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“This plan was a success.”

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 blonde woman looked at the display screen with her red lips slightly opened.

"Nor...has really done these things?"

Her snake-like eyes slowly looked through the silver-edged glasses, and there was a shock in her eyes.

"I did it, and I didn't wrong him." The man grinded his fingers on the lighter, and then took them back:

"If Noel hadn't done such a broken thing, this kind of lie would be easily exposed. But... he did, then I would have no choice but to use it."

"Then you are not a use, Minister Dion." The woman sat upright: "No matter where you are, human experiments are immoral and inhumane. It is our responsibility to expose such things. I didn't expect that the power of the second-place in the world was actually from this... Then we may start from now on and find evidence of other players on the list doing similar behaviors and expose them."

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

Marjorie's expression was serious.

"Minister Dion, please don't treat me as a 20-year-old girl." There were traces of time in her young eyes: "I am over fifty years old and can understand what you say. What you mean is, what I said is wrong?"

"...You guys sent from above just like to grasp the original system and values." Dion laughed: "Then if I tell you that Edward, who we cultivated, had something like this dirty behind him, what would you do?"

"..." Marjorie was silent.

Since the Human Rescue Conference, she has gradually begun to trust the first player who showed her style in the conference room, and is dissatisfied with Edward, who looks a little petty.

Now, Dion, who has the special identity of "Prophet" in front of her, is telling her that the players in the list she trusts may have such inaccessible things behind her.

"Let them do what they want to do. They want to become stronger, so they can let them go." Dion said: "Marjori, do you understand what world we are in now? The audience was filled with indignation and could not understand this matter. You are not a 20-year-old girl. Do you not understand? Who is the target of our fight for this?"

"..." Marjorie was still silent.

"As early as the end of the Sixth World and the Hero Plan began, I told you that due to insufficient resources, we will adopt the 'appropriate abandon' plan." Dion said: "Then why can't the children who have become powerful players grow up as the nourishment for us to fight this game? I exposed Noel because it was 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, do you understand?"

Marjorie was still silent.

"Since ancient times, people should give up on what they get. But most people find it difficult to understand this simple truth. Do you know why?"

Dion stood up, and the cigarette box in his hand clattered.

He circled around the conference table, and did not dare to raise his head when the person in charge of taking notes.

"...This is because it is precisely what we are those of us who don't let them see clearly."

Dion raised his hand and pointed to the surging barrage in the upper right corner of the live broadcast screen.

Among them, there are insults about Noel, some shouts of incredible things, some jokers who take advantage of the situation, and some guys who watch the scene coldly.

They were angry, shocked, sad, gloating, and all kinds of emotions. Endless people gathered in this small barrage interface, as if they gathered all kinds of things in the world.

"Did you see these people? Look, how indignant they insulted. They mentioned the forum live broadcast and attacked the New World Resident." Dion said: "...Marjori, this is the reason why we want them to not understand. Can you imagine what this group of people will do once they know the truth about ‘giving up’ and once they know our attitude?

Any decision needs to be whitewashed, and it’s our responsibility to do the decision-making things.

"This is not." Marjorie finally spoke out.

"No, this is." Dion responded.

"I don't agree with your words in the second half, but despite this, I agree with your exposure of Noel's behavior." Marjorie stood up and raised her bag: "I think our topic can end here. I understand, I will not interfere in your behavior."

"I hope you can make your words carefully when reporting upwards." Dion said to Marjorie's back.

“…”

Marjorie's figure paused slightly.

"I will," she said. "Because I can't tolerate the act of putting children as victims."

She left quickly.

The sound of high heels touching the ground echoed above the corridor.

Dion sat down on the chair with a smile and looked at the accusations against the so-called second player in his hand.

Although the data contains false parts, the human experiments are indeed real.

"Don't say I wronged you, Noel." Dion's finger pointed a little on paper: "... Before doing something, you should first consider the price of the exposure."

He raised his head and looked at the live broadcast screen in front of him.

"So." His face smiled: "...As a teammate, as a guy who has always adhered to the so-called 'Lighthouse Theory', what choice would you make?"

...

Snowflakes fall.

Accompanied by colorful outdoor lanterns, white feathers flying all over the sky, falling on the still people.

Lu Shu did not let go, but just stared at Noel, waiting for his answer.

“…What if those kids want to?”

After a moment of silence, Noel spoke.

He looked extremely tired, as if he had suddenly become much tired, bloodshot in his eyes, and his wrist had been marked with red marks.

"What if I can bring them the future and happiness?"

He continued:

"Lu Shu, you only heard the four words "human experiment", but you didn't see the beginning, process, or end of the story. You thought I was wrong, but you didn't understand the whole picture of the matter at all. What qualifications do you have to blame me here?"

"Children do not have the ability to make independent judgments, and you have the ability to trick them." Lu Shu said.

Noel laughed.

Facing the explosion of barrage and the gathering of others, he smiled calmly.

"Lu Shu." He said softly:

“You don’t understand the mood of those kids at all.

You may live in your own world, in your judgment of whether others are good or bad, and you cannot understand the suffering of these children.

These children... live in a disaster that they cannot escape, and they may have no relatives or friends. So they are forced to live in an orphanage in the world of the Lord God, living a repetitive life with new friends they don't know at all.

I understand their pain, I communicate with their bound souls.

Some of these children told me in person that they do not want to be locked up here, that they have to participate in games, end up, and experience more colorful and exciting worlds. Even if their emotions, which are still as white as paper, will be distorted, and their eyes that have never seen the world will be polluted.

I fulfilled them, I took them out of the orphanage, I brought them into a new world, I fulfilled their wish, I told them, what the dungeon world would look like, and players should learn how to fight.

I taught them that everything needed equivalent exchange, so I charged a part of their bodies to perfect myself at the cost.

...I don't feel guilty about it, nor should I bear the sin for it.

I helped them become the people they yearn for, and led them out of shackles and out of ignorance. Let them avoid being an ordinary child who cannot protect himself and is bound by his wings after the end of the year's world game.

They live in the bright sunshine under the protection of the new world.

But some people think that I am a demon who abducted the children they had stored in an orphanage, like objects.

...But even children without strong judgment skills should not choose their future instead of others.

I did not induce them, I just asked simply, and I did not say a word of profit for my own selfishness.

But it turns out that these children will no longer be objects tied to others.

They live well.

Perhaps, they became adventurers, perhaps, they became equipment forgeators, and perhaps, they became extremely excellent information searchers.

Their potential should not be bound by their age.

Before I made these decisions, I was ready to be exposed.

And perhaps for me, this is not a "revealing" and I am not guilty of it.

I have clearly judged my position and accommodated these innocent children for this purpose.

I taught them to grow and become their life mentors.

From then on, only their ability and luck can determine their growth.

No one should be a rightful escaper unless they are willing to do so.

And once they decide to work hard for this hot land, I will satisfy them,

Death will not let anyone go because of who is a child.

The explosion at the auction, Lu Shu, do you think there will be no innocent children who die for it?

If they were a player with self-protection ability at the time, would their lives disappear meaninglessly for this?

So can you, who accuse me of this, be responsible for their meaningless death?

Since you can't take responsibility, what qualifications do you have? Here, grab my hand and accuse me?

The strength and growth of human beings are based on their desire for strength and future.
To be continued...