As for when Riya planned to reveal her identity?
But they could guess that she should be waiting for the right time, the time when she felt that it was appropriate for her to reveal her identity. And that time might be when she felt that she was strong enough to withstand the wind and storm of the outside world.
"Right… And it seems that the other returnees have told you something for you to come into that conclusion, Mr. A."
Mr. A smiled and tapped the armrest.
The higher ups did contact a few returnees and talked with them about a few things. To be honest, he was quite surprised when he heard about a few secrets that they were willing to disclose.
And the reason why they felt that it was fine to disclose was…
"The moment they reach rank 7, not many things can kill them," Mr. A said slowly. "Did Samuel ever told you about this?"
This was indeed a special rank that Samuel told Mr. Jones in the past. Samuel told him that from the moment he reached rank 7, everything will be different.
Things that used to worry them so much would not be of concern when they reached rank 7. The power they wielded in their hands, even if they have to face a nuclear bomb, they would not be afraid.
At that time, their source of fear would only be themselves and other people of the same ranks.
Otherwise, even they might not be able to kill themselves.
This was their source of confidence.
At the same time, it was clear that all returnees were racing in time in order to reach rank 7. It was to the point that they didn't care that they were exposing their identities to the higher ups and asked for some help that seemed negligible.
From a certain point of view, it was clear that these people were doing things covertly and would not ask too much.
Some of them would not even talk much with them.
They didn't know about their abilities and vice versa.
For this matter, the higher ups were also helpless but they also knew that they have no way to stop these returnees from achieving their goals. These returnees were simply too powerful and if they had a conflict with them, what awaited them would be nothing more than a cruel and miserable battle.
Are they willing to take such a huge sacrifice just to fight against these returnees?
They have already lost so many people because of the earthquake and the magic beasts, now they had to follow up with a battle against each other?
No one would be able to withstand being the enemies of the entire world.
So since these returnees hadn't done anything outrageous, the higher ups were also still very tolerant of them and willing to follow their wishes. They were 'cooperating' on the surface.
"Are you wiling to let them reach rank 7?" Mr. Jones asked without answering.
Mr. A chuckled. "Do you really think that there's anyone in this world who can stop them from reaching rank 7?"
He did consider that matter before, but then another person came to him and asked the same question that he asked just now.
Is there anyone capable of stopping them from reaching rank 7?
For these people, reaching rank 7 was not climbing a new rank that was full of difficulties but merely restoring their original ranks. They already have the experience to reach rank 7 and then they only needed to be given enough time and resources to reach it.
But other people were not the same.
Because there were a lot of things that they had to pay attention to reach rank 7, each path has their own exclusive methods.
No matter which path they took, the moment they reached rank 7, everything will be worth it.
It's a rank that completely surpassed any other ranks.
And all returnees have the qualification to reach rank 7.
Unless there was a major incident that forced these people from reaching rank 7, then there would not be anyone who could prevent them to achieve that step.
"It seems that there's no one but each other," Mr. Jones said calmly. "But I don't think that they are willing to fight against each other just to stop them from reaching rank 7."
Yes, these returnees were competing.
But it didn't mean that they were stupid.
They knew that the other party had the chance and ability to reach rank 7 one way or another and then they tried to stop it?
As much as they wanted to stop the other party, it was more likely that they would only hinder their own progress and then the other returnees would take the chance when the two of them were injured to make progress.
Who would want to do anything worthless like that?
They were simply making wedding dresses for others.
So rather than fighting against other people, it would be better for them to focus on their own progress and slowly but surely making their steps forward to reach rank 7 as soon as possible.
"They won't do it." Mr. A shook his head. "And I think that you should know very well what our methods in dealing with these returnees are."
Control, coaxing, and cooperation.
All three were done subtly so that it would not arouse these people's disgusts.
After all, if they wanted to cooperate for a long time, the carrot and sticks would be the most appropriate method.
And this was their plan in the long way to go.
"Grasping their weaknesses one by one… as long as these people they cared for are still alive, none of them will be wiling to be reckless," Mr. A said calmly with a smile on his face as if he was talking about the weather and not something cruel .