There is no helping it, the fate of a nobody is always this miserable.
Especially in New Eridu, a battlefield saturated with dignitaries, plutocrats, power struggles, and political maneuvers.
To survive, one can only depend on the whim of big shots.
“Why is your clothing so sloppy?” The middle-aged man looked at Akari’s missing sleeve corner and asked with some curiosity.
This piece of clothing was missing half a sleeve, looking truly somewhat bizarre.
“Someone was injured, and I didn’t have any gauze to stop the bleeding, so I could only tear off my sleeve to stop the blood.” Under this circumstance, Akari dared not lie even more, instead pouring out the whole truth of the matter.
She knew that for a figure like the other party, verifying her words could be done with a mere wave of the hand.
Therefore, there was no need to lie about such trivial matters.
“Mhm.” The middle-aged man first nodded, then stood up and tidied the military uniform draped over the chair.
“Come with me upstairs to see Sir.” She hadn’t expected that she still had to go see someone else.
According to what this middle-aged man said, the person she was going to meet was addressed by him as Sir.
It seemed that person’s power and status were even higher.
“Alright.” Right now, her fate was out of her control, and she could only be like a solitary leaf boat voyaging in the vast ocean, plunging headfirst into the deep sea.
The two walked out of the office area and headed toward the direction of the elevator.
The middle-aged man’s status seemed very high; whenever someone passed by, they would always respectfully call out Officer.
She stealthily glanced over; the middle-aged man’s position didn’t seem low, and judging from his rank, he should be a colonel.
Since the apocalypse, the organization of the Defense Force had shrunken repeatedly; currently, only the army-level highest commander was a major general, and anyone reaching the rank of colonel was basically a real-power officer with troops in hand.
Aside from the security forces, there were only the conventional garrison troops, and the registered general-rank commanders were merely a handful.
Following that, the two boarded the elevator and gradually headed toward the top floor.
There, another middle-aged man had also been waiting for a long time.
And by the middle-aged man’s side was Miri, whose abdomen was wrapped in bandages, her expression carrying some hesitation and unbearable pity.
“Father, do you really have to do this?” “She is my lifesaver; if it weren’t for my willful behavior, I wouldn’t have harmed her…” As Mari spoke, she subsequently lowered her head to look at her own wound, her heart feeling somewhat painful and unbearable.
“As my daughter, you shouldn’t be so indecisive.” The middle-aged man’s eyes were cold; even though it was his own daughter, he showed not a shred of leniency.
“Father…” Although Mari pleaded repeatedly, her father never changed his mind.
For some reason, when Akari was about to meet her father, Mari instead felt somewhat afraid to face it.
She was afraid, afraid that her father would silence witnesses by killing them, and even more afraid that her father would throw Akari into prison and let her fend for herself.
The other party was her lifesaver, the Proxy she commissioned, and also someone who had shared life-and-death camaraderie with her.
If such a person were suppressed and framed by her father because of her own reasons, Mari feared she would never forgive herself for the rest of her life.
Precisely because of this, the closer Akari got to the center of power, the more worried Mari heart became.
She knew her father’s personality very well; this meeting was actually also her father’s test.
If Akari could pass her father’s test, she would be qualified to survive; if she couldn’t pass the test, she would probably only be able to end her remaining days in prison.
And when that middle-aged military officer went upstairs with Akari following behind him, Mari father’s brow and eyes gradually relaxed.
“Sir, I have brought the person.” That middle-aged military officer spoke respectfully.
Akari watched with her own eyes as the middle-aged military officer who had just been strolling leisurely in front of her behaved extremely respectfully before the middle-aged man in front of them.
“You’ve worked hard, Bolen.” Judging from the standing postures of the two, the identity and status of this middle-aged man before them were much higher than this middle-aged military officer.
And right beside the middle-aged man stood Mari .
Combined with the identity of Eldest Miss Mari, it wasn’t hard to guess that this person was Mari father, the head of the family or the person in power.
The middle-aged man patted the officer’s shoulder, signaling that the other party could leave.
The middle-aged officer understood, gave a slight bow, pulled the door shut, and quietly left this place.
Now, only three people were left in the room.
Mari pupils revealed unbearable pity, constantly hinting to Akari, but Akari pretended not to see it, as if nothing had ever happened.
“You just said your name is Akari?” The middle-aged man spoke with lingering interest, his tone carrying unquestionable authority.
At this moment, Akari became even more certain that the other party must be a person in power with an extremely deep city.
“Yes, Uncle.” The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, but he wasn’t very disgusted by this address, essentially tacitly accepting it.
After all, she was his daughter’s lifesaver; theoretically speaking, the two belonged to the same generation, so calling him uncle wasn’t a problem.
“Do you know why I brought you here?” Mari’S father pulled open the curtains, and the sunlight filtered through the window, evenly scattering into his office.
Akari could see through the window that outside was the Municipal District, the most core power center of the entire city.
A few days ago, she had originally had no relation to this place whatsoever; even with her identity, she might never have been able to come here in all her life, let alone form connections with high-ranking officials here.
But now, Akari was truly standing here; although it might be in the identity of a sinner, it still filled her with some deep emotions.
“I don’t know.” Akari’s tone was sincere, and she answered Mari father’s question very honestly.
“You are a very honest little one, it’s just a pity that you aren’t a very outstanding person.” “Ordinary educational background, ordinary ability, ordinary qualifications—there is nothing on your body worth my appreciation.” “Your imprisonment, I will find a way to help you settle it; the matter of you saving my daughter is written off right here.” “From now on, you two must no longer have any further entanglements either.” Mari father’s voice was cold and ruthless, mixed with a hint of ruthlessness, just like the wind blowing through a winter night, giving people an intangible pressure.
“Father, Akari is clearly my friend, why won’t you let me have any relationship with her?” Mari clutched her wound and gazed resolutely at Akari.
She knew clearly that Akari was a very good person.
If the other party hadn’t stopped the bleeding for her and saved her life, she wouldn’t have had any chance to see her father alive.
“This world does not need good people.” Mari father glanced sideways, his tone still cold, seemingly without any room for reversal.
Mari father knew clearly that keeping such a person by his side would only bring trouble to his daughter.
Rather than being like this, it’s better to never see each other again, at least avoiding any risks.
An ordinary person inherently shouldn’t get involved in the affairs of a great family; being able to safely retreat unscathed is already truly rare, naturally, one cannot greedily demand other things.
In Mari father’s eyes, although Akari wasn’t such a person, the difference between her and such people wasn’t large.
If it wasn’t for power, it was for profit; it was truly having an improper mind.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”