Chapter 2290
The young man was terrified.
He did not understand how these soldiers had managed to catch him so accurately, or how they could point out that he had participated in looting, smashing, and arson.
He tried to argue, but a rifle butt smashed into his cheek!
It hurt so badly! He had never felt pain like this before! Even when his father beat him, he had never struck him so viciously! He had once thought his father's beatings were terrifying enough, but at that moment, he realized that his father's "education" had truly been nothing more than education!
His mother tried to hold on to him, but the soldiers raised their guns and forced her back. Under his parents' disbelieving gazes, the soldiers dragged him out of the house.
His mother collapsed to the ground and wailed loudly in anguish. His father chased after them, wanting to say something, but in the end, he could only watch him with sorrow in his eyes.
His cheek had likely been fractured or dislocated by the rifle butt, making it difficult for him even to speak.
Tears spun wildly in his eyes, but they could not change the outcome.
A sergeant stood in the middle of the road and loudly read out the crimes he had committed.
Robbery, assault, theft, destruction...
Many people around him were watching. Some made him feel uneasy, while others filled him with fear.
"Under the New Nagaril Federation's Interim Regulations on Social Security, the sentence is death..."
He heard someone walking behind him. He also heard his mother's cries grow louder, and his father's pleas.
His father was a very strong-willed and stubborn man.
From the moment he had begun forming memories, he had never seen his father beg anyone for anything. He had never even