In the days that followed, every now and then, gunshots rang out in the streets.

On a certain street, accompanied by the sound of gunshots, an old man who was already close to his armor fell to the ground, blood gushing out of his wounds, and soon formed a pool of blood.

His daughter-in-law heard the movement and quickly ran out of the house, and after seeing the old man's body, she let out a scream on the spot, and the whole person was directly committed to the ground.

"Shūsh. I didn't expect there to be other rebels here."

I saw that next to the old man stood an officer wearing an army uniform and a senior lieutenant badge on his shoulder, and after loading the pistol with bullets, he pointed the muzzle of the black hole at the woman on the ground with a playful face.

Seeing that the trigger was about to be pulled, at this moment, the lieutenant's action was sudden.

"What do you want to do, Second Lieutenant Izuki?"

The man, known as Ensign Izuki, looked to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he was ordinary-looking.

But now, his actions at this time are not ordinary at all.

I saw that Ensign Izuki's finger was directly on the trigger of the pistol.

His move also caused an uproar among all the soldiers present.

Seeing this, the soldiers under the lieutenant's command hurriedly picked up the rifles in their hands and aimed them at Second Lieutenant Izuki.

The soldiers under the command of Second Lieutenant Izuki were a little caught off guard by the actions of their own commanders, but they still subconsciously picked up the rifles in their hands.

Although there are high and low military ranks, the two are not directly subordinate to each other.

At this moment, the surrounding atmosphere became solemn.

Feeling the cold gaze of Second Lieutenant Izuki, cold sweat had begun to break out on the lieutenant's forehead, and his heart was not at all as calm as it seemed on the surface.

"Do you know what you're doing, Second Lieutenant Izuki? Or is it... You want to be treasonous!"

The lieutenant was very nervous, wanting to scare the other party away in this way.

However, Second Lieutenant Izuki, who was standing there with a gun, was completely unmoved.

"Why did you kill him?! Why! An old man like this, do you think he's going to be a rebel?"

Second Lieutenant Izuki roared, and the gun in his hand was directly pressed against the lieutenant's temple.

"No! I saw him come into contact with the rebels! I will kill him, that is the will of His Majesty the Emperor!"

"You're lying!!"

Second Lieutenant Izuki retorted loudly, "Don't think I don't know what you're doing!"

Hearing this, not only the lieutenant, but even the soldiers under his command showed an unnatural look on their faces.

In fact, in today's Sakura, there are many people who kill good and take risks, but Ensign Izuki is the first to come out.

"Second Lieutenant Izuki, do you know what the consequences of slandering a lieutenant are?!"

"Whether it is slander or not, you know in your own hearts!"

In the face of Lieutenant Izuki's behavior, the lieutenant's eyes flashed with fierceness, but considering the gun in his head, he still decided to stabilize the other party first.

"Second Lieutenant Izuki, I don't want to argue with you about this now, put the gun down now, so that I can act as if what happened before didn't happen."

While saying this, the lieutenant vaguely looked at a personal soldier next to him.

The fingers of the soldiers who received the signal began to tighten on the trigger of their rifles.

Bang!

As a result, the next second, with a gunshot, the guard was killed.

Before he had time to think about it, after realizing that his own soldier had been killed, the lieutenant's hand holding the gun turned sharply and pointed directly at Second Lieutenant Izuki.

Unbeknownst to him, Second Lieutenant Izuki's reaction was even more swift than him, the trigger was pulled, a gunshot rang out, and the bullet that came out of the disembowelment directly sank into the lieutenant's eyebrows.

The lieutenant's eyes widened, and he looked a little dumbfounded.

It was at this time, from behind them

Fang let out a loud shout. "All down your arms! Otherwise, they will be treated as rebels and will be shot!!

Hearing this, Second Lieutenant Izuki, as soon as he turned around, saw a man standing twenty meters behind him, and the other party was still holding a gun.

Obviously, the shot that shot the opponent's own soldier just now was fired by him.

The man looked to be over sixty years old, his temples were gray, but he exuded a sense of authority.

"Colonel!"

The person who came was the commander of this army unit, Yoshio Minamoto!

At the same time as he appeared, the troops behind him had officially taken over the whole situation.

"Catch them all!"

With an order, all the soldiers and officers present, including Second Lieutenant Izuki, were temporarily arrested, and then directly put into the prison of the military region one by one.

Probably because Ensign Izuki was also considered an officer, he was given a single room treatment.

Of course, this is not something to brag about.

At the same time, after this incident, Second Lieutenant Izuki felt that even if his life could be saved, his military rank would definitely not be saved.

Almost two hours later, two guards with rifles approached, and as they opened the cell door, they shouted at him, "Come out!"

Izuki did not resist, but got up honestly, and when he approached, he let one of the guards handcuff him by the wrist before being taken out of the cell.

"Where am I going?" The second lieutenant asked tentatively.

To this, the two guards replied, "You'll find out in a moment."

didn't get any of the information he wanted, so Izuki could only follow obediently.

More than ten minutes later, he was led to a door.

Izuki thought to himself, this is probably the legendary interrogation room.

In this regard, he was mentally prepared, in short, he did not regret killing that miscellaneous piece!

Walking into the room, Izuki immediately noticed a figure sitting there, and the owner of this figure was none other than the army colonel, Yoshio Minamoto!

As the supreme commander of this unit, but to be honest, he doesn't know much about Colonel Yuan, Second Lieutenant Izuki.

The only impression I have is that it is strict.

And this strictness is reflected in daily training.

In the Empire, the main combat force is the naval forces, and the army units are basically useless.

This is also one of the main reasons why the Imperial Army is so weak.

The army units responsible for garrisoning some border areas can sometimes participate in border patrol missions, or fight a dozen defensive battles to defend against coastal invasions or something, but those who are in the rear like them are really very idle.

All year round, most of the time, all they need to do is two words, train!

The occasional internal rebels are mostly out of the woods and can be easily eliminated.

This special situation caused them to have the impression of their own supreme commander that most of them stayed in daily training, and other than that, they couldn't think of anything else at all.

At this time, the second lieutenant of the wooden shirt is obviously the same.

"Second Lieutenant Izuki, I need you to answer me a few questions."

While announcing his name, Yoshio Gen asked him, "Why did you shoot Lieutenant Nobi?"

Hearing this, Izuki replied, "Because he killed civilians indiscriminately, pretended to be rebels, and accumulated military merits."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Yoshio Gen suddenly showed a meaningful expression on his face.

"If the colonel doesn't believe me, he can send someone to investigate! Kill him, and the subordinate will not regret anything!"

The tone of the wooden shirt is very firm, no matter who can hear it, what he said is definitely serious.

In this regard, Yoshio Minamoto who sat there

He asked again, "Second Lieutenant Izuki, I think it's not the first time you've seen him kill civilians indiscriminately and take the lead in the army, but why didn't you care about it so many times before?"

Minamoto Yoshio's words were tantamount to admitting in disguise that he had known that Lieutenant Nobi was doing such a thing.

However, at this time, the wooden shirt obviously did not notice this.

"I ......"

Faced with this question from Yoshio Minamoto, Izuki didn't know how to answer this question at all.

In this regard, Yoshio Minamoto asked himself: "That's because you are familiar with the Takeda Jio who was shot, and the other party is kind to you?"

"Ten years ago, your parents passed away unexpectedly, and it was Takeda Keio who helped you, right?"

"That's right."

Out of the wooden shirt wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "I admit that I am out of selfish feelings this time, and I can do whatever I want."

Gen Yoshio didn't respond to him, but asked rhetorically, "Second Lieutenant Izuki, what do you think of the current empire?"

Faced with this question, Izuki was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the other party would stabilize such a question with him.

For a moment, he really didn't know what to answer.

In this regard, Yuan Yoshio was not in a hurry at all, just looked at him quietly, waiting for his answer.

This situation made Hideki feel strange for a while, because from this situation, the other party didn't seem to want to investigate the fact that he killed Lieutenant Nobi.

Of course, this is limited to his personal feelings, and maybe it may also be an illusion.

"I don't have any particular opinion about the current Empire, Colonel."

For this cautious return of the wooden shirt, Yoshio Gen laughed.

"Don't be so nervous, Second Lieutenant, I just want to know what you think."

Speaking of this, Gen Yoshio's voice paused slightly, and then he spoke again: "In other words, do you think that with the current situation of the empire, if it continues, what will become of the empire?"

Faced with Gen Yoshio's successive questions, Second Lieutenant Izuki was also thoughtful, but he still replied very cautiously: "Colonel, this is not what I should think, I am just a little second lieutenant, and I may not even be a second lieutenant anymore."

At this time, Yuan Yoshio didn't care at all about the caution of Izuki Shirt, but then what he said made Izuku completely lose his coolness.

"Second Lieutenant Izuki, the empire is over!"

For a moment, Izuki only felt that his whole heart was leaking a beat.

"Colonel! You ......."

Ignoring the shocked gaze of Izuki Shirt, Gen Yoshio continued to say to himself: "Now that there are only three islands left in the empire, the navy can't go out, and the army can't fight it, so it's natural that the people will panic."

"The cities are now not only in chaos but also in rebellion, and at the same time, with the successive fall of territories, the gradual scarcity of various materials within the empire has made the current prices skyrocket, and the price of rice has almost tripled!"

"According to statistics, nearly forty percent of the population on the three islands in the empire now do not have enough to eat, but even so, His Majesty the Emperor did not choose the people, but chose to stabilize the army and began to suppress the rebels with extremely tough means."

"I can probably understand His Majesty the Emperor's thoughts, after all, in such a time of war, once you lose military power, you are equivalent to losing everything, and it is natural that you will choose to keep the army and abandon the people for the time being."

"But to be honest, after making such a decision, it would be fine if I could repel the enemy army and reverse the situation, but the problem now is that I don't think His Majesty the Emperor has a chance of winning, this is just a dying struggle, and in the process of his dying struggle, he will take the lives of hundreds of people!"

Yuan Yoshio's words, I can hear that Mu Yi is frightened, it can be said that once these words are spread, Yuan Yoshio will definitely be directly regarded as a rebel.

However, Yoshio Minamoto

But he didn't seem to have this consciousness at all, and the moment his eyes fell on Izuki's body, I only heard him speak again, "I plan to choose the people! Second Lieutenant Izuki, would you like to help me?!"