Chapter 781

Evenson knew perfectly well that although he had spoken at length just now, making it seem as if he had arranged everything flawlessly, the theory he had laid out might not necessarily achieve the expected results when put into practice.

For an organization that enormous, expecting everyone to maintain absolute loyalty was complete nonsense. Even with safeguards like soul contracts, there could still be all sorts of people dragging things down, let alone with other methods.

Terrifying high-pressure rule could indeed greatly reduce the chances of betrayal, but if taken too far, it could also backfire. After all, absolute fear could give rise to absolute hatred.

But none of that mattered. Evenson had never sincerely wanted to help Hydra eliminate its hidden dangers. He merely wanted to persuade Stephanie to take up the position of executioner and quickly establish personal authority, so that he could control Hydra remotely.

In fact, if Hydra truly became an impenetrable monolith, he would be the one with a headache. A flawed Hydra that kept running into problems was exactly what he wanted to see. Once problems arose, Stephanie, the executioner, would have to solve them. The more missions she completed, the faster her reputation would rise.

Besides, authoritarian politics, when all was said and done, relied on absolute prestige and absolute strength to bring absolute power. Once implemented, those in power would inevitably develop a blind faith in powerful strength. But Stephanie's power had not been obtained by herself; it had been given to her by Evenson. Thus, her faith in power would ultimately turn into dependence on Evenson, reducing her from an enforcer of authoritarian politics to merely one link within it.

That transformation might take some time, but when Evenson saw the flames of lust for power burning in Stephanie's eyes, he