novellk Chapter 359 - 356:
Chapter 359 - 356:
Chapter 359: Chapter 356: "Under the Protection of the New World...
"This plan was very successful,"
the middle-aged man in uniform said with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, smiling as he watched the live broadcast on the display screen hanging on the wall of the brightly lit meeting room.
"Although Gelinton’s assassination didn’t succeed, Emma managed to speak out... and in front of so many people."
Next to him, a blond woman was looking at the screen, her red lips slightly open.
"Did Noel really do those things?"
Her snake-like gaze slowly came into focus through her silver-rimmed glasses, her eyes filled with shock.
"He did. I’m not wronging him," the man said as he fiddled with a lighter before putting it away:
"If Noel hadn’t done such a dirty deed, this lie would have been easily refuted. But the thing is... he indeed did it, and that’s beyond my control to utilize it."
"Then it’s not exploitation, Minister Dion," the woman sat up straight: "No matter where you are, human experimentation is unethical and inhumane. Exposing such matters is our duty. I didn’t expect such power of the World’s Number Two to come from this... so perhaps we can start from here and
"I don’t think of it as ’laying hands’." Noel replied: "I see it as giving them the right to choose. They could have refused me, perhaps even left me, but in truth, they are mostly willing to stay in my ’New World’—I’ve given them the power to pursue the future."
Lv Shu released his hand abruptly.
Noel stepped back.
His wrist was now showing a bruise, having been pinched by Lv Shu.
The ooze from Lv Shu’s palm still clung to his wrist, and he quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe it off.
...And as he looked up.
Lv Shu had already moved to Su Ming’an’s side, who had been silent all along.
"Let’s go, Su Ming’an." Lv Shu extended his bloodstained hand: "He doesn’t deserve to be your teammate."