Chapter 188: Zero Trust
“The first thing we need to do is separate the fishmen from the healthy people. We can’t let this disease spread. The infected ones will eventually be under Atlantis’s control. I don’t know how much wishing power the Atlanteans need, but the more they have, the harder it’ll be to handle them,” said Himmel Soan.
After some consideration, Himmel Soan decided to compartmentalize the global network.
He used a portion of his mental force to build a second network explicitly used for communication among the presidents. All the ordinary people were blocked.
Moon invited Padaski, Hosia, Panthera, and other allied countries into the network and told them what was going on. Needless to say, they all trusted Moon unconditionally because they understood the Moonian traditional civilization.
They knew that the Moonians were all about peace and love. Moon would never initiate a war, nor would it want to rule the world. Those countries knew that they could trust the Moon.
Even if it came to the worst and the Moon would rule the world, those countries would still side with it. That was because they all dreamed about ruling the world as well. However, they had hidden that intention because Moon hadn’t said anything.
They would be delighted if Moon made a move. In a word, they would follow Moon’s steps.
It wasn’t an original thing to do. However, this kind of trust helped them through the two catastrophes. Without Moon, not many countries would have been left on this planet.
The Pantherese president was the most decisive one. Upon hearing Himmel Soan’s explanation, he smacked the table. “Copy that! There are only eight patients in my country, and we’ve locked them away! Should we kill them? I can give the order right now!”
Compared to other countries, Moon, Hosia, and Soleil had remained relatively intact because they hadn’t lost as many people. During the catastrophe, they hid in underground shelters as the Moonians did. It was easy for them to execute a few people now.
They wouldn’t hesitate to execute eight thousand people, let alone eight. Only these five countries could do things like this.
“No!” Himmel Soan stopped the agitated Pantherese president. “There’s a cure! The potion I created will work!”
The other presidents hesitated when they heard this.
The Pantherese president looked at the others and shouted, “Why are you hesitating?! Of course, there’s nothing wrong with Mr. Soan’s potion! I’ll take it! Those eight people will die, anyway. We’ll give them the injection. I trust Mr. Soan completely.”
Henry explained, “Mr. Soan’s potion is perfectly safe. The explosion happened because Atlantis detonated the genes at that moment, making it look like the result of Mr. Soan’s potion. That person would have exploded even without the injection!”
The Pantherese president shook his head. “There’s no need for further explanations. I have faith in Mr. Soan. When can we have the potion? Shall we bring those people to you?”
Himmel Soan glanced at Warren and gave the order. “The formula of the potion is in my lab. Take it, put it to mass production, and send the potion to Panthera first!”
“Yes, sir!”
Gordon said anxiously, “Mr. Soan, we believe you, but I can’t say the same for the rest of the world.”
Himmel Soan had thought of that, too. The entire world was watching when he injected the potion into that man.
And that man exploded.
Everybody would assume there was something wrong with Himmel Soan’s potion. After enough potions were manufactured, they would only go to Moon’s allied countries. Together, they only had fewer than fifty patients.
Moon used to have three, but there were only two left now. Padaski had eleven, and Panthera had eight. Hosia and Soleil only had twenty. Therefore, only a tiny fraction of the potions would be used.
The most dangerous thing was that the Atlanteans could still detonate the patients. The genes were like bombs. If those people exploded when they were receiving the injection, people would think again that they were killed by the potion.
Nobody would ever trust Himmel Soan again.
Unlike Moon, those countries valued freedom the most, and their people were hard to control. They had such a strong will that they would fight against their own country.
Moonians didn’t have such behavior.
Therefore, those countries were much harder to control. That was also why they were in such an awkward situation now.
“We’ll worry about that later. Let’s start the mass production and invite the other presidents into this meeting.”
Soon, presidents of Winland, Flamia, Iceana, Soilia, and other major countries joined the meeting.
This network was using another streak of Himmel Soan’s mental force, so the meeting was kept secret from the rest of the world.
As expected, when the other presidents heard the reason for the explosion, they didn’t seem convinced. But they didn’t dare retort Himmel Soan and only looked at one another in silence.
“What? Don’t you believe Mr. Soan?” the Pantherese president asked.
The other presidents only smiled and shrugged.
The Padaskian president was furious. “Mr. Soan is trying to save you! What’s there not to believe? Without him, you won’t be here today!”
The Winish president nodded. “I understand that. There’s a Moonian saying that a vassal should do whatever their king orders them to, even if it’s to meet their death. Is that what you’re making us do? Do you want to kill us all? If that’s the case, don’t use some potion as an excuse, and just come out with it! I know we’re not your match. We can always kill ourselves! Enough with all the lousy excuses!”
“Bullshit!” Gordon bellowed, “If we wanted to kill you, why would we save you in the first place?”
“Maybe you just enjoy playing the savior…”
“Who said that? Step out!”
Everybody kept their lips pursed and wouldn’t say a word. However, they all looked rather indignant.