Chapter 1099: The Strength of Red Moon (III)
“If we succeed this time and break the barrier in front of us, light will dawn upon our world,” Deputy Zhou said softly. “At least, it will shine over part of us. Ole Zhao... bring out whatever trump cards you have and put them all on the table. Trust the young man this once!”
“Ole Zhou, you’ve changed after your trip to Skystar City...” intoned Director General Zhao.
“I haven’t!” The deputy shook his head. “I’ve just seen some things with my own eyes and feel that we don’t need to hide or conceal ourselves any longer. Li Hao walks with extreme difficulty and also suspects that what we’ve shown isn’t our full force. He, too, wonders if this is all that Silver Moon has to offer.
“However, he never mentions any of it. He’s also a Silver Moon martial master at the end of the day and cares deeply for face. Since no one steps forward to help him, he will help himself!
“Think about it, has he ever asked for help? Apart from Yuan Shuo, has he ever asked for reinforcements from beginning to end? Even if he does ask for help, he pays an appropriate price in return. He cares deeply about his dignity—the same as any other Silver Moon martial master!
“He would want nothing more than to draw clear boundaries with everyone. He helps us, we help him. We give him ten percent, he gives us one hundred percent. We’ve been trying to change him all along in hopes that he wouldn’t be overly impacted by slaughter or hatred. Now that he’s put down his grudges and bloodthirstiness, we are unable to give him any more help. In that case, why did we not let him persist in his hatred?
“His path would not be so difficult if his target remained only Ying Hongyue from the start!” The deputy looked at Director General Zhao. “We’ve dumped our responsibilities on him. Whether it’s the four nations or New Martial traitors, what does it have to do with him? If he focuses on hunting down Ying Hongyue and gives up Stellaris, there might not be anyone who makes trouble for him then.
“You want to imitate Supreme Zhang of New Martial and raise a Human King, but have you afforded him the same protections that the Human King enjoyed? Have you done what the supreme did?”
Director General Zhao frowned ferociously.
“So... you are not the supreme and he is not the Human King. In that case, why do we burden him with all of this?”
“I haven’t,” rumbled the director general. “This is a collective responsibility, after all!”