One by one, the people who were still flaunting their prowess and dreaming of returning to their former lives were thrown onto the street lamps in front of Li Ke's office building by the angry workers, causing their noble bodies to sway in the wind like their companions before.
The news of Li Ke's return to Pi City sent the entire city into an uproar. It was as though the entire city was in a carnival. There was an endless stream of people rushing here. There were people who were exposed as collaborators with these traitors and were hung on the nearby street lamps. Therefore, when the sweaty Hank and the others brought Li Ke's guards and the police officers who did not betray him to maintain order and came to Li Ke's side, Li Ke's once huge secretary team was reduced by a third.
"Sir, I'm so glad you're back. Please believe me, I will never betray you … In fact, we've been locked in the basement for three days."
Hank was truly innocent. When he heard the news, he immediately wanted to inform Sarah. But when he stood up from the stool, he was knocked unconscious by the person he hired to cook. When he woke up, he was already in the basement. If it weren't for the traitors who wanted them to intercede for them, he would still be locked in the basement.
"Yes, I know. All in all, quickly restore order and let the workers hang the traitors in an orderly manner. Don't let the streets be filled with their bodies. Also, prevent them from destroying the street lamps. After all, the street lamps are public property. "
Li Ke nodded and said the words that made Hank and the others' hearts skip a beat. Although Li Ke's sudden departure was indeed the reason why the situation escalated to this stage. But if one were to say that there weren't any other problems, even they wouldn't believe it. At the very least, many of the traitors were their colleagues, friends, and political allies. Li Ke's decision to settle the score was no different from a bolt from the blue to them.
Therefore, they could only carry this resentment with them to deal with matters, and add this resentment to their former colleagues and friends who made them tremble in fear.
After all, once this matter was exposed, even the most magnanimous ruler would make them stand aside and bid farewell to the center of power. Furthermore, it was very easy for them to be targeted and ostracized. Not to mention taking care of their descendants, they could only pray that they could not survive.
After all, Li Ke wouldn't lie to them.
This was no different from the hatred of killing one's parents.
After watching Hank and the rest leave nervously, Sarah, who was hugging Li Ke's arm, couldn't help but ask. She looked at the workers and civilians who were being infused with life energy by Li Ke's vines to heal the wounds caused by the Hex Technologies guns. She asked curiously.
"But this time, you didn't do it yourself? I thought you would do it to reduce the casualties. "
Li Ke smiled. When he returned, he saw the Void Creatures hiding near Pi City and heard Cana's voice. He immediately knew that something had happened. But just as he was about to kill the traitors, he saw angry expressions on the faces of the workers and civilians coming out of the factories and shops, as well as their roars.
Therefore, Li Ke reserved a special seat for himself to see how these ugly people would be hung from the street lamps of Pi City by the people they looked down on and exploited.
"Someone told me that they were never alone. Moreover, this is the first time they are willing to use their strength to protect their own interests. This is like watching a fledgling take flight. I will feel gratified and worried, and I will feel sorry for their sacrifice. However, I will not stop them because this is their own strength. Even if I no longer exist, die, or be forgotten, they will still remember this day. "
Li Ke smiled. He knew that Sarah knew this too. Otherwise, she wouldn't have contacted Cana and told her to spread the news. After all, the power he left in her would only be activated when she was attacked. In the previous situation, as long as she was attacked, the power he left in her would wipe out the traitors.
"Yes, this will always be their problem. Otherwise, even if you feed them for ten thousand years, if they don't fight for it themselves, they will never understand that this is what they originally had."
Sarah broke away from Li Ke's embrace. This feeling of being able to think things through with the person she liked, and having the same thoughts and opinions on things that they worked hard for, made her feel very comfortable and comfortable. She finally understood why Li Ke would have such a strange smile and happiness on his face every time he talked about Eich. It was because this feeling was too great. It was different from love and desire. It was another feeling of being filled.
"But …"
Sarah looked at the figures of the people who were crying on the dead guards, and the smile on her face disappeared. The final struggle of the traitors had taken some people away. The guards who died before could not be resurrected. They had left this world forever. The reason was that she wanted to use this incident to let the people of these two cities know who wanted to take everything away from them, and who their enemy was.
She did this to get closer to Li Ke, but after seeing their fearlessness, she felt an indescribable emotion in her heart.
"After all, someone died … I still feel like I'm the one who harmed them."
A layer of mist appeared in her eyes. At first, she just wanted to show those arrogant idiots what they had done, and what kind of power and future they were fighting against. But when she thought of the ending of those who sacrificed themselves to protect her, the person who needed to be protected the most, she felt a strong sense of guilt. She felt that the one who killed them was not the traitors, but her, the one who made the decision.
"This road is to move forward with resentment and unwillingness. Although I also think that the best ending is not to sacrifice, but … sometimes this is the case. Moving forward is always accompanied by pain."
Li Ke was also silent. It was true that he secretly controlled the air and sand to deflect and weaken the muzzles and power of the Hex technology guns in the traitors' hands, but in the end, there were still people who almost died under the muzzles of these guns.
"And they have to recognize their own strength. People who are not willing to fight and sacrifice for themselves, who are not willing to see their own strength, will not have a future. Sarah, what we can do is to minimize this pain as much as possible … "
Li Ke put his arm around Sarah's shoulder and pulled the self-blaming girl into his arms.
"… and work hard to move forward toward a perfect ending."
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