ragginovel Chapter 2603: Amusing Strategy
Chapter 2603: Amusing Strategy
Chapter 2603: Amusing Strategy
He quickly moved on to other possible strategies.
"I could start a smear campaign."
He could start saying that she was a selfish president who was the enemy of the people. As someone who was concerned about the next election, that would certainly be an extremely concerning stick that could be used as leverage.
However, this strategy had flaws as well.
She was popular.
She had won the popular vote by an unprecedented margin and had achieved an absolute landslide in the electoral college campaigning on the massive resentment against war and military and the economic downturn. It was a unanimous referendum that shattered all records in the long history of the Republic of Gorteau.
"Not only is she a populist, she's unfortunately a pretty decent leader too," Rui tutted.
While she most certainly was not a genius statesman like his father or Prime Minister Edward, she had managed to spectacularly ameliorate the economic downturn with heavy financial stimulus to relieve the suffocating pressure of her citizens, earning their genuine appreciation.
"Smearing her effectively is going to be extremely difficult and time-consuming, and it could even backfire on me." Rui shook his head. "Not to mention, she actually has more dirt on me than I have on her."
The average person had not read the Fraud of Harmony investigative report. If she chose to amplify it amidst her people, she could potentially make him the enemy of the people.
Of course, it was possible that he could potentially emerge victorious after a long and grueling information war, but unfortunately, he could afford a prolonged strategy. He also just didn't have the patience for this nonsense.
Above a certain threshold, he would just shrug and move on to the other ten Sage-level powerhouses across human civilization who were waiting for him and were willing to do the sensible thing for the survival of all of human civilization. There was no point in breaking his head over one nation when the scope of his vision expanded over all of human civilization.
Still, this was the worst possible outcome.
"There must be a solution," Rui muttered. "One that cleanly solves the entire problem without needing a lot of time and grueling effort."
Frankly, not under normal circumstances.
The Gorteaun Martial Sages were not starstruck by his breakthrough ability or his Hellbringer model. Of course, they cared, but they only cared about it in so far as the money it could make them. This alone would not be enough to overcome everything that President Amelia could offer them.
"Maybe I could use Kandrian funds."
As the third-most powerful man in the Kandrian Empire who had official authority as a Royal and as a prominent representative of the Martial Union, he could leverage the astronomical wealth of Kandria to commission those Sages.
"Unfortunately, the Republic of Gorteau is much richer."
The national treasures of Kandria had certainly closed the gap, but it was not enough. Not to mention, his father would not be pleased with such an immense expenditure of funds to commission Gorteaun Sages.
"How about I have the Republic of Gorteau pay the price?"
It was a truly absurd notion at first thought.
But it wasn't impossible.
"Wait, what if I extract a gigantic sum of funds from the Republic of Gorteau in exchange for my breakthroughs and Hellbringer?" Rui burst out laughing. "Then, I can use this money to
commission the Sages."
It was essentially the same as President Amelia commissioning them to fight in the Beast Domain, but with a middleman facilitating the transaction since President Amelia was being
silly.
The sheer hilarity of the situation had him laughing.
He couldn't wait to see the look on her face when she fell for his scheme.