Chapter 985: Chapter 774: Before the Dawn
Everything in sight was shrouded by the torrential rain.
But although the ground was covered by rainwater, the pale grey clouds were burned red by the flames.
Cries and loud noises sporadically emerged from afar, and Huai Shi stood on the devastated street, gazing wearily at everything before him.
The entire Tanbo Inner Circle was gradually collapsing in flames; even if he gave his all and unleashed all the Hell Swarm, he could only protect a few small districts behind him.
Less than five thousand people...
More places, he could no longer tend to.
And now, in front of him, on the street where the killing just ended, only wails remained.
Suppressed cries kept ringing out from the rubble and the collapsed ruins.
"Doctor! Where is the doctor?"
A disheveled woman walked barefoot on the street, looking around blankly, using all her strength to carry her husband, hoarsely crying. Upon seeing Huai Shi, it was as if she found hope, she dashed forward, staggering, falling and then getting back up.
"Save him, please save him... Mr. Huaizhi, I’m begging you..."
She knelt on the ground, pleading desperately, not caring that the stones on the ground were scraping her beautiful face: "I will repay you for the rest of my life, Mr. Huaizhi, please, I’m begging you..."
But the man in her embrace was already dead.
He had stopped breathing.
In her gradually weakening pleas, Huai Shi closed his eyes.
"I’m sorry." He said, "I am nothing."
The woman was dumbfounded, staring at him blankly, for a long, long time, the hopeful expression fell apart.
Little by little, she slumped down.
Cradling her deceased husband, she wailed in agony.
"Why, I’ve given all the money... I can do anything... Why can’t you spare him... We haven’t done anything!!!"
Until the last moment, she even lost the strength to cry.
She numbly got up, carefully cradling her breathless husband, kissing his cheek, softly comforting him, "Don’t be afraid, I will be with you, soon you will be fine... very soon..."
No one responded.
She choked silently, staggering away, never turning back again.
Though the wails were so high-pitched, yet the despair was silent...
Huai Shi stood in place.
He raised his head to look at the sky.
A rumbling sound akin to thunder came from the distant sky, dark shadows quickly emerged, getting closer amidst the low rumble in the air, casting down a beam of cold light from the highest point.
Illuminating the darkness that the flames could not light up.
As if heaven was watching over, pitying the pain-filled earth, yet that light was so cold, never wavering, only overlooking with indifference.
On several helicopters, behind the spotlights, photographers carrying cameras were filming the chaotic streets from high above, along with those bloody conflicts.
Relentlessly transmitting the footage captured to the studio.
In the background, Ueno, while wiping a wound on his face, turned pale, snatching a phone from a subordinate, "Boss, it’s bad, look quickly, look at this..."
Emergency news broadcast from the TV station on the phone...
On the desolate and damaged scenes of Tanbo Inner Circle, subtitles kept rolling. But the signal was too unstable to see clearly, only silhouettes could be made out.
Police identity verification... Massive influx of illegal immigrants from Tanbo District... Armed conflict...
And even more glaring, [Riot]!
On the footage, on the outskirts of Tanbo Inner Circle, a large crowd of impoverished people, some not even fully clothed, were struggling to push forward, trying to escape the chaotic district behind them.
But at the border of the road, barricades were already set up.
Fully armed police stood with large shields, ruthlessly pushing back the surging crowd, launching smoke bombs towards them.
Under the impact of high-pressure water cannons, the surging crowd scattered and fell apart...
In the silence, the footage suddenly paused for a moment, then switched back to the live studio.
The serious-looking news anchor sat up straight, saying, "It is reported that behind this organized riot of illegal immigrants, there are violent and terrorist organizations leading it... We have already received the information of the leaders from the police..."
In the footage, photos appeared one after another.
Familiar faces kept appearing.
Tobio Souhei, Chiba Ryouni, God City Future, and even one of the ringleaders of the riot...
—Huai Zhisu People!
Under the spotlight in the sky, the camera perfectly overlooked everything on the ground before finally turning towards the man looking up at the sky with indifference.
As if through the spotlight, he could see the camera hidden behind it.
He quietly stared at the live broadcast camera, slowly raised his hand.
Flipped the middle finger.
Black Flying Bird screeched, soaring into the sky, the tide of crows rose and fell, covering the footage, the helicopter quickly wavered, spinning, being forced to ascend in altitude, severing the signal on site.
On the phone’s screen, the broadcast angle had already switched back to the studio, two grave-looking experts began discussing Yingzhou’s household registration system and illegal immigration...
Huai Shi retracted his gaze and waved Ueno away, unable to suppress a laugh.
What is this?
An undercover becoming a gang leader, to prevent riots, yet now becoming the ringleader of a riot.
This world is obviously so cruel, yet sometimes, it’s absurd like a fantasy novel.
