Bo Yi's gaze sharpened.
Because what "Clown" had said was indeed true-
After escaping the Scientific Research Institute, he had soon exposed its dirty secrets, using himself as evidence. It had caused a public uproar at the time, and the relevant organizations had placed him under their protection.
He remembered very clearly the light reflected off the Metal Medals pinned to the coats of the people who had come to protect him.
But the good times had not lasted. The Scientific Research Institute had soon issued an apology and an explanation-they claimed that the lab technicians they had hired had done everything in secret, on their own. Furthermore, upon discovering what had happened, the institute had fired those technicians and taken them into custody before handing them over to the relevant authorities for investigation.
-They had sacrificed a part of themselves to survive.
Bo Yi had still been young then, after all. Apart from himself, he had no other evidence to prove that the entire Scientific Research Institute had actually been involved. In the end, although its reputation had suffered somewhat, it had sustained no truly crippling damage and had survived. To quell the public's anger, it had also kept a much lower profile than before.
But just as "Clown" had said, Bo Yi's situation had not actually improved because of it-
Although he had escaped the Scientific Research Institute, the Chip remained inside his body, which meant he was still under its control. He had considered seeking outside help to remove it, but the institute's explanation at the time had been that the technicians who made it had already been executed. Without the relevant documentation, they dared not attempt the procedure rashly.
The outside world had evidently accepted that explanation, too. It was as though, once those technicians were