"Seeing so many familiar faces has indeed made me miss them terribly, but I never imagined that one day I would stand here in this capacity, clarifying right and wrong with everyone... Ah, this is probably the most painful scene of my life." Xia Ruize shook his head, then continued, "Perhaps everyone thinks I brought this upon myself, that everything is my own fault. I don't want to argue, because only someone in my position could know why I had to do this, don't you think?"
"If it weren't for you, how could my husband, Jing Yun, have died?" Lin Shuying stepped out from the crowd at that moment, her face dark.
"Yes, Jing Yun's death had a great deal to do with me, and I deeply blame myself. But at the time, I was helpless too. If I had been able to control the entire situation, this would never have happened. So I owe him my life! But precisely because of that, I resolved that from now on, even if I had to walk into the darkest place in this world, I would resist all evil to the bitter end! I couldn't be that kind of expert even for a single day, but I could only fight back in my own way!" Xia Ruize said with ironclad resolve.
"Heh, by claiming you were out of control, do you think that lets you escape responsibility for slaughtering countless people in the Jiuzhou Realm?" Lin Shuying sneered. She remained bitterly resentful over her husband's death.
"Thanks to you, how many of my brothers died at the hands of your army? Of course, you say war was unavoidable, and I, Zhao Yu, will accept that. But if you killed them so that your justice could ultimately be realized, doesn't that mean they