Listening to Lin Yu's words, Nightless Sky Huo Le felt a fear welling up inside him as he stood in this dilapidated scene built for the purpose of studying "Fear."
Although he had already revised his assessment of the person before him to "madman," at that moment, Nightless Sky Huo Le faintly realized... his madness exceeded anything he could have imagined.
"Do you even know what you're saying? You're trying to dig up a past my mother deliberately buried, and then restart a project she personally sealed away?"
"Do you understand how dangerous that is?!"
Nightless Sky Huo Le stared at Lin Yu. He could no longer maintain a calm tone while speaking with him.
Lin Yu, however, remained perfectly composed.
"Esteemed Nightless Sky Huo Le, of course I understand what you're talking about. I've considered all of this," Lin Yu said, still maintaining impeccable courtesy. "That's precisely why I never showed this material to President Paris. What I showed him was footage from another research facility in the Snowy Mountains of Winter that had been destroyed, but not completely wiped out."
Seeing Lin Yu's cold attitude, Nightless Sky Huo Le forcibly calmed himself as well. "Are you saying you planned all of this from the beginning?"
"Were the words you used to persuade President Paris merely a way to meet me and show me this?"
Lin Yu nodded. "Of course, esteemed sir. Since this is a high-risk undertaking... I naturally have to choose the investor capable of offering me the greatest return."
"I have no intention of disrespecting President Paris, but... compared to you, compared to the future head of the Nightless Sky Family, he simply isn't enough to satisfy my appetite."
"What I want isn't President Paris's assistance or favor... but the opportunity to stand on equal footing