Besides the handsome man, several others echoed his sentiment.
"That's right. Sending all our people away... I find it hard not to suspect that you people from Meridia Base have ulterior motives."
"If you at Meridia Base weren't going to allow us to bring our people, why didn't you say so from the start? If I'd known it would be this much trouble, I wouldn't have come in the first place!"
"What's the big idea? The people I brought aren't just subordinates, they're my brothers! Why can't my other brothers be here?"
The leaders of several bases spoke up, one after another, to express their dissatisfaction.
But most remained silent. They didn't immediately send their people out, either. They seemed to be watching how things would unfold, waiting for an outcome before making their own decision.
