Everyone:...
"Third Rank Life forms, they're no match for you, it's like fighting children, what's the point of having a meeting..."
They even accepted Rashid, a man from outside Los Angeles, naturally, they also accepted Brian, an outsider.
Hence, the meeting turned into mere formalism.
Once Brian displayed incomprehensible power, naturally, faction leaders sought to ingratiate themselves with him, offering up concessions for the sake of making a good impression on him.
Brian didn't even say much.
Amidst this internal scrambling, they voluntarily put forth various stringent demands on themselves…
Which were slightly better than the ones previously proposed by Rashid, but not by much.
Moreover, the requests Rashid had made were clearly intended to create negotiating room, a tactic like opening a roof to open a window, not truly expecting people to work for him for free.
This left Brian at a loss.
