Chapter 1398: The Setup
Amid the spreading stench of blood, the distorted voice echoed through the empty auditorium.
A squad of cold-faced male attendants emerged from a small door on the other side of the auditorium, cleaning up the blood and bodies like robots.
The boatman watched it all impassively.
George broke into anguished sobs.
Qin Ran raised an eyebrow, then his expression returned to normal.
"Quite a fitting punishment."
"I hope you receive the same punishment."
Qin Ran spoke calmly.
"I hope you live to see it."
"Now, shall we begin our second event?"
The voice on the phone seemed to laugh as three tightly sealed boxes, each a full meter square, were pushed in front of Qin Ran.
"You see, I'm a nostalgic man."
"So I'm still following the procedure you went through at the television station, 2567."
"One of these three boxes contains a person."
"What the other two contain is..."
"Punishment!"
The speaker emphasized the word. George, already sobbing, collapsed onto the floor. But when the boatman looked at him, George immediately covered his mouth, afraid to make the slightest sound. His tears, however, would not stop flowing.
"Now, make your choice..."
"The one on the right."
Qin Ran answered without hesitation.
Clap, clap, clap!
"Impressive, impressive!"
"It feels like a miracle every time I see it!"
Applause came through the phone. The impassive attendants appeared again, opened the middle box, and hauled out the "person" inside.
His eyes had been gouged out.
His tongue had been cut out.
His limbs had been hacked off.
He was a "person" who could only press his head against the floor and wriggle like a worm.
"He's a bad man."
"A swindler who has committed every evil imaginable."
"As your reward, 2567, I'm giving you the right to execute