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Chapter 586 Murder and Silence

"Since you have nothing to say, then die."

"Wait! Wait! Ben!"

The Scarlet Baroness cried out in alarm—it seemed to be the first time she had heard someone mention her real name after all this long and tumultuous period. The white light that had been shining on the soldier boy's chest slowly dimmed.

Edgar, standing behind him, saw this scene and his eyes twitched slightly. He quietly raised his hand behind his back, and a gesture was about to take shape.

The locomotive and the invisible man behind him saw the gesture at the same time. The invisible man was slightly puzzled and subconsciously looked at the locomotive next to him—only to find that he had already tensed all his muscles and was ready to go.

"Something's wrong, there's something fishy going on!"

The Invisible Man hadn't expected Edgar to have kept something from him until now, and that his trust in the Locomotive was so profound. He racked his brains, but couldn't figure out what Edgar wanted the Locomotive to do, or why he wanted it to happen at this crucial moment.

We didn't know what they were going to do, so of course we couldn't stop them.

"Ben! We didn't mean to! Listen to me. That wasn't my idea, I'm so sorry, I..."

"you're old."

The soldier boy took two steps forward and stood before his former teammate and lover. At that moment, Countess Scarlet instinctively wanted to take two steps back, but she managed to restrain herself.

The soldier boy gently stroked Lady Scarlet's face. She had indeed aged. Even though she was well-maintained and still wore heavy makeup, time was kind to everyone. No matter how beautiful a woman was, she could not escape the ravages of time. No matter what she did, she could not escape the fine wrinkles on her face and the white hair at her temples.

The crimson roses that once bloomed fiercely on the battlefield have lost their luster and now look no different from the gaudy, jewel-encrusted women on the brightly lit streets of New York.

But the soldier boy didn't seem to mind. His earlier words weren't just an excuse for Edgar; they were his true feelings.

Women are like fine wine, they become more fragrant with age.

"I'm old, but you're still so young."

Sensing the soldier boy's anger slowly subsiding, Lady Scarlet seemed to feel a chance of survival and tried even harder to awaken his memories of their past relationship: "You must believe me, about what happened back then—"

How much money did they give you back then?

The soldier boy calmly interrupted Lady Crimson, his eyes filled with anger, but seemingly more with the sadness and confusion of being betrayed.

Lady Scarlet remained silent.

When the soldier boy started asking about the price, the price became the least important part, because his intention at that moment was not curiosity, but accusation—he was still furious and wanted to take revenge on the teammates who had betrayed and stabbed him.

I will most likely die.

"How much money did those Russians give you?"

The soldier boy asked again.

The anger and confusion in his eyes only fueled Lady Crimson's anger.

Why do you feel confused?
What gives you the right to feel angry?
Don't you have any reflection or recollection of your past actions?
"I didn't pay."

She gritted her teeth and said, "They didn't give me any money."

The soldier boy felt like he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"I loved you. For so many years, they locked me in a lab, force-fed me all sorts of compounds, attacked every inch of my skin with all kinds of cold and hot weapons, and even shot me directly in the mouth—do you know what it feels like to be so hungry that you have to chew up bullets and swallow them?"

"They used me for so many experiments, but I kept waiting, holding onto hope that you would come to save me—because I love you."

Tears welled in the soldier boy's eyes as he placed his hands on the Countess's neck. But the more he wore this expression, the more the Countess of Scarlet found it both tragic and laughable.

“是吗？因为你爱我，所以你就能每次都把我当玩具一样对待？因为你爱我，你就能把我揍得鼻青脸肿，不省人事？因为你爱我，所以你甚至不允许我顶一句嘴？”

Lady Scarlet looked into the soldier boy's eyes, tears welling up in her own, for she knew she was doomed to die that day; they were tears of fear.

But then she felt a surge of relief; she could finally speak out what she had kept bottled up for decades, to the lover she hated and feared most.

“I’ve never loved you, Benjamin. You’re the person we hate the most, the person we fear the most. Everyone in the squad hates you.”

"You've never treated us as teammates. You've beaten everyone on the team half to death. You're stupid, extreme, and stubborn. You never follow the company's plans and have never respected us. You're a typical bully and bastard who just happens to have superpowers."

"That's why when the plan was proposed, we all immediately agreed to deal with you together, even if it meant cooperating with the Soviets—we've had enough of you, and we never want to see you again."

"Today you stand before me, and you actually feel angry, confused, and innocent. You've never reflected on your own problems, you don't even think that anything you did back then was wrong, and you ask us why we betrayed you."

Lady Scarlet glared resentfully at the soldier boy: "It's all your fault. You're a disrespectful person—"

Snapped!
Her words were interrupted when the soldier boy slapped her across the face and then grabbed her hands, which she had secretly clasped together—a gesture she was preparing to use her superpowers.

"You bunch of useless cowards, not one of you has any guts. You can't beat me head-on, so you resort to dirty tricks to mess with me."

The soldier boy's eyes were as cold as a wild beast's.

"You don't deserve my respect."

Snap——!
"what!!"

The Scarlet Queen's hands were broken, her joints twisted in a bizarre, backward position, causing her to nearly faint from the pain.

"Whose plan is this?"

"The soldier boy asked."

"Go to hell!"

boom!
The punch landed on her face, literally causing Lady Crimson to "lose her color."

Blood splattered all over the ground.

“Tell me, and I’ll kill you right now.”

These words drew Lady Scarlet's nearly unconscious gaze to Edgar, who was standing by with his arms folded. She suddenly let out a bitter laugh, her smile tinged with sarcasm.

"Fool, whose plan do you think this is? Besides—"

Just then, Edgar's gesture was made decisively, and he said, "Ben, there's something I'm afraid I should remind you of."

The soldier boy turned his head in confusion.

Swah——

The locomotive vanished like a bullet, the powerful shockwave blasting everything inside the RV away. The next second, he reappeared beside the Countess.

He reached out and snapped the other man's neck.

(End of this chapter)