Chapter 102 Loyalty is not a transaction
Just as Wang Zhiran and the thirteenth front foot stepped into the barracks, they heard a loud roar from the side:
"You rebels, heretics, do you think you are victorious, or it won't be long before the wrath of the God Emperor will come upon you!"
When Wang Zhiran heard this, he saw a female captive in silver armor tied to a pillar, scolding an officer in front of her.
The armor on this woman's body was very shabby and riddled with holes, but it was still vaguely clear from some of the patterns inlaid with gold that her status was not low. Her face was covered in bruises, apparently she had just been beaten.
The officer, who was scolded by the woman, took out a pistol and pointed it at her head, saying, "Die, bitch!" and shot her through the head.
Because the pistol used by the officer was also a hot melt gun instead of a live gun, there was no scene of blood splashing, and Wang Zhiran's stomach finally did not turn over. However, the scene of the execution just now made Wang Zhiran's heart sink, this is the cruelty of war.
Thirteen, who also saw this scene in his eyes, didn't say anything, but greeted several soldiers who met for the first time around him like acquaintances, and then took Wang Zhiran into an unmanned tent that looked like a warehouse.
As soon as he walked into the tent, Wang Zhiran wanted to speak, but Thirteen pressed his mouth with his right index finger, signaled Wang Zhiran to shut up, and then began to speak:
"The nun who was shot dead just now, judging from her outfit, should be a member of the Silver Shroud Sisters stationed on Taifeng No. 1. In other words, the group of silver shrouds and the 177th Army fought. And don't ask me why, I'm not eleven, I'm not good at reasoning. โ
Who is Eleven? Wang Zhiran didn't ask this stupid question, Eleven and Thirteen are numbers, and there is no doubt that Eleven in Thirteen's mouth is also a Kalidusi Assassin, that is, Thirteen's colleague.
Thinking of this, Wang Zhiran looked at Thirteen, who was looking for something in the warehouse, and asked, "Thirteen, it sounds like you are very familiar with Eleven." โ
Thirteen replied casually, "She and I were both Assassins who were trained and reformed in the Assassin Temple at the same time, and eventually graduated from a crowd of competitors. In the words of your hometown, it's an old classmate. โ
"I see," Wang Zhiran nodded, and asked casually, "What about your other classmates, that is, the competitors in your mouth, how are they?"
Thirteen looked at Wang Zhiran and didn't speak.
Wang Zhiran immediately realized something and asked, "Are they all dead?"
"Only the strongest will graduate from the Assassin Temple and become a true Assassin, and those who survive will be the strongest. โ
Thirteen's words directly made Wang Zhiran silent, it turned out that the training method of the Assassin Temple was actually the law of the jungle of survival of the fittest! Although this method was cruel, the one who survived was indeed the strongest, such as the thirteen in front of him.
"By the way, Thirteen, what are you looking for?" Wang Zhiran looked at the busy Thirteen and couldn't help asking.
Thirteen continued to rummage through the rummaging and said, "Usually there will be loot in this kind of warehouse, and I plan to look for clues from here, ha, I found it." โ
As soon as the words fell, Thirteen found a box, Wang Zhiran walked up to take a look, there was a set of uniforms in this box, and there were many scattered things, as well as a diary, it seemed that it should be someone's relic, as for the original owner, it must have been hung up.
After Thirteen's explanation, the original owner of this uniform was a judge, and then Thirteen opened the diary and wanted to find relevant clues, Wang Zhiran also came over and looked at the diary together.
Sure enough, the reason for everything was recorded in this diary.
On Planet Taifeng I, there are five provinces, namely Kedowa, Harran, Otlan, Arathi and Angela, of which Quedua is the capital of the planet, as well as the administrative governor's office of the planet, and the seat of the Inquisition. The rebellion took place in Harran, a province east of Cรณrdova.
It all started when the journal's owner, the dead Inquisitor Grimjo, discovered the presence of cultists in Harran Province a month earlier. So the inquisitor went to investigate with a team of silver shroud nuns.
It should be said that the inquisitor Grimmaw's ability is still very strong, and it only took a few days to find those cultists, and purify them all, that is, burn them at the stake, and burn them all to death. Even Wang Zhiran thinks that the matter should be over here, and the sinner has been punished.
Unfortunately, if this were the end of the matter, there would have been no rebellion. It turned out that after executing those cultists, the inquisitor Grim Joe made a decision that made Wang Zhiran jaw-dropping, that is, to completely purify the entire Harran Province.
To put it in layman's terms, it is to kill all the people in the entire province, including the old, the young, women and children!
It's a massacre!
Seeing this, Wang Zhiran already had a faint feeling in his heart that the defection of Taifeng's 177th Group Army must be related to this massacre.
Sure enough, what follows in the diary explains it all!
The vast majority of the soldiers of Taifeng's 177th Army are from Harlan Province, and even General Hagen, the commander-in-chief of the group army, is also from Harlan Province.
And the inquisitor Grimmaw, with his indiscriminate massacre, directly killed the families of those soldiers. It is no wonder that Taifeng's 177th Army defected immediately after receiving the news, and they surrounded Inquisitor Grimmjo and the nuns around him, and began a siege.
Judging by the current results, the nuns and the inquisitors themselves should be finished.
Seeing this, Wang Zhiran immediately said to Thirteen: "This judge named Grim Jo, is his brain funny? Why do you still massacre civilians after killing all the cultists? Isn't this forcing the 177th Taifeng Army to rebel? It's really self-inflicted!"
"It's you who has a brain show!" Thirteen glared at Wang Zhiran and said, "Inquisitor Grimmaw's approach is very correct!"
"What!" Wang Zhiran really couldn't understand Thirteen's brain circuit.
Thirteen looked at Wang Zhiran and said righteously: "The most evil thing about those cultists is that they will spread evil and filthy thoughts, so the people of the entire Harran Province may have heard the fallacies and heresies of those cultists, and this is the seed of rebellion!"
"The empire does not tolerate the slightest rebellion, and any seed of rebellion must be nipped in the bud!
"In fact, Inquisitor Grimmaw's approach is already merciful, and replacing other tougher Inquisitors may be more than just killing all the people in the province. โ
Listening to Thirteen's words, Wang Zhiran shuddered, but he still continued to ask: "Then Judge Grimmjo didn't think about it, will his actions force the 177th Army of Taifeng?"
Thirteen said without hesitation: "Taifeng's 177th Army defected because of these things, which shows that they are disloyal!"
Wang Zhiran immediately retorted: "Inquisitor Grim Joe killed all the relatives of those soldiers, how can they continue to be loyal to the empire and the emperor!"
Hearing this, Thirteen threw away the diary in his hand, stretched out his right hand and grabbed Wang Zhiran's neck and lifted it up, saying: "Loyalty is not a transaction, loyalty is from the heart, without asking for anything in return, it is an absolute and sacred thing that can sacrifice everything! Wang Zhiran, if it weren't for the fact that I knew that you didn't belong here, I would have killed you, an unfaithful person, a long time ago!"
After speaking, Thirteen let go of Wang Zhiran, picked up the diary on the ground again, and continued to look through it.
Wang Zhiran touched his neck and wanted to say something, but another sentence was imprinted in his mind:
Chaos doesn't believe in feelings, only in trading!
In fact, it is not only chaos, but also full of transactions in people's social life, such as going to work, which is to pay labor in exchange for wages, which is also a typical transaction. And the essence of trading is to give without giving and not getting.
However, when this sentence was linked to Thirteen's previous statement that "loyalty is not a transaction", Wang Zhiran seemed to have a wonderful idea.
If you work for the other person because of the benefits he has given you, are you really loyal to him?
On the other hand, if the other person doesn't give you benefits, will you still work for him? If not, it is normal in the eyes of many people, and if it will, it will be said by many people to be foolish.
But in fact, loyalty, as Thirteen said, should come from the heart without asking for anything in return, and if it is to be reciprocated, it becomes a transaction, and it is no longer pure loyalty.
From this point of view, the 177th Army of Taifeng was willing to serve the empire because the empire protected the safety of their families, isn't this a deal!
So when the empire no longer protects the safety of their families, it is not surprising that Taifeng's 177th Army will mutiny.
This is probably the logic of Thirteen's thinking, which is why she thinks that Taifeng's 177th Army is disloyal. It's just that this kind of thinking logic is really disagreeable to Wang Zhiran.
Internally, Wang Zhiran was on the side of the renegade Taifeng 177th Group Army. After all, Wang Zhiran is still a kind person in essence, and he is full of sympathy for Taifeng's 177th Group Army.
"Put away your hypocritical sympathy!"
Thirteen seemed to see Wang Zhiran's thoughts, and said, "It is impossible for you to help Taifeng's 177th Army escape the inevitable end. Because you are not from this universe at all, you will not and have no ability to meddle. Without the belief of execution, there is no value. What's more, mercy is a sign of the weak, you weak. โ
"Even if you don't admit it, in fact, your actions are based on profit. Including sending me back here, and bringing the Celestial Wolf back. Do you dare to say you're not paid?"
Hearing these words, Wang Zhiran wanted to refute it, but he was speechless, because Thirteen's words hit the core!
No matter how sympathetic he is to the 177th Army of Taifeng, he will not do anything for them, and from this point of view, his sympathy is really false. As for sending Thirteen here, as well as bringing the Sirius back to Earth, there are indeed interests behind it, such as getting the channel to sell the ten tons of gold.
From this point of view, his motives for his actions are not pure, and he is indeed a weak person compared to the thirteen who have no desires.
Thinking of this, Wang Zhiran could only ask helplessly: "Thirteen, what will be the outcome of Taifeng's 177th Group Army?"
Thirteen looked at Wang Zhiran and said, "According to that diary, the wrath of the God Emperor will come soon. โ