You don't even want to call me godfather

And Arends didn't even turn his head, but just put his hands behind his back and walked forward.

After several minutes of time when only the footsteps of three people could be heard, they came to a strange area.

There are many small rooms here, and what these rooms have in common is their completely transparent walls.

This scene reminded Koshe of the underground laboratory in Syracuse when he first met Ω.

At that time, Ω also went into this transparent glass house to play by himself.

"Is this where the experimental subjects are held?"

So, Koshei asked.

"Imprisonment may not be the right word," Kristen admitted, "but it is true, Mr. Cascade."

Arends continued to move forward with his head down, and it was not difficult to see that he was dissatisfied with all of Kristen's decisions.

"At the beginning of the human experiment project, Director Arends and I had an agreement." The few people did not stop, but continued to walk further. At the same time, Christen also said to Koshe, "Every experiment and every subject must be approved by me before they can be studied here."

"So, it seems that you don't have many experimental projects?"

Koshe said this while looking at the empty glass houses.

"Yes," Kristen agreed, "So far, there have been only four or five projects. I believe that you, who asked to take Miss Shipka away, should also know that Shipka was one of the subjects here, including Garuda and Ω. Apart from them, there are only two subjects left here now."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at a room that was slightly different from the other glass rooms.

In the room, there was a girl with light blonde hair that was slightly black at the ends. She was sitting on the floor beside the bed, doodling on some scattered papers.

As if she had noticed someone coming, she raised her head and looked at the people in front of the room through the glass wall.

Unlike what Koshe had imagined, the girl's eyes did not have the numbness or indifference that comes from years of experimental treatment. On the contrary, she looked very innocent.

After seeing the people coming, the girl in the room lowered her head and wrote something on a piece of paper with a colored pen. Then she took the paper and walked to the front of the people and put the written side on the glass.

I saw two big crooked words written on the paper.

"Hemer?"

Koshe whispered these two words.

"A researcher from the Structural Department who has been specifically responsible for this subject's life issues for the past two years."

At this time, Arends suddenly spoke.

Perhaps he could no longer bear Kristen's occasional eye glances and hints, so he finally chose to compromise and be honest with Koshei.

Anyway, no matter what happens next, he has no intention of taking any responsibility.

At this time, Koshe heard footsteps coming from not far away, which were a little hurried.

Soon, a figure appeared on the other side of the corridor and walked towards this side.

"I'm sorry, Director Arends, Chief Kristen, I should have arrived here ten minutes ago to take charge of Ifrit's nighttime diet." After the person walked in, Koshe was able to see clearly that she was a researcher from the Liberian tribe, holding some food and a bottle of milk in her hands. "I'm a little late because of Frankenstein."

It was at this moment that the Liberi man discovered that Koshe, who had just been blocked by Arends and Christen, had paused for a moment and did not react.

"this……"

"Doctor Hemer," Hemer's question had not yet been uttered, and Kristen interrupted her train of thought, "Director Ahrendts and I are taking important partners of Rhine Life to visit the Department of Structural Engineering. You don't have to worry too much, just concentrate on completing your work."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."

As the person in charge of the Providence project, Hemer could recognize Koshe's identity, but since Christen said so, there was no need for her to expose it.

Then, Hemer used her ID card to open the room of the girl called Ifrit and walked in with the food.

"Ah? Homer, I don't want to drink milk!"

Just before the glass door closed, Koshe vaguely heard Ifrit shouting like this.

"Then what happens next..."

Kristen seemed to say something, but Koshe didn't listen.

Because a strange feeling suddenly came to his heart, and at the same time his keen senses told him that there was another person coming towards here in the direction where Hemer had just come from.

But compared to Hemer's slightly hurried pace, this person could even be described as running.

"I found you, Koshei!"

A shout attracted the attention of all three people.

Providence was standing at the corner at the end of the corridor, panting, with one hand on the wall.

He leaned forward slightly, his eyes passing over the bodies of Arends and Kristen, and his gaze met Koshe's.

"I knew it, I knew it! If it were you, you would definitely come here!"

Providence shouted excitedly, ignoring the presence of Kristen and Arends, and walked towards Koshe step by step.

Chapter 67: Established Facts

"I knew it, I knew it! If it were you, you would definitely come here!"

Providence shouted, his excitement evident.

"Koshe, Koshe, I understand you now." He held onto the wall and walked slowly towards here with his legs that were not yet very agile. "I understand everything you did and the way you behaved. Even if you killed Fred, you had your own reasons."

At this point, Providence almost fell down because of his stiff wrist and he lost his grip on the wall.

But he quickly adjusted his balance, raised his head, continued to look at Koshei with those burning eyes, and approached him.

"Even if it's my own death, I have no complaints about it."

At this moment, Providence was like a fanatical believer, loudly expressing his regret.

Then, he finally came in front of Koshei and stretched out his hand, trying to touch Koshei.

"Boom!"

But unexpectedly, Koshe took a step back, and Providence lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground.

"Koshei, I..."

Providence looked up and was about to say something else, but he noticed Koshe's expression.

Koshe's dark golden pupils showed no expression at all, he just stared down silently at him lying on the ground.

Doubt, confusion, indifference, Providence saw these emotions in his eyes.

"You... do you hate me so much?" Providence's breathing became rapid, and his voice trembled slightly. "Even after so long, you are not willing to forgive me, Koshe?"

Just as everyone's eyes were focused on the almost insane Providence, Arenz reached into his coat pocket and pressed something.

The next moment, sparks flashed at the back of Providence's neck, and he collapsed to the ground as if his computer had crashed.

"…Do I deserve any explanation, Ms. Kristen, Mr. Parvis?"

After a moment of silence, Koshe turned around and asked the two of them.

……

After Christen called other researchers to come and take Providence away, several people followed the stretcher to another glass house.

Through the glass, Koshe saw the researchers carry the unconscious Providence to the operating table and lay him face down.

It was also at this time that Koshe saw the device on the back of Providence's neck. It was a chip-like thing embedded in his skin, while Arenz was directing the scientific researchers in the room to repair the chip.

"This is the experimental area," Kristen, who was standing behind him, spoke up just as Koshe was about to take a closer look. "Unlike the rooms in the subjects' living area, the walls here are one-way, and only the outside can see inside."

"He is Providence, right?" Koshe frowned as he looked at the busy researchers inside. "I don't understand why a person who has been dead for nearly half a year would appear here."

"You don't seem to be happy about meeting your friend again, Mr. Koshe," Christen did not answer Koshe's doubts immediately, but asked him, "On the contrary, when facing him, you even chose to retreat. Can I ask what you thought at that time?"

"..." Koshei took a deep breath, turned his head, and looked at Kristen for a moment, then looked at Providence on the operating table and slowly exhaled, "Forget it, anyway, this kind of thing, no matter how long you hide it, you can only deceive yourself."

Koshe closed his eyes and several scenes flashed through his mind, from his acquaintance with Providence to his personal shooting of Providence, all the past events appeared before his eyes one by one.

It was as if he was revealing a wound that he had been hiding.

"That's... the story that started half a year ago."

……

This was the first time that Koshe told the truth about the fall of the Syracuse government.

Although the existence of Msisha and the hound cubs was concealed, apart from these contents that are not suitable for showing to the public, the rest is enough to be amazing.

"This is really... a past that is hard to let go." Even Kristen couldn't help but feel depressed by this ups and downs story. "I am not qualified to judge your behavior, but judging from the results, I think you made the right decision at the time."

"Humph... I hope so." Koshe shook his head, as if he was denying something. He looked to the side with a complicated look. "Many things shouldn't have happened this way, such as the death of my father and sister. If I knew who my real enemy was at the time, maybe they wouldn't have died, and things wouldn't have turned out this way."

"It's useless to think about what has already been decided, Mr. Cascade," Christen said with an incomprehensible smile, "Besides, you can't ask for an ocean without storms. That's not an ocean, it's a quagmire."

Koshe didn't refute anything, perhaps he agreed with Christen's statement.

He didn't know when it started, but Koshe had a vague feeling that he and Kristen seemed to have some similarities, not only in methods or ideas, Kristen could always give some explanations that convinced him.

Seeing that Koshe remained silent, Christen glanced at his expression, then looked at the operating table with him.

"Nineteen years ago, my parents died in an accident during a flight experiment," she said after a while, suddenly starting to talk about her past. "The Wright family was a well-known scientific celebrity in Columbia University, but after my parents passed away, those originally kind relatives and partners began to slander them and pretended to take me in."

Koshe was somewhat surprised at what happened to Christen, and he couldn't help but turn his head and look at her.

For some reason, Kristen looked more like she was talking to herself at this moment.

"At that time, only one friend of my parents really lent me a helping hand, but that didn't stop those people in the scientific community from continuing to smear the Wright family," Christen lowered her head and shook her head helplessly. "This kind of pressure from the outside world continued until I met my first best friend in my life. She was my college classmate and she also regarded my parents as idols. She also stood up for me. Humph... She was really understanding at that time."

Christen seemed to remember something and suddenly chuckled. Koshe didn't say anything because he didn't want to disturb Christen who was immersed in joy.

"We were young at that time, and we were full of hope and trust in each other. Then one day, she suddenly clapped her hands and told me that we should create a scientific research company after graduation. With our own hands, we can protect this land and shut up those who slandered my parents. That's how Rhine Life came about."

"It was a simple and innocent original intention," Koshe finally said after hearing this, "and you succeeded. Now your achievements are unmatched in Colombia, and no one will question your family anymore."

"But even so, there is still an irreconcilable conflict between me and that friend. I am increasingly unable to see through her thoughts, and my original intention has changed from protecting the earth to exploring the sky," Kristen sighed, and then looked at Koshe, "There is nothing we can predict, and there is no decision we should regret. Even though there is a gap between her and me now, even though I have lost my original intention, I have never regretted establishing Rhine Life with her."

"I can understand," Koshei and Kristen looked at each other. He narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a sense of loneliness. "Just like what happened between Providence and me, you just asked me why I was not happy about the reunion, because I only felt sorry for him. A friend who I killed with my own hands now reappears in front of me. Maybe he does understand my actions, but I still don't think I am right. Even so, I will not regret the decision I made at that time. Even... If I were asked to kill Providence again, I would pull the trigger without hesitation."

"You have an admirable awareness, Mr. Cascade." Christen took one last look at the operating room, then slowly walked around Koshei and headed in another direction. "This operation should take quite a while. Before that, let me take you to see the person you want to see, that girl - Ω."

Chapter 68 Damocles

In the darkness, she seemed to hear some sound.

Cold machines surrounded her, her body was filled with needles, and the catheter in her arm was connected to a hemodialysis machine.

The girl wore a breathing mask on her face, which continuously supplied her with oxygen. She opened her eyes a little with difficulty, and looked through the nutrient solution that wrapped her, at the man and woman outside the glass.

Father……

Looking at the familiar male figure, she subconsciously wanted to speak, but in the end only a few bubbles came out of the breathing mask, and then there was no movement.

Then, a strong feeling of sleepiness forced her consciousness to sink again.

……

"This... is Ω?"

Koshe stood there, looking at the Ω in the culture tank through a glass, and asked Christen in a daze.

At this moment, the Ω in front of him could no longer be described as a girl. More than a month ago, she was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but now she looked almost the same age as Koshe.

If it weren't for the distinctive halo and wings, as well as the white hair and facial features, he almost didn't recognize that this girl was the Ω with whom he had been living for nearly half a year.

There is no doubt that in this short month, the transformation that Rhine Life has made on her has far exceeded Koshe's imagination.

"I know that this girl is very different from what you remember, Mr. Cascade," Kristen said truthfully, noticing Koshe's gradually clenched fist. "As far as I know, after the subject codenamed Ω was brought back to Rhine Life, Director Arends renamed the Angel Experiment the 'Damocles' Experiment, which is the sword hanging overhead in mythology that represents restraint and divine authority."

Koshe was still immersed in the shock of the change in Ω's image, but he quickly adjusted his mentality and calmed himself down.

"Why... do you have to tell me even this?"

After calming down, he raised the most critical question first.

"Because I don't want to be enemies with you, Mr. Cascade, even if it's just my personal wish," Christen gave a very pertinent answer to this question. "You are the monarch of a country, and I am just the general manager of a scientific research company. As long as the Colombian government or military has not issued a gag order for me, then I have the right to decide who I want to befriend, of course, in the name of personal cooperation."

"Hmph... It seems that you are also a thoughtful person, Ms. Kristen." Koshe sneered, and at the same time, he could not help but admire Kristen's almost impeccable statement. "But you should also know in your heart that for things of this nature, even if you treat it with sincerity, it is completely unacceptable."

"I know, Mr. Cascade," Kristen nodded and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect this to happen either. But even so, I can't let you do whatever you want with the director of my company. Director Arends is far more important to Rhine Life than the human rights of the subjects, so even if he did something like this, I still have the responsibility to protect him."

"So, you took the initiative to find me, confessed everything to me, and even took me to witness your experimental project with my own eyes and told me the nature of your experiment, just to prevent me from getting angry?"

Koshe frowned slightly. In this situation, which was unexpected to Christen, her approach was indeed rational enough. However, many things could not be solved by attitude alone, especially the Ω problem. Koshe still had not received a satisfactory answer.