Captain – Chapter 645 – The Final Candidates

With these words spoken, the girl’s intentions had settled into reality rather than remaining mere wishful fantasy.

Faced with this proposal, faced with the undeniable truth hidden beneath those somewhat pessimistic words, everyone in the room maintained silence—not as a rejection, but as…

Tacit agreement.

Setting aside their relationships with each other, setting aside those titles, the people in this wooden house were still figures worthy of being recorded in history, to be given great names by future generations.

Even if they didn’t understand political matters, it didn’t prevent them from seeing clearly the future the islands would face. So after just a moment, they accepted and began to contemplate.

Contemplating the feasibility of the girl’s vision, contemplating the best approach if they wanted to realize it.

Therefore, this proposal didn’t even go through the customary process of voting by show of hands, or the Great Captain’s power of approval or veto, and directly entered the implementation phase.

“Since everyone has no objections, then Captain Roy, tell us your specific thoughts.”

His gaze sweeping across the room, looking at the legends who were deep in thought and had no intention of raising objections, Victor slightly raised his hand toward the girl who looked completely confident.

With more people, thinking would be broader, and the possibility of coming up with solutions or clever strategies would be greater, but none of that was as convenient as directly asking the proposer.

After all, no matter how unreliable Roy might be, she couldn’t possibly throw out this idea with only a vague concept and then wait for the meeting to discuss the results.

If that were the case, everyone’s attitudes might shift.

Seeing this, Roy nodded slightly, stood up facing those deep gazes, and began to speak.

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Of course, though she had already memorized her speech, people still somewhat overestimated her comprehension in this area—she really only provided a general direction.

As for the specifics and details, those were all Caine’s handiwork.

“Without saying it, you should all know that this will inevitably be a very long and difficult process, possibly taking decades, and perhaps even by the time we close our eyes, it may not have had the chance to evolve into what we hope for.”

“So we only focus on the present, not the future. We’ll go as far as we can.”

“Consider it doing our best.”

The opening words set the tone. After seeing everyone nod, Roy continued: “Not looking at the big picture, only focusing on the main direction, this matter isn’t too complex.”

“What we need to do is simply tell the Empire and Federation that there’s a brand new world in the distance.”

“There’s a cake so big it’s frightening, waiting for us to divide.”

As if to strengthen her persuasiveness, the captain unconsciously tapped the table lightly, seriously painting a picture: “Think about it, when this cake appears—one where the ratio of effort to reward might be greater than occupying the entire present world…”

“Would those politicians still be willing to look away? I’m afraid even Auran’s military wouldn’t want to turn aside.”

“Of course, just having the cake isn’t enough. Even if it could temporarily fill those people’s appetites, it couldn’t make them let down their guard and prejudices slightly, but…”

At the crucial point, Roy suddenly paused, and her tone naturally shifted instantly with that final word.

Watching this scene, Caine, who sat beside her and had been looking up at her, secretly nodded, thinking that although she had no sensitivity in these areas, at least in speeches, in controlling emotions and people’s hearts, she already possessed considerable grace.

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Perhaps with her personality, she wasn’t suited to sit in the highest chair, but she could persuade people.

Persuade the legends present, and more mountains hidden in shadows.

That was enough.

“We don’t only have this one bargaining chip.”

Accompanied by the captain’s gentle, confident words, that Eastern civilization separated by the entire Cursed Sea and shrouded in mysterious gray veils finally entered everyone’s view again.

“Just as the warnings left by the islands’ predecessors say, the more alluring the treasure, the greater the danger that often accompanies it. Our cake is the same.”

“From the moment the seal ends and the devil dies, the Cursed Sea will become truly masterless territory. We want it, and the Eastern nations far beyond the horizon want it too.”

“Then we and that civilization we’ve never met will have conflicts of interest. Trying to reconcile will be many times more difficult than internal unity.”

“Oh, right, perhaps we should be more worried about whether it might want to swallow us whole too.”

“When that time comes, many things will become natural and logical.”

The girl’s speech ended, and the wooden house returned to quiet.

But the somewhat doubtful and contemplative looks in people’s eyes had already become much clearer.

When a grand blueprint that covered the entire present world, vast beyond sight, was broken down and brought to tangible reality, it no longer seemed so bewildering.

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Only then did it truly have the possibility of realization.

“That’s still not enough, Captain Roy. The key lies in who this should fall to—exactly which people in the Empire and Federation are qualified to know or accept this.”

After hearing the girl’s explanation, Victor’s doubts had largely dissipated, but as he said, she still hadn’t installed the most important gear in this plan.

So it was still just an outer shell with only form.

It couldn’t be wound up, much less set in motion.

“Thank you for the reminder, our Great Captain sir.”

The captain had no surprise at this question, only winked mischievously at the young man in the chief seat.

Since they had broken down that grand blueprint into pieces of cloth, Roy and her companion naturally had answers about the core personnel question. More precisely, they had spent the entire morning discussing this biggest issue, aside from the time spent drafting the speech.

In their final conclusion, there were four people qualified to be responsible for the affairs and serve as intermediaries.

“After deep consideration, we’ve decided that there are only two people in the world qualified to lead Auran and Pronora in dividing the cake with the islands.”

“That is, the Empire’s young Emperor, and the unnamed master of real power in the Federation, Mr. Shelley.”

The Auran Emperor was the logical answer, and that title which might sound unfamiliar even to ordinary Federation citizens was naturally Black Raven from the Black Raven Society.

The head of the Shelley family, Bartholomew Shelley.

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He was one of the few iron-fisted figures to emerge in the Federation in recent times. Though ostensibly distant from the center of power on the surface, constrained by those aging old men in the assembly.

But in secret, he possessed unmatched authority.

According to rumors, even on the eve of the Federation’s surprise attack on the Empire over a decade ago, the assembly had drafted a deployment order and presented it to that man despite all obstacles.

And his casual agreement officially opened the curtain on that world-shaking war.

Officially engaging the old Emperor of Auran in battle.

If they had to pick one person from the Federation to serve as one of the wielders of the knife in this feast…

Then it could only be the head of the Shelley family.

Moreover, Roy had met both of these people and could at least be said to know them. There were no grievances between them either, naturally making them the most satisfactory choice among the limited options.

“And the people responsible for conveying the message and, in a sense, supervising on behalf of the islands…”

Exchanging a glance with her first mate and seeing the affirmation in his eyes, Roy let out a light breath, knowing that what she had said earlier should be fairly accurate, then slowly revealed the candidates.

“We chose Governor Naren and Mr. Anderson.”

“That’s everything I wanted to say.”