Send Him to Meet the Great Holy Spirit

Peter admitted defeat and begged for mercy.

He was completely convinced. There was nothing left to argue about.

If Gaoxin had won purely through some underhanded trick, Peter's fiery temper might truly have refused to accept it.

Even if his balls had been crushed, he would have gone back to the Silver Tower for repairs and enhancement, then reclaimed his dignity.

But Gaoxin had genuinely fought fifteen people in succession and still beaten him into this state. Peter simply couldn't keep talking tough.

"You're impressive... Boss... Boss Gao..."

"Stop hitting me. I give up."

Hearing this, Gaoxin lowered his foot.

Meanwhile, the hundred-man melee ended along with the battle here.

"Haha! Brother Xin Ku won!" Sule was the first to laugh in delighted surprise.

Then Qiao Long and the others joined in. They had only been evenly matched with their opponents, and some were even beginning to struggle. Now that Peter had fallen, they hurriedly shouted to make their presence known.

The morale of those following Peter immediately plummeted.

"How could this happen? Boss Peter actually lost?"

"No, it wasn't just Peter..."

"He took down sixteen people by himself!"

"This newcomer is way too strong. No wonder he's the man who killed Daishan Beida. Who said he only got lucky?"

The group lost all will to fight and stopped one after another.

They hadn't been fighting for their lives or over any vital interests.

They had mainly followed Peter to establish their authority, but instead of establishing anything, they had been thoroughly subdued by Gaoxin.

Naturally, there was no reason to keep fighting.

Most of them had even realized that, starting today, the leader of the Glass People in the Redemption Squad had changed hands.

"Are you really convinced? I don't want anyone secretly tripping me up later." Gaoxin didn't flush or even breathe heavily.

He had soaked in Sule's secret medicinal bath, and some of the bruises and minor injuries on his body had already begun to heal slowly.

Peter got to his feet, his face swollen and bruised, and said with a smile, "I hate underhanded attacks most. If you want to fight, do it openly. If I lose, I'll accept it."

"From today onward, I'll listen to you. Anyone who dares cause you trouble will have to answer to me first!"

Gaoxin asked flatly, "What if the Wa people come looking for trouble with me?"

Peter froze. He seemed to realize something and stared at Gaoxin solemnly. Then he said bitterly, "Boss, I want to live."

Gaoxin swept his gaze over everyone present. "Who the hell doesn't want to live?"

"We're already slaves, yet we're still fighting among ourselves here, competing over who's stronger. What's the point?"

"Even if you win today, so what? Can you stop going into the games tomorrow to risk your lives for the Wa people? Before long, you might not even be around anymore."

No one spoke. Bitterness filled their hearts.

They knew their situation too, but what could they do?

The Yakuza's power was too great. They were simply no match for this group of Glass People.

Everyone who had resisted or tried to escape had failed.

All they could do was reclaim a little dignity from other Glass People.

Just as the scene fell silent, a weak voice suddenly came from the execution frame. "Well said. So what do you plan to do?"

The speaker was the frail man hanging from the frame. He was an ordinary member of Team 12, and by now his flesh was a bloody mess.

Gaoxin glanced at him but said nothing.

At the same time, Qiao Long stepped out of the crowd and said loudly, "What else can we do? We should focus on getting through our own lives first."

As he spoke, he subtly shook his head at Gaoxin.

Clearly, there were too many people here, and it wasn't suitable to say more.

Gaoxin naturally understood. He didn't continue the topic, instead walking over to Captain 12.

The man's trousers were covered in blood, and he was still groaning on the ground.

He stared at Gaoxin in terror, never expecting Peter to lose this group battle.

"What are you going to do?" The pain had made his voice unnaturally shrill.

Gaoxin asked, "When you recruited the newcomers, you took away a woman, didn't you?"

Captain 12 froze, then shook his head repeatedly. "No, no!"

When Peter heard this, he immediately came over and roared, "How could there not be? Ono Shinsyo even brought a woman and threw her straight to you."

Captain 12 said excitedly, "Boss Peter! I came today because of you. How can you help an outsider?"

"You still have the nerve to say that!" Peter grabbed him and hauled him up. "When have I ever come here without merely asking Qiao Long to lower his head and let things go? You directly forced me into an all-out war with them. Did you think I didn't know what you were planning?"

He was genuinely furious inside, but had been unable to voice his grievances.

Peter might have been arrogant, but he hadn't wanted an all-out war with Qiao Long's group. Their previous clashes had always been minor skirmishes.

This time, because of Gaoxin, he had suggested coming to the execution ground that night and waiting. He hadn't made any absolute threats. Mainly, he had wanted Gaoxin to see the extent of his influence.

If he had truly wanted to fight without thinking, he would have attacked at the hospital. Why wait until night?

Seeing Peter standing beside Gaoxin and no longer taking his side, Captain 12 immediately panicked.

"The woman is with me, but... so what?"

Gaoxin fixed his eyes on him. "She belongs to me."

Captain 12 gritted his teeth. "Ono Shinsyo assigned her to me. If you want her, go ask the Wa people for her!"

Before Gaoxin could speak, Peter slapped him twice across the face.

"If I had won this time, you would have rescued a few people... Since I lost, you're bringing up the Wa people, are you? Hand her over, or you'll see what I do to you!" After saying this, Peter slapped him twice more.

Captain 12 shouted frantically, "My team is finished! Bullying me won't change that!"

"Even if I hand her over to you, she'll be used to settle the debt later. She still won't escape!"

Everyone's faces darkened, but what he said was indeed true.

A team member couldn't simply transfer at will to another team. Otherwise, if the quota wasn't completed, the Wa people would check the roster and find only the captain remaining, with all the other members having fled to other teams to hide from the debt. How could that be allowed?

Thus, even when people changed teams, it was usually one person exchanged for another.

"You want that woman, right? Fine. But you have to guarantee that my team completes this month's quota. Otherwise, she'll have to die with me!" Captain 12 seemed to have grasped a bargaining chip and spoke with some excitement.

Gaoxin sighed. "Is it possible that I kill you first?"

Captain 12 gritted his teeth. "If someone dies outside the game, the Wa people will definitely intervene. And I'm a captain! Whoever kills me will have to pay with his life!"

Gaoxin stared at him. "Is that so? What if you were trying to escape?"

"What?" Captain 12 was startled.

Then he said with an awkward laugh, "Why would I run away? Are you planning to take me out of the village and frame me? Even then, at least one of you would have to die with me!"

At that moment, the frail man hanging from the execution frame suddenly said quietly, "You don't need to leave the village. As long as enough people escort you to the Wa people to claim credit and prove that you nearly escaped, that'll be enough."

Captain 12 looked flustered but still said, "What kind of joke is that? Do you think Regiment Commander Ono is that easy to fool?"

The frail man said weakly, "With so many people petitioning for your punishment, the important thing isn't whether he's easy to fool. It's whether you have any value..."

"You know perfectly well that your team won't be able to complete this month's quota. As captain, you can't escape responsibility, so you decided to take the risk and flee in the middle of the night."

"The only question is whether your team members will be considered your accomplices."

"If necessary... I can be your accomplice! Hehehe..."

As he reached the end, he stared fixedly at his captain, his gaze resolute. The meaning was obvious: If all else fails, I'll die with you!

Hearing those terrifying words and sensing his determination to drag his captain down with him, the dozen or so explosive-balled men nearby were terrified. They hurriedly said, "We're not accomplices! We can testify too. Boss Peter, you can't do this to us!"

Peter and Qiao Long could rally nearly half of the Glass People in the Redemption Squad, and they were all from teams that regularly completed their quotas.

If they really did this, there was a very high chance it would succeed. They decisively made their positions clear.

"You..." Captain 12's face went deathly pale.

It had originally only been a strong possibility, but now that even his own team members were exposing him, he was truly doomed.

Especially since his team was still far from completing this month's quota. His life was already hanging by a thread.

"You idiots! If our team can't complete the quota, you'll die too!" Captain 12 glared at his team members.

The explosive-balled men said bitterly, "We can still fight for the quota in the games. If we're labeled escapees, we're definitely dead."

Gaoxin laughed. "Are you really this unpopular? You only thought of yourself when fleeing. No wonder your team members exposed you."

"Don't do this! I'll give her to you, all right? I'll give her to you!" Captain 12 could only bow his head and beg for mercy.

Gaoxin glanced at the man on the execution frame. "What's your name?"

The man gave a self-mocking smile. "Heart of Death."

"Someone whose heart is dead wouldn't still be thinking about getting revenge." Gaoxin smiled.

The frail man fell silent.

Gaoxin said seriously, "I once saw someone whose blood had run dry, whose arms had both been severed and whose flesh had been completely destroyed. In the end, even after his head was cut off, he still shouted about revenge."

The frail man scoffed. "Then he must have been dead, right?"

Gaoxin nodded. "Dead. I killed him, because he had already fallen into demonic madness."

"Perhaps his father never taught him that no matter what you become, you must never forget that you are a human being first."

Everyone was astonished. Qiao Long knew that Gaoxin was talking about Silver Hand, but the others didn't.

Hearing that someone could still shout about revenge after being decapitated, they wondered what kind of monster that was. Could it have been some powerful Radiation User? That was impossible, right? Could Gaoxin kill a Radiation User?

The frail man said resentfully, "A human being first...? But some bastards aren't human at all."

Gaoxin deeply agreed. "Every person comes from the consciousness of the universe, and after death, that consciousness returns to the universe. The process in between is life."

"If someone refuses to be a human being, then we should send him back into the embrace of the mother universe."

Everyone hadn't expected Gaoxin to start talking about something so profound. Peter scratched his head and asked directly, "Boss Gao, what are we doing with this guy?"

The frail man sneered. "Didn't you say it already? Send him back for reincarnation!"

Captain 12 was stunned. "No, I'm handing her over! I'm handing her over! Why do you still want to kill me?"

The frail man said in a deep voice, "With someone like you around, you'll definitely get the entire team killed. Before you die, you'll spend all the public funds."

"The whole team's lives won't be enough to make up that deficit. It won't matter which team that woman transfers to."

"The only way is to replace the captain of Team 12. Then the remaining members will still have a chance to survive."

Captain 12's pupils contracted. "Who... who said that? I'll definitely work hard to earn Redemption Vouchers..."

The frail man chuckled. "Even if I die, I won't help you earn Redemption Vouchers again, you bastard."

"You're fucking insane!" Captain 12 struggled violently.

But Peter had already understood. He immediately had someone drag Captain 12 away, then said to Gaoxin, "I understand. I'll leave this man to you. Qiao Long, come with me and let Regiment Commander Ono deal with him."

Qiao Long glanced at Gaoxin, realizing that he intended to unite all the small teams.

Captain 12 was an enormous destabilizing factor. Keeping him alive would only cause trouble.

"All right." Qiao Long nodded.

Unexpectedly, Gaoxin shook his head. "Qiao Long, only one of your two groups can go with Peter."

"I don't believe the Wa people won't know the structure of your respective forces."

Hearing this, Peter was still confused, but Qiao Long's eyes narrowed.

"That's right. If Peter and I bring everyone to accuse one person, it'll only have the opposite effect."

"Let me handle this."

In the end, Qiao Long was put in charge of dealing with Captain 12 and finding a new captain for Team 12.

"I'm going too. I can help you bring that Jin Meimei out." The frail man spoke up.

Qiao Long released him from the execution frame. He was also a member of Team 12, and judging by the way he seemed to know Meimei, he was familiar with her.

The man wiped the blood from his face. Everyone could now see that he had a square face with thick brows and large eyes, but he also had a hooked nose, giving him an undercurrent of sinister cunning beneath his upright appearance.

Only one of his ears remained, and one joint of his left ring finger was missing. It was unclear whether the captain had tortured him until he became disfigured.

Gaoxin asked, "You still haven't answered my first question."

The frail man followed Qiao Long away without looking back. "My name is Dongfang Yi. I'm a traditional Chinese doctor."

Gaoxin's eyes lit up, and the others were astonished as well. A traditional Chinese doctor? In this day and age, was there still anyone who studied traditional Chinese medicine? Had they eaten too much and had nothing better to do?

P.S. Sorry.