After his hood was removed, Gongyuan Hang looked around in confusion, then stared in shock.
Everyone around him was just as stunned. Anyone who saw seventy people who looked almost exactly like them would start questioning their entire existence.
Even the most prolific parents couldn't produce seventy babies in one go, could they?
This wasn't childbirth. It was mitosis.
The shock gave way to a buzzing commotion. Although the seventy people looked alike, they had different personalities. Some hotheads had already stood up and started shouting.
Bang!
A gunshot suddenly rang out, drowning out every other sound.
An armed man raised his pistol and shot a hole in the ceiling.
Those who had stood up quickly sat back down. In an instant, the room fell so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"Everyone!"
The man standing at the podium clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Hasegawa Kohei. You only have to look at my face to see that I'm one of you, so there's no need to worry that I'll hurt you."
No one below said a word. Most of them wouldn't believe such empty assurances.
But the other side had guns. Disbelief would probably earn them a bullet.
Hasegawa Kohei continued, "I'll explain everything that happened. Since time is limited, I hope you won't interrupt while I'm speaking. Once I'm finished, I'll give you time to ask questions."
By now, Fang Cheng and Ye Yuqing had quietly landed on the roof as well, listening to Hasegawa Kohei's speech from close by.
He took a piece of chalk from the podium, turned around, and wrote four large characters on the blackboard: Fujiwara Hirotetsu.
"Anyone who attended primary or secondary school should know what this name represents: the Father of Science, who