Reborn as the Darling of the Delta.

"Agreed, but only at the very end. Tomorrow we could actually test Hudson's resolve for this operation."

Now it was Desmoulin's turn to be dumbfounded, but the next moment she flicked Daisy's forehead with her own, then looked at Daisy speechlessly and said:

"Don't keep me in suspense any longer. My strength lies in my execution. If you want to be a teacher, you can go find Kami yourself when you have time. She doesn't care about these things."

After being "ambushed" by Demulan, Daisy touched the spot where she had been hit, feeling wronged. She then glared at Demulan resentfully. This Demulan, all she does is wait for answers here all day long. I was just trying to help her develop her independent thinking skills, wasn't I?

Daisy: Ever since you got the Relink brain-computer interface, your IQ has dropped. Although Rometheus said that it's partly due to the aftereffects of the previous explosion, as my best friend and the genius's closest friend, I think you can't continue like this!

"My advice is that when you face Hudson for the first time, which is also the biggest pressure you'll face, be firm with me, or just refuse him. I've even prepared an excuse for you."

As Daisy spoke, she began to simulate a scenario for Demulan for tomorrow.

"Hafk should have a sharp edge, but not your brutal destruction! I would rather bear the stigma of a villain than let your ambitions taint Hafk's skies!"

Seeing Daisy's "fierce" expression, Demulan, who had been keeping a serious face, couldn't help but burst out laughing. It wasn't that he didn't care about the matter; it was just that he and Daisy were too familiar with each other. Seeing her act out this scene in front of him, Demulan couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at? I'm being very serious, you know?"

After seeing Daisy's increasingly cold gaze, Desmulan quickly waved his hand to indicate that he really didn't mean it.

"No, Daisy, you really need to let me explain. Your expression doesn't seem that fierce to me. You could have just said it normally. But the way you did it... I just couldn't help it."

After listening, Daisy took out her phone with some doubt, turned on the selfie mode, and then directly repeated the "oppressive" expression she had just made in front of the phone.

However, after seeing this expression, Daisy, who was originally thinking of refuting it, put her phone back without making a sound. But she thought that even so, Demulan shouldn't be laughing like that!

"Ahem, let me tell you, this only proves that I'm naturally beautiful, you know? That means I can't be fierce even if I want to."

Chapter 872 Standoff (1)

After Daisy finished discussing other matters with Demulan, she happily left work, deciding to leave more time for Demulan to prepare.

After Daisy left, Demulan picked up the information cards she had compiled earlier. She could play around as she pleased, but when it was her turn to take charge, she couldn't afford any mishaps.

So, Demulan began to ponder in his office how to make everything go perfectly tomorrow.

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Time flew by and it was already the next day. Just as dawn broke, Hudson arrived at the conference room door with his entourage.

After having the two soldiers waiting at the door open the door for him, Hudson walked straight inside.

At this moment, Demulan sat calmly in the chair in front of him, watching Hudson walk towards him. Demulan couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

“Oh, Ms. Desmoulins, you are as punctual as ever, but... I feel that you have become more dull-witted lately.”

After Hudson approached Desmulan, he looked down at her and then spoke with an unchanged expression:

"I think you've been spending too much time with Daisy and have forgotten who you are, DeMullan, the security director of the space base!"

Looking at Hudson speaking to him in a low voice, Demulan's expression remained the same as when Hudson had just entered. He didn't frown at Hudson as usual and immediately entered a battle mode.

“Mary, didn’t you hear what our Lord Hudson said? Hurry up and invite him to sit down.”

Demulan didn't answer Hudson directly, but instead turned to Mary and gestured for her to pull out the chair behind Hudson, then indicated that Hudson could sit down and talk.

"Daisie gave you this idea again?"

Seeing that his first step had failed to subdue Demulan, and he hadn't even managed to stir up her emotions, Hudson couldn't help but think that this must have been the idea that the cunning Daisy had given Demulan yesterday.

"Hudson, please control your emotions. I don't think you're here to discuss this Space Station 36 with me. It's more like you're venting your anger. If you continue like this, I don't think there's any point in us continuing this conversation."

Although Demulan's expression remained unchanged, she inwardly gave Daisy a big thumbs up. Daisy truly deserved to be her best friend. Seeing Hudson's changing expression, Demulan began to reflect on why she had always been the one having her emotions manipulated by this guy.

"Humph!"

Seeing that he couldn't gain any advantage here, Hudson snorted coldly, sat down in the chair behind him, and then put on his usual arrogant expression, looking at Demulan and saying:

“Demulan, I think you’re completely fooled by Daisy and have lost your bearings. Now I’m in competition with her. You probably don’t even realize that you’ve willingly abandoned your own brain and become a tool in her hands. And in my opinion, you’re nothing but a scapegoat.”

DeMullan: It's that trick again. Hudson has no one to play with, so he's always here stirring up trouble. The problem is, you know perfectly well what kind of relationship you have with Daisy, but you still manage to stir things up. I really need to think about where Daisy got such a high opinion of you.

"Stop talking nonsense, don't waste your breath here."

Demulan remained indifferent in response, and his "cold violence" successfully caused Hudson's emotions to fluctuate. However, Hudson was someone who had been rigorously trained at headquarters, and he maintained his initial arrogance.

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. Believe it or not, it's up to you. As for what Space Station 36 looks like now, Demulan, I don't think I need to say anything more here, do I?"

Faced with Hudson's question, DeMullan's expression remained unchanged. He simply raised his eyes, calmly observing Hudson, and said:

"Tell me, what is your purpose in coming to see me this time?"

Seeing Demulan pretending to be indifferent, Hudson found it somewhat amusing. He wondered if Demulan was deliberately putting on an indifferent act in front of him, as the current situation had clearly caught them off guard.

"Stop playing dumb, Demulan. In this situation, you have no choice at all. Space Station 36 won't last much longer, and there's been no progress in the rescue. Are you planning to give up?"

Seeing Hudson's confident demeanor, Demulan began her performance, furrowing her brow and changing the tone of her voice.

"As long as there is a possibility of rescue, I will not abandon any soldier. I will arrange for a superconducting rocket to deliver them all..."

But before DeMullan could finish speaking, Hudson reached out and interrupted him.

"Is that so? Your superconducting rocket consumes 0.2% of the budget and can only save one or two people at most. As for your engineers, maintenance experts, medical staff, captain... their disappearance is worthless, just paying the price for your stubbornness."

Hudson coldly remarked, "Does Demulan really consider this space base to be her and her sister's? I've only been keeping quiet for a while now, and I haven't even left yet!"

Using a superconducting rocket to retrieve those people from space is a considerable expense. Does Demulan really think that, as the Minister of Efficiency, he would agree to this?

"Hudson, what do you mean by this?!"

Upon hearing Hudson's words, Demulan slammed his hand on the table and stood up, his eyes flashing with murderous intent as he looked at Hudson.

Chapter 873 Standoff (2)

Seeing that Demulan had returned to the way he knew her, Hudson couldn't help but feel a little relieved. Thank goodness, Demulan had finally revealed her true colors after being provoked by him.

"What do I mean? Demulan, I think your brain is starting to deteriorate. What makes you think those people are worth sending back with those superconducting rockets?"

Hudson also accurately grasped Demulan's concern for the safety of those still inside the space station, and continued speaking.

"If you were truly thinking about our Hafk and the future economic development of this space base, you would never have come up with such a wildly imaginative idea."

"If it were me, I would have those people back up and transmit the data they collected in space right now. As for the follow-up, if we report it to the United Nations or GTI, those people might just go up to space and rescue those people themselves."

Even though Demulan had prepared for this beforehand, when he heard Hudson say that he was willing to give up so many lives, Demulan was so angry that he began to tremble slightly.

Hudson: Yes, yes, that's it. Get angrier, Demulan. Once your emotions take over your head, you're nothing more than a toy I can manipulate at will.

"Hmph, you make it sound so easy. Those are more than ten lives, living, breathing human lives. I can't possibly abandon those people. Hudson, just give up on that idea. And you really are a beast. You don't even know how to respect life."

Seeing that Demulan was actually trying to pin a label on him, just like Daisy, Hudson smiled slightly and waved to the back. Then, under Demulan's somewhat puzzled gaze, a soldier pushed a yellow metal can on a cart to them.

"I haven't said anything yet, Demulan, can you please not be so quick to judge me?"

As Hudson spoke, he pointed once again to the metal can placed in front of the two of them:

"I don't mind recommending it to you again, Dark Star Fuel, which will become the mainstream energy source in the world in the future. This requires sending this semi-finished nuclear fusion unit, which you call a semi-finished product, up there to replace the energy unit currently used in Space Station 36. Then all problems will no longer be problems."

"And once that place is stabilized, won't the subsequent maintenance of Space Station 36 be much easier? And the lives of those researchers that you, Demulan, have always put first will also be safe and sound."

Hudson spoke in a seductive voice about the current situation, while Demulan, sitting opposite him, began to turn pale, his hands clenched into fists at his sides.

Hudson observed all of Desmulan's behavior and realized that Desmulan's heart had already begun to waver.

"You're insane! That's a half-finished product! If it fails, the entire space station will be reduced to ashes! You want my people to be guinea pigs? Don't even think about it!"

After listening to Hudson's idea, Demulan sternly rejected it. Hudson was indeed still as audacious as ever. He knew that this kind of nuclear fusion unit was very difficult to control, but he still wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to send his dark star fuel up for his own selfish desires.

Looking at Demulan, who was feigning resolve in front of him, Hudson's tone suddenly turned cold, carrying a strong sense of pressure as he spoke:

"Time is running out... Should we make them low-value consumables, or should we make them pioneers of progress? Demulan, the choice is yours."

Seeing that the atmosphere had been set up enough, Demulan began to prepare his own situation, and then looked at Hudson with the same angry expression Daisy had given him yesterday.

However, this was different from the completely harmless expression Daisy had displayed yesterday. When Hudson saw the look in Demulan's eyes, his heart skipped a beat.

Hudson: Damn it, I've put so much pressure on him, so logically Demulan should be agreeing under a lot of pressure, right? This... this is not what I expected.

"Hafk should have a sharp edge, but not your brutal destruction! I would rather bear the stigma of a villain than let your ambitions taint Hafk's skies!"

After hearing Demulan say those words, it was Hudson's turn to have a change in mood. That damned Demulan, was he really planning to stop him from carrying out the Dark Star Project even if it meant his death?

"So... Demulan, you've decided to fight me to the death?"

Demulan realized that Hudson had probably already exhausted their options, and if things continued this way, he might really explode, which would deviate from the original plan.

"You keep saying that your Dark Star Fuel can solve the problem, but I don't see where your courage comes from. If you want to use Dark Star Fuel, fine, then show some confidence. If you can't even convince me, then don't even think you can convince Mr. Jacob."

Upon hearing Demulan's words, Hudson, who had been ready to explode at him, immediately cooled down. It seemed that there was still a chance for things to turn around after Demulan said that!

"You want me to guarantee your safety? Well, let me be blunt with you: I can't do that until my dark star fuel is deployed into space for testing. Besides, do you think your people are honest?"

Demulan: Sure enough, Daisy knows a lot about Hudson. She even predicted this. Next, she'll probably start bringing up the GTI.

But he still had to put on a show, so Demulan pretended to be angry, slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and stared intently at Hudson, looking like he was about to beat him up.

Chapter 874 Compromise

"Hudson, what exactly do you mean by that?"

Demulan pointed angrily at Hudson, looking ready to fight him to the death. But Hudson, who knew there was still room for negotiation, was completely unfazed and was more inclined to argue with Demulan.

"Heh, what do you think, Ms. Desmulan? I think you should know how many traps Daisy behind you has set for me."

Hudson also directly pointed out Daisy, whom he had never formally met since arriving in Asara. This girl, who had been hiding in the back and manipulating the situation, would definitely not agree so easily if she knew that Demulan had agreed to cooperate with him.

Just as he had thought, Daisy was not a naive and innocent person like Desmulan. Hudson was quite willing to believe Desmulan's statement that he would not abandon any of the experimental personnel on the space station, after all, this was indeed Desmulan's consistent style.

But if Daisy were to agree to this and join Desmulan in chanting the slogan of prioritizing life, Hudson would only shake his head and give a mocking smile.

This Daisy is no good person at all. Knowing her as I do, she's the kind of person who would drag these researchers down with her to hell. That's exactly Daisy's style.

However, Hudson is still unsure whether Daisy has guessed what he has prepared. Of course, if she could deduce it, Hudson would be willing to surrender and quit, since it's practically cheating, and he knows very well that he can't beat someone like that.

Daisy: Hehehe, I have to say Hudson's brain is really sharp. I really didn't expect you to guess this. That's right, I'm cheating, but so what? If you weren't the biggest board member here in Hafk, I would have had someone take care of you long ago.

After arguing with Demulan as usual, Hudson said he would have his men bring him the latest news on their operation shortly.

"I will go to the United Nations and GTI to find people for the rescue mission this time. Don't say I don't trust you, I just don't trust Daisy."