Watching Rommel's back disappear into the hazy night, Richard let out a breath.
He sat down on a stone on a small slope and showed a serious expression.
He was thinking, he was seriously considering Rommel's proposal.
It must be admitted that Rommel showed the greatest sincerity in "recruiting" him, and the conditions for "recruiting" were indeed tempting.
Rommel said in his own words that he was deeply moved by his experience of killing the Golden Ring of the Truth Society without incident.
After all, what he did to the Society of Truth was destroy the East Coast branch twice, kill two Silver Ring stewards, and kill some Iron Ring members - hundreds.
He may have won in terms of quantity, but Rommel was superior in terms of quality - the opponent had killed the Golden Ring. As far as he knew, the Golden Ring was very rare in the entire Truth Society, and there were no more than twenty people in the sky. Excluding those sent to guard remote places such as the depths of the sea, there are countless more who remain on the mainland.
Of course, having said that, this is not a competition. It doesn’t matter who wins or loses. What matters is Rommel’s attitude: as long as you are willing to join, you can forget about it. As long as you sincerely seek refuge, you can make up for your mistakes.
From this point of view, if the Truth Club is willing to give him a chance to play, he can guarantee that the Truth Club will bring benefits to more than ten East Coast chapters.
And with the full support of the Truth Society, he no longer needs to be sneaky, he can conduct various research openly and clarify some doubts more efficiently and quickly. It is even possible that many doubts will be answered directly by the so-called true God without having to explore them.
To put it simply, if he joins the Truth Society, he can play the role of one plus one or about two, and it will be a win-win result.
Rommel was right, the Society of Truth was a great organization, and the core members of the organization were of higher quality than elsewhere, making them excellent collaborators, assistants, and...experimental subjects.
You must know that members of the Truth Society can be resurrected, so there is no need to waste time in advancing some dangerous experiments step by step.
Still need to conduct experiments on mice and dogs
There is no need to go to that trouble at all, just fool a few "volunteers" and directly conduct human trials.
All in all, the Truth Society can provide him with environment, resources, technology, personnel and other support that other places cannot provide at all.
And the price to get all this is just to accept the baptism of light and believe in the true God.
For a moment, he really felt a little excited.
But it was only for a moment. After time passed and he calmed down, he shook his head silently in his heart.
Believe in the true God? Accept the baptism of light
To be honest, in fact, he can accept these superficial things, and he can completely compromise with the truth.
But there was one thing he couldn't bear at all.
That is, carving the so-called mark of loyalty on the soul makes him never have the ability to resist and question.
All along, what he has been pursuing is the truth of the world. To this end, we use scientific methods to explore step by step from scratch.
Maybe the so-called true god really represents the absolute truth as Rommel said, and can allow him to take a shortcut and achieve success without further efforts.
There's nothing wrong with that.
The problem is, even so, he must have the ability to say "no" and question.
In the world, if there really is truth, it should be allowed to be questioned - it should not be allowed to be questioned. If there is no falsification, then it cannot be said to be truth, but superstition.
From ancient times to the present, everything that humans take for granted has changed many times.
From geocentric theory to heliocentric theory.
From the four elements of the world: earth, water, air, and fire, to the three laws of classical mechanics, and then to the theory of relativity.
Only by being allowed to question can truth reveal itself.
Only if we are allowed to question the weirdness of the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the solar system, and only if we are allowed to question the existence of irrational things like "eccentric circles" and "epicycles", can we derive Kepler's laws and understand the face of the universe.
The truth is not afraid of being questioned or debated—the more debated it is, the truer it becomes.
On the contrary, it is pseudoscience and false truth based on superstition that are afraid of being questioned and are not allowed to be questioned.
If the true God can allow doubts, he believes in the other party, it doesn't matter.
But the true God is not allowed to be questioned. If he still believes in the other party, it is equivalent to completely destroying the principles he has always adhered to - science turns into superstition, questioning turns into fanaticism, and the pursuit of truth turns into satisfaction with lies.
He will no longer be who he is.
He would never be him again.
Maybe he will retain almost all of his memories, maybe as Rommel said, there will be only a slight change in personality, but that is only equivalent to a copy of him - a copy that is 99% similar - less. One percent is his core soul.
So do you still need to make a choice
Of course it was a refusal.
It is impossible for him to accept the baptism of light and believe in the true God.
So…
In the night, Richard stood up from the stone, took a long breath, exhaled slowly, turned around and walked towards his residence.
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the other side.
Rommel walked back to his residence.
This is a stone building located in a very remote corner of Pompeii Town. Compared with other stone buildings, it does not appear taller, but lower, only two stories high.
Because a large part of this building is buried deep underground, and the walls have been specially reinforced. On the one hand, it is to isolate spell detection and allow Rommel to have a hidden resting area. On the other hand, it is to prevent Rommel from occasionally testing spells in his residence. At this time, the residual power of the spell spread to the outside - this has happened before.
Therefore, Rommel's residence looks a bit like a bunker.
Rommel walked near the "bunker" at this time, and then saw Inogova standing in front of the door.
Innogova saw Rommel coming back and said hello quickly: "Director, are you back?"
"Yes." Rommel responded and asked, "Is something wrong?"
"Yes." Inogova nodded, "I would like to ask you, how to deal with the following situations? For example, how to place Inspector Chekaf? What should be the attitude of Wizard Richard? Also, Should the construction of new energy systems continue?" These are urgent matters that need to be resolved.
Rommel thought for a few seconds and gave the answers one by one: "Let's stop the construction of the new energy system first. After all, the entire project is still relatively large, and there is no rush for a day or two.
Chekhov arranged for him to be treated like an ordinary steward. If he had any requests, he would try to satisfy him. If he has any opinions or dissatisfaction, he can tell me.
As for Wizard Richard... For now, he is still an excellent member of our organization, and he is allowed to move freely, as long as he does not leave Pompeii. As long as he gives me a satisfactory answer within three days, not only will he continue to be an outstanding member of our organization, he will eliminate Chekhov's doubts, and he will also be my public successor. "
Having said this, Rommel paused and said to Inogova: "Next, I will stay in my residence. If there is nothing urgent, don't disturb me. I have to wait for Wizard Richard to give me A satisfactory answer, and then Pompeii will have a new beginning."
"That's it." Rommel finally said, pushed the door into the residence, and then closed it with a "bang".
Inogova looked at the closed door for a long time, said nothing, turned and left.
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