"Hmm, not bad!" Ebrar praised. Then, his tone sank and he asked again, "You're not afraid of death, but can you bear seeing your close friends and family members die one after another because of you?"
"I-1 will do my best to protect them," Fade insisted.
Ebrar continued to ask, "You just said that you might not be able to defeat Prohibition Island. How can you protect the people around you?"
"I..."
This time, Fade was stuck, and it was hard for him to say anything for a moment.
At this moment, Ebrar let out a long sigh and said faintly, "Fade, you're young and full of potential. You're ambitious and I can understand your thoughts."
"However, you should understand why I asked such questions."
"If I am the only one, I don't mind resisting and dying for a great cause, but I am sitting in this position now. I can't be so reckless and capricious."
"You can't watch your family members and friends die. Moreover, for me, more than one billion people in the country are my friends and relatives. I can't watch them die one by one. I'm not strong enough to protect them alone."
"Therefore, I have to make this choice."
"There's more than just my life. There are more than one billion people in the country. We're not a stand- alone entity and we only have one choice. We have no strength to resist and no place to escape."
After Ebrar spoke, he let out a long sigh.
On the other side of the phone, Fade was silent for a while.
He could sense Ebrar's helplessness. He wanted to raise his head in opposition and say that it was not the right choice.
However, he could not bring himself to say those words.
He knew that he could not make the correct choice when he was weaker than others.
It was just that the difference was between more people dying or fewer people dying, and being a decent slave or a miserable slave.
A deep sense of helplessness came to Fade's heart, and it made him feel depressed.
"Fade, I hope you can understand my decision."
At that moment, on the other end of the line, Ebrar spoke.
Fade took a deep breath and said in all seriousness, "Mr. Zhou, I respect and understand your choice. However, I still won't choose this way."
"I understand you too." Ebrar said, "I will instruct Alferdo to stop his operations against you."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou," Fade said.
Ebrar sighed and said, "Fade, I don't know if the path I chose is right or wrong, and I don't know what will happen in the future."
"However, I know that weak people will be bullied and will not be able to resist. I hope you can take a different path!"
Fade said, "I will work hard."
He hung up the phone and there was silence.
Jaguar looked at him and asked, "Fade, are you okay?"
Fade shook his head gently and said, "I'm fine!"
"General Xu, if there is nothing else, I will be heading back first."
Fade felt a little depressed and got up to say goodbye.
Jaguar knew that he was in a bad mood, so he nodded and sent Fade out.
After he went back, Alferdo did not take any actions against Fade.
As for the medical experiments of the Optimus Clan, although they were still under investigation, the heat had obviously decreased. There were no large-scale reports, nor did they attract much attention.
After talking to Ebrar, Fade knew that perhaps this was the best option.
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