Next came negotiations and discussions. The pelican indeed had a considerable understanding of City A and had a dedicated department coordinating the situation there. But how much would they offer? That was up for discussion. First, the police requested the Sun family's connections: one smuggling line and one drug trafficking line. The pelican readily agreed to both, as they offered him no benefit. A group then probed the prodigal agent, who began to evade, saying he needed to check. Later, he claimed the gunpowder's value didn't match the Sun family's, only agreeing to exchange the smuggling line for gunpowder with a ten-year prison sentence. Continuing the negotiations, the pelican offered to help City A send two fugitives back to the city.
During this time, Su Cheng suggested to Xu Xua
