"No problem, we are willing to pay the ransom," said Lady Baide, offering the travel bag with both hands. "Here are 30 Rare Black Gold Bars, prepared exactly as the criminals demanded."
The crowd saw and handed over their ransoms one after another.
However, the Joint Ambassador said, "I'm sorry, but we cannot escort this ransom for you. It will have to be delivered by a few representatives from among you, and the criminals have demanded that they be women. For the safety of your loved ones, we can only temporarily comply with their demands. Otherwise, we simply cannot cross the firefight line, and moreover, your relatives would be in greater danger."
Upon hearing this, the families fell into silence all at once...
Everyone knew that to go to the Bansai Base was to enter a place of no return, especially for women—it was like sheep entering a tiger's maw!
