Chapter 18
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"Didn't it already happen two years ago..."
"Two years ago, the ruler of the neighboring country agreed to a peace agreement, but the people were not satisfied. In this era, if an individual is strong enough, they can stir up a nation. When a country is unable to control them, they will act recklessly."
Nana was actually right about the reason. These masked individuals likely aimed to overthrow their rulers by using this hostage situation.
"Hey, you guys with the masks, instead of searching here and there, why don't you negotiate with the people outside? How can you achieve your goals like this?"
"Kid, don't you know that your emperor is on this train? As long as we find him and conduct a trial, even the most unfair treaty will be signed by him!"
"Are you sure about that?"
"I'm very sure! Besides, no one can escape our judgment." The masked person spoke with such certainty and confidence, as if they had done this kind of thing many times before.
"Have you ever considered that the information might be false?"
"Hmm?" The moon emblem on the masked person's mask indicated that the authenticity of the information was not for them to determine.
However, this masked person looked at the person with the sun emblem next to them, and that person pointed their gun at me.
"Shut up, or I'll throw you off."
"Fine, just asking."
I quietly turned around and whispered to the emperor, "What do you think? Which country do you think they belong to?"
"The accents of the two individuals are from different places. This organization's members are quite diverse. We can only know which country is behind this incident once they start negotiating for their conditions."
"Do you want to know?"
"There's no need. Knowing their origin won't benefit me, and starting another war in the short term won't do us any good."
"The Purple family should also have a team like this, wearing masks."
The emperor looked at me in surprise.
"It's just a rumor..."
"I know, they don't let people know casually, but I've seen them." I really have, the person who took them away by the riverside when I first met Li Liu.
"What exactly are you, a god or a demon?"
"Why are you asking me what 'I' am? Of course, I'm human. I can also help you, as long as you ask."
The emperor became more and more confused as he listened. Why should I help him? Shouldn't I just tell him, "You fool, you're my father-in-law!"?
Or perhaps he thought that someone like me could just ignore him and leave without any intentions.
"Some people believe that someone with my abilities must be quite old. What do you think our seniority is? Please give my regards to your elderly father." I pretended to have a kind and elderly expression on my face, although I could tell him the truth. But I found this way quite interesting.
Especially if he took it seriously and said, "I will definitely pass on your message. So, what can you do?"
"Unlock the chains on the train and activate the train's transmission map. The train will be safe at the specified points."
"But when the train arrives at the specified points, although it ensures that the train will not crash, the military won't be there... Are you suggesting that you personally deal with them?"
"Whether I subdue them or silence them depends on my mood."
I stood up confidently, thinking about the chains on the train that came from The Divine Realm. I had reason to believe that the abduction incident was related to The Divine Realm. The Divine Realm had already created chaos in The Human Realm eighteen years ago, and it must have been The Divine Realm that instigated the border war with Othrie Empire, sitting high up and observing the chaos, but not understanding why they targeted the Othrie Empire.
"Why are you standing up again?"
"I've always been curious about what your judgment really is."
The masked man looked at me as I put on my shirt, his hands blocked any trace, and he was scared, immediately gripping the gun and shouting, "This person is suspicious!"
With the sound of the gun being cocked, all the masked people became alert.
"After searching for so long, not even finding a hair of the Emperor of the Empire, with the army already surrounding us, don't you ever doubt the authenticity of the information?"
"Our information is absolutely correct, there's no need to doubt, but why are you raising suspicion among us?"
I took a step forward, the barrel of the gun spitting out flames, and with a push of my palm, the trajectory was bent, leaving several holes in the top of the train.
"These weapons are just tools to bully ordinary people, they are nothing to me, not even to high-level Magic users."
I continued forward and asked, "I originally wanted you to surrender voluntarily, but I admire your persistence in believing in the organization. However, do you really want to lose your lives here?"
"Everything we do is a sacrifice for the country, and we are honored to do so."
"Let me guess, you are soldiers from several islands in the southeast, not some civilian organization. No matter the outcome, your country can always use poor management as an excuse, and our emperor still doesn't want to pursue it as long as you leave."
"Impossible! The seventeen of us never intended to leave alive. We have only one goal, to force the Emperor of the Othrie Empire to sign the covenant." The person who spoke these resolute words to me was not the Mask of the Star and Moon, but a pure white masked person holding something I was familiar with - the "Judgment Wheel of Time."
"Is your last name Shi?" I said, causing even the white masked person to freeze for a moment.
The owner of the Judgment Wheel, eighteen years later, was our class leader, Shi Xueqi. I had once tasted the taste of the Judgment Wheel, with chains and chainsaws inside, but she couldn't use it correctly. Interrogating with torture in a self-made space was the most basic usage.
"Stop talking nonsense, you must know where the emperor is, hand him over!"
"What if I don't? Are you going to judge me?"
"That's for sure!" The white masked person activated the mask and imprisoned me in a small space.
"Lie detection won't work on me, masked one, show me your killer move, don't waste time!"
The white masked person angrily said, "Since you're not afraid of death, I will make you wish you were dead!"
This time, there were no chains, and the Executor was very confident.
The Judgment Wheel was divided into seven parts in the hands of the white masked person, floating in front of them. The white masked person placed their hand on the first wheel on the left and said, "Judgment, the Wheel of Greed."
Everything before me turned white, I saw nothing...
Suddenly, the train shook a bit, and the white masked person calmed down a bit and asked, "What happened?"
"There is an incident in the front and back carriages."
"The mysterious chain?"
"It's the carriage with the mysterious chain manipulator."
"You two stay here and watch the hostages, the rest of you go to support, including those who are really searching."
The masked people picked up their weapons and went towards the back carriage.
The white masked person suddenly paused and asked, "Where's the train conductor?"
"I... I am." A middle-aged man among the hostages said, covering his head with both hands.
"Take my people to find the transmission diagram." The white masked person whispered to the masked person behind them, "After finding it, kill him and burn the diagram."
Then, the white masked person pointed the gun at a woman and her child and said to the group of bowed people, "Miss Zi, I know you're here. Now, for every minute that passes, I'll kill someone, until you're willing to reveal yourself... Let's start with the first one."
The man in the white mask looked at the watch and said, "The last three seconds of the first minute, three... two... one..."
"Oops!" The man in the white mask felt a sudden pain in his arm as a small swallow dart pierced through his magic barrier and struck his arm.
"It's you!" The man in white clothes excitedly pulled out the dart and threw it on the ground, blood dripping, but his eyes remained fixed on the standing Emperor of the Empire.
"You dare to lay a finger on my people, try me!" The Emperor became furious, unleashing his magic power, possessing the abilities of a demigod. However, the man in the white mask estimated that he was at a level lower than a demigod, making it an undoubtedly futile attempt for the Emperor to challenge him.
"I'm sorry, 'greed' is equally useless against me. People become greedy because they cannot obtain what they desire. But for someone who once possessed the world, what is there left for him to covet?" My voice echoed from the self-created space of judgment wheel.
