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Wei Jun had come to that office, expecting a play of politics and a game of wits. However, he was being preached about loyalty and patriotism by the man before him. It appeared the Brigadier hadn't prepared anything else but the power play of making Wei Jun wait. How was he supposed to take this conversation in any way other than take advantage of it?

However, fortunately for the Brigadier, Wei Jun was a kind-hearted man. He decided to forgive the man just this once since he wasn't going to remain in the military for a very long time.

However, answering the man was an entirely different matter. An outright refusal wasn't an option from the beginning. They had made sure of that. What Wei Jun needed to do was to buy time and get this word out.

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If his sect received the news of such an offer, it would surely make the military answer. No matter how powerful the military was, they were still trying to poach one of the prospects of the sect. They had to answer their unethical move.

"As the Brigadier General knows I didn't come here with the intention of becoming a commissioned officer," Wei Jun began, which sounded like a refusal which made the Brigadier frown, which was exactly what Wei Jun was checking for, and continued what he was saying, "However, I also see what the military is doing for the people. Hence, allow me some time to make up my mind."

Wei Jun executed many, many ploys at the same time. He relayed how noble the military was but also relayed that his initial goal was something else and since it was something else, he needed some time to make up his mind.

It would have been difficult for an extension to be granted usually but since Wei Jun had made sure to praise the army and relayed how he saw it in a positive light, he turned his chances pretty up high. And even if he wasn't granted a time extension, then it would seem like the military was forcing him to do something that would crush that positive view that Wei Jun positively had.

The military couldn't afford that. If Wei Jun was forced into the military, the military could lose a potential prospect in doing so.

However, if they were also to keep that positive image maintained, they needed to show him some perks of the military.

"There is a dungeon expedition in five days. It's an A rank dungeon and nothing too difficult of a task. I would like it if you could join that expedition." Huan Tang said. Wei Jun could see the obvious purpose of this dungeon expedition.

It was to check how he would do and also a great chance to show a power-hungry man like Wei Jun that the military could arrange things for him before any of the sects could. Because if there was one thing Wei Jun had made clear with all of his actions so far, then that was his hunger for power.

For such a man, the military could offer him a great deal of power. The only requirement was loyalty. Undying, unwavering loyalty to the military and military alone.

While on the outside, the military was at the beck and call of the emperor, on the inside, the story wasn't quite so. Wei Jun wasn't too sure about it since even Mark Wilson, the one who had delivered that information, had only referred to it as a rumor.

Since Wei Jun wasn't too sure, he wasn't going to keep it in mind as well. For now, Wei Jun was simply going to keep the matters strictly related to the military. Even if the imperial family's information was true, Wei Jun wasn't going to take a chance and reveal anything here. After all, it was a card against the imperial family and most probably, the military as well. He would be foolish enough to reveal it here.

Simply, he gave a quick but lively response in the form of a salute and said, "It would be an honor, Sir."

With that out of the way, Wei Jun simply left the office.

[That was something]

[He must think you're an idiot]

'No, he knows I caught on. And that's the fact he's relying on.' Wei Jun replied to the system.

[Then you're still going to go?]

[Even though you know it's a trap]

'Since I know the stage is his, it's all the more reason to go. That way, all responsibility lies on him.' Wei Jun replied.

Wei Jun was wrong. The Brigadier had moves. A lot, lot, and lots of moves after his speech about loyalty and whatnot. It was just a simple ploy to throw Wei Jun off balance and while it would have worked usually, it didn't this time thanks to the fact that Wei Jun managed to catch on quite quickly.

But even when he had, he had to face another problem. The Brigadier once again used the power play from earlier. It was still the game of 'Even if you know what are you going to do about it' and Wei Jun could indeed do nothing about it.

So behind all that goodwill was nothing but a show of the military's power. With all that in mind, Wei Jun would have been an idiot to say no. So he tried to buy himself some time.

However, the Brigadier was able to catch on that as well. What Wei Jun needed was time. Time before he could get the word out. However, weekly visits were on Saturdays. Wei Jun was being asked to join the expedition on Friday, five days from now.

Not enough time for Wei Jun to get the word out. It was enough for Wei Jun to make up his mind, but not enough for the military's unethical move to be exposed to the powers on the outside.

There was one thing Wei Jun figured out about the dungeons and it was a very simple one. That simple fact was that there was no better secret keeper than dungeons. Whatever happened on the inside of the dungeon would remain inside the dungeon before the dungeon closed.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Kill anyone inside the dungeon and once it closed when the time ran out, whatever happened on the inside would be the truth only those who made it out would say. The military could easily kill Wei Jun inside and then blame it on the boss. Making him a hero or an idiot on the outside was their choice, but whatever they said would be the truth.

"Well," Wei Jun said in a low voice, "Two can play that game."

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As Wei Jun returned to his base, he pulled something out of his inventory. It was a burner phone. While the personnel of the military couldn't bring in phones from the outside, Wei Jun was a special case who could bring in anything hidden in his inventory.

However, the military was cautious regarding that. There were things that could act as an inventory in the outside world too. Rings or artifacts of the mages that could store things in them. Such as Wei Jun's ring of infinity that acted as a secondary inventory to hide the real one. Of course, it was checked when he came, but his real one wasn't.

Still, the military was once again cautious about that fact. Even if someone managed to sneak in a phone, they had signal jammers placed so that no call or video could be made from the inside of the camp.

What Wei Jun had brought to remedy that was a burner phone but even that was useless because the military had a remedy for that as well. Special jammers could make that attempt useless as well. If the call went for a few more seconds or the phone was activated for more than thirty seconds, it would be picked up easily.

However, Wei Jun wasn't going to make a call on the outside. He was simply going to send a message. One message of one word before the phone was activated for too long.

"The plan is go." Wei Jun wrote in the message before he crushed the phone to shut it the fastest and stored the remnants in his inventory.

Wei Jun had already considered all those possibilities and had discussed them with his sect master on his vacation. When he did so, he made sure to leave every contingency in place.

Phrases for different plans. For this one, it was 'The plan is go.'

What was that plan though, only Wei Jun knew of that. All that was left to do was to execute that plan come this Friday. After all, the perfect way to make sure the military couldn't do anything to him was in the presence of someone who could defend him as well.

That job would be the sect master's. His job would be to simply make it out alive.

He would be the one to take care of the rest.

"Let's get ready."