Chapter 2080 Path of His Own Making

Chapter 2080 Path of His Own Making

"Nothing?! You're telling me the Intelligence Bureau, which receives hundreds of billions of dollars of funding each year, has absolutely no intelligence on how in the world that bastard Rael woke up from an incurable disease?!"

The atmosphere in the federal headquarters of the Republic of Gorteau curdled upon the rage of the President of Gorteau.

"...Mr. President, I can assure you that the entire bureau is working overtime to gain insights into the sudden inexplicable recovery of the Emperor of Harmony," the director of the Federal Bureau of Intelligence managed to squeeze out. "We are coordinating our infiltration and surveillance divisions to gather as many insights into this event as possible. We've even deployed the Martial division and have already entered into negotiations with the Beggar's Sect and the Shadow Guild. You will be the first to know the moment we gain any breakthroughs in intelligence."

"Goddammit!" President Raymond cursed with frustration. "Why did this have to happen now of all times?!"

His fingers steepled as his eyes swam around in uncertainty. "...Summon my chief of staff and director of campaigning affairs. Inform them that I want a thorough and scrupulous report on the impact of this on the upcoming presidential elections."

"...Yes, sir."

"Arrange for a meeting with my donors and the stakeholders of the National Libertarian Party immediately."

"Yes, Mr. President."

"Arrange a separate meeting with Whiterock, Streetstate, and Rearguard immediately."

"Yes, Mr. President."

"Have the analyst division of the Intelligence Bureau redo the threat profile analysis of the Kandrian Empire with its latest developments."

"Yes, Mr. President."

A heavy sigh escaped the President as he massaged his forehead. The return of the Emperor of Harmony had come at a terrible time. In fact, President Raymond could not think of a worse moment for it to arrive. The presidential elections of the Republic of Gorteau were barely a year away.

His administration and party had already chalked out their campaign strategy and had already begun executing it, but the return of Emperor Rael threw out all his plans. It was such a major event that the political parties in Gorteau had halted to a stop as each of the presidential candidates began re-examining their campaign strategy.

Suddenly, the reason that Kandria was ever chosen as a target, its political weakness, was gone.

Suddenly, the very foundations of the National Libertarian Party's call for war against Kandria had vanished.

They were no longer dealing with a leaderless, divided nation.

They were dealing with a man who was widely recognized to be one of the greatest leaders of all of human civilization.

It was common wisdom in the political sphere that it was extremely unwise to pick a fight with Emperor Rael Di Kandria.

Unfortunately, much to their own chagrin, they had unwittingly found themselves doing just that all of a sudden.

Even worse still was the fact that they couldn't really change gears at this point in time for many reasons.

For one, their voter base no longer expected it but had come to demand it.

Not to mention, any attempt to halt now would be widely perceived as cowardly.

They would lose the elections.

They would also lose a good chunk of their donors who thrived in war and would not be pleased to be denied a war.

"...Damn!" President Raymond grimaced at the terrible predicament that he had found himself in.

"...Mr. President, it's time for your statement and press conference soon."

The man stirred as he returned back to reality, steeling his face as he prepared himself to walk down a path of his own making.

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