense and diplomacy, he lacked sufficient foundation in domestic political struggles.

Although he had the Shao family behind him, there was, after all, a layer of separation compared to Pei Yuan.

Therefore, the outside world generally believed that Pei Yuan had a higher chance of being promoted.

After Ming Jialuo stepped down, the Secretary of State, who had close ties with him, was also implicated and dismissed. Many believed that it would be more appropriate for Li Zhengyu to serve as Secretary of State.

In this way, it could be considered a balance of the interests of the Shao and Pei families in this competition.

The Pei family was determined to obtain the position of Vice President.

To this end, the Pei family’s forces had already been secretly planning.

Previously, they had attempted to use the position of Minister of Commerce or Minister of Justice as bait to induce Shao Chengxi to leave the Ministry of Defense in order to install Pei family members into key positions in the Ministry of Defense.

Having no military power was Pei’s biggest weakness at the moment.

However, the Shao family did not fall for it.

Shao Chengxi would rather give up the ministerial position and the opportunity to speak directly to the president in order to hold on to the position of Vice Minister of Defense.

During the meeting, the Pei family used the media to create public opinion, trying to attack the Shao family’s reputation, and turned the spearhead to Shao Chengxi again.

Although the public opinion offensive failed to achieve the desired effect, and Shao Chengxi’s public goodwill increased as a result, fortunately, it did not affect Pei Yuan’s competitiveness.

No matter how much the public loved and sought after Shao Chengxi, he was not qualified to be nominated to compete for the position of Vice President.

His position level was not high enough, and his qualifications were too shallow.

During the meeting, various forces began to express their positions.

Senators supporting Pei Yuan emphasized his outstanding performance in the Ministry of Finance, as well as his deep roots in the political arena.

They even hinted that if Pei Yuan took office as Vice President, it would help balance the forces of all parties and ensure political stability.

On the other hand, those who supported Li Zhengyu emphasized his contributions in the fields of defense and diplomacy, and tried to win more support for him.

Although Shao Chengxi was actually in charge of the Ministry of Defense, he was still the deputy on the surface. In this kind of political meeting that emphasized position level, his explicit right to speak was not great.

He watched coldly, but he had already made a decision in his heart.

The Pei family’s power could not be underestimated, but if the Shao family wanted to achieve something in the political arena, they would never allow themselves to be slaughtered.

Shao Chengxi turned his head slightly and exchanged a look with Li Zhengyu, who understood and nodded.

Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes, withdrew his gaze from the two people opposite him, turned slightly, and asked Director Ma, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in a low voice:

“Didn’t you say that Shao Chengxi would enter his rut these days? Why does he look like he’s not reacting at all?”

This was the best time for the Pei family to counterattack. If they missed this opportunity, it would be even more difficult to bring down Shao Chengxi in the future.

After getting this information from Director Ma, he had been looking for an opportunity to attack Shao Chengxi.

Yesterday morning, he finally caught an opportunity.

He and Shao Chengxi were both S-Class Alphas, and they knew how to avoid their rut at critical moments.

But they also knew each other’s fatal weaknesses.

The only way to avoid the rut was to take strong inhibitors.

Yesterday morning, the person he had placed had used pheromone sound waves to interfere with Shao Chengxi.

If Shao Chengxi had taken strong inhibitors, under the interference of the sound waves, the strong inhibitors would soon fail, and he would enter his rut on the spot.

Tsk tsk, that scene, just thinking about it was exciting.

At that time, without the Pei family doing anything, the Shao family would lose all its previous achievements and fall short.

They would also be mired in scandals.

Political struggles have always been so cruel.

No poison, no real man; the winner is king, the loser is villainized.

However, such a high frequency of pheromone sound wave interference had no effect on him at all.

You must know that this pheromone sound wave was made from the top pheromones extracted from an S-Class Omega.

Even if an Alpha was disturbed on weekdays, they would feel uncomfortable. Lower-level Alphas with weak resistance would soon enter their rut.

Could it be that the information provided by the intelligence agency was wrong?

Director Ma was even more puzzled when he heard Pei Yuan’s question:

“The reliability of my information is as high as 90% or more. I am also very puzzled about this.”

“I can only say that Shao Chengxi deserves to be an S-Class Alpha who came out of the army. His endurance is beyond that of ordinary people. He is really terrifyingly strong.”

Pei Yuan glanced at him, displeased with his words that praised others.

When Director Ma saw Pei Yuan’s expression, he realized that he had misspoke, touched his nose, and smiled awkwardly.

To be honest, he was not talking nonsense. The S-Class Alpha from the Shao family was truly extraordinary.

Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes.

Should he do it again today?

Although the opportunity was not easy to find and there was a risk of exposure, but…

The last day of the Presidential Palace meeting proceeded according to the procedure.

When he saw the list of voting items, Pei Yuan’s face turned pale instantly.

Director Ma next to him was also dumbfounded.

On the other side, outside the Presidential Palace conference room, inside the Ministry of Defense command vehicle.

Shu Lin was extremely anxious because he had not waited for Shao Chengxi until lunchtime.

In fact, he had been in a state of unease all morning, looking towards the entrance of the conference room from time to time.

He was worried that Shao Chengxi would experience the same situation as yesterday.

Yesterday, he had also stumbled upon it by chance. He still couldn’t figure out what was going on.

If the same situation as yesterday happened again today, he was not sure that he could pull Shao Chengxi back from being out of control.

Yesterday, Shao Chengxi’s glands were broken by him.

Now, carefully recalling, in a moment of desperation, he seemed to have bitten him.

It was just a feeling, and he was not sure.

Anyway, even though he had succeeded once, he still didn’t have much experience.

He thought that Shao Chengxi, who didn’t even ask for sex, would come out to find him around ten o’clock in the morning like yesterday.

As a result, he hadn’t seen him until lunchtime.

This was too abnormal.