Chapter 497 Rebirth From the Ashes: Closing Performance

The noisy sound did not affect Jack. He turned a blind eye to what was happening in front of him and paid full attention to the armrest of the throne that his fingers were touching.

He gently stroked the silver snake. He remembered asking his aunt why the throne was carved with a silver snake instead of the family's rose pattern.

Olivia told him that it was to not forget the past and remember the pain and fear of the past. He asked her, what is in the fear? Why remember it.

"Courage is born out of fear, and this is the most important gift of the Governor. You have to remember it and let fear bring you strength when you need it."

Jack always remembered that sentence. He learned a lot from Olivia, but for some reason, that sentence was the first thing that came to his mind.

Perhaps it has something to do with the current environment. All the surviving noble families gathered here, and Antony Brutus preached loudly in front of them, using his eloquence to exaggerate the current crisis atmosphere and recommend the "suitable" "The importance of the choice of acting governor.

It was a coup, and now Jack understood it all. He had been recalling and piecing together memories during this silence, and now he knew the true face of the guy.

The leader of these rebels is not Tyrfan. He is just a pawn, played by this insidious outsider.

Jack sat on the throne behind Anthony. He glanced at the people in the palace. Everyone alive was here. Both loyalists and rebels were in this hall. The gates everywhere were guarded by guards. It was not difficult to see those guards. Who did you listen to?

The two factions are also very different. The eyes of the loyalists are full of worry and panic, while the rebels are also full of suspicion and do not seem to be completely sure of success. Faced with Anthony's speech, their morale is not high.

Before entering here, Master Mogrim followed him, but was blocked from the door. Tyrfan said that this was a human matter and had nothing to do with demihumans, although he was more talking about aliens at the time.

Morgrim was blocked out, and now he was sitting here alone, but soon Jack realized his mistake, and pink hair fell from his hands.

His fiancée was sitting next to him, on a chair placed next to the throne. Her eyes were calm without any panic, as if she was a queen who was calm in the face of danger, solemn and authoritative.

To be honest, she is more like a governor than herself, and she deserves to sit on this throne. Those on the rebel side dare not look at her, as if Olivia is still alive.

But Jack also noticed something wrong with his fiancée, and it wasn't because she had changed into men's clothes and her hair was braided for the activity.

In the past, she was not a traditional aristocratic lady. She could ride a motorcycle. Naturally, she would often wear clothes that were less beautiful but more convenient for movement, but this time she seemed to be extraordinarily different.

Jack suddenly felt that she was very strange, and there was a sense of mystery in her familiar eyes. She always looked at him with a half-smile, silent, but seemed to be urging him, reminding him what to do.

Jack looked at her, put his hand on the back of her hand and made a decision. The young governor pushed forward, and the clatter of the chair interrupted Anthony, making him turn around again.

Everyone in the hall looked at Jack in front of the throne. The child, who was only fourteen years old, was full of momentum at the moment, without any of the weakness of a child.

He took a deep breath, looked at them and said, "Lord Varsim, when you were still unknown, it was my adoptive mother and Governor Olivia who brought you opportunities, and you have your current status. , but you chose to betray."

Lord Varsim stood in the crowd and lowered his head in shame after hearing the words. He did not roll up his sleeves to show a sign of betrayal, but his previous silence still made him ashamed.

"Lord Corti, you are a follower of the previous traitorous governor. Many people suggested that we kill you, deprive you of your property and exile your family, but Olivia did not. My mother let you go. But you betrayed her."

Jack said sternly, Corti buried his head speechlessly below, and another person on the side looked at him, and his name was soon called.

"Master Gorov, I remember that you were a worker at the bottom of the hive city. I have known my mother for a long time. She did not forget you after she returned to the position of governor. She rewarded you, but you sided with the traitor. Together."

The mottled-haired Gorov did not reply, but he was obviously ashamed. Others around him also looked at each other in silence.

Anthony frowned as he looked at them, while Jack behind him continued.

"Lord Dix, your son died for the Emperor and died in the war against Chaos, but you turned to the traitor. What would your son think of his last name if he knew it?"

As before, when faced with the question from this fourteen-year-old child, the entire audience was silent and no one answered, no one responded either the rebels or the loyal ones.

"The Emperor deceived us. He took away what should have been ours and made us kneel down before him." Anthony spoke immediately, trying to restore the atmosphere of the scene, but he was quickly confused by the man who had never been honest with him. The boy who saw it pressed back.

"We all have received favor from the Emperor in this life. The Emperor may have hidden a lot from us, but we owe him just as much for his kindness to us."

Jack said, the boy showed a backbone that he shouldn't have at that age, and his fiancée beside him looked at him with a mysterious smile.

"The Zhuangsen family will not forget, and the people of Victoria will not forget. They will not forget today's betrayal and your betrayal."

Jack continued to speak with his head held high. He looked around at everyone, "You chose to betray, and your family name will be forever discredited, but I won't. I am a member of the Zhuangsen family. I will not let my family name be humiliated."

After this, Tilfan also frowned and fell into a tangle. Jack didn't look at him, not even a glance, but looked at Anthony and then turned his head to his lover beside him.

"I'm sorry, dear, this traitor wants me to kneel and surrender to his chaotic master. He promised to guarantee your safety and mine."

"But for me, fuck it, I won't surrender to chaos, I won't kneel to traitors, so I'm sorry, I think you have to die here with me."

She responded to him with a smile, and then nodded silently. Jack took a deep breath. He looked at the people in front of him who were looking at each other. Among them, Valsim came out and looked at Jack.

"I chose to remain silent before because I didn't know if you could be trusted, and whether you were as trustworthy as your adoptive mother." Lord Valsim said.

"But I was wrong."

As soon as he said this, he immediately attracted the attention of the people around him, especially Falti.

"Jack Johnson is Olivia's heir. I swore allegiance to her, and now I will do the same." Valsim said as he pulled out his gun. Under the gaze of everyone, he pointed the gun at Anthony and then came to Jack's side.

Anthony glared at him, "You made the wrong choice, Valsim, you stood on the wrong side."

Before Anthony finished speaking, Corti also came out from the crowd behind him. He ignored Anthony's angry eyes and looked directly at Jack standing in front of the throne.

"I joined the rebels, and I will regret it for the rest of my life, but if a person makes a mistake, he can only ask for forgiveness."

Jack looked at him, and after a moment of silence, he spoke, "My adoptive mother always told me that sympathy and forgiveness require more courage than punishment, sir."

Tilfan listened to his words, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then drew out a knife and cut off the skin on his arm in front of everyone, cutting off the mark of Tzeentch with blood and throwing it on the ground.

He drew out his gun and came to Jack. Anthony looked at him with a puzzled and surprised expression. Jack stood there and looked down at everyone.

As if moved by the eyes of the fourteen-year-old child, the crowd made a choice. Some people went over there, while others stayed.

Blood fell to the ground along with the skin of Tzeentch's mark, and Marble sipped it thirstily. Anthony glared at the crowd around Jack, and they all drew their guns.

"You made the wrong choice, and you are courting death."

"Death is better than betrayal." Jack said, with a tall figure, standing out among the adults.

"Your plan has been exposed long ago, don't you see? You are just an arrogant coward, hiding behind the exploited, and you have no future."

"You tried to play that ridiculous mortal game with the marshal, but you didn't know that he was a god, and you are always, always a mortal, Anthony Brutus."

This seemed to make Anthony furious, he raised his hand, and the guards behind him raised their guns.

"You chose the wrong path, Jack Johnson, you could have chosen the right path."

"This is the right path, loyalty, only this one." Jack said firmly.

"Then pay the price for it."

Anthony said, but what he got in return was not the sound of gunfire, but a burst of flesh and blood explosions, and the heads of the guards behind him all exploded, like a gorgeous fireworks.

Anthony was shocked, while Jack looked at his fiancée who stood up. She slowly stood up from the chair, with golden light flashing in her eyes. In the blink of an eye, she changed her appearance.

She became Vito.

Jack was shocked, he looked at Vito, and Vito smiled at him with satisfaction.

"You will be a good governor, Jack. Johnson, just as your aunt told me."

Vito said coldly, and Jack seemed to understand everything in an instant. He remembered what Master Mogrim said to him before he came in.

"Remember what you learned, use it well, then you will be qualified."

At this moment, he understood everything, he looked at Vito in surprise, he smiled at Anthony, and his face suddenly became cold.

"Now, the game is over."

He said softly, and then before he realized it, all the heads on the rebel side exploded, even Tilfan was no exception, they all died on the spot before they could react.

Blood rain splashed in the air. Anthony was startled and immediately took a step back. He took out the box containing the black fragments, but his arm suddenly broke, and his legs twisted a full circle in his screams.

Jack watched him fall to the ground, screaming incessantly. Vito walked up, his face cold as if he had no emotions.

"I understand one thing now."

He said coldly.

"You are not a Tzeentch man, you are just a clown in his tricks to entertain us, although, his sense of humor is as bad as ever."

"I still need to face his real conspiracy, and you."

Vito did not finish, as if it was unnecessary, the contemptuous eyes made Anthony's anger on the ground overwhelm the pain.

"Lord of Change! He will tell me everything, and you! Will live forever in the Emperor's lies!"

Jack looked into Vito's eyes, and there was a trace of pathetic pity in his eyes.

"Poor man, you know nothing."

Anthony roared angrily, and he opened the box in front of him with his broken elbow. He recited the spell loudly, and the space behind him began to distort in an instant. Jack was surprised to see the torn subspace crack.

Countless arms stretched out from it, crying and screaming, and more terrifying things that frightened Jack emerged from it, as if running towards reality.

Anthony laughed, "Let's see who knows nothing!"

Before Anthony even finished his words, the crack closed instantly, and all the fearful things disappeared. He was extremely surprised, and Jack saw only a scornful smile on Vito's face.

"Know nothing."

After he said that, Anthony's head and body exploded, and the body of the betrayer collapsed into pieces, and Vito turned around.

Everyone looked at him in shock, especially Jack, but he just smiled faintly.

"I'll give you 90 points, don't be too proud."

"But you have to get off that seat. Your mother told me to tell you that she's not dead yet, so don't rush to take it."