God's imitator

Chapter 177 The Only Fairness

After struggling through the last narrow, crowded, and cluttered corridor, He Xiaojun finally arrived at the last trial venue.

Judging from the timer on the wall, he had 8 minutes left.

The layout of this trial venue is much simpler.

Ahead was a female player locked to a mechanical iron chair, her mouth tightly bound with a strip of cloth, unable to make a sound.

On the trial bench, there were no red or blue buttons, only a sharp dagger.

[He Xiaojun, no matter how many opportunities you've missed before, remember this: you always have one last chance.]

If the law cannot provide you with fairness and justice, don't be discouraged, because choosing to resolve issues through the law is not the law giving you a chance, but rather you giving the law a chance.

If the law cannot give you justice, then you must give the law justice.

There is only one thing in this world that is absolutely fair: everyone only has one life.

Of course, this is your revenge, your judgment, so you also have the final say.

[You can choose to forgive the person who framed you. Press the button next to the mechanical chair, and she will regain her freedom.]

You can also choose to kill the person who framed you, but the antidote will be destroyed upon her death.

You can also use a dagger to punish her properly, then press the button to free her.

[But please note that you can only stab her three times; the mechanism will automatically unlock after that.]

[Special reminder: Regardless of your choice, you will have to pay the corresponding price.]

Now, please consider carefully and complete your final judgment.

He Xiaojun picked up the dagger from the judge's bench; it felt cold and heavy in his hand.

Just then, the faint screams of police officers could be heard in the distance.

The delayed mechanism was finally activated.

But He Xiaojun has more important things to do now.

He walked to the mechanical iron chair and looked at the female player who was locked to it.

Unlike the previous mechanical chairs, this female player's hands were locked behind her back, while her chest was connected to a special mechanism. The pointer on the mechanism kept jumping, which was connected to a device behind her containing the antidote.

In other words, if her heart stops beating, the antidote will be automatically destroyed by the mechanism.

He Xiaojun looked silently into the other person's eyes.

This was the first time he had ever stared into the eyes of this female colleague who had framed him for so long.

Previously, He Xiaojun always dared not look the other person in the eye. Once he was pressed for answers, he could only respond by escaping and dodging.

This time, he finally mustered up the courage to see clearly the fine lines around the other person's eyes, the slightly messy eye makeup, and the fear and despair in their eyes.

"Now, I am the perpetrator, and you have no way to defend yourself."

He Xiaojun felt inexplicably that the scene was very similar to when he was falsely accused at the company.

At that moment, the other party approached him step by step with an invisible dagger; but he was gagged with an invisible strip of cloth and could not say a word.

In this final trial, the two men's situations were completely reversed.

He Xiaojun did not expect that the rules for the final trial would be completely different from those before.

If you give him a choice between the two buttons, he will definitely be able to choose the right one.

It was precisely because he harbored this kind of wishful thinking that he failed to make the right choice in the first two trials and missed two opportunities.

But there was no button for the final trial.

He Xiaojun can stab his opponent three times; these three stabs can be very light or very heavy.

A single slash can end the other person's life.

However, the rules also clearly state that if the other party dies, the last dose of the antidote will be automatically destroyed. In other words, "no matter what choice you make, you will pay the corresponding price."

If He Xiaojun made the right choices in the first two trials, there would be no need to consider the antidote at this point.

But clearly, missing an opportunity will also be punished.

The female player struggled on the iron chair, seeing a glimmer of hope for survival.

Clearly, she had learned the relevant rules before He Xiaojun arrived.

If He Xiaojun has obtained the antidote from the previous three trials, then she is doomed.

But judging from He Xiaojun's reaction, it's very likely that he hasn't obtained the antidote.

As long as He Xiaojun wants to live, he cannot kill her, which gives her some room to maneuver.

With her mouth gagged, she couldn't utter any sweet words and could only try to fight for her last chance of survival through tears.

He Xiaojun sighed silently.

I remember I cried back then, didn't I?

"I was so anxious that I couldn't explain myself. I cried and begged you to let me go, but all I got in return was your laughter and sarcasm."

"This game is right. There is only one thing in this world that is absolutely fair, and that is that everyone only has one life."

“I am also a sinner. It was my own cowardice that led me step by step into the abyss. I missed my chance, so now, if I want revenge, I must pay the price and exchange my life for my life.”

"This is the only chance for cowards to demand fairness from the world."

"There is no fairness without the courage to risk one's life."

Under the incredulous gaze of the other woman, He Xiaojun stared into her eyes and slowly plunged the dagger into her heart with both hands.

His hands were trembling, but he did not hesitate for a moment.

"Di-"

The mechanism that was originally connected to the heart no longer received signals from the heart, the pointer stopped, and the connected mechanism also crushed the antidote injection with a "snap".

He Xiaojun expressionlessly drew his dagger, and a series of "click" sounds rang out from the mechanical iron chair as the mechanisms unlocked one after another.

The female player's body tilted forward as the dagger was pulled out, and fell to the ground with a thud.

At the same time, there was a crisp sound.

He Xiaojun was stunned for a moment. He saw that the female player, whose hand was locked behind her back by the mechanism, was also holding a dagger.

In other words, if he fails to muster the courage to die with the female player and instead chooses to unlock the mechanism on her body in order to obtain the antidote, then no matter where the three stabs are placed, as long as they are not fatal, he will most likely be killed in return.

Time was running out. He Xiaojun stared blankly at the corpse on the ground, his mind going blank for a moment.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly tried to turn back.

But before he could even enter the corridor, he saw a figure stumble through the dark corridor and into the trial venue.

He Xiaojun held the dagger in front of him with great vigilance for self-defense.

The person who arrived was Officer Zhang, whose left forearm had been broken by a machine and hung limply at his side.

Officer Zhang extended his right hand, his palm holding the syringe containing the antidote.

He Xiaojun silently took it and injected himself.

He didn't know if he was injecting correctly. The syringe didn't have a long needle; it only had a pointed tip that would automatically inject once the skin was pierced.

There shouldn't be any problem; all the props in the arcade can function at 100% of their intended purpose.

The two sat slumped on the ground, waiting for the final broadcast announcement.

【game over. 】

(End of this chapter)