Chapter 97 Is This It?

Gru and Hutter have been rivals for ages. When Mr. Cheng asked Gru to contact the deputy director Forbes, he had three intentions.

First, to confirm some information. Second, to give Sheriff Gru a bit of psychological soothing on the side.

Even though the situation looks turbulent, don't be afraid. We can still hold our ground.

Finally, he hoped Gru would be smarter and handle things beautifully—without all those petty schemes to exclude Eris. This was a subtle form of taming.

But honestly, the conflicting interests between Hutter and Gru were so substantial, their meeting today felt a bit awkward.

"A tough problem? Tough problems for Director Hutter? No way!"

Everyone knows how to talk big, but Gru's nonsense didn't even qualify as nonsense in Hutter's eyes.