Chapter 973 Escape
Chapter 973 Escape
Sacrifice yourself to revive the citizens of the East Karawen Kingdom and protect the Watch Palace...
So in your eyes, I am such a "great" person?
Looking at Leon who looked determined, the red-haired chief was silent for a while and then shook his head slightly.
"you guessed wrong."
As Leon looked a little puzzled, the red-haired director lifted a lock of his hair, stared at the snow-white hair and said:
"I'm not as good as you think. What really made me decide to do this was not my responsibility as a cleaner, nor was it the guilt for what happened. It was just the simplest desire to escape from the pain."
Escape from pain...
Lyon thought for a moment, then frowned and said:
"Killing bloody hair?"
"Yes."
After nodding slightly, the red-haired director lowered his eyebrows and whispered:
“You have touched my hair with your hands, and you know the price of using it. But no matter how detailed the information you get is, as long as you have not become the holder of the Blood-Slaying Hair, you will never truly understand what it means to be its holder.
It will absorb the killings committed by the holder, and as long as I am conscious, all those who died because of me will curse me endlessly, revealing their hatred and unwillingness to me, and they will not stop even when I am asleep.
Over the past few years, only when my consciousness was paralyzed by alcohol, those more than 100 million voices filled with anger and hatred would become a little blurry and a little farther away from my ears..."
After letting go of his hair that was finally no longer stained with blood, he stretched out his fingers and gently drew a circle beside his ear. Then, the red-haired director looked at Leon who was silent opposite him and spoke quietly:
"They cursed too fiercely, too harshly, and too...correctly, Leon. I really can't hold on any longer."
"..."
In the face of Leon's complicated expression, the red-haired director pursed his lips and said with a slightly gloomy look:
“I was the one who destroyed the Kingdom of East Karawen. I am the only creator of more than 100 million killings, and the only recognized holder of [Blood Hair of Killing]. Naturally, I am the only one who can bear their hatred.
Even if I could cut off all the [Murderous Blood Hair] and let the insults that are so numerous that they are about to drown me disappear from my ears temporarily, I have listened to them for so many years, and even if their voices leave my ears, I still know clearly what they will curse.
Those 129.6 million voices, the curses of the 120 million people who died because of me, may temporarily leave my ears, but they will never leave my heart. "
"..."
Looking at the red-haired director in front of him who had almost completely changed, no longer laughing, scolding, sneaking, playing tricks, no longer blinking those pretty fox eyes, smiling and doing bad things, even though he had made sufficient preparations in advance, Leon's heart was still very depressed, and then he couldn't help but comfort him:
"It's not really your fault..."
"It's certainly not my fault."
Unconsciously avoiding the light coming in from the window and hiding his body in the darkness covered by the curtains, the red-haired director looked away and said in a vague voice:
"I've never regretted doing that. I know what I did was right. It was the best solution I could think of at the time. No one could bear the consequences of not doing so. I know I did nothing wrong...but neither did they."
"..."
“Those people I killed with my own hands were not the ants crawling around in the Thirteen Ant Nests, but real people like you and me. They had their own joys and sorrows like me, and their own families and loved ones like you, and their own lives.
They had done nothing wrong, but they were all crushed to death by me in an instant like a group of ants. They completely disappeared from this world, without even leaving a trace of their existence.
In less than six hours, when the sun rises the next day, those 100 million living people, along with their country, will be completely forgotten by everyone in the world...
And all of this was done by me, with my own hands! "..."
Looking at the red-haired director in front of him whose arms were trembling slightly, Leon was silent for a moment, swallowed back the words of persuasion he had originally prepared, and then changed his angle and tried to persuade:
“Director, before I came here, I discussed this issue with Lord Taurus. We both believe that those who cursed you in [Slaughter Blood Hair] are not real human wills or souls. They do not really exist.
Those sounds are just the shadows of the "hatred" that accompanies "killing". They are the reflections of the "hatred" that the Killing Blood Hair absorbed when it absorbed the act of "killing", so..."
"So I just took on all the false hatred and abuse as the holder of the abnormal object when I used [Blood-Killing Hair]."
"Correct."
"But does that make any difference?"
After looking in Leon's direction, the red-haired director pursed his lips and said:
"The people who cursed me were not real, but their experiences were real, their hatred was real, and the fact that I killed them was also real."
"..."
“Leon, you know what? What actually hurts me the most is not that they scold me, but that they are right to scold me.”
After closing his eyes slightly, the red-haired director leaned back in his chair and said in a deep voice:
"Faced with the executioner who took away everything from them, they really have the right to scold me! And I don't even have a reason to scold back... So don't try to persuade me anymore, I always know what I am doing.
Leon, I'm not as noble as you think. I'm not prepared to sacrifice myself to protect the Watchtower Palace, nor do I want to sacrifice myself to revive the citizens of the East Karawen Kingdom. I just don't want to hear them scold me anymore... So don't stop me, okay? "
"?!"
After hearing what the red-haired chief said, Leon's breathing could not help but stagnate slightly, and then he instinctively covered it up and said:
"What are you talking about? Haven't I been ..."
"That's so fake. Your plan is more obvious than mine."
Pointing at Leon's arm that was tightly holding Princess Ariel, the red-haired chief shook his head and said:
"You are an anomaly that can only be activated with the help of the Queen. There is almost no limit on the release distance, and the consumption is surprisingly low. The only weakness is you.
And given your similar habits to Emma, even if you really think you have a sure win and don't continue to explore the [Heart Lake], you will definitely be prepared for the surrounding situation. It is impossible to be completely defenseless."
"..."
"At first I really thought you were careless, but after I caught you, you didn't threaten me or try to persuade me, but instead gave up struggling and admitted defeat. I knew you must have other plans.
And you really did what I thought. Not long after, you used the excuse that you were caught by me and no longer posed a threat to me, and started to keep asking about my plans... Leon, you deliberately lured me here to get me to talk, right?"
"..."
(End of this chapter)