Chapter 535

There were many things in this world where right and wrong, good and evil, did not matter; the only question was whether they should be done.

Take a soldier on the battlefield. He did not need to consider whether his war was just or evil. First, he had to survive—otherwise, nothing else could even be discussed.

Or take a doctor facing a critically ill patient on the verge of death. He did not need to consider whether the patient was a good person or a bad one, nor ponder whether saving them was right or wrong. He only needed to save them.

And then there was the example of a spy.

The one currently standing with his back to Wood.

What he needed to do, what he could do, was in fact only one thing.

"Come back with me." After a moment of silence, he said, "Once we return, I'll file a complaint with the internal tribunal, accusing him of disrupting Federation order and harming Federation interests. When the time comes, you'll be an extremely important witness."

Wood laughed. "I've been waiting for you to say that!"

He walked to the man's side and patted him on the shoulder. "Don't be so tense. I never intended to lay hands on a fellow member of the Federation. The only reason I lured you out was to wait for those words."

"But what exactly do you intend to do?" he asked. "It won't be easy to accuse that fellow. Do you have reliable evidence?"

"Aren't you the evidence?" the deputy retorted. "Could it be that you aren't reliable?"

"I used to be reliable, but I'm not anymore." Wood shook his head.

The deputy thought for a while, then frowned.

Other than Wood's testimony, he truly could not produce any reliable evidence to