I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 493 - 114: To Fight or Not to Fight...

"What so-called noble family... The only reason the Collection Clan has developed to this point, dominating almost half of Nest City, is because their family has two Tier Four and about a dozen Tier Three Apprentice Death Gods, right?"

"If you ask me, those people are no match for you, Brother Shen Ye! If you want to set up a family to play around, I'd wholeheartedly support you with both hands and feet!"

Hikamu remained relentlessly persistent, persuasively murmuring beside him.

However, as he spoke, he also used special means to pre-isolate a space around them, so that even if outsiders were close by, they couldn't hear a word of their conversation.

Though the Collection Clan might not be able to extend their hands here, as the saying goes, walls have ears, and an experienced man like Hikamu certainly wouldn't make such a foolish mistake.

"..."

Listening to his brother's incessant chatter, Shen Ye fell silent for a moment.

In fact, he knew all too well that in this election he was participating in, all the decisions had originally been made by him alone, so free and unrestrained.

But the Collection Clan intervened, wanting to use him as a puppet to control... Although the clan would indeed provide funds and promotional support, once he accepted their help, he'd be at their beck and call.

A proud Tier Four Apprentice Death God, naturally would not be content being merely a puppet.

However, Shen Ye knew well that the plan Hikamu suggested was completely unfeasible.

Unless his personal strength could reach a level where he could "overpower the crowd," completely ignoring worldly rules and constraints, otherwise, when mixing with the scene, background ultimately mattered.

You could fight... But what if you could? You could establish a small faction, maybe even have comparable paper strength to the Collection Clan, but if they waved a hand to call in allies and supporters to mess with you, wouldn't that be a total loss?

So after much thought, Shen Ye could only sigh deeply and shake his head.

"Enough, don't bring it up again."

"Since I've already accepted the support of the Collection Clan, following their orders is my duty. A person must adhere to some rules to go further..."

Upon hearing this, Hikamu couldn't help but spit.

"Hmph..."

"But by following the rules, they still don't have what it takes to help you reach the mayor's position smoothly, do they."

"They promised to take care of Mokaka, but after all that maneuvering, not only did they fail to get rid of her, they ended up losing their Floating Island, only sending the girl to the hospital."

"They said they'd fully support us, but the moment they saw Hugo Pharmaceutical and Huangxing Group going all-in on Mokaka, they immediately cowered, not even daring to show their names."

"Their business is several times larger than these two enterprises, yet they don't even have the courage for a direct confrontation. As the saying goes, among two armies facing off, the first to flinch is bound to lose! I think... the Collection Clan is not a good investor at all, we should strike out on our own sooner rather than later."

Confronted with his brother's complaints, Shen Ye remained silent.

Though he wanted to refute, he had to admit that what Hikamu said was true.

The Collection Clan was vast and powerful, with numerous industries under their belt, any of which could be mentioned in the same breath as the Huangxing Group and Hugo Pharmaceutical.

Though the Huangxing Group had been in the spotlight recently, launching several wildly successful products, they still suffered from a lack of heritage, unable to quickly scale up production.

If the Collection Clan genuinely wished to put pressure on the Huangxing Group, they could no doubt catch the group off-guard, causing them massive losses.

But in doing so, the Collection Clan would also have to sacrifice a bit.

Shen Ye knew, that was precisely what the Collection Clan feared.

They had sat at the top for so long, so long that they forgot how their ancestors made their fortune through bloody means, so long that they had completely lost the spirit of daring to take risks and go all-in.

These aristocrats feared pain, to a degree that was incomprehensible to ordinary people, they simply couldn't bear loss.

So they could sponsor Shen Ye, after all, it was just small money, and if he lost the election, it would just be wasted. But they decided not to get too deeply involved, lest it implicate any of their own industries.

For this reason, they, who had already lost heart before the battle, how could they help Shen Ye defeat the all-in Mokaka?

"Alas..."

But at this point, having already boarded the same ship, Shen Ye could only say a few good words for his backer.

"You don't understand, Hika, sometimes the big shots up there see further than we do, they must have their own plans, and they must consider the bigger picture..."

"To hell with the bigger picture!"

Hikamu didn't care about any of that, the smile disappeared completely from his face, replaced by an anger of being disappointed at someone who fails to meet expectations.

"If it really were for the bigger picture, why would the Collection Clan send a bunch of clueless young masters over? Isn't it to take advantage of your defeat in the election to let you withdraw, and then have those young masters inherit your votes, paving the way for their future political careers?"

"This is simply intolerable...!"

Those words of Hikamu weren't wrong.

Ever since Shen Ye's support rating was surpassed by Mokaka, the Collection Clan sent over a few polished young masters, ostensibly to help Shen Ye by sharing electoral pressure, but in reality, they were using the connections Shen Ye had built over the years to accumulate their reputation.

If Shen Ye were to be ultimately defeated, then without a doubt, all the political connections he had spent his life building would effortlessly fall into the hands of the Collection Clan.