Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Moon of Despair
"From that moment on, he finally understood that in this era of order collapse and ignorance, it is never weapons and monsters that kill people and eat people, but the surging public opinion of ** control." - "Red Fury Fangs"
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The cries of the two "corrupt elements" for their execution were surging like a tidal wave, crashing into the central square again and again, no less loud than the roar in the Dawn Arena, resounding through the entire sky, even in the wilderness ten miles away.
The Marquis Charles wiped his tears helplessly, beat his chest in pain, and then turned around and gave the surrounding crowd a "just" answer, the death penalty!
Under the sound of gunpowder-filled gunfire, two struggling and screaming Archons of Republican Radiance are hit in the head by a projectile from the muzzle of the executioner's gun, and one of them is killed instantly.
The other was less lucky, the humidity of the air after the heavy rain misted the barrel of the gun, and the shot was deviant, and the bullet shattered one side of his skull, taking half his life, but not killing it completely.
The Archon of the Radiance of the Republic was convulsing on the ground, his body had lost control due to the destruction of his brain, and even excrement was spilling out from under him, but his angry eyes stared at the Marquis Charles with the most vicious curse in his life, as if he was about to spew flames with sulfur.
The Marquis of Charles was inexplicably stared at with some palpitations, so the executioner made up the second shot.
I don't know if the climate was too humid, or some kind of hint, the shot was crooked again, although the bullet lifted the executive officer's skull, and the brain mixed with blood began to flow out, but it still did not kill him completely, but made his body twitch more severe, and the violent shaking was almost about to break the rope that tied him.
Under the stern gaze of the Marquis de Charles, the executioner could not hold back, and he could imagine what punishment he would receive if he made another mistake, and this time, he viciously kicked the consul in the body, the muzzle of the gun was directly on his heart, and then pulled the trigger.
This time, when the bullet shattered the heart, the consul was finally dead, free from the previous pain, but the angry eyes were always open, and it seemed that under the guidance of some kind of force, he strangely turned in the direction of the Marquis de Charles, which made the experienced executioners a little frightened, and in order to avoid a long night, he stepped on the corpse's face and burst the strange eyes.
The Marquis of Charles was relieved at this, and finally, he set his sights on the moon blade in front of the guillotine, and at this moment, without him saying anything, or even without him saying anything, the crowd was unanimously demanding that he be executed.
Rebels, this word has been despised by the land of Kyushu since the beginning of the emergence of Chinese civilization for thousands of years, and has gone through a long period of verbal and written criticism, and has been spurned for thousands of years, so the crime of infecting the rebels is the most hateful.
Influenced by historical factors, the people of the republic have more or less a little family bloodline concept in their hearts, the so-called "dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mice give birth to burrows in the ground" is the truth, even if they don't say it, their behavior will still show it intentionally or unintentionally, which was the case in the old era, and even more so in the era of Honkai.
According to legal theory, regardless of whether the family really collaborated with the enemy, as a descendant of the family, Moon Blade should have been innocent, but on that bloody night, she was sentenced to death by the marquis's brother-in-law, and because of this, she vowed to survive with humiliation, no matter what.
Moonblade had never been so dazed or excited last night when the Marquis had promised freedom, and had finally come to an end after years of perseverance, which was undoubtedly the most fantastic thing for a girl who lived all day in the blood of the enemy and the bodily fluids of men, but all illusions were shattered in the rainy night of yesterday, and she still did not understand what happened last night.
When she was escorted to the guillotine, and even now, Moon Blade hoped that it was just a nightmare, even if she woke up and let her continue the humiliating life she had been, no matter what, as long as she could live...
"Wait a minute." Just as Marquis Charles was about to send a signal to the executioner, the Ghost Hand suddenly stopped him, and the Marquis Charles was a little stunned, such a move was obviously unexpected by him, and he didn't know what the Ghost Hand intended, and at the same time, some people in the Dawn Team, such as Al, were also looking at the Ghost Hand in surprise, with some hope in their eyes.
Al is a smart girl, even if she doesn't understand what happened, but from the blank and helpless eyes of the Moon Blade, she can tell that something must be wrong, not to mention that she just pulled the Moon Blade back from the edge of hell last night, and today she has to witness her being pushed into the arms of death, which is really unacceptable for a doctor who saves lives.
At this time, the voice of the ghost hand undoubtedly gave Al a hope, she wondered if the ghost hand was thinking about the former master-apprentice relationship, and planned to let the marquis release the moon blade, just like the blood night two years ago, no matter what happens in the future, surviving first is the most important thing, isn't it? If you die, you have nothing, and only by surviving can you have a future.
"Let me have a word with her." The ghost hand put the two night knives in his hand on his shoulder, and slowly walked to the guillotine, and the Marquis Charles gave the executioner a look, and retreated from the stage together.
The ghost hand walked in front of the moon blade who was held on the guillotine, slowly squatted down, and silently stared at the girl in front of him, he didn't say anything, his eyes were very complicated and deep, and it was impossible to see through.
"I want to... "Fear, despair, humiliation... Moonblade raised her head helplessly, tears unconsciously flowing from her eyes, this was the first time she had cried since the night of blood two years ago, before that, even if she was slashed all over her body in the arena, even if she was torn apart by a man's humiliation, she had not shed a single tear.
"I'm afraid it's going to be hard, after all, that's what happened." The tone of the ghost hand revealed a touch of vicissitudes, I don't know if I was sorry for the upcoming parting of life and death, and the people around me were silently gloomy for this man, after all, after two years of getting along, even a dog should have feelings, not to mention a living person, and a child.
"Please... I want to live! I'm willing to do whatever I want, whether you want me to continue to go to the arena, let me continue to contribute my body, even if I am a pig or a dog, please let me live..."The tears on Moonblade's face flowed more and more, and with the last hope, she looked at the ghost hand in front of her who taught her martial arts and became her master, and said bitterly, "I didn't kill those gendarmes... Please trust me..."
"yes, I know." The ghost hand looked at the frozen Moon Blade, and an indescribable smirk suddenly appeared from his face as if he had broken the seal, and the whole person burst into a long-endured wild laugh, laughing all over the place, and then possessed the Moon Blade's ear, and said faintly, "Because... I killed those people! ”