Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 278 - 277: Philosophy of Research

Chapter 278: Chapter 277: Philosophy of Research

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"..."

"Shut up, Hal!"

"Do you realize what you’re saying!"

In the silence of the laboratory, Hughes, the research leader, spoke up.

He rebuked Hal across the table in a very stern tone.

However, confronted with the angry Hughes, Hal sat calmly and even steadily behind the table and said,

"Of course, I know what I am saying."

There wasn’t a trace of fear in Hal’s voice.

It felt as if he wasn’t facing the leader of the research but rather an ordinary colleague.

Watching Hal with such an attitude,

Hughes furrowed his brows and continued to scold loudly,

"Knowing this, you dare to utter such words, do you not hold the rules of the research association in high regard!"

Hal shook his head slightly, answering unhurriedly,

"I’m simply telling the truth. You should understand if you don’t allow me to speak my mind, then it means the association’s most fundamental purpose has lost its meaning. What I am doing now is purely in pursuit of results."

Hearing Hal’s bold words, Ronald quietly glanced at the other Casters to his left and right. From the corner of his eye, he could see that indeed, there were those among those present who seemed to agree with Hal’s statement.

And those who agreed...

Among the Casters in the laboratory, most appeared fairly young.

As for those who resisted the choice of trials that could endanger life, like the Source Trials, they were the older Casters.

The situation Ronald could see, Hughes, standing on the platform, naturally could spot as well.

"Damn it!" His gaze darkened, and the research leader swore angrily, "Is that something you should say! Hal, I’m telling you, if you don’t follow the association’s rules, you are jeopardizing everyone’s safety, and I advise you not to choose those dangerous and evil things!"

Hal glanced and stood up while saying,

"I certainly wouldn’t do such things without permission; if that were the case, the Bureau would have put me in jail a long time ago. So I will follow the rules here, just like you, standing on the podium right now."

Hearing Hal’s sarcasm, Hughes trembled with rage.

Immediately after, he spoke between clenched teeth,

"Hal, you have really disappointed me!"

Hal responded defiantly,

"Disappointed? Perhaps you should be, but I am merely in pursuit of the truth, so the disappointment is probably even more severe on my side."

At these words, a flash of anger swept across Hughes’s face, but in the end, he held it back.

His previous behavior had already been somewhat out of line, and considering his position and the current situation, there were some things Hughes couldn’t do, and he was well aware of that.

So, with a cold snort, Hughes waved his hand and commanded Hal,

"Get out."

"As you command!"

Hal saluted the others, already standing, and walked out of the laboratory door quickly and adeptly.

Quietly watching Hal’s departing figure, Hughes took a few deep breaths, and his mood gradually stabilized. He had almost lost his temper and taught Hal a lesson just now, but luckily, he maintained control over his actions.

Then, changing his tone, he continued to the others around him,

"Ladies and gentlemen, Hal’s behavior this time is indeed disappointing, but as we know, that’s just the kind of person he is. Regardless, we must continue our research work."

Having offered some consolation, Hughes then continued,

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"Edward, Clark, Isolde, and Ryan stay behind, everyone else leave."

At this point, Hughes’ gaze shifted to Ronald:

"Right, and Ronald. I’ll come by your office in half an hour, remember to wait for me."

Ronald nodded slightly:

"I understand!"

But just then, Hughes suddenly spoke again:

"Everyone..."

"Our research meeting has a lot of work, I understand that. However, even so, I still hope that everyone from various schools can restrain their radical ideas and focus as much as possible on the research."

"After all, we’re not like those ordinary people above who can summon a large number of researchers; hardship and tedium are inevitable. As the leader of this research effort, I too want to see good results soon, but the bottom line of research must be firmly upheld."

As the sound of his voice fell, Hughes turned and began to stare at the original text in front of him with a complex expression.

Apart from the leader himself and the four he named, the others started to gradually leave.

With the work done, Ronald naturally turned to leave.

There were books in his office he hadn’t finished reading, and now he would go back to continue reading them.

However, as he passed by Corridor No. 2, he glanced unintentionally at a laboratory with its door tightly closed.

—This was Hal’s laboratory.

Though it had been only a short while since they left, the door to Hal’s personal laboratory was already locked tight, and the interior was completely out of sight.

What could this Caster, who had proposed radical ideas, be doing now?

Although Ronald felt very curious, he did not continue to investigate.

After all, Ronald was well aware of his own identity here.

Following the secret passage back to the upper structure of the library, Ronald walked alone to his desk and took out the books he had collected before departure.

Half an hour was enough for him to finish flipping through the "Konsop Record."

After all, Ronald was only looking for some key terms in the book, not reading it cover to cover.

Soon, another passage about the "Nine Commandments Secret Society" appeared before Ronald’s eyes.

The author of the book had recorded the battle between his teacher and a powerful practitioner of the Nine Commandments Secret Society, who could compress and shrink various objects in one direction, and could also repel all things away from a central point.

The result of the battle was an almost one-sided defeat for the author’s teacher.

And then, like a pile of earth, rocks and vegetation, he was compressed into an indestructible stone sphere.

The author himself survived the battle because his school was skilled at hiding their tracks, and he had stayed out of the battle from the start.

As for other matters...

The battle had come so suddenly that the author knew almost nothing about the enemy.

It was also after a lifetime of searching that he, in his old age, had locked onto the "Nine Commandments Secret Society" as the organization to target and then recorded it in his book.

Gradually finishing the record, Ronald shook his head with a complex look in his eyes:

"This..."

"Hmm?"

Ronald’s musings were interrupted as, at the very end of the book, he came upon something interesting.

On the borrowing record chart that all library books had at the end of their pages.

The most recent borrowing record said—

[LR415 Year—Flower Month—The Twenty-first Day]

[Hal Bodro]

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