Chapter 31: Chapter 31: The weak are meant to be driven by the strong, aren't they?
Under everyone's expectant gaze, the video officially began.
Connecting with Void Archives' previous narration, Cocolia's figure officially appeared in front of everyone.
She now looks to be seventeen or eighteen years old. She is wearing a military uniform, and her long hair is tied in a ponytail behind her. She looks very capable.
During this period, Cocolia also clearly still had a strong sense of justice and honor as a soldier.
For this reason, she did not hesitate to report Colonel Alexei, who was secretly reselling arms and stealing state-owned assets. However, she did not expect that the senior military officials had already colluded with each other and sent her to jail in turn.
"Damn it!"
After being locked up for a month, Cocolia held her head in the cell depressedly, venting her distress.
At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the cell door.
The next moment, a tall man walked in from outside.
That was the culprit who had caused Cocolia to be imprisoned before, Colonel Alexei.
"I'm sorry, Cocolia." Colonel Alexei stood outside the cell and said apologetically, "I told you a long time ago not to meddle in other people's business."
"In the military court, you all colluded..." Cocolia clenched her fists and spoke angrily, "You all unanimously denied your crimes and falsely accused me of collaborating with the enemy and put me in solitary confinement."
"I'm sorry, the judge of the military court who sentenced you at that time, Major General Ivan... He was the one who ordered the sale of military supplies to the black market. He was the mastermind behind the scenes." Colonel Alexei looked helpless. "The army has been corrupt for a long time, and you are still so upright. If I hadn't pleaded for you, you would not be just locked up."
"Humph, what does that matter?!" Facing Alexei's speech, Cocolia raised her head stubbornly, "I just can't tolerate you guys... It's because of you... Because of the corruption in this country... The orphanage can't get enough subsidies! Do you know how many orphans are starving now like I was when I was a child?!"
"Enough!" Alexei suddenly became angry after hearing Cocolia's words. "I have my own difficulties. I also need to get money! My daughter... will be born in August. I can't support her and her with the meager salary of the army. For me, in order to protect them... I can pay any price!"
After saying all this, Colonel Alexei seemed to have lost all his strength at once.
He turned around tiredly and left the scene with a look of despair on his face.
…
Mo Chen's residence.
"Is this Russia at the end of the 20th century? At that time, due to the change in the country's political system, Russia repeatedly sang against the Schicksal and did not obey the Schicksal to fight against the Honkai Phalanx... Therefore, after losing the support of the Schicksal, the country's finances completely collapsed, and the internal corruption quickly declined."
As a top student, Mei Raiden quickly recalled the corresponding historical events.
But this rational thinking still cannot cover up the emotional empathy.
It is impossible for anyone to remain calm when seeing such a country heading toward decline and internal corruption.
Compared to Raiden Mei, Bronya's performance is very strange.
She stared blankly at the man in the picture. Her pupils trembled slightly, and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"What's wrong with you, Bronya?"
Mo Chen noticed Bronya's performance.
He knew that the man in the picture was Bronya's father, but he couldn't show familiarity with such things, so he could only pretend to be confused and asked: "Is there something wrong with this video?"
"No, I just have a strange feeling. I feel that this man is very familiar." Bronya shook her head. She became an orphan at a very young age, so she could not recognize her father's appearance.
"…"
Mo Chen and Raiden Mei didn't say anything and continued to watch the video patiently.
At the moment, there are a lot of comments on the screen expressing sympathy for Cocolia and Alexei, and most people don't seem to think there is anything wrong with their behavior.
The only problem, after all, is the country itself, which is on the verge of collapse and is internally rotten.
But everyone still hopes that a hero will appear.
Just like the previous story, everyone hopes that the hero of justice Mo Chen can appear and redeem all the poor people.
However, careful viewers have already realized that this may not happen.
Because, as they can tell from the title, this is not a hymn to justice.
It's a story about a villain...
…
Colonel Alexei left the prison, and Cocolia suddenly fell into self-doubt.
"Why? Even a man like you, Colonel, eventually fell into depravity... You were once such an upright person?"
"Can it be that in order to achieve the most important goal, one can really give up one's own principles?"
"In order to protect what you need to protect, is it natural to become a villain?"
When Cocolia was in confusion, a shocking wave suddenly exploded from the scene.
Boom!
A violent storm exploded from the wilderness, directly destroying the prison where Cocolia was.
"Ahhhhhh!!!"
After a scream, Cocolia found that she was lucky enough to be still alive.
Unfortunately, strange monsters she had never seen before appeared one after another in front of her, and they quickly filled the entire snowy field.
At the same time, an even worse situation arose. Due to the damage to the prison, a large number of prisoners escaped from it.
Among them are some violent terrorists.
After escaping, these people slaughtered the security personnel who were in panic because of the appearance of monsters without hesitation and planned to sacrifice others to escape.
"Hey, you!"
Suddenly, a man with bare arms appeared. He pointed the muzzle of the black gun in his hand at Cocolia's face and said coldly, "Go over there and die quickly. Draw the attention of those monsters, or I will kill you immediately!"
"What..."
Faced with the threat of death, Cocolia froze for a moment.
The few figures around the man, who were obviously his companions, looked at Cocolia with sneers, their faces full of ridicule of the strong towards the weak.
Cocolia had no choice but to walk out from the cover of the ruins step by step under the gunpoint and come in front of many Honkai beasts.
"Am I going to die here..."
All of a sudden, Cocolia showed a desperate expression and looked extremely unwilling.
But she couldn't put up any resistance. The gap in strength between the enemy and her made her realize that there was only a dead end ahead of her.
"Damn it, it's all because I'm too weak, it's all because I don't have the power..."
"I don't want to die. The children in the orphanage are still waiting for me..."
When Cocolia was in despair, the criminals in the distance were mocking her.
They watched with a sneer as Cocolia was devoured by the Honkai beast, creating space for them to escape.
"The weak should be driven by the strong!" The criminal leader sneered loudly, "Die for our survival, this is the law of this world!"
Seeing the content on the screen, the barrage of comments was immediately filled with anger.
The audience obviously could not accept such vile behavior and hoped that someone would bring these criminals to justice.
Step...step
At this moment, a strange man suddenly walked out from the shadow of the ruins.
"Who?"
Seeing this strange man, the criminals were startled and became alert.
The man in the black windbreaker in the distance took out a pistol, his indifferent black pupils flashed with indifference, and he said:
"You ask who I am?"
"I'm just a strong man who wants you to die."
"In your words, the weak are to be driven by the strong, right?"
Hearing the man's words, the criminals immediately showed their anger:
"You're looking for death!!!"
On the other side, Cocolia couldn't help but reveal an expression of surprise and anticipation.
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