Angstorm inwardly complained, but in order to secure votes, he dared not refuse the request. After some thought, he said, "I heard that the assassin we sent wasn't killed on the spot. If we can shut him up, there might be some room for maneuver..."
At the end of the day, the key issue still lay with the assassination attempt on the Chief Tax Officer of the National Tax Bureau.
If the National Tax Bureau couldn't exploit the situation, then at worst we'd pay the taxes due, along with a certain amount of compensation, and the National Tax Bureau might just let bygones be bygones.
By then, Dieter might be able to downplay the major issue into a minor one, or dissolve it altogether.
"Chieftain, after the event was exposed, I sent people to shut the assassin's mouth, but the tax bureau's people are too cunning. They moved him somewhere else..."
Virginia stood out, trembling as he spoke.
Upon hearing this, whether it was Gael or the other Native Americans, their faces all darkened.
