The representative of the Divine Kingdom clearly anticipated Su Yi's answer and showed no surprise.
He then said, "Since the price cannot be changed, I hope your company will refuse to sell armor to notorious terrorist organizations like Has."
"They are public enemies of humanity. I believe that any organization or individual with a shred of conscience should not support such terrorist organizations."
No, how could you, my friend, utter the words "conscience" with a straight face?
Do you even possess such a thing?
Su Yi was speechless.
He then turned to the Has organization representative, who was clearly a bit anxious and about to stand up to speak:
"Our Tianyu Group naturally Has its own views on what kind of organization they are, and I do not agree with your opinion."
"Besides, didn't I say that anyone can purchase Tianyu Group's equipment? Now you're telling me not to sell to them. Wouldn't that mean I'd have to retract what I just said? If so, what credibility would Tianyu Group have left? Who would compensate for the losses?"
"Moreover, you are still afraid that if the Has organization purchases our exoskeletons, you won't be able to defeat them. You can buy them too! You can't possibly..."
As Su Yi spoke, Yue Ling, who was below the stage, coughed twice at the opportune moment, seemingly reminding him of something.
He immediately put on a look of sudden realization:
"Oh, my apologies, my mistake."
"I didn't think much of it at the time, but I forgot that when the White-headed Eagle Empire sanctioned our Tianyu Group, your Divine Kingdom also followed suit and sanctioned us, and we later put you on our anti-sanction list."
"Although I said anyone can buy, it's truly regrettable that organizations on Tianyu Group's sanction list are not included."
"The official organizations and all enterprises of the White-headed Eagle Empire and your Divine Kingdom cannot directly purchase the Sentinel-1 exoskeleton armor produced by our group."
Su Yi smiled slightly, but his words were full of traps.
Their national official organizations cannot buy, and large enterprises cannot buy.
However, individuals can buy.
Individuals can come and buy, and then your officials can collect them.
At most, it would be one or two transfers, just spending a bit more money than others.
In essence, this was a disguised way to increase their cost of purchasing exoskeleton armor.
This way, he could both enforce sanctions, thoroughly disgust these white-skinned people who had initially tried to disgust him, and still sell them the exoskeletons.
It's hard not to call it a win-win.
Well, he wins twice.
"No, no, no, you can't do that!"
Due to the language barrier, this Divine Race representative obviously hadn't realized the leeway Su Yi left in his words and thought Su Yi was truly determined not to sell them a single hair.
He immediately became anxious.
His mouth opened, and he began to babble incessantly like a machine gun:
"That's a commercial act. We only participated in the sanctions against Tianyu Group's commercial products. What you are now selling are weapons for military use, which is completely different. If you prohibit our Divine Race from purchasing this exoskeleton armor, I have ample reason to believe you are discriminating against us."
"We were targeted and massacred by the evil 'Hair Washers' in Season 2. I never thought that even today, organizations like you and Tianyu Group would still exclude and discriminate against our Divine Race..."
Damn, what a smooth combo.
Su Yi was stunned, completely unprepared for this guy's ability to ramble. It was incredible that he could even pull things from decades ago.
"You can shoot others, but if others shoot you, it's anti-humanity?"
"Don't give me that. It sickens me."
"And don't try to morally blackmail me. I am a barbarian; I have no morals."
After a retort, Su Yi couldn't be bothered to argue with him further.
Such double-standard groups are simply brain-damaged. After all, they can use a Bible as a deed, and it's hard for normal people to follow their thought process. He was afraid he'd get infected if he talked too much.
Perhaps he couldn't stand his ally's sudden outburst of madness.
The White-headed Eagle Empire representative, who had remained as steady as a mountain and silent until now, finally stood up:
"Mr. Su, I am the representative from the White-headed Eagle Empire. My current position is Secretary of National Security, a four-star general. You can call me Mike."
"So, Mr. Mike, what is your question?" Su Yi asked leisurely.
After all, compared to the Divine Kingdom representative who had been raving from beginning to end and whose name he still didn't know, this Mike seemed more like a normal person, at least he looked like he could be reasoned with.
"Mr. Su, what the Divine Race representative said might be a bit extreme, but some of his words are not without merit."
"Haven't you considered that once such cheap yet extremely powerful weapons spread, they will further exacerbate global instability and trigger another world war?"
"Believe me, I am absolutely not being alarmist!"
Mike had a serious expression.
Su Yi scoffed:
"General Mike believes a game can trigger a world war?"
"Ordinary weapons cannot, but your company's weapon greatly amplifies individual power. Once there are too many unrestrained individuals, the global situation will become increasingly chaotic, ultimately leading to a major war," Mike replied earnestly.
"General Mike, how do you think current weapons compare to those in Season 1? And how do they compare to Season 2?" Su Yi did not answer her question, but instead posed another.
"Naturally, they are far superior to the weapons of that time."
Although he had already guessed what Su Yi was going to say, Mike couldn't deny such a question and could only honestly give an affirmative answer.
"So, is the outbreak of war due to weapons? I don't think so," Su Yi said with a half-smile:
"You should think carefully about why other countries and people with powerful weapons would trigger a world war."
"Isn't it because some people have taken too much wealth that rightfully belonged to others, causing others to be unable to survive?"
As soon as these words were uttered, General Mike's face immediately turned green.
Su Yi was just short of directly saying that the White-headed Eagle was sucking the blood of the entire world.
How could he respond to that?
There was no way to respond.
He couldn't possibly say, "I didn't suck blood; everyone willingly gave me their money and resources," could he?
Anyone with half a brain wouldn't believe such nonsense.
After realizing that Su Yi would absolutely not withdraw the idea of selling exoskeleton armor to the entire world, Mike quickly gathered his thoughts, then took a deep breath and asked again:
"So, Mr. Su, are you now certain that you will not sell this type of exoskeleton armor to our national official organizations and enterprises during the sanction period?"
He emphasized the words "official" and "enterprises," and his meaning was clear.
He was asking if Su Yi would only prohibit their official organizations and enterprises from purchasing, or if he would prohibit any exoskeleton armor from entering the White-headed Eagle Empire.
"Confirmed." Su Yi immediately gave an affirmative answer.
Are you kidding? Such a big market, why would he refuse it?
As long as the sanctions made these people pay a greater price, that was enough.
"Okay, thank you for clarifying. Regarding the sanctions, I am a soldier and do not understand them, but I will communicate with the relevant departments when I return." Mike said some polite words, then sat back down in his seat.