??254: Chapter 254: Final Negotiation
254: Chapter 254: Final Negotiation
In the temporary command center located sowhere in the city, Minister Fan slamd the docunts on the desk, angrily saying, “Take a look at the ss he’s created.
Since the establishnt of the Special Defense Departnt, the analysis team has thoroughly studied this player, and he should have been a key surveillance subject!”
“It was you who wanted to implent so flattering strategy and left him unattended, and now look, he’s brought trouble back to his hotown!”
“No matter how capable an ordinary person is, their damage range is controllable, but it’s different with players.
Once a player goes berserk, more people will suffer!”
“In one night, he’s turned the world upside down.
What does he want to do?
What is he trying to do!”
Chief Wu pressed his swollen cheek and said, “Based on Xu Huo’s behavior all along, he harbors feelings of closeness toward us.
There’s a reason for this incident…”
“I don’t think there’s a reason for this,” Chief Song, who was sitting at the head of the table, interrupted him.
“I’ve looked into this player’s profile as well.
Soone as ntally unstable as him is bound to cause trouble sooner or later.
If you ask , we should either capture or eliminate him.
The Special Defense Departnt is full of excellent players; we don’t need a madman for a figurehead.”
“Capture?
Eliminate?” The coly-faced woman across the table turned her tablet around to face him.
“Do you think his releasing his voice in the video was inadvertent?
Look at these online comnts, people have already passed judgnt on this incident.”
At that mont, the secretary connected the online content to the big screen, and with just a few pages, the expressions of people in the conference room beca subtle.
“Fire of Sin Extinguishing?
Evolutionary Hero?
The true Pioneer Player?” Chief Song slapped the table, his face darkened.
“He’s committing a cri, yet it’s turned into a righteous act!”
“In the eyes of ordinary people, Xu Huo’s actions are considered heroic,” the woman spoke evenly.
“Treating evolvers like animals and abusing them has provoked public anger.
Don’t forget, the country is currently encouraging young and strong individuals to take the evolver test.
The Yang Family’s status is special.
If the news breaks from them, everyone will think one thing.”
“After becoming an evolver, you could be controlled by so unscrupulous authorities, treated worse than dogs or pigs.”
“Jiang Qiao.” Minister Fan uttered as a reminder.
Jiang Qiao tossed her long curly hair that hung down to her chest and smiled, “This is the truth.
If you don’t believe , you can go online and see for yourself.”
“But this isn’t the worst-case scenario.” She glanced around the conference table.
“So people might be holding their breath for now, but sooner or later, they’ll have to let it out.”
The room fell silent.
At any ti, conflicts of interest are irreconcilable.
As the number of players grew, and as long as military deterrence remained effective against players, the country had made adjustnts to its structure.
And when those players grow strong enough to make their own rules, the country must also make concessions.
Of course, to guard against possible scenarios, the country had also reassigned a large number of personnel from the military to maintain balance, but this couldn’t match the population-based growth rate of the evolvers.
“We should limit the number of evolvers,” Chief Song said.
“That’s the least wise approach,” Chief Wu retorted imdiately.
“The main purpose of increasing the number of players is to combat players from other districts.
Without sufficient backbone forces, everything else is empty talk.
Moreover, the number of evolvers isn’t sothing we can control.
According to the enrollnt report from the last month, even if we don’t increase the number of evolvers, there will still be more and more of them.
They are like the earliest evolvers; they all belong to natural evolution.”
“That’s why we should do everything in our power to gather the more capable players.
This is not only to maintain order but also to ensure our nation can survive the storms.”
“So, how shall we deal with Xu Huo?” Chief Song looked at Minister Fan.
“Are we just going to let him go?”
By this ti, Minister Fan’s initial fury had subsided.
Xu Huo’s location had long been determined; seven snipers were lying in ambush around the hotel, just waiting for his command.
Chief Wu looked at him nervously, “Should we report this?
Based on Xu Huo’s performance in Sea City, his presence alone has strategic significance in the player wars.”
Minister Fan thought for a mont before saying, “Send two people to negotiate for the last ti.
If he intends to misuse his player status for wrongdoing, then there’s nothing to discuss.”
“I’ll go too,” Jiang Qiao said.
“I’m very interested in this person.”
Minister Fan tacitly agreed, and as Jiang Qiao and Chief Wu were leaving, Chief Song kindly reminded, “He must know he’s surrounded.
Don’t get caught as hostages.”
After speaking, he walked away, leaving Chief Wu standing there, staring with his eyes wide open, cupping his face, and hissing in pain.
“Look at you, all anxious and aggravated.
Do you want to take so dicine before you go?” Jiang Qiao said with a chuckle.
“Do I have ti for that?” Chief Wu, carrying a briefcase, quickened his pace.
“I need to clarify things imdiately.”
Jiang Qiao caught up with his strides.
“How do you see Xu Huo as a person?”
“Reasonably sensible.
To be honest, what he did this ti wasn’t wrong; so people don’t deserve to be called human,” Chief Wu thought for a mont and then said.
However, upon arriving at the hotel, the first thing Xu Huo said when he opened the door made his face swell up even more.
He said, “I’m already a Level D player.”
The mbers of the Special Defense Departnt had already visited Level D Copies.
The Level D Copies are not closed, and as long as you have the tickets, it’s optional to co in and out.
What Xu Huo ant was to tell them that all the defenses outside were useless; he could escape into the ga whenever he wanted.
Chief Wu’s teeth hurt even more.
He was full of anger initially, but seeing Xu Huo’s face devoid of any extra emotion, he suddenly realized that his presence had changed.
He shrank his neck and silently sat down on the couch.
Xu Huo, dressed in a vest and shorts, poured two glasses of water for them, then sat down opposite them, holding a bottle of liquor.
“You’ve got great reviews online, many people are calling you a hero,” Jiang Qiao observed the man across from her, choosing a conciliatory opening line.
“Is that so?” Xu Huo said indifferently.
“It was just a helping hand; consider it my contribution to the nation.”
Jiang Qiao smiled, “You were waiting for us, weren’t you?
Today we represent the Special Defense Departnt to have a chat with you.
Mr.
Xu, where would you like to begin?”
“The Seventeenth Hospital,” Xu Huo looked up at Chief Wu.
“I’ve ntioned this to you before; you should have checked the information.”
“A hospital can’t just disappear overnight.
I want to know, everything that happened before and after I was hospitalized for treatnt twenty years ago.”
This ti, Chief Wu really did bring the information, “But I don’t have much more than what you’ve already found.”
He placed two bags of classified docunts on the table, “Twenty years ago, surveillance systems weren’t widespread, and the location of the Seventeenth Hospital was very remote.
After the hospital disappeared, the internal surveillance materials vanished along with it, so currently, the only evidence is this abnormal equipnt report.”
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