Chapter 389: [Gaiden II] A Broken Heart
Captain Rambo kept telling the story of the rats, and after he finished speaking, he began to talk about the eagle, he said that the eagle can always smell the smell of the rat, and the eagle has its own pride and dignity, sometimes, when an eagle finds a rat, it will not immediately pounce, it will go to the place where the rat is hiding, play with its prey, to show its superiority and majesty at the height of the food chain.
"Mr. Bert, you said that people describe me as an eagle that catches mice, which means that wherever I appear, the rats hide, right?" Captain Rambo asked after he finished telling the story, staring straight at Bert.
Bert wasn't a stupid person, he could hear Captain Rambo torturing him, but he was so nervous and scared that he couldn't say a word, his mind was buzzing and blank, and he couldn't be sure if Captain Rambo had really found any clues, or if he was lying to himself.
Captain Rambo thought that Bert did not understand, so he explained in detail with a variety of body movements: "I, the reason why I am in your house is because there are rats in your house, Mr. Bert, do you think this inference is true?" ”
Bert blinked quickly, took a deep breath, and said to Captain Rambo, "You're talking about two things that have nothing to do with each other, Captain..."
Captain Rambo smiled, picked up the milk cup and took a quick sip, then raised his index finger and said to Bert: "Let me tell you a simple truth, Mr. Bert, people are creatures with feelings and souls, in normal times, people will replace their biological instincts with morality, but when faced with extremely dangerous situations, people will become animals, lose their moral bottom line, and do anything in order to survive."
Like you, Mr. Bert, you're about to become the kind of animal I said, and if you don't believe me, we'll see—let's make an assumption—if, if you harbour the reds, and lie to me, I promise you're going to die, and you won't get the kind of treatment you get when you're dragged out into the street and shot to death.
Your fate is likely to be much worse than that of the red elements you harbored, because you are not a rat, but you are trying to fool the eagle, who has already seen everything, and what you do makes the eagle feel... Very, very, very angry, do you understand? ”
After saying this, Captain Rambo's eyes and pupils lit up scarlet, and it was only now that Bert understood that he was facing an irritated starman, Bert's brain was buzzing, his eyes were full of stars, his head was dizzy, and at that moment he even felt that his soul had nowhere to place.
"Mr. Bert, please understand me, I am an Enragor Starman, you should know that the Khadrel Cabinet ordered the City Guard to hunt down two kinds of people, one is the Red Element, the other is the Enraged Starman, I do this to survive, as I explained to you before, I am also a human being, and I also have a biological survival instinct."
Captain Rambo continued with a pleasant face, "If, if I told you that you would be safe and sound if you told me right now where the criminals you harbored were, would you be right?" ”
Bert opened his mouth slightly, looking at Captain Rambo blankly, he choked for nearly half a minute, Captain Rambo also waited patiently for half a minute, finally, Bert's eyes full of tears finally broke the embankment, he nodded, and said in a desperate and calm voice: "Yes..."
"Now, Mr. Bert, tell me where they are?" Captain Rambo asked.
Bert pointed to the carpet under the table with trembling fingers, Captain Rambo took his hat and put it on his head, and took his pistol and inserted it into the belt, he stood up and came to Bert, patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and then paced out the door, and a few seconds later, a group of garrison soldiers burst into Bert's house, overturned the table and carpet, and welded the steel plates that Burt had welded tightly with a flame-spraying torch.
The shrill roar soon ended, and the cries of women and children, accompanied by the shouting and scolding of the soldiers of the garrison, reached Bert's ears, which made him close his eyes in agony, and knelt on the ground with silent tears of guilt, and he did not dare to turn back, but turned his back to the poor mother and four sons.
Catherine's family was dragged out into the street, and they knelt on the ground in a row, no one heeded their helpless cries, and soon five gunshots rang out, and the mother and four sons were shot on the spot.
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After Captain Rambo left, Bert knelt in the messy home, his face pale, as if he had lost all his life, although he was innocent, but the deep guilt in his heart was slowly brewing, and at any moment it could erupt like a volcano, burning his soul completely.
He just knelt in the living room for two whole days, without moving.
It wasn't until the third day that he got up and took out a double-barreled shotgun from under the bed in his bedroom, and he sat on the edge of his bed and stroked the gun, which was originally intended to protect Catherine's family, and now Bert had to use it to end his own life.
The guilt that had penetrated deep into his bone marrow had made it impossible for him to survive, and he only now realized that he was different from Captain Rambo, he was a man with a soul and feelings, and he would be tortured if he did something wrong, and a man like Captain Rambo was just a beast in human skin.
He held the barrel of the gun and stroked it for a moment, then he put the butt on the ground, took the barrel in his mouth, and then leaned down and stretched out his arm to try to pull the trigger - the gun already had two bullets in it.
Unfortunately, the barrel of the gun was too long, and Bert's arm was not long enough, so he pulled the barrel out of his mouth, got up and went to the drawer next to him, and found a nylon rope, and then he tied the trigger with one end of the nylon rope, and the other end in his hand, leaned down again, and took the barrel in his mouth.
Bert raised his left foot and was about to step on the nylon rope in front of him, but he found that in front of him, at some point, there was a person standing, he screamed madly to vent his fear, threw the shotgun in his hand, and climbed into his bed.
The woman standing opposite was not tall, but her figure was perfect, she had fiery red hair, dressed in a scarlet bodysuit, her right hand was on her waist, and she stared at Bert coldly, as if to laugh at his incompetence and cowardice: "Have the courage to cut yourself, but don't have the courage to avenge Catherine's family?" ”
"Who are you?!" Bert asked, horrified.
"I am a former member of the Supreme Executive Committee of the Red Vein, Sinkara. Felix! Now the captain of the Enraged Revenge Squad, Bert. Lenett, if it weren't for your hidden Provost lineage, I wouldn't have stopped your weak suicidal behavior, and I'd love to see your brains flying everywhere. "Sinkara. Felix was unceremonious to Burt. Lenit says:
"You can't just die like this, it's too cheap for you to watch Tom. Lenett's family was executed on the street, is your heart flesh?! ”
Listened to Sinkara. Felix's words, Bert. Lenette lowered his head in shame, if he could do it all over again, he really wished he could kill Captain Rambo with his own hands, before he violated the lives of his brothers' families! He cried out in pain, feeling deep regret, self-blame and guilt for what he had done weakly!
"Please tell me what I should do!!" Bert. Lenitt's eyes were scarlet from the excruciating pain, and he said to Sinkara with a hideous face, "Please do me a favor and find a knife to cut off the flesh and skin of my whole body one by one!" Only then can I pay for the sins I have committed against Catherine and her children!! ”
Sinkara sneered, shook his head, and said, "What's the use of cutting you into ten thousand slices?" Catherine and her children, the despair and fear they experienced before they died, you will never be able to repay in your lifetime! I want you to continue to live, always remember this deep guilt and self-blame, and always suffer from this suffering!
Only in this way will Catherine and the children's spirits in heaven feel a little comforted! ”
Bert. Lenet stretched his neck and sobbed in pain, he couldn't cry anymore, a person can blame himself for guilt to such an extent, although Sinkara said very serious words, but he was also a little surprised in his heart, and even began to pity this person named Bert.
She had arrived two days earlier, and the reason why she knew Bert's true identity was because of his late cousin, Tom Brown. Lenette had provided detailed information, and when she arrived, she began to investigate Bert. Lenett easily learned the news of the death of Catherine's family.
Sinkara had come to ask Bert to join the Enragor Revenge Squad, but when she heard about Bert and Catherine, she dispelled the idea, and Sinkara had never seen such a weak Enragor in her life.
But when she saw that Bert was so guilty and guilty, so guilty that she wanted to apologize for his sins with death, which proved that Bert was not a hopeless person, Sinkara made her final decision - she wanted to kill Bert. Lenette is incorporated as the first member of the Enraged Revenge Squad.
"What if I could give you a chance to avenge Catherine's family?" Sinkara said to Bert: "Anyway, you even have the courage to commit suicide, don't you have the courage to take revenge?" Well, join me in killing the enraged starmen who strangled the revolutionary fighters and rebelled against their fellow citizens, so that you could be redeemed. ”
Listening to Sinkara's words, Bert's expression froze, and his tear-stained face seemed to see the light, he quickly climbed out of bed, knelt beside Sinkara, and said, "I'll go with you!" ”
"Can you muster the courage to kill the enemy?!" Sinkara looked down at Bert and asked, "I can teach you the technique of killing, but I can't give you courage and faith, tell me, Bert. Lenet, do you want to avenge Catherine's family?! ”
"I want to ——!" Bert's eyes widened, revealing his scarlet pupils, and he replied affirmatively to Sinkara.