Chapter 918 No Outsider
Chapter 918 No Outsider
The arrival of the two-headed bird made the atmosphere in the family dull.
In the bedroom, the wife asked softly, "Dior, I always feel that woman doesn't really seem like she's protecting you."
"Well... that's a long story. But you don't need to worry about her, she's not an enemy."
"Oh~" the lady nodded. "By the way, Dior, my book is about to be published. Xiao Guai drew a few illustrations for me without asking me for money. I feel really bad about it."
“Hmm, it’s alright. You’ll have many opportunities to work together in the future. You can compensate him a little then,” Dio said.
"Oh~ I originally wanted to write a campus novel for my next book, but my mind is a mess right now. I'll try a different theme. How about the story of the wicked queen and the furnace king, and call it 'The Queen and the Beast'? What do you think?" the wife asked.
“…It’s fine.” Dio had no objections.
"Aren't you angry? After all, the Forge King is your past life..." the wife asked.
“There’s nothing to be angry about. It’s just a movie. Once you’ve seen it, there’s nothing to be nostalgic about,” Dio said.
“Dior…” The lady touched Dior’s chest. “When will I ever truly understand you?”
The lady hugged Dior.
"I always felt that although we were very close, there was a distance between us. It seemed like you didn't really like me."
“That’s clearly wishful thinking. You need to know that there’s a huge gap between wishful thinking and reality…” Dio had only said a few words when his wife fell asleep in his arms.
“…Hmm, very good.” Dio smiled.
After his wife fell asleep, Dior took a box from under the bed. Inside the box was a portable computer.
Although it's advertised as portable, it's actually quite large and weighs about the same as a piece of gym equipment.
However, this is unavoidable, as the technology of this era is not yet sufficient to create lighter computers.
In fact, under normal circumstances, once Dior became the Minister of Health, he should have been stationed in the capital.
However, ever since that fire, congressional officials have been hesitant to gather in large groups. They typically only travel to the capital for meetings, remaining in their respective territories at other times.
Dior turned on his computer and began replying to various work emails.
"The new healthcare system will be piloted in the city where I live. If it works well, we'll expand it. If it doesn't work as well as we expect, we'll stop."
"Your decision is very wise!"
The email response came quickly. Clearly, everyone was waiting for news.
After all, the current healthcare system already meets the needs of most people. Many people are actually afraid that Greck will cause some messy problems right from the start.
But now that Grek has given a clear answer, everyone is relieved.
If the pilot program is only conducted in one city, it will not affect the interests of others.
As for the effectiveness of the pilot program, the decision doesn't rest with the patients, but with the hospitals. If the hospitals are profitable enough, then the pilot program is considered successful, and everyone will naturally follow suit.
But if the hospital loses money or doesn't make any money, then no one will agree.
Dio then began using the computer to contact members of the cult.
"I'm raising funds; I plan to buy this city."
"clear."
The cult members were not particularly surprised by Grek's desire to buy the city.
After all, they had long assumed that the city where Grek lived was Grek's territory. On the contrary, they felt that Grek was a bit slow to react by only bringing this up now.
Most people were quite satisfied with Pope Greco. This was because Greco rarely issued orders, and he was adept at resolving problems for his subordinates.
For example, Grik previously expanded the assassin organization with a new program to train teenage assassins and also significantly optimized the assassin network.
The number of orders received by the assassin organization has increased significantly, and the money earned from training young assassins is also quite considerable.
In addition, the organization's intranet has been significantly optimized by Greke.
It's now much easier for members of the organization to communicate with each other. Furthermore, various service modules have appeared on the organization's intranet.
Users can post their current difficulties in the service section. If others see the post and find it helpful, they can contact the moderator. Then, both parties can collaborate to some extent.
In short, because of Grecker's presence, the connections among the organization's members are stronger than before.
Furthermore, Grecker has another redeeming quality: he is adept at endorsing the integrity of the organization.
This is actually very important. Because when members of an organization don't know each other, there's a very difficult hurdle to overcome in order to cooperate: the issue of trust.
Greck would vouch for this with his integrity. If anyone breached the contract, he would send assassins to settle the score.
Greck now has a very firm grip on the assassin organization. Even assassinating some high-ranking officials from major countries would not be difficult for him.
After swiftly eliminating several dishonest families, cooperation among everyone became much smoother. And that's how the credibility of this internal platform was artificially boosted.
With the support of the platform, everyone's resources can now circulate freely. This is a huge step forward. People can even cooperate across borders.
So, under Greke's leadership, the organization members are doing quite well now. They can all see hope for the future. Everyone trusts Greke.
So when Grek said he wanted to buy a city, no one objected. Everyone contributed money to provide financial assistance to His Holiness the Pope.
In reality, Grek didn't really need the money, but in order to maintain good relationships with the organization's members, offering appropriate trouble and assistance was still a necessary choice.
Watching Greck start replying to all sorts of strange emails.
Big Cat couldn't help but ask, "Wait! What do you do for a living? Who sent you these emails?"
"I'm a cult leader, and these were all sent to me by my followers. It seems that people don't like the name 'Seigaku Club.' Is there anything wrong with the name?" Grek began to complain.
Although Grek had previously renamed the Order the Seigaku Society, it was clear that everyone still preferred to use the names they had used within the Order.
After realizing he couldn't correct it, Greck gave up.
"Huh? A cult leader! No wonder you're so good at conning people! I almost believed your nonsense before!" Big Cat Sauce exclaimed in shock.
When Grik and Lady Peep talked about things like selflessness before, Big Cat Sauce believed them to some extent.
But now, Big Cat doesn't believe anything Grek says anymore.
"No wonder she's a cult leader; she managed to fool Shenpi into willingly dying. Should I have just killed her back then?" Big Cat Sauce felt a pang of regret.
“Why bother? If you had really killed her back then, you wouldn’t be free either! The NSA has been watching you for a long time. It’s more comfortable for you to stay here with me. They all think you’ve already possessed Godskin,” Grek said.
"Hmph!" Although what they said was true, Big Cat was still unhappy. She felt like she'd been tricked.
For a fleeting moment, she longed to completely possess Grek.
But after calming down, she dismissed the idea.
She dislikes replying to so many emails. Just seeing those densely packed emails is enough to drive her crazy.
“Greek is my employee now, and I am his absolute master. Having an employee work for me is the better choice, rather than becoming an employee myself!” After figuring this out, Big Cat Sauce quieted down again.
She curiously peered at the computer screen. Then she saw many replies about assassin organizations.
"Ah! You still say you have no connections! You bastard, do you ever tell the truth?!" Big Cat Sauce roared.
"My enemy was definitely not someone you predicted with magic! His whereabouts were just leaked, weren't they?" Big Cat-chan laughed in exasperation.
So if Grek hadn't replied to these emails in front of her today, she would have actually believed his previous lies!
In a fit of rage, Big Cat planted some viruses in Grek's body.
Greck immediately started bleeding from his nose.
"Stop messing around! I have things to do." Grek took out a tissue and wiped the blood from his nose; his vision was a little blurry.
"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?!" Big Cat Sauce roared.
"Do whatever you want. I was originally planning to have you all over the world," Grek said.
"Huh? What does that mean?" Big Cat asked, startled.
"It means exactly what it says! Don't you have any ideas about evolving viruses? Don't you want it to become popular all over the world?"
“And to achieve this, I need to plan it. Or if you think you can do it too, then you can kill me,” Grek said.
"..." Big Cat silently withdrew the virus.
Grek's discomfort vanished instantly.
"Can you tell me what you want to do?" Big Cat asked.
"The current evolved viruses don't have any obvious uses yet. Once you've perfected them, I'll use my position as Minister of Health to try and promote them."
“If the virus works well, I think it won’t be long before your clones spread all over the world. Don’t you want to become the ruler of the world?” Grek laughed.
"..."
After a moment of silence, Big Cat said, "Do you want all of humanity to die?"
“No, I genuinely hope everyone can live longer and have higher intelligence. I hope everyone can become a new generation of humans. In my opinion, cooperation is always better than hostility. What do you think?” Grek asked.
"You trust me that much? Trust an outsider?" Big Cat asked.
“If you exist inside everyone, would you still be considered an anomaly?” Grek asked rhetorically.
“…I still can’t understand your thinking,” Big Cat said.
"Because people don't know how terrifying your potential is, in my opinion, if we don't get along with you now, then in the future, what awaits humanity is only extinction."
"If I were to do what the National Security Agency does and throw you into a lab to torture you, would you still have any goodwill towards humanity? And once you grow stronger, how will you treat the world?"
Greck's words deeply resonated with Big Cat.
In her memory, humans were a mix of good and bad, but most were bad. However, it was only because of a few good people that Big Cat-chan didn't become completely wicked.
"Hehehe... Would a cult leader have such awareness? For all of humanity? You're just fooling me again, aren't you?" Big Cat Sauce sneered.
“Okay, actually, I do have my own ulterior motives here. I plan to use you to make money, a lot of money, enough to buy the whole world,” Grek said.
"Hahaha~ That's more like it! If you had said that earlier, I would have understood! It's so tiring to talk to you!" Big Cat Sauce now sees what kind of person Grek really is.
Greck is the kind of supervillain who, when standing right in front of you, you sometimes mistake him for a saint. Is this the legendary "devil"?
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