Chapter 284: 284
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"Huuu…"
Heavy breath filled the room like a broken bellow, and the stickiness of blood and spit crawled in his throat .
The mask covered in blood fell to the floor . Leaning on the side of a table, the leader barely opened his eyes and saw the destroyed room after the fight while the floor was full of corpses . The leader was the only one left standing in the room while all the executive officers had all fallen under his fists . The senior officials' frightened expression remained on their face as if they had stopped breathing .
The leader spat out bloody mucus and took a deep breath . The dense smell of stinky blood irritated his nose, and he could not help but cough his lungs out for another two minutes .
The intense battle had provoked his hidden injury from the ambush, when he was heavily injured by Han Xiao . He had not had time to recover, and soon, he became unable to quickly resolve it .
Every time that he felt the subtle pain, he was reminded of Han Xiao . Until now, the leader could only feel hatred in his heart . At times when the anger faded away, he could feel nothing but emptiness .
The leader stood in front of the central control panel and selected the option to launch the nuclear bomb . He took off his gloves, scanned his fingerprints and eyes, and authorized the launch . After the two keys were in the keyhole, both of them turned just needed to be turned, then the nuclear bomb will be launched . On the last step, the hands full of scars held on the keys, but they could not turn them .
The leader leaned on the chair and looked up at the ceiling . His eyes were not focused on anything as if he was daydreaming . No one had any idea what he was thinking .
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Dududu!
The window popped out on the corner of the screen, and surprisingly, it was a call from Han Xiao .
The leader pressed the 'accept' button without any hesitation . The screen then showed Han Xiao's face .
Seeing the corpses on the floor, Han Xiao raised his eyebrow . He wanted to call to see the situation on the side of the Germinal Organization . He also wanted to see the leader one last time, but he already understood the situation after witnessing the scene . He shook his head and said, "Looks like you have made your decision . "
The leader's eyes leaked his disappointment .
"I still can't believe that I lost to you, you… insignificant bug . Mistakes after mistakes, my life's work has been ruined by you… Now what do you want? To again gloat about what you have done? I'm here—enjoy yourself . My life, the end of Germinal Organization, will all be an important part of your history . You are the winner, so you have the power to look down on the loser you defeated . "
"I told you, the galaxy is unfathomable . This planet is just a small speck of dust, and no one will spare a thought on what's happened here . " Han Xiao shook his head . Even though he was watching the fall of his enemy, Han Xiao was calm and collected . In the end, he was still a gentleman . He slowly said, "I just think that, after doing so much in your life, you still haven't had a chance to express your feelings . "
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"Do you want to me confess to you, my mortal enemy?" The leader's face looked even uglier . He leaned on the chair and relaxed his body . "That seems interesting . "
Han Xiao shrugged and directly cut to what he wanted . "What's with Destiny's Child?"
The leader laughed out loud and stopped after a while, shaking his head . "Destiny's Child is nothing but a pity man . He can see the future, change the fate of people, yet he cannot decide his own life and death . He was destined to be used by others . You also have the ability to predict the future, so maybe the fate of Destiny's Child will be yours . "
Han Xiao did not correct that statement . "Talk about yourself . It seems that you are from Gollum, am I correct?"
The leader's expression changed and replied, "Looks like you have already found out… That's correct . I was once a citizen of Gollum . Back then, I was a young man with passion and rage . After the event of Mimok, I joined the rebel organization . I rioted, protested, demonstrated—all I wanted was to save my country from the rotten government .
"But suddenly, the war started . Raylen invaded the country, and my country shattered into pieces under internal parasites and external attacks…"
The leader's tone suddenly got angry . "Did you hear that? People called us parasites! What did I do wrong? Was protesting a mistake? No! All we wanted was to take back the rights that we once had and make our country a better place!
"We were so close to victory, and the path of light was right in front of us . Yet, the war destroyed everything . After the fall of Gollum, all my friends were executed . All of us were viewed as a defect in the society and eliminating us was the best way . The remaining citizens of Gollum were enslaved and tortured . Only a few were able to escape, and I was one of them .
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"I was no legend . I'm just a normal kid who was lost until I saw the border of Gollum, which was locked by Rayland . Seeing the burning flag of Gollum and the rise of Raylen's flag, I was awoken, and I realized my mission I have to carry out .
"Gollum was not perfect . There was darkness and weakness, but… it was still my country . The only thing I could do was…
"Take revenge for my nation!"
The leader exhaled, and his eyes drift off the screen . His memories slowly showed up in his mind .
"But in the wave of time, a normal young man was nobody, and his life was as fragile as a bug . To travel through the battlefield, I dragged my exhausted body and transferred from one refugee camp to another . I was treated like a dog, and I lived a life without any respect .
"However, my blood was boiling, and I kept telling myself that no matter what danger I faced, I must live on . It was hatred that kept my heart pumping, that made my legs move forward… In the end, after I succeed in passing through the battlefield, I did not stop to look for shelter but turned to the wilderness .
"I knew that without power, I could not seek revenge . That's why I lived in the wilderness and battled with the beasts . I turned myself into unbreakable steel . "
At this point, the leader pointed to the scars on his face and hand . "A hundred and seventy-six scars was the price I paid for my power . "
Han Xiao raised his eyebrows . "So, you really are just a normal human?"
"Why can't I be a normal man?" the leader asked back .
After some thought, Han Xiao nodded and hinted that the leader could continue his story .
The leader then said, "In the wilderness, I kept on thinking, and when I headed back to the battlefield, I heard that the Mimok Organization still existed . How ironic, the tool that was created to bring terror upon the world was the only thing that represented the purest of Gollum . Then a plan formed in my mind as I assassinated the leader of Mimok and changed the name to Germinal Organization . I hid and slowly developed the organization, and it was since then I wore the mask .
"The war created a lot of opportunities . Countless people lost their home and had nowhere to stay . Then I decided on the vision of the Germinal Organization and gave them the hope that we could create a new world . Vision thrives in people who supports an ideology . It wasn't me who used the refugees with no countries to go back to, but it was they who voluntarily gave their lives to me . This is hate, and they did not care as long as they could achieve their goal after they sacrificed their lives .
"Since my desire matched the public's desire, I got a lot of helpful hands . And the Germinal Organization that fed on the aftermath of battle quickly grew from a seed into a towering tree . "
The voice of the leader was filled with hate . After the dream that the leader had nurtured was destroyed by another man, other than angry, his feelings were confused .
"Then… you showed up .
"You… cut down the tree . "