Chapter 22: Madness
The crowd ran after them, and found Maurice running around like crazy, opening door after door in turn. The www.biquge.info is a third-class cabin, and when you open the door, each room is crowded with four layers of beds that almost touch the ceiling. It seems that Morris is looking for something.
Ned shouted as he walked towards Maurice, "Uncle, you should stop a little! ”
By this time, Morris had stopped, and there was a distorted expression on his face that he was about to win.
"Huh!?" Ned screamed and stood in a panic.
Morris, who turned around, had a gun in his hand. The gun in his trembling hands was as dark as the night.
"Wow!" Ned yelled and ducked behind Victoria and Lunas. Morris grinned.
"There are a lot of weapons hidden on this ship, in drawers, in vases, under carpets, everywhere." Morris, who seemed to have fallen into madness, said to himself
"Why is that!?" Julie asked him.
"Why? Haha, in order to make them kill each other!! The hares were provoked by the hounds and began to suspect each other. When they found the weapon, they started killing each other!"
"Hounds!?"
"Come on, which of you is a hare?" Maurice grinned wickedly and pointed his gun at Lunas and them.
"The hares are all dead, aren't they!?"
"Shut up! Some people survived, and those guys happen to be about your age now. Yes! I don't know anything anymore. So! So, I'm going to kill you all! And escape from this ship alone! ”
Everyone was frightened by Morris's hysteria...... Lunas found Maurice pointing a gun at Victoria. To tell the truth, the Italian gun-making technology was quite bad during the First World War, and at such a close distance, Lunas was absolutely sure that he would pull out his gun to finish him when he reloaded, but Victoria ...... Subconsciously block Victoria, if you block this bullet, Victoria will have enough time to escape, so, Victoria, don't look back!
With that, Morris slowly pulled the trigger, and Lunas closed his eyes tightly.
"-Bang!" Gunshots rang out
"Hit? ……”
From his rebirth to the present - his childhood in the military academy, Professor Ludwig's care and teaching, the years on the battlefield, the helpless exile after the defeat of the Empire, the innocent lives that were cut off by his own hands, the daily life at St. Margret's College, and the irretrievable and in short, shocking encounter with Victoria's fate—all these things came to his mind like a marquee, and quickly disappeared...... This is retribution! I'm a cold-blooded demon who doesn't blink an innocent person even if he dies, but I don't seem to regret it, thank you, Victoria, for bringing me a precious ordinary time in my life.
Deathly silence - the sound of the waves rolling in the sea and the storm crashing against the deck seemed to be audible.
Lunas shuddered slightly, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Maurice had fallen to the ground—shot to the tip of his nose, already dead.
"Mo... Mr. Morris him! ”
Everyone was shocked, and when they looked back, they saw Julie holding a gun, and white smoke was still emitting from the muzzle.
"Miss Julie!"
Seeing that everyone looked at her in amazement, Julie hurriedly explained
"I found it too, hidden under the wall lamp."
Ned walked over to the flat-faced Morris, picked up the gun in his hand, and threw it into the water.
"You can throw the gun away, too."
"What......!"
"Everyone was very suspicious of each other. With this kind of thing, it's really going to kill each other. I threw it too. Come, you ...... too"
“…… But"
"Or do you have any reason to want to carry a weapon?"
Julie was speechless and threw the small pistol down the stairs with a clatter.
“…… Let's go. Go to the wireless room. ”
Julie turned around and was about to walk forward, but accidentally bumped into Lunas and her handbag fell to the ground.
Lunas hurriedly apologized: "Hug, sorry. ”
Victoria picked up the bag, her eyes changing slightly.
Victoria didn't seem to intend to return her handbag to Julie, and she threw it at Julie.
The bag flew through the air and was caught by Julie.
Julie, who caught the bag, thanked her, and then said to everyone
"Come, let's go!"
He began to go upstairs again.
Lunas noticed that for some reason, Victoria was squeezing his hand.
"Let's go, Victoria."
As they ascended the stairs step by step, drops of water kept dripping from Ye Tong and Julie's and Ned's wet clothes.
Victoria, the only one who didn't get his clothes wet, the high-quality lace and lace, and the silk socks exposed underneath were all covered in dust and blackened.
Lunas, who was watching her from the sidelines, felt sorry for her for some reason, and at the same time felt useless.
This terrible maiden, who does not eat the fireworks of the world, has made her covered in mud on a ship that is about to sink at such an eye......
Reaching an ascending staircase, Ned walked in front, followed by Julie, Lunas, and Victoria
Ned, who walked in front, tossed the tennis ball with the same dexterity even in the dark. In this way, turning through the rest platform of the gloomy staircase, Ned was gradually out of sight.
Immediately after, "bang", a dull sound sounded.
Then, it seems...... A soft scream was heard.
Lunas and Julie looked at each other.
“…… Ned? ”
Julie exclaimed in fear.
No one answered.
"Did something happen?"
The staircase was still deadly silent.
Lunas and Julie looked at each other again.
Immediately afterward, the two of them also ran up the stairs. When they came to the dimly lit cloister, there was something they hadn't thought of at all.
There—Ned lay face down, dead.
The corpse's feet were in their direction towards Lunas. The right hand is pressed under the body, the left hand is turned outward, and the palm is pressed against the waist, lying in an upright position.
Lunas reached out and grabbed his left wrist to check his pulse.
Ned's pulse stopped completely.
"No, there is no pulse"
"Why!? What exactly is going on....... Organs? Is there some kind of mechanism set up here? ...... the hell," Lunas said, reaching for his carotid artery.
“…… Lunas! ”
Victoria called out to Lunas in a low, hoarse voice.
Lunas looked back, only to see that she was looking down at him with a rare, worried expression from the bottom of her heart.
"What's ......?"