
“But, you who know how great the benefits of the vegetable are, why not tell Us? Why are you saying this to us now? I guess, if Roy hadn't disappeared like he is now, you'd never have told us about this, would you?” asked Supardi in a flat voice.
Although there was no sound of anger in Supardi's tone, but those who were there knew that this one General was angry. The others are too.
Things that could increase the overall strength of the military were not told. The four Generals who knew of it chose to use it for themselves.
“Actually, I've been planning on doing just that. But Roy, Gio and Ardi prevented me from doing it. Their reason, they want to strengthen the army that is dealing with the creatures of the underworld first.” said Eko who had been silent.
“They say if all the soldiers guarding the portal of the underworld are strong, then the information about the magical vegetable will be shared with other divisions.”, added Eko.
At that time, Eko believed what Roy said. He thinks it's got a point. At the border between countries there is currently no serious conflict. What is quite disturbing is the separatist organizations that often carry out attacks and problems of the underworld.
Other soldiers have so far been able to overcome the armed group. So, Eko followed Roy's words by not telling him about the great effect of Seno's vegetables to others.
It was only recently that Eko realized what was the reason Roy did it. He wanted to have more power, wanted to be the ruler of this country.
“Do you two do not know the separatist group is now increasingly becoming. Their weapons are many. We have not found their weapons supplier.” Supardi said.
“If my army becomes stronger, it will be easier for me to destroy those groups. Those in the eastern end of the country deserve the same facilities as those in the west.”
“The existence of separatist groups is very disturbing the development of this country. Destroying the underworld is a good thing, but we also need those vegetables. You guys are pretty selfish in this.” Supardi.
“Pardi's right. You guys are too selfish.” Mansyur Sahut.
“Do not think because the border is not too much conflict We do not need to strengthen ourselves. We need that too. Now some neighboring countries look to strengthen themselves.”
“Some of them bought quite a lot of weapons, some of them recruited quite a lot of soldiers. Although there is a possibility in their country there is also an underworld portal like the one in us, but other possibilities still exist.”
“What if they intend to annex our territory because we cannot protect it. This has already happened, do not let the same thing happen again.” Mansyur.
The other generals did not want to lose. They have a lot to voice their thoughts. In essence, they also wanted to get a vegetable share from Seno to strengthen their respective forces. Everyone has a good reason for doing so.
“Enough.” Shouted Ardi loudly.
The meeting room gradually went back to silence. Those who were there one by one set their eyes on Ardi who was now standing from his seat.
“I invited you here with the intention of finding a way to find Roy, instead of arguing like this. Can't you guys get back to the point of our previous problems.”
“Roy that's so stupid. I'm sure all the assault plans were Roy's ideas. And the two of you, Ardi and Gio, are even more stupid because you want to obey his words.”
“Someone who is like that farmer, who has magic vegetables, who can strengthen the army, you should not threaten like that. Roy must have gotten karma for what he did himself.
“Did you never think that in a modern era like this, how could there be something magical like that. It is very difficult to digest by reason. Do you also never think of the origin of all those miracles?”
“Whether it comes from research, or from another entity far above us. All of this is unthinkable in your mind, right? You just want the profit.”
“It should be someone like him that you recruit into the military. If we can recruit athletes as members of the military, why not with him? If he is a member of the military, then inevitably he will give us a cheap price, because he knows how important it is to us.”
“There's even a chance he'll give us his vegetables for free. Because he was already part of a large military family. But you guys made a bad choice.” explains Mansyur.
Johan who had just been a listener, nodded his head. He did not expect General Mansyur to have such thoughts. Johan himself never had any thoughts of recruiting Seno on the first day he knew the benefits of his vegetables.
Johan prefers to be a customer of Seno rather than making Seno his family in the military. Pretty wrong choice indeed. But in the past Johan only wanted to strengthen the existing army, he did not have the same thoughts thought by General Mansyur.
“I think the loss of Roy and Tim Garuda, as well as the absence of any trace of them, does have something to do with the farmer. If he could bring up such a magical vegetable, it was very easy for him to eliminate Roy without leaving a trace.” Mansyur.
“Now all we need to do is negotiate with him. Don't act so power-ass. Because we ourselves do not know how much power he has. Therefore, we need to send someone who knows enough to negotiate.”
“It is possible that Roy and Tim Garuda are only held by him. If that is the case, we need to seduce him into wanting to free them.” Mansyur.
What Mansyur said was approved by many people who attended the meeting.
"Is there anyone who can help us do that? I mean the guy who had a good relationship with the farmer and was from the military?" Ask Supardi.
"I'm sure if we send people who are not close to him, it will be difficult for us to discuss. Our image in the farmer's eyes must be bad by now." Supardi.
"Of course there is. Johan will do it for us. Right Johan?" Ask Eko.
"Ready, carry out the General." Replied Johan firmly.
"What is the relationship between Johan and the farmer? This is a very important thing. I don't want things to get any worse because we picked the wrong people to negotiate with that farmer." Mansyur.
"Just calm Mansyur, Johan is the most appropriate person among all the other members of the military. His nephew became one of the wives of the farmer. So, Johan was one of the people who was poured for the farmer. He is the right person to do this job." Obviously Eko.