"What if the Chairman asked you to do something you couldn't do and didn't want to do?"
Xie Yu froze.
After meeting Akar's sharp gaze, he immediately understood.
Akar had stayed with the Salvation Society for too long. He had grown accustomed to their scheming, as well as their evil and greed, hypocrisy and cruelty.
Countless of them said one thing to your face and another behind your back.
Their mouths were full of lofty principles, but in truth, they were only seeking profit for themselves.
They used justice to force Akar.
They used so-called salvation to make Akar sacrifice himself.
They imprisoned him, tried to brainwash him, and turned his body into the strongest tool. They simply had never regarded him as a person.
Among those the Salvation Society claimed needed saving, Akar was not included.
He was the one sacrificed, exploited, and discarded.
Although Akar had joined the Aberration Association, Flying Bird A had recommended him, and he did not know many people. Perhaps Flying Bird A truly was a free-spirited and uninhibited person.
But what about the Aberration Association's upper ranks? What about the Chairman, who controlled the entire Aberration Association and whose word was virtually absolute?
That slogan they shouted.
That will they put into practice.
Those ideals they championed.
Did they truly match reality?
Xie Yu's gaze immediately softened. "I understand your concerns very well."
"Our ideals are both important and unimportant."
"When you see that person,"
"when you stand behind him and watch him carve a path through thorns and brambles for the Aberration Association, you will naturally follow behind him and want to fight alongside him."
"Even when facing an enemy you cannot defeat, even when an endless abyss lies before you, as long as you see him standing there, you will know