Concerning Portends

One of the critical reasons why Ves spared his valuable time on getting briefed by his chief of staff at the Red Collective on a regular basis was because he wanted to stay in the loop.

The Office of the Chief Councilor of the Upper Council was such a high position that Ves was entitled to learn about confidential information!

This was why he had to keep his office. Getting booted from it would mean he would lose access to a lot of juicy high-level information from the Secret Department.

The Red Collective's intelligence arm had only existed for a short time, but already proved to be incredibly competent and well-informed.

It had to be because its cadre largely consisted of the members of the Evolution Witch's personal spy agency!

So long as Ves remained a high-ranked figure within the Red Collective, he would continue to remain much more informed than the vast majority of other people in the Red Ocean.