Bab 178: 178 - Secret

"I believe that true success thrives on cooperation and trust, not exploitation and intimidation."

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From the moment the first whispers of Third Evolution snaked across social media, it became a global obsession.

Unlike the First and Second Evolution, which transformed entire populations, the Third Evolution reeked of exclusivity.

Only the fortunate recipients of Drug X or Y were swept up in its transformative tide.

These evolutionists – one deceased, three imprisoned, one a fugitive, and one living among them – became instant celebrities, their fame rivaled only by Atticus Bates, who was allegedly the first person in the entire Earth who underwent said evolution.

Atticus Bates, the sole non-German among the evolved, had been their nation's immeasurable pride ever since he became a Nobel laureate fifteen years prior.