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Having been so righteously chastised by Grezlov, Krov's face was struggling to maintain composure.
His complexion turned beet red, and he scratched his head, causing his gray hair to become disheveled.
Several times he tried to interrupt Grezlov, but, unfortunately, Grezlov didn't give him the chance.
When Grezlov finally finished, Krov hurriedly began to defend himself:
"This isn't entirely my fault, is it?
Everyone knows that a weak country has no diplomacy.
Look at our national economic development over the years, look at our total GDP, which now ranks beyond the top ten in the whole world!
Add to that our former national system and the adversarial relationship with Western countries.
So even though now we have also become a society of freedom and democracy like the Western countries, acceptance still takes a process and needs time…"
Before he could finish, Rilinov, who didn't get along with him very well, let out a sneering laugh:
"A weak country?
