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"Shut up, Hal!"
"Do you realize what you're saying!"
In the silence of the laboratory, Hughes, the research leader, spoke up.
He rebuked Hal across the table in a very stern tone.
However, confronted with the angry Hughes, Hal sat calmly and even steadily behind the table and said,
"Of course, I know what I am saying."
There wasn't a trace of fear in Hal's voice.
It felt as if he wasn't facing the leader of the research but rather an ordinary colleague.
Watching Hal with such an attitude,
Hughes furrowed his brows and continued to scold loudly,
"Knowing this, you dare to utter such words, do you not hold the rules of the research association in high regard!"
Hal shook his head slightly, answering unhurriedly,
"I'm simply telling the truth. You should understand if you don't allow me to speak my mind, then it means the association's most fundamental purpose has lost its meaning. What I am doing now is purely in pursuit of results."
