The girl merely clenched her fists and looked at Zhong Lingfan. "When I agreed to this, I had already prepared myself never to regret it."
"I believe Miss Administrator will keep her promise as well."
Zhong Lingfan nodded. "Of course. The Administration Bureau will do everything in its power to protect your family and your brother."
"All right, go back and rest."
Zhong Lingfan patted her shoulder.
After the girl left, one of Zhong Lingfan's trusted researchers watched as she nonchalantly threw herself into the next experiment. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Professor, don't you ever feel lost after making such cruel decisions?"
Zhong Lingfan looked up and smiled. "Cruel decisions?"
"I suppose they are."
Making a child in the prime of her youth, one whose supernatural ability might have held great potential in the future, choose death.
But—
"No."
Zhong Lingfan answered firmly, "As long as it is the right decision, and it allows more people to survive, I will make it without hesitation, no matter how cruel it may be."
At present, her judgment was that the girl's death would be more beneficial to the war that would soon begin.
"But what if, even after making a cruel decision and sacrificing innocent people, you still can't save more people?"
The researcher looked somewhat lost. Zhong Lingfan looked at her and sighed. "Then I would still have done everything I could."
That was better than missing an opportunity because of hesitation and softness.
"Of course, that is only my way of doing things. You're just a researcher. You only need to obey your superiors' orders and handle the experiments in your hands properly. Don't think too much, and don't burden yourself with pressure over it. After all, it's an order."
As for the pressure of issuing those