Calming the People

Zuo Wujiang had no argument. He shook his head. "It's too late to say anything now. If you want to hear me confess, there's no need. You don't have to care whether a nobody like me feels remorse. All I can say is that the winner becomes king and the loser a bandit. I brought this all on myself."

"Brought it on yourself? Then if your mother were still alive and starved to death in her own home, would that be her fault too?" Jiang Yue asked coldly.

Zuo Wujiang flew into a rage. "A man may be killed, but never humiliated! If you want to kill me, go ahead. I won't resist. But why insult my mother?"

"Spare me that pious act. If you were really a filial son, you should've thought of your mother at home before you started doing evil." Jiang Yue didn't hold back.

Zuo Wujiang was furious, but he had no answer.

"Don't you want to go home and see your mother?"

Zuo Wujiang froze when Jiang Yue suddenly said that. "What do you mean?"

"You deserve to die for your crimes, of course. But this is the apocalypse, and I'm no judge. I'm not going to lecture you with the laws of the Sunny Era. I heard you're a psychic-type Awakened. In times like these, that makes you useful. Why not think about how you'd live if you got another chance?"

"You're not going to kill me?"

"Humanity has already lost enough people in this era. Killing you would just mean one more corpse. But if you want to live, it won't come for free."

"What do you want me to do?"

"You'll have to atone for your own sins."

"Heh. Do people like me deserve your trust? Aren't you afraid I'll turn against