For General Hugo, the Blood-Red Horse was not a precious cultivation resource, but now that there was only one horse coming out each time the Red Horse and Life Gate opened, many of his subordinates had their eyes on it.
General Hugo reluctantly agreed to cooperate after imagining the beautiful future of the two sides working together. From the moment this fellow made him call him "Senior Brother" to the Blood-Red Horse, these three consecutive matters made the newly-appointed Ghost Chariot General's affection for Owen Bertram plummet - even though there wasn't much to begin with.
General Hugo even suspected if this fellow was a scammer? But on second thought, if he really was a scammer, he wouldn't dare to be so annoying. He obviously had nothing to fear by acting this way.