Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1153: Standing Tall at the Special Defense Department

Chapter 1153: Chapter 1153: Standing Tall at the Special Defense Department

The person finished speaking and continued to look at Xu Huo with resentment, as if his words had struck a chord with the Special Defense Department and those players who depended on it, hitting right at the heart of a dirty, iron-clad reality!

"I see it now." Xu Huo, elbows on his knees, hands interlocked under his chin, said, "You don’t just seem unintelligent; you truly are unintelligent."

"Sacrificing hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives to unearth a player of slightly better quality?"

"If Zone 014 continued to develop for another ten years, the situation you’re describing might occur, but now, it’s absolutely impossible."

Even the Special Defense Department is hastily adapting, and even if some people with ulterior motives wanted to do something, it couldn’t possibly take shape in such a short time.

"A couple of videos and a few ambiguous testimonies were enough to lead you to such far-fetched conclusions?"

"Are you suggesting all the evidence is fake?" the man said furiously: "You’ve taken benefits from the Special Defense Department, of course, you would speak for them!"

"If you’re going to argue, then argue properly. No need for personal attacks." Xu Huo interrupted him calmly and said: "The video your sister took in her moment of despair is real, but according to her description, she started to experience confusion in her consciousness after beginning her evolution. She wasn’t very clear about the outside world. Not to mention the improbability of tossing her phone to a researcher without being noticed, even if true, the information she got might not be accurate."

"In this era of advanced networks, are you really not aware of the power of suggestion?"

"How about this," he paused, "if you can produce conclusive evidence, I might let you go just this once."

"Ridiculous!" the other said: "If we were afraid of dying, we wouldn’t have come here!"

"You’re just looking for a moment of satisfaction. It seems you don’t want the truth to come out either, so go ahead and die." Xu Huo stood up, ready to end the conversation.

"Wait!" the man beside him struggled hard and said, "If you don’t believe it, confront the Special Defense Department players living here face-to-face. Many of them have significant family backgrounds and are most likely to know the truth!"

"Do you have any specific names?" Xu Huo said.

The nine people lying on the ground seemed to be racking their brains but couldn’t come up with a single definite name. At that moment, two figures came down from upstairs, Bian Ling and a male Player wearing a black mask.

"Mr. Xu, don’t listen to their nonsense." Bian Ling stepped forward and said, "The headquarters just sent a message two minutes ago. These people are backed by a recently emerged cult, and our people have already been dispatched to suppress it."

"I knew you Special Defense Department would try to pin labels on us. What cult, if not just a method to eliminate dissent!" the masked Player spoke with mockery and hatred, "I’m not afraid to die, I just can’t stand to see Country X controlled by people like you..."

Before he could finish, his throat was seized by the black mask using a Prop; his face turned blue with bulging veins and rolling eyes, about to lose breath. Meanwhile, the masked figure standing beside was knocked flying by a force!

"As expected from an elite of the Special Defense Department, quick to react." Xu Huo glanced back at the black mask, who had used the walls to spring back to Bian Ling’s side, and said indifferently.

"Mr. Xu, what do you mean by this?" Bian Ling asked without changing her expression.

"About that, I have a question too." Xu Huo gestured toward the people on the ground with his chin, "Daring to kill in front of outsiders, has the Special Defense Department truly become lawless?"

The enraged black mask moved to step forward but was held back by Bian Ling’s hand. She smiled and said, "Joining a cult, creating trouble, infiltrating the Safe Zone, taking hostages and killing civilians, these offenses are sufficient for the death penalty."

"Mr. Xu might want to consider, if we hadn’t stopped them today, how many people in the residential area would have died?"

"Our players risk their lives in the game for the peace of the whole Country X. Should we just let these people ruthlessly kill their family members?"

"That would truly dishearten the players!"

She paused, then softened her tone, "Moreover, Mr. Xu has close ties with the Special Defense Department, so you’re not an outsider."

"Are you really willing to believe these desperadoes?"

From Bian Ling’s attitude, it was clear that the Special Defense Department nowadays was not what it used to be. The emergence of a large number of players and the leveling up of elites not only gave them strength but also bolstered their confidence. The current Special Defense Department could no longer be challenged by just one or two players.

Xu Huo paid no attention to Bian Ling’s coercive words, instead asking another question, "Is it true that someone inside the Special Defense Department deliberately leaked the resource transport routes to civilian players?"

Bian Ling did not answer.

But Xu Huo already knew the answer.

"So, is it true that some are conducting player selection and forcibly evolving ordinary people?"

"Is this an open secret within the Special Defense Department? The result of factional struggle? Or is someone privately selecting players in this way?"

Without waiting for Bian Ling to respond to these consecutive questions, he spoke as if talking to himself, but his eyes never once left her face, his undemanding focus sending chills through Bian Ling, compelling her to interrupt his inquiries, "What are you trying to say, exactly?"

"I’ve already got the answers to my questions." Xu Huo took out his phone and dialed Minister Fan’s number.

Bian Ling attempted to step forward to stop him, only to find herself blocked by an invisible wall.

"Spatial Artifact!" the black mask said, warningly. Both of them took out Props to attack, but the barrier remained unchallenged.

Realizing that the level of the Prop might be quite high, Bian Ling’s expression darkened, and she immediately signaled the black mask to retreat.

However, as they turned around, they were faced with the same wall, not only in front and back but also to the left, right, above and below — they had no place to escape!

Only then did Bian Ling look towards the man outside in fear.

Xu Huo, slightly lacking attention to the others, waited as Minister Fan picked up the call.

"Apologies for the interruption amid your busy schedule," he said politely: "I’ve caught a few players here in the neighborhood. There’s an audio recording I’d like you to listen to."

After replaying the earlier video, he asked: "I’ve already learned from the Special Defense Department members that this matter truly exists, and the headquarters must also be aware of it. The purpose of my call is just to ask, how do you plan to deal with these people?"

It was destined to be a sleepless night for the Special Defense Department, what with the whistleblowing call leading to a manhunt, the need for reinforcement in the key safe area following an attack, and the destruction of two cult hideouts... These two incidents had already kept them busy enough, yet now Xu Huo had dropped a bombshell.

After a long silence, Minister Fan replied, tiredly, "What do you think would be the best way to handle this?"

This was not a genuine solicitation of advice, but a reminder to Xu Huo not to overstep.

Xu Huo didn’t find anything wrong with the change in attitude of the Special Defense Department — after all, strength means everything.

"Do you remember the incident in the Safe Zone of Country Y?"