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"This plan was successful."
In the bright conference room, a middle-aged man in uniform held an unlit cigarette in his mouth, looked at the live broadcast screen hanging on the wall, and said with a smile:
"Although Glinton's assassination failed, Emma's words were successfully spoken...still in front of so many people."
Next to him, a blond woman looked at the screen, her red lips slightly parted.
"Noel...has he really done these things?"
Her snake-like eyes slowly looked through her silver-rimmed glasses, with shock in her eyes.
"I did, and I certainly didn't accuse him wrongly." The man rubbed his fingers on the lighter, and then took it back:
"If Noel hadn't done such a bad thing, this kind of lie would be easy to expose. But...he did, so I can't take advantage of it."
"Then you are not taking advantage, Minister Dion." The woman sat up straight: "No matter where it is, human experimentation is unethical and inhumane. It is our responsibility to expose this kind of thing. No Thinking that the strength of the second player in the world comes from this... then we may be able to start from now on and find evidence that other players at the top of the list have done similar behavior and expose them."
"Marjorie." Dion played with the cigarette case in his hand and made a clicking sound: "You are very righteous...very righteous."
Marjorie looked serious.
"Minister Dion, please don't treat me like a twenty-year-old girl." There were vague traces of time in her young eyes: "I am over fifty years old. I understand what you say. What do you mean? Is what I said wrong?"
"...You guys sent from above just like to cling to the original system and three views." Dion laughed: "Then what if I tell you, the Edward we trained also has something behind him. What would you do with something so dirty?"
"..." Marjorie was silent.
After the human self-rescue meeting, she gradually began to have full trust in the number one player who showed his grace in the meeting room, and was dissatisfied with Edward who seemed to be a bit petty.
Now, Dion, who has the special identity of "Prophet" in front of her, is telling her that the top players she trusts may have such hidden things behind them.
"Let them do what they want to do. Let them be as strong as they want." Dion said: "Marjorie, do you understand what kind of world we are in now? Those viewers think I'm filled with righteous indignation and can't understand this matter. You're not a twenty-year-old girl, so can't you understand it either? Who are we fighting against?"
"..." Marjorie remained silent.
"As early as the end of the Sixth World and the beginning of the Hero Project, I told you that due to insufficient resources, we would adopt a plan of 'appropriate abandonment'." Dion said: "Then those children who grow up to become powerful players, Why can't they become nourishment for us to fight this game? I exposed Noel because exposing him is beneficial to our plan. He is a member of the New World Guild and is not under our control. I exposed him not because of my Moral emotions are at work, do you understand?”
Marjorie remained silent.
"Since ancient times, people should give up what they gain. But most people find it difficult to understand this simple truth. Do you know why?"
Dion stood up, the cigarette case in his hand clicking.
He circled the conference table, and the person responsible for taking notes did not dare to raise his head.
"...This is because we, the people, are the ones who don't let them understand."
Dion raised his hand and pointed at the raging barrage in the upper right corner of the live broadcast screen.
Among them, some insulted Noel, some shouted in disbelief, some were trying to fish in troubled waters, and some were just watching with indifference.
They are angry, shocked, sad, gloating, all kinds of emotions, endless people, gathered in this small square barrage interface, like all kinds of human beings gathered together.
"Have you seen these people? You see, how indignant they insulted them, and they mentioned the live broadcast of the forum, and they wanted to attack the New World Station." Dion said: "...Marjorie, this is us We have to make it difficult for them to understand the reason. Can you imagine what these people will do once they know the truth about 'giving up' and our attitude?
Any decision needs to be decorated, and the decision-making is just left to us. This is our responsibility. "
"That's not it." Marjorie finally said.
"No, it is," Dion responded.
"I don't agree with the second half of your words, but despite this, I agree with your behavior of exposing Noel." Marjorie stood up and lifted her bag: "I think our topic can end here. I understand. Now, I won’t interfere in your behavior.”
"I hope you can choose your words carefully when reporting to the superior." Dion said to Marjorie's back.
"..."
Marjorie paused slightly.
"I will," she said, "because no matter what, I cannot condone the sacrifice of children."
She left quickly.
The sound of high heels hitting the floor echoed through the corridor.
Dion sat down on the chair with a smile and looked at the complaint materials against the so-called second player in his hand.
Although the information contains some falsehoods, the human experiments are indeed true.
"Don't say I wronged you, Noel." Dion tapped the paper with his finger: "...Before doing anything, you should first consider the cost of exposing the matter."
He raised his head and looked at the live broadcast screen in front of him.
"So." A smile filled his face: "... As a teammate, as a guy who has always adhered to the so-called 'Lighthouse Theory', what choice will you make?"
…
Snowflakes are falling.
Accompanied by colorful outdoor lights, white feathers fly all over the sky and fall on the still people.
Lu Shu didn't let go, he just stared at Noel, waiting for his answer.
"...And what if those children are willing?"
After a moment of silence, Noel spoke.
He looked extremely tired, as if he was very tired all of a sudden. Bloodshot eyes were swollen, and his wrists had been stretched out with red marks.
"Then what if I can bring them a future and happiness?"
He continued:
"Lu Shu, you only heard the words 'human experiment', but you didn't see the beginning, process, and end of the story. You thought I was wrong, but you didn't understand the whole story. What do you have? Are you qualified to accuse me here?"
"Children don't have the ability to make their own decisions, and you have the ability to trick them," Lu Shu said.
Noel laughed.
Facing the barrage that broke out and the gazes of others gathered, he smiled calmly.
"Lu Shu." He said softly:
“You have no idea what those kids are feeling.
You may be living in your own world, living in your judgment of whether others are good or bad, and unable to understand the suffering of these children.
These children... they live in a disaster that they cannot escape from. They may have no relatives or friends. Therefore, they were forced to live in an orphanage in the world of the Lord God, like a soulless corpse, living a repetitive life with new friends they did not know at all.
I understand their pain and I commune with their bound souls.
Some of these children told me personally that they did not want to be locked up here. They wanted to participate in the game, to end the game, and to experience a more colorful and exciting world. Even if this happens, their blank emotions will be distorted, and their eyes that have never seen the world will be polluted.
I satisfied them, I took them out of the orphanage, I brought them into the new world, I fulfilled their wishes, I told them what the dungeon world would be like, and players should learn how to fight.
I taught them that everything needs to be exchanged of equal value, so I took part of their bodies as a price to improve myself.
…I don’t feel guilty about it, and I don’t feel guilty about it.
I help them become the people they long for, lead them out of their bondage, and out of their ignorant lives. Let them avoid being an ordinary child who cannot protect himself and whose wings are bound after a year of world games.
They live under the bright sunshine under the shelter of the new world.
But some people think that I am a devil who abducted the children they kept in the orphanage like objects.
...But even children who do not have strong judgment ability should not let others choose their future on their behalf.
I didn't induce them, I just asked them, and I didn't say a single word of benefit for my own selfish reasons.
Facts have proved that these children will no longer be objects tied to others.
They live well.
Perhaps they have become adventure players, perhaps they have become equipment forgers, perhaps they have become extremely good information retrievers.
Their potential should not be limited by their age.
Even before I made these decisions, I was prepared to be exposed.
And maybe for me, this is not a "revelation", and I am not guilty.
I have made my position clear and will accommodate these innocent children.
I teach them to grow and become their life mentor.
From now on, only their ability and luck can determine their growth.
No one should be a shirker unless they want to.
And once they decide to work hard for this land, I will satisfy them,
Death will not let anyone go just because they are children.
That explosion at the auction, Lu Shu, do you think no innocent children died because of it?
If they were a player with the ability to protect themselves at the time, would their lives have been meaninglessly lost for this?
So you who accuse me of this, can you be held responsible for their senseless deaths?
Since you can't take responsibility, what qualifications do you have to hold my hand and accuse me here?
The strength and growth of human beings are based on their desire for power and future.
…and I taught them that.
I allowed them to grow naturally. "
…
When Noel said this, his tone was very quiet and his voice was very slow.
All the complex emotions were mixed together and reflected in his transparent pupils.
The eyes he looked at Lu Shu were calmer than ever before.
There is no shame of being exposed, nor anger of being accused. He just faced the snowy night sky and said these words, as if he had not seen the raging barrage.
The night seemed very quiet at this time.
...Only the green-haired woman was still screaming.
"——You admitted it! You admitted it! You admitted that you abducted my brothers and sisters and used them for human experiments. You admitted it——You deserve to be punished and condemned. A guy like you who attacks children simply cannot Not qualified to be a top player——"
"Shut up."
Noel raised his head.
His eyes, which were originally as calm as a mirror, were now filled with a sudden surge of murderous intent.
The snow fell on him, but was evaporated by a strange heat, and his eyes gradually turned blood red.
"You don't deserve to question the efforts of those children." He suddenly took a step forward.
Extremely sharp threads appeared in his hands.
"Look at what you look like." Noel looked down at the miserable woman lying on the ground: "Have you ever seen how desperate your younger brothers and sisters were in the orphanage?
You mask your despicable sense of security with love, shielding yourself from the troubles of child care.
I didn't stop the children from going back, nor did I stop them from finding their relatives. If you want, you can take your younger siblings back, as long as they want to.
And you, who didn't seek help from large organizations before, but after I trained these children, took the benefits of other organizations, ran in front of me, and insulted me - what's the difference between you and those guys who sell their lives for glory? "
"It's just kidnapping in the name of love." There was disgust in his eyes: "You disgust me to the core, human being."
The green-haired woman bit her lip.
There was hatred burning like fire in her eyes.
"Get out of the way, Lu Shu, did you hear what I said?" Noel turned his head and looked at Lu Shu: "You can understand me, right? I heard that you can tell whether a person is a good person or a bad person, then you Do you think I fit your impression of a 'good person'?"
Lu Shu did not give in.
His hand was still holding Noel's wrist tightly.
The tissue fluid from the burn slowly seeped out and stuck to Noel's wrist.
"You admitted it?"
Lu Shu suddenly said this.
"What?"
"Admit your act of attacking the child." Lu Shu said.
"I don't think it's a 'hands-on' move," Noel said. "I think I'm giving them the right to choose. They can reject me or leave me, but in fact, they are generally willing to stay in my new company." world’—I gave them the power to chase the future.”
Lu Shu suddenly let go of his hand.
Noel stepped back.
His wrist was already bruised, and Lu Shu had pinched his hand.
Lu Shu's burned tissue fluid still condensed on his wrist. He took out his handkerchief and wiped it quickly.
...and when he looked up.
Lu Shu had already walked to Su Ming'an, who had been silent.
"Let's leave, Su Ming'an." Lu Shu stretched out his bloody hand: "He is not worthy of being your teammate."
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