Senator Cleveland wasn't entirely clueless; he actually knew a few things about Lance and this Gomez, but he chose to play dumb.
At this moment, a call from Lance came in, and he casually asked, "I remember you mentioned that Gomez, how are your talks with him going?"
"It's just so-so. He wants to gain the Federation's support to become the new leader of the Lapar Region."
Upon hearing Lance's words, Senator Cleveland was momentarily stunned, "You... How could he have such an idea?"
Lance found it quite normal, "They still don't know the purpose of our military occupation in the Yalan Region. Many people might simply think we want to station troops, unaware of our true goal—complete annexation of the Yalan Region."
"Gomez believes we are likely to support some interest representatives in the Yalan Region again. He wants to be that puppet, so he'll cooperate with us in Lapar."
