Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 298 Trust and Exposure

"Your Highness, today we are going to..."

Sgorchin entered the study and saw Yelena holding her phone, sitting at her desk lost in thought.

"Princess?"

"Huh?" Yelena came to her senses. "Oh, Stochyn, you're here."

"I'm taking you to your pre-inauguration meeting. You seem distracted; is something else on your mind?"

When asked by Sgorchin, Yelena glanced at her phone and answered frankly.

"I was just thinking about whether I should call the teacher."

"...I think your father must have known about this after he made the announcement yesterday, if he follows the news."

“You’ve misunderstood, Stochyn.” Yelena shook her head. “I didn’t mean to tell him about taking over as consul. I just wanted to thank him. Without his training at the academy, Rijeka’s scheme might have succeeded.”

Upon hearing this, Sgorchin said earnestly, "Your Highness, you may not like what I am about to say, but I will say it anyway."

Yelena vaguely guessed what she was going to say and frowned slightly.

"Your status is different now. Before, it was fine for you to hide your identity as a student and address Guan Tong as teacher and student. But on January 1st next year, you will become the new ruler of Cissia, and I think—"

"Are you saying that as consul, I should act like an arrogant bastard?" Yelena interrupted loudly.

Sgorchen was taken aback, not expecting Yelena's reaction to be so intense.

"I don't want to say any more, let's go."

After Yelena finished speaking, she got up and left the room. Skochin turned around in silence, but caught a glimpse of something on the desk out of the corner of her eye.

It was a picture frame placed face down on the table.

Sgorchen remembers that the photo frame contained a family portrait of the Konia family.

She then began to understand.

In the car.

Ten minutes into the drive, Yelena spoke up, "Sorry, I wasn't in a good mood earlier."

Sgorchen shook his head: "It's my fault, Your Highness."

She overlooked the immense harm that the betrayal by her loved ones had caused Yelena.

A person's grandmother and older brother conspired to kill him... Such an event would undoubtedly cause immense psychological harm to anyone who experienced it.

Even though Yelena didn't show much breakdown or pain afterward, it doesn't mean she was at peace inside.

Skochin thought that perhaps it was because of the betrayal by her relatives that the princess developed some psychological dependence on Guan Tong, the teacher she had only known for a few months.

No wonder she was so angry just now.

“I don’t want to become a different person after becoming consul,” Yelena said, her purple eyes fixed on the face reflected in the car window. “That would make me hate myself.”

“You’re right. People who are swayed by status and power cannot govern a country well,” Scholz said. “I was too narrow-minded.”

"No. I know you mean well and don't want others to criticize me. But I don't want to go against my own conscience for the sake of others' opinions."

After saying that, Yelena didn't continue and changed the subject.

"This pre-inauguration meeting will discuss the handling of Rijeka, and Father will likely consider my opinion. Stochastic, what do you think I should do?"

"What are your own thoughts, Your Highness?"

“My idea is to exile him to Senantata.”

“Those who lose the competition would go there.” Sgorchin looked at Yelena through the rearview mirror, whose cold expression clearly indicated that things were not so simple.

“Yes,” Yelena said calmly. “His attempts to murder me and you, including his secret collusion with military leaders, are enough to warrant the death penalty. But if I propose to execute him, it might drive those who support him to desperation and force a fight to the death between us.”

"Therefore, I plan to exile him first. Gradually replace and deal with those people, and once his remaining forces are completely eradicated, I will eliminate any future troubles."

Sgorchin was somewhat surprised by Yelena's rational judgment.

She had initially thought that Yelena would be too angry to deal with Rijeka and had even considered trying to persuade her. Now it seemed she had underestimated Rijeka's maturity.

“I agree with the princess’s plan; it is indeed the safest way. However, you yourself may suffer some injustice in the short term,” said Sgorchin.

"What's a little grievance compared to this?"

What Yelena didn't tell Sigourin was that she hadn't forgotten what Guan Tong had told her before she left Beixing—about taking revenge and such.

Keeping Rijeka might...

……

Guan Tong has four debts to collect.

Two of the orders have already been collected, leaving two orders remaining.

One stroke represents Lucifer, the other Rijeka.

He would not let these two people go no matter what. Just as he told Shang Yuanzi, he would retaliate against anyone who wanted to kill him and actually did so.

Both of them met this condition.

As for who comes first and who comes last, Guan Tong hasn't decided yet.

At this time, he had not yet left the territory of Sakura.

After saying goodbye to Shangyuan Zi, he returned to the forest where he had lived for a period of time and moved into the Book Page Refuge.

There are two reasons why I didn't leave.

Firstly, Uehara Yukari's questions about the death of the Divine Child, coupled with his own uneasy feeling when facing the invisible ninja, led him to doubt whether the Divine Child was truly dead. Therefore, he planned to remain undercover in Sakura Inori's presence for a while longer, observing secretly until the spore rule ended, and then leave if he found nothing unusual.

Secondly, he needs to rest and recuperate.

He wasn't a robot produced by the Solomon Empire, capable of working tirelessly and without fear of wear and tear.

Since arriving in Sakura, he hasn't had a proper rest. First, he had to deal with the explosion maniac Wu Wang, and then came the matter of Uehara Yuki and the Divine Child.

If we continue to rush to find Rijeka and Lucifer, we will be exhausted and inefficient, and there is a possibility of things going wrong.

After all, one of these two was suspected to be a high-ranking nobleman from Sisia, and the other was a powerful and ruthless killer; neither of them were easy to deal with.

In addition...

Guan Tong sat at the doorway, gazing at the lush forest that thrived even in winter in this tropical region, and at the coal balls playing in the woods.

He thought that Shang Yuanzi's rejection of his proposal was actually within his expectations.

Asking someone with nihilistic tendencies to pursue a distant truth is indeed asking too much.

Even though he knew the other party would refuse, he still extended the invitation, simply because he wanted to make his thoughts clear through spoken words.

Yes, he did intend to assemble a small team.

This team's goal is not to become king or conquer, but to uncover the truth.

There are not many people who meet his recruitment criteria, or even, to be precise, there are none at all.

Among the people he knows and trusts, Xu Xiaotian currently works in the official supply department, a secure job with a daily canteen meal. Isn't that great?

Although Guan Tong did not require his team members to act with him, he was still not inclined to recruit Xu Xiaotian, as the matter was still somewhat dangerous.

Similarly, there's the mother-daughter pair Wang Yan and Chen Na.

Both of them are currently affiliated with official organizations, enjoy good living conditions, and have their safety guaranteed, so there is no need to put them at risk.

Guan Tong's most trusted friend, Shi Jingyi, is now a lecturer at the academy, enjoying an excellent status and treatment, and is deeply loved by the students.

She knew Guan Tong's goal, but she never revealed that she also had the idea of ​​pursuing the truth.

Guan Tong's consistent solitary nature meant he didn't have many people he could trust. Fortunately, he wasn't in a hurry; he'd work with suitable people if one came along, and continue working alone if not.

He got up and went back to his computer. When he opened it, he found that in addition to the news about his assassination, there was also a story about an acquaintance of his.

"Yelenka Konia will become the new ruler of Cissia... It seems she has won the competition."

Although the news report did not include a photo, this Yelena Konia is definitely his former student Yelena Stasia.

Dean Zhou Qinfeng had already guessed that "Stasia" was a fake surname. He also guessed that her real surname was "Konya".

The idea of ​​a seventeen-year-old girl becoming the head of a country is certainly eye-catching.

However, in the post-apocalyptic era, it is no longer unusual for young people to take center stage and become active.

Who told the very first rule to eliminate the vast majority of older people?

Even if they survived thanks to the refreshing mints, the younger generation gradually surpassed them as the subsequent rules unlocked their potential.

This has led to a trend of younger, middle-aged people becoming the ruling class in various countries. Previously, compared to the older generation, these people were called the younger generation, but now…

"Should I contact them to congratulate them... or maybe I should pass?"

Yelena left her contact information before she left, but that was only a few months of getting to know each other, and she concealed her real surname because she didn't want her identity to be exposed.

Even if everyone in the academy knows that the new governor of Cissia is that elegant female classmate from Cissia, they will probably just talk about it and not many people will actually try to contact her.

He then looked at the news related to himself.

The statements from the member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and people's attitudes toward this matter were mostly within his expectations.

Even if the UNHCR doesn't currently show any signs of issuing a collective warrant for his arrest, he wouldn't regret it.

Things that must be done must be done, regardless of the consequences.

Even if it really comes down to him being wanted globally, he has a clear conscience and is fearless.

He opened the House of Ascended, logged into his Shadow account, and wanted to see if Shang Yuanzi had sent any messages.

Shangyuan Zi didn't post anything, but the official account that had previously communicated with him sent him a private message.

Moreover, the content of the private message made Guan Tong stare at it for a moment.

“Shadow, we already know your true identity. You are Guan Tong, who previously worked as a substitute lecturer at the academy.”

...It happened faster than I expected.

Guan Tong looked at the private message. He knew that after he gave that last lecture at the academy, which was about his conjectures about mental power and fire thieves, he would definitely be suspected of being the Shadow.

Because, as far as we know, the only person who has ever achieved suppression of the rules is the one who concentrated a large amount of the spiritual power of the sublimators during the earthquake rule.

This alone is enough to reveal his identity.

This is also why Shi Jingyi asked him, "Aren't you worried?" because she thought he would be suspected after giving this lecture.

Guan Tong felt that since he was leaving anyway and wouldn't be back anytime soon, he preferred to leave behind something real to inspire his students, even if it meant being suspected.

Now, judging from the private message sent by the official, they must have received definitive evidence that proves Guan Tong and Yingzi are the same person.

...But so what?

He did not reply to the private message and closed the webpage.

Even if the whole world knows who he is, it won't stop him from doing what he's supposed to do.

(End of this chapter)