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Ordinarily, no one would kill a senior executive who had offered to surrender. Even if they did not let him go, they would at least spare him for the time being.
But there was one problem.
Zhou You had never been ordinary.
He summoned Duanxie and advanced on him step by step.
Manager Chun kept his expression steady, but his words came faster.
"...Besides that, I can give you a list of the officials and warlords in league with the group. You can go after anyone on it..."
"...I also know where some of the bosses in hiding are, and where their wives and children live..."
"...If you need me to, once it's over, I can go on television and expose everything. I can even turn myself in to the police..."
At last, Zhou You stopped less than two meters from Manager Chun.
He did not swing his sword. Nor did he show any intention of sparing him.
At last,
Manager Chun fell into despair. He stared into those bright, star-like eyes and murmured,
"What will it take for you to let me live?"
Zhou You leaned down and smiled.
"Manager Chun, I'm not a monster. You probably don't know this, but not long ago, I let a young man go so he could turn himself in at the border."
"...Then why can't I..."
"Because you're different."
Zhou You cut him off softly.
"He hadn't killed anyone. Even by the standards of right and wrong in this script, he didn't deserve to die. So I could let him go. You're different, Manager Chun. Do you even remember how many people you've killed?"
Even now, Manager Chun tried to make excuses.
"But I was forced to! If I hadn't killed them, the people above me would've killed me... Besides, isn't