Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 322 The Consequences of Crimes

Silver Fox was right; Guan Tong had indeed overlooked the existence of the Flying Fire Fleet.

This is a real weapon of mass destruction. It hadn't been used before because there were too many hostages on the ship.

As a result, Misawa Jun blew up the ship to cover his own escape, and the consequence of doing so was that the fleet no longer had any scruples.

While Guan Tong and Yu Ze Jun were locked in combat, the fleet locked onto their position. At that moment, a missile swarm descended from the sky, bombarding the three-headed serpent's body.

While the scales on a snake's body can indeed protect against bullet attacks, the destructive power of bullets and missiles is on a completely different level.

Guan Tong and Shang Yuanzi witnessed Yu Zechun's three-headed serpent being blown to pieces, its massive body turning into plumes of blood mist that filled the sea.

After the bombing ended, only Jun Misawa's three heads remained floating on the blood-red sea. It seemed that he had used all his strength to protect these three heads from being blown to pieces.

However, this kind of dying struggle is not very meaningful.

Guan Tong and Shang Yuanzi exchanged a glance and hurried forward.

Misawa Jun's three-headed face was completely listless, and he knew his death was imminent as the two approached.

But he didn't give up; instead, he begged for mercy.

"I surrender, please don't kill me."

"..."

Guan Tong remained silent; at this point, surrendering was meaningless to him.

Uehara Yukari grabbed a head and forcefully destroyed it: "This is for Uehara Mitsumi."

After learning that her biological mother had been sent to a laboratory a few months earlier, she gave up all hope.

They either died in the experiments or became members of the snake slave army.

Regardless of which scenario it is, it means that the two of them will never have another chance to speak, and Shang Yuanzi will never be able to ask the questions she wants to ask.

After Misawa Jun's head was smashed by Uehara Yuki, the expression on the remaining two heads became extremely anxious.

His life and power both stem from the seven heads that grew after he gained bloodline abilities and enhanced his mental power, adding to his original eight heads.

He will only be completely killed if all eight heads are destroyed.

Now there are only two left. Yu Zechun knows that Shangyuan Zi hates him to the extreme and will never let him go.

He must seek a new...

"puff!"

Guan Tong manipulated the Shadow Blade, piercing through Yu Zechun's head just as he was about to speak.

Guan Tong didn't want to hear anything more from this heinous enemy, nor did she believe he had any reason to live.

The last remaining creature, Yuze Chun, was still unwilling to give up and shouted, "I still have many secrets to confess! Don't kill me! I can accept being imprisoned by Beixing!"

He doesn't want to die.

He also wanted revenge.

As long as you survive and keep your head, you might still have a chance to escape in the future.

He can still grow other heads, recreate the snake slave army, and unleash the true power of the Ten Thousand Snake Domain.

At that moment, Silver Fox's voice came through Guan Tong and Shang Yuanzi's earphones.

"Guan Tong, Shang Yuan, the captain wants you alive..."

Before the words "capture alive" could be finished, Misawa Jun's remaining head was bitten by a black figure.

Click, click, click.

A crisp chewing sound rang out.

Guan Tong stared, slightly taken aback, at the coal ball that had devoured Yu Zechun's last head.

Shangyuan Zi was also surprised, wondering what kind of beast this was that looked like a cheetah but could swim.

“…It’s too late.”

Guan Tong's voice carried a hint of regret, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

After a moment of silence in the earpiece, Silver Fox sighed: "Never mind then. The helicopter is heading your way; get ready to return."

After the call ended, Guan Tong took off her earphones.

At this moment, Coal Ball splashed and swam to his side, barked a few times, jumped onto the floating platform formed by his shadow, and vigorously shook the water droplets off his fur.

Guan Tong patted its head: "Well done."

For a scumbag like Misawa Jun, this way of dying is quite fitting for the crimes he committed.

"Is this your...pet?"

Shangyuan Zi examined the coal briquettes.

"what is it?"

"cat."

"...A cat?" Shangyuan Zi was a little confused. How could a cat be so big?

As if sensing her thoughts, Guan Tong joked, "Even multi-headed serpents have appeared in this era, so it's not surprising that a big cat has appeared."

"..."

The sound of a helicopter approached in the distance. Guan Tong asked, "What are your plans after this? I asked you once before, but I wonder if you'll have a different answer this time."

Last time, Yuan Zi said that after investigating her parents' affairs, she would have no more attachments to the world and might end her own life.

But this time...

"I don't want to die."

Uehara Shizuku offered a new answer.

Having gone through all of this, many of her ideas have changed.

"People like Jun Misawa, I want to kill them all... Do you think that's too extreme of me?"

"will not."

"...Does your previous invitation still stand?"

"Of course." Guan Tong shook hands with her. "Welcome to this organization, which currently only has you and me as members and doesn't even have a name yet."

……

Darkness recedes, and light rises.

On the morning of January 6, the finishing touches were being carried out rapidly.

Beixing mobilized a large number of ships overnight to salvage the containers that had fallen into the sea. Some of the lucky Sakura people were rescued, but most suffocated to death.

The Yuzawa family was completely wiped out after that night. Their private soldiers and many key members were on the cargo ship, and they all perished when the ship exploded.

The death of Misawa Jun, the head of the family, completely destroyed his family's system of control over Sakura Inori. After the news broke, the country was plunged into chaos.

However, Beixing was prepared for this and sent a large number of personnel to maintain order in Antu and Banzhen, where they will remain until everything settles down.

In addition, after a night of salvage operations, a large amount of evidence related to the crimes committed by individuals involved in the experiment was found on the cargo ship.

The ability to pack thousands of people into containers and send them to cargo ships for experiments is not something that only the Yuzawa family can do; there are also many other people of similar status within this network.

Under the strict supervision of Beixing, the Yingqi Police Station, which underwent a major personnel reshuffle, acted swiftly, arresting and detaining all those involved regardless of their position, pending further investigation and trial.

In a short time, more than a third of the people in Sakuragi's entire administration building were taken away, creating a spectacular scene.

The ordinary people watching from the roadside, however, applauded. After seeing the evidence released by Beixing online, they were terrified and felt a chill run down their spines.

The rules of the apocalypse are terrifying, but compared to being captured and experimented on to be transformed into a snake-man monster, it's better to die within those rules.

Such a dramatic change in personnel would certainly cause a national uproar and even attract worldwide attention during peacetime.

But in the present era, especially now that the world's attention is focused on the parasites that have declared their nationhood in the Black Flag Country region, the major events that happened to Sakura Inori seem minor in comparison.

However, for Guan Tong and the others, this was a very important matter, because they were the ones who participated in the whole process and brought about this final result.

Even Guan Tong, who is usually quite calm, had many feelings about this incident.

For example, Misawa Jun's strength far exceeded his impression of those in power. If both were at full strength in a one-on-one fight, winning would require expending a huge amount of mental energy.

This made him wary once again of the title "world's first Ascendant" bestowed upon him. It's one thing for others to praise him, but if he actually believed it and developed arrogance, then his downfall was surely not far off.

Besides that, he also gained a lot of a sense of accomplishment.

He believed that by eliminating the Misawa family, he had directly or indirectly saved many people from suffering horrific persecution.

Otherwise, if Yuzawa Jun continues his secret experiments, sooner or later he will turn the entire Sakuragi Kingdom into a "snake kingdom," and all the people of Sakuragi will be transformed into a "snake slave army."

At that time, the neighboring Northern Star Kingdom will definitely be under immense pressure. The Northern Star leadership undoubtedly foresaw this, which is why they gave full support to Guan Tong and his group's actions this time, even sending a naval fleet to assist them, all in order to eliminate this future threat.

If there's anything else to gain besides these, Guan Tong believes that Shang Yuanzi's joining is very important.

This means that almost two years after the rules of the apocalypse emerged, he has finally established his own organization. Even if the organization is small, with only two people, it is a breakthrough from zero to one, which is especially important.

As for how this small organization will develop, how to recruit more people, or even what name to give it... these can be taken slowly, there's no need to rush.

But now, Guan Tong is facing her birthday.

That's right. That afternoon, Guan Tong couldn't resist Chen Na's strong suggestion and held a small birthday party in Pinglu in the evening.

Aside from him, the main character, there were only a handful of other participants.

Only Chen Na and Yin Hu participated in the investigation team. Shang Yuan Zi was in a bad mood because of her mother's situation and did not want to spoil the fun, so she did not participate.

As for Suzuki, she went back to work at the police station. She wasn't that close to Guan Tong, and she certainly wouldn't be so overly familiar as to offer to celebrate his birthday. Besides, Guan Tong had some doubts about her situation, suspecting that she had a spore problem.

When Guan Tong first captured her in the forest, she confessed that she had relied heavily on spores to probe his identity. Guan Tong kept this in mind and planned to investigate it further later.

Besides Chen Na and Silver Fox, the only others who received invitations to the birthday party were Chen Na's mother, Wang Yan, Guan Tong's friend, Xu Xiaotian, and a few others from the academy, including Shi Jingyi.

These were all people Guan Tong was close to and could trust. Since it was her birthday and they were all in Pinglu, she simply invited them all over.

(End of this chapter)