Kong Man raised her eyebrows. Looking at Liang Shuguang on the platform, she felt something was exceptionally off about him.
He seemed perfectly fine on the surface, so why did he feel so sinister?
Moreover, she could faintly sense a hint of danger radiating from him. This was truly bizarre. Just who was this guy?
Liang Shuguang continued speaking:
“Sometimes, peace comes with a price. Or rather, peace is merely an illusion.”
“For thirty years, the inequality and gap between the Outer City and the Inner City have only grown wider. The pain and death experienced by countless Outer City residents are all connected to me.”
He paused, looked up, and smiled at everyone below the platform.
“To all of you Inner City people who have been sheltered, and to all the leaders who have abused their power under my command...”
“Perhaps in the future, your deaths will also be connected to me.”
A dead silence fell over the crowd below.
People stared blankly at the man on the platform, their minds completely blank.
He still looked as warm and gentle as ever, but for some reason, his smile now sent a shiver down everyone's spine.
What did these words mean?
Standing on the periphery of the crowd, Scorpio Kong Man stared at the man on the platform. Her brow furrowed deeper and deeper, yet the corners of her mouth curled upward.
She had originally come to see Bai Feifei, but now, she found this crippled man quite intriguing as well.
On the platform, Liang Shuguang seemed completely oblivious to the frozen atmosphere below.
“But those are matters for the future. Today, there is something else I must address.”
“Due to my deliberate actions, Dawn City has suffered indelible trauma, and countless lives have been lost to my conspiracies. Therefore, I have decided to step down.”
When these words landed, the silence below became even more profound.
Ye Hanshan and the others felt their heads buzz. They went completely numb, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over them.
What happened to the white lies?
What happened to keeping the public calm?
This speech was terrifying! How could he just outright say that countless people had died because of his conspiracies?!
How could he just confess to his crimes like that?!
“Today is my last day as City Lord.”
“But before I step down...”
Liang Shuguang's eyebrow suddenly twitched.
He raised his head and looked into the distance.
In an instant, a longsword shrouded in black mist flew from a thousand meters away, piercing straight through the podium in front of him!
Bang!
The wooden podium shattered, sending splinters flying everywhere as the sword embedded itself right in front of the City Lord!
Everyone was dumbfounded. They turned in unison, looking toward the edge of their vision.
The venue had already been unusually quiet because of Liang Shuguang's speech.
This sword instantly jolted everyone awake and drew their gaze, as if announcing the arrival of the main character!
In the dead silence, everyone saw the figure.
At the outer edge of the crowded plaza, a young girl stood holding a handful of mutton skewers. Her mouth was slick with oil as she ate, and she used a leftover bamboo skewer to point toward the City Lord, tap by tap.
It was Bai Feifei!
Or more accurately, it was Bai Feifei possessed by Xu Mo.
The remaining Edgerunners of Dawn City sitting in the front rows all paled.
She was here!
She had actually shown up!
With so many hidden sentries, so many Rank 5 Scavengers, and an entire Edgerunner leading them, had there really been no news whatsoever?
After staying silent for so long, was she really unable to keep quiet in the end...?
A person's reputation precedes them!
Looking at this woman now, their hearts couldn't help but tremble.
The surrounding crowd began to stir. Some recognized Bai Feifei's face and let out gasps of surprise.
But unlike the higher-ups, Liang Shuguang's face bore an expression that suggested she had finally arrived.
He sat in his wheelchair. Even after the podium was pierced by the sword, wooden splinters still clung to his lap.
Yet he clapped and laughed. “For those who do not know her, let me introduce you. This is Bai Feifei.”
At this, all the invited Outer City residents, including Kong Man, suddenly understood. They craned their necks to stare at her.
This was Bai Feifei?
The hero the entire city had been promoting over the past few days for resolving the crisis?
Why hadn't she shown up before, only to suddenly arrive now? Was this planned?
But if it was planned, why would she throw a sword at the City Lord the moment she arrived?!
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, Bai Feifei felt her stomach twist in knots, but Xu Mo acted as if he didn't even notice, focusing entirely on devouring the meat!
Then, he looked up at Liang Shuguang on the platform and grinned.
“I'm here for our appointment. I saw I still had some time on the way out, so I grabbed a few skewers. I'm not late, am I?”
Liang Shuguang smiled and shook his head. “Of course not. You've arrived at the perfect time.”
He lightly tapped his fingers on the armrest of his wheelchair. His gaze lingered on Xu Mo for a split second before falling onto the black longsword still humming in front of the platform.
“What's this?” He raised his head, the smile on his lips deepening. “Are you here to kill me for the sake of justice?”
Xu Mo scoffed.
He stuffed the last mutton skewer into his mouth.
“Justice?” swallowing the last bite of meat, he said, “You might as well say I came for the mutton skewers!”
“Though you got the second half of your sentence right. It wouldn't hurt to kill you while I'm at it!”
The instant the words left his mouth, the playfulness in his eyes vanished, replaced by a thick, churning darkness.
At the same time, black energy crept up from his fingertips, turning the ordinary bamboo skewers completely pitch-black within seconds.
With a sudden flick of his arm, the skewers shot straight toward Liang Shuguang's face like concealed weapons, whistling sharply through the air!
Well-fed and bolstered by the heart, Xu Mo possessed immense strength. This single-handed throw was practically as fast as a bullet!
Liang Shuguang tilted his head slightly. The skewers grazed past his ear and embedded themselves deeply into the wall behind him, their ends still vibrating with a low hum.
Other skewers struck his wheelchair, producing clinking metallic clangs.
And Xu Mo didn't stop there.
The moment the skewers left his hand, his longsword was already back in his grip. With a light tap of his toes, he shot forward like a cannonball, charging straight toward the front platform without a single word of warning!
The crowd ahead gasped, instantly parting like a fan as they scrambled to both sides, clearing a direct path for Xu Mo.
Through the air, only the wild laughter of “Bai Feifei” echoed.
“Hahahahaha! If I'm not mistaken, you wanted me to come, didn't you?”
“Then in accordance with our agreement, I'm here to assassinate you!”
“Before you kick the bucket, you'd better show me whatever tricks you've got! It'd be a real bore if you died without even getting to use them!”
Wheelchair boy, hand over my final 20% already!
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