Bai Quan was more convinced of his suspicion that Chen Ming was controlling some sort of robot causing trouble with the Left Path in the Empire, and he said, "Is there a difference between this question and the previous one? Can't you align your personal goals with this larger objective?"
"Your goal is to kill Zuo Jing, and the goal of those hunting Zuo Jing is also to kill him."
"With the same goal, put the two tasks together and see if different thoughts and processes lead to the same outcome."
"If they do lead to the same outcome, then go ahead and do it."
"If sacrifices can't be avoided, then try to minimize the number of people sacrificed."
"In the Empire, human lives are equal, at least to some extent; you can't sacrifice more people to save one."
Chen Ming asked again, "But what if these two choices result in different civilian casualties?"
"What's the key to this operation? Is it civilian rescue, or eliminating Zuo Jing? There's always a primary objective."
