Chapter 358: Conscience Remains

In the early morning, gray clouds covered the sky above Crescent City, making the light oppressive and dim. The drizzle fell, gently hitting the streets and roofs of buildings, splashing water.

It is said that spring rain brings everything back to life.

But this spring rain brought only sorrow to Crescent City.

Border refugees were temporarily placed in the Rust Wall District at this time, as were the members of the Wolf Raid.

In the room, Fenrir stood in front of the fitting mirror to tidy up her appearance. She did not wear the usual leather jacket embroidered with a wolf head, which symbolized the Wolf Raid Group, but a black shirt and was tying a tie of the same color.

It can be seen that Fenrir had never worn such formal clothes, and the tie was not tied properly several times.

Not far away, Xibel, who had already taken care of herself, came up, gently put her hand on Fenrir's tie, and said, "Let me do it."

Xibel helped Fenrir tie the tie, and also carefully helped her smooth out some wrinkles near the collar.

Fenrir looked at her and smiled: "How come you are so skilled?"

Xibel smiled and said: "My brother taught me. He always said that girls should learn to take care of themselves. I was tired of listening to him, so I could only learn a few tricks."

After tidying up his appearance, Fenrir took Xibel to the door together: "Let's go, don't let them wait too long."

The two walked out of the house, and they saw many people wearing black suits and shirts, including members of the Wolf Raid, and members of the Edge, Moxue and other mercenary groups.

Su Mo was also standing in the crowd. Fenrir walked forward, and the two shook hands silently but forcefully.

Su Mo and Fenrir didn't know each other for a long time, but in this beacon incident, the two were in two different worlds, using two different ways, fighting side by side across a distance of 100,000 meters, and they had forged a steel-like friendship for them.

In the depths of their hearts, each other has become a companion they can trust in the future.

After shaking hands, Fenrir looked at the petite figure beside Su Mo.

Dongdong stood there, his eyes were swollen and bloodshot. He had been crying for a long time, but now he couldn't even cry.

In her hand, she was holding Gordon's portrait.

Gordon was so lonely that he never left a decent portrait anywhere, so even his portrait became a problem after his death.

This portrait was made from the stock photos in Dongdong's mobile phone. In the photo, Gordon was packing medicines for treating diseases and saving lives. When Dongdong secretly took a photo of him, he happened to look over and smiled kindly. The picture was frozen at this scene.

Fenrir stretched out his hand and rubbed Dongdong's head. His movements were very light, but his voice was full of power: "Look up, you are his pride."

Hearing this, the eyes that had been dry of tears became wet again. Dongdong wiped away the tears with his sleeves, and then raised his head high.

After everyone arrived, the funeral procession set off.

The rain curtain enveloped the entire city. On both sides of the streets in the Rust Wall District, countless people stood there silently, and there was no end at a glance.

Most of these were border people who had safely entered the inner city for refuge. No one invited them, no one forced them, but at this time they all wore black clothes and came here to see off the original king.

Gordon was a man forgotten by time. He once stepped onto the border stage with great fanfare, setting off a bloody and violent era, rampaging and killing people like flies, with blood on his hands and countless corpses behind him.

However, after only three years of glory, he was disheartened by his family's death, and the curtain fell in a blink of an eye. He lived the rest of his life incognito as a doctor, treating all the wounded who came to the clinic regardless of their camps, and doing his best to atone for the sins of the first half of his life.

Gordon's life was not bright and upright, and his merits and demerits may not be explained in one or two sentences, but at least at the last moment of his life, this first-generation king resolutely burned himself for the people of the border and did what a king of the border should do.

So on the day of Gordon's funeral, those border people who survived because of him came here to see off the king they had never met.

They lined up solemnly on both sides of the street, silently watching the funeral procession. The street was silent, with only the sound of raindrops hitting the ground, accompanied by the footsteps of people, which seemed particularly heavy.

Gordon blew himself up and died underground. His remains could not be found. There was only a white doctor's coat he had worn for decades in the coffin.

As the person who had the closest relationship with Gordon during his lifetime and was almost treated as his own child by the old man, Dongdong walked in front holding his portrait, and Sumer and Fenrir accompanied him on both sides.

As they walked, Dongdong found that a group of people came out of the crowd not far away, and it seemed that they had been waiting for them here for a long time.

Those people were tall and imposing. Their appearance not only stopped the funeral procession, but also caused the people around to whisper. Judging from the cold and disgusted look in their eyes, they were definitely not saying good things.

For those border people or thugs who often sneaked into the inner city before, these people were definitely not unfamiliar, because they were the famous Anti-Violence Section 4 "Alpha Team", the most powerful elite armed force of the Crescent City authorities.

All 25 Alpha team members, including the captain Ivan, were present. They were all wearing solemn black clothes and holding white chrysanthemums. They were obviously here to see Gordon off.

Dongdong saw this group of people and her eyes suddenly lit up with anger. She handed Gordon's portrait to Su Mo, then went up and pushed Ivan hard: "Get out! Get out! You are not welcome here! Get out!"

"Why are you all pretending to be so hypocritical? Where were you when the beasts came? Where were you when everyone was fighting hard in the front? Now that so many people have died, you come out to pretend to be good people? Bah! Get out!!!"

Although the border people around did not dare to curse directly like Dongdong, their eyes revealed the same resentment.

The famous Anti-violence Class 4, how majestic it is to kill people at ordinary times. Every time it goes out, there is a sea of ​​blood and corpses. The border people killed can circle the rusty wall several times.

Especially the most elite Alpha team, which is known as "unmatched under the giants" in Crescent City, and each individual has the power comparable to an army.

But where were they when the disaster struck?

If all members of the Alpha team could enter the battlefield in the northern area of ​​the border at the first time, with their strength, they would most likely cooperate with the wolf raid and mercenaries to control the situation, kill all the beasts rushing out of the corridor, and buy a lot of time for the rear transfer.

Even if they don't fight so hard, it would be good to go to other places to help a little.

Even if they just come here to punch in and fire a few shots casually, they are considered to have done their job well.

But what is the truth? Let alone working hard, they don't even pretend to do it. They ran directly to the inner city airport where there is no danger to serve the dignitaries, help people transport furniture, walk dogs and cats, and didn't even look at the border.

Now that the matter is over, Gordon sacrificed himself for the border, and they came to see him off and give flowers?

Sorry, border people may be inferior, but they will never accept this kind of insulting "admiration".

Without any verbal communication, and no one knows who started it first, the border people around stood up one after another, forming a human wall in front of the Alpha team members in groups of three or five, to prevent the eyes of these powerful lackeys from tarnishing the deceased king.

Dongdong beat Ivan hard, pushed him and the Alpha team members back, and shouted with red eyes: "Get out! You lackeys are not qualified to come here! Get out! Get out!!!"

Just as Dongdong was constantly beating and scolding, an amazing thing happened.

Ivan, the strongest combat force of the Crescent City Security Bureau, the famous captain of the Anti-Violence Section 4, knelt on the ground in front of everyone.

His forehead was heavily pressed against the muddy ground, his hands were clenched into fists, and water drops kept dripping down his cheeks. It was unknown whether it was rain or something else.

Ivan's lips trembled. Regret and grief made it difficult for him to make a sound. Only his chest kept rising and falling. Every breath seemed to bear a thousand pounds of weight.

Finally, he choked and almost gritted his teeth to squeeze out the words from his mouth:

"The authorities are ashamed of you all"

At the same time, the 24 Alpha team members behind Ivan all knelt on the muddy street, and their well-trained bodies could not even stand up straight.

They all lowered their heads, their eyes were empty and lifeless, and only the confusion after the faith was shaken, and a kind of guilt that could never be made up.

Dongdong was stunned for a while. The anger made her lose her rational judgment. She clenched her fists and went up to hit people.

Her wrist was grabbed by someone just halfway through the fist.

Su Mo held Dongdong's hand firmly, shook his head at her, and whispered: "They are not the decision makers. What to do at that time was not theirs to decide."

Dongdong gritted his teeth, looked at Ivan and others who were kneeling indignantly, took his hand back, wiped away his tears silently, took Gordon's portrait and continued to move forward.

The funeral procession started again, and everyone slowly walked past the kneeling government soldiers. Some people glared at them angrily like Dongdong, and some people just shook their heads helplessly.

Just as Ivan knelt down to confess, he suddenly felt someone coming in front of him, and the magnetic low voice sounded: "Stand up."

Ivan subconsciously looked up and saw Fenrir's tall figure standing in front of him, and his dark purple eyes were looking at him through the rain.

"Stand up, you are a warrior, don't let anything break your spine."

A corner of Ivan's heart seemed to be hit, and he was silent for a long time, and his scattered eyes were focused again.

He wiped his tears and stood up again, looking deeply in the direction where Fenrir and others left.

There was something in those eyes that had never been there before.

As the beasts were eliminated and suppressed, the originally chaotic situation was under control, and the order of Crescent City was slowly restored.

However, although the crisis was over, the impact it brought was becoming more and more intense.

After all, in the entire crisis handling process, the authorities of Crescent City made one incredible move after another.

From the very beginning, they deployed security forces to assist the giant companies to escape, abandoning the entire city.

Later, they ordered the shooting of refugees on the border, and before killing a single beast, they killed thousands of their own citizens.

Millions of living people were blocked outside the rusty wall, and they could be slaughtered by ferocious beasts at any time. In the end, some officials with conscience had to use their bodies to clear the way and block the guns with their bodies to barely send the refugees in safely.

Any of these things alone is enough to cause a public opinion crisis, and now all kinds of things against the will of heaven have been done by the New Moon City authorities, and the public opinion frenzy caused by them cannot even be suppressed.

Playing dead is completely useless, and the city council has to hold a press conference to give a unified response to what happened before.

At the press conference in the municipal center, the city council chairman Amir attended in person and was standing on the stage to answer questions from reporters.

After all, politicians are not something that ordinary people can be, and they must have thick skin.

Almost all the chaos under the New Moon City government order were related to Amir, but at this time he was well-dressed, smiling and calm, and those who didn't know him would think he was a hero who turned the tide.

A reporter was holding a pamphlet and asked: "Mr. Speaker of the City Council, has the cause of the beast attack that affected Crescent City some time ago been found out?"

Amir answered slowly: "There is no definite conclusion about the cause of the beast's appearance. According to experts' speculation, it may be that there are some unpredictable changes in the geomagnetic field, which has caused this unprecedented incident to happen suddenly."

The reporter asked quickly: "Does this mean that we can't guarantee that such a situation will not happen again? Is there a huge safety hazard?"

Amir put his hands in the air and comforted: "There is no need to worry about it. According to the news I received, the original management of Tianmen Patrol Station, including the commander-in-chief Xie Zongchang, has been taken down and replaced by reliable personnel. The reconstruction of the patrol station is also proceeding in an orderly manner and will be completed within the month."

"The rest of the patrol stations in the World Government's consular district have also greatly strengthened their defense strength, and the size of the garrison has increased to more than five times the original size, and all have been equipped with enemy early warning systems specifically for beasts. Even if there is a second attack, it will definitely not The Crescent City has such a thing. "

Another reporter raised his hand, got permission, stood up and asked loudly: "We are all very concerned about a piece of news. The city council said that Mr. Schenkov, the director of the General Security Bureau, was suspended yesterday."

"We want to know the reason. Why would such a heroic director who risked his life at a critical moment be suspended?"

Amir's face became serious and he said seriously: "The reason is very simple. Schenkov was lawless. He first broke into the Rust Wall Defense Command Center by taking advantage of his position and closed it without authorization. The operating system of the Rust Wall M6 District almost caused a city-wide disaster. "

"Later, he left his post without permission and went to the border, threatened the commander of the M6 ​​District, and incited border refugees to illegally break into the inner city without permission, causing serious damage to order."

"The City Council will never tolerate such people who seek fame and influence the overall disaster relief for their own fame and fortune!"

"We have suspended all his duties in accordance with the law. As for how to deal with it later, we have asked the court for instructions and will receive a reply soon." (End of this chapter)