Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen Waiting for Me to Be the Boss

The haggard Garank winked at Marlowe.For two full days of madness, I didn't even close my eyelids. "Marlowe, you just got a lot of applause, so don't screw it up. You don't really want to run for mayor, do you. Crowd enthusiasm is a powerful force, but it's also notoriously fickle. " "That's right!" Marlowe said firmly, "So we have to simmer slowly, and it's best to keep performing the trick." "What should we do now?" "You find a way to lock up Shahoran and Miliel—" "what!" "You heard me right. Tell the mayor to arrest them! Threats are whatever you want. I've got the crowd under control—today, at least, he doesn't have the guts to face it."

"But on what charge, brother?" "Obviously, they're agitating the churches of the outlying planets and participating in the factional struggles within the base; Sheldon, that's illegal. Sue them 'endangering national security.' I'm a good criminal, just keep them out of the way until I'm elected mayor." "There is still half a year until the election." "It won't be long!" Marlowe stood up suddenly, holding Gaanke's arm tightly; "Listen, I will use force to seize power if necessary, just like Han Ding did a hundred years ago. The Sheldon crisis is still here It's in the works; when it happens, I'll have to be mayor and archbishop, both!"

Jia'an Kepei frowned and said quietly: "What will happen? Gao Rui, is it?" Marlowe nodded and said, "Of course, they will declare war eventually, although I guess it will be two years later." "Use nuclear warships?" "What else? The three ships that went missing in that area last year weren't shot with air guns. Old Jia, they're getting ships from the Empire. Don't open your mouth like an idiot, I'm talking about the Empire! It's still there, you know ...Maybe the Outer Region is gone, but it's still alive and kicking in the center of the galaxy. One wrong step, and the Empire, will come back and choke us. That's why I have to be both Mayor and Archbishop. Only I know how to deal with it crisis."

Gar'anke swallowed, "How to deal with it? What are you going to do?" "do nothing." Jia Anke smiled in disbelief: "Really! That's it?" But Marlowe said like a knife: "When I become the boss of the base, I will do nothing, 100% inaction. This is the secret to coping with crises."