America: I'm really not crazy

Chapter 70 Li Wei's Weapons

"Hello, let me introduce myself first."

"My name is Khadgar Portfield."

In the picture, a bald old man is sitting in a car, waving to the crowd as if he is saying hello.

He appeared relaxed and at ease, as if he were attending a tea party.

Even though... he wasn't invited.

"Please do not worry, everyone. This is not a declaration of war, but merely a small warning."

"People's memories are like goldfish, ridiculously short-lived."

"They don't make their own judgments; they only listen to information given by authority."

"So, stopping all of this is very simple."

"Giving in is enough."

"What are your thoughts?"

Li Wei walked silently to the computer.

"Oh, Li Wei, right? This is our first meeting, but I admire him..."

"Snapped!"

Li Wei slammed the laptop shut.

This immediately drew Thomas's displeasure.

"Li Wei, my laptop is very expensive."

Li Wei showed no sign of apology whatsoever.

"I guessed it immediately."

He crossed his arms, looking down at Thomas sitting on the sofa with a condescending air.

"Otherwise, why do you think I just closed the laptop? I was going to throw it out."

Seeing Li Wei's "I'm giving you face" attitude, Thomas shook his head helplessly.

Should I thank you?

"You're welcome."

Li Weitian shamelessly accepted Thomas's thanks.

At that moment, Antonio walked out of the kitchen, wiping his hands with his apron.

"The ginger soup is already brewing, we can start eating now."

"After all, food doesn't taste good when it gets cold."

Wesker, leaning on his cane, very readily sat down at the dining table.

Tessa then went to the refrigerator and asked another question.

"What would you like to drink?"

"Cola."

Li Wei has always enjoyed drinking this stuff.

"Do you have tomato juice? If not, apple cider vinegar would be fine. I've been under a lot of stress lately, so I need something to stimulate my appetite."

Thomas has been under a lot of pressure lately, and his hair has become visibly thinning.

"I'll have ginger soup with Wesker in a bit."

Antonio said, then went back to the kitchen to check on how the ginger soup was cooking.

Danielle stared blankly at everyone, and after a long while, she finally managed to utter a sentence.

"Aren't you... nervous?"

Is being nervous helpful?

Having already eaten several pieces of oxtail, Li Wei looked up with a puzzled expression and asked a question.

Danielle stood there thinking very seriously for a while.

"Okay, it really doesn't work."

After saying that, she went to the refrigerator, grabbed two cans of coffee for herself while helping Tessa with her drink.

Not long after Antonio brought the ginger soup to the table, everyone began to eat formally.

The oxtail is stewed until it's so tender it falls off the bone, requiring almost no chewing.

Pick up a piece with your fork and put it in your mouth. The moment you put your tongue in, the fresh, tender beef releases an enticing aroma.

The group ate quickly and ate a lot.

Even Taesa, who is very particular about her figure, ate two more pieces of bread than usual with her braised oxtail.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they didn't rush into a discussion. Instead, they each found a comfortable position to sit around the table and began to savor the lingering taste of their food.

"Hiccup—!" X2

The long silence was broken by Levi and Wesker's long hiccups.

"Perhaps I should go to Washington."

Li Wei, who had just let out a comfortable burp, suddenly blurted out this sentence.

He didn't say what he planned to do, but everyone present could guess what he would do after arriving in Washington.

"Like you just asked Daniel, 'Is being nervous helpful?'"

"Now I really need to ask you, will killing Khadgar solve the problem?"

Thomas used Levi's earlier words to refute Levi.

Knowing that he was not good at this, Li Wei simply shut up and drank the Coke he had left over from his meal.

He believed that Thomas wasn't simply trying to mock him, but had a plan.

that's the truth.

"Khadgar's methods were both insidious and seemingly shocking."

"However, all his moves have remained true to one core principle—the rules."

Thomas said, reopening his notebook.

At this point, Khadgar no longer exists; only a long string of information remains.

Thomas tapped a few keys on the keyboard, and a torrent of information flowed like a stream merging into the ocean, causing the information on the screen to change.

Examples, inferences, and proofs.

With the help of AI analysis and computing power, all the problems ultimately converge on a common solution—legal means.

"The law is above the rules, because rules can be a compromise made after the majority has remained silent; they are things that cannot be brought to the forefront for close examination."

"And the law is the supreme 'rule' that everyone must acknowledge."

"Luca Sutton recanted his testimony?"

"It's okay, we'll investigate thoroughly, because Danielle is a police officer, and it's legal."

"Would public opinion be manipulated in a way that would be detrimental to us?"

"It's a minor issue. Since we can't change people's minds, we'll nip the lies in the bud. I will bring my legal team to file lawsuits against all the media outlets that have smeared us, demanding that they issue a public apology and provide compensation."

"Is the establishment of the group and company stalled by the review process?"

"Then we'll strengthen our own qualifications so they can't block us even if they want to. This will have to be done by Tessa and Antonio."

"This is the power of the law."

After Thomas finished speaking, he even raised his chin with a hint of pride, and his handsome little mustache also curled up slightly.

At that moment, Wesker suddenly raised his hand, just like a primary school student asking a question in class.

"What if they resort to more underhanded tactics, like paying money to pull strings or something?"

"Then we've won."

It wasn't Thomas who answered Wesker, but Levi.

Thomas blinked and looked at Levi with some surprise.

Then, he nodded in agreement.

"Li Wei is right. When they resort to 'special means,' it proves that they have already admitted defeat."

"And most importantly, once they do that, it's like exposing their own weaknesses to us."

Thomas paused for a moment, then gave an example.

"A lie needs more lies to cover it up, because it is not the truth and cannot withstand scrutiny."

"Similarly, when they resort to 'special means,' they must use even more 'special means' to cover up the traces."

"If they do that, they are providing us with the 'bullets' to eliminate them."

"As I said at the beginning, the law is above the rules."

Everyone seemed to be deep in thought, but no one voiced any objection.

However, Li Wei raised a question.

Two questions.

"First, what if they resort to delaying tactics?"

"Secondly, Wesker and I don't seem to have any assigned tasks."

Thomas answered Levi's question directly.

"First, the longer the delay, the more resources they need to invest. This is essentially equivalent to the enemy using piecemeal tactics when they have more troops in a siege."

"Playing at a loss is advantageous to us because we are the 'defenders.' All we have to do is follow the normal legal procedures, which can be said to consume almost no resources."

"Secondly, as for you and Wesker, this is of course a last resort in case the other side realizes what's going on and takes 'extreme measures'."

"After all... Khadgar is the kind of person who, if he can't get what he wants at the 'negotiation table,' he'll flip the table and pull out his gun."