I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 380 - 38: Divided Hearts, Divided Loyalties

"We mercenaries earn money, Kaelin big brother, you Apprentices Death God get training resources, while Mr. Caliduo Hugo receives news of the young lady being safe and sound. As for the young lady herself, she gets what she perceives as a pretty 'cool' revolutionary experience, along with a month-long 'leadership term'."

"Everyone gains something out of it, and it can be said that everyone is happy."

Upon hearing Becca say this, Kaelin laughed and casually added, "Don't forget, the young lady wants to liberate this prison so that the inmates here can live a normal life and not have to live on the edge."

"Haha, that's just an unrealistic idea."

Becca couldn't help but laugh as well, responding, "Aren't we all very much aware? Who cares about those insignificant people, not to mention prisoners locked up on the Floating Island."

"Winning people's hearts and getting a shiny 'reformer' title on her resume, I suppose that's her true intention."

"Hehe, thinking this way, the young lady's level is indeed much higher than us ordinary folks who only care about money. She covets fame and greater power in the future."

Kaelin nodded in agreement, saying nothing.

"Exactly, if you look at it from this angle, you'll see the young lady is quite shrewd! How could she really stand with those at the bottom."

"The history of the Hugo Clan's rise to power was never clean. Do you think our young lady can be some naïve good person?"

"She's the one wanting to be the chess player."

Saying this, the two exchanged smiles and then started discussing other gossip, like the "sins" in the rise of the Hugo Clan, and some anecdotes about Mokaka's father.

But Yun You had lost interest in listening to these things.

She felt that these two had misunderstood Mokaka.

Although Mokaka does indeed act like a young lady, enjoys ordering people around, and doesn't want to help common folk out of ideals, just finds it unique and interesting...

But to say she has some conspiracy, or that the whole event is a play for her to gain fame, Yun You felt that might be a stretch.

Mokaka is far from as bad as they say. Though a bit self-centered, she can by no means be called "evil," at most just arrogant and ignorant.

Yun You was born at the bottom and has seen too much "evil." She knows to what extent a true villain can go for "reputation."

Once, in Lower City, a Civil Protection Officer issued "improve living" decrees in several Lower City Areas for his political achievements, clearing out what he saw as messy private vegetable gardens and underground factories, claiming to rebuild...

He brought in luxurious but impractical "environmentally friendly materials" and constructed so-called "vertical farms" in the dirtiest places in Lower City, making people only able to buy from that garden.

Yet how could the things there be affordable to the lower-class people? A cabbage could sell for 50 Silver Cannon, and to eat some potatoes and corn, they would have to take out loans to buy them.

Over time, the residents of those areas couldn't even afford to eat, and since the underground factories were also dismantled, they had no income and could only sell their blood and organs to make a living...

Not a few months later, a great famine broke out in the region, with corpses littering the ground.

And that Civil Protection Officer? To maintain his reputation, he sealed off the entrance to the area, leaving the civilians with no chance to flee.

Once the weak and elderly had mostly died, the Civil Protection Officer appeared as a "savior," telling the half-starved civilians he could provide free food for them, but they needed to sign a "permanent" contract with himself and vertical garden.

Thus, the civilians in those areas, under no choice, became lifetime employees of the vertical farms.

Oh... that's the high EQ way of putting it.

In essence, they should be called "serfs," even worse off than simple serfs, because even serfs from ancient times weren't required to work year-round, over 18 hours a day...

Serfs still had the possibility of being freed, but these employees, constrained by drone overseers and high penalty fees, never had a chance to leave the vertical farms, only working till death, then passing their position to their sons and daughters, eternally cycling.

And the Civil Protection Officer? While reaping vast wealth and slaves, also achieved a reputation of "diligence and love for the people." He would sometimes even invite some reporters to interview himself and his employees, having the employees praise him despite their black eye circles.

This Civil Protection Officer was the richest man of Nest City No. 3, "Aletes Heinrich," whose vertical farms completed their initial capital accumulation during this phase and eventually expanded step by step to become the dominant force in Nest City No. 3—a Biotechnology Group.

Now, such a person is truly "evil."

In comparison, what is Mokaka's bit of arrogance and self-centeredness? Although she never actively shared her expensive food nor genuinely cared for others, she was indeed maintaining order in the camp, distributing free medicine, and freely contributing to the camp's stability.

She might not be all that good, but she's definitely not as bad as in the mouths of Kaelin and Becca.

It's like what Master Zero said—a young lady playing house.

Mokaka may never truly understand people from the bottom, but she definitely won't harm anyone; she has a natural tendency for vanity but cannot be called "bad."

But then again...

Given they are Mokaka's subordinates, it's surprising that these people hold such great prejudice against the girl.

There's really quite a disconnect between the master and her attendants.

"Sigh."

Yun You sighed lightly, shaking her head.

"In the end, the one most loyal to Mokaka turned out to be Tian En, who followed her later... whom she doesn't care about at all."

"Truly ironic."

[Thinking about it, that's probably normal, right?]

Master Zero casually quipped.

[Money can buy loyalty, but it's hard to buy true feelings]

[Mokaka's subordinates pursue her for money, but only Tian En is willing to give loyalty for her as a person]

[Perhaps, in Tian En's eyes, she has long regarded Mokaka as her own family... who knows]

[It's just a pity, the relationship probably won't end well, considering their statuses are after all not equal, Tian En cares for Mokaka, but Mokaka doesn't see her as an equal, only as a maid]

[Someone accustomed to being a young lady does not have the 'ability to actively love others']

[Maybe... only when she understands this, will she transform into the kind of 'leader' you and Old Jin expect]