Dash turned to his assistant and interrogated, “Tell me what happened.”
The assistant quickly replied, “Sir, that is what the other party said when I pick up the call. The man claimed that the Chief Military Governor invited you over.”
Dash turned to Nathan and asked, “What do you have to say about that?”
Nathan replied with a grin, “I don't deny using those words. The Chief Military Governor did invite you over.”
Dash sneered and demanded, “Then where is the Chief Military Governor, huh? Where is he? If you can't get the Chief Military Governor to show himself to us, Nathan Cross, then that would mean that you stole his identity and faked the entire thing. That will give me the authority to go after you.”
Dash had just finished speaking when Nathan fished something out of his possession and smashed it into Dash's face.
Slap!
The item Nathan tossed at Dash got the latter to see stars and almost fainted from the pain.
Dash instinctively caught the item and was about to lose his temper when he heard Nathan's icy tone. “Open your stupid eyes and see what it is!”
Dash was stunned upon hearing that. He tilted his head down to see what it was.
To his surprise, it was the Royal Tiger Plate!
Rumor had it that the Chief Military Governor always had a phoenix military coat and a leviathan mask on, so no one knew what he looked like.
Hence, President Woods had the blacksmith create a plate for the Chief Military Governor to prove his identity to the others. That plate was the Royal Tiger Plate.
Dash had the Royal Tiger Plate in his hands. His eyes bulged, and surprise filled his face when he stuttered, “T-this is the Royal Tiger Plate which is used to signify the Chief Military Governor's identity.”
The other leaders and Brennan were flabbergasted.
Nathan scoffed and asked, “So? Are you still going to accuse me of faking this invitation?”
Dash nervously replied, “N-no, not at all. I won't dare. It's just that... General, why is the Chief Military Governor's Royal Tiger Plate with you? Could it be... Did you form an alliance with the Chief Military Governor?”
Nathan was taken aback upon hearing that. He decided to keep things under the radar and lied, “Looks like you're not too stupid to guess everything.”
Dash and the others had instinctively assumed that Nathan's best days were behind him and that he didn't have much time left.
That was why they never linked Nathan as the Chief Military Governor.
Hence, when they saw Nathan tossing the Chief Military Governor's plate over, their first thought was that Nathan had formed an alliance with the man.
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