Choice

The sun set, and the flies that had been buzzing all day quieted down considerably.

But the night in the Tangdu District also meant that order was covered by the darkness, and it quickly descended into a state of chaos.

However, Tangdu was unusually quiet today.

The Fuqing Gang and three other Chinese gangs, along with four local gangs, had their strongholds in the Tangdu District suddenly suffer catastrophic destruction.

Across the river in the wealthy district, Cassius Fernando, who was in charge of security, stood before a young man with a look of confusion.

Garfield Fernando gently swirled his wine glass and said meaningfully, "My father will agree to this."

"This..." Cassius frowned.

Garfield downed the wine in his glass, stood up, and patted Cassius on the shoulder, "I will personally go and explain everything to my father. I will bear all the consequences."

With Garfield's words, Cassius finally breathed a sigh of relief, "OK, I'll tell my people to keep a low profile. But if the family head gives the order, then I can only apologize to young master Garfield."

The subtext was a reminder to Garfield to hurry and find his father, so as not to make things difficult for him later.

But Cassius didn't know that the one who stirred up a bloody storm in the Tangdu District tonight was not the Garfield in front of him.

It was the combined forces of Garfield, Mada, Radis, and Harry, the four uncle and nephew, plus the Eastern Trading Company forces under Takasugi Hei, and three other medium-sized local Manila families.

These forces were all within the Spider Web of the Homo sapiens Company.

The so-called head of the Fernando family, Jacques, was no match for the Homo sapiens Company.

What's more, the events of tonight were not confined to the Tangdu District alone; the entire Manila was in turmoil.

Watching the little girl wolfing down her food.

Li Qingye ate slowly and deliberately.

This was a villa area in the eastern suburbs of Manila. To facilitate his business in Manila, he had people purchase this estate. The estate covered an area of about 4,500 mu and was completely enclosed.

"I'm full!" The little girl suppressed the urge to continue eating.

Li Qingye narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Good self-control. People who are too hungry might die if they eat too much at once."

The little girl's expression changed; luckily, she hadn't continued eating.

"Jasmine, you must protect yourself. You are my asset."

Sangjibadaleyal replied respectfully, "Yes, sir. Sangjiba will become your most loyal jasmine."

"You may go!"

"Yes."

Sangjibadaleyal left the dining room with a Soldier. Tomorrow, she would be sent to Darte Port.

This was merely an interlude tonight.

A moment later, Zhang Wei, who had settled his elder brother Zhang Hao, appeared in the dining room. The dining table had already been cleared, leaving only a pot of steaming Longjing Tea.

"What are your elder brother's plans?"

Zhang Wei's expression was gloomy, "He doesn't want to return to China for now. I plan to arrange for him to go to Darte Port to relax."

Li Qingye was not surprised by this. Many of the rescued people had been abused to the point of disability or had psychological problems that were difficult to overcome.

Many people might not have the courage to face reality for a while, especially returning to meet their families.

Li Qingye took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Perhaps I can help them move on. I just don't know if they are willing to take revenge themselves."

Revenge! Zhang Wei actually felt some fear and concern for his boss in his heart.

"Why dwell on it? I won't force them. I'm just giving them a choice."

After speaking, he stood up and, with Zhang Wei, Fili, and others, went to a surveillance room in a church on the estate.

Chen Jianxiong was leading people to gather those who expressed a willingness to stay in the church hall. There were 173 people in total.

Among them were middle-aged men who had been beaten into disability, women of the night who had lost the will to live, and young people whose eyes were filled with hatred and destruction.

Zhang Wei saw his elder brother among them through the surveillance footage and involuntarily became anxious.

However, Zhang Hao, in the crowd, looked numb and pained.

A Soldier slowly walked up the marble steps and stood before the crucifix. His somewhat hollow gaze seemed to pierce everyone's hearts, and his figure seemed to merge with the statue behind him.

"Are you in pain? Confused? Angry?"

His voice echoed in everyone's ears.

"This is the reality of the world. Tragedy is the main theme. Your tragedy is just an insignificant grain of sand among the countless beings. I was once such a grain of sand."

"If you want revenge, then stay! If you don't want revenge, then leave the church on your own. We will arrange a plane to send you home tomorrow. Remember: this is not a mandatory choice. You have ten minutes to make your decision."

As soon as he finished speaking.

These 173 people became restless, whispering to each other, hesitating, or showing grim expressions.

Soon, someone made a choice.

"Thank you very much for saving my life, but right now I just want to live a quiet life... I'm sorry..." With that, the person left the church.

In a short while, over a dozen people left.

Li Qingye did not have the Soldiers stop them. Since they chose to give up on revenge, let them go!

Ten minutes later, only 107 people remained in the church.

"It seems you've made your choice. Are you sure? No regrets?" the Soldier's cold voice rang out again.

"No regrets."

"Hahaha... I have nothing left to lose, what else can I lose?"

"I just want to kill those bastards."

These people were either emotionally unstable, hysterical, or gritting their teeth in anger.

Seeing his older brother's ferocious expression, Zhang Wei knew he couldn't persuade him. If he stopped his brother from seeking revenge now, how could he face his brother in the future?

Unsolvable.

This was an unsolvable situation.

"Zhang Wei, go rest!" Li Qingye ordered with an irrefutable tone.

Zhang Wei opened his mouth, but in the end, he left with a dejected look.

As Zhang Wei left, Li Qingye instructed Chen Jianxiong to lead those willing to stay to the manor's underground wine cellar.

In the hidden underground wine cellar, the stored wine had long since been emptied. The entire cellar had been converted into hundreds of cages.

Inside these cages were the leaders of the Fuqing Gang, Bart Gang, Nanyang Society, and other gangs. There were 43 of them, all core members of their respective gangs.

At this moment, Wu Guishan, the Hall Master of the Fuqing Gang's Luzon branch, and his two brothers were imprisoned in the same cage.

When he saw Chen Jianxiong appear outside the cage with Zhang Hao and the others.

Wu Guishan shouted, "Do you know who I am? Do you know that offending the Fuqing Gang means offending the Fernando family and the Lopez family? Get your boss over here, or face the consequences."

"Heh... I don't like talking to dead people." Chen Jianxiong turned and clapped his hands.

The Soldiers, receiving the order, understood his meaning. They immediately opened the cage doors and handed out daggers and axes to Zhang Hao and the others.

"You... what are you going to do..."

"Ahhh..."

"No, please let me go! I have a secret account at the Swiss Bank, as long as you let me go..."

However, Zhang Hao and the others, whose hearts were already filled with hatred and rage, were unmoved. Daggers and axes flew, and blood splattered within the cells.

Li Qingye watched this scene through the surveillance cameras and muttered to himself with a smile:

"So they also feel pain and fear, they also bleed and die. I thought they were different."

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