The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 76: Chapter 75 Task Meeting

During the drive to Gentleman Hall, the four people sitting in the carriage remained silent.

Director Aiji reminded them kindly:

“Because the completion level of your task was very high, and you successfully touched on the hidden information behind it, we will have a closed-door conversation in the upper meeting room of Gentleman Hall, to put a perfect full stop to this mission.

Don’t be nervous,

I can reveal a little something to you… Your performance in the mission has been highly valued, and the ultimate reward will far exceed the preset expectations.

The experience from this task will also be significantly included in your files,

so there is no need to appear too tense, just answer whatever they ask you.

Feel free to relay all the intelligence you’ve gathered in as much detail as possible.”

“Hmm.”

Yi Chen nodded,

the reason he had been silent throughout the journey was that he was organizing the fragmented memories he had obtained a month before through “Central Tasting” from Mr. Li’s brain, as well as his own investigation, preparing his statement in advance.

He was now essentially ready.

“Director Aiji, how is the corpse I brought back?”

The corpse Yi Chen referred to was that of [Pathological Gentleman-Mr. Li], who had been placed under the Director’s care for processing upon returning to the city.

“Congratulations!

Since the Pathological Core was not seriously damaged and the body was kept relatively intact, after the calcination process in the incinerator, Mr. Li’s body has been transformed into a high-quality ‘Pathological Crystal’, which will be granted along with the mission reward.

You can distribute it within the team afterwards.”

“Okay.”

Upon the carriage’s arrival,

the Director also requested everyone to wear masks, to increase concealment.

[Gentleman Hall-Upper Level]

This place is generally responsible for receiving powerful gentlemen like Professor Qian Bosen to discuss high-stakes exploration tasks, divided into six large conference rooms.

The group was led to a special room marked with a red stripe, indicating a completely closed meeting.

Four people were already sitting at the oval-shaped long table inside the room,

including two Gentleman Hall Directors like Director Aiji, Professor Qian Bosen associated with the mission, and [Doctor].

“This is!”

Yi Chen immediately recognized the Doctor sitting at seat C of the conference table as the one he had encountered by chance in Zion City, when he first arrived, between the arch bridges on the street,

wearing the beak mask that symbolized an old-era doctor, dressed in a white coat that symbolized modern medicine,

at that time, the two had also had a brief conversation.

Because of the presence of this Doctor, the atmosphere of the entire conference room was subdued by him.

Yi Chen estimated,

this was the ‘upper level’ attention Director Aiji mentioned, and this Doctor’s status and strength were definitely higher than that of Doctor Macaul from Twilight Clinic.

Director Aiji also began introducing the origins of this Doctor,

“This is the Vice-Director of Hippocrates Hospital and one of the heads of the Secret Medicine Review Department – [Andre Vissari]. Due to the task involving the issuance of a secret medicine reward, the participation of a Secret Medicine Review Department member is needed.

Upon learning about this matter, Mr. Vissari decided to attend the meeting himself.”

From beneath the bird mask, the same eerie and even somewhat sticky voice permeated:

“I heard there are new gentlemen who, when handling the aftermath of the ‘False Moon Incident’, killed a Pathological Gentleman hidden in the Same Space outright.

Despite encountering an Open Source patient, they ensured the survival of the entire team, so out of personal interest, I decided to come and see.

Proceed with the normal procedure of the meeting, and if I have any comments, I will directly state them.”

“Okay.”

As the issuer, associate, and helper of the mission, Director Aiji naturally was in charge of the meeting.

He first sent a document to the reviewers, which included the personal information of the four members of the squad, their ratings, and the form for the [Secret Medicine Recovery] task, as well as the ‘False Moon Incident’ report they had browsed before accepting the mission.

“This is all the intelligence they knew before executing the task, with the information given out by Gentleman Hall controlled to be strictly [Surface].”

Dr. Vissari nodded his head, indicating his satisfaction with such a task arrangement.

“If there are no problems, let them elaborate on the detailed process of the task execution.”

Director Aiji promptly moved the meeting to the next stage, with the seated reviewers shifting their gazes to the four young people.

Generally speaking, it is the captain who articulates the mission process,

but Edmund glanced at Yi Chen and handed over all the rights to him. Yi Chen nodded in acceptance, his gaze directed firmly ahead, his pupils clear of any impurity.

In a refined and succinct manner, he completed the entire process explanation within fifteen minutes, including the judgment at each key node, the decisions made, and the basis for making those decisions.

At this point, Doctor Visari’s eyes, from behind his metal frames, revealed a rare look of appreciation and offered an evaluation.

“Not bad, you’ve handled every detail of the mission nearly perfectly.

To kill a Severe Patient with Gentleman traits at the newcomer stage, such a standard does not require my evaluation. @@novelbin@@

However, I have a question.

Given that you had obtained the “Moon Skin” as a bargaining chip, you completed the trade with Mr. Li and confirmed the effectiveness of the Antidote.

Moreover, you had roughly deduced that ‘Mr. Li’ was cautious and timid, didn’t want any trouble and intended to let you leave,

why then did you choose to take the risk of a do-or-die battle?”

Captain Edmund proactively responded:

“The gentlemanly ideals that I have learned from childhood make it impossible for me to ignore such a Fallen… If I cannot eliminate him, and choose subjective evasion, I will not qualify to bear the name of a Gentleman.

Such avoidance would also brand my heart, hindering my growth in the future.”

“Hmm…”

Doctor Visari nodded, yet it seemed he was still looking for a different kind of answer.

His gaze slowly shifted to Yi Chen, “And you? As the main communicator with the Patient, why did you choose to engage in a fight to the death?”

Yi Chen said somewhat sheepishly, “My thoughts probably weren’t as orthodox as Edmund’s, and I didn’t think too much.”

“It doesn’t matter, just speak your true thoughts.”

“In fact, at that time, I wasn’t concerned about whether or not I was being gentlemanly,

Based on the situation then, Mr. Li indeed intended to let us go, but the probability of this ‘intention’ was not 100%, it should be around 50-60%.

Mr. Li might have kept us trapped in the Same Space after we left the underground Clinic, waiting to absorb the Moon Skin and gain more Power and Freedom, before killing us or transforming us into Pathological slaves.

As long as it’s not 100%, I couldn’t risk it. Once we left Mr. Li’s Clinic, fighting him again would mean certain death for us.”

Besides, I personally wanted to kill the guy, to hone my skills by slaying the strong, to strengthen my body, improve my Thought, and if lucky, to obtain the complete corpse of a Severe Patient.

Moreover, killing Mr. Li would greatly increase the mission’s Reward.

After all, I still owe Edmund quite a bit of money, and I hope to settle it all at once.”

Doctor Visari narrowed his eyes slightly and made an evaluation, “Objective analysis and an instinctive desire for killing, with a certain inclination toward personal gain… I have another question, did you enjoy that final battle which pushed you to your Limit and faced you with Death?”

“Yes, I personally quite enjoy that feeling.”

“Very good!”

Doctor Visari fell silent and gestured with his hand for the meeting to continue.

Aiji, the supervisor, paused briefly before looking at the four members of the squad.

“As you experienced during the mission,

“Secret Medicine Recovery,” this type of follow-up mission, is deliberately crafted by the Organization to further identify newcomers of sufficient strength and high overall standard as Gentlemen.

On the “Surface” the task was to recover ‘forgotten secret medicine’,

Of course, the recovery team sent by the Organization wouldn’t possibly commit such a low-level mistake, and the missing vial of secret medicine was known from the beginning.

On the “Inside,” it was to have you go to the Clinic using the forgotten secret medicine as the starting point to investigate the truth behind the scenes.

Thereby assessing whether you have the important potential trait for ‘investigating’.

Then, depending on the Depth at which you touch upon the nature of the truth, it is determined how much of this “potential” you have and whether it is worth cultivating heavily by the Organization.

Therefore,

We also need a piece of information to assess the true Depth you have reached in this incident.

Please elaborate on your investigation results regarding the “Twilight Clinic.”

“I’ll take this,”

Yi Chen had already organized the truth within his brain and embellished it with literary touches.

As he began to articulate,

The Emblem at the back of his head began to wriggle.

A deeply dark and gentlemanliness-defying truth was about to be officially unveiled.