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"This plan was very 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, 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 in the world rankings actually comes from this... Then maybe we can start from now on and find evidence that other players at the top of the rankings have done similar behavior and expose them."

"Marjorie." Dion played with the cigarette case in his hand and made a "click" sound: "You are very righteous...very righteous."

Marjorie looked serious.

"Minister Dion, please don't treat me like a twenty-year-old girl." Her young eyes showed traces of time: "I am over fifty years old, and I understand what you are saying. What do you mean?

Is what I said wrong?"

"...You guys sent down 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 a lot of people behind him.

What would you do with such a dirty thing?"

"..." Marjorie was silent.

After the human self-rescue meeting, she gradually began to have full trust in the first 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.

"What they want to do, let them do it. How they want to become stronger, let them do it." Dion said: "Marjorie, do you understand what kind of world we are in now? Those viewers feel

I'm filled with righteous indignation and can't understand this matter. You're not a twenty-year-old girl, so you can't 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 whatever 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 around the conference table, and the person responsible for taking notes didn't 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, there were some who insulted Noel, some who shouted in disbelief, some who fished in troubled waters, and some who looked on with cold eyes.

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

Let them not 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 whitewashed, and we can just leave the decision-making to us, this is our responsibility."

"That's not it." Marjorie finally said.

"No, this 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 act of sacrificing children."

She left quickly.

The sound of high heels hitting the floor echoed in 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." He said with a smile on 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 kids 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?

Who are you 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 around him, 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 lost their relatives or friends. Therefore, they are forced to live in an orphanage in the world of the Lord God, like a soulless corpse, and they have nothing to do with it at all.

New friends who don't know each other live a repetitive life.

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 be punished, and to experience a more colorful and exciting world. Even if their emotions, which were still blank sheets of paper, would be distorted because of this.

, 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 this, nor do I deserve to bear the guilt for this.

I help them become the people they long for, lead them out of their bondage, and out of their ignorant life. Let them avoid being an ordinary child who cannot protect himself after a year of playing in the world.

They live under the bright sunshine under the protection 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 profit for my own selfish reasons.

Facts have proved that these children will no longer be objects tied to others.

They live very 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.

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.
To be continued...