Strongest Superhuman System

Chapter 204: Love Me, Hate Me, It Matters Little

"It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm sorry my entrance was so chaotic. It seems that someone placed guards in front of my meeting room to stop me from getting here. I didn't have the easiest time, so I had to make do with what I had. Hopefully, you all don't mind. Frieda, please take the body."

Frieda appeared from outside the room, and she walked over to take the unconscious body of Jake with her before she left. Ryan also came into the room and closed the door behind him as he went to stand behind Mark.

Mark smiled kindly at all the people in the room. The silence from them was intense. Most of them were just staring at Mark with wide eyes as they tried to comprehend the feeling of awe that filled their hearts the moment they saw Mark. Even though this was a board meeting, that does not mean that Mark did not have any fans in the room.

But the rest of them were too busy glaring at Mark, and they were practically trying to fry Mark into nothing with their eyes alone!

"Mark, what are you doing here? I told you to wait for me to handle this, and I'll call you once I'm done."

Hugo immediately walked up to Mark, and Mark just raised his hand to tell Hugo not to bother. Mark already got the basic gist of everything that was happening from Ryan, and he knew that he could not trust Hugo to go against the board of directors in a situation like this.

Mark did not want to believe Ryan at first, but after listening in on this meeting using his enhanced hearing and seeing how things were going, Mark couldn't help but face the fact that Ryan was telling the truth. With the way things have been going, Mark knew that it was only a matter of time before the board strong-armed Hugo into seeing things their way.

"This is my company, and I don't need someone else to grant me permission before I can enter it. If something like this ever happens again, I'll dissolve the board and get myself a new board of directors. Hugo, please have a seat."

Mark turned to Hugo, and Hugo saw that Mark was not joking around right now. Mark was dead serious, and Hugo immediately went towards one of the seats at the side and sat down quietly. Mark put his hands in his pockets and walked to the head of the table opposite where Sinclair was seated, and he calmly sat down while his hard gaze was fixed on Sinclair.

The two men were caught in an intense staredown. Sinclair had a furrow in his brow, and he grit his teeth discreetly as he felt the intense pressure of Mark's natural aura pressing down on him. Mark was staring at Sinclair with a blank face without showing any emotion whatsoever, but just that was enough to make a bead of sweat start moving down Sinclair's forehead.

"Ah-hem!"

"You disappeared from the public eye for a long time, and you stayed under the radar in order to live the life that you wanted. I never said anything about this because I believed you to be a smart boy. I thought you were simply trying to enjoy the pleasures of youth before coming into the world of adults and taking up your father's mantle.

But to think that you not only became a vigilante but also a murderer in the space of those four years. How can you allow your re-introduction to the world to be ruined by such infamy?"

Mark hummed as he heard everything that Kate had to say, and the next word that came out of his mouth made Kate's eyes widen in shock!

"And?"

Mark's nonchalance was so shocking that most of the people in the room began to shift around in their seats due to the shock that they felt. Even Hugo couldn't believe how unaffected Mark was, and it was only the fact that Hugo knew how strong-willed Mark was that he did not feel as shocked as the others.

Seeing Mark reacting like he had done nothing wrong even after his crimes were placed right in front of him shocked them. They were not dealing with that child that they knew from so long ago. This was a man that was rooted deep in his own beliefs.

This was all just pointless to Mark. Mark did what he did because he believed that it was the right thing to do. Even as a child, Mark's parents taught him two things. The first was that he should always do what he believed was right.

Even if the rest of the world was against it, or if there was no one on his side, he should never budge, and the second was that he should always protect those who would stand with him even when the rest of the world was against him.

Mark internalized those teachings, and he has lived by them all his life.

"I did what I did because I believed it was the right thing to do. Love me, hate me, those things do not matter to me. As the future leader of this company, it would be immature of me to allow public sentiment to sway my resolve. This is something that my father lived by, and I shall remain the same. But that is not what I came here today to discuss with you all.

You see, I am disappointed in all of you."