Different World Card Master: Change the World with Cards

298: What kind of inspection?Xu Bai sat up straight and asked curiously.

”Who is the other party? Could it be someone from a cult?”

Bai Shan shook his head.

”No, they are not from a cult. If they really were, we could arrest them directly; how could we let them wander around freely?”

Xu Bai scratched his head. Alright, perhaps he had heard too much about the cult threat theory, so he immediately attributed anyone hostile to him to the cults.

However, besides the cults, who else would want to deal with him?

Exotic beasts? People from other countries?

”Then what is their identity?”

Bai Shan sighed deeply, then replied to Xu Bai.

”Sigh, don’t get angry after I tell you.”

Angry? Listening to the tone, could it be one of their own? Why would one of their own sabotage them? What for?

”Are they from the Government?”

”Yes.” Bai Shan nodded helplessly. Although he could have chosen not to tell Xu Bai, if Xu Bai found out from someone else, he might overthink it, so it was better for him to tell Xu Bai himself.

”You should know that our country’s main decision-making body consists of ten Gentlemen, and below them are 100 representatives.”

”Right now, ten representatives want to ruin the resource cooperation between the Government and the Card Maker Guild. They think that by doing so, they can strike at the credibility of the Gentlemen, pull one of the Gentlemen down, and use this opportunity to take their place.”

Hmm... how should he put it?

The world is driven by profit.

These struggles are truly unavoidable.

Xu Bai was not surprised at all.

At first, he was a little angry, but then he thought about it—he wasn’t money, so he couldn’t please everyone. Besides, even money couldn’t please everyone.

”Then what do you plan to do?”

Xu Bai was very curious, mainly because Bai Shan was also one of the ten Gentlemen, and he wanted to know how he viewed this matter.

”We directly dismissed those ten representatives.”

Bai Shan said this nonchalantly, then took a slow sip of tea.

Xu Bai was full of question marks.

Wait, what about the good old struggle? How was it resolved so easily? He was still waiting to stir up trouble while they were fighting.

(⊙o⊙)... Xu Bai felt a sense of listless frustration.

As if knowing what Xu Bai was confused about, Bai Shan explained to him.

”Xu Bai, the status of ’Gentleman’ is very special in the Tianlong Republic. It will not be revoked for any person or any reason; unless death occurs, it will not be replaced.”

”What if... what if a Gentleman has a problem?”

Although Xu Bai felt this hypothesis was not ideal, he still asked. Based on his understanding of Bai Shan, Bai Shan would not mind this question.

People can be good or bad. Bad people can become good, and good people can become bad. Even if one was good when becoming a ’Gentleman’, it is possible for them to turn bad later. If they turn bad, how would they resolve it?

As expected, Bai Shan did not get angry because of the question Xu Bai asked.

”Therefore, apart from Mr. Number One, our selection of other ’Gentlemen’ is not done openly; many factors need to be considered.”

”This means that no matter what those representatives do to try to become a Gentleman, it is futile. They might even lose everything they originally had because of these actions.”

Xu Bai mourned for those ten representatives for one second.

”But—” Xu Bai looked up at Bai Shan, waiting for the rest of his ”but.”

”But that doesn’t mean that once you become a Gentleman, you can do whatever you want. If you do something wrong, you will be investigated. If it is confirmed that this wrongdoing was intentional, someone will make you lose your status as a ’Gentleman’.”

”Didn’t you say that the status of ’Gentleman’ will not be revoked for any person or any reason?”

Xu Bai felt that he was contradicting himself.

”There is another sentence after that.”

”After, the sentence after is...” Xu Bai looked into Bai Shan’s eyes, his voice gradually lowering, ”Unless death occurs, it will not be replaced.”

Bai Shan nodded slowly.

Xu Bai understood. They would die.

As expected, there must be restrictions. Although Xu Bai was not too surprised that there were restrictions, he didn’t expect it to involve death.

Sigh, as expected, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

”Do you know why I told you all this?”

”Is it because you want me not to mind today’s events?”

”That is one aspect; the other aspect is that you are currently under investigation.”

”Investigation? What investigation?”

He had no idea what needed to be investigated.

Wait, the other party told him so much about the ’Gentlemen’—could it be an investigation into whether he could become a ’Gentleman’?

Xu Bai thought about his age and dismissed the thought.

He was still so young; it shouldn’t be, but what if it was!

Thinking of this, Xu Bai’s heart pounded.

”Is it an investigation into whether I can become a ’Gentleman’?”

”Yes, you guessed correctly.”

Bai Shan smiled playfully at this moment and winked at Xu Bai.

Xu Bai felt a lot of pressure.

Could he do a good job? If he didn’t do well, would they kill him?

By the way, would there be any issues with Bai Shan telling him this?

For a moment, Xu Bai’s thoughts were a bit complicated.

”Don’t overthink it. I am not trying to pull strings for you. The previous investigation has ended, and now is the time to inform you of the subsequent investigation. However, the subsequent investigation will not be conducted directly; they will still investigate you without your knowledge.”

”Then what is the difference between telling me and not telling me?”

Xu Bai felt a massive headache; he didn’t know what to do.

He felt it would have been better not to tell him at all and just announce the results at the end. That way, he wouldn’t keep thinking about it. Now that he had been told, he might suspect that everything he did was part of the investigation, making it impossible to focus.

”There is still a difference; it depends on what you do after knowing versus not knowing.”

Bai Shan was not too clear about the specific details of these things. At the same time, he didn’t know much about his own investigation back then, so he didn’t have any good suggestions. He could only tell Xu Bai to relax, just be himself, and follow his own heart.

What could Xu Bai do? He could only deal with it!

Having seen enough of Xu Bai’s long face, Bai Shan patted Xu Bai on the shoulder.

”Alright, it’s almost time for the banquet. Let’s enjoy it. By the way, you should also attend more of the upcoming report meetings. You should know that the content at the report meetings is very valuable; you wouldn’t be able to hear it at ordinary times.”

Xu Bai nodded thoughtfully. Anyway, his report meeting was over, and he had nothing else to do, so he could go listen to other people’s report meetings later.