Book 2: Chapter 20: Real Villains Never act Good
That man was wearing an ordinary warrior outfit, he had a large sword slung across his waist, his fingers lightly flicking the handle of the blade to produce tinkling sounds.
A very long scar stretched from left to the right side of his face, making the ugly face look even fiercer. As though he detested the whole world, I could feel a strong aura of malice around him even while he was just standing there.
Scarface, he was the man who drove the slave carriage on the street at noon and almost hit me.
Heâs here now, which means⦠if heâs the one sent by the auction house to catch slaves, then⦠who is the uncle?
âTell me⦠where are the organizers, otherwise⦠you may not be able to go back alive today.â
Scarface said with a calm smile, but the expression looked a little grim.
The uncle sneered, âdream on.â
Scarface frowned slightly, âArenât you afraid of death?â
âAfraid of death? Do you think I would still be confronting you if I am afraid of death? After my sister was taken away by you ten years ago, my life has no meaning except revenge.â
âYour sister? Oh ~ I was wondering why you intrude in our work. It turns out that your sister was also sold as a slave. Too bad I donât remember who your sister was sold to, otherwise, I might even tell you out of kindness. How about we take you too, haha⦠after all, we need a lot of slaves every day.â Scarface inclined his head and pretended to think about it for a while, but his tone was indifferent.
âI advise you not to think about your sister anymore, the slaves that are sold generally have bad ends.â
âMoreover,â Scarface said with a cheerful laugh, âSlaves ten years ago should have signed a Spirit Contract, what can you do even if you manage to find her.â
âYou!â The uncle widened his eyes with rage, and veins bulged violently on his forehead, but he forcibly resisted the anger, âWhat the hell do you want out of all this?â
âWhat do I want? Didnât I just sayâ¦â Scarface stared at the uncle with sharp eyes, âwhere are the organizers and what theyâre planning?â
âLike I saidâ¦â Uncle said, âDream on! As long as I have a breath, I will save all the innocent girls who would fall into your trap! I wonât give you information about that organization.â
âThen there is no other choice. I wanted to have a nice talk with you, but now it seems that we donât have any common ground.â Scarface shrugged with regret, âKill him.â
As the men in black who surrounded the Uncle and Carol began to rush forward, the uncle also assumed a fighting stance. However, in terms of battle aura, the uncle was only slightly stronger than those in black, and was definitely weaker than Scarface.
He had no chance of winning.
What should I do? If I act, then Iâm afraid that Carolâs plan will go down the drain, but if I donât, Carol may just be captured and the plan will go on, but the uncle will be killed.
Abandon one person to save more⦠or save the one person in front of meâ¦
This is basically the same as the trolley problem.
But you have to make a choice even from that nonsense question.
For me, the answer to this question isâ¦
Of course, it is to save the people in front of me. I am not a hero, I donât have it in me to save so many people.
With that decided, I move to deactivate the concealment scroll, but suddenly the uncle Speaks with confidence, âDo you still think Iâm the same person who was chased away by your weak henchmen in the past?â
The uncle shouted loudly, and his body suddenly burst with a force that was far greater than the black-clothed men around him.
Was the uncle hiding his power level?
I pulled back the foot that I had extended earlier, and returned to squatting on the branch again. I held my breath while carefully observing the situations.
âOh? Have you advanced to the intermediate level of warriors?â Seeing the uncleâs power suddenly erupt, Scarface showed no sign of confusion and continued to lightly tap his sword handle.
âNot bad, it looks like you werenât just running from us these past years, however, the men under my command are not so simple.â
Just as he said that, some of the men took positions around the uncle. There was no connection between them, but the force in their bodies seemed to be combined in a way that didnât lose to the Uncleâs in power.
âCombo Formation?â Uncle called out in surprise.
âThatâs right, itâs the Combo Formation.â Scarface set his attention on the uncle, unexpectedly spending time to explain what was happening to him.
âThe guards at our auction house are all orphans raised from an early age. Those orphans donât have too much talent, so most of them can only reach the rank of a low-level warrior. However⦠they trained from childhood to have a certain method to unite the Battle-Qi of several people together into an inseparable whole, which allows them to freely transfer the energy to any one of them, allowing them to use power far beyond themselves.â
âThat is to say, before you bring down everyone, you will be facing the combined assault of several people. The only downside is that this method is quite harmful to the human body. Almost everyone who becomes the focus of the technique dies by the age of twenty. Hahaha ⦠what am I talking about, do I still pity them?â Scarface laughed like a madman while moving a hand to touch his scar, âWe can get as many orphans as we want anyway.â
To use people as tools and then throw them away after use as a matter of course, itâs inhuman.
âYou â¦â Uncle glared back at Scarface with red eyes, âYou vile beast!!! How can you treat those pitiful children like this?!â
Then the uncle turned to the men in black, âDonât be afraid, children. Put down your swords and come with this uncle. You can be free from the control of these animals.â
As he spoke, he reached a trembling hand out to touch the face of one of the men in black.
Scarface seemed to have seen something incredibly strange, âHahaha, from the reactions of the many self-righteous people who have heard my explanation, you are the first person to even ask them to drop their weapons.â
âHowever⦠youâll probably be disappointed to hear⦠they canât respond to you⦠b-e-c-a-u-s-e~ their tongues have been cut out.â
Just as Scarface said that, one of the men in black lashed out at the uncle with his sword.